Writer Challenges

Hey!!! I wrote a werewolf story's first short story!! A trilogy!! First book has been published on inkitt!! Your reviews and respond will highly be appreciated!! ☺️☺️ Book name "Finally I met you!!"

Nekochei Hiiiiii! we can do a swap if you like it!

Imaginativegirl006

Hi everyone,

I'm writing a werewolf story (my first story) can anyone give me any tips about how I can get more people to see my work?

Stormie Stafford All you can do is write it the best you can, but add a different spin than everyone else's. Let people see your work and take the comments to heart. Good Luck!

Lumi T.R (Kokii) Make sure you comment on peoples post on the community to let more people know you exsist, help others and maybe do some read-swaps where someone reads your book and you read theirs,

Imaginativegirl006 Thank you guys for your advice!

Nekochei Let the community know about your story and ur social media accounts, you can also swap, it'll not only help to get a review but also to interact with new writing styles too. Moreover, you can post about ur story after every 3 days on the same grp, ... See More

in this way upcoming or newcomers will be known to you! @Imaginativegirl006

Champo Chileya

Hi everyone just working on my first story any advise.

Lumi T.R (Kokii) Before you post a chapter, make sure you leave some time before you proofread so you don't miss any mistakes. I also make sure I roughly have the storyline set, but that can change as you write more.

Lumi T.R (Kokii) Inkiit also has a Novel writing boot camp that I found helpful when writing my book.

Writingelk Yeah Champo, just write even when you don't feel like writing. How do I do that you ask? Let me tell you what I do. I go back and start by reading some of what I've already got, or all of it. just to re-immerse myself into the story, and then, just ... See More

continue wring, it doesn't even have to make much sense, that will be for a later stage. Hope this works for you, along with the other insights from others. good luck.

Imaginativegirl006 Just write remembering the fact tha you are doing this for your passion and nothing else. Whatever you write with that thought will become wonderful.

Ashton Ohrling

hi im new here and im writing a book about a uman and vampire romance and need some ideas for a plot twist! anything helps thanks :)

Stormie Stafford The best way I have found out how to do this is to not think too much. Write what's in your heart or you could be like me and dream you book a few chapters at a time. Yeah, I know I'm crazy...lol

Writingelk You are not crazy at all @StormieStafford that's how I go about it myself, and I dare say, it's not half bad the way how it has turned out. Go take a peek at my story if you like and tell me what you think, thanks.

Writingelk You are not crazy at all Stormie, that's how I do it too, and I dare say, it did not turn out half bad after all, Go take a look at my Tattooed trails story if you like and tell me what you think. Thanks.

Lumi T.R (Kokii) I agree with Stormie about going with how you feel, When I write I feel as if I am reading someone else's book, except everything I want to happen, happens.

Lumi T.R (Kokii) If you want some plot twists though, maybe another vampire could turn the human, making that the human's sire. Then the other vampire has to deal with it or something.

Stormie Stafford Yeah, Writingelk, who dreams their novels in three dreams? I did the same on my second to my sixth.

Arifah Salic

Hi everyone! I'm not exactly new to writing novels, but lately I've been struggling with finding a good story and a plot. So far, I've come up with my most favorite genre, Fantasy, and I'm actually having fun writing it. You can read my book if you wanna give it a chance, it's called "Clepsydra", which is Latin for Hourglass.

So far, the plot I've thought of is about a young queen (well, not exactly young young, she inherited the crown when she was young, but in this story timeline she's the

youngest queen to rule a whole kingdom) and her mission in investigating her friend's death at a university full of royal heirs and heiresses (I know it's cliche, but instead of a high school scenery, I decided to have a college setting).

Although the main genre of my book is Fantasy, I also want to point out the Romance side, where my queen meets the crown prince of the empire that defeated her late father's killing-spree. Their personalities are quite common, because both have huge trust issues. I wouldn't say my main character is a good person (but she can be), because she wasn't born to be one. But after knowing her father's evil acts, she tried surpassing her dark side because she didn't want to be like her father who poisoned her home in the past. Now the crown prince, he's your type of guy who's living up to his title; a leader. Both have their own stories, but I'm still thinking about how and when they'll...intersect their stories.

Here comes the Fantasy part, each Kingdoms, Empires, and Dynasties have their own magical traits, symbolized in their spirit animals. My queen has hers as the Black Widow, (her power? Haha guess). The systems in their powers are through their blood. I've already written down a full on explanation for that but for now I won't go with further details about it.

What do you guys think of my plot? Is it okay? Is it good enough? Please let me know so I can change some parts! xx

Lumi T.R (Kokii) it does sound like a good plot, more unique to what i have read in the past

Katy Rayne it sounds interesting.

Neo Eclipsim

Heres a challenge for all you fantasy jocks.

As a person, I always liked books that had a "magic system". A set of rules that explained why you could do certain spells while others were impossible. Call it the scientist in my soul, but I love figuring stuff out. I would like you to post a UNIQUE AND NEW magic system. It can be anything you want, as long as it's fresh content.

Arnav c

hey everyone I am a new guy here can anyone be kind enough for some intro please

Stormie Stafford Hello, hope all is going well with you and your writing. Good luck to you.

Writingelk

Hello everyone, the writingelk here. I'm a newbie here, and therefore doesn't know how things really works but I'm a trying person who is willing to learn. I currently have a work in progress called, Casting Shadow on the Tattooed Trail. would love to get some feedbacks on it, if you don't mind. Here. https://www.inkitt.com/writingelk

Stormie Stafford Hi, from S. Mississippi. I am also a newbie, but I have 6 books( in a series) that I'm editing. Please check out my book--Spell me once--from the Spell me series. It's under my pen name Stormie Stafford. Good luch to everyone and have a blessed day.

Katy Rayne

as I'm procrastinating and we haven't done one in ages.

what would you write about this picture?

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my little girl chose it for

her English homework.

she said Every book is it's own adventure.

as I have Mary Poppins return song stuck in my head from Sunday I will say a cover is nice but a cover is not the book

Hayden D. Linder OK. I know I'm messed up cause the first five thoughts that came to mind were NOT suitable for public forums. So I'll go with my one clean answer to that picture. "Larry was an unusual boy."

Katy Rayne lol fair enough would love to know the ones not suitable

Hayden D. Linder The first one had to do with "Ladies of the evening" and their free time.:)

Hayden D. Linder

Let's get back on track to "Writer Challenges" for this page. Due to a comment Penumnbramine posted on Mythical Creatures I find myself asking, Who can come up with a Lycan story idea with NO werewolf tropes. No soul mate, no Alpha's, No Moon Mother. and all of the others I can't think of right now.

Katy Rayne no omegas? sorry not me but you have

Hayden D. Linder I can't tell you how happy I am that, "I have no idea what in the hell that is." :) So, NO OMEGAS.

Katy Rayne im now looking for the comment

infonation123 I can try

Hayden D. Linder Go for it.:)

infonation123 Can there be vamps and witches

Hayden D. Linder Hey info, there can be whatever you want. Have fun with it.

Kirafiredrake i can n.n but is this challenge still ongoing? does it need to be long? and where do i post it? xD

Hayden D. Linder Hi Kira, You cab post it wherever you like. If you don;t wnat to post it with your regular work then throw it in your Google drive and right click it to get a shareable link when it's done. Then just post that here. And it can be as short or as long as you like. Just have fun. :)

Kirafiredrake oh ok coolz! is there a deadline? I will post it on here with the rest of my works for sure.

Kirafiredrake ((and by trope you mean like wolf lingo like tassle (for tail) etc?)

Katy Rayne with trope means things like mates, omega alpha that sort of thing. :)

Hayden D. Linder

Yeah, Sorry. "a figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression.

"he used the two-Americas trope to explain how a nation free and democratic at home could act wantonly abroad"

verb:::: So for werewolves it means those clichés like soul-mate,

alphas they're things writers use as elements of story. Does that make sense?

Kirafiredrake @Hayden D. Linder Yea now it does thank you!

LJ_Gibson No OMEGA????????

Hayden D. Linder Why the hell would a killing machine need a whipping boy in his pack?

Katy Rayne someone to clean up the mess. and now youve filled me with dirty images whilst im at work

LJ_Gibson Omegas take care of the dirty work that no one else will and they raise the wolf pups and make sure your pack feeds and gets what it needs. Omegas die from starvation more than anyone else in your damn pack so show some respect please.

Kirafiredrake @LJ_Gibson it is true in real life they do have this role, but i guess Hayden had a different idea pop into her head when you mentioned "omega" like the cliche underdog types or something. correct me if i'm wrong n__n6.

Kirafiredrake @LJ_Gibson besides just take it as a simple rule to the challenge xD to mix it up a little

Katy Rayne this thred is about doing it different making the werewolves monsters again. Don't get me wrong i like both types of books but this thread is the vicious monster kind

LJ_Gibson oh okay i understand now sorry.... :(

Katy Rayne that being said i wrote a sex scene about an omega at work that involved whips,

Hayden D. Linder So two things I should comment on. Not meaning to sound snide but, Kira? "Hayden" is a BOY'S name. It's ancient Gaelic for "Son of the rose hedged valley." It may SOUND gay but that's still DUDE-ish. LJ? I was gonna go on about how all Omega's are ... See More

important with their takin care o babies and cookin an cleanin an their day jobs as "Desk Gimps." That's where they put on a zipper mouthed mask an hide under the desk so you can kick em when your feelin angry. *Stomp* "Ow.... thank you, Master." HOWEVER! IN all seriousness, I didn;t knwo what omegas did for the pack in these stories and what you mentioned actually helped me to flesh out a supporting character of a story I'm working on. So, in all honesty. Thank you, LJ.

LJ_Gibson If you ever need some help understanding pack life let me know i'd be happy to help... I am going to follow you and read your work

Hayden D. Linder " I am going to follow you and read your work" Sounds cool.. Let me know if you like it and if you don't like it? Try to let me know why. Also, what books would you recommend I read for a good background on the atypical pack lifestyle?

Kirafiredrake @Hayden D. Linder sorry! i did not know as im not familiar with gaelic names.

Hayden D. Linder I wasn't either till I got handed one by my mom.:)

Kirafiredrake hehe she is one special lady xD

LJ_Gibson @Hayden it all depends on if you want something sappy of manly i have read both but in order for you to learn i have to know what you would read bcuz im only 17 .

Hayden D. Linder Wellll I approach writing like a job. It's a job I love but if what I'm reading is for research purposes then I don't care. So, which ones are you favorites -AND- provide good examples of pack structure and lifestyle? For example, if you want a the ... See More

best example of "Character depth" in Literature, I would suggest "The Brothers Karamazov" by Dostoevsky. It's Dull as hell! But the BEST character depth EVER! So if you're a writer? You need to read it. :)

LJ_Gibson Ok I will read that and let me get back to you on the favorites so i can narrow the selection down...

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