aspiring authors discussion

This is more about you than me. So, what's your short Story like?

so it’s mainly about this girl,Brynn, who had the ability to manipulate her face how ever she wants. She can change her eye color and whatnot. however, every time she uses such power someone who cared for her is taken from her. that being said, her parents are gone and she is basically homeless. while staying in a strangers house one night, she meets this boy,Fallon. (a little bit of enemies to lovers is there i couldn’t resist) fallons mother cared for brynn and therefore goes missing. fallon doesn’t know about brynns power so she tries to hide it. the whole thing is honestly just one dramatic irony. i have six pages so far and right now i’m just working on writing it all and in hoping to edit soon. it’s due in three days 😳

the main plot is fallon and brynns journey. brynn needs to keep her power a secret BUT at the end after a fight thing brynn uses her power to stitch up her face and the next day fallon is gone

what do you think is a good length for a short story?

Wow! I like the idea! The length, umm... depends on the Story. I usually write around 800 to 1000 words. But 6 pages would mean 6000 words or something.

i use a bigger font when i write, but i just checked and with a smaller ones it’s 4 pages. my teacher just emailed me asking for me to submit it soon, buddy it’s not even done 😂

How does it end?

i’m on the beginning of the end scene now, but after fallon and brynn get beat up by guard taking fallons younger brothers away because they’re too young to live without a mother, brynn uses her power to fix her and tried to fix fallons faces but she can’t fix his. they fall asleep next to eachother but the next morning fallon is gone (each time she uses her power, someone who cares for her is taken from her). brynn rushes around town looking for him and he is no where to be found. hehehe i’m so evil >:)

Genna wrote: "i’m on the beginning of the end scene now, but after fallon and brynn get beat up by guard taking fallons younger brothers away because they’re too young to live without a mother, brynn uses her po..."

Right! Poor brynn! You're so evil, Genna! So it has a sad ending. Which is sad.

ahah yeah. thank you again for doing this writing buddy even if it was just for a day or two. i’m hoping to finish writing today and start editing today or tomorrow.

Genna wrote: "ahah yeah. thank you again for doing this writing buddy even if it was just for a day or two. i’m hoping to finish writing today and start editing today or tomorrow."

It's fine! I like doing it. I'm excited to know how exactly you end it. Will Brynn be a puddle of tears?

i’m writing the second to last scene now, right now brynn and fallon are arguing ahah cause all brynn ever did to fallon was lie. (writing arguments is v hard) i’m not sure if she will be a puddle per say, but he’s there will be more tears

I can't wait!

i think i’m done!!!!!!! ahhhh yaaaayyy!!! i have everything written!!!!!!! going to edit later :)

Could you post it here? Pleaseeee!!!!!!

after i edit i will for sure. if it will let me put the whole thing here o will of not i’ll convert it do a pdf and put the link

Genna wrote: "after i edit i will for sure. if it will let me put the whole thing here o will of not i’ll convert it do a pdf and put the link"

I'm waiting... *drumming my fingers impatiently*

ahaha i’m taking a break right now and doing some homework. i’ll edit later today and maybe upload it tonight

Genna wrote: "ahaha i’m taking a break right now and doing some homework. i’ll edit later today and maybe upload it tonight"

Which means I'll have to try to sleep with the desire to read.

so i just edited a little, but i think it's good enough to put on here now! let me know what you think! :)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u...


likn to the google doc!

my friend pointed out quite a few grammatical errors in gonna fix tonight

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u...


updated version^

going to sleep on it then hopefully submit tomorrow!

You broke poor Brynn! It's awesome, Genna! But I think you should run it through a grammar checker. I found quite a lot of errors.

yay thank you so much! i’ll be sure to do that. goggle doesn’t catch everything

i ran it through grammarly and it looks all good! just waitinf for my one friend to read it then i’m going to submit!

if you see this in time(it’s fine if you don’t) i was just wondering what theme or message you got from it. i have one in mind i’m just wondering if it came across accurately

Genna wrote: "if you see this in time(it’s fine if you don’t) i was just wondering what theme or message you got from it. i have one in mind i’m just wondering if it came across accurately"

Right, so this is probably not it but...

Be yourself. Nobody will care if you pretend to be someone else.

Though Fallon did care

ahah thanks. mine was more beauty focused like you know how brynn made herself look a certain way to get shelter from strangers. i was thinking like society makes so many judgments on beauty and appearance. it’s only mentioned once it’s it might be hard to pick up on

Genna wrote: "ahah thanks. mine was more beauty focused like you know how brynn made herself look a certain way to get shelter from strangers. i was thinking like society makes so many judgments on beauty and ap..."

That would be difficult because the story gives the impression that Brynn changes her face to get shelter from strangers. But she could also be herself and say that she's an orphan. She would be put up for adoption and stuff but that's not the point.

yeah i can see how it would be difficult to interpret a theme here. i guess i’ll leave it up to the reader! :)

How did it go?

i sent it to my teacher put he has to like put the forms together to submit. thank you again for doing this!! :)

Genna wrote: "i sent it to my teacher put he has to like put the forms together to submit. thank you again for doing this!! :)"

I enjoyed it! Now I need a full time writing buddy. Don't forget to tell me when the results come out!

do you want to keep this thread open until i hear results?

Genna wrote: "do you want to keep this thread open until i hear results?"

YES

Did it come?

no, the deadline was the 26 and i don’t think they’ll be working on it on weekends cause it’s thought my school system. idk how long it’ll take

Genna wrote: "no, the deadline was the 26 and i don’t think they’ll be working on it on weekends cause it’s thought my school system. idk how long it’ll take"

Do not and I repeat DO NOT forget to tell me.

Let's just say...

I'm so very excited for no reason to know if you won!

ahahah i won’t forget!!!!
when i first heard about it i didn’t care if i won or not but now i kinda wanna win!! :)

Genna wrote: "ahahah i won’t forget!!!!
when i first heard about it i didn’t care if i won or not but now i kinda wanna win!! :)"

If by now you didn't care, you were probably a ghost...

ahahah yupp. every time i get an email from my school app i get super nervous thinking it’s my teacher telling me something abt the contest

my mom wants me to send her my story...idk why but i feel so weird when like adults i know read my stuff 😂

Genna wrote: "my mom wants me to send her my story...idk why but i feel so weird when like adults i know read my stuff 😂"

My mom finds it weird that I find it weird. Maybe it's because adults give the impression that they're super serious and very well organised. They pick up details and they'll judge you? At least that's what it's for me!

spring break starts this week and idk if they’ll judge over break my patience is growing thinner every minute :’)

Genna wrote: "spring break starts this week and idk if they’ll judge over break my patience is growing thinner every minute :’)"

I don't think there's an option to scream if you're annoyed! :D

i liked you're previous pfp better : )

ahaha. i had to change it cause kit is just so cute as jesper that smile i mean. precious

Genna wrote: "ahaha. i had to change it cause kit is just so cute as jesper that smile i mean. precious"

i get it!

gahhhh still waiting on results!!!