Mark Kamibaya

@Daeus and @Kate-flournoy you are in danger of becoming unoffensive due to a lack of opposition. Cliches are so much fun. 😀 I like twisting their endings, not actually using a complete cliched scene or idea, but starting with cliches and then making it turn into something else is a very useful technique.

@aratrea Ah, right. Sorry.

His experiment in living is that man’s value consists in his name, and his name consists of his actions. Everything he does, he does with his name into mind. In his mind, if he fails, then he loses his name, and if he loses his name, he loses his worth.

The focusing question is: Of what does a man’s worth consist? T…[Read more]

@Daeus *concurs and joins you in the ranks of offensive un-authors*

@ethryndal So if I understand you correctly, at the midpoint her change is that she understands that both elves and humans can be either ‘worthy’ or ‘worthless’ instead of putting humans automatically in the ‘worthless’ camp and elves in the ‘worthy’ camp?

@hope Can you also post the Experiments in Living for this? I’m assuming this is different…[Read more]

@audrey-caylin What Brianna and Kate said :p So yes please post them here and we’ll definitely take dialogue prompts as well! We’d be super glad for your help in coming up with inspiring ideas. 🙂

Hi, @kayla-joy! Awesome to have you.

I should be able to help if it’s just outlining stuff. I’ve never helped someone outline a story before, but I bet it would be fun.

Btw, everybody, I just wanted to say something incredibly un-authorly, because I’m just that type of person. Cliche = well tested. Yep, and I would say some other offensive…[Read more]

Welcome to the site @kayla-joy! One of my biggest pieces of advice for you to avoid cheesy/cliched plot is to read as much in the genre as possible–both popular works and good works (which aren’t always the same thing. =P) The more you read in a genre, the more you’ll understand what plot lines are cheesy or cliched–and you’ll also get the…[Read more]

This is a positive arc for a character in a fantasy novel of mine.

Characteristic moment: Shows protagonist discriminated against because he doesn’t have a family name. He is struggling to gain a name through his own actions.

Mash 1: Being told he has a name. He feels he didn’t earn it and doesn’t deserve it. He hasn’t proved his worth and m…[Read more]

If there was a Greek word for “post-apocalyptic gray concrete oppressive state in need of a rebellion and some kissing”, I’m not aware of it.

@Northerner *chokes* Ouch. Preach it. 😛
Now now, though. No story is defined solely by its genre. I agree with your lovely sarcasm, but let us not be narrow-minded here. *clears throat softly* I happe…[Read more]

@Kayla-Joy Hello. Pleased to meet you. *sweeps bow*

And trilogies… those little things. *chokes on insane laugh* I’m currently working on a futuristic/dystopian trilogy. 😉 I’d love to help, if I could. Google docs or email would probably work the best… I don’t get on here as much as I used to, to check things, for time reasons. 😉

@kate-flournoy @winter-rose @anyone-else I plan to be on till about 9:30

@Audrey-Caylin what @TheLiteraryCrusader said. 😉

@Kate-Flournoy well I don’t think I thought that from anything you said…I probably just assumed. 😉

@Rolena-Hatfield That’s a great way to do it! 😀

Characteristic Moment: Protagonist finds herself in a position where the greater safety of a number of people is dependent upon her undertaking a perilous mission, but she doesn’t see the point in sacrificing herself for them because she sees most of humanity as selfish, cruel, or just plain unintelligent.

Mash #1: Her good friend tells her that…[Read more]

@dragon-snapper Wow, no way! And it’s kinda old too.

@dragon-snapper Yep. 🙂

@Rolena-Hatfield yesss. A little large, but it worked. :’D

@kate-flournoy Yay the image attachment worked!

@emma-flournoy Well when I do come up with an original prompt 😉 It usually happens that I sit watching a blank screen for a while until I announce to my siblings that I need to make some prompts up right now! They usually start with giving me single items like “make one about snow” “Do one about an…[Read more]

@daeus *cheers* Hooray! That’s so exciting! Are self-publishing?