[stylist] Does Anyone Write Daily as a Routine No Matter What's Going On?

Tue Oct 25 19:12:15 UTC 2016

I acompletely agree with you on this. 
When I was little I thought dumb and stupid were bad words. And I could not dare imagine what would happen if I told someone to shut up. If I wanted to write swear words in stories, I would just write things like "my f-ing   life" "What the" would just be  abbreviated as WTF.  To this day I do it occasionally and write the words out, but I still can not enjoy music with bad words in them LOL. 
That being said, while I do think it is healthy and refreshing for kids to learn when young, I feel there is still a hierarchical way of when it is acceptable. For example, I could do it with friends from people I went to LCB with. Whereas, with the instructors, it seems to bother them more. I told my one instructor once that I was "pissed off", which I don't think is considered a swear word, and he acted shocked.  Personally I feel the older generation could learn to relax a bit.
Just my thoughts.
Vejas  

> On Oct 25, 2016, at 11:05, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I say do what's authentic. In real life, people of all ages swear,
> especially under tough circumstances. If targeting a Christian audience,
> then perhaps skip swearing, but people respond to certain things certain
> ways, and I don't think it's necessarily wrong to show this. Nor does it
> encourage behavior. Kids want characters that resonate with them, that are
> relateable. Parents and adults often forget what being a kid is like. We
> want to keep kids away from certain things so much, but we get into this
> mindset that everything will corrupt little minds, but showing a character
> going through certain emotions and responding a certain way isn't going to
> automatically make kids engage in similar behavior. And if you have a
> character respond to stress by supressing and avoiding, this is actually
> potentially as destructive, maybe even more so, than acting out in real
> life, yet few would be concerned to see a character exhibit this kind of
> behavior.
> 
> In the end, I say goe for what feels authentic. Readers see through it when
> you don't do this, when you hold back.
> 
> Bridgit
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> Right. I just see Lucy as this tightly-controlled, wound up kid on a chaotic
> Earth, too tough to cry, but acting out.
> And words like shucks and shoot don't seem authentic to me.
> Yet I don't want to write a YA book or kid's book that would encourage such
> acting out.
> The writers of the Left Behind series said this was tricky for them. They
> wanted to portray real characters with flaws intact, but they also wanted to
> knew Christian book publishers had certain standards.
> So, I guess I need to think about how I can express Lucy in all her anger
> and sadness without being burned at the stake by angry parents. LOL Thea
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via stylist
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> Going On?
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> I've read a lot of YA books that have swearing. It really depends on what
> you want to accomplish with a story, and what you're comfortable with. It
> also depends on target audience. If the 8-year-old is the main character in
> a book for younger readers, perhaps cut the swearing, or keep it at a
> minimum at the very least. But if the child in question is in a book for
> teens and/or 20-somethings or adults, then go for it.
> 
> Or to water it down, make up your own words that stand in for swearing. Like
> in the Maze Runner books. Personally, I find this annoying and just a tricky
> way to swear, but nonetheless, people do it.
> 
> Bridgit
> 
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> Thanks very kindly, Debbie.
> I'm glad you like the story.
> Question for anyone who wants to answer it: Is it cool to show
> eight-year-olds swearing, or what?
> The main character, Lucy, was called Lucy Blankety-blank because of her
> creative profanity.
> I'm not sure this story will end up being appropriate for the age group of
> my main character; I just write what's in me.
> And as I'm writing, I go into more detail about why the teacher was kind to
> Lucy, and other facts about her species.
> This is what a long break from work does for me. I come back ready to work.
> Thea
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: debby via stylist
> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2016 10:29 PM
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> Thea, I must say that I have not forgotten your novel. I still think about
> it from time to time, and one of the characters that totally fascinates me
> is the teacher. I keep wondering why those from her planet want to create
> chaos on Earth? What is her motive? Why was she so kind to Lucy? So I hope
> you will write more, and share it with us.    Debby
> 
>> On Oct 24, 2016 3:49 PM, Miss Thea via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Hi, Vejas
>> I'd like to know this answer too.
>> I don't write every day, and I do have some health issues that prevent 
>> me from being the lean, mean writing machine I'd like to be.
>> But I do find that when I start writing, the ideas come.
>> I don't know if you were around when I was workshopping my "Lucy and 
>> Lithe"
>> novel, but I haven't been writing in it for some time.
>> Then, my interest revived, I started writing, and re-thought the whole 
>> concept, even changing the title.
>> Now it's going to be a  series. I think I'm working on the prequel.
>> It's now called "She's For Andorpha", at least that's my working title.
>> For now.
>> I also have borderline personality, and sometimes that gets in the way.
>> But
>> it can also be useful, because when my interest revives, I write like 
>> a house on fire.
>> Born completely blind, I lack the knowledge of color, landscape and 
>> other sensory information important to readers. So, I've learned to 
>> write what I know, and hope if my work reaches the editor stage, that 
>> I'll get someone who can help me fill in the details.
>> Ok, I went way off topic. I don't write every day. I often feel I need 
>> a break, due to health problems and writer's block.
>> But I'm very interested in what daily writers have to say.
>> Thea
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vejas Vasiliauskas via stylist
>> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2016 6:34 PM
>> To: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via stylist
>> Cc: Vejas Vasiliauskas
>> Subject: [stylist] Does Anyone Write Daily as a Routine No Matter 
>> What's Going On?
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> A friend of mine who likes to write  makes it a habit to do so daily.
>> I would really like to do this. I did not write much as an LCB student 
>> but have definitely done some more writing  in the past few months, 
>> although not as much as I would like to. The problem is that I don't 
>> always  know what I would want to write on a given day. For example, 
>> for a story I'm working on about 2 friends lives during and after 
>> spending time together in a training center, I may not have ideas 
>> every single day on what I want to happen. I would just like to know 
>> how these of you who write daily keep it up consistently despite 
>> writers block Thanks, Vejas 
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