JohnnyTuturro

It feels so weird that it is ALMOST 2026...

JohnnyTuturro

If you’re a bot or looking to post services on my story’s comment section, can you not? I’m not interested.

JohnnyTuturro

@RissaleWriter Yeah! These bots are taking over. I get excited when I get a message or a comment… only for it to be a bot :/ It’s disheartening isn’t it?
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RissaleWriter

@JohnnyTuturro That is a mood. I am deleting and blocking.
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JohnnyTuturro

I feel kind of weird writing about characters under eighteen doing something "sexual" (not kinky, or anything extreme, btw). I'm not a prude but because I'm not a teenager, or close to teenage age anymore, it feels weird to write to me. 
          
          I'm not saying that I will never write a YA romance ever, but I was looking at an old draft for a story and I want to age the characters up a bit and focus on their lives when they're a bit older. Not to say people can't write about YA romance in High School but I think the story makes sense for them to be older.
          
          Has anyone else ever felt that way and realized it later down the line about a story/project they enjoyed writing?

CitizenSamurai

@JohnnyTuturro You'll figure it out in your own way and it will be brilliant.
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JohnnyTuturro

@CitizenSamurai yes that’s a good point. I think that is a good idea for the characters to discuss things from their past and recall them. I think a lot of stories don’t think of doing that. But yeah, it can be effective.
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CitizenSamurai

@JohnnyTuturro You're going to grow as a person, and the same changes that take place within you regarding your own perception of things will also subject you to a similar evolution as a writer.  The writing you'd produce at 16 / 17 / 18 years old would not be informed by any of the new experiences you've had beyond those ages.  Your characters (as older versions), however, could certainly discuss / recall the things they did when they were young - that might be a way to incorporate anything that you had doubts / discomfort about portraying through characters of that age, who remain that age throughout the story.
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JohnnyTuturro

Bad Romance got through to Round Two of ONC! Woo hoo!

JohnnyTuturro

@CitizenSamurai I'm glad you're making progress with your degree. Online classes sound good. Sounds better than a lot of travelling to a campus, tbh. Part-time work as also good too. Yeah, I'm well. Still writing for ONC. A year is a long time. I hope you write something soon, during a term break. Best of luck dude.
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CitizenSamurai

@JohnnyTuturro So busy with school - but I'm halfway to my degree now, which feels pretty good.  My classes are online, so it's been easy to manage that with part-time work.  I hope you are well - and I'm glad to see you're still writing.  I haven't finished any work (outside of school) in something like a year, it feels terrible.
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JohnnyTuturro

@CitizenSamurai Thank you, dude! Long time no see, how are you?
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