@michael-erasmus

I started my book with my main character. One day I said ‘Oh I should write a book!’ then I thought up my main character (Jered Martin) and just started with that. No plot or anything lol! A lot of times I’ll start my short stories with my characters also.  Sometimes I’ll think of a feeling and go from there. 🙂

@michael-erasmus

I have started most of my stories with a what if situation behind some character I have existing inside of my mind. Some of my stories have developed from a what do YOU want to wwrite about with my friends.
I have currently only written a few works on my own and my WIP actually started from a “well this was…[Read more]

@michael-erasmus

The same way i start any of my storstories. XD i get a random idea,  and quickly build a back story for a character.

Faded i haven’t started yet,  because i already have so many other main projects, and Scars i have a lil of.  It’s like fairytale ish fantasy.

Only one I can think of that hasn’t been mentioned yet is The King Sword by Micah Cooley. It’s one of the only “Christian” fantasy I’ve enjoyed.

I also really liked Broken Arrow by Azaria Durant. It’s not explicitly christian, but I know the author is, so for whatever that’s worth.

If you read the Circle (trilogy) Series, do not read Green. J…[Read more]

@michael-erasmus

The story sounds good. I feel like you’ll probably write it well because the characters seem to have very clear aims, which helps keep a story cohesive. I like the dad being a dreamer. I could see it either way with the boy.

I don’t know what you think of it, but it could be cool of the pagan gods, while not Gods could still be…[Read more]

@deeprun

That is interesting. It’s neat how different stories can come across to different people.

@michael-erasmus

I don’t know if I have much to say about what you wrote (brain isn’t working right now) but it does sound really neat, and from what you described of your story world it sounds similar to a story world I have that I’m including…[Read more]

@michael-erasmus I really like what you’re trying to aim for. There’s a quote by Flannery ‘O Connor which goes something like, “The greatest dramas feature the salvation or loss of a soul. Without an eternal soul, drama lacks life.” I think playing with salvation and damnation, a capital G God, and man’s relationship with him is high drama. It’s…[Read more]

@michael-erasmus Ooh… It varies for me. Usually, I’ll be doing a writing exercise with my writing club… and after I write my couple paragraphs or whatever, I look at it and go “this is actually really cool.” That’s kinda what happened with my NaNo plot for last year. I had drawn a picture of a tiny owl sitting under a mushroom, and I used that…[Read more]

@michael-erasmus Great question! 😀 It really depends on the story for me. My first book started with a simple idea, and I literally had no plot. *insert facepalm here* 🤦‍♀️

With my current WIP, however, I started with an idea of the MC and idea of my fantasy world. Then I expanded on it to create the plot. But like I previously mentioned, it…[Read more]

@michael-erasmus

I kind of tend to just get a “feel” for a story, I guess. I might have some concept that’s been really on my mind and all of a sudden it blooms into a story(Sort of like my Hi-Fi WIP, which just began with the idea of war-time pen pals and the concept of accountability and loyalty.), or I get an image of a story I want to write.…[Read more]