Khylie, thanks for posting the link to your article. I may be much, much older than your target audience, but I found quite a bit to apply to my life. Thanks again!

Betty

Sorry it took me so long to get back to this! Thank you both so much for your thoughts and insights. I greatly appreciate it. Writing is a challenge, but then again, all of life is, and we need to be discerning and wise about it.

God bless you both!

Just thought I’d touch base with you all a week later and see how this was going for you all. 🙂 I’m a couple days behind due to some travelling I did over the weekend, but have been appreciating going through this habit over this past week. Thinking through the Day Three prayer prompt in particular helped me to realize just how…[Read more]

…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]

I say an Amen! to Daeus (@daeus-lamb) on this one.

He is right. If you over plan or write an outline that is too dense or detailed, all of your creative energy and the mystery of discovery will be spent on the dry bones of a story, that needs the flesh, blood, muscle, sinews, breaths, sweat, and tears to fully come…[Read more]

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]

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]

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]

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

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Thanks! It’s really helpful hearing others’ opinions on things like this. I think I will try a little harder to incorporate what I hear back from my readers, but remember that as the author, I have a say in it too.

@morreafirebird

Oh my goodness yes! Difficult, deep, questions are my favorite things to write about just because there’s so…[Read more]

@deeprun @michelle @bree-dawn @tinuviel @tashah-claymore @michael_stanton @caserola @trallion @hope-ann @mlbolangerauthor @lady-frosttongue @sarah-inkdragon @devastate-lasting @sageinthemeadow @enu @the-inkspiller [Read more]

I’m trying to think what specifically it is that makes Kiet interesting. Part…[Read more]

Hello, It’s Mic…[Read more]

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Ah, a new week already. Well, do y’all have any goals planned for this week?

For me:

— Finish organizing everything before I leave (Speaking of which, guys, I’ll be out of the country these next two weeks so I won’t be on here at all. You guys can…[Read more]

@seekjustice Ooh yay for rain! You guys sure need it right now. Hopefully your far away from the cyclones though. 😬 Glad things went well this week. 🙂

@sageinthemeadow That’s great!

My goals went pretty well. I didn’t write as much as I wanted, but I think I’ll be able to make up for it this week. I did get to read…[Read more]

I’m glad your goals are going well! (And am excited to read what’s next in your story. 😉 )

My goals went pretty well, thanks for asking! I was a bit nervous for my concert just because some things came up to make things complicated (such as one of the violinists breaking her wrist).  But it went really well! I’m…[Read more]

@hope-ann How are your goals coming along so far? Your trip sounds exciting! Hopefully your preparations are going well. 🙂

@seekjustice I forget it’s summer in your end of the world. XD (We just had a blizzard here!)

How’s the outlining and blogging…[Read more]

@emgc

I didn’t do too bad on my goals last week, but it was so hot and I was so lazy 🙁 Worldbuilding is so much fun though 😀

Goals for this week are:

-Finish my second draft plot outline

-Post two things on my blog

-Survive those scorching days when I’m going to be working 11 hours outside.

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Well guys what’s the week ahead look like for you?

For me…

— Get prepared for concert this weekend 

— So practice, practice, practice!

— Read

— Write a little bit at least

— Beta-read

— Keep up with math

@deeprun @michelle @bree-dawn @tinuviel @ta…[Read more]

We’ve launched a cool new feature on the forum called groups.

You can find them in the nav bar like so:

Groups are hubs for writers to gather around something they share in common. They include a Facebook-like feed and most of them also include their own forums.

So far there are three types of groups:
1. Word war…[Read more]

@morreafirebird That’s awesome! Now I wanna paint. XD

@michelle Great. 😀 Things have been going pretty well… Didn’t write much, but I’ve been able to read a lot. 🙂

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Hey guys how goes it? What goals do you have in mind for the week?

This week…[Read more]

@devastate-lasting How’s the writing and everything else coming along this week?

@sageinthemeadow Glad I could be of help! XD

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Okay new week, new goals. Mine are:

• Do more organizing
• Draw a little bit each day
• Write half an hour/day
• Finish all of my history assignments…starting to get behind…
• Read as much as I am able

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@morreafirebird Google hangouts is a brilliant suggestion for chatting with each other! I also have some stuff that’s ready for critique, but would be very happy to start with whomever :D…[Read more]

Jeune Authors been going for almost a year, now (gasp!). My goal is to connect with other similar blogs and begin reaching a broader reader base, but for now it’s pretty small 🙂

What kind of wri…[Read more]

@deeprun Exactly! I agree about shared experience and friendship being integral to a great writing group dynamic. I’m not sure that kind of thing can be achieved virtually, but I’d be very willing to give it a try. Your experiment sounds interesting, and if you put…[Read more]

@sageinthemeadow Oh, I’m sorry about that. >.< My goals are off to a fairly good start, I think, all things considered. I’ve been staying away from movies/video games/most technology and it’s really helped me to get my focus straightened out and back on track. 😉 I hope that this first week of 2020 has been…[Read more]

Yes! The Stormlight series is terrific period, and all the characters are done terrifically.

@deeprun

I might as well just recommend Elantris while here, because one of the main characters, Sarene, is also a great female character who avoids both cliches of D.I.D. and D.O.D. and is instead extensively conplex and…[Read more]

@morreafirebird Wow that’s awesome! Were you able to finish it up this week? (That’s so exciting!)

@kelly-lundgren How are things going this week? Hope the wedding stuff is coming along okay. 🙂

@sageinthemeadow How are your goals going so far…[Read more]

@hope-ann Yay more from Hope Ann! Can’t wait. 😀 (I have Dust to Flame on my reading list– several people have told me that it’s really good. 🙂 )

@kelly-lundgren Wow sounds like an exciting and full year! God…[Read more]

Anyways, the new year’s about starting up so how’s about we set some goals for the first week of this new year of…*gulps*… 2020?

My goals:

— Organize room

— Practice music

— Be a good girl and stick to my diet (Time to recover from the holidays…)

— Get back into the swing of schoolwork…[Read more]

@michelle Ditto to what @kelly-lundgren said. 😉 We welcome your participation!

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Well guys I hope you all enjoy the holidays! Make sure you eat plenty of sweets, open lots of presents, and have a wonderful time with your friends and family. 😊

Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!

@michelle @bree-dawn @tinuviel @tashah-cla…[Read more]