The Future of YA Authors discussion

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Hi Aech.

Helo:)

Doing gud:)wbu??:)
It's night here.11:00pm

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Ur a woman right Aech ?:)
Wts ur age?

Ur a kid??!!

Aech wrote: "School age :)"

Lol dodging a question

Glad to see people are active! :)

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Alexandra wrote: "Glad to see people are active! :)"

Three days later. Nothing xD helloooo!

Oh, whoops xD I said that and then went offline *facepalms*

Hello! Hello! I have a habit of getting on only once a day and talking all depends on if anyone is actually discussing. I aim to get on daily.

Hey! I'm on like 24/7

So many polls!

Liam ~Well, I still believe, though there's cracks you'll see~ wrote: "Alexandra wrote: "Glad to see people are active! :)"

Three days later. Nothing xD helloooo!"

yeah I know, I have been busy

Hello! Is anyone in the group also into photography? I recently went out and bought myself a new camera since I love taking photos so much and it has become the center of my free time.

Hey, writers. How all y'all doing?

I'm just bored. But I've made a lot of progress in chapter one today!

Raevyn wrote: "I'm just bored. But I've made a lot of progress in chapter one today!"

Well that's fantastic~! Which story, though? lol

My main novel (Son). :)

Awesome :]

Hi :-)

Hey! What's up?

I managed to sit myself down and write 2000 words.
...and then it didn't save ;(

What about you? Anything interesting?

Oh, wow, that's terrible! 2,000 words in one sitting is absolutely amazing. I'm so sorry that happened :( It's awful.

I'm alright. Reading my dictionary. I do that... I can't figure out if "ecru," is a creamy white or grayish yellow color...

Ah, it turned out alright. I rewrote it and it turned out better than the original so all good :)

I'm more of a "Google it!" person when I don't know something ;)

Hey, that's marvelous :] Good on ya!

Lol me too, but I felt like I needed to expand my vocabulary, and I just like words anyway.

How is the writing process that you guys have? I'm planning on start writing my potential first novel this summer and I'm watching writing vlogs to get me inspired. I see a lot of people who start writing immediately, while I tend to organize my thoughts (my characters, plot, world) in notebooks. I want to hear different opinions to maybe get some inspiration :)

Skyril wrote: "Hey, writers. How all y'all doing?"

I'm good ish.. what's you book called and how far into are you?

Good-ish on my end.

Fefe wrote: "How is the writing process that you guys have? I'm planning on start writing my potential first novel this summer and I'm watching writing vlogs to get me inspired. I see a lot of people who start ..."

I tend to only plan the basic story arc out first. Then I just write each chapter as it comes and then go back and flesh it all out a few chapters later. I guess some people prefer more control on where the story is heading.
Also, for epic fantasy genres it helps to make a world building document to figure out the currency and races and stuff making sure everything remains the same.

Write it anyway :P

Most readers don't care too much as long as it's not an exact copy.
Best bet is to mix and match so it doesn't read like an exact copy or anything.

And characters make the book. Original, relatable charchters can drive the book in different ways.

If you look hard enough most of the biggest books are copies of other concepts with a twist.

Hi Guys!!

I'm new to the group. I was hoping to have someone read the first couple of paragraphs of my book to see if there is anything here. It's about space... :)