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sipping-honey

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Hey, good day all. I've written the first chapter of a book-- and I'm by no means an experienced writer. I want to confront some grand topics that are very hard to talk about where I live- when it comes to a family without a father, should the son step up? I've met many young men struggling to fill their father's shoes, and it's a very hard thing to learn that these parent/child boundaries are good to set, because they carry the weight on their shoulders.
 
Good luck, @sipping-honey. That sounds like a topic that needs to be covered.

Do you have an outline, a plan of some kind, written? Just wondering, because a book like that seems like one that would want to be outlined so you know where you're going.

There are several people here who do non-fiction who will be great resources for you. (Not me, but others.)
 
sipping-honey, I'm sorry but we do not allow outside links for critiquing. if you would like some help on your work, we'll be glad to do so. The way the system works is that, when you have made 10+ comments and the system has caught up, you are welcome to post your work in the critique section. Please check out the rules once you get there. ::D
 
lynnmosher said:
sipping-honey, I'm sorry but we do not allow outside links for critiquing. if you would like some help on your work, we'll be glad to do so. The way the system works is that, when you have made 10+ comments and the system has caught up, you are welcome to post your work in the critique section. Please check out the rules once you get there. ::D
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Thank you! My apologies!
 
carolinamtne said:
Good luck, @sipping-honey. That sounds like a topic that needs to be covered.

Do you have an outline, a plan of some kind, written? Just wondering, because a book like that seems like one that would want to be outlined so you know where you're going.

There are several people here who do non-fiction who will be great resources for you. (Not me, but others.)
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I have a general skeleton, leading up to the end of highschool/beginning of college. I'll be on the search for those resources; God's been guiding me to different people who have been witnessing to me without even knowing I'm writing this. God's good.
 
I do not know how helpful this will be, but when I got my masters in psychology, I created a website for a class that discussed risk factors as well as protection factors when it came to a child's faith - more specifically whether a child will rebel against God when he grows up or not. Again, not sure if this will help you, but fatherlessness is a major factor in many things. I figured I would post it here for you, and let you decide if anything is helpful...

love-faith-and-teenagers.weebly.com

LOVE, FAITH, AND TEENAGERS

Are you afraid your child may rebel against God in high school or college? This website is dedicated to research on risk factors and protective factors for adolescent retention of faith. Includes 12 steps you can take to protect your child.
love-faith-and-teenagers.weebly.com
 
sipping-honey said:
Hey, good day all. I've written the first chapter of a book-- and I'm by no means an experienced writer. I want to confront some grand topics that are very hard to talk about where I live- when it comes to a family without a father, should the son step up? I've met many young men struggling to fill their father's shoes, and it's a very hard thing to learn that these parent/child boundaries are good to set, because they carry the weight on their shoulders.
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When I first read your post, I assumed it was a novel that it was fiction but apparently not? I will be interested to read it. I hope you will post it. Assuming then that it is factual, it sounds like a topic where you can include some real life examples if you feel free to do that in your own community.
 
Jared Williams said:
I do not know how helpful this will be, but when I got my masters in psychology, I created a website for a class that discussed risk factors as well as protection factors when it came to a child's faith - more specifically whether a child will rebel against God when he grows up or not. Again, not sure if this will help you, but fatherlessness is a major factor in many things. I figured I would post it here for you, and let you decide if anything is helpful...

love-faith-and-teenagers.weebly.com

LOVE, FAITH, AND TEENAGERS

Are you afraid your child may rebel against God in high school or college? This website is dedicated to research on risk factors and protective factors for adolescent retention of faith. Includes 12 steps you can take to protect your child.
love-faith-and-teenagers.weebly.com
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Thank you for sharing this. Helpful and very well organized.
 
sipping-honey said:
Hey, good day all. I've written the first chapter of a book-- and I'm by no means an experienced writer. I want to confront some grand topics that are very hard to talk about where I live- when it comes to a family without a father, should the son step up? I've met many young men struggling to fill their father's shoes, and it's a very hard thing to learn that these parent/child boundaries are good to set, because they carry the weight on their shoulders.
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Years ago when I was experimenting with writing with what little free time I had, I met an author of popular fiction on a long flight. He skimmed what I had written, that I had with me. Note: iPads and cell phones were not available yet, so it was legal pads. His first comment was that I wasn't using an outline. He was correct. He told me that devoping the outline took him the majority of time required to write each book. It was the details he said he could work through using the outline. He said the actual writing just flowed because of his outline. The outline usually was as long as the book, he pointed out. I went back, started over, but a change in my life ended all my writing for about two decades.
 
Lonestar648 said:
Years ago when I was experimenting with writing with what little free time I had, I met an author of popular fiction on a long flight. He skimmed what I had written, that I had with me. Note: iPads and cell phones were not available yet, so it was legal pads. His first comment was that I wasn't using an outline. He was correct. He told me that devoping the outline took him the majority of time required to write each book. It was the details he said he could work through using the outline. He said the actual writing just flowed because of his outline. The outline usually was as long as the book, he pointed out. I went back, started over, but a change in my life ended all my writing for about two decades.
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Anyone read this? A similar process is recommended using index cards in “A Writer's Time: A Guide to the CreativeProcess from Vision Through Revision” by Kenneth Archity. That method is the reason I finished a self published book (decades ago, if I remember, right).
 
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