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SEA
SEA
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Joined: Nov 16, 2020
Last seen: Apr 18, 2026
Topics: 10 / Replies: 251
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RE: Writers' Problems . . .

@bookwormjo hopefully this doesn't offend someone who really likes these books...😅 Static: the spy school series. All of the characters seem...

1 year ago
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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...

1 year 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...

1 year 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?? 😅

1 year 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...

1 year 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,...

1 year ago
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1 year 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...

1 year 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 ...

1 year 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! 🤞🙏

1 year 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...

1 year 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...

1 year 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?

1 year ago
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RE: Practice Humour With Me

@bookwormjo I loved "the title was clickbait" 😁

1 year 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...

1 year ago
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