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

Wed Oct 26 19:50:38 UTC 2016

Yeah, I agree, Bridget.
Lucy is just a tough little kid in horrible circumstances.
When I read wishy-washy stuff, I don't like it either.
And this isn't for a Christian market.
Thanks for your input. This really helps.
Thea

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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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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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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:
>
> 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
>
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> 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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