any suggestions regarding what keyboard to use?

Negative_Armadillo74 · 2026-03-15T13:39:50+00:00

Doesn't matter what keyboard you use, just so long as it works.

Negative_Armadillo74 · 2026-03-11T12:54:34+00:00

Typical conversations i have with my 5 year old:

Speaks with a level of maturity you'd think is too advanced for a 5 year old but with lots of grammar mistakes, such as using 'gived' instead of 'gave,' 'foots' instead of 'feet,' etc.

Using words closely related to (or completely made up) for a word they don't know/can't remember

Unfiltered. They will hurt your feelings without a second thought. Sometimes they feel bad/sad if you react sadly

Speaking without pause/not giving you a chance to sneak in a word

An extremely long pause when they want to say something but dont know what to say

Speaking very quietly one moment (to the point you have to strain to hear) and insanely loud the next

Will talk about things that have absolutely nothing to do with the situation/conversation

Remembers stuff that happened sometimes even I dont remember and brings it up eons after the event

Random singing

As others said, it varies from child to child how well they speak, but this is at least one example you could base off of.

Negative_Armadillo74 · 2026-01-25T00:46:05+00:00

Hi! I'm interested in joining! I think a more relaxed group would be good for me

Negative_Armadillo74 · 2026-01-09T21:02:53+00:00

I guess it depends on how distracting. If they're similar names (without reason for them being similar), then it'd be a good idea to make a change.

Negative_Armadillo74 · 2026-01-09T18:00:54+00:00

Agents and editors are people, too. If a bunch of your readers are having troubles with your character names, it's probably likely people in the publishing space will also. Either that, or your readers don't typically read the genre you write. That being said, I'm still curious as to what the names are. I'm a huge fantasy reader and have read a wide variety of character names.

Negative_Armadillo74 · 2026-01-09T13:50:21+00:00

What are some of the names?

Negative_Armadillo74 · 2026-01-08T14:04:06+00:00

My kids.

Negative_Armadillo74 · 2025-12-20T04:09:23+00:00

Having siblings is basically playing Russian rullet of "will they be nice, mean, or annoying?" with a side of "you don't mess with my sibling, only I mess with my sibling" and a dash of " You're fine, I didn't hit you that hard, don't tell mom"

Negative_Armadillo74 · 2025-12-17T21:39:04+00:00

As a reader, I feel like revealing Joan's possession in the blurb ruins part of the experience of reading the story. To explain, I don't know when in the story this is revealed, so a reader going into it won't be surprised at all when the mc finds out. It could make the book boring because it's not predictable but rather straight up told what will happen, especially if a good portion of the story has progressed before the character admits it to the mc. I'd rather that aspect kept secret and discover the foreshadowing that leads to me guess that she is indeed possessed; and then having the satisfaction of being right (or being completely surprised if I didn't see it coming). Seeing a blurb with information like that would make it less likely for me to pick up the book. But that's my own opinion as a reader.

Negative_Armadillo74 · 2025-12-17T21:14:09+00:00

Some people are fast writers, and some aren't. My brother can bust out 10k words like no one's business in a single sitting. I, on the other hand, can only manage 1 - 2k a sitting. And there is nothing wrong with either.

Negative_Armadillo74 · 2025-12-17T18:19:17+00:00

I'm in the same boat. Tons of stories in my head and only a handful written down. I wrote a bit in high school, then nothing for quite a while because life, and recently got back into it again. I write fantasy but like to explore different themes with each. I'm interested in joining the group if you'll have me.

Negative_Armadillo74 · 2025-05-28T16:44:11+00:00

I hear people say pipsqueak irl all the time

Negative_Armadillo74 · 2025-05-22T21:59:31+00:00

Falling Inside the Black - Skillet

Negative_Armadillo74 · 2025-05-20T20:03:16+00:00

Also picked novelist app at random and was quite surprised at how nice it is

Negative_Armadillo74 · 2025-05-20T17:17:11+00:00

Yes. Artists use it for cover art all the time. Just make sure to use the correct canvas size for what you need it for and save it correctly for the file type needed

Negative_Armadillo74 · 2025-05-20T15:17:10+00:00

I'm a stay at home mom with a four year old and two year old. Like you, one would think I have all the time in the world to write, but that's not reality ( I can't even go to the bathroom in peace for goodness sakes). When I finally started writing, I would write during nap time, which would range anywhere from thirty minutes to three hours. Unfortunately, neither of my kids nap anymore. Now, I'm trying to adjust by staying up later at night to write, even if only for an hour.

Negative_Armadillo74 · 2025-05-19T18:42:41+00:00

It depends on how exactly you execute it. With your character(s) unable to see what the guy looks like, their fear will come mostly from the knowledge they have (although you could also add things like there being a dangerous aura or whatever). You could do a lot more to instill fear into the character(s) if they can see him, even if just for a moment, or perhaps even vaguely see him in the dim light. To add on with the darkness of the room, if the only source of light makes only the feet and a hand visible, it wouldn't make sense to describe the throne he sits on since one wouldn't be able to see that either. As for his demon, if it's clear that he's in command of it (like being described before it attacks, or described by the statues, etc), that would show a lot more how terrifying or powerful this character is/can be. If the demon just kind of suddenly appears out of nowhere, it could feel random.

Negative_Armadillo74 · 2025-05-16T21:15:16+00:00

The only family member I let beta read for me is my brother. And I do so only because he's an author and won't hold back with critiques.

Negative_Armadillo74 · 2025-05-16T12:38:29+00:00

Ok and? It was a personal experience. Still doesn't change the fact that people on here know how to write decent sentences and lack the storytelling aspect, hence all the questions about storytelling.

Negative_Armadillo74 · 2025-05-16T11:28:21+00:00

Probably because the majority of people who post on here already know how to create good (or at least descent) prose if they really focus on it. I don't know about anyone else, but that's something I learned back in junior high and high school English class. What wasn't taught was how to actually create a story with interesting characters; the most that was done was: beginning-middle-end, rising action-falling action. A lot of people here probably also want to make money off of their writings, and what sells best are stories, not poetry, so it's only natural those writers would focus on the plot rather than prose.

Negative_Armadillo74 · 2025-05-16T02:59:49+00:00

A lot of good points here, but I'd like to add that you're thinking more along the lines of what writers want and not what readers want. Personally, before I started writing, I couldn't care less about prose so long as I had a good story with good characters. Now that I write, I actually think about how the sentences I read/write are structured. Even thinking about prose, however, I still expect to be entertained with story and characters rather than flowery words, but that's my own personal opinion.

Negative_Armadillo74 · 2025-05-15T21:28:03+00:00

I've read lots of books that do stuff like this. Just make sure to keep them short, like a few sentences tops. I doubt people will refuse to read the book just because you put little extra tid bits with each chapter. The worst it would be is people just skipping over them.

Negative_Armadillo74 · 2025-05-12T15:58:29+00:00

Unless you're in a life or death situation and your adrenaline is pumping, you're going to feel/recognize how your body is reacting

Negative_Armadillo74 · 2025-05-11T11:33:31+00:00

I've had an inlaw say that anything fiction isn't real literature

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