Faith Kindred

@Dragon-Snapper *chokes* I am mortally afeared. XD

@Daeus wellll… I have an ENFJ anti-hero but he’s not written yet, so… XD
*ahem*
Yes. Let me think.
Hmmmm… *scratches head* You guys aren’t natural villain material.:P The only one I can think of straight off the top of my head is Mr. Waternoose, from Monsters Inc, and then it’s close between ENFJ and ENTJ.
Also… hm. *dredges through the…[Read more]

@delightinlife Yes. https://www.16personalities.com

@ethryndal Mayhap. 😉 Btw, does anyone know of any really good ENFJ villains? I’ve been wanting to find a great ENFJ villain. (@kate-flournouy?)

@Dragon-Snapper it doesn’t really matter when you have beta-readers actually. I think it is pretty standard procedure to wait until you’re ‘done’, but in my case the story was so ridiculously long I’ve been sending it out in sections to the first round, hammering the second draft into shape as I go. Once I finish up with that I’ll run through it…[Read more]

@kina-lamb Ha! I tricked you. I really do like to control people, I just don’t like them to feel like I’m controlling them and I don’t like to feel like I’m controlling them myself. Nasty feeling controlling people. You want to control them accidentally.

@dragon-snapper It had gotten marked as spam. That’s the reason if a post doesn’t show up. I think it was the constant repetition of SACK and maybe some of the phraseology. It’s hard to know for sure.

@dragon-snapper Funny, I’m just facing this for the first time. I’ve got these two main characters, a brother and sister, and the brother (who is the protagonist) is of a moderate disposition whereas the sister is snarky, adventurous, and insanely awesome #ilovehertodeath.

I think one thing that’s helped me is separating them a lot. That way the…[Read more]

@Dragon-Snapper welllll… generally I’d say if you’re connecting with one character better than the other and giving them more screen time etc., switch MCs because you’ve probably got them mixed up, but it looks like you already tried that.
So… the problem may not be your attachment to SACK, but your lack of attachment to the quiet one.…[Read more]

@dragon-snapper Oh, timesabers essentially make people cease to exist when they get hit by them.

My plot points and character arc points aren’t lining up as well as I’d like. I suspect that is because T have big blank spots in the middle of the story that makes some of the pacing a bit uncertain. Also the theme relates more to the smaller details of the plot an to character relationships than it does to the big action.

Inciting Incident:…[Read more]

I’m quite familiar with the idea of foils, but I’m having a little trouble of thinking of examples outside of my own writing.

I’ve come up with one. Elanor and Marianne Dashwood. Pretty obvious example. The title itself calls attention to it.

I’ll probably be back with more once I’ve thought about it a bit longer.

@delightinlife That’s awesome! Glad to hear you’ve been finding more of your inspiration. 🙂

@jenali That looks like a good contrary set-up to explore the elements of leadership from the perspective of someone who doesn’t view themselves as a natural leader? What would you say Jenali’s starting EiL is about what makes a leader a good leader?

Also, it’s nice to learn the meaning behind your username. 😉

@jenali A sharp betrayal like that can set up a very good theme on loyalty and could definitely make Melat the best possible opponent for Teren on that front. The more you dig into his desire to see a unified people, I suspect the more compelling his motivations will be as a villain. Nice work.

@jenali Yes–the villain can absolutely have a positive arc! I would point to Darth Vader as being a prime example of that trope, but there are others as well.

That sounds like a great example of a well-done villain. Giving a villain very human desires and motivations like that is a very effective way of creating a sympathetic villain who will…[Read more]

@jenali So it sounds like we even have some inter-connected foils there as Manel and Tekal foil each other in addition to the protagonist on that front. I like that. And that makes sense with regards to Teren and Xandley’s EiLs. Both of those positions can be painted really sympathetically, and if you do it right, that should make for a really…[Read more]

I tried doing an MBTI test for the MC of my current WiP. I’ve decided I’ll have to wait until I’ve written a significant amount more. I wasn’t sure what answer to give for half the questions and she came out as an ESTJ which I know is wrong.