That’s why I’m so glad we (authors) have means of sharing our resources and knowledge with one another! It’s so neat to be able to complement one another’s knowledge and come to a more robust understanding of writing together. ^-^ It’s like a little microcosm of the Church with its differing gifts. It’s awesome.

Cool! Plot is always my biggest challenge, so it’s amazing to me when authors are able to just… come up with them, lol. That’s awesome. 🙂

Gotcha. Do your story seeds tend to start with the plot, then?

Ooh, interesting! Sounds intense. What are your main characters like?

Sounds fun! I just did a retelling of the Wild Swans because that’s my favorite fairytale.

@winter_rose

@rebekah12

@melancholicwriter

*rises up from a cloud of smoke*

I LIVE!!!

*coughs quietly* *blushes* *totally did not just quote Mushu from Mulan*

So, I think we should go with Rebekah’s idea for the villain. Martin sounds pretty dastardly.

Oh, I was reviewing your submission guidelines and you asked for 12pt New Romans Times but I actually couldn’t find it on Word, could I possibly use Georgia instead?

It was so fun to work with you too! I’ll miss doing it!

@winter_rose

@rebekah12

@wingiby-iggiby

So, Macha attack, or??? Honestly, I’m kinda stuck about what we should do next.

~Kylie

So. Ahem. Any of y’all still here?

Apologies, I kind of. . . forgot about this. Ack. *cringe*

So. Uh. Should we. . . dust this thing off and continue, or…???

@winter_rose @kylie-wingfeather @melancholicwriter @wingiby-iggiby

Oh great! I have one of those in my story. This has been extremely helpful for myself; I hope others are able to use it!! What’s your username on Pinterest? I’ll follow you 😀 (if i haven’t already)

@winter_rose

@rebekah12

@melancholicwriter

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!

*Sets off fireworks* *lights sparklers*

@melancholicwriter

Also, my family and I are going up to Kentucky today, and we will be there until next Thursday. Just so y’all know I haven’t vanished off the face of the earth.

~Kylie

…AND I have added one additional question that goes to the value of this fun exercise. 😎  12 Disciples – 12 Tribes of Israel – 12 Gates in the Heavenly City – 12 – Eggs in a Dozen… (Okay, I’ll admit I got carried away with this last…[Read more]

Hi Joelle,

Whew! It has been a long and busy week.
Trying to catch up on responding to posts.

So, let me clarify a little.  These snippets of scenes are extracted from anywhere in a longer work, so they will often be introduced without context or backstory.  We are just looking at the intrinsic value of a single scene, which m…[Read more]

@melancholicwriter

Nice to meet you, too! I’m guessing you’re a Tolkien and Lewis fan, too? My one attempt at writing science fiction really turned into space fantasy, so maybe it doesn’t count too much! 😛 What are some of your…[Read more]

Linyang, I will reply on a subsequent post from this one.  Hope you are having a blessed day and I am so glad you are joining us. Each of us are passionate about what we do and there may be times we don’t see eye to eye, but Christ makes us f…[Read more]

Come on guys, this thing just died again!! Keeping this alive and worked-on is going to take effort from more of us than just Winter Rose and I. . .

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@imwritehere1920

You’re very welcome!

I’m working on my mystery series first. The synopsis is still a work in progress. I have a protagonist and a world dressed up with nowhere to go. I’m still thinking of a plot. I have a theme though.

It’s the same with my other W…[Read more]

Hi Tasha!

I kinda “felt” that you might be INFP type, since you chose the term “Melancholic” in your tag.
Did you ever hear of the Tim LaHaye book:

“Spirit-Controlled Temperament”

LaHaye, Tim. Spirit-Controlled Temperament . Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Melancholic is one of the “temperaments” mentioned in it which…[Read more]

According to Myers-Briggs, I’m an INTJ-INTP with the pretensions of being an INFP.

I share a commonality with the Apostle Paul in that verse:
For some say, “His letters are weighty and…[Read more]

I just realized not only are we both from Canada, we both have tag lines by JRR Tolkien. 😛 🙂 My family and I are watching the LOTR movies this week, and last night we just finished The Fellowship of the Ring. I loved one of the lines Gandalf said, so I’m considering changing my tagline to it. 🙂

So where, if I may be so presumptuous as to ask, did you get your degree? xD But enough joking around here… down to business.

*grins but quickly composes myself into seriousness once again*

*changes mind about being serious because I can’t think of a profession sounding and serious way to…[Read more]

Tasha,

I have a close writer friend who has published some very engaging “coming of age” novels you might enjoy.

Her name is Lindsey Renee Backen.  Here’s the link to her site 

Hi Tasha,

Since you mentioned Niagra, I thought I’d show you a 2019 photo of it.  It is amazing up close, and the Canadian shore has a more awesome view than the Buffalo, NY US side.

Hi Tasha,

We went to Toronto, Ontario back before all the craziness and went to the Canadian side of Niagra Falls.

Such pretty places in Canada.  Do you travel much?

Hey Tasha!

I haven’t heard from you in a long while.  How are you doing? Whatcha working on?
I hear you are interested in writing Christian Romance.  How’s that going?
Have you heard of the Canadian author Rachel Starr Thomson? She writes Christian Fantasy.
Did I hear you are from the Great White North in Canada?  What pr…[Read more]

Nice to meet you Tasha! “Prof” has a nice ring to it. 😉

Keep working hard on those books!

Fun meeting more Canadians. 😉 😀

Yes, I write songs! Some are worship songs, others are more of prayers for people. (Like the one I just wrote for my friend’s family.) Eventually I want to record them (or my favourites) and make an album, but we’ll see when that time comes. I don’t have enough songs currently, so I’ll wait a…[Read more]

Hi! Haven’t been around on here in a while, but planning to change that some. Life’s had it’s up and downs, but for the most part it’s pretty good. A friend of mine died last week and that was really hard, but it’s getting better now. (The song I wrote about loss is actually because of that, @melancholicwriter. I wrote it for his…[Read more]

Sure, I’d love to!

@melancholicwriter Don’t worry, I totally understand about being “proud” of being INFP. I am too. And yes,…[Read more]

Hello and welcome to this beautiful place!

Your story makes me think of a song that I just wrote for friend’s of mine who are going through some hard stuff right now in life. I’m so glad to hear that you made it through, though I’m sure there are still challenging things.

I’m also a teen writer, who is slowly but surely finding…[Read more]

You’re an INFP? *high fives* So am I!

Just out of curiosity, what does having this personality mean to you? I don’t know a lot of people with my personality (besides Anne Shirley, Frodo Baggins, Shakespeare, Tolkien, and other great dreamers I never got to meet😊) and it’s fun to see what other people see us as, and how we view…[Read more]

You are very welcome ^_^ inspiring someone else to write is a very high compliment.

As for where to start… I would start with reconnecting to what ever drove you to write this story in the first place (this might sound weird, bear with me a moment). It could have been just for fun (nothing wrong with that), or maybe it was…[Read more]

That’s going to turn out very cool! Totally sounds like something I would read

Hope you don’t mind me popping in!

I really like everything about it! I do agree with Gracie though. If you made that change it would make it really neat! I do have a couple questions about it though. Is there a reason that Mia and Gabriel have to flee to the good uncle? And this is just pure curiosity, does Mia have something…[Read more]

I want to know what Hot Guy looks like: just how hot is Hot Guy? 😉 Is he a built jock blonde with long flowing locks and eyelashes that make women jealous? Is he a carefree redhead? Maybe a little skinny with ears that poke out just a bit too much for him to be taken seriously, but having a sense of humor that leaves entire…[Read more]

Sounds cool to me. I love fairy-tale retellings, so I might be a little biased.😄

I’m wondering what the point of her being an illegitimate daughter is. Is it going to be important later in the story? Also…just a random idea…what if she wasn’t actually illegitimate, but her father was hiding her true identity?

Can’t wait…[Read more]

@kylie-wingfeather
Ooh yeah I totally get that I’m already on two character castles, a collaborative and my WIP plus going to be trying to find a job pretty soon lol. Thanks for replying!

@taylorclogston
Oh that sounds cool! Thanks! I’d be really interested to see what a more structured RP looks like :)…[Read more]

I like the story idea and where you are going, the interplay of the mundane modern world and the fantasy faerie-tale leaves a lot of space for quirky adventure. I know you said you dropped the project for the moment, would you like some feedback?

oh geez, burred is right, lol. I couldn’t find it, feel free to post what you like here.

and thank you so much! ^_^

Good to meet you too 🙂

And thanks! I posted it in the fantasy part of the forums if you are interested.

Have you posted any of your WIP on the forums? If so, you can link them and I give them a read-through when I have the chance.

• I don’t know what country you’re from or your age, but do you happen to be a minor when it comes to crimes of a sexual locus (i.e., rape, assault, etc.)? If so, then in my opinion, it may be…

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