RissaleWriter
@JohnnyTuturro It really is.
JohnnyTuturro
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?
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?
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.
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.
JohnnyTuturro
Okay, I am going to write something completley different to what I usually write. Are you all ready for this?
JohnnyTuturro
Woo hoo! Bad Romance has progressed to Round Three, yipee! Expect more updates from it throughout the month, and let me know how you're enjoying it (if you're NOT A BOT account thanks) :)
JohnnyTuturro
Posted three new parts to Bad Romance and entered it into the second round submissions! Go check it out and let me know what you think of it: https://www.wattpad.com/story/389249670-bad-romance-onc-2025
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.
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.
JohnnyTuturro
Chapter Two of Bad Romance is out, go and check it out! https://www.wattpad.com/1521634356-bad-romance-onc-2025-let%27s-have-some-fun
JohnnyTuturro
Just posted my first ONC entry! GO and check it out! Enjoy! https://www.wattpad.com/1515331348-bad-romance-onc-2025-bla-bla-bla-bla
PaulJacobmoss
Funny really because I haven't lost any do I'm lucky that everyone follow is active must be weird seeing the numbers drop,
JohnnyTuturro
@PaulJacobmoss Yeah, maybe that's the case. Maybe you have a whole lot of people still active, but I'm hoping that I can make some friends and meet some active accounts on ONC, though. Are you doing it?