Mark Kamibaya

@audrey-caylin What Daeus said. You can have non-personal antagonistic forces, but something like that would just be a negative EiL

@kate-flournoy Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. I love how Eldred functions as the villain here. That’s fantastic. Would Eldred be the Primary Tempter then, or does he function more as one of the other roles? And then Egann…[Read more]

@audrey-caylin Yes; mentors can make great antagonists–and I really like the way you use that antagonism to make the protagonist doubt the mentor’s loyalty. The mentor sounds like an influencer to me.

The primary difference between a foil and influencer is how directly the character tries to move the protagonist to their position. Since it…[Read more]

@audrey-caylin Great to hear that! What do you think made this lesson the most interesting lesson yet for you?

Haven’t read either of those books unfortunately, but both look like good examples!

@jane-maree Heard of that book before but haven’t read it. That definitely sounds like method #1 though!

@jane-maree Well, I had to take a ten minute break, but I sill managed to get 278, so that was pretty good. Thanks for joining me.

@kina-lamb *high-fives you back* Haha! I think its so funny when people say ‘That’s nice’ because ‘nice’ used to mean ignorant or used in a negative use, like when Pippin says in the Lord of the Rings on Weathertop when Frodo stomps out the fire “That’s nice!” (way too many prepositions, I know) The way the uses of words changes is so…[Read more]

@Kina-Lamb Oh of course, the Bible’s definitely my favorite too.
I’ve never heard of that other book. What’s it about?
Some of my top favorite books are Les Miserables, The Lord of the Rings, and Uncharted which is Kate’s current book. (It’s not published literature but who cares? Not I.) (Btw that’s awesome you love Victorious. You’ll love…[Read more]

@Kina-Lamb well you know more about Family Camp than I do at least. 🙂

@Daeus wish I could, but I’ve got something else tonight. Happy word-counting. 🙂

Oh yep, Elizabeth follows their blog pretty closely. Though @Adry_Grace, I’m fairly certain you’d have to get signed up very soon (if not weeks ago!) if you want to catch it before all the spaces are filled up… is that right @Kina-Lamb?

@kate-flournoy @dragon-snapper Well, I’m really late, but if you’re out there, I’ll still be going till nine.

@Kina-Lamb Can’t wait.

@Adry_Grace Yeah, listen to Kina, she knows more about it than I do. 😛 I’m pretty sure my sister Elizabeth got most of the details from that website.

@kina-lamb
Fiction! Yes, for fiction! Nonfiction is alright, I suppose, but I’d still prefer fiction. So much more exciting, and there are no rules. Hehee. 😛
I’ve only been writing for about three years, but when I look back at the second short story that kicked it off, I shudder. Just…ouch.
I haven’t heard of those, actually. I’ll have to…[Read more]

@I-J-Anderson oooh… I want to try Angelique. Actually in all honesty I want to try all of them, :’D but I doubt if I’ll have time and I want to leave some awesome ones for the others. 😉

Well hello @Kina-Lamb welcome to the community! *throws confetti* Seeing new faces on the forum is one of my favorite things and I’m glad you made your way here. 😀 (now, if only I could get my brother on here… 😉 oh well.) Well I see that you are already well established around here, so once again welcome, I hope to see ya around.

@Aratrea

Okay. I’ve mentioned some of this already in the other homework assignments, but my primary villain (I’ll get to his brother in a minute) pretty much set/justified Harold’s EiL. (That the world is worth saving because man is ultimately good). Wayyyy back in the backstory of the story, the villain— when he was young and optimistic and…[Read more]

@Kina-Lamb nope. 😀 Not yet. It needs to be significantly better than it is before it’s ready for that. 😉

@Kina-Lamb *startled smile* Thank you! I’m planning to give it a major revision here pretty soon… but I’m glad to hear you like it already. 🙂 That’s really encouraging.

Oh, and @Kina-Lamb

I am also writing my own story – a children’s story. I think it’s important that the books children read are wholesome and productive, and it’s hard to find books like that these days. I also think that they should be interesting enough that anyone of any age would enjoy reading it.

This. You do this, and you will have my…[Read more]

@Kina-Lamb ha! 😀 I actually don’t remember where I first saw it… but I’ve always loved the picture, and when I first joined the forum it was just the obvious choice. 😉