Hannah

I’ll join you, @winter-rose ! 🙂

@kate-flournoy Gotcha. Thanks again! 😛
Okay then. Definitely the Mentor, and maybe the Evil King (if that exists).
@aratrea

@kate-flournoy Gotcha. Thanks again! 😛
Okay then. Definitely the Mentor, and maybe the Evil King (if that exists). Huh…I’d even say all of them but I think that the episode would end up being an hour long then. 😛
@aratrea

@Dragon-Snapper *bows* Any time… XD

Yeah, no, I get your point. And I definitely agree it shouldn’t be treated as ‘just another story element’. Just as being a prophet in the Old Testament was a grave responsibility and a mark of high honor from God, anyone entrusted with any sort of supernatural gift should not just ‘go whacko’ with it. 😉

@Dragon-Snapper an archetype is basically the typical role any given character fulfills. Mentor. Hero. Dark Lord. A slot for a character that doesn’t really depend that much on the character himself, but what part the character plays in the story.

*takes back two cents*
@kate-flournoy Ah, okay. I have not read the Silmarillion yet, though I see that it would make a difference. 😀 I do think that it is important how magic is portrayed, but my book went a little whacko with it. 😛 Thanks for clarifying that.

@Dragon-Snapper I would disagree. The definitions are wrong. Sorcery in our world is demonic power, and since our fantasy worlds should be copies of God’s nature and God’s creation, sorcery should be bad in fantasy worlds as well. Spells and dark incantations and witches and the like should always be portrayed as bad. I do not think you…[Read more]

@alia
*stares at laptop for really long time* Um…
Well, I had once written half a book of a highly magical fantasy wizards/magicians type story; the MC had magic and the Antagonist had magic etc. However, I was convicted against using such elements in my stories when I read about how much God hates sorcery (Galatians 5:20) I was convicted and…[Read more]

@aratrea So glad I’m doing this course. I have no clue as to what and Archetype is. 😛

@Alia ha! I feel ya. 😛 Not a problem. 😉

@Alia this is such a lovely discussion that we already had it. 😀 Check out this topic here. Please add your thoughts and ask your questions. It’s a huge discussion, and the more opinions we can get on it, the better. 😉

Hm… the whiny teenaged hero? 😛

@Aratrea

@Aratrea Well… Hmm. I wouldn’t say the lessons have been focusing on physical conflicts rather than mental conflicts. It’s just the matter of tying the theme to the conflict. Something like your example of fear and courage is pretty easy to show through conflict. You can show a character running and hiding at the beginning, then standing up and…[Read more]

And now I feel so terribly uncultured because I’ve never read Byron or Shelley or Milton… *sniff*

@Daeus @Northerner dah! Had to restart my laptop… it froze on me… *glum look* Sorry to keep you waiting. I got 623 words.

@Daeus *screams* I DON’T WANT TO TURN EIGHTEEN!

@Daeus… don’t you mean nine? :’D
I’m with ya.

Yay, it worked.

@Adry_Grace Yay for Enjolras. 😀 He’s one of my top faves too. And yes, you DO need to find a copy of the book! Look, here’s a link to the kind we have; I don’t know if we bought it here or not, but this is the one we have.…[Read more]

I wrote 251 words since I started writing, @daeus @overcomer