Young Writers Society

Princess Emmaline (working title) is a story comprised of smaller stories. There are two main storylines, Emmaline's and John's, as well as a minor one, the Adults'. The target audience is children 10+ though I'm also hoping older audiences can appreciate it. The best stories are ones everyone can appreciate.

This is a story that I've been needing to write for a while, for reasons that might become obvious once I'm finished the first draft.

Now, since I don't write fiction linearly, I haven't posted anything longer than a short story or a poem in years because posting stories out of order doesn't make sense, and so I've been waiting to finish at least the first draft of things before posting anything more novelish in length.

Rest in peace, sense. You will only sometimes be missed. Meanwhile, I've got a story to write.

Because I'll be posting the parts up as I write them, one of the main purposes of this thread will be to organize the parts chronologically. I'll also be using this thread to keep track of some goals and resources, and to answer any questions you folks might have about the story or my writing process.

In other words, welcome to Draft 0.


Emmaline



John



Adults





Locations


Character relationships



> Post at least one part up a week.
- which I have miserably failed at lol
- but I do poke at the writing at least weekly

> Come up with a better title.
- Through the Lightning-Split Oak
- In the Land Beyond the Lightning-Split Oak
- The Princess and John
- or just stick with Princess Emmaline
- maybe Beyond the Lighting-Split


Why are there so many repeated words/so few descriptions in Emmaline's story?

Emmaline's story is told in the style of the old tales which were told orally. As a result, these tales tend to have a lot of repetition and very few descriptions, to make them easier to remember and retell. There will be descriptions of the characters, but only when those descriptions become relevant to the story, and even then, they will be sparse.