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Great question. My answer would be not to let yourself or the readers pin the Warden into a clearly evil camp or a clearly misunderstood camp. Most people have complicated motives, so weave that into the Warden as well. Personally, I think that has the potential to really deepen your story’s them as the reader is forced to wrestle with the…[Read more]

In regards to the Warden’s specific character, I think I agree with you. I guess my problem is with the theme…the way I want the characters to act regarding the Warden heavily relies on what they believe about choosing mercy over revenge, or the reverse–revenge over mercy. I’m not sure how to convey that with regards to the Warden’s character,…[Read more]

@that_writer_girl_99 I will humbly acknowledge that Kate probably has a much better answer than me, but I don’t see your dilemma as a huge problem unless you want the warden to be a pure character. You can just depict him as a character in a very complex situation who doesn’t like what he’s doing, but doesn’t know what other choices he has.

@gh24682468999 I support what @perfectfifths said. It sounds though like your main problem is not that you aren’t showing reactions, but that you feel like you have too many and it’s cluttering your prose.

I assume you’re using action tags (i.e. Sam put on his glasses. “Don’t I look cool in these?”)

Action tags are extremely helpful to a story.…[Read more]

I’m working on a thing for my Motion Picture writing class. So…schoolwork, but still fun. @dragon-snapper

Although, can I tell you a secret? My least favorite part of writing the script is adhering to the script format. It’s strange and feels constricting.

Okay, wait a minute, what? @shannon I heard something about a youtube channel. You have a youtube channel and you sing?

I’m definitely not the best person to help out on this, because I struggle with it too, but something that I’ve picked up while being on KP is the concept of “show not tell”, something that helps to infuse dialogue with physical actions, emotions, or facial expressions.

Think about your characters. When they’re angry, do they clench their fists?…[Read more]

Here’s the deal—-I don’t worry about this much. That being said, here’s what I do sometimes, just to make things interesting.

Take the name Kiara. It’s got a bunch of different variations…Kiera, Kyra, Kira… sometimes, playing with the spelling is super fun.

That’s what I do, at least.

*nods* *googles which state looks like a mitten* Oh! Michigan? Brrr… @livylynn

I love Cinderella Castle. So, so much! Magic Kingsom is my favorite park.

And oh~ I’m an INFP too! Although sometimes I’m an INTP…

@dragon-snapper I personally use this site and just play with alterations on the different names the site generates until I find the one that works for me: https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/ The most important thing for me is finding names that all seem to have a similar vibe/similar culture behind them in a story.

I do! 😆 @livylynn

So where do you live?

@salome01w4g Yes–you will need to register for the panel, though, in order to receive the replay. 🙂

@kate-flournoy 7-8pm

@aratrea *is pleased*

@salome01w4g There will be a replay.

@that_writer_girl_99 *adds another person to the tag-list-in-need-of-solidification

@aratrea You forgot to tag me again 😭

( @bethanysinkyroses since we haven’t solidified our tag list yet 😉 )

Also, I just got to drop down here and say that we have some pretty cool panelists for this event who are all really awesome people. So if you’ve ever been interested in writing speculative fiction, this is the place to be.