Linus Smallprint

@ellette-giselle

Julian dropped onto the bed and folded his hands behind his head. “Why? Who’s going to read it?”

Why is Julian asking this question when he is also documenting event is his own journal?

The five joined the townspeople and listened to the students, who were marked by the brown, wide-sleeved, open robes they wore over their tunic…

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@ellette-giselle

Roland looked up. “I’m going with you.”

Called it.

“Well, Roland, what’s next on our path to the Capital?”

So they are heading to the capital then. Did I just miss this earlier? I really need to stop missing things.

“None that has lived to tell the tale,” Roland replied. “Though one boy was found drowned in the river a few days…

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@ellette-giselle

Hmm, well I did this for a few reasons. One, we’ve heard this all before in Ardenta and I want these books to have a little bit of a different feel than those, ya know.

Ah.

This is also supposed to be a very fast paced book, because I do want you to feel some of the rush and speed that the characters themselves go through. At t…

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@ellette-giselle

So wait, how many brothers are there. I got Julian, Roland, Adrian, and Quinton, (almost because I had a Quin)

Are there two or three more?

There are 6. Quinton was almost the name of the fifth, but my Gunny (who was very picky when it came to names) decided to make that his middle name instead. So you still have 3 to go.

So,…

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@hybridlore

Hey! Our could snap just ended up here in Canada, We are finally in plus temperatures, and there’s hope that spring exsists! I don’t need 10 snowballs being hurled at me!

But I guess I can’t argue with being hit.

Currently working on outlining my second book right now. I will let you know when I’ve met the quota.

@ellette-giselle

Glad you are back! I hope things went well with that.

Where were we? Ah yes, you were stealing names from my Gunny for your characters. (No, I won’t tell you what she named my dad’s other three brothers. It will be funnier if you stumble across those names by accident.)

I was kind of surprised that Leon and Julian are headed…[Read more]

@ellette-giselle

Hmm… that horse suggestion is good. Good point on the dragon.

@whalekeeper

This looks good. I’ll note, I feel a bit of a blur between books. (You’re still in the outlining phase so that’s fine.) It’s great that you have his story divided into three areas of growth, but because they’re very similar when it comes to the actions Alan has to take, you need to make sure the challenges in each book are distinct.…

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@ellette-giselle

idk if this is a good idea, but I pictured him as quieter and much more thoughtful. Someone who is constantly watching and listening and so he knows a surprising amount about other’s personalities, strengths, and weaknesses. A peacemaker and encourager. So I guess the way you thought, except the opposite personality.

Funny. This i…[Read more]

@ellette-giselle @theducktator

Okay, good. Thanks!

so, does this mean you’re gonna start posting chapters?! 😃

Not quite. Now that the core is taking shape, I’m getting ready to move into a more structured outline, and need to decide which of all the middle events I have planned will suit the story best. I also still need to figure out some of t…[Read more]

@theshadow

Your welcome!

I’m looking forward to seeing the next part!

@rae

Hmm. I’ve written some fight scenes, but am not overly satisfied with them. I just make the characters bang their blades around for a bit until I feel it is time to make someone win. I did a little bit of research on sword fighting to improve it a bit.

I like @whalekeeper‘s advice though, about using surroundings to both hinder and help…[Read more]

@whalekeeper @theducktator @ellette-giselle

Okay, I’m starting to make some refinements to my ideas, starting with some guiding principles. That involves pinpointing a one-sentence premise and pinpointing the theme of the story, as well as thinking about the arc I want Alan to go through. This is supposed to be a document that I can reference to…[Read more]

@whalekeeper

That’s a lot of note cards. That does look convenient though, having those dividers and everything stored vertically.

@ellette-giselle

Thanks!

wait… your hand cramps from writing? Mine never did that. I thought it was a myth.

I have a bad habit of gripping and pressing on things to far. Since I’ve done so much drawing, and have trained myself to do lighter strokes there, it’s not an issue, but I need to train myself to do it with writing as well.

@ellette-giselle

Hmm… That is a good point about Elsa’s powers. As far as we can tell once she learns to control her powers, she just seems to will things to happen.

I think I do want to stick with the idea for Alan having visions of magic capturing him. I think this adds a thematic element that will make Alan’s struggle more real without…[Read more]

@whalekeeper @theducktator @ellette-giselle

My progress today. I wrote down on sticky notes everything I knew so far about the plot.

Pink notes are what I already had planned from Alan’s perspective when I started this. Green is Martha’s Perspective. The blue and yellow at the top are some alternative ideas I had for the beginning. All the…[Read more]

@ellette-giselle @whalekeeper

Yes, I have seen Frozen, and I think I know what you are getting at. Elsa, like Alan, worries about her powers and hurting others with them but needs to learn not to push others away. If you go back to when you were asking us which characters are like our own, Whaley, you will notice Elsa was one of the characters…[Read more]

@ellette-giselle

IS THAT ALAN ABD MARTHA!!?!? *excited dance* 

Maybe…

I was hoping to have that finished by Valentine’s day, but have fallen behind a bit. Hopefully, by next week it will be done.

@whalekeeper

Love how you always have illustrations on hand, by the way. XD

Thank you! I like illustrations. This story started out as illustrations…[Read more]

@ellette-giselle

I doubt I’m any help right now.

No worries. I usually write without outlining as well. I’m just trying to speed up my writing and thought I would give outlining a try to see if it would help me out.

@theducktator

My “outlining” consists of writing random notes all over the margins of my paper as I write and forgetting about them.…

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