Grace H.

@gh24682468999 I use a character questionnaire sheet I made up that used to be on KP and is currently on the Story Embers site. For me, a lot of a character has to do with asking enough questions about them to boil them down to three central qualities about who they are as a person. Once I have a set core for the character, it’s easier for me to…[Read more]

@gh24682468999 This may sound ridiculous, but I get really excited about my characters when I imagine them doing stuff in moveie form. 🙂

Actually, the newly launched website storyembers.org has a downloadable character questionnaire. K. M. Weiland also has a more extensive character form she fills out. You can get that on her website,…[Read more]

@gh24682468999

My rule of thumb is that main characters should be both bright and deep. “Bright” as in they have some qualities that you (and hopefully your readers) find interesting (note: this is not the same as likable or attractive). “Deep” means that these traits come from a source (the characters’ past or background) that should at least be…[Read more]

@gh24682468999 Also, having your MC’s personality different than your sidekicks personality can be more interesting and realistic than if they are the same.  I guess, all of your characters will be different while always having a little of you in them too.

@gh24682468999 *squeals* Characters are the best part of writing/storytelling for me! Don’t ask me how to create intense plots or even good pacing.. But characters? 🙂

Disclaimer, I doubt I know as much as I think I know about characters, and i’m pretty bad at explaining the stuff I do understand.

Okay so I think with character development t…[Read more]

@gh24682468999 Hi Grace!  This is a cool question. 🙂  I’m going to answer it for myself, but I have no idea if my methods are the same as everyone else’s. 😀

Well, I read in the front page of every book where the author has the disclaimer which says something like “any resemblance to any persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental,” and I w…[Read more]

@gh24682468999 I think my favorite thing about writing is creating my characters!  I never thought when I began writing that I would feel so close to my characters.  Sometimes I’m like, “I am so sorry I have to put you through this, my dear character, but its for the best I promise!  You will triumph in the end!”  🙂

Is it your characters per…[Read more]

Alrighty… answers!

@valtmy ~ some of my favorite books are Les Miserables (Victor Hugo), The Scarlet Pimpernel (Emma Orczy), and actually, War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy) was really good. But also anything by Agatha Christie (but especially the Tommy and Tuppence series), Wayne Thomas Batson (especially The Door Within trilogy), and just other…[Read more]

@epicaddie2 @rochellaine @sam-kowal @skredder @dragon-snapper @jane-maree  @gh24682468999

If any of you guys are interested, I made a “Kapeefer Cabin”. If you’re already in a cabin and don’t want to move, that’s fine, but if you want to, let me know your NaNo name and I’ll invite you to join me (I’m all alone at the moment 😀 )

@seekjustice Haha 😂 Is there a cabin just for KP people? Because if there is I’d join.

@gh24682468999 No, you don’t. But it’s helpful because it keeps track of your progress. And no, I’ve never done this before.

@dragon-snapper Aww okay!

@skredder Nice! We really need to make a KP cabin, although it might be a little bit too late, seeing as it…[Read more]

@supermonkey42   I guess that was also back when you had the idea for the Compendium. XD

Well! Apparently so…

Yeah, that’s the problem with wanting to include lots of people…

@mnvalentine  You think so?? 😀

@gh24682468999  @ariel-ashira  Thank you!!! Aethasia is a land from The Aetherlight, which is like an online, steampunk, alle…[Read more]

Another favorite part. With good reason. 😉

The GIF-Hiders: An Easter Story

Part Eleven: Daybreak, Mayhem, and Rocks

“This wasn’t supposed to be my problem.”

“Aww, cheer up, Xonos! It’s an experience!”

“Yeah, it’s—AUGH! Oomph! ARIELLA!!”

“That wasn’t me, it was Iliara!”

“Sorryy, Aisyyy…”

Jenna cocked her head and smirked at N.C.’s…[Read more]

@gh24682468999 @that_writer_girl_99 @audrey-Caylin @dragon-snapper @jenwriter17
@sage-G @daughteroftheking @rochellaine @jane-maree @ethryndal
Thank you all. I took a while to decide on a name…
But, I have relaunched.
Here, https://thecatwinghaslanded.wordpress.com

@kaya-young I will add you to. Just because I like the idea of purple giraffe’s that hula hoop.  🙂

And @that_writer_girl-99 and @gh24682468999 just so you dont feel left out.

Okay, I’m quiting.

@daughteroftheking  Yup! What you said is so true!

@ariel-ashira  Thank-you!

@gh24682468999  Yeah, I have become a Christian over time, so it’s hard to pinpoint when exactly I first gave my heart to Jesus. If you don’t mind me asking, is there a story behind your tag?

@rochellaine  Yes, I suppose not…

@gh24682468999  I just made up a language of gibberish 😉

@ingridrd  Thanks! Yes, I remembered…

@supermonkey42  Thank you! I think I can say the same of other KP literature as well, actually.

@skredder  At least Rochellaine spared him! Even though, apparently, that’s a little impl…[Read more]

@rochellaine. I’ve read a little from both of this authors. Good. So now I know that it probably wouldn’t be annoying to readers, because those book are somewhat well known in Christian fiction.

@gh24682468999. OK good. Yes, it will definitely be essential to the story. The best reason is not having to explain all this stuff with so much detail…[Read more]

@filewriterbase13x, I think it would be fine, and would really add an interesting depth to the story.

@gh24682468999, thanks for checking out my blog (I can’t seem to be able to get the email reply thingy to work so I thought I’d find you here and point myself out instead)

@gh24682468999 As Audrey mentioned, I am a freelance editor. Getting started is a matter of (as Audrey also said) critiquing and editing friends’ and other writers’ manuscripts for free. If someone wants a beta or alpha reader–put your hand up! You’ll get practice and experience and also you’ll get your name out there as an editor.

Other than…[Read more]