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I think I might actually be speechless, as rare as that is.

This is quite beautiful and tear-provoking. I love it. Wonderful job!

@anne-of-lothlorien Man, I wish I was going. That’d be awesome. But unfortunately not.

(Honestly, though. I live in Nebraska, literally right in the middle of everything and I never go anywhere. A sad little life is mine. 😀 )

@ethryndal I know the fear. The more you share, the easier it gets, you’ll be relieved to know.

The short story is fantastic, we seem to have a similar sense of humor. 🙂 You can expect to see me back on your blog in the future.

@winter-rose I would agree with Tony Stark being an antihero for sure. Though he’s come a long way from the first movie, I find that self-interest always seems to be hiding somewhere in his motivations.

Cassian Andor I had never thought about, in spite of him being the only character I liked in the whole movie. I’ve spent the last 15 minutes…[Read more]

@Jess

I am going to be completely honest here. Antiheroes are my favorite. I think it all started when I watched Teen Titans when I was 10 and one of my favorite characters was Red X.

I think what makes antiheroes so fascinating is that they challenge the line between right and wrong. They look for the shades of grey between the black and…[Read more]

@everyone wait for me wait for me wait for me wait for me. I’m a bit late but man do I love this story. Everything about this story.

Judging by the little bit I skimmed previous conversations, I have this to say: @his-instrument never read the book, saw the musical though and that’s close enough. I also like Eponine better than Cosette, much…[Read more]

@everyone wait for me wait for me wait for me wait for me. I’m a bit late but man do I love this story. Everything about this story.

Judging by the little bit I skimmed previous conversations, @his-instrument never read the book, saw the musical though and that’s close enough. I also like Eponine better than Cosette, much much much better, and…[Read more]

@anne-swiftblade the one @anne-of-lothlorien and I were talking about was the 2005 version with Kiera Knightley and Matthew Macfayden.

@anne-of-lothlorien I would totally read this. I’m interested to see where it goes, especially since this particular door was “given.”

Have you considered like an alternate universe type deal on the other side of the door? So it appears that they come out the other side into the exact same place, with the same people, but in this particular place…[Read more]

@anne-of-lothlorien I know the movie of which you speak. I was honestly unsure what to make of the ending. lol. But you totally should read Jane Austen’s works. Any of them. They’re all brilliant.

@dragon-snapper It tends to depend on your type of writing. Personally? I tend to lean more towards one or the other depending on how I want to tell the story. (Let’s hope I can explain this in a way that makes sense)

I tend to use first person A LOT because I find it’s more personal and interactive. I think it’s easier to connect to as a reader…[Read more]

I haven’t been around much lately I’m afraid. *dramatic sigh* But I am back now and more than ready to participate in a conversation about my favorite romance of all time. I have already read this book more times than is generally necessary and so @bluejay thank you for the excuse to read it again.

Writing a novel in Jane Austen’s style though……[Read more]

Well… Jurassic World has been my favorite movie since it came out. The only reasons being: I just love scifi, Chris Pratt and dinosaurs.
Otherwise, Narnia (Prince Caspian is my fav but I love all of them.) Any Marvel movie ever created. The School of Rock. And…. that’s all I got for now.

I thought of something else. Any of ya’ll ever read The Book Thief?
The main character, Liesel, says something in the book that I have always related to.

“I have hated words and I have loved them, and I only hope I have made them right.”

Because in the end, all I want is to write in a way that affects somebody personally. That touches them.

I think about this quite a lot, actually.

I write because of all the book I’ve read. I think of the world in each of them as a gift that has been given to me, and I want to be able to give a gift like that to someone else.
I write because my overactive imagination.
I write because of my childhood.
I write because over the past few years I have…[Read more]

@aella To NaNoWriMo or not to NaNoWriMo, that is the question.

Or at least it would have been if NaNoWriMo had been around during Shakespeare’s time. I’ve been going back and forth a lot about whether or not to do it. I would absolutely LOVE to, and have wanted to participate for years, but NaNoWriMo happens to come around when my school year is…[Read more]

Oh a couple more because these are just too good:

Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertion and passionate concern of dedicated individuals
-Martin Luther King Jr.

Behold the turtle. he makes progress only when he sticks his neck…[Read more]

some of my favorites is from a poem called the Hero, these are just lines I picked and choosed from the poem, but the entire thing is good.

“It was very great and noble,”
Said the moist-eyed listener then,
“But one brave deed makes no hero;
Tell me what he since hath been!”
…
“But dream not helm and harness
The sign of v…[Read more]

@meg02
It depends on how you want to tell the story.
For example, if the background information is setting up the novel. The prologue.
But if the background story is simply something that haunts the MC and/or is not directly relevant to the plot then I would incorporate it throughout the story through flashbacks or something along those lines.