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Welcome, Austin. I also write a young adult. I will be glad to reciprocate.

Kiss,

Gacela

I'll go for the second one. Not to long, not too short.

The first one is longer. You don't want readers to skip the psalm only because it's too long. The second one is short enough for ther reader to read it, getting the message you want to convey. The third one is uselss. Few readers will get their bibles and check the psalm 140, besides, you're scene will loses punch without, at least, the main words of the psalm, those that convey the message you want to be conveyed.

Kiss,
Gacela

How about quoting directly from King James bible? That one shouldn't be copyrighted, should it?

Kiss

Gacela

I think it should be okay if we go for a six weeks time to write the stories. I mean... There's no actual hurry.

Kiss

Gacela

I agree. One entry per member. You send me your votes by private message so the voting is not biassed. I won't participate, to make sure there is no cheating with the votes.

Who else is in?

Kiss

Gacela

You can certainly leave a thank-you note on the authors' home page by means of a quickie, which I think they may appreciate, but the best way is to read and review their work. Don't feel you're not prepared to comment somebody else's work, you may be able to spot something important other reviewers, supposedly more seasoned, may have overlooked.

My grammar and English construction suck, so I can't review other writers' grammar. Instead, I focus my comments on the plot, character and world building, plausibility of events, suspension of disbelief, etc. I haven't taken any creative writing classes either, and I bet neither many of the best reviewers on this site have. Just follow your instinct and point at what feels out of place in a certain story.

Kiss,

Gacela.

Here!

https://www.thenextbigwriter.com/postin … -v.2-25259

Kiss

Gacela

Shaina:

Don't expect any of the writers here to be willing to write your story for you, because that would mean to hire a ghost writer, and, as you've mentioned, prices are high, within and without TNBW.

That said, you've come to the right place, because you can receive here a lot of help from other aspiring and published authors by means of critique. Typically, you write a chapter and post it; people read it and comment on it. Some people comment on grammar and constructions, others—like me—on the plot and the story's plausibility.

I’m willing to help and I offer to critique you as soon as you start posting. My suggestion would be to follow Randy Ingermanson’s Snowflake method. You may find information about it here: https://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/ … ke-method/

You can start posting steps 1 and 2 and wait for comments. Then continue with the next steps and keep publishing whatever you write until you end up posting your full novel. Below, you may find steps 1 and 2 quoted from the above website:

“Step 1) Take an hour and write a one-sentence summary of your novel. Something like this: “A rogue physicist travels back in time to kill the apostle Paul.” (This is the summary for my first novel, Transgression.)

“Step 2) Take another hour and expand that sentence to a full paragraph describing the story setup, major disasters, and ending of the novel. This is the analogue of the second stage of the snowflake. I like to structure a story as “three disasters plus an ending”. Each of the disasters takes a quarter of the book to develop and the ending takes the final quarter.”

Don’t forget that the best way to get advice is to read and comment what other writers post, so they may reciprocate. The more writers you critique, the more they may comment your work.

Feel free to email me. Je suis aussi française, mais je vis au Mexique et en New Jersey.   

Kiss,

Gacela

Go to in-line review replies. It should be there.
Kiss
Gacela

I would date Declan, Kenny, honestly. He's kinda hot. Kinda posh and annoying too, but I like that.

Kiss,

Gacela.