@mark-kamibaya
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Snapper replied to the topic Writers' Corner #3 in the forum General Writing Discussions 9 years, 8 months ago
@jess I think that I’ll stop now, but I was able to get a lot of world-building done. Aaaand, I finished a notebook tonight, so now I get to bring out another…yay! How’d you do?
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Emma Flournoy replied to the topic Love Triangles— what the Classical Authors knew that we don't. in the forum General Writing Discussions 9 years, 8 months ago
@Sierra-R But now whenever something hurts so much, you can say why does it, and your sibling can reply Because it was real! and you can have a good laugh. (Or groan.) 😀 That makes stubbing toes a lot funner.
At least Thranduil was well-acted, though he had some stupid things to say.
Something else that makes me groan is the Aragorn…[Read more] -
Snapper replied to the topic Writers' Corner #3 in the forum General Writing Discussions 9 years, 8 months ago
@jess I’ll join you!
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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Discussion for Video Five: Character Arcs in the forum Discussion Questions 9 years, 8 months ago
@audrey-caylin Great thoughts! I absolutely agree–bad experiences are absolutely motivational in forcing us to change. It reminds me a lot of what Peter says in his first epistle about how God uses suffering to refine us.
And that’s a great example of a “real life character arc” so to speak. Honestly, I’ve found that understanding experiments in…[Read more]
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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Homework for Video 5: Character Arc in the forum Writing Assignments 9 years, 8 months ago
@kate-flournoy That looks great! I could see the transitory Experiments being either full-fledged Experiments, or just part of the middle Venn diagram section of the two opposing Experiments in Living. Kind of depends on how marked his change is. But yeah, that looks like a great way of handling the disillusionment arc.
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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Discussion for Video One: Introduction in the forum Discussion Questions 9 years, 8 months ago
@aella Haha! We’ve certainly had pretty much everything thrown out there at this point so that’s definitely fine! Is there any answer in particular that rings particularly true for you?
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Josiah DeGraaf started the topic Discussion for Video Ten: Theme & Scene Structure in the forum Discussion Questions 9 years, 8 months ago
Take the book you used last time, open it to a random chapter, and then try to deduce how the author is developing the story’s theme in that specific chapter. Then post your results here!
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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Character Arc-What's That? in the forum Characters 9 years, 8 months ago
Great question @dragon-snapper! Looks like you’ve already got a bounty of information on this, but I’ll just throw in there that if you want to read more about this topic, my best recommendation would be to read up on what K.M. Weiland has written about the topic. You can read her original 21-part series here, or read her expanded book on it here.
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Josiah DeGraaf started the topic ARCHIVED – Homework for Video 10: Theme & Scene Structure in the forum Writing Assignments 9 years, 8 months ago
Take two pairs of action & reaction sequences and flesh out how they’ll build your story’s theme using the techniques discussed in this lesson. Then post your results here!
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Josiah DeGraaf started the topic Discussion for Video Nine: Theme & Story Structure in the forum Discussion Questions 9 years, 8 months ago
Take your favorite story and examine which of the four methods the author uses to connect the plot goal to the protagonist’s thematic development. Then briefly examine how the author was already weaving this unity of theme & plot throughout the novel, and post your results here!
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Josiah DeGraaf started the topic Homework for Video 9: Theme & Story Structure in the forum Writing Assignments 9 years, 8 months ago
Decide how your character’s story goal is dependent on his/her thematic development. Then decide how each of the five points of the character arc will relate to the story’s plot. Finally, post your results here!
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Character Arc-What's That? in the forum Characters 9 years, 8 months ago
@Winter-Rose ha! Not at all. My pleasure. 😀
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Mallory O'Bier replied to the topic Writers' Corner #3 in the forum General Writing Discussions 9 years, 8 months ago
Awesome, @winter-rose ! Thanks for writing with me. 🙂
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Character Arc-What's That? in the forum Characters 9 years, 8 months ago
Yes. I haven’t written up a formula for that one yet.
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Daeus replied to the topic Character Arc-What's That? in the forum Characters 9 years, 8 months ago
Yep, there’s also the disillusionment arc. I think that covers all the arcs.
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Character Arc-What's That? in the forum Characters 9 years, 8 months ago
@Winter-Rose nope, looks good. I would make the distinction that for a flat arc, the arc is actually the plot/surroundings changing to fit the truth of the character, not the other way around as it is with the other arcs.
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Character Arc-What's That? in the forum Characters 9 years, 8 months ago
@Winter-Rose nope, looks good. I would make the distinction that for a flat arc, the arc is actually the story changing to fit the truth of the character, not the other way around as it is with the other arcs.
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Character Arc-What's That? in the forum Characters 9 years, 8 months ago
@Winter-Rose nope, looks good.
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Character Arc-What's That? in the forum Characters 9 years, 8 months ago
@Daeus *chokes* Hilarious. *tries not to split her side laughing* Perhaps once I do a deeper study of that I shall figure out what the disparity is between the two and get it taken care of.
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Daeus replied to the topic Character Arc-What's That? in the forum Characters 9 years, 8 months ago
@kate-flournoy That makes it worse. Rev 3:16 “So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.”
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