u/warl200

I want to gain a better understanding of the time period and read about it for enjoyment.

I don't know if this is the right tag to use for this but here I go. This is my third or possibly fourth post on this subreddit and I want to say for the ones who commented on my post with advice and support and love. This community is helping me a lot, and I'm happy to be a part of it.

My past posts were about my coming to atheism and the fear that my parents would find out that I don't believe in god and Christianity. Now today (as I'm typing this out) has escalated more. My grandmother specifically. Is who I live with and very very religious me and I have a rocky relationship. She notices that I don't sing in or do the creed thing during church the music doesn't feel right and when I told her that, she looked at me like I spoke blasphemy (which I probably did.) Then she doesn't understand why I listen to other music. This is where the fear-mongering comes in, she was talking about the music I listened to (pop, southern Gothic, heavy metal, indie, etc) and how ' I'm going to burn in hell cause of it cause I could get in a crash'.

Not only that my last birth mother passed away about four years ago and since then my grandmother has been using her death as a warning from god. My mother was a substance addict and died from substance addiction.

Somehow my grandmother sees me (even though I never touched drugs and don't have a plan to touch drugs) that I don't sing in church or get involved or find interest in the church, I'm going down the same path as my mother did.

The way my grandmother things disturb me and somehow doesn't surprise me anymore. Possibly soon she is going to set an appointment to talk to our preacher in my past posts many commentaries told me to lie my way out, which I'm going to do.

Plus my grandmother asked me if I was happy with my life I told her yes (ever since I left Christianity it felt like golden chains fell loose from me. When I almost...let it all go two years ago. Now I'm in good mental health and strive to keep going, I'm not giving up now)

I just wanted to say. I'm done with the null thinking of my parents, the degradation of myself, thinking 'without god im cursed to hell', or if I don't follow God's path I'm doomed for failure. I say no more.

Thank you for reading my post. Any advice on this post or private message is appreciated.

I've been getting ready to write my first-ever draft and I've been practicing writing for a while and feel confident enough to write it but also worried. I have done research and know that the people's first draft of a story won't be great or even terrible. I built my fantasy world and its characters and hold them dear to my heart.

Maybe I should just write it, finish it, and put it on a shelf then when I write other future stories when I'm more understanding my self as a writer finally go back and rewrite and polish it clear plot holes and rebuild the characters better and more enjoyable.

Is this the best way to move forward?

I (19m)

Edit here: soon going to be a college freshman. I'm struggling to find a job.

I post something like this asking if I should tell my parents that I'm an atheist. Now after an argument and some sad talk on 'put your faith in god' or 'my days are numbered' I'm afraid I might get kicked out of the apartment. My parents are split, living with my mom. If she kicks me out, and my dad finds out, he'll probably not let me stay at his place. I don't know if this is the place to come to with my problems but any advice will be really appreciated.

For a while now, I've been working on my first manuscript, and I'm having trouble developing a plot and a theme. I will admit I have fallen into a worldbuilding trap and have developed my characters and villains. I want to get out of this cycle and get back into writing. Has anyone been in this scenario? Plus any advice on how to develop a theme and plot.

I want to get into the fantasy genre. I've heard that J.R.R. Tolkien, Brandon Sanderson, George R.R. Martin, and Robin Hobb's works are a good place to start, but are there other good fantasy books out there? High and low fantasy is okay with me while also dark fantasy.

I'm (19m) now and I left Christianity about a year ago, and I can't stand it anymore people around me still believe I'm a Christian. All my life even at an early age I was never interested in Christianity but when I was eleven years old I was scared into it, hell was a tool and fear dragged me into golden chains. I thought it was normal; I thought that's how things work. Fear of questioning the way things are. But after the darkest moments of my life about two years ago. I did research then I started deconstruction which led to deconversion to atheism. I know this will be brought to light. My parents are very very religious, believing we came from two people, religious. I wanted to know how to face it when the time comes and what to do, possibly expect.

I'm questioning the tribe. I grew up around many times I was told I was native american but recently when the Lumbee were federally recognized, many First Nations are angry at the recognition. I don't know if this is the right place to talk about this. I guess what I'm trying to say is I'm confused about my identity and want an understanding of this whole mess.

I'm terrible at writing and I really want to get good at it. I've been working on small projects and I showed friends and they say it's good but when I show it to other people I get scene right and clear but dialogue is where I'm lacking and description of characters. I've gotten good criticism. Every time I get back to writing on my first draft, I feel like I'm slowly losing confidence to keep going and fear that I'm not cut out for this. This is a growing passion and I don't want to lose it I have many stories and ideas that I want to put on screen and paper to finalize a book.

If there is any advice out there or encouragement it'll be appreciated.

I'm terrible at writing and I really want to get good at it. I've been working on small projects and I showed friends and they say it's good but when I show it to other people I get scene right and clear but dialogue is where I'm lacking and description of characters. I've gotten good criticism. Every time I get back to writing on my first draft, I feel like I'm slowly losing confidence to keep going and fear that I'm not cut out for this. This is a growing passion and I don't want to lose it I have many stories and ideas that I want to put on screen and paper to finalize a book.

If there is any advice out there or encouragement it'll be appreciated.