Shaina

@dragon-snapper Wouldn’t he? 😛 That would be a really fun scene…. *runs off to torture character*

@dragonsnapper @winter-rose May I join you? I am writing a book review.

@daeus @dragonsnapper *raises hand* *realizes she is slightly late and puts hand back down again sheepishly*
I am ENFJ as well, there are three of us, on the same site!!! :O Cough, so, can you tell I don’t know that many ENFJ’s? 🙂
I totally agree, we should rule the world. Any ideas anyone?

Minor characters need to tie into the theme more the less of them there are. If you have a huge cast and some of the characters are only there for a tiny bit of time, you can squeeze by with not having every single one of the characters tie into the theme. If you have a smaller cast, like in a short story, it is more important that every single…[Read more]

1. Mrs. Yannay, she is the companion of Jenali. She is very loyal to her and to her father and would do almost anything for Jenali. She practically does, she does things before Jenali even realizes that she needed that to happen. Her EiL is that a good leader knows what her people need, and then fills that need. She makes Teren groan a bit because…[Read more]

@dragonsnapper
I am contributing to the budding dragon hoard, here is two cents. 🙂
I often have one character that I really like in a story, and another character who is either harder to write or I just don’t like quite as much. I agree with what everyone else said, get to know your character!
Also, don’t let your totally snarky and awesome…[Read more]

@dragonsnapper I just read this, it is hilarious! You must do more! I think my favorite part is the ending, it couldn’t have ended any better.
I LOVED the roles you put every one in, hahaha! It was so great!
Kudos to you!

@aratrea All Jenali has seen in regards to leadership is how her father leads people, which is with strength. So her EiL is that a true leader must be stronger than his people and be able to demand their undivided loyalty. As she does not believe that she is very strong, she doesn’t think she will ever be a good leader.

Yes, my username…..…[Read more]

What is cool about the second method is that you could do it with so many characters, and can be used with romance books, you have to agree to get together. 🙂 But I think you could do it with a protagonist and an antagonist, or two people who are so completely different that you would never even believe they would ever be friends, much less their…[Read more]

This character is the daughter of Captain Manel and the fiance of Teren. It is an arranged marriage, and in her opinion it isn’t the best position but it could be worse. And what is she supposed to do about it anyway?
Jenali is not a leader, in a story of natural leaders, she is not one of them. She has been controlled by her father and by others…[Read more]

@clairec Congratulations!!!! Yes, you were writing a book even when you were outlining. 🙂

I always have the basic outline when I start writing, sometimes it is more complicated, sometimes less, but I always have one. They are not too extended though. I just recently started outlining in a few sentences what I wanted to happen in a chapter…[Read more]

In the very beginning of my story, the king dies.
When he dies his four children start squabbling over the throne. A squabble that comes dangerously close to civil war. All four kids think that they are the best for the country or just want the power that being ruler brings. And this whole thing is exacerbated by a little man whom they all trust,…[Read more]

I have a question, is it possible for the villain to have a positive character arc? Or would that just make him an antagonist. Is the villain too far gone to be saved? I was just wondering.

Before I start let me say that this is one of my least favorite questions. Usually, I hate villains. I don’t think the are ‘wonderfully creepy’ or anything.…[Read more]

@aratrea
Sorry about that!
Captain Manel uses force of strength to gain the loyalty, if you can call it that, of his men. And he uses power to keep them loyal.
My attempt is to make Teren’s EiL close to correct, but not quite there yet. Since he believes that as long as you keep the greater good of the people in mind you will make the right…[Read more]

@aratrea
The focusing question is, how do you be a good leader of your people?
The message is that to be a good leader you must be trustworthy and you must make decisions that are for the good of your people not just good for yourself.
Teren, the MC’s, EiL is that if a leader keeps the greater good of the people in mind he will do the right…[Read more]

@aratrea
When Allie flees an unwanted situation she is not thinking of anything but her perceived need to get out of there. Because of that she ends up in a dangerous situation. One that is threatening her life, and threatening the lives of the other characters who go after her.

Shriah’s stalemate would keep the rebels from going anywhere. They…[Read more]

@aratrea

I would prefer that it was not on the 13th, I wouldn’t be able to make it if it was. The other days work though!

@aratrea No, I don’t think there was anything in particular that you could have explained better. You do a great job of explaining it and all of the examples helped a lot.
I think what was the hardest to understand was putting the scenes and story together. I am good at concentrating on one thing at a time, but when I need to think about two…[Read more]

@aratrea Northanger Abbey is an amazing book! It is actually my favorite of all of Jane Austen’s books. I love it so much, mostly because I feel like Catherine is me. She is very, very relatable.
Oh yes, there should be much more characters who pretend they are a character in a story. 🙂