Mark Kamibaya

@princessfoo You heard of the name before or you’ve heard of the principle?

Well, you the goal is to keep your characters from reacting with the same emotion your reader will react with. So if your reader is probably going to laugh at a joke, none of your characters should react to the joke in any hysterical way. If your reader is going to feel…[Read more]

@PrincessFoo very solid advice so far. I’ve never written a full-on romance novel, but every story I’ve written has had at least one romantic subplot, so I’ve been doing this for a while. 😉

My one piece of advice kind of ties in to what @Daeus said, but takes a little different spin on it. The most intriguing, engaging thing about your…[Read more]

@salome01w4g that just means you get seniority privileges. 😉

@epicaddie2 @That_writer_Girl_99 @Shannon @Emily @LifeofKatie @Ethryndal thanks so much guys. 😀

Sarah, I’m especially glad you think it’s pretty… it ought to be… I only redid it oh… ABOUT A DOZEN TIMES. XD

*coughs* I’m a bit of a perfectionist. Your praise is great validation.

Elizabeth, Sarah, Shannon… I, um… was looking for Dr.…[Read more]

@Daeus once again I’m late to the party… everything looks great. Very professional. Nothing to criticize; good work. 😉

@sam-kowal welcome to KP. 😀 Welcome to Stan too. He should fit right in; we’ve several dragons hanging around this place in various nooks and crannies. 😉

@sam-kowal Seriously? You’re an ENFJ? AWESOME! More ENFJs is always a good thing.

Hey fellow ENFJ! 😉 I am an ENFJ as well, Dragon Snapper, or D.G., if you want, for short. Although people have called me Snapper before. 🙂

So, henchman, what’s your favorite food? (Don’t worry, you’ll graduate soon enough.)

Welcome to KP; I look forward to seeing you around!

@sam-kowal Welcome to the bestistest place on the internet!

I like your dragon too. 🙂

And definitely Brandon Sanderson. I just finished his Mistborn trilogy recently. Really good.

Some of my favorite stories? (not necessarily in order) The Count Of Monte Cristo, Dreamlander, A tale of two cities, cry the beloved country, crime and…[Read more]

@emily-d Yesss! That last one is hilarious!

@ethryndal To be honest, even though I’m not the most active forum member, it seems like you’ve been around for a lot longer than that. 🙂 So glad to hear about how much this forum has helped you in your writing life!

@dragon-snapper XD Not that kind of frog. The natural frogs are good. Like Frog and Toad, you know? I like Frog. He’s an ENFJ. Or an INFJ. He’s nice either way. And Josiah the Wiser’s pet isn’t bad.

*cough* I said it because she was speaking French (Bonjour!), and French people are commonly (or were, and maybe just by Brits…) known as Frogs.…[Read more]

@lifeofkatie I think I’ve got it fixed.

@lifeofkatie On the button?

@daeus Fair enough.

@lifeofkatie *eats all the ice cream*

@emma-flournoy I won’t tell Josiah what you said about frogs. *mourns over frogs*

@perfectfifths. Hmm. I just noticed one day that it was true because…I noticed it.

@dragon-snapper

The thing I don’t like about romances is that they are fake. They make them too emotional. People aren’t like that.

They are so totally fake, but I don’t actually think people are any less emotional. They’re just less cheesy about it. ……[Read more]

Yikes! These tags aren’t working. Let me try again. @shannon @emily @winter-rose.

@jane-maree @shannon @emily @winter-rose @ingridrd @lifeofkatie

Okay! How about this?

http://www.thescratchingquill.com/the-show-dont-tell-course/

My point is based on a principle I’m going to call Daeus’ principle just to stroke my vanity. This principle states that if you know at a certain point in your story you can get a reaction out of your reader, do not have any of your characters react at that point or the reader will not react. For instance, if you think you can get your rea…

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