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@seekjustice I’m not sure whether that’s a good or a bad thing… 😛  Does that mean you just don’t remember spoilers people tell you, or does it mean you can’t discuss books after you read them…? 😛

@alia I like to write sci-fi when I don’t have to do much research. 😉  I love researching history, and everyday – or non-everyday – things, but I…[Read more]

@alia

Cool! I’ve yet to read Ender’s Game but I’v heard a lot of good things about it.

In that case, I think the situation would be quite traumatic, but they wouldn’t necessarily be isolated. Though they do lack parent and adult figures which could potentially be problematic.

@rochellaine

When it comes to spoilers in books I have the memory of a walnut and so by the time I actually get around to reading it I’ll have forgotten 🙂

@seekjustice Oh no!  If you read our conversation…wow, that contained MAJOR spoilers!! 😛  Hopefully you can still enjoy the books. 😛

@rochellaine

I hadn’t heard of the Mars Diaries before your conversation the other day but I’ll definitely have to look them up now 🙂 they aren’t in the vein of what I usually read, but every now and again its good to read something out of your comfort zone 😀

@seekjustice Haha, yes! 😛 By the way, speaking of Alia’s story, you should definitely read the Mars Diaries by Sigmund Brouwer.  Seriously.  They’re amazing. 😀

@alia 😉  You like The Princess Bride?

I’m very interested in how you make your new story different from Brouwer’s.  I love the premise, because of course I love his books and I lov…[Read more]

@alia

No worries. I just rolled with it.

Oh yes! I was stalking the topic the other day and saw that. It sounds pretty cool and reminds me a bit of Ender’s Game.

I definitely think that sort of isolation would be damaging, but maybe not as much as complete isolation. Are they allowed to be friends with each other or do they just exist with each other?

@alia

we’re here for you. 🙂

@alia

Awesome 😀

I’d do some research, but I’d hazard to guess that the consequences wouldn’t be good. I think it also depends on what sort of isolation it is. Is it isolation from absolutely everyone? Isolation from everyone but one or two select individuals? Isolation from everything except a group (say, a church)?

I think each of those w…[Read more]

@rochellaine

That’s pretty much how it is 😛 It reminds me of when I try to explain musical plots to my family.

@alia

Awesome! What are you outlining?

@valtmy

Oops, I forgot your new job! Maybe I’ll see you later then 😀

@seekjustice Oh, oh!  I scrolled up a bit and saw the end of your long post to @catwing where you said “to sum up.”  Immediately, this flashed into my brain:

@rochellaine Got your tag wrong 😀

Anyone around I’m editing my novel/reading a short story for a friend. 😀

@catwing @jenwriter17 @rochellane @valtmy

@alia

I find that writers know how to write the least when they can’t hide behind their characters. But I’ll keep praying for you and I hope God brings you through this time soon. 🙂

@catwing

All right, Catwing, I am here to give you instruction in the way of the glorious character arc.

I’ll try to keep this concise:

So, I feel the trick to Character arcs are these two things. Basically, a character arc can’t just be the character going from A–B. I’ve read books/seen movies where the characters are one way at the start,…[Read more]

@valtmy Hi!  How’s it going?

@alia @jenwriter17 Hey, hey!  Who’s talking about me staying up late??

😛 I’m here for a little bit, Alia, if you’re still here.

@alia so sorry, turns out I can’t write tonight. spending some time with my siblings. I might be on tomorrow or Monday even. Again, I’m so sorry!

@alia I might be on tonight, but it’ll most likely be late. How late do you wanna stay up? (can’t let @rochellaine and @seekjustice have all the late night fun 😉 )