Shaina

Glad I could help!

Hmmm, Ariszi sounds like a girls name (to me anyway). Also probably a hero, though maybe a small time villain. As for how it looks like it should be pronounced…..coughcough. I am really terrible at pronouncing things. Just a warning… Anyway! It sounds like Ar-iz-zee, or Ar-ees-zi. How is it supposed to be pronounced?

Carlos! That is so great! 🙂 Oh yes, I have had that same problem before. Although mine usually comes when I just give my character a working name cause I can’t think of a better one, and then the working name gets stuck with my character. Sigh. But yeah, once it gets stuck, my character and I just have to deal with it.
I noticed that most of…[Read more]

Hope, that is an amazing prompt!

Exactly! Glad you agree. 🙂

I love the letter L! I put it into a lot of names. Sometimes I have to come up with names that purposefully don’t have the letter L or K or R in it. hehe.
I tentatively disagree that the villains should only have R names. (sorry guys!) Names like Roric, Eragon, Durin, and Thorin all have R’s in them, and they are all hero’s. I think the letter R…[Read more]

That makes sense. I will have to take a look at my story again and see what works best for it! Can’t wait to get to those lessons! 🙂

What often produces growth in my walk with God is when I realize that I have done something wrong. When I find out that what I have been believing or doing is wrong and potentially hurtful to others. That is when I change something (hopefully!) in my life.

At first I didn’t think so, but after going over my stories I noticed that I do use that,…[Read more]

I have found that the one problem with finding a theme after you have written half of the story (or more), is that you will have some major editing later. Sigh.

Characteristic moment: My character uses his physical prowess to defend his comrades and in the process forgoes patience in the battle plan. He also trains excessively, which makes him a…[Read more]

I think outside circumstances force people to change as well. Like moving to a totally different place. That changes everything you do, and the experience changes you on the inside as well. You have to make new friends, so you learn how to be more friendly, and so on….
Things like getting married and getting a new job can change you as well.

I…[Read more]

Sorry, I accidentally hit the ‘submit’ button twice….

I will start without any beginning chatter whatsoever because my brain is trying to go to sleep on me.

Beginning: My character believes that the only way to protect those he cares about is through physical strength. So he trains hard and becomes one of the best fighters in the camp. But eventually his strength isn’t enough, he still loses the…[Read more]

Without any beginning chatter whatsoever because my brain is trying to go to sleep on me.

Beginning: My character believes that the only way to protect those he cares about is through physical strength. So he trains hard and becomes one of the best fighters in the camp. But eventually his strength isn’t enough, he still loses the fight. Which…[Read more]

I think the physical aspects of the poetic justice for the first one would be that the character who tries to be strong physically will eventually lead into trying to be the strongest (like Hulk, ‘I am the strongest one there is!’). But to be the strongest he would have to train physically and endure some grueling regimens. However, if all your…[Read more]

Let me say up front, putting myself into my characters shoes is not something I am great at. So thanks for the tips everyone! 🙂

I ask how my character would react to certain situations. If my character was confronted with a giant, would they freeze? Try to talk their way out of it? Scream and run away? Or stand up and fight? The scenarios are…[Read more]

My theme is strength. I noticed that these answers are similar to the answer to my focusing question, but are much different in that these are more on the physical, real, side while the other answers were mostly internal.

Experiments in Living:
1. Physical strength (being stronger than your opponent)
2. Mental Strength (out thinking your…[Read more]

Welcome fellow homeschooler! I agree with you about Screwtape letters and Narnia, they are my favorite of C. S. Lewis’ works. Though I think I would put Narnia first….

Cameos of characters in another book?!?!?!? That is so awesome! What made you first think of doing that?

Lemme see…..

Half an hour late, the subway arrived looking suspiciously like an old fashioned steam engine.

And….

Trains have been outlawed, along with cars and planes. The only way to get anywhere is through portals that no one really understands….

Ooooh, I see! That makes sense. I agree that usually secular books themes aren’t very powerful. And I think I have actually read a book or two where the message the author was trying to convey was one I did not agree with at all.

Thanks! Phew, I did it!