Story Embers | katie02 | Activity https://storyembers.org/members/katie02/activity/ Activity feed for katie02. Mon, 25 May 2026 03:00:53 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 ab7e4ea36bbc7bf9ffc40c8c3c62299d katie02 posted a new activity comment https://storyembers.org/3-tips-for-writing-your-first-historical-fiction-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-11865 Thu, 01 Sep 2022 21:07:45 -0400 One thing I’m struggling with in trying to write my first historical fiction work is this… how do you develop individual character voice when they’re originally speaking another language? I’m translating over some idioms and such used at that time in their culture, but I’m really struggling at diversifying the character voices enough to where you…[Read more]

In reply to - Lori Z. Scott wrote a new post Have you ever come across an incident from the past so packed with intrigue that your mind kept returning to it? Do you approach parts of history—the Oregon Trail, Egyptian p […] ]]> 385395de3c0b4ef77e94cf478f736be2 katie02 started the topic Breaking Stereotypes in the forum Characters https://storyembers.org/activity/p/100811/ Wed, 06 Apr 2022 19:45:49 -0400 Hey hey!

I’m needing some help. I’ve got a character in my historical fiction WIP – a German grandmother in the 1930s, and my mind blanks out when it comes to developing her as a character. Every time I try, she becomes way too stereotypical (i.e. in the opening scene all I can think of her doing is knitting, lol 🤦🏻‍♀️).

Any ideas are wel…[Read more]

]]> 0 18d10c83b3f4a3bdc7a47a7fa4c4d772 katie02 replied to the topic How have you made your characters more realistic? in the forum Characters https://storyembers.org/activity/p/97316/ Tue, 07 Dec 2021 17:03:59 -0400 @gbfruitbat Yay, I’m not the only one! 🙂

Thanks for your input! No, not fantasy, but historical fiction. I’m a history nerd, lol. My WIP begins in 1933, pre-war Berlin and follows the Nazi rise to power and then WW2 through the eyes of this family. Here’s kind of the synopsis of those 3 characters, and perhaps this will help you tell me if it’s…[Read more]

]]> 0 d287ae7a030e9b4e059056cc5e736482 katie02 joined the group Mystery/Suspense/Thriller Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/97313/ Tue, 07 Dec 2021 15:07:34 -0400 0 8ed892bae1ee6398b8e81ee6c373008f katie02 joined the group Poets https://storyembers.org/activity/p/97312/ Tue, 07 Dec 2021 15:07:24 -0400 0 b34c6db0d89a497b55ed1b25fa914598 katie02 joined the group Writers of Children’s/Middle-Grade Books https://storyembers.org/activity/p/97311/ Tue, 07 Dec 2021 15:07:15 -0400 0 ca28deccb4359d7bec203a07b845424e katie02 started the topic How have you made your characters more realistic? in the forum Characters https://storyembers.org/activity/p/97296/ Tue, 07 Dec 2021 01:24:42 -0400 What are your favorite ways in which you’ve made your characters more life-like?

One of my favorites has been brainstorming the character motivators for both the main protagonist and all the side characters. I’m super passionate about giving each side character their own backstory, motivations, personality type, quirks, list of traits in other…[Read more]

]]> 0 dc1cfeb3d31062fc26de8a325021b987 katie02 started the topic Character Responses in the forum Characters https://storyembers.org/activity/p/97290/ Mon, 06 Dec 2021 23:29:04 -0400 Hey everyone!

I’m sure I’m not the only one who puts their character in a certain scene, and then is at a loss as to how they would respond. Please tell me I’m not. 🙂

I’m having a hard time figuring out how one would respond to this situation in real life. Everything I come up with sounds ridiculous. How would you respond if this happened to…[Read more]

]]> 0 a738eee5b88f8bd3510ab16690932ac2 katie02 replied to the topic Hello everyone! in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/92898/ Wed, 23 Jun 2021 02:00:28 -0400 @lonathecat… sorry I’m just now seeing this! I’ve been really discouraged in my recent writing of this book and have taken a break from it, but seeing these comments make me want to get back to writing it! So thank you!

Favorite historical time period? Yikes! That’s hard. Perhaps Reformation times and the World Wars. Really all of history. I…[Read more]

]]> 0 81ba58fe27f4aa16f3f02e6622d7b5e2 katie02 replied to the topic Help with historical mystery fiction in the forum Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/89721/ Fri, 05 Mar 2021 16:29:58 -0400 @Claire-h

Oh, and I forgot to mention that I do read a lot of books written in the 1800s and early 1900s, and that’s kind of become my style. 🙂 I don’t know if it’s annoying to most modern day readers, but I was hoping since the book was set in that historical era, that people’d be okay with it.

]]> 0 e52953f11a31a4b513cca9b9eccf3bbe katie02 replied to the topic Hello everyone! in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/89719/ Fri, 05 Mar 2021 16:27:15 -0400 Thanks @erynne! That’s really, really good to hear! It’s been a fun one to write… but the projected length is 100,000 words. And I’m only 17,000 in! So I’ll be working on it for awhile, lol.

]]> 0 6865c459dc15c8d8aea405ef316ad417 katie02 replied to the topic Help with historical mystery fiction in the forum Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/89713/ Fri, 05 Mar 2021 15:53:07 -0400 @claire-h WOW, thanks so much! This was super helpful.

I think one of my problems was that the Frys where so entertaining that I didn’t want to make light of the guy being shot and missing, and I overcompensated on the melodrama, whoops. I toned them both down a little now. I do want the story to be somewhat realistic, although I do have a fairly…[Read more]

]]> 0 a466dc61db418e5f785a1010b2746733 katie02 replied to the topic Hello everyone! in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/89712/ Fri, 05 Mar 2021 15:46:58 -0400 @erynne Good on you for actually sticking to just one! I have several pieces of stories that I work on, but I will only let myself work on one major one at a time.

Thanks! I’d love the feedback. I’ll post the revised first chapter and tag you so you can read it.

A fantasy? That’s awesome!

My favorite authors would have to be EDEN Southworth and…[Read more]

]]> 0 1c0885482f5174734c2a555d5fe4c0d4 katie02 replied to the topic Hello everyone! in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/89711/ Fri, 05 Mar 2021 15:42:57 -0400 Thanks, Claire!

Yep, it has to do with my age. Your story sounds quite fascinating!

Thank you so much for reading my first chapter!

]]> 0 91c89c06fb64be146478889b00063efa katie02 started the topic Hello everyone! in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/89690/ Thu, 04 Mar 2021 22:33:18 -0400 Hey everyone!

I’m an older teenage writer who has been scribbling little bits of stories on paper ever since I can remember. I LOVE historical fiction… and that’s what I love to write. However, I have a very bad habit of starting too many stories. Currently I have one serious WIP (that I really plan to finish): it’s set in a miner’s town in…[Read more]

]]> 0 ddd775bba9cecef5a43221313912542e katie02 started the topic Help with historical mystery fiction in the forum Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/89665/ Thu, 04 Mar 2021 16:03:11 -0400 Hey y’all!

I’m brand new here but I’ve been writing for quite a few years now… never finished any WIPs, but this time I’m bound and determined to. However, I was wondering if any of you would be interested in reading my “introduction” and first chapter. I honestly am not sure if I like it or if it is intriguing enough for readers to want to…[Read more]

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