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Mar 31, 2015 01:59PM
I need advice. The family in my story has four kids and their names are Hazel, Willow, Rowan, and Anya. Do these names go together? I want it to seem realistic! :D Thanks!
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Well, I noticed that the names Hazel, Willow, and Rowan are all kinds of trees and Anya is not. But Anya does seem to kind of fit in with the group of names, sound-wise. They are all interesting names and I'd definitely use them for your story.
Thanks so much for your help! And on this discussion board anyone can post questions for writing help!:D
I also want you to know that not all names in a family go together. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. It can be whatever you want.
Yeah, I know! I just want it to seem believable, and not sound fake! :D
Does anyone have any good templates or sheets that are good for the planning stage?
Which one works better for you guys? Typing your stories or writing them?
Typing is better for me. Writing can be a difficult because i usually used my tablet to type my stories.
Cool, thanks!! I'm having trouble decidint
Sure no problem
I do both. Sometimes I will write in a notebook and then type it in, or I will just type right on the computer.
Same here, Anna. I do both. It depends if I have a computer available!
:) I have my own laptop, so I always have it available. But sometimes I just like writing in a notebook, you know?
Writers block!
I can't think of anything, right now! I am writing a story about an imaginary friend, who is watching his friend grow up and forget about him.
Here is what I have...
Greybound believed he was the best friend, of Mark Tim. He would always tackle Mark, to the ground, laughing as he did. Greybound played space ship, in a card board box with him. Voorm. Voorm. Greybound was always forced to make sound effects. He and Mark would listen to Mother’s story, as she read to them before bed. Greyboud even got tucked in by Mother, “Good night, Greybound. Keep Mark safe from monsters.” she laughed as she kissed Mark’s forehead. “Good night.” she called walking down the stairs. Mark turned facing Greybound. “Lets tell ghost stories!” he whispered. Greyboud only shook his head. “Mark, we have the first day of school. Remember! We need to make a good impression on everyone.”
Mark sighed, wrapping the blankets closer to him, “Okay. Fine. Good night Greybound.”
Greybound smiled in the darkness, watching Mark’s chest rise and fall.
Early morning, Greyhound rushed with Mark eating breakfast as fast as he could. He ended up winning. The yellow school bus appeared, screeching to a halt. “Bye mom!” Mark called. He and Graybound leaped up the stairs, they both looked for a seat for both of them. “There.” Greyboud said pointing a seat in the front. Mark sat by the window while Greybound on the other side of him. He looked around the place, kids were screaming, and laughing. He tried to look for kids like him, but found none. The bus stopped at a house, and a boy came running out with his lunch box in hand. Greybound, watched as the boy walk up the stairs looking for a spot to sit. “Hello.” the boy said smiling at Greyhound. “Hello.” Greybound and Mark replied in unison. Greybound looked at Mark, and realized the boy was talking to Mark, not him. “Can I sit here?” the boy asked. “Yeah!” Mark said scooting over. Greybound got up before the boy sat on him. He was furious that Mark forgot about him, and replaced this…this boring boy. “I’m Nate.” the boys said.
“Mark.” Mark replied grinning broadly.
During the first day of school, Graybound, watched as Mark and Nate played cars, and build with blocks. He and Mark were suppose to explore together. Learn the alphabet together. He sighed, and walked towards Mark and Nate. “Um, can I play?” Greybound asked.
I can't think of anything, right now! I am writing a story about an imaginary friend, who is watching his friend grow up and forget about him.
Here is what I have...
Greybound believed he was the best friend, of Mark Tim. He would always tackle Mark, to the ground, laughing as he did. Greybound played space ship, in a card board box with him. Voorm. Voorm. Greybound was always forced to make sound effects. He and Mark would listen to Mother’s story, as she read to them before bed. Greyboud even got tucked in by Mother, “Good night, Greybound. Keep Mark safe from monsters.” she laughed as she kissed Mark’s forehead. “Good night.” she called walking down the stairs. Mark turned facing Greybound. “Lets tell ghost stories!” he whispered. Greyboud only shook his head. “Mark, we have the first day of school. Remember! We need to make a good impression on everyone.”
Mark sighed, wrapping the blankets closer to him, “Okay. Fine. Good night Greybound.”
Greybound smiled in the darkness, watching Mark’s chest rise and fall.
Early morning, Greyhound rushed with Mark eating breakfast as fast as he could. He ended up winning. The yellow school bus appeared, screeching to a halt. “Bye mom!” Mark called. He and Graybound leaped up the stairs, they both looked for a seat for both of them. “There.” Greyboud said pointing a seat in the front. Mark sat by the window while Greybound on the other side of him. He looked around the place, kids were screaming, and laughing. He tried to look for kids like him, but found none. The bus stopped at a house, and a boy came running out with his lunch box in hand. Greybound, watched as the boy walk up the stairs looking for a spot to sit. “Hello.” the boy said smiling at Greyhound. “Hello.” Greybound and Mark replied in unison. Greybound looked at Mark, and realized the boy was talking to Mark, not him. “Can I sit here?” the boy asked. “Yeah!” Mark said scooting over. Greybound got up before the boy sat on him. He was furious that Mark forgot about him, and replaced this…this boring boy. “I’m Nate.” the boys said.
“Mark.” Mark replied grinning broadly.
During the first day of school, Graybound, watched as Mark and Nate played cars, and build with blocks. He and Mark were suppose to explore together. Learn the alphabet together. He sighed, and walked towards Mark and Nate. “Um, can I play?” Greybound asked.
Aɳɳα wrote: ":) I have my own laptop, so I always have it available. But sometimes I just like writing in a notebook, you know?"I wish I had my own laptop....but I agree, notebook writing can be fun!
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Perhaps add more description to certain scenes, elaborate on them?
And maybe you could add more suspense or add in events that lead up to a major event?
And maybe you could add more suspense or add in events that lead up to a major event?
Mod
Depending on if it's night or daytime, I'm imagining this scene where the evil one cuts off the electricity, then switches it on again, and maybe in different buildings. So the lights go on and off, and in different buildings, like music being played.
If you want people to be killed, you could have the traffic lights be reprogrammed so that lots of cars ended up on the same road, and then the buildings started falling down on them, while citizens run away in fear.
But that may be weird, I dunno, what do you have in mind so far?
If you want people to be killed, you could have the traffic lights be reprogrammed so that lots of cars ended up on the same road, and then the buildings started falling down on them, while citizens run away in fear.
But that may be weird, I dunno, what do you have in mind so far?
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I like your idea of the traffic lights. Trap them almost like pompeii, where people trying to get out of the way of a catastrophe are only blocking each other...
Ooh I like the gas chamber idea. You could have this very powerful gas machine that spreads gas throughout the whole city. Like use the drainage system and have poisonous fumes spread through all the streets.
Thanks! And yeah, it'll be each man for himself. Self-survival.
Thanks! And yeah, it'll be each man for himself. Self-survival.
Mod
Sure, welcome! You could write it out using different ways each time to see which one works out the best.
I need help I need to write a short story it has to be 250 words or more and the limit is 500 words for a contest and I need ideas and the dead line for the contest is today!
I'm trying to come up with a boy name for my main character that means "noble leader" "adventure" stuff like that. Any suggestions?
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Benadur (literally means leader in Welsh)
Reisende (means traveler in German)
My suggestion (if you don't like those) is to use Google translate for different words in different languages.
For example, I wrote a story about a time traveler. His name was Amser Vitager. Amser means Time in Welsh and Vitager means Traveler in Galician.
Mod
I'm sorry I missed this, but in the future, if you need a small prompt, do a short walk in the woods with lots of description, or have a cliffhanger at the end of the story
So, I am creating a villain for a story I'm working on. Should she kill indiscriminately, or should she kill specific groups of people in an effort to cleanse the world of bad blood (in essence, genocide)?
The 2 1 in my opinion. Unless u want them 2 b a crazy lunatic mass murderer
That's what I was thinking, too. The Hitler approach is a lot more disturbing than the mass murder approach (maybe this could be called the Stalin approach, since Stalin basically indiscriminately killed), and I'm all for disturbing. Thanks!
I need help coming up for a name for my boy character. His parents r boring normal people kind of like the Dursleys. They would choose more obvious names but I want a meaning like leader or something. His sister's name is Aubrey which means ruler of the little people which is basically her destiny. Do you think that's normal enough?
Yeah and hmm,Dean
Dereck
Donald
Joshua
Harold
Harry
Henry
Richard
Rory
Alexander
Aaron
Abraham
Henry
Not only I have WritersBlock, but the word count is hard and top of all that, I have to make a 250 word outline...
Guys. I have a problem. I have an idea in my head, I know what story I want to tell, but I just can't get it out on paper. Ahhhhhh Please Help!!!!!
Mod
same problem with the first girl....my book is about a pair of twin girls and their older brother.
i was thinking Hazley and Phoenix for the girls and Oscar for the boy? idk if that really fits or not, but lmk!!!
I love your character names! Is one of the twins stronger than the other? I feel like Phoenix is a less common name than Hazley?? Idrk. But I like the name Oscar. Have you started writing your story yet? It sound super interesting!!
not rlly, haha. i wrote a prologue, but i think i’m going to fix it up a little bit. ok, thx!!!
No problem! I read the prologue and I am very intrigued would love to hear more.
I'm thinking of writing a story about the following information. It's just a rough outline though, things may change. Anyway I was wondering whether anyone had any title ideas. I can't really think of any. Scottish Warrior Princess gets lost in battle. She meets a sorcerer who promises her a map to lead her back to her village but the sorcerer demands a favor from the Princess. The princess must climb to the highest of peaks to retrieve the Ancient Books written by the greatest sorcerer. The books are guarded by booby traps. Princess gets the ancient books. When she gives them to the sorcerer, the sorcerer takes them and doesn’t hold up her end of the bargain. The princess almost gives up when she gets a vision from her friend that died in battle telling her not to give up and take back what is rightfully hers. Princess takes back the books and map from the sorcerer. Loses the map but finds her way back on her own.
that sounds super interesting. i like it!!
