Very important update

Hi my lovely followers!

I am really sorry to inconvenience you this way. But I have moved this blog to Wordpress, and changed the name to Writer Have Adventures Too. I feel I should explain myself and why I am leaving Blogger for this blog.

I have been having a hard time with inspirational posts. I am very tired of not finding a theme and background that I love that fits our name. And I am just plain ready to move on. I find Wordpress is a bit more my style.

So... if you love me enough... you might consider following my new blog. The posts will be much the same, so you won't have to worry in that respect. But I will not be transferring old posts, so I'm leaving TWS open just in case you would like to look through it.

If you have any questions or objections or comments, please feel free to leave them. I'll continue responding to your comments till the end of my days. ;)

Thank you for following me here and being such great friends. You are all the best.

Brookie

Writers Have Adventures Too

Do not give up

I know writing first drafts are hard. Trust me, I haven't even gotten through one yet. But here's a little encouragement for all of us. :)

Your character's could be someone's OTPs someday. Or someone could ship them. Maybe you'll even start a fandom. Maybe even one as big as SuperWhoLock! Just think about that. All those feelings you have for your ships, someone could feel the same way about your characters some day. Alright, have a little squealing moment there. ;) I won't judge you. You should see the smile on my face from just thinking about it.

You could impact someone's life for God someday. People go through rough times in their lives, and books often help. Yours might just lead someone to Christ. Now that's something to smile about. :)

Friends can't bug you about reading it anymore. Just hand them the papers and sit back. lol, or your little sister.

You'll have the ultimate bragging rights. Especially if you're a teenager. Not many teenagers can say they've written a full length book.

God, family, and friends will be proud of you. You will have persevered through something not many people can do. You will have faced writer's block, plot holes, and difficult characters, and made it to the end.

Sit back for a moment. If you're having a hard time with your story, think of all the good things about writing. Think about the different things you love about your characters. Remember that time the words just flowed from your fingers?

And have fun! I don't care if it takes me twelve years to write my story if I'm having fun. Don't make yourself miserable. Pushing is good, straining is not.

Brookie

How to save the character that needs to be cut

So... now don't get too mad with me. Alright, I don't have a good excuse, but I know this time it was a    really long time. Sorry. But, because of my absence it gave me an idea for a post.

You have that secondary character. You absolutely love them, but... you know they aren't adding to the story and they should probably be cut. "No!!! I can't cut my baby", you scream with your notebook/computer clutched to your chest. And so, your favorite Brookie ever is going to give you some tips on how to make your character worthy of staying in the story. Yay for Brookie! Now you're not so mad with her for ditching you, right? Right...?

If you haven't already, give them some backstory. This will automatically make her deeper and more important. After she has some backstory, give her a goal. Now her goal is a key thing here. Give her a goal that in some way crosses with the MC's. Maybe the MC is trying to save the world? Maybe for some reason this character can't let that happen. What if the antagonist is threatening this character's family if she helps the MC? What if she's looking for her lost father and the MC's goal distracts her from that. Use anything. Remember keep your imagination open and once you figure out their backstory don't set it in stone, SC's backstories can add immensely to the MC's. :)

The key thing I believe when creating and developing characters is to make every character the MC. Because that's what they think they are. So treat them like it. Just remember that their goals are the only things that can't be as big as the MC's. Otherwise they start to take over the story. Don't let your love for this character trump your love for your MC's or it's back to the start to completely replot everything. If you really get attached consider writing something on them later.

I am putting up a poll for you all to vote on! So don't forget to check that out before you leave. :)

Do you have any other tips to share? Are you going to tear me apart for being gone so long? Let me know in the comments!

Another sneak peek!

This time it's into the world of Owyn's and my books.

Again, please don't get attached, we change things quite often. ;) You can get attached to the main four I guess. (Everything is relevant to the first book)

Arin   Age: 18  MC

A' Mercy   Age: 17 SC

Tarn (We don't have the best picture for him yet)   Age: ? (We changed a few things and haven't discussed his age again)  SC

Callan     Age: 19    SC

And our antagonist (Oh looky there, it's Richard Armitage, his representing our antagonist may or may not have anything to do with me thinking he's awesome) ;)

Terragon

A Sneek Peek

So, I have been lacking for inspiration in all areas lately. And I must apologize, again, for slacking on posting. I haven't posted, I haven't written, I haven't read, really all I've been doing this week is nothing productive. But I am back and I promise to try to keep going. Like the little train. I can do it. I can do it. I can do it. I can do it. I can do it.

But I've decided to share a bit about three of my characters. They are all from my WIP A Saving Rose. This is a temporary name till I can find a better one. A Saving Rose is fantasy and YA.

So without further ado,

Rose (Rosie) Bordon   Age: 17   MC  Her hair is naturally that color.

Joseph (Joey) Hooper   Age: 18   SC    He is Rose's best friend

Hawk     Age: 20      SC     He doesn't really have a hawk, but the picture gave me the inspiration for his name. Rose's and Joey's guide.

Sorry, that's all I'm giving you for now. Maybe later I'll tease you some more. ;)

Brookie

Featured blog of the month

Hey everyone Teen Words of Steel has just had the great honor of being the very first featured blog of the month over at Ravens and Writing Desks!!

You can go read the first post, How Does That Make You Feel?, now. :)

Thanks to the girls at Ravens and Writing Desks!! :)

Brookie

Writing it together

My friend and blogging buddy, Owyn, and I have been working on a series together. For now it's being called the Trio of Light. That name came before we added another character, but that's besides the point. I'm going to try to give you a glimpse into writing a book with another person.

Pro:  The first pro is that there is a lot of imagination going into this. Not only are your ideas going into this story, so is your partners. That makes for a very creative story.

Con:  The con is that well, there's a LOT of ideas going into the story and yours won't always make it. Sometimes you might have a brilliant idea, but your partner doesn't think it will quite work, bye, bye Mr. Idea.

Pro: You don't have to do as much work. Say if you're writing fantasy like Owyn and I are, right now I'm working on history and maps while she works on the first draft of the plot.

Con: You won't always agree. Sometimes you want someone to die, and your partner's a softy. ;)

Pro: You have someone to talk to about the first draft. I've never felt comfortable talking to others about my first drafts because I feel they royally stink. But because Owyn and I are writing together I feel comfortable talking to her about it.

Con: Sometimes you start to slack on writing. Owyn and I have been working on this story for a year now. But because of our busy schedules we're still at the beginning. (That may have to do with the fact that we've changed the plot like three times, and added Callan, my baby)

Pro: It's lots of fun. I have had a great time working with Owyn on our book. I have been recently learning that I'm an extrovert and I love people, so sometimes I can get a bit lonely working by myself. Plus, it's a great excuse to have Owyn up for the weekend. ;)

Con: Sometimes it can get a bit annoying. EX: Arin, Owyn's baby, is a bit too perfect at them moment. Sure, she has a few emotional things, but nothing much. I think I spent ten minutes on the phone trying to convince Owyn to give her at least one or two more flaws.

Pro: You and your friend can really get to know each other this way. Before I moved Owyn and I were friends, but not super close. But while my family was still in the stages of moving (We moved slowly) Owyn and I decided to start writing a book. Since then we've become very close friends and have kept in close touch. :)

So there you go! If you think you like the sounds of working together, grab a buddy and start brainstorming!

Brookie

Writing Contest

If you have any prompt ideas you can either email them to me or for pictures pin it on my 'writing contests' board. (If you would like to pin at the board shoot me an email at the email under 'about us' and I will invite you to join the fun) 

  Rules

1. Entries must be 250-600 words 

2. They must be left in the comments by the second Wednesday at 11:30AM

3. Anyone be the judges, they must vote by the second Saturday

4. The voting link will be open from 12PM on Wednesday to Saturday night 

5. Non-Followers of TWS are allowed to place an entry and now vote

6. Entries with foul language or scenes that are too inappropriately graphic will be discarded

7. You may choose one or more of the prompts to put into your 'one' entry

8. Voters are not allowed to vote for themselves 

Prizes (There will only be two winners for now, until we get more entries)
1st: A copy of my tips on writing prompts
2nd: A follow at your website




                                                              Vote Here! 

Last weeks winner 
Elizabeth was the only person to enter, so technically we don't have a winner this week either. Thanks  for entering Elizabeth, I really enjoyed your entry. :)



                                                    Writing Prompts

You may continue a past story if it includes one of these prompts

1. Include this phrase in your prompt: "The farther I ran, the more I came to realize that there was no escape."
*Thanks Elizabeth

2. Use this picture: 

Writing Contest

If you have any prompt ideas you can either email them to me or for pictures pin it on my 'writing contests' board. (If you would like to pin at the board shoot me an email at the email under 'about us' and I will invite you to join the fun) 

  Rules

1. Entries must be 250-600 words 

2. They must be left in the comments by the second Wednesday at 11:30AM

3. Anyone be the judges, they must vote by the second Saturday

4. The voting link will be open from 12PM on Wednesday to Saturday night 

5. Non-Followers of TWS are allowed to place an entry and now vote

6. Entries with foul language or scenes that are too inappropriately graphic will be discarded

7. You may choose one or more of the prompts to put into your 'one' entry

8. Voters are not allowed to vote for themselves 

Prizes (There will only be two winners for now, until we get more entries)
1st: A copy of my tips on writing prompts
2nd: A follow at your website




                                                              Vote Here! 

Last weeks winner 
So we have a four way tie. We had no voters, and so no winners. But, I loved everyone's entries! And remember to enter this one. I'll adjust some of the rules and maybe send out a reminder when everyone is allowed to vote.




                                                    Writing Prompts

You may continue a past story if it includes one of these prompts

1. Include this phrase in your prompt: "The tapping got louder."

2. Use this picture: 

Blogversary!! New design!!

  I don't know if you've noticed the new design yet (I really hope for your sake you have), but it's our blogversary!! We've been so busy the past few weeks that we didn't really plan a whole lot. But there might be one or two surprises throughout January. ;)

  Thank you to all you wonderful followers. I can't tell you how much Owyn and I appreciate it. Without you I'm sure we would have given up a long time ago. So here's to our lovely friends!! :) *Virtual hugs*

  Tell us what you think about the new design! Be truthful now. What do you think about the green? Too much? I can't really tell. Give us your opinion in the comments! We don't want you to have to look at a design you think is awful while you read our posts.

Brookie

P.S. Owyn should be posting soon. I know a lot of you don't really know who she is, but she has had a very busy year. But she said she would try harder to write more this year!! So yay! And give her lots of encouragement when she does come back, that way we can keep her around. ;)

Writing Contest

If you have any prompt ideas you can either email them to me or for pictures pin it on my 'writing contests' board. (If you would like to pin at the board shoot me an email at the email under 'about us' and I will invite you to join the fun) 

  Rules

1. Entries must be 250-600 words 

2. They must be left in the comments by the second Wednesday at 11:30AM

3. Followers of TWS will be the judges, they must vote by the second Saturday

4. The voting link will be open from 12PM on Wednesday to Saturday night 

5. Non-Followers of TWS are allowed to place an entry, but not vote 

6. Entries with foul language or scenes that are too inappropriately graphic will be discarded

7. You may choose one or more of the prompts to put into your 'one' entry

8. Voters are not allowed to vote for themselves 

Prizes (There will only be two winners for now, until we get more entries)
1st: A copy of my tips on writing prompts
2nd: A follow at your website




                                                              Vote Here! 

Last weeks winner 
Maddie Jay, I'm thinking that since most of the time you're the only one entering, we'll only give you prizes when others are entered. ;) I can't really keep giving you the same thing. lol




                                                    Writing Prompts

You may continue a past story if it includes one of these prompts

1. Include this phrase in your prompt: "The breeze brushed my cheeks."

2. Use this picture: 

Why the deaths had an impact (Spoilers for the Hobbit)

For those of you who haven't either read or watched the Hobbit, there are spoilers.

So, why do I think the deaths in the Hobbit have such an impact?

Thorin, Fili, and Kili have faults, weaknesses, and doubts.

Thorin: He becomes obsessed with the gold and with finding the Arkenstone. He lets it take him over. He even begins to think one of his company has stolen it for himself. He lets hate and anger brew inside. Thorin won't keep his word, he lets people starve outside his gates.

Fili: Is loyal to a fault. Even though he knows that his uncle is becoming a monster, he doesn't do anything about it. It's his uncle, the rightful ruler of Durin. He puts loyalty before everything else.

Kili: Is almost just as loyal as his brother. And according to his mother, he's reckless.

But they also have some good qualities. The fact that they are loyal, they are brave, and strong, they don't fear death. They would gladly give their lives for their uncle Thorin and for Durin. They make mistakes, but they realize what they were, and they overcome those mistakes. They go out and join the fight, they forget the Arkenstone, and they die fighting for others.

I think why their deaths make such an impact is because we realize that no matter how big a mistake, no matter how awful and cruel someone can act, they can change. And when we see that they finally made the great sacrifice to change, they died fighting for it. That rips us and tears us, because we know they could have lived greats lives, yet they were cut short. But even so, for those few hours, they did the right thing, and they fought a great fight.

So shed some tears with me over Thorin, Fili, and Kili. :') They deserve them.
Do you have anything to add?

Brookie

M C, H N Y, and tBoFA!!

  Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! :) I hope you have all had a wonderful time. :)

  This is a really short post. Sorry. It might look a little scary, but there aren't any spoilers.
So, I assume many of you have seen the last Hobbit movie, the Battle of Five Armies? I have to say I was a bit disappointed. But I enjoyed it anyways.

  I have just one thing for you to chew on till I can write a nice, full length post on this. Why did the deaths in this movie have such an impact on many of us? I mean, the tears well up every time I see a picture of (You know who). There should be a post coming soon on my thoughts about this. Share what you think, without naming who died! in the comments. :)

Brookie