Hannah

We have Seasons of Gray and I really, really liked it. Speaking of which, we haven’t seen that movie for a long time…

@Daeus ‘Nothing serious’ indeed. 🙂 And I like how he just sits outside the tavern, waiting and tracking the time with his watch. And I looked up the Risen preview…it does look good. I’ve always loved the different retelling of ‘the centurion’.

@hannah-c No, I haven’t seen Grace Unplugged. Is it good?

I saw it in theaters and then saw it again yesterday on DVD. I really liked it, though there was a slight plot hole where the bad guys replace the papers in William’s coat…it never explains how they found where he lived or how they knew the papers were there. And (picky me) he dives into the water at the beginning with his two sets of papers and…[Read more]

Of course not! Easy questions are not discussion starters! 😀

The villain, if there is a villain (and there are times you can go without them), must not merely oppose the MC in a physical sense. He must (at least usually) oppose him on a mental/spiritual level as well.

Okay… good. I like that. Let’s take that. Let’s go deeper with that one.…[Read more]

So what do you think is essential to a good strong theme? How should each role (MC, villain, antagonist, protagonist) serve the theme and make it better? Is it better to do obvious themes, or vague themes with a moment at the end when suddenly everything makes sense?

Oh, and by the way, I don’t think there ought to be a limit as to how many…[Read more]

I’m on pinterest too…I love it for writing ideas and storyboards (and some lotr and humor). My Pinterest name is Authoress of Light. 🙂

Oh yes. I love Ben-Hur too. It’s just all around such a great story, though I might make the complaint that Esther is too perfect— look who’s talking. 😛

Yes, I understand what you mean about taking that approach with fantasy and accidentally presenting a moralist gospel, but for some reason I don’t think that would happen, at least with my…[Read more]

Good points, Daeus.

I will add a few little differences of opinion we seem to have here… when I asked if the theme should be attached to the MC’s character arch or the plot, you said it didn’t really matter. Here’s why I disagree. Oftentimes, if the theme is whatever the MC went through (learning to lead, learning how harmful pride can be,…[Read more]

It would depend. I might not sign up simply because I don’t read many stories on blogs even when they are really interesting because I’m busy. Though if I happened to have hours of free time (sleeping doesn’t count) and did happen to read stories on line and like them, then yes, I might create an account. If I could read everything and could sign…[Read more]

I use blogger and am quite pleased with it (well, after I figured out everything anyway). With both blogger and (I think) wordpress, you can have a gadget to the side where people to sign up to your blog by e-mail…so every time you post they get an e-mail with that post and can either read it there or go to your blog and read it. Now, of course,…[Read more]

Yes! Thank you.

Wow! A composer who doesn’t understand music theory! That makes me feel a whole lot better about where I am right now…

Thank you for those tips. I really appreciate that. And… thanks for keeping them simple. Some ‘quick tips’ you almost need a dictionary to understand. 😛

You could make the stuff password protected and only send out the password to subscribers on WordPress. I can do that, and I only have a free account. As far as other sites go, I believe Blogger is free.

Thanks guys! Whew… I was afraid this topic had fallen through. 😛
Good advice all around. Thank you both!

I just go the first book for free on my Kindle! I’m not sure when I’ll get around to reading it since I already have a few books on my reading list, but I’m looking forward to it. 🙂

I’ve done all my maps my hand…very time consuming, but they look cool. I’ve not had much experience with doing it on the computer though. 🙂