Hope Ann

I love dragons and griffins…only I’ve ‘created’ a griffin based off a picture that actually looks more like a white winged mountain lion. They are normally used as mounts (in addition to horses) in my stories. I like elves too…but as a race, not as mounts. 😉

As to using fantasy creatures without using cliches; well one thing you could do is…[Read more]

I suppose it would depend on what you are adding and what is considered fantasy. I mean, you could have dragons in our world easily…there were dragons and such in ancient times; that’s not really fantasy. Having things like telepathic communication with dragons; well, if you go that far it might be better to created a fantasy world. Same with…[Read more]

@daeus Dropbox…thanks so much. I have my writing on there now. 🙂

I’m not really sure; I’ve messed with the idea of some fantasy elements in our world…like time travel and book characters coming alive and yelling at their author (two different ideas). I’m not very comfortable with aliens, though I wouldn’t mind having a sifi space story that just takes place somewhere with no mention of earth… Perhaps part…[Read more]

Ah, thanks, @ivy-rose. Not sure if I quite deserve it considering the earlier drafts you read…though I do (quite humbly, of course) claim to be a pretty good beta reader when it comes to plots, characters, and emotions. 😉

Welcome, @ivy-rose. 😉 How is Never Alone coming? Will I get to read it through again? Also, um, what’s indie publishing?

No one said Dualism was logical…and it’s not as if something being illogical ever stopped people in believing in something. 😉 In normal, real life terms, it’s the belief in two gods or principles, one good, one evil. Both are eternal and in conflict. Drawing from that for fantasy ‘magic’ I’d say it would probably be portrayed as two…[Read more]

That makes sense with your definition of the Force.

Oh, so the Inheritance Cycle are the Aragon books…I did read the first one. I guess point 4 might better fit that type of magic.

And then there’s also magic (again, one I’m a bit leery of and which is basically dualism…I only know these names because I’m going though a theology course…[Read more]

No, I’e not read the Inheritance Cycle…what are they about? But yes, I’ve seen Star Wars. The Force would be a good example of what I’m thinking for point 4. A ‘power’ that isn’t really an intelligent living force, but which is just there.

@kate-flournoy Hmm, so you wanted my thoughts on ‘magic’? I don’t have much time right now, but here are the different categories I have for ‘power’ things…a very unoriginal term, I know. But by this I mean things we normal humans can’t do. And it is all to be thought of in a fantasy setting.

!. Special powers in a fantasy race; such as…[Read more]

If you’re having problems with not getting the rough draft down because you’re too busy editing, you could come up with some sort of scheduled…like making sure you write 500 fresh words a day or something like that even if the rest of the time you spend editing.

Vengeance doesn’t always need to involve killing. Sometimes the Bad Guy will let the Good Guy live to they will suffer the same loss the Bad Guy suffered…at least I think I’ve read or seen a story like that. That could actually be an interesting storyline for a good guy; he forgives the bad guy and lets him live, but in reality the bad guy is so…[Read more]

Yes…if the person wants to act, it will be easier on everyone. Motivation is the key; get them to want to do what you want them to do, but for reasons which benefit them and which they like (if that made any sense). Candy only goes so far…though I’ve yet to figure out the motivational question myself. If you figure out something, let me know. 🙂

I’ve read almost all of Frank Peretti’s books, and really like them. I’ll have to check out Dragons in our Midst…the title of the series sound promising. 🙂

Doctor Who! And I love Lord of the Rings. Also, welcome to the forum. 🙂

Hmm, I’ve never done much along the way of teaching acting. It was more ‘try to speak up so I can hear you’. I am a pretty bad actor myself and have need my sister’s help at times, even when I am the director. Normally though, I’d say teach by example. Meaning, if there’s a way you want the person to act in the scene, go though the actions and…[Read more]

Hmm, I’ve never done much along the way of teaching acting. It was more ‘try to speak up so I can hear you’. I am a pretty bad actor myself and have need my sister’s help at times, even when I am the director. Normally though, I’d say teach by example. Meaning, if there’s a way you want the person to act in the scene, go though the actions and…[Read more]

What does the code say (I’m assuming this is a coded message…if not, there could be one)? Whatever it says could set off the next line of events.