Karina Sanchez

@Daeus— the fourth chapter of the first book? Or the fourth chapter of the third book?

Oh, and how ’bout screaming? And gasping? And fainting? Just kidding about the fainting. 😛

How long is your book, Hope? Schedules constrain us to ask such beastly questions. 😛

No, haven’t seen it. Just finished the fourth chapter of the book though. Very good. I fear it may replace Ben-Hur.

Good points. I like that little example you did there… you’re going to make me crazy to read that book, Rosey.

Cliches of any nature should sometimes be avoided, and sometimes they should be used and flipped around when the reader isn’t expecting it. Both ways are effective. Good thoughts!

Oh, and one more thing to add to this. The ‘type’ of your dialogue should fit the genre of your book. Like, Fantasy vs. Scifi, say. I’m too lazy to think up a mini-scene right now, so I’ll post a quick example from my WIP…

Egann laughed merrily. “You have not changed, at any rate,” he said. “Your tongue is still as sharp as the fangs of a wolf.…[Read more]

Oh yes, ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ gets me every time. 😛 Great story. Just great.
Hey, that does sound like it could be a good ending. I’ll look forward to seeing it…

Have you seen the movies of ‘The Lord of the Rings’? We already had the discussion about melancholy endings, but the last scene of the movies (like the last scene in the book, but…[Read more]

Hmm … I don’t think I have ever cried over something happy personally, though I did come very very very near it at the end of It’s A Wonderful Life. I would have cried if no one else had been there, but then again, I don’t think any book or movie or anything else has ever gotten me anywhere near that close. A particularly brilliant happy ending…[Read more]

Hahahahaha! I completely know what you mean with that last part, Daeus! Oh boy… is that ever true!
How about happy crying? Do men cry over happy things? I cried at a happy ending to a movie a few nights ago, and Daddy (a very tough, manly guy) said it was all right to cry with that story because he had cried over it before.

Obviously in any…[Read more]

Well, I wouldn’t know for sure, having about average sensitivity I think. Still, I would say that younger men are more likely to feel great grief over mistreatment and less likely to feel grief over someone else’s hurt or death, unless they actually see it happen in which case I think they would be most greatly effected. Very young boys (around…[Read more]

As do I. Your characters may become only blocks of wood or stilted puppets if they have no speaking parts, but to speak is to live, and the breath of life for a character on paper definitely comes in the dialogue.

Good tips, @mark-kamibaya. Thank you. Where can I find movie scripts?

And… what is a log line? Is it basically a quick summary of the plot/characters/obstacles in your story? Like a one sentence thing?

Hey this is a good topic, Sarah. I’ve often wondered this myself— thanks for breaching the subject! And thanks, Daeus, for the helpful insight. What about very young men? Say, fourteen or younger? Especially if they have very sensitive personalities?

Well men don’t often cry over death so much, though if the person was very dear to them they might. They might also cry if they have felt very mistreated for a long time. You see, they won’t cry immediately, but they will sulk over it for a while. If they continue down this road, they will eventually feel the burden so heavily that they will seek…[Read more]

Sound like a good plan. I now yield the floor to those who actually know what they are talking about.

Thank you, Daeus. Thank you so much. I appreciate you being concerned enough to say something ‘not very fluffy’ because it’s true. I agree with you— everyone has his or her niche, what he or she is best at, or even truly great at.

I do not know that I have found my niche.

Writing has far surpassed any of my other million hobbies, but who is…[Read more]

Far from what you are looking for, I am going to burst in here and say something probably not very fluffy.

You see, this makes me recall my much cherished fencing days. You may not know this, but there are actually three different types of fencing each using a different sword and different style. They are foil (what I did), epee, and saber. My…[Read more]

Does that mean peasants are those who don’t drink coffee? Wow… cool. I always wanted to be a peasant. It’s so… I don’t know, romantic or something.

Yeah. That was the very height of naivety.

Sounds like a great book, Rosey, even if it does need a rewrite. And let me guess… Cobalt is the one wearing blue… right? How did I ever guess?
I’m in the middle of writing a sequel to my first ‘real’ novel (as in novel I would acknowledge to be mine) and that first novel needs a rewrite too! What a small world it is…

Another thing about…[Read more]

@Ezra—oops. Sorry. I thought the new person’s name was Joy…
Forgive me, Ezra, and forgive me, Joy. Ack! I mean, forgive me, Kate! Or which are you, anyway?

@Daeus— well, it’s good to know I”m not alone. 😛