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@gideon-sowdon Good question! That’s actually something that we haven’t finished yet. The worksheet, though, will essentially just be the list of questions I ask at the beginning of this thread put in a more elegant format, so I recommend you just use those questions on page one of this thread to guide you through this exercise. 🙂

@gideon-sowdon Glad to hear it! Looking forward to seeing what you submit for the homework. 🙂

@audrey-caylin That looks like a fantastic outline. Makes me want to read your book! I love how naturally those experiments flow into each other, and at least on paper, the plotting seems perfect!

The one thing you’ll want to watch out for is the fact that the story seems to be more leading from one experiment directly to the next one without a…[Read more]

@aella I love that! One of the most intimidating things as an author for me is to read a really good book that really moves me and wonder how I’d ever be able to write a book as good as that. Theme definitely helps a lot with that, though, so that’s a great motivation for delving into theme more!

@anne-swiftblade Knowing that Christ may be able…[Read more]

@gideon-sowdon Awesome! The third lesson should help you a lot in recognizing themes both in your story

@aella No problem! Having gone through the wisdom teeth operation myself, I can definitely sympathize! =P We’ll be covering a fair bit on outlining and story planning; let us know at the end of the course how helpful you found the course to be…[Read more]

@ethryndal Awesome! All of that sounds great then. 🙂

@daeus How could you be hungry with all that food I just gave you? 😀
Three chapters! That’s a lot!
Working on it, sorta. I was just trying to plan out my next attempt at a WIP, but it’s going terribly. Maybe I’ll work on the other for a bit. (of which I might switch a few things around) *smeagol voice* Nasty little muses.

I think I completely agree with you @aella. I am excited! Now I can make my words count in this world. I want Christ to be heard through me and theme is the key to that door! I am excited to find that key, where ever it is hiding, and use it in every story I write for the Kingdom.

😛 Thanks @daeus
@kate-flournoy @winter-rose @aella
I might as well get something productive done, so if anyone wants to write…you know the rest. 😛

@hope Got ya. That does make it more difficult, but it sounds like those physical consequences are exactly the right direction you want to be going in for that. 🙂

@hope Wait, you’re saying that you don’t want me to include a lot more of me rambling in the polished version? Hmmm… Interesting. 😉 Haha, and yes, backstories are great. Random facts are good too, especially as a means of expressing unique characterization.

@ethryndal Good point. The ghosts of our past along with the pain we experience at the present is absolutely important in shaping who someone is.