{ ＩＮＫＬＩＮＧＳ v.4 } A Thread For Writers

[TheSongOfTheStars]

Do you hold a particular character close to your heart? Why/why not?
All of the main characters for one of my stories. Because I've just been with them so long and I just am constantly turning them over, putting them in new situations, learning about them but knowing about them too. They're one of the few things I actually have control over.

[NopesaurusRexx]

Hello, everyone! Out of curiosity, have any of you ever written scripts or plays before? I'm interested in taking a look at the genre but don't really know where to begin. I've heard there are some programs out there to help one write in the format, but I don't believe I've ever actually met a writer of that genre before.

I have written a few for class and will be writing two more this fall for a class. Trelby is a great program to use for it. It was actually suggested in my screenwriting class.

Do you hold a particular character close to your heart? Why/why not?
I have a couple that I do. One is Ylva, a wolf I came up with in 2008, so she has been with me for a long time.

[Greenleaf]

My iPad refreshed and deleted my whole post, so let's try this again, lol.

Thank you all for your answers! I might be attending a scriptwriting course this summer so I'm pretty excited to learn a new style of writing. :D

@Ranger: That's really well-written! The last line really rings true. War is so often romanticized in literature and the media to a really sad extent.

Do you hold a particular character close to your heart? Why/why not?
I'm fond of my OC Aihua simply because I've had him for a long time and he's developed a lot. One of my Warriors OCs, Swanpaw, has also been with me for a good few years and he's probably my most used roleplay character, so I'm pretty fond of him, as well, lol.

[Casifer]

Hiya! If you could review my story on wattpad @ maya_bee_so that'd be really cool! It's not the most original, YET! *rubs hands together* but just wait

[bee buzz]

Heyo friendos.

So, my writing tends to lend itself to an older audience - mid/late teens to adults. But I'd like to try my hand at a book series focusing on younger teens (think like Baby Sitters Club). Have you guys ever stepped out of your comfort zone in writing? How did you approach it?

Also, thought I'd say something about it, but I found this really nifty little app for smart phones called Character Planner that really helps to lay out characters and worlds and stories. idek it's s00per cool

[Megaguirus]

Hi, I know I don't post often, but I'd like to share a short story I conjured up last night. It's been rewritten once, and edited a little. I'd like some critique on it, if you don't mind. Just don't be too harsh, this story is very close to my heart and based on truth.

The Visitor

[Ranger of the North]

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@Ranger: That's really well-written! The last line really rings true. War is so often romanticized in literature and the media to a really sad extent.

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Thank you so much! Hehehe. Yeah, and I have a really bad bad? maybe. Idek. problem with doing that in my own head, tbh... It always sounds like a good idea to charge into battle guns blazing... Anzac Day is kinda spent with me trying to work through everything, ha. That's also what this was ^^ I figure that maybe if I put a character through living hell like that I'll understand a bit better c: cx

Hi, I know I don't post often, but I'd like to share a short story I conjured up last night. It's been rewritten once, and edited a little. I'd like some critique on it, if you don't mind. Just don't be too harsh, this story is very close to my heart and based on truth.

The Visitor

I'll check it out! c:

Also, guys, I think my lil sister would really appreciate some reads/comments on her story over on Writers' Haven, if you don't mind taking a few minutes to do so! c:
(her profile on CS is here, too)

[Musicality]

So... I really want to write a short heartbreak story (Like a fight and break up thing) to relieve some of the events of today but I can't figure where I want them to be or anything like that..'''


Edit:
I'm going to try my best to go through and read and critique (maybe) some of the stuff above and actually get some writing done. However, it's almost midnight and I've had a long day..

[The Worst Username]

Heyo friendos.

So, my writing tends to lend itself to an older audience - mid/late teens to adults. But I'd like to try my hand at a book series focusing on younger teens (think like Baby Sitters Club). Have you guys ever stepped out of your comfort zone in writing? How did you approach it?

Also, thought I'd say something about it, but I found this really nifty little app for smart phones called Character Planner that really helps to lay out characters and worlds and stories. idek it's s00per cool

I'm a younger teen with little experience writing; I don't have a defined comfort zone yet. I think I'm in the age group you're trying to write for (younger than 15?), so maybe I could tell you a bit about what people in my English class are reading.

-Read books written for the age group you're trying to write for, e.g., the Divergent series, Hunger Games, Selection series, Matched series.
I hate them, but a lot of the girls my age like them. If you're going for the biggest audience, these are books worth studying.

-What is your target audience reading?
I'm not sure which age the Baby Sitters Club series was written for, but I read it between the ages of 6 and 8. Dystopia and realistic fiction seem to be popular with my age group. Some of us, however, are reading Vonnegut, fewer are reading Orwell, and about two people have read Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns). The "advanced readers" aren't outliers--we make up maybe a quarter of the class--but you should probably ignore us when trying to write teen fiction.

-Try looking for blogs and online polls on what younger teens are reading; think about diversity in your writing.
As I said, lots of formulaic dystopian fiction and some less formulaic realistic fiction with sub-par character development. Most of our books, if not all, feature straight, White, privileged, cisgender, teenage girls. This seems to be the reason why a lot of the Black/Latinx girls and boys in my classes don't like reading--lack of representation--so at least consider writing a POC protagonist.

[Pyjaks]

Do you hold a particular character close to your heart? Why/why not?

Pretty much any super old character of mine. The first character I ever made was a German shepherd named Ranger (lol) and even though he's very, very retired nowadays, I still have a special place in my heart for him. He was my first lil babie.
Others include a ridiculous Mary Sue elf named Eli and her love interest, another Mary Sue elf named Brent XD I still write one shots with them from time to time, albeit in their upgraded, non Mary Sue form.