Emma Flournoy

Hello there! Welcome to the forum! @slylilhuntress

I love your username. It’s so cute!

@joy Yeah, worldbuilding can get tough sometimes for me. It’s easy to fluctaute between way too much and not enough.

Umm… @kate-flournoy, whenever you get around to writing that book about worldbuilding, be sure to send me a link and I’ll probably buy a copy to keep in each room of my house… 😀 I need to know what you know.

@joy besides what…[Read more]

@Daeus I’ll have you know I was racing to get that typed out before you posted and said all my stuff for me. XD

No, good points though. Maps are important… I have them… in my head… XD Allegorical and historical elements too. Oooh ooh, in fact @Joy, I actually have a cool thing for you. Four ‘pillars’ for you to figure out, that’ll give you…[Read more]

Oh, drat. Kate just stole my secret fire. 🙁

@joy

Fantasy, more than any other genre, is about the past, so the most important thing to nail down is the past history of your story world. Allegorical aspects are good to nail down early too if you want to have them. If you’re going to have magic, nail that down early. Oh, and nail down a map of all the lands included in your story, so you…[Read more]

@Joy excellent question. Someday I want to write a book on worldbuilding, but I’ll try to refrain from dumping the entire tome off on you right here. XD

The first thing, I think, is to realize that worldbuilding is not so much a list of facts about where your story takes place as it is a key— like the key on a map— to discovering why your…[Read more]

@slylilhuntress Ha! I’m reading The Green Ember Series right now too. Andrew Peterson’s great, though I have to sheepishly admit I haven’t read Dekker yet.

@slylilhuntress Welcome to the bestistest place on the internet!

Besides Lewis and Tolkien, what other writers inspire you?

@rochellaine  Oh, sorry I missed you! See you!

I haven’t. Not since Sam’s Ninja Gypsy poem.

Umm…… I wrote a time travel story when I was little X’D

Buh bye!

@rochellaine  Ahhhh, that explains the name! Interesting! I wonder why they didn’t just hire a French actor…

@rochellaine  I have no idea how long I’ll be up… When I’m finished writing, I guess.

Can you ask your brother what he thinks about that Chain of Command episode, too? (Part 2, specifically?)

What time is your story set in?

@rochellaine  Editing the KPA a bit. I think it really needs some tweaking. But at least the plot is in place! FOR ONCE!

How about you?

@rochellaine  I’m still here! I’m a night owl 🙂 Hehe, and it seems I’m not the only one *high-fives fellow night-owl*

@itisastarrynight

Is Jenna yourself, or one of your OC s?

I just now saw this question… Nope, it’s an OC. Not me 🙂

@seekjustice  CONFETTI CANNON!

@rochellaine  @kaya-young  @jenwriter17  @anyone

I’m editing!

@kaya-young  *blinks away tears*  That’s such a beautiful song! Wow… It’s amazing. Thanks for sharing it! 😉

@reaganramm  I just watched the video.

I… I didn’t know you did this for me!! X’D   BTW, it’s pronounced DEE-kreel XD (see signature)

Anyway, thanks SO much for the video! It was really good advice 😀

Wow. You guys make me smile X’D

@dragon-snapper  *looks at un-melted chair* *looks at you* *looks back at chair* Whoa. Thanks, Snapper!

Also, when I read “He won’t let you go,” I almost cried. It’s so true. Have you heard that Switchfoot song, I Won’t Let you Go? That’s what came to mind. (Obviously HAHA)

@audrey-caylin  Woww, I LOVE that m…[Read more]

@kaya-young  The first part would flow much better if you separated the topics like this:

“You did a really good job with your prayer!”
“Thanks.”
Who wrote it again?”
“It was Teresa of Avalanna.”

And obviously you can put the non-dialogue parts where you find the most fitting.

At the end of the second part, maybe occasionally tell what the ch…[Read more]