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Last seen: Mar 1, 2026
Topics: 10 / Replies: 252
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RE: Writing Buddies Multi-Author Project (MAP 2.0)

@bookwormjo I'm very torn... First has the advantage of being able to see up close the characters emotions, without leaving the readers to guess by th...

11 months ago
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RE: Writing Buddies Multi-Author Project (MAP 2.0)

Quick question: are we doing our stories in first person, present tense? Like “I walk over to the river, which is flowing gently.”, as opposed to “Tob...

11 months ago
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RE: Online school?

I feel like I’m one of the only non-homeschoolers here… does it count if I am a former homeschooler?? 😅

11 months ago
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RE: Writers' Problems . . .

@bookwormjo Static characters. I love it when i figure out something sad or bad or amazing about a character that i previously had a negative (or posi...

11 months ago
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RE: Writing Buddies Multi-Author Project (MAP 2.0)

@bookwormjo okay — SO! 😋 I actually wrote a sketch with Cal as a character, maybe a year ago, for school. She was a computer whiz then too,...

11 months ago
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11 months ago
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RE: Writing Buddies Multi-Author Project (MAP 2.0)

@bookwormjo umm okay so here goes… cal’s chapter starts in the car on her way to camp, then flashes back to the scenes right before camp (her mom br...

11 months ago
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RE: Phones

I believe It really depends on your parents and their values. I see toddlers with their moms phones plastered to their eyes… and I don’t think that’s ...

11 months ago
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RE: Writing Buddies Multi-Author Project (MAP 2.0)

@bookwormjo ohhhhh ok that makes a lot more sense fingers crossed and prayin' for the green light on collab. doc! 🤞🙏

11 months ago
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RE: Writing Buddies Multi-Author Project (MAP 2.0)

@bookwormjo so, um, for clarification --- for the chapters, we are posting them on the forum? so we can get feedback and work out plotholes? ( or on t...

11 months ago
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RE: Writing Buddies Multi-Author Project (MAP 2.0)

@bookwormjo yeah this sounds good... urgh now i wish i was homeschooled again so I could not have to squeeze this in after school... and music lessons...

11 months ago
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RE: Study the Bible With Me

@bookwormjo soooo, is it like, a chapter per week? should everyone read the some amount?

11 months ago
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RE: Practice Humour With Me

@bookwormjo I loved "the title was clickbait" 😁

11 months ago
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RE: Writing Buddies Multi-Author Project (MAP 2.0)

@bookwormjo any news on the collaborative doc? I agree, we just need to start writing, and work on ironing out the wrinkles as we go. Hopefully the pl...

11 months ago
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RE: Writing Buddies Multi-Author Project (MAP 2.0)

@lickington you might have to help me with the more technical stuff because all of my computer knowledge is from google. 😅I was hoping to blac...

11 months ago
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