Hannah

No, I’e not read the Inheritance Cycle…what are they about? But yes, I’ve seen Star Wars. The Force would be a good example of what I’m thinking for point 4. A ‘power’ that isn’t really an intelligent living force, but which is just there.

Pictureskew. And groteskew.

I mean picturesque and grotesque. 😛 😉

I agree with all of your points, more or less. The only one I might have a problem with is your fourth point. What is your definition of ‘Force’? Is it of some deistic, nonliving but intelligent entity that anyone (good or bad) can access and use? Like in Star Wars, if you’ve seen that?

And have you read the Inheritance Cycle? I ask because…[Read more]

@kate-flournoy Hmm, so you wanted my thoughts on ‘magic’? I don’t have much time right now, but here are the different categories I have for ‘power’ things…a very unoriginal term, I know. But by this I mean things we normal humans can’t do. And it is all to be thought of in a fantasy setting.

!. Special powers in a fantasy race; such as…[Read more]

Acid. Caustic. Sarcasm.

I’ll hold you to that.

Wow, good ideas, Daeus! That last one… that would be the most negative of negative character arches… I don’t know if I could take that…
But good ideas just the same. 🙂

Now, I have another question. I’m sure you’re thrilled to hear it.

What about vengeance in a dystopian setting, where there is no law, and no justice? Who is to administer…[Read more]

Ha. Haha. Hahaha. HAHA! HAHAHAHAHA!!! Yyyyyep… something like that…

Wow, no, really? I mean, seriously? You really think so? I mean… wow, that’s so coincidental! I mean, I hadn’t even really considered that… the thought never even crossed my mind… 😛 😛 😛

Ahem… I’ll tell you something. His initials are D-E-N-H-O-L-M.

Okay, all three of us must have been posting at the same time!

Yes, I am going to read Les Mis. Thanks, Hope. I’ll try and forget that. 😛

I am almost halfway through it— with Franz d’Epinay and Albert de Morcerf at the Carnival of Rome, just after Albert got caught by Luigi Vampa and Franz is taking the Count with him to effect Albert’s release. And yes, I’m afraid I’m hooked for life. Don’t you dare ask me who my favorite character is— there is, and only will ever be, one…[Read more]

If you’re having problems with not getting the rough draft down because you’re too busy editing, you could come up with some sort of scheduled…like making sure you write 500 fresh words a day or something like that even if the rest of the time you spend editing.

Vengeance doesn’t always need to involve killing. Sometimes the Bad Guy will let the Good Guy live to they will suffer the same loss the Bad Guy suffered…at least I think I’ve read or seen a story like that. That could actually be an interesting storyline for a good guy; he forgives the bad guy and lets him live, but in reality the bad guy is so…[Read more]

Thanks Reagan. That’s kind of the way I was leaning, but I wanted to make sure. And you’re right— it would make it clearer what he’s going through if he goes around snapping at people and glaring and being impatient and all that. It fits right in with my… um… hypothetical situation, especially since this character doesn’t usually get angry…[Read more]

Hm… I don’t like French words. 😛 Maybe because it also took ME forever to realize THAT word was the same as the one I heard people say as ‘ron day voo’. The pronunciation is crazy.

Another good one is Diaphanous.

Ah yes that’s such a pretty word, Jada.

Yup… that’s how it works. I suppose we have to learn to accept it. It is what it is. That’s the way of the world. It’s no use crying over spilt milk. If wishes were horses… (or actors, as the case may be).

What— philosophy doesn’t help?