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@anne-of-lothlorien The first “I don’t know” is Mackenzie; the second is Rolena’s sister who came along for the ride.

@dragon-snapper Here’s the picture Anne was referring to. There are more photos on our social media accounts if you’re able to access them!

@anne-of-lothlorien The first “I don’t know” is Mackenzie; the second is Rolena’s sister who came along for the ride.

Hmm. Somebody added me to their facebook group. That might be neat to attend. We’ll see.

@his-instrument Cool! I shall have to check these out.

(@aratrea You’ll have to add these to your list of potential partners.)

Signing off. I edited half a chapter.

Hi guys! @daughteroftheking @dragon-snapper How’s your writing coming along?

Hi all! I’m writing. @daughteroftheking @dragon-snapper @daeus

Ah! I’d actually forgotten about that… It’s totally fine! @kate-flournoy

@dragon-snapper @daughteroftheking I’m joining in.

You mean…in regards to this forum? Or something else? Cause I’ve been trying not to ask after you constantly. Don’t want to be annoying.

@kate-flournoy

Sounds like a good idea @bethany-sinky-roses. Small sounds best, ie. postcard size, I guess because I would be more likely to want to take something that doesn’t take up much room & has all its information compacted.

@jess-penrose You may be setting a record for how quickly someone has worked through this course! 😉

Silmarillion is a great book for finding negative arcs in, though you’re correct that Melkor is the villain of the story and not really the protagonist. Children of Hurin is another great example. I’m really fuzzy on the details of Children of…[Read more]

@jess-penrose Haven’t read that series yet (though I think I have the first book on my Kindle), but it sounds like the character arc does exactly what it’s supposed to do there! When readers feel like they’re growing right along with the character, you know you’ve done your work as an author effectively!

@jess-penrose Got it. Makes sense! Actually, thinking about my comment on your homework for lesson 5, perhaps the difference between your MC’s beginning and closing arc is that initially the MC just believes that everything must be sacrificed for justice, and he doesn’t add the “as long as it is not unjust to do so” clause until the end of the…[Read more]

@ethryndal How would you say Emolas is connected to your story’s theme? I.e. what does he consider to be the greatest gift?

I think it may be tricky to have Sley’s EiL come out effectively in the story as one doesn’t normally think of justice when they think of the greatest gifts. However, I think that some well-placed lines of dialogue could…[Read more]

@jess-penrose

Good questions. I would personally try to sketch out the general character arc of the entire trilogy, but keep it rather general at this point. Enough so you know where you’re headed and where you’ll be building off of this first book, but not so much that you’re getting bogged down in details.

With regards to this outline, I would…[Read more]

@jess-penrose Glad to hear you’ve been finding this so helpful. 🙂 Those are good thoughts. Often we are unwilling to change until we’re forced to change, which is why it’s crucial to have a relevant plot in our stories that will do the work of forcing changes in the protagonist.

@aratrea I had a question but now I can’t remember it. Figures.

Emolas: A friend of Liriel’s, and one of the few Sprites who is not blind to the corruption of his people. He does not agree with Liriel’s motive for wanting to defeat the Olgloin, believing that she would be better driven if she were doing it for the sake of the people, not just…[Read more]

Oops! Would you look at that, I have to go… *grins* You’ll find out soon enough @winter-rose

Oops! Would you look at that, I have to go… *grins* You’ll find out soon enough @winter rose