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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic Another Writing Question! in the forum General Writing Discussions 3 years, 9 months ago
I think her going “missing in action” would be your best option. For example, something happens and everyone assumes she’s dead, but one of the characters holds out hope that she’s still alive. This will sow doubt in the reader that she really is dead and when she’s proved to be still alive it’s pay off rather than a cop out. Does…[Read more]
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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic Writing blind/deaf characters? in the forum Research and Worldbuilding 3 years, 10 months ago
No worries! Glad I could be of help.
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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic Writing blind/deaf characters? in the forum Research and Worldbuilding 3 years, 10 months ago
Hello, Rose! I love this question and I think it’s a great one. To clarify, before I give my thoughts, I’m neither deaf nor blind, but I have done a lot of research and I have a particular interest in Deaf culture and am enrolled to begin studying to be a sign language interpreter next year.
First of all, if you’re on any…[Read more]
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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic Writing from First Person Perspective in the forum General Writing Discussions 3 years, 10 months ago
Hey there! @zee has given you some great advice already, but I just thought I’d throw my two cents in.
When writing in first person, you are pretty limited to what the MC knows and sees, but there’s heaps of ways to get around it, depending on the context of your story. The Hunger Games for example, is told in first person by K…[Read more]
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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic Hello, fellow writers! in the forum Introduce Yourself 3 years, 10 months ago
Hello, how are you? I see you like history? What are your favourite time periods? My obsessions are Roman-occupation era Britain, pre-colonial Polynesia, World War One, and the French Revolution!
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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic Hello all! in the forum Introduce Yourself 3 years, 10 months ago
Hello! How are you? My name is Chelsea/SeekJustice and it’s great to have you here! who are some of your favourite authors/books?
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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic Dealing with Marital Love in Christian Novels in the forum Themes 3 years, 10 months ago
Thank you for your answer! I found it really helpful and clarifying.
It’s a fairly minor subplot, as the main plot is revolutions and treason. However, it needs to happen before the end due to PlotReasons, in the current draft I think it’s about 2/3rds of the way through and it sets in motion the final act. So I like your suggestion of…[Read more]
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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic Is this cultural appropriation? in the forum Plotting 3 years, 10 months ago
Sorry I’m super late to this but I only just saw it and since this is a topic I’ve actually done a lot of research on, I thought I’d quickly give you my thoughts.
Some people may call your story appropriation and some might not. However, the most agreed upon definition of cultural appropriation is when a piece of a culture, usually a…[Read more]
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Chelsea R.H. started the topic Dealing with Marital Love in Christian Novels in the forum Themes 3 years, 10 months ago
So guys, got a bit of a thorny question (also, not so much a question for younger readers, just a heads up)
I’m planning to return to ’18 NaNoWriMo novel, which is a New Adult fantasy novel that I’m hoping to redraft sometime next year. My question came up while I was writing it, but since I was just doing a first draft I brushed it aside, but…[Read more]
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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic I'm not ready to write this in the forum General Writing Discussions 3 years, 12 months ago
Hey, it’s completely fine to decide you aren’t ready yet! In fact, I admire that you’re willing to say that. It shows a lot of maturity, in my opinion.
I’ve definitely been in this position (I’m actually in it now, to be honest) and I think stewing on it for a couple months or a couple of years is the best course of action. For…[Read more]
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Chelsea R.H. commented on the post, How to Breathe New Life into Stereotyped Settings 4 years ago
These are all great ideas, thanks for this article! I especially enjoy the genre-swapping settings. One of my favourite TV shows is called Mystery Road and it’s essentially a Sherlock Holmes style mystery set in the Australian outback with a lot of the cliches that are usually associated with American westerns.
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Chelsea R.H. commented on the post, How to Write When Suffering Kills Your Creativity 4 years, 3 months ago
Thank you for writing this, Rose. It’s an article I really wish I’d had months ago as it really would have helped me. When my dad was dying of cancer, I wrote like a madwoman because it was all I could do to stay sane during those crazy times. As soon as he died though, I gave up and I’ve been stuck in an eighteen month period of depressing…[Read more]
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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic Alpha Readers for YA novel…?? in the forum General Writing Discussions 4 years, 4 months ago
Me! Me! Pick me!
(I’m terrible at Alpha reading at the moment, but i desperately want to read STR).
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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic Greetings! in the forum Introduce Yourself 4 years, 5 months ago
Hello! My name is Chelsea (aka SeekJustice).
I love fantasy too! It’s what I primarily read and write, though I’ve never read any of your favourites except for The Door Within though.
Do you have a current work in progress?
Also, what are some of your hobbies other than reading and writing?
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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic Creating New And Relatable Heroines in the forum General Writing Discussions 4 years, 5 months ago
Thanks for your thoughts! I’ll definitely catch up on that thread too.
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Chelsea R.H. started the topic Creating New And Relatable Heroines in the forum General Writing Discussions 4 years, 6 months ago
Hi all!
I’m just going to jump straight into it. I want to know what you guys think of female characters in novels, particularly YA and Christian novels.
I’m currently plotting a YA fantasy novel and it’s come to my attention that I have a bad habit of making my characters all the same. As in, across my novels my female leads are almost always…[Read more]
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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic Worldbuilding in the forum Fantasy Writers 4 years, 6 months ago
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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic Great Article about teens and the Corona Virus by Brett Harris in the forum General Writing Discussions 4 years, 6 months ago
Thanks for posting that Kat. It was a great reminder of the importance of focussing on wisdom and caution without getting caught up in fear.
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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic Let's talk about representation! in the forum Characters 4 years, 7 months ago
Great topic guys! I really enjoyed reading through this.
I love putting diversity of all sorts in my stories, because I feel like it makes the world I’m writing about more like the world I live in. In the class for the dog training course I’m doing at the moment, out of eight people, we have one man from South Korea, one woman from Poland and one…[Read more]
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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic Is writing ok to use for working through trauma in the forum Themes 4 years, 7 months ago
Honestly, I think a lot of artists of various sorts use writing as a way to work through trauma, I definitely know that I have.
<p style=”text-align: left;”>And yes, I think it has value, even if it’s only because it helps you to cope and to process things.</p>
Also I don’t believe that “beautiful art” has to be super happy fluffy art.…[Read more] - Load More