K.M. Small

Per request, I have updated the Scene Questions below to include Rose’s suggestion (@rose-colored-fancy) …

…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]

@joelle-stone

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]

@morreafirebird

K.M. Small

Hi Khylie,

So glad to meet you…uh virtually…I mean. 😉

I have been writing for 🤭mmmrmrmh years…okay a number greater than 20.  [Don’t judge.] 😲

I’ve read and bought many books on writing, taken courses, follow writing blogs, attended webinars with famous and semi-famous authors and heard all of the techniques…[Read more]

Hi, @morreafirebird

Nice to meet you! 🙂

I honestly don’t have any thoughts either way on dividing the story into four parts, on if it will work or not. 🤷‍♀️

I don’t know if this is helpful, but I recently had issues with drafting after my midpoint as well. I had a clear climax scene in mind and my outline included general notes on how eve…[Read more]

@morreafirebird

Hello! First of all, bravo on writing such a big book! *Applause* That’s a victory in and of itself. And you’re on the third draft already, that’s an even bigger victory!

I’m in the middle of a fantasy trilogy, nearing the end of book two. Book 2 is ending up quite hefty, it’s probably going to pass the 100k mark.

I had a lot of…[Read more]

@morreafirebird

I don’t think it’s a bad idea.  If bite-size pieces help you figure out the entirety, it may be helpful.

@morreafirebird Well, there’s no reason it couldn’t be done, but since it didn’t work for you last time, I feel like if at all possible outlining before hand will be worth it.

If you’re unsure what goes between the mid point and the third plot point, it might be a sign your midpoint isn’t strong enough. The mid point is when your character…[Read more]

@morreafirebird

Ya, like I said I’m really bad at explaining things…and I always just think don’t give spoilers but she is there because is this tradition that the heirs there find a wife from earth, but they talk it over with the woman after getting to know her…the “prince” in this case doesn’t but just sees her (in the prologue that’s in…[Read more]

@morreafirebird

Ok! I love the premise, it sounds real cool! A couple questions I have are; are the Red Watchers actually bad guys? Are all of them bad guys or just some? I like the themes this seems to be drawing on, Rydia and Zane’s decisions to fight and the consequences it’ll have. Will they learn their cause was not as pure as they bel…[Read more]

@morreafirebird
Thanks, and thank you so much for the critique! <3 Also I love your premise (I’ll probably come back and try to articulate some questions about the story cos it sounds so intriguing!)

Ooh I probably would go with that but I’ve already tied their history into the theme as representing the Church. I might go back and write a d…[Read more]

@claire-h @arindown @hannahrenner @writergirl101 @erynne @imwritehere1920 @morreafirebird

Thank you, one and all!

Since the new one personally geeks my little heart the most and since the consensus is slightly more behind that one, I chose that as my base but I tried to integrate more substantial descriptions of the internal conflicts and…[Read more]