Kathryn Comstock

@graciegirl The way I see it, there are three different approaches you can take with villains: the foil approach, the tempter approach, and the testing ground approach. The foil approach is basically what you mentioned above: make the villain a mirror of the protagonist, or sharing similar qualities to the protagonist. Another way of putting it is…[Read more]

Thanks @jess! That’s great. 🙂

@dragon-snapper That looks great! Thanks so much. 🙂 I definitely appreciate it!

@graciegirl Wow. That’s beautiful. It’s so encouraging to hear how much this community has meant to you. Thanks for sharing your story! 😀

@dragon-snapper That looks great! Thanks so much. 🙂 I definitely appreciate it!

@gracie-girl Wow. That’s beautiful. It’s so encouraging to hear how much this community has meant to you. Thanks for sharing your story! 😀

@Daeus That’s awesome. 😀 What’s the premise of this book?

@that_writer_girl_99 That’s great! Thanks!

@that_writer_girl_99 Cool. Would you be willing to write up 2-3 sentences about the forum in particular and how it has helped you?

@that_writer_girl_99 That’s fantastic. How much of your growth would you say is from the articles we publish and how much from the forum interactions?

@that_writer_girl_99 That’s fantastic! How much of your growth would you say is from the articles we publish and how much from the forum interactions?

@daeus @christi-eaton The more direct link (minus the Mailchimp redirect) is https://kingdompen.org/panel-discussion/

@graciegirl Anything you’d be willing to share would be great, even if it’s just a couple lines. 🙂 This will be for the CHAP convention in Pennsylvania.

@jane-maree That’s hilarious about the movies. xD I love it!

That would be absolutely fantastic if you’d be willing to do that for us! Our tentative course release date is May 22nd, so anytime after that would be awesome. 😀

Ha. Not what I expected people to learn through the course, but that’s great! And congrats on the addition of a new…[Read more]

@anna-brie

For scene 1, both your action and reaction sequence sound like part of the same action sequence–at least in summary. How does Natalia react to this event? Does she just forget about it in her disdain, or does she think at all about the event?

And then how would you say scene 2 relates to your story’s theme?

@ethryndal

Ah–got ya.…[Read more]

@moriahs Ok; cool. I think that you could turn protecting a family heritage into a meaningful plot if you showed why achieving that goal was important to the MC’s personal development. That being said, if your goal with your story is to show the costliness of freedom, I agree that a different central plotline would be better to display that theme.…[Read more]

@moriahs Are you looking for additional plot lines because you’re worried that protecting a fortune isn’t meaningful enough to carry a whole plot, or are you looking for additional plot lines because the story is too lean, and it needs more things happening in it? Not sure which you’re wrestling over.

@christi-eaton *materializes for like ten seconds* Yes, yes I do love to hate the ending of La La Land. It’s poetic and masterful, but I still hate it. *dematerializes*

@ethryndrl Shhhhhh!!! Why ya gotta go and rat me out for the confetti? *ten pages late*

@dragon-snapper Most editors & literary agents I’ve read discourage this, but I’ve seen it done successfully a couple of times. Just as long as only one character has a 1st person POV, I think you could pull that kind of thing off.

@jenali Haha, yes–besides that. 😉 That sounds like a great plan to follow. And that’s fantastic to hear! I’m glad that this course has taught you how to write these kinds of stories, and it’s been a pleasure creating this for you and everyone else who’s been taking it. 🙂

@jenali Got it. Looks good!