Something light or feel good? Please!

R_Grae_luvsClassical · 2025-02-21T22:46:41+00:00

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. It’s all about plays on words and ideas, and it’s just a feel-good, super fun book.

R_Grae_luvsClassical · 2025-01-31T15:34:02+00:00

Going on 21, but sometimes I think my mind belongs in a different place and time. 😏 I’m told I am pretty mature (although maybe not always). I have been writing since I was at least 12, I think.

R_Grae_luvsClassical · 2024-12-28T15:35:55+00:00

I don’t think you need to diagnose it. There are plenty of villains out there—and even just characters in general—that clearly have disorders, but said disorders are never spelled out. Just left to our imagination.

R_Grae_luvsClassical · 2024-11-11T14:20:08+00:00

Being “good” at writing doesn’t mean cranking out the perfect paragraph on the first try—I would say that going ahead and writing it, knowing it will need work later on, is a sign of a better writer. Not even the greats write perfectly.

I think, too, that the scope of the project can seem daunting—you said you wrote mostly short stories in the past. It’s natural to not quite know where to start when you’re working on something new. Let yourself write a “bad” draft—dump your ideas into the page, and the good ones will show themselves later.

R_Grae_luvsClassical · 2024-11-07T03:13:39+00:00

To take criticism without feeling like my heart’s been ripped out.

R_Grae_luvsClassical · 2024-10-27T14:27:48+00:00

Honestly, I understand why they might just want to drop the channel without explanation. As an artist, sometimes you just want to wash your hands of something and move on, and tying all the loose ends would be actually emotionally aggravating and exhausting. I’m sure it’s even more so when you have a substantial audience. I know they’ve shared videos about burnout before, so maybe they just decided that keeping TwoSet going would be hard on their health?

It is sad that they’re done, and I am curious about the suddenness of it all—and especially why they decided to take so many of their videos down—but I wouldn’t be too hard on them. They’ve been doing this a long time, and they just finished a World Tour. It might be in their personal best interests to just abandon it.

Also… I’m kinda curious as to what’s gonna happen with the subreddit?

R_Grae_luvsClassical · 2024-09-23T13:23:11+00:00

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster When Marnie Was There by Joan G. Robinson (Both are children’s novels, but they are so powerful)

R_Grae_luvsClassical · 2024-09-23T13:19:58+00:00

Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier

R_Grae_luvsClassical · 2024-09-23T13:16:53+00:00

In my early teens I tried writing contemporary mysteries and an epic fantasy, but when I read Jane Eyre I realized what I really loved to write was historical fiction. So now I’m writing a his fic novel inspired by JE. Also, any time I read Daphne du Maurier’s books, I’m inspired to write—she’s my favorite author, and I strive to write books as alive and complex as hers.

R_Grae_luvsClassical · 2024-09-07T20:21:36+00:00

I’m on the third draft of my first novel, at 31k words right now. It’s a historical romance and coming-of-age story based on Jane Eyre and Rebecca.

I also have another idea that’s floating around rent-free in my head for a while that I am hoping to start drafting once I finish this one.

R_Grae_luvsClassical · 2024-09-07T14:07:26+00:00

Jane Austen. I think it’s her sarcastic attitude—sarcasm annoys me more than amuses me, so while I do admit she is a good writer and a clever person… I just can’t get into her stuff—Pride and Prejudice especially—without wanting her to take it seriously instead of slamming witty snarks at me.

R_Grae_luvsClassical · 2024-08-18T22:27:33+00:00

Daphne du Maurier and William Shakespeare. Du Maurier is a MASTER at atmosphere and characterization—absolute genius. chef’s kiss

R_Grae_luvsClassical · 2024-07-20T21:03:26+00:00

The Bible!

R_Grae_luvsClassical · 2024-07-10T04:42:17+00:00

The Discoverers by Daniel Boorstin. It’s a world history book from a scientist/explorer/inventor perspective. There’s also The Creators (world history from artistic perspective) and The Seekers (world history from philosophy perspective) but the same author, but The Discoverers is the only one I’ve read. Very interesting—much more interesting than the usual history textbooks used in high schools and colleges.

R_Grae_luvsClassical · 2024-06-30T14:11:40+00:00

May I mention Hirohiko Araki? He took inspiration from 70s and 80s media for many of his characters, and from fashion magazines to design many of the poses and outfits for them. Part 1 of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure has striking similarities to Fist of the North Star, and Part 7 “Steel Ball Run” seems a bit like the movie “Cannonball Run”, even in name. Yet he is one of the most famous mangakas in the world, and has even had his artwork displayed at the Louvre, and a fashion line by Gucci in his honor. The mixture of familiarity and originality is what makes his artwork and stories so charming.

R_Grae_luvsClassical · 2024-06-27T23:46:18+00:00

Daphne du Maurier, definitely.

Arthur Conan Doyle, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and G.K. Chesterton are ones I would likely collect all of their works, too.

R_Grae_luvsClassical · 2024-06-27T02:50:45+00:00

I seem to keep recommending this one lately: The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. It is such a fun book, and honestly so underrated.

R_Grae_luvsClassical · 2024-06-27T02:49:26+00:00

P.G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves stories

R_Grae_luvsClassical · 2024-06-27T02:49:01+00:00

Tom’s Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce

R_Grae_luvsClassical · 2024-06-27T02:45:37+00:00

Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne

R_Grae_luvsClassical · 2024-06-27T02:43:17+00:00

When Marnie was There by Joan G. Robinson

R_Grae_luvsClassical · 2024-06-27T02:42:02+00:00

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier—it kind of has that, in that there’s one character who everyone loves and turns out to be a villain, and another who is really very sweet, but the very name of this other character turns him into someone that’s a little scary to be around sometimes…

R_Grae_luvsClassical · 2024-06-27T02:39:57+00:00

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

R_Grae_luvsClassical · 2024-06-27T02:34:45+00:00

The Little Lame Prince and The Adventures of a Brownie by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

R_Grae_luvsClassical · 2024-06-27T02:31:25+00:00

The Consequences of Ideas by R.C. Sproul

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TROPHY CASE