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@whalekeeper I must say the new profile pic is amazing

@whalekeeper are you planning on RPing? If not that’s fine I’d just like to know

@rae

Johnny

“Dos,” El Burro said, but he trailed off. He twisted back to look at Johnny. “Why are we here?”

“The dragon girl wanted us to keep this girl here,” Johnny said.

El Burro grunted. “And what loyalty must we have to her? This affair bores me.”

“I want…[Read more]

@rae

Johnny

The rapid shift from dragon back to girl did more to further drive Johnny’s nerves into oblivion than it did sooth them. El Burro, never hesitating for a second, dragged him and the other boy behind him into the soda shop. “Wait!” Johnny started to protest, “what are we actually-”

The first impression Johnny had of the soda shop…[Read more]

Johnny

Johnny wondered at the dragon’s words. Destroy cities? Kill people? He shouted over the whipping wind. “Uh, we weren’t really planning on… whole cities! We sort of… just want to become top dogs at school! Assert dominance!” He realized he was talking to a female and explained. “It’s sort of a male thing!”

El Burro pointed. “The eagle…[Read more]

@rae

Johnny

“If one of you boys wants to come flying, I’d get aboard now!” The dragon barked.

Slick’s face went as white as his hair was black. He, and several of the posse, dove into the bushes with a cry of fear. Vinny backed away. “I didn’t sign up for this! Witchcraft! I’m dreaming! Call me when it’s over!” He turned and barreled through…[Read more]

@ellette-giselle

The second to last thing you wrote, just one tiny thing, maybe not quite so much crying. When I’m sad, I just stare off into the distance. Other than that, he’s definitely masculine, especially in the parts preceding the roof parts.

And I was about to say, like a stereotypical guy trying to fix all the problems, “Why doesn’t he…[Read more]

RAE: “This might sound really weird, but I have no idea how to write girls. Sure, I can write emotions and stuff, but they usually become copies of each other personality wise, and even weirder, they aren’t copies of me. Estelle, Nae, Narsa and Ilsa are basically the only girls I’ve written who feel unique. Help?”

Allow me to demonstrate my imm…[Read more]

@ellette-giselle

Ok I read the scene. And the first thing I think is “I’ve never been in a war – I can’t imagine what that’s like.”

I will tell you it feels like it’s a real guy, and it feels like real war, and I think what you had him do so far is what a guy would do. Now we come to what comes next, and to me, the first question is, How strong…[Read more]

@ellette-giselle

So I changed my mind and am going to reply in the WIP forum, but it really depends on what sort of guy he is

@ellette-giselle @whalekeeper

Reply coming in the Characters of the Opposite Gender forum

@rae

Ok here we go Sorry school has been busy getting back to it

Should I tag Sara?

Johnny

There was enough broad-leafed foliage, and the two victims were talking earnestly enough that they couldn’t see or hear the approaching Society. It also helped that everyone stayed completely silent.

Slick held up three fingers, then two, then one.

The…[Read more]

@rae

I actually recently wrote a short scene somewhat like this, where a character’s arm got shot by a poison arrow and he had to have an amputation. Basically I did it from the amputee’s part until he blacked out and then from his bystanding friend’s standpoint. I definitely think you should go with @ellette-giselle ‘s idea, but to build on it…[Read more]

@rae thanks!

@savannah_grace2009

Ok, we’re good to go. Tomorrow I’ll probably pull the lever and get this destructification operation underway

Standby for liftoff…

(I’m really excited to fight other people’s charries in case you didn’t notice🤪)

@whalekeeper nerds rule

I guess I have a hands-on tool I haven’t said before: I created a game for my story, with hole-punch pieces on graph paper and ten pages of notes on how they work and move and stuff, and I use that to simulate battles. It adds some realism (so the good guys don’t win every time when the odds are stacked against them) and…[Read more]