abandon ship!

[siobhan_says_so]

ooooooh! there's a post up about me on inkpop, a new writing blog for teens. my piece discusses how to find an idea for a story and ways to help develop it. check it out here! the site is still in its test phase. it will be launching new and fancy in a few weeks. yehaw!

in other news, i am plugging away on my revision. for the last three days, i've

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[fliesthrutheair]

Don't despair! You still have most of your revision time left. It would probably be best to jump straight to what most needs to be revised, that way you'll finish with the easy stuff and won't run such a risk of missing important things out of exhaustion. Plus, it'll end this revision on a high note and you won't dread the next one.

P.S. I read your article on inkpop! The advice is excellent: I took notes on it and everything. But there's one part of it I feel uncertain about: You say that good stories should "feel big," but I've heard someone say that if you sit down with a message to get across, it's likely something that's been said before. I understand that you are a published author and I'm just a novice, but in my experience, writing in order to make a statement instead of to tell a story has not been successful. Maybe it's just a personal thing.

[siobhan_says_so]

oh i DEFINITELY agree with you re: message. messages are usually bad things to write about...you end up sounding preachy and didactic.

when i said a story should feel "big" i meant more like it should feel weighty and important and have emotional stakes that feel big to your main character.

i hope that clears things up. it sounds like you are on the right path!

[fliesthrutheair]

Ah, I see. Thank you so much, Ms.Vivian, that gives me even more to think about!
Good luck with revisions!

[siobhan_says_so]

no problem! thanks for the well wishes! and best of luck on your writing back at you.

[tokio_charlotte]

[tokio_charlotte]

oh & BTW LOVED the inkpop piece, U R amazing!