@katie02 Hello Katie and welcome to SE! I’m Claire, and I have the feeling we’re the same age. (if your username has anything to do with your birthday 😉 ) Anyways, I can totally relate to the “starting too many stories” thing. I’m the same as you… and I have a serious WIP that I’m telling myself I WILL finish, lol. It’s a futuristic dystopian…[Read more]

@emma-walker Oh no! That’s so weird. I’m glad you’re back on! XD I had replied to your original post, so I guess I’ll just reply again lol.

Hi Emma! Nice to meet you. I’m sure you will really enjoy the SE forum -I know I do. Random note: I think I remember seeing you around on CWW, right?

Your Esther retelling sounds super creative! Where are…[Read more]

@the-fledgling-artist Awesome! Thank you so much! 😁 Unfortunately I don’t have Discord, but Google Hangouts would be perfect. My gmail is dearingirl27@gmail.com. Thanks again, can’t wait!

@the-fledgling-artist

Aw this is so nice of you!! 😁 I would love to take you up on your very generous offer. 😛 I enjoy art, hand lettering, and graphic design. So I think developing my art skills further would be a good thing to do! Not sure what level I am… Maybe intermediate? I tend to mainly draw people straight on, so I’m not as good with…[Read more]

@theswordinthebook

Hey, long time no see. XD Your art has improved a lot! *high five* Super cool style too. I would say go for it… I mean, what’s the worst that can happen? Personally, I would be happy with the quality of your artwork. What platform would you be using to sell it on? Just through your Instagram, or something like Etsy? Also, I…[Read more]

@taylorclogston Thank you for your observations! They are super helpful and thought provoking. Especially the point you made about Arrowood. I’ve been having trouble developing him, mainly because I came up with the story idea and the main characters first, and then had to put a face to this vague antagonistic force I had. It’s always so hard to…[Read more]

@kristianne-hassman Great suggestions, thank you! I actually hadn’t thought about her living with the Dr… So now I’m thinking I will have him adopt her. Makes sense, and her adoptive father never had much a of a strong character in my mind anyway, lol.

@arindown Thank you!! 🙂  Very interesting villain motivation! I just don’t see how it’s…[Read more]

@imwritehere1920

Hi Lily! Nice to meet you. 🙂 Thank you so much for taking the time to share your ideas! They were all super helpful.

This story is YA. I’m thinking that Rubi is around 20ish.

Rubi is the main POV character. I have been thinking about adding Ikal (the son of the man whose memory was wiped) as another POV character, but I’m not…[Read more]

@writergirl101

Thanks so much for taking the time to share your thoughts!! They were very helpful. 🙂

I had actually thought about him having some sort of physical scar too. I like the idea of it triggering his memory. But I keep coming up against the fact that this is futuristic! Surely there are ways to fix scars… Yes, replacing memories…[Read more]

Hello, hello! Welcome to SE! 🙂

@anne_the_noob14 My sister is actually named Gwen! XD I think it’s a really cute name.

@joelle-stone Thanks for the feedback! No I didn’t have time to attend the webinar… 🙁 I just saw this idea in his newsletter.

@zee Very true… I’ve been really digging into my characters’ motives, fears, and flaws lately so hopefully I will be able to post those for feedback soon! There are so many layers to developing a concept,…[Read more]

@joelle-stone

Yes, I got that email too! A very helpful idea… And I can totally relate about things getting too cliché. It’s so easy to fall into the common “groove” of a genre.

I like how you are trying to brainstorm fresh ideas to change things up. It seems like concepts always sound more cliché than the fully fleshed out idea, so I’m sure y…[Read more]