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La La
is 98% done
Again, have a musician read your draft if you're not one because Blues are most certainly played on acoustic guitar. Blues music was being played before electric guitars existed. Oh! Darling by The Beatles is not Blues anyway. The only Fender Starcaster you might get for $20, even in 2015, is a broken one. Authors owe it to their readers to make Realistic Contemporary factual. At least Google for goodness sake.
— May 07, 2025 11:58AM
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La La
is 79% done
If you are going to have guitar lessons and a music teacher in your story, you might want to have a music teacher read those parts of the book. You don't have to learn "all guitar chords" before you start learning songs, and it doesn't take "years" to learn a Beatles song. Why would a public school music teacher say this when band students have a winter concert after less than four months of playing? Good grief.
— May 06, 2025 04:46PM
La La
is 50% done
I'm disappointed in this book. I made sure it was published as MG (7-12) before complaining. Twelve year olds telling others to "suck it". Boys wanting to take girls "into the woods" to make out. Saying you have to have a date for the dance because friend groups are for losers. All this sexual tension, that doesn't belong in MG, adds nothing to what the theme of the story is supposed to be. Stop sexualizing preteens!
— May 06, 2025 12:37PM
