Mark Kamibaya

@dragon-snapper *randomly pops in* Whoa! That is so good! I love how he’s laughing in the bottom one—I can practically hear it.

And thanks for compiling the characters. @graciegirl, I think I’m going to try Nykkai.

@brandon-miller writes sci-fi. Perhaps he has some tips. (yes, I’m putting you on the spot :p)

@Emily-D as Mark said, in June here at KP our monthly topic is Sci-Fi! So watch for articles next month that will be a good resource!

@kate-flournoy *has confidence in abilities* Well that makes me happy.

@delightinlife Sometimes when I’m writing short stories, I find that it helps to just forget about word limitations and write how you want. Then, when you’re done, you can go back through and carefully weed out any extraneous words or parts. And it might behoove you to ditch…[Read more]

@sleepwalkingMK Sorry it took so long, but here is Joshua.

@his-instrument Hey Hannah! You’re excitement for this event makes me smile 🙂 Wow a 2,000 seat auditorium. I would love to hear how the event goes!

@Emily-D Hi Emily! First of all you should know that NaNoWriMo is extremely fun! Everyone has given great tips! (especially about letting your family know what’s really going on. Apparently I didn’t explain how /much/ I would be writing well enough to my family the first year I did NaNoWriMo. Suddenly they were very concerned about me becoming a…[Read more]

@emily-d 😀 I’m asking myself the same question.

@aysia-serene Yeah, I’ll re-compile the list. 😛

@emily-d You don’t have to read a mountain of books. The more you can read the better, but 5-10 could get you by. Reading sci-fi to learn about it is different than writing yourself into it. You’ll never know the full potentials of your genre or be able to avoid the way overused cliches unless you read the genre.

@dragon-snapper I don’t mind when there are chapter titles in books. I don’t make chapter titles for mine, simply because I can’t really be bothered thinking of any. Really, it’s up to the person writing if they want to add chapter titles – I don’t think it adds or takes anything away from the story 🙂

What?! @Dragon-Snapper

I’m not gonna risk editing my post. It might disappear. 😛 So, @Dragon-Snapper—see above.

@DragonSnapper Chapter titles all the way! But only if they’re good ones. Which the standard for would vary with different people. 😛 No blatant spoilers, and only titles that make sense. I love good chapter titles, but if they’re dull and irrelevant then I’d rather not see them at all. When you do have chapter titles, aside from it providing…[Read more]

@Alia, great. 😀

@ClaireC Sure thing!
Oh wait, it happened today…I haven’t been on KP the last several days. 😛 Oh well. Hope you did great!

@That_Writer_Girl_99 Oooh, not good at all. I’ll be praying.

@Ethryndal Aaaahhh! Whoa.

@Ethryndal *raises hand* I’ve read Treasure Island! Kidnapped is better though. 😉 All for Alan.

@Ethryndal child… seriously. Have some confidence in your own abilities. 😛 You explained that very well and I totally agree. Great points. I think you taught me something there. 😉 Or at least put something I’d only felt into words.

@delightinlife Muahahaha—*chokes* Ahem. Please keep in mind that I’m not the most experienced writer, and emotions are one of the things I struggle with, so take everything I say with a grain of salt. But I am reading a book about writing emotions, so here’s what I’ve learned from it so far.

First of all, writing your own emotions into Josiah…[Read more]

@graciegirl Yep. 🙂 Another thing that came to me is that I think the key event is his commitment to vengeance.