Mark Kamibaya

@daughteroftheking *chokes on drink*

@graciegirl Yes. Just pointing out anything that could be improved.

@dekreel OH MY GOODNESS JAMES HERRIOT. *grins manically* I’ve been looking high and low for a copy of his All Creatures Great and Small. I read his Cat Stories and Dog Stories and… *flails* Yeah. Good taste there.

Ooh, who’s your favorite actor?

@Dekreel Coolio! Biographies are pretty neat; have you ever read any about missionaries? Some of those people have epic lives…

@Daeus Well this is cool.

I have one thought to add to the whole diary debate thing… If the character only lives when he’s being written, how can he keep a diary? When does he have the time for that?

And I’ll have you know that this story has ruined my life. I’ve spent the last day or so pondering the fact that the ‘Hero’ isn’t actually the…[Read more]

@dekreel
*nods sagely* Greetings.
So…*rubs hands together* Welcome to the bestistest place on the internets! Ah, instrumental. I love instrumental as well. Who are some of your favorite artists?

@Jess I (obviously) concur with what they all said, but I’d like to add a side note to Daeus’ point: If the world is better off than it was before, even if (and possibly because) the protagonist didn’t get what she wanted, than at least a small victory has been achieved, no matter the personal cost to the MC. The reader will recognize this and be…[Read more]

@salome01w4g *discreetly holds out hand for a high-five*

Hullo, @Dekreel! Welcome to this crazy place! Do you know what MBTI personality type you are? What’s your favorite genre in fiction?

@Anne-of-lothlorien I feel like to ought to say something, but I’m too busy laughing to think of anything clever.

BRAVO, dear. This is… it’s just… yeah. *thunderous applause*

Hi, @dekreel 😀

Is your profile picture from anything in particular? It reminds me of a Redwall character.

Greetings back atcha, @Dekreel! Welcome to the bestistest place on the internet. 😀 Cool! What poem was that?
What genre do you write? What’s your favorite book, if you can choose one? What kind of music do you like?

@anne-of-lothlorien Lovely! XD

@daeus Nice one. You got a line of respect. 😛

You know you’re a writer when you’re decided whether you want to include someone’s backstory or not, and decide to do so not because it’s fun to write, but because it’s heart wrenching and when you say so, your sister says only this, “Sigh.”

@jess What Kate said. Basically, either the loss your character experiences needs to be necessary for them to become a better person or the ending is just plain tragic, but a side character learns something valuable from it and the readers are left with a lot of hope for that side character.

@Jess lovely topic. I have a lot of thoughts on unhappy endings, but I haven’t got time to consolidate them all now, so I’ll just leave you with the biggest two.

The first is the concept of catharsis. The reader must be satisfied in some way or other. The reader must feel that something was gained; that the world is somehow better as they leave…[Read more]

😂😂😂 Haha! I love how you used those parenthetical lines. I’ll have to try that myself sometime.

@salome01w4g That was 20,000 words

@perfectfifths
Content. No language. No sex. Violence: a general description of Aztec sacrifices. Description is not graphic, but if just the idea of human sacrifices makes you sick, then you could have problems with it. One guy has a vision in which he is lacerating himself, though there is not a lot of detail in that part.

Otherwise, this book…[Read more]