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Linyang Zhang replied to the topic Hey guys! in the forum Start HERE 3 years, 3 months ago
@calidris I love writing him with any of my other characters, because he just spices up the scene so much. Chaos ftw.
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Linyang Zhang replied to the topic Hey guys! in the forum Start HERE 3 years, 3 months ago
@calidris Can’t decide…too many… I like writing Akira a lot. A sarcastic, no-good barista. Rides a skateboard, chaotic neutral.
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Linyang Zhang replied to the topic Hey guys! in the forum Start HERE 3 years, 3 months ago
@calidris Yess it’s always like that for me even though I dictate the outline they still do their own thing in each scene. And at this point the depressing endings are plentiful.
Yep, my characters are all their own beings now. I rarely plot them beforehand, and sometimes I’m surprised by how different than I thought they would be.
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Linyang Zhang replied to the topic Hey guys! in the forum Start HERE 3 years, 3 months ago
@calidris Samee I feel your pain. Usually I just make it up as I go along and don’t plot anything. It’s a ride.
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Linyang Zhang replied to the topic Hey guys! in the forum Start HERE 3 years, 3 months ago
@calidris Oh wow! That is really creative! Is it possible to go through the Veil?
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Linyang Zhang replied to the topic Hey guys! in the forum Start HERE 3 years, 3 months ago
@kathleenramm YO ERASED I have all the manga it’s the first manga I bought it’s so good it just brings tears to my eyes—
@calidris Oo, a mining museum! That sounds pretty cool.
Hmm okay. Then I’ll give you a variety of genres. Your lie in April is a really beautiful anime about music. I really enjoyed A Silent Voice manga as well, and the a…[Read more]
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Linyang Zhang replied to the topic Hey guys! in the forum Start HERE 3 years, 3 months ago
@calidris Give me some genres you like, and I’ll recc you some anime, heh. There’s a lot of different stuff out there.
Yee, I have a ton of current projects. Yesterday I just started a short story about alter egos and reality. And, yeah, I totally get having everything in your head. I used to be like that too.
I love Interstellar as well! And I…[Read more]
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Linyang Zhang replied to the topic Hey guys! in the forum Start HERE 3 years, 3 months ago
@calidris Oh my word someone else who watches anime! I haven’t watched Haikyu before but I know a lot of people like it.
Yo, your WIP sounds so cool! I love like modern fantasy type of things. It’s what I write too. I would love to hear more about Spire!
Anyways, I’m Linyang, a lot of people here call me Lin, I like writing fantasy, crime,…[Read more]
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Linyang Zhang replied to the topic What are the 2 (or 3) biggest stakes in your story? in the forum Topic of the Week 3 years, 3 months ago
@kathleenramm About five or six years ago I started writing it. Stories, hmm…maybe it’s been a decade. It’s been a long time, ha…
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Linyang Zhang replied to the topic What are the 2 (or 3) biggest stakes in your story? in the forum Topic of the Week 3 years, 3 months ago
@kathleenramm This is actually the sequel of a sequel of a spinoff for my original idea for Thirteen Ways, ha… It started out with me wanting to make a world where I could escape to, and gradually I just added on, and on, and on… And now, thankfully, I’ve run out of ideas for it.
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Linyang Zhang replied to the topic What are the 2 (or 3) biggest stakes in your story? in the forum Topic of the Week 3 years, 3 months ago
@kathleenramm I’m gonna use the current arc of Thirteen Ways since the stakes are the clearest. Basic premise: they need to gather ingredients for a spell to vanquish a demon. If they don’t, then some friends and family are lost forever to the demon.
In order to collect the ingredients, they must defeat the guardians of some of the ingredients.…[Read more]
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Linyang Zhang replied to the topic Have you ever pantsed a novel? in the forum Plotting 3 years, 3 months ago
@kathleenramm Good luck on your story! Yes, now I think I want to incorporate at least one delivery boy henchman into a future story. I love it when henchmen have distinct personalities and appearances. Makes the story much more fun.
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Linyang Zhang replied to the topic The Art of Deception BOOK TRAILER!!! in the forum Publishing & Platform 3 years, 3 months ago
@daisy-torres Oo, nice! Looks great!
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Linyang Zhang replied to the topic No Need To Open This Topic in the forum Start HERE 3 years, 3 months ago
@abigail-m Sorry this took so long. I’ll answer your questions now.
how likable are the characters?
Very likeable! I do like the three that you introduced here.
If you had to eliminate all but one character, what one would you keep and why?
I’d keep Anton because I’m a sucker for minor characters. But seriously, I wouldn’t eliminate any of…[Read more]
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Linyang Zhang replied to the topic Have you ever pantsed a novel? in the forum Plotting 3 years, 3 months ago
@kathleenramm I fully pantsed some works some months ago. It was terrifying. Like, usually I have no idea where things are going when I’m writing, but at least I have an outline as a roadmap. No, for this I had one sheet of paper covered with characters I wanted to be in it, and then another page for me to jot down ideas as I wrote.
And…[Read more]
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SeekJustice replied to the topic Have you ever pantsed a novel? in the forum Plotting 3 years, 3 months ago
Yep! I’m somewhere in between a plotter and pantser, I pantsed some novels and plotted others. At the moment I’m pantsing my way through a historical fantasy novel, and my last WIP was almost completely pantsed too. However, I do tend to plot my NaNoWriMo novels, because I don’t write pantsed novels fast at all (I’ve been working on…[Read more]
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SeekJustice replied to the topic Writers' Corner #1 in the forum General Writing Discussions 3 years, 3 months ago
@joy-caroline Sounds good! I’m just working on my novel and studying. I have no idea if you’re still around currently, or what time it is in America rn…
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SeekJustice replied to the topic Writers' Corner #1 in the forum General Writing Discussions 3 years, 3 months ago
@joy-caroline Hello! How are you doing? What are you working on?
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SeekJustice replied to the topic Writers' Corner #1 in the forum General Writing Discussions 3 years, 3 months ago
Hello! Is anyone around? I’m currently studying, plus writing, plus reading over an old story so I can decide how to rewrite it. Anyone wish to join a lonely Australian?
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Linyang Zhang replied to the topic Writing a conflicted character while getting readers to root for her? in the forum Characters 3 years, 3 months ago
@joy-caroline As someone who generally likes antagonistic characters I like her a lot already! Kind of reminds me of Caleb Trask, one of my favorite characters in all of literature, who is supposed to symbolize Cain. I think as long as you portray all of your above ramble clearly, then you should have no problem getting your readers to like her!…[Read more]
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