Kayla Skywriter

@kayla-skywriter Okay! 🙂

@kayla-skywriter Got it. I do think it may be wise then to write a “practice novel” first to gain experience before tackling this one. Most writers need to write several books before they’re publication-ready, and while you could do this as your first book, especially if you feel like you need more time and experience, starting off with something…[Read more]

@mayacat @urwen-starial @kayla-skywriter @esmeralda-gramilton @naiya-dyani @emberynus-the-dragonslayer

Okay, here we go.

The morning sunlight glinted off the windows, most of which were only shards of glass clinging to gray window frames. Only a few were still whole. A crust of dirty snow from an early morning storm had caked into the frames,…[Read more]

@kayla-skywriter No problem! I forgot to mention that the section on her website is called “How to Structure Your Story”.

I think a pantser is someone who likes to write spontaneously and do little to no planning beforehand. The ‘plotter” on the other hand, usually likes to start with some sort of outline before writing their story. I don’t think…[Read more]

@kayla-skywriter

I know a lot of people have answered your question already, but I totally understand your problem. I was just in that position a couple months ago, when I thought of a super awesome and powerful story idea, but didn’t think I was a skilled enough writer to do it.

I asked a couple people what they thought I should do, and my wise…[Read more]

@kayla-skywriter My first thought would be to put it to the side at the moment, continue to slowly develop it and refine it, and to write some other novel that wouldn’t be as challenging first as practice before moving onto this. However, I do agree with Daeus’ point as well that sometimes we grow the most as authors by tackling a challenging…[Read more]

@kayla-skywriter If it’s any help, biting off more than you can chew is a great way to improve your writing!

@literatureforthelight *waves* Hey, have we met? I’m just curious, because I happen to be a Grace also, so I kinda got a soft spot for them.😁

@kayla-skywriter

This is a great question.

What I did was to start a novel that I viewed as “less important”…to just kinda get some experience. I need to get an idea of how writing a novel works, and…[Read more]

@emberynus-the-dragonslayer It’s fine. 🙂

@kayla-skywriter We’ve decided to just move on. I’m working on Megyn’s part right now. MAYBE I’ll get it done today . . .

@mayacat @urwen-starial @kayla-skywriter @esmeralda-gramilton @naiya-dyani @dakota

Okay so that was kinda graphic. But *shrug*

@mayacat @urwen-starial @kayla-skywriter @esmeralda-gramilton @naiya-dyani @dakota

Cade/Joan:

“Cade.” Joan shook him again. The unfamiliar feeling of tears in her eyes made her jump. It had never occurred to her how much Cade had become a part of her life. He was a hero. A leader. So much in this city depended on him. If he died-

The door ope…[Read more]

@mayacat @urwen-starial @kayla-skywriter @esmeralda-gramilton @naiya-dyani @dakota

Cade/Joan:

“Cade.” Joan shook him again. The unfamiliar feeling of tears in her eyes made her jump. It had never occurred to her how much Cade had become a part of her life. He was a hero. A leader. So much in this city depended on him. If he died-

The door ope…[Read more]

@kayla-skywriter

Thank you ❤️

@kayla-skywriter

Like Chelsea said, I think it’s super cool that you’re self-evaluating and wanting to take the right steps forward!

This actually happened to me these past couple of years, where I had a historical-fantasy that was too large-scale for me to handle. I started it, revised the premise, and then started again way too many times.…[Read more]

@kayla-skywriter

Hey, it’s completely fine to decide you aren’t ready yet! In fact, I admire that you’re willing to say that. It shows a lot of maturity, in my opinion.

I’ve definitely been in this position (I’m actually in it now, to be honest) and I think stewing on it for a couple months or a couple of years is the best course of action. For…[Read more]

@dakota

Thanks sis. Why didn’t anyone else’s tags work. Hmm.

@mayacat @urwen-starial @kayla-skywriter @esmeralda-gramilton @naiya-dyani

Tagging you all for my last post and this one:

Logan stared at her in disbelief. She had just hugged him. She forgave him. She was smiling at him. Slowly the corners of his mouth turned upward in a weak, but…[Read more]

@dakota @mayacat @urwen-starial @kayla-skywriter @esmeralda-gramilton @naiya-dyani

This is a part for my newest character: Chance. You can read about him in the character doc. 🙂 Sorry if there are mistakes. 😑

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The dim light of a candle flickered and danced in one of the yawning, glassless windows of the old, burned out factory building; cast…[Read more]

Whoa . . .  I got way behind on this thread. Oops!

Would you rather be ignored or be criticized?

Dayton: *snorts* “Either way, I won’t be affected. I care very little about what people think about me. But I suppose I’d rather be criticized than ignored.”

Alan: “Uhh . . . I think I’d rather be ignored. Being criticized all the time would be .…[Read more]

@mayacat @esmeralda-gramilton @kayla-skywriter @dakota @naiya-dyani

Good afternoon all, Ember and I were talking this morning about some characters I wanted to add, and I had an idea.Now, just to be clear, this idea has been approved by Ember if y’all like it then we can keep it. I am not going to be offended if you guys don’t like this idea or…[Read more]

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“Logan,” Rhioe whispered, shaking her head, “I have. I can’t hold this against you, it wasn’t your choice.”

Rhioe let out a shaky breath and wiped her tears away with the back of her hand. She knew that even if she said that, he wouldn’t be…[Read more]