#young authors

Editors don't have the power to physically change anything you don't want to change.

They are your characters, with the dialects and speech mannerisms you gave them. Each small detail like that is what gives them life and nuance in a way nothing else does.

Do not be afraid to talk to your editor and show them why they're wrong. Stand your ground.

Synopsis:

Monsters are not always evil. And Lyscar Academy proves that. Advertised as a safe place for "monsters," Lyscar Academy helps oddities such as demons, angels, hybrids, and others to help control their abilities.

However, these "monsters" are never allowed into the real world. In fact, the academy locks every night at 10:00 P.M. preventing the students from leaving and potentially getting hurt or worse.

If you have any suggestions on the synopsis, they would all be appreciated.

Here are the first lines of the book.

Again, suggestions are welcome.

Formatting might be odd because I'm typing this on a phone.

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"I can just move into the non-elemental dorm—" Phoenix Duskbane said, attempting to calm down his parents and Lyscar Academy's headmistress. "No! You must be in your own dorm! I will not allow you to be in a room with other men!" Phoenix's mother, Mrs. Duskbane, shouted, causing Phoenix to flinch. "Right..." He muttered. The headmistress, Lyra, rubbed her temples, sighing. "Look, Mr. and Mrs. Duskbane, it's almost curfew, and we cannot enroll any other students after that time. If you don't decide, you're welcome to come back tomorrow and—" "No!" Mrs. Duskbane shouted again. "We are enrolling him today! And if he has to sleep outside for that to happen—" "Maybe we could let him decide," Mr. Duskbane suggested. Mrs. Duskbane thought this over for a moment, before nodding once. "Very well. Phoenix...what would you like?" Her voice was strained, almost as if she wasn't used to asking that. Phoenix hesitated for a few moments, mouth opening and closing, unsure of what to say. Lyscar Academy had never had a multi-elemental student before. He looked at his Angel mother. Then at his Devil father. "I..." He glanced back at his mother, seeing her expression getting irritated. "I...guess I'll choose the Light Dorm." "Finally," Headmistress Lyra mumbled, then cleared her throat. "Very well. You will start classes tomorrow." Phoenix nodded once. "Thank you, ma'am." "Yes, thank you for letting our son enroll in Lyscar Academy," Mrs. Duskbane smiled thinly. Phoenix smiled as well, however it didn't reach his eyes. Headmistress Lyra handed Mr. and Mrs. Duskbane a contract, to which they hesitated for a moment, but ultimately signed it. "Perfect. He will be in the Light Dorm for the rest of the school year," Headmistress Lyra smiled professionally. "Yay..." Phoenix smiled half-heartedly.

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Have you ever noticed the lack of teen authors out there? Or the disbelief that anyone under the age 30 can do anything successfully? Well, I definitely have, and decided that there needed to be a change.

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For the past two weeks, I have spent more hours than I would care to admit watching videos about the Audra Winter situation. If you don’t know, Audra Winter is a 22 year old queer, autistic author who girl bossed to close to the sun, and through hubris and a lack of experience, she went from being a Tiktok marketing sensation who got 6,000 preorders on a sight unseen book to someone people are…

there is so much

in my heart and

not enough

in my head

to make sense of it all

Confluence means a flowing or coming together, gathering or meeting at one point.

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