Hannah

Yummy! *licks lips* Lovely virtual ice cream. Perfect for a hot day here in Australia. 😀

Is the 3rd person talking to the reader or the the MC? @ivy-rose

Whatever. 😛 *takes the virtual ice cream*

But! There is a factor you’ve got here. This is all girls answering. Maybe your theory would apply to boy writers.

@cahndida-serkhaman We’re sort of a mini-oyan forum. So yeah. 😛
Though, I would say gif wars would be a bit hard…

@cahndida-serkhman We’re sort of a mini-oyan forum. So yeah. 😛
Though, I would say gif wars would be a bit hard…

It all depends. Are you going 3rd person omniscient or 3rd person limited? Omniscient is more removed, so I’d go with Mr. and Mrs. on that one, whereas 3rd person limited is… well… limited. A close cousin of 1st person. So Mom and Dad if that one.

That’s been a hard on for me. I tend to stick with Mother or Father, or Mom and Dad…basically whatever the MC uses. If it was a separate scene with just the parents, I normally use their first names.

Perfect. 😉

Well, the busiest part of the forum is the General Writing Discussions page— and it’s just that, a page for the discussion of writing in general. Villains, character arcs, good words, description, dialogue— you name it. We can also have more genre-based discussions in the Fiction forum.
Critiquing questions (and excerpts) can be posted for…[Read more]

*cringe* Research. Yep, I’m afraid so. If you can get a good idea of what historical figures were really like, you can weave ’em in much better and actually hit pretty near the mark.

Good points, @Daeus. Very good points.

Also, @sarah-h, it’s not so much about showing your character’s response to the arc as it is about showing the arc itself. Let me explain. Say you’re character has a problem with lying. As you progress through the arc, don’t show us the character lying less and less. Show us the changing perspective in the…[Read more]

Well, my brother (reading snail) picks up on the nuances pretty well. But he’s nothing close to being a writer. 😛

The giant boy loomed over the two terrified, shaking, green frogs as they huddled on their last remaining lilypad. An evil smile stretched across his face and his hand tightened on the jar he held as he came in closer.
The smaller frog, unable to look, buried his face against his brother, who stood tall, making a falling attempt at…[Read more]

I actually read too fast. I pick up all the details and everything, but I usually want books to last longer than I make them by reading so fast. I have to rein myself in and be sparing, usually. XD My family nickname is “the reading cheetah”. My brother and sister were dubbed the reading snail and moose, respectively.

Welcome to Kingdom Pen, Cahndida! 😀 Always nice to have a new face. And OYANers have quite a bit of a headstart on understanding the KP insanity, so you’re in a good spot. 😛

Oh… I know what sort of a scene you’re talking about. Let’s see. Hope had some good stuff. I’d say, probably uncovering some previously unknown back-reason that the villain has been running with might be a good thing. Maybe study a few book/movie scenes where a similar thing happens?

@faithdk, we have 3 sheep (we had 6, but one died and two became food…) 🙂

@cahndida-serkhaman, Hello! It’s nice to meet you. Welcome to Kingdom Pen!

That’s awesome; I love singing, too! 😉