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

Tue Oct 25 19:47:37 UTC 2016

I beg to differ. If you are raised using certain replacements for curse
words, likely you will use them. Or even just over-used expressions. Kids
mimick what they hear, so if the adults in their life say things like
bullfrog, they will likely use the expression too.

And usually the first swear word for all young kids is poop. My
four-year-old is going through this phase right now. It's like they
understand enough to know this could be a potentially bad word, so they try
it out for size, seeing what kind of reaction they can get.

And when my sister was little, she coined the term lambchop on a stick when
attempting to refer to someone as mean or whom she disliked, ha-ha! No one
knows where she came up with this, but to this day, we use it in my family,
grin.

Bridgit

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I understand what you mean by  shucks and shoot not always covering it.
In one short story I read once about a ten-year-old, the word was
"Bullfrogs!" I found that very amusing because you are never ever going to
hear anyone ever say that!
Vejas 

> On Oct 25, 2016, at 09:38, Miss Thea via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
> 
> 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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> 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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> What's Going On?
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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>
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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-----
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>> 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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