Glad to have been with you for this last part of your journey!

It is not only novel writers that need input, but we need the voice of readers here too.  You are a gifted creative.  Do not think just because your preferences are not in story writing, that they are in any way less than.  Poetry and music are essential art forms that are powerful ways to ex…[Read more]

Hey Olivia!! I’m with Mr Stansell, I wish you wouldn’t go 🙁

If you do, I understand and I wish you the best in your writing life and life life.

We’ll miss you! God bless

I wish you would stay.  I understand life gets busy.  I understand that there may be other sites you wish to explore.
But I want you to know that there are writers, young and older, from many different places and backgrounds who may need to hear what you alone can share or say.  Each of us needs encouragement.  God has giv…[Read more]

*high-fives fellow Dickens fan back* Yes, audiobooks are amazingly helpful for classic novels… especially when they were paid by the word…

LOL, it really seems like that sometimes XD Dickens knows many words but concise is not one of them. XD

That’s a really cool premise! Best of success with it!

@olivia

Haha, you are welcome for…

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Agreed!!! I’ve always loved how unique the book and chapter titles are and have even thought about making my titles similar, since I love them so much. xD I might, but who knows…

I love it too! I’ve thought about adding titles to my chapters, but I’ve never actually tried it. *Lightbulb moment* I could maybe do that with this next pro…[Read more]

It does, though if we’re being truly fair, we wouldn’t have stories to write if it wasn’t for life.   But ya, I get what you mean. It’s okay though, because I’m a little worn out right now and need a bit of a break anyway, so needing to pause writing right now is actually good for me.

Taking breaks is essential, and I hope you have a grea…[Read more]

THANK YOU NOAH

Joelle, I loved reading this, it made my day. 🙂 I’m glad we agree, we need to complain to each other about it sometime. 🙂 xD

@olivia

Thanks for the reply Olivia! I’m glad you were able to see the clear differences through my mess of a post. xD

@r-m-archer

However. As it currently stands, the word “magic” is jus…

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I was planning on joining NaNoWriMo this year, but I changed my mind and I’m not planning on it anymore do to some different life stuff I need to focus on.

That’s alright, I totally understand. Life gets in the way of writing sometimes 🙁

But in answer to your un-asked question,   haha, the next Crazy Writing Week is in the beginning of…

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Hi Olivia! Thanks for replying! 🙂

I couldn’t help noticing the title and thinking “sounds like it should be from the Mysterious Benedict Society”, and voila! you mentioned it yourself! xD Those books are so good.

LOL, yes! I love those books and the titling is hilarious!

One of the things I enjoy the most about that POV is how the MC (o…

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I’ve been overthinking rethinking the titles of my series. As most of y’all know, the series in question is a fantasy trilogy in a desert setting.

With that for context, onward to the titles.

The initial idea was:

1. The Tribe of Sand and Azure
2. The Assassins of Mountains and Moonlight
3. The Crowns of Blood and Thunder

There are…[Read more]

My story is called Freddy and friends. The characters are based on my stuffed animals. It is about Freddy the bear and his friends having fun adventures while at the same time learning lessons.

I have been on…[Read more]

She likes me because most moms do lol.

@imwritehere1920 Hi Lily! I…[Read more]

Glad you enjoyed it!  Oh that’s cool that you condensed your story to six words!  Mine would go something like:

“Gained reward; lost friend; now reconciled.”

@obrian-of-the-surface-world

Hey, I saw your poem and it was so awesome! (good luck in the challenge *goes back to figuring out what to submit* 🙂 )

@bclarke  Wr…[Read more]

I really like yours! They’re so good!

Thank you! It was fun to try! XD

2. “Here lies beloved Josh. Forever three.”

Aww, that one’s so sad! 😭

4. Reunited twins. Strong friendship. Sacrificial love.

Oooh, isn’t that one your WIP? Cool!

@michelle

@olivia

Hey, if you guys are feeling brave, my friend is running another caption contest for 6-50 words.  The link’s below, if you’re interested.  (good luck!)

Click Here

@olivia Yes thanks for sharing you Six word stories.

Aww, thanks girl!  You’re pretty awesome yourself!

@olivia

Hi, I’m Lily!  Thanks for stopping by!  I like your stories.  Especially #1 and 2!

Hey, sorry for the long wait for the reply, life has been nuts for me lately.

Yep, it should also be noted (though it rarely is from what I have seen) that he also makes special note of food at times. Both food and song are such a large part of a culture that we are blind to it until we go into another culture see how they are…[Read more]

That’s an interesting situation and plot! I like how they managed to get messages to each other, that’s really clever!

@olivia

Oh, that’s cool! What form of art do you make fan art with? Like Drawing, painting, etc.

I draw digitally! I actually finished it today, and I’m quite happy with how it came out! It’s a d…[Read more]

Ya, same with me. In the beginning I thought he was okay, but wasn’t sure how he could go from being pretty nice (sometimes) to what he is in the Hunger Games, so I was a little wary of him even though I sorta wanted to like him. But it’s true that I really didn’t like him even more at the end. I listened to the songs and they are cool!…

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I’ll try to remember to look those up tomorrow. He definitely did not! I was so mad at him at the end of the book. I don’t care if he went through a lot in life and simply needed some counselling, what he did just made me mad, even though I knew where he was going to end up since I’d read the Hunger Games before.

Yes!! In the b…[Read more]

Aww, good! I’ve read quite a few books where people tell the stories of previous history through songs and it’s really cool, so that’s a good idea. Glad you have ideas!

I haven’t seen it that often, but I can see how it would work pretty well. And it gives me the added excuse that the songs were passed on through dozens of people in a gam…[Read more]

Thanks for the advice, Olivia! That does help and gives me several things to think about!

First things first, I agree that songs included in stories are really cool, and when I was reading The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, I’d make up a little tune in my head for each song. So yes, I think it’s a cool idea.

Same! I sat reading the lyr…[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]

Pretty much, unless you are Tolkein, then half of your story is song anyway XD.

Yeah, every few years California decides to spontaneously combust. Never had to evac myself, but I was right below the line that did, and I have seen the fires crawl across the mountains right next to us.

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haha, I’m glad you enjoy it! I was looking through the pictures on my computer to try and find one I liked and I saw this one and knew it was perfect XD

Isn’t that what stories are, just with a lot more context? XD

It may sound weird, but I kinda get it. Sun for so long gets boring. I had a teacher in highschool who was originally from New York, and she couldn’t understand how excited and energized her students got when there was rain, lol.

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Hi Olivia,

Here a chart image I captured explaining the 4 code pairs of the Myers-Briggs.

You mentioned:

4 Myers-Briggs Preference Pairs

Hi Olivia!

I copies a picture of what the letter codes mean if that helps.

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]

Writing music is still very much a form of writing. The stories that songs tell are much more compact than books, but that does not make them less valid by any means.

“In the winter here in Northwestern Ontario where I live, we skate and play hockey all the time. My brother and I usually play hockey with our friends at the outdoor…[Read more]

Yeah, a bunch of posts got deleted and some peoples messages stopped showing up for a day.

As for games, I am in a similar boat. I think the last triple-A game I played new was Skyrim, since then I mostly stick to old games I know I like or smaller releases on steam every once and a while. Lack of time has a way of refining our palates…[Read more]

@olivia

I’d love to read it! Just send me the google doc link anytime.

@obrian-of-the-surface-world

If you could email me at katherinelovesgod@gmail.com, that would be great!

Hurrah!

You write songs?! Cool!

@arindown

YES! I feel the same way! And I think it annoys people some times because I just crash and I can’t talk about what I feel and i just well idk.😂😂 I run 100% on emotions and if they are haywire so am I😂. I ‘love’ ppl at a distance like there’s this little voice ‘don’t get too close. they…[Read more]

That sounds really good! I’d love to give it a look. Let me know how best to do that. I could always give you my ‘junk email’ account so you can share it with me without too big a privacy concern.

Thank you 🙂

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

That sounds great! I’d love to read it, and giving you thoughts on characters is exactly up my alley. Character development’s probably my favorite part of writing. Go ahead and hit me with some details.

I’ve read the Rooftoppers and The Wolf Wilder. I loved both! I’m going to see if I can find her other books too! How did you like Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms?

The Wolf Wilder was really good! I loved it and I’m actually rereading it now.

You’re welcome!  Ooo, now I’m intrigued by your idea; do you have a name for your MC?

Not yet, it’s barely an idea XD I only have a faint idea that I want it to be set in a port city, and it’s in an approximately Edwardian era. It’ll probably involve pirates and spies too XD

@olivia

Awesome! I love Katherine Rundell’s books so m…[Read more]

I’m glad you liked it. If you have any questions about it or requests for it, feel free to tell me!

Yeah, I understand not doing the mindset course (I started it but haven’t finished it, oops). I am not close to publishing either, but I figured that learning about publishing now doesn’t hurt.

I don’t know why, but I just assume “you” or…[Read more]

Haha, yep! My writing moods are like, “This is amazing. This will need very little fixing” and the other is “This is terrible, it needs a complete rewrite or simply deleted from existence”. But even the amazing scenes need a lot of work and terrible ones aren’t as bad as I thought.

Oh, thank you for the recommendations! I…[Read more]

I feel like all of us want that.

Here you go: https://ribbonash.blogspot.com/ Oh, yay, I hope you enjoy it. ^_^ Oh, really? That’s so cool! I would totally follow it if you do one! Yes, that is the reason why I started my own last year. And why I got Instagram a few days ago. Having a platform is very useful for publishing. I am alright…[Read more]

@rose-colored-fancy

Yep, I believe if you cringe, then you have improved. XD I don’t know about you, but I think I write pretty good during the first draft and if I go, “oof, that’s bad”, it is like a sign of your growth, if that makes sense. Oh, this is your first…[Read more]