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@rochellaine

She said, in reference to your first comment, that it was confusing, but I think she understands.

Neither of us are sure what you mean by Cliff Robertson.

All right, I’ll give you some time for review.

(She said it was very nice and that she likes being called SeekJustice’s sister)

@seekjustice‘s sister

Forgive me! 😛  Anyway, if Justice had died instead of Zac I’d probably like him way better than Zac.  It’s this thing where I always go for the guy who doesn’t get the girl.  I want Zac to get Chessy because she loves Justice, but if she loved Zac instead I’d want her with Justice, because I’d feel bad for Justice. That pr…[Read more]

@rochellaine

🙂

Currently my sister and I are trying to come up with plot twists for the second book. Have any ideas?

(My sister reckons you’ll all say “that Justice died instead of Zac” because “you’re all selfish people who love Zac and underappreciate Justice!”)

I’m pretty sure she’s joking.

@seekjustice Haha. 😛  Don’t worry, I like Quillon too.  I just never feel the need to stand up for him since you adore him so much already.

@rochellaine

All right, all right! I give up. It just baffles me that everyone likes the characters I don’t like all that much and no one likes as much the ones that I adore. 😀

@catwing Well, hopefully we aren’t spoiling too much for you 🙂

@catwing Yay!! A second vote for Kendall!! (Yes, that face thing is cute. 😛 )

@jenwriter17 Um, when you get a chance, could you come over here and cast your vote?  For my side?  Please??  @seekjustice says no one cares for Kendall!  How could she say such a cruel thing?  I care for Kendall.  Don’t you?  (If you don’t, go back and read Waif’s…[Read more]

@seekjustice Well, so does Justice, so, come on. 😛  And Chessy, like, for the first half of the book she is purposefully disobeying her father!  That may not seem as bad as Kendall’s lifestyle, but I would say, remember that Honor your Parents is in the Ten Commandments, while Keep from being a Drunkard is not. 😮 Okay that’s not really a great a…[Read more]

@rochellaine Thanks!
Yes, ditto on that.

@Seekjustice I can not submit my opinion on that matter because I have not read your book yet. *totally innocent grin* But I am sure whoever-character-who’s-name-I-forgot-because-he-died-so-who-could-that-be-it’s-not-like-you-kill-lots-of-your-characters is they are/will be a very nice character. ^.^…[Read more]

@rochellaine

Okay 😀

Well, I didn’t necessarily write him to be likeable, but then again I didn’t write Zac to be likeable either and obviously he turned out like that.

I don’t know how I want people to feel about Kendall though. I mean…he has a rather immoral lifestyle…

But his case isn’t hopeless. He redeems himself.

😀 I can see that…[Read more]

@catwing 😛

Oh, oh, oh!!!!  hahahaha!!!!  I love them!!  Thanks so much!  I especially like the “step into the water and get electrocuted” one. 😉

@seekjustice That was the biggest and most obvious instance.  I think there were a few other times when he seemed a little too soft, but I’ll have to go back through and read it again.  For the most part it’s all good.

I LIKE KENDALL!!!!!!!  How can you say no one likes Kendall?  Anyway, even Justice cares about him, as we established when Jus…[Read more]

@rochellaine I wasn’t worried about you. I don’t know why I was fixing them. *shrug* Let’s see…
#1 If you were to go swimming and someone dressed up like a shark swallowed you. Use ketchup. Or cornstarch mixed with food coloring.
#2 Parachute a dummy dressed as you but have the parachute faulty and so you fall into the ocean/ravine. Or the…[Read more]

@rochellaine

Was it only the instance you mentioned that you thought was too out of character for Justice?

The problem I found with Kendall and Rain is that honestly who would have a crush on Kendall? No one is supposed to like Kendall!

No, I didn’t know! I must go find out!

@catwing Well, by all means!  Please give me your ideas!  One condition, make them as absurd as possible, and they aren’t supposed to work in real life.  That’s the entire point! 😛

Yes, I know the papers would burn, and I know that doctors would not be that incompetent in real life.  These faking death sequences are supposed to be in the ima…[Read more]

@rochellaine *clears throat* *raises eyebrow* Have you been faking deaths without me? Me, the person with crazy theories. The person who when watching BBC’s new Sherlock series thought up how Moriarty could have faked his death, even though he died by shooting himself in the head. The person who when eating cherries wonders if they could make a…[Read more]

@seekjustice 😛

Yes, I agree.  Your characters are the most important parts of your book.  My biggest issue in the second draft was with Justice’s character, remember? 😉  And actually the Rain thing is specifically about her character.  I feel like now that she’s “in love” with Justice instead of having a flirty kind of crush on Kendall she is…[Read more]

@rochellaine

Well, it hurts my pride, my honestly my pride is rather…I don’t know…large. And I could do with some humility. That’s why God made me a writer 😛

Fair enough. That makes sense. Honestly, I think the uniqueness of my story lies not so much in the plot, because the plot is…well, fairly average, but more so in the characters.…[Read more]

@seekjustice And thanks for not being offended. 😀  I know how hard it is to write, and I know how hard it is to have people say they don’t like something you’ve written, so I’m always worried when I say I dislike something about your writing, especially since for the most part I absolutely adore everything you write, so I don’t want you to get…[Read more]

@seekjustice I’m sorry! 😛

I’ve started part 4, and I do agree that Caderousse makes a bit more sense here than she did in the first draft.

The biggest thing I am worried about is that I think you are an amazing writer, but I am afraid that if your book is too similar to Les Mis people will not realize what a good writer you are, but will simply…[Read more]

@rochellaine

So I’ve been agonising over your post for w ay longer than is normal and I’ve come to this conclusion:

Writing retellings are a balancing act between original content and not. For example, I think the changes I made with Caderousse (have you started P4 yet?) were good because someone would expect that of a story based on Les…[Read more]