Levi Pierpont

Well for me, I read fast. Way too fast! I end up thinking I’ve read everything in the book and then I reread it and find a part that I didn’t know was in there. And then I read the book for the third time and find a completely new part that I managed to miss twice. It can get a bit creepy when I reread a book for the tenth (or hundredth) time and…[Read more]

@cahndida-serkhaman Hi. Welcome to one of the best places in the world. There is a lot of good stuff on this forum and everyone is super helpful. There is never a boring moment here. 😀

Welcome to the forum, Cahndida Serkhaman Stardust Galadriel! 😉 I love singing too, and archery, though I don’t do that as much as I would like. 🙂

Important forum abbreviations to know are as follows:
WIP: work in progress
POV: point of view
MC: main character

Also, if you want a particular person to answer you or see your post, you can tag…[Read more]

Yes, definitely @Daeus. 🙂

No problem @sarah-h! 😀 The list I gave you is just to help ‘humanize’ your characters in your mind— if you can think about them as living, breathing, complex… er… problems, that’s half the battle. 😉

Does a character have to have a major flaw to be relatable and realistic? No. In fact if you think about it, there’s not a majority or…[Read more]

Well, hi. I’m here and I’m late (here, that’s soooo shocking)

So am I XP. I’ll have to force myself to leave this as my only tab tomorrow so I can answer these. All my many tabs distract me 😛

That’s a very good question, @sarah-h! And unfortunately, I don’t think I have a concrete answer to lay out in so many rules and statistics.
You can tell you’re missing something— that’s very good, that’s an enormous start. Now to figure out what that something is. 😉 😛

I think one of the things that makes this conversation so difficult to…[Read more]

@kate-flournoy: Yes! *rubs hands together* I love discussing things. 😉 😛

EXACTLY. Both of you. 😀 Both very astute observations.

Normally I wouldn’t use that word… (astute)… but I think I can on a forum of writers who will actually know what it means. 😉

Soggy pancakes.

I think… I just lost my appetite.

And indeed, @Daeus, that is the logical progression of the argument I’m making— with him, (you and I apparently both know who him is 😉 😛 ) because I couldn’t see him as anything other than noble, I couldn’t sense him feeling anything other than noble. I mean, it was there a little bit, but…[Read more]

@kate-flournoy: As a relatively new writer, I really appreciate that you’re willing to share mistakes that you made early on. If you hadn’t said something about this topic, I probably would have made the same mistake. Not that I’m not going to make my own mistakes… 😉

@faithdk: Yeah, seems like it! So how many goats and chickens do you have? We’ve had chickens for quite a while now, but just this year we decided to try raising sheep. It’s been interesting…(we have no idea what we’re doing 😛 )

The first one made me shudder. The last one was pure inspiration.

@Daeus

@faithdk, Cool! I paint with acrylics and watercolors most often, but I’ve done oil once before, too. 🙂
Oh, you raise goats? That’s so neat! I live on a small farm, as well. 😉

Hello, Faith! It’s nice to meet you. 🙂
Awesome, I love painting, too! What’s your favorite medium?

Welcome, Faith! I like sketching too, only I don’t think my ambitions have ever been quite up to the level of the second Mona Lisa! 😛