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(Oh gosh, I haven’t been on Kingdom Pen in so long… I MISS YOU, KP. #foreverloyal )

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@Catwing AHAHAHAH MY DAY HAS BEEN MADE.

THE EVIL WRITER HAS BEEN NAMED AFTER ME.

I REPEAT.

THE EVIL WRITER HAS BEEN NAMED AFTER ME.

(And for your information, despite not having read my books it’s still 100% true. My characters are stressed when I’m around.)

Thank you for that, my friend. You just inserted some much-needed laughter into an otherwise difficult day.

INTJ ➸Your friendly neighborhood mastermind. ➸https://thesarcasticelf.wordpress.com/

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@Rochellaine Oh, yikes. I’m still praying for you people. Hope everything turns out well.

INTJ ➸Your friendly neighborhood mastermind. ➸https://thesarcasticelf.wordpress.com/

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@SeekJustice Awww, you’re the sweetest. I really am trying to reorganize my time so I can pop in here more often. (yeah, yeah, I know I keep saying that, but never actually do it… IT’S GONNA HAPPEN SOON, WORLD.) Life has been somewhat crazy recently, and it’s difficult learning how to manage time in a… manageable fashion. Yeah. *glowers at all the things that should have been written but still aren’t* Ah well. I’m glad people on here still remember me. 😉 Thanks for checking in. ❤

INTJ ➸Your friendly neighborhood mastermind. ➸https://thesarcasticelf.wordpress.com/

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@Warrenluther04 Hehhhh, thanks. 🤗 Zis makes me happy. I do try to keep things entertaining. It’s a bit of a hobby. 😉

Anyway, the pic still didn’t come through, but that’s okay because I did a bit of tech-ing and found it.

For the record… What. The. Heck. 😂

My story: And yet somehow, despite all odds, they still make fun of my hair.

 

Tagging @Graciegirl

INTJ ➸Your friendly neighborhood mastermind. ➸https://thesarcasticelf.wordpress.com/

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@Warrenluther04 Hey, your picture didn’t come through.

INTJ ➸Your friendly neighborhood mastermind. ➸https://thesarcasticelf.wordpress.com/

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@SleepwalkingMK Hehehehe…. 😎

INTJ ➸Your friendly neighborhood mastermind. ➸https://thesarcasticelf.wordpress.com/

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@Rochellaine

The Bible mentions the fact that demons had children by human women, who became giants and monsters

Whoa, wait, where was that?

INTJ ➸Your friendly neighborhood mastermind. ➸https://thesarcasticelf.wordpress.com/

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@Ariel-Ashira Oh man, I can sympathize with the whole “major changes, God’s guidance” thing. I’ll pray for you and your family, dear. Hope everything turns out well.

INTJ ➸Your friendly neighborhood mastermind. ➸https://thesarcasticelf.wordpress.com/

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@Dekreel I think the reason a lot of us blog is to build a platform for when we get published. That’s part of the reason I do it. The other part is because people tell me I’m mildly entertaining, and I figured I’d better take advantage of that while I can. 😉

INTJ ➸Your friendly neighborhood mastermind. ➸https://thesarcasticelf.wordpress.com/

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@Rochellaine That. Is. So. Messed. Up. Good gravy. I’ll definitely be praying for you guys, and I’m glad everything is working out alright.

@Daeus Hey, not sure how I missed it, but I was just reading back through several pages of this thread and I saw the request you made about depression. It really struck a bell, because I’ve been feeling almost the exact same way these last few months. So I just wanted to pop in here and say that I can COMPLETELY sympathize, and I’ll be praying for you.

INTJ ➸Your friendly neighborhood mastermind. ➸https://thesarcasticelf.wordpress.com/

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@Dekreel

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Yo, I just became an Eccentric Mentor.

INTJ ➸Your friendly neighborhood mastermind. ➸https://thesarcasticelf.wordpress.com/

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@That_Writer_Girl_99 Oh gosh, I feel ya. This has happened to me several times, except it was my plot that left the characters nonexistent, not the other way around. So lessee:

First of all, are you completely positive that Evyn’s role in the story needs to change? If the entire plot hinged on her being a royal, then perhaps it would be better to keep things that way and simply revamp the character instead of the plot. As painful as that might be, depending on how attached you are to her, sometimes the answer to a problematic character is training your mind to stop thinking of them as that specific character. Explore different possibilities and personalities, experiment with different goals. Sometimes, the reason a character won’t work is because we won’t let them out of the box our imaginations originally created them in. I recently came to the conclusion that one of the most seemingly logical (and flat) characters in my story is actually insane, and that one little idea revolutionized the entire character and suddenly made his place in the story clear. Perhaps if you gave Evyn a different set of goals or changed some things up in her personality/backstory/motivation, she might work in the original plot after all. And instead of having to scrap it and create a new one, you can simply rework some of the story threads to accommodate the changes in character.

BUT if that really just doesn’t work, or (more to the point 😛 ) you like the new idea better, then I think the key to straightening out your new plot is still Evyn. Since Plot hinges directly on Character Goals/Character Arc, then those should be the guidelines that shape the new plot. Ultimately, where did you want this story to go, and has that goal changed? If not, then look at Evyn. How do her new goals and arc play into the story goal? In what ways does the previous plot correlate, and how can you tweak things to salvage it/evolve it into the new one?

Once you have the story goal back in place, then it’s once again simply a matter of “how does Character get from A to B, and what obstacles can I throw in her way?”

And, you know, take time on this. Sometimes it takes two weeks of hard braining to find that one little idea that fixes everything. Solidify your thought processes by talking to yourself on paper. Ask questions. Compare the old story to the new one. I don’t know if you outline, but I’ve recently taken it up, and it helps this kind of thing So. Much.

I hope this is actually helpful. *resigned sigh* If it completely misses the point, you’re allowed to call me a Sneaky Little Hobbitsessss.

INTJ ➸Your friendly neighborhood mastermind. ➸https://thesarcasticelf.wordpress.com/

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@Sam-Kowal This discussion has, in part, actually fueled some interesting thought-processes that helped me figure most of my villain out. Which is… nice. To say the least. 😂

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