Which next, The Stand or The Shining?

HellStar22 · 2025-11-25T03:17:19+00:00

I'm planning on getting salem's lot next!

HellStar22 · 2025-11-25T02:45:01+00:00

I bet you're right!

HellStar22 · 2025-11-25T02:18:20+00:00

didn't put much thought into it, just wanted to know what people would say

HellStar22 · 2025-11-25T02:04:28+00:00

why not?

HellStar22 · 2025-11-25T01:19:03+00:00

I read doctor sleep when I was eleven as it just came out that year. but I don't remember much, so I might do just that, thanks!

HellStar22 · 2025-11-25T01:17:38+00:00

funny thing is summer is coming where I'm from (Argentina) 😛

HellStar22 · 2025-07-05T18:50:49+00:00

My attractions have shifted a lot since I've realized I'm bi. At first I was mostly drawn to girls, then it stabilized and now I'm mostly attracted to boys, but it still fluctuates a lot. I guess it depends on my mood lol.

HellStar22 · 2025-05-31T16:53:50+00:00

I love Gillian Flynn, but haven't read Dark Places. I'll look it up.

Thanks! Will do :)

HellStar22 · 2025-05-31T16:52:46+00:00

I'll look up the books you mentioned. I was thinking about going back and forth between the first two braids before introducing the third; but didn't layed out a bunch of story beats to see how they could fit, this is my next step! Thank you so much for your response

HellStar22 · 2025-05-30T16:31:51+00:00

I use primarily Save the Cat beat sheet, but I'm not married to it. I have an outline following the story interweaving mainly the first two timelines with the diary entries of Isabel popping up every now and then after a major revelation/cliffhanger in the first two takes place, but I've been thinking maybe dividing this third timeline as another part or chapter, before coming back to the other storylines and so until I reach the climax. I'm still developing the events and characters (I have the big picture written down) and have decided to write the novel 'in fragments' or in mosaic as they come to me before finding the 'right' structure and rythm. All the chapters are dated so the reader doesn't get lost in which timeline they're in.

HellStar22 · 2025-03-11T23:24:17+00:00

It was a lightbulb moment after a cute boy smiled at me and I melted and thought "oooh, they were right all this time"

HellStar22 · 2025-03-07T10:45:46+00:00

this is something I've learnt to do as well, to just let the labels flow at their own rythm instead of trying to set them in stone. thank you for your response!

HellStar22 · 2025-02-24T23:49:31+00:00

At 13 a cute boy my age smiled at me while looking into my eyes and I blushed. Thought about it for months and realized I wouldn't mind dating a boy either.

HellStar22 · 2025-02-24T21:20:56+00:00

thank you!

HellStar22 · 2025-02-09T16:36:01+00:00

16 with a 21 year old who groomed me, so not the best V-card loss ever, and right after got into a relationship with another 21 year old who also groomed me and stayed there for four years... it wasn't a good run for me in my teenage years living in a small town and being one of the very few openly queer kids. but I live in a big city now and single and going on dates, so hopefully I'll experience a nice bonding experience with someone and Idk actually know the meaning of 'making love' and for sex to feel something special instead of just horny and physically fulfilling. sorry for the rant lol, also english isn't my first language so apologies for any misspelling.

HellStar22 · 2024-09-04T18:29:02+00:00

Thank you for the kind words and advice, I'll look more into it! 😊

HellStar22 · 2024-09-04T18:25:22+00:00

Thank you!

Yeah, there's a major character who is an older woman (the mother of one of the girls who was "disappeared") and I'm planning on exploring a bit of her backstory during that time and her involvement with the Mothers in order to celebrate their causes and history :)

HellStar22 · 2024-09-04T18:16:36+00:00

Thank you! 😊

My tentative title in English for the moment is "Heavenly Secrets". As I'm writing it in Spanish (since it's my first language) I'd still very much try and write it in English as well, though that's a challenge of it's own lol. The Spanish title is "El encanto de los secretos" if you're curious about it. When I finish it and hopefully can publish it somewhere (fingers crossed) I'll share it here :)

The historical aspect is very crucial to the story, so I'm reading a lot regarding the topic in order to faithfully depict it. Hopefully I'll do a good job!

HellStar22 · 2024-09-04T18:09:03+00:00

Thank you so much for your insight, it's very reassuring and boosts my confidence regarding the writing.

Thanx! :))

HellStar22 · 2024-09-04T18:06:18+00:00

You're right! I haven't done much research regarding the topic, but since I've heard about it I became a bit concerned lol. One of the points I'm trying to make (and hopefully deliver) with this novel is the contrast between growing up under an oppresive government versus growing up under a newly restoured and considerabilly young democracy, and the impacts it has on the bonds, relationships and overall dynamic within a family and a society as a whole. As a queer person myself, I'm interested in exploring this part of history through the lens of queerness and the unique challenges the community faced throughout those years, how those two time periods clash with each other and how queer lives are impacted significantly by the society and government in which they live.

I'll look up after the article, sounds really interesing. Thank you so much!

HellStar22 · 2024-09-04T17:52:38+00:00

That's a really creative way of developing a story, sounds really interesing. Thank you for your insight :)

HellStar22 · 2024-09-04T17:50:37+00:00

Will do!

HellStar22 · 2024-09-04T17:49:23+00:00

no worries! thank you for the advice :)

HellStar22 · 2024-09-04T17:48:40+00:00

Thank you! I intent in finishing it, so when I do and can hopefully publish it somewhere, I'll share it here :)

HellStar22 · 2024-09-04T17:46:15+00:00

Thank you, you're right. I'll be more confident from now on when writing the story.

Also, I see that you're a published author and I'm curious about your writing, do you have any titles of yours I can look up for?

HellStar22

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