Greta

@xonos-darkgrate I know some people who would find that too graphic, but I don’t. I think there’s a good light/dark contrast and it doesn’t make me feel empathetic toward the villain so I’d say this is good so long as it’s for a good purpose. 🙂

@dekreel  EEEEEEEKKKKK!!!!!!  Just yes.  I think this calls for a party.  Cake’s on me.

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Oh, and I didn’t read your excerpt either. If I did, I’d want to know what basic content was in it first and I might not be able to get it in anyways.

@xonos-darkgrate

I’ll just stop in real quick to drop a few bits of meat, but if you want to hear a lot about this subject, we have several articles on it.

The thing I think is crucial to understand with content is that you want sympathy but you do not want empathy.

Sympathy is when you feel for or understand another person’s e…[Read more]

@xonos-darkgrate

Hey!
So I haven’t read the thing, because I’m a bit of a ‘link-a-phobe’ (not you, just the internet), but my main thoughts are dark themes and darkness in literature in general is that if you’re not comfortable showing it to someone close to you, like your mom or dad or brother or sister or best friend, then it may have gone to…[Read more]

@leumeister  My votes are Celeste, Raphael, and Tristan.  🙂

@catwing

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Well, @dekreel and @perfectfifths stole my thunder.  But I did know it!   🙂

@dragon-snapper  *trips into the room*  W-what they said…

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@leumeister Yes

@leumeister I would personally vote 1, 3, 2.

@amy-l-klob I’d recommend starting by introducing your protagonist, but I would be careful about having a slow lead-in to the actual story. You want to grab the audience’s attention in the first page. That doesn’t mean you need to immediately leap into the main plot of your novel, but you should be including some conflict and/or intrigue that…[Read more]

@dekreel, I’m signing off

@dekreel, I don’t just not like it, I loath it. Though I will have to admit J. K. Rowling is an amazing author. I’ve never actually read any of the books, but I have read parts and @charisetter has told me enough of the story.

*quickly grabs a bowl full of ice cream before its all taken*

pretty good I guess, my characters are actually obeying me. they must have heard that my othe story got put on probation.

@dekreel, hows it going for you?

@dekreel, LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT minus the HP reference…

@supermonkey42, you’re building a full-size R2-D2? Seriously jealous right now.

@dekreel, I’m writing, sorta….

*brings out the pie and ice cream*

@dekreel

* Westing Game by Somebody I can’t remember

* Wormling Series by Jerry B. Jenkins and Chris Fabry

* Detectives in Togas by Somebody I can’t remember

@Dragon-Snapper YAS. THE MORE VILLAINS THE BETTER.

*coughs* Okay, maybe not always… but personally, since I write sprawlingly epic books with dozens of thematic threads and plotlines apiece, I usually have at least two villains. One is usually the head bad guy, but giving him an evil sidekick doesn’t hurt.

@dragon-snapper Sure, though you shouldn’t just stick two stories in one book. The two villains need to have the same goal or attack the same weakness in the protagonist or do anything else that keeps the story coherent.