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@daisy-torres

Wow! this is so cool! I wanna read your book now, lol.

I love it, great job.

@joy-caroline

Absolutely. You’re welcome! Glad I could be helpful.

@abigail-m Sorry this took so long. I’ll answer your questions now.

how likable are the characters?

Very likeable! I do like the three that you introduced here.

If you had to eliminate all but one character, what one would you keep and why?

I’d keep Anton because I’m a sucker for minor characters. But seriously, I wouldn’t eliminate any of…[Read more]

@kathleenramm I fully pantsed some works some months ago. It was terrifying. Like, usually I have no idea where things are going when I’m writing, but at least I have an outline as a roadmap. No, for this I had one sheet of paper covered with characters I wanted to be  in it, and then another page for me to jot down ideas as I wrote.

And…[Read more]

@joy-caroline

So what I’m catching here is that you want readers to sympathize with this Keziah. She’s a good person at heart, but is conflicted with the anger and grief that Paul has caused her. If this is what you’re going for, maybe try adding a clip of her, say, helping the needy(I understand there were quite a few of these back in Paul’s…[Read more]

@kathleenramm

never have, probably never will. not because i don’t like it, i just can’t XD  i wish i had some tips, but all i can give are just the things Gracie already said. XD

@elfwing

i’m so sorry, but i’m really busy with my job.  I wish I could, and your story sounds fun! i love fantasy.  wish you the best of luck.  you might be able to find more beta readers on Story Embers, or you can search for the “ultimate beta reader list” on Recent Topics.  I can’t remember the tags off hand.  good luck! <33

@akbaer

hahaha whales can be pretty intimidating.

I love board games!  My little bro and me have a Memory rivalry (which isn’t rlly a board game).

ooo Gollum impersonation sounds like my sister!🤣🤣 that’s her favorite pastime.

archery sounds awesome!  I bet you’ll be amazing!  My BFF is super good at archery PLUS she is basically Jennifer…[Read more]

@joy-caroline this is right up my alley, girl!  I LOVE parallel characters with different arcs!!!!!!! ❤  Keziah sounds AH-MAZE-ING!  I just *internally squeals* love her already.

Like @godlyfantasy12 said, I mentioned some things corresponding to this on her “Making my antagonist likeable/believable” topic.  To echo that, I’ll just cut and pas…[Read more]

@joy-caroline As someone who generally likes antagonistic characters I like her a lot already! Kind of reminds me of Caleb Trask, one of my favorite characters in all of literature, who is supposed to symbolize Cain. I think as long as you portray all of your above ramble clearly, then you should have no problem getting your readers to like her!…[Read more]

@Elfwing Okay. I’m fine with a little violence. I’m interested in continuing!

@gracie-j What’s your forum signature supposed to mean? Is it from something you made up or something you’ve read/watched/done?

@godlyfantasy12 Interesting! Everyone else has given better suggestions than I could…..so I’d use them.

I could do it, but first I’ll need to know how you’re going to send it to me.

@elfwing Of course! I’ll let you know if I have time.