MarkMcGuire

@Dragon-Snapper an archetype is basically the typical role any given character fulfills. Mentor. Hero. Dark Lord. A slot for a character that doesn’t really depend that much on the character himself, but what part the character plays in the story.

@Dragon-Snapper I would disagree. The definitions are wrong. Sorcery in our world is demonic power, and since our fantasy worlds should be copies of God’s nature and God’s creation, sorcery should be bad in fantasy worlds as well. Spells and dark incantations and witches and the like should always be portrayed as bad. I do not think you…[Read more]

@Alia ha! I feel ya. 😛 Not a problem. 😉

@Alia this is such a lovely discussion that we already had it. 😀 Check out this topic here. Please add your thoughts and ask your questions. It’s a huge discussion, and the more opinions we can get on it, the better. 😉

Hm… the whiny teenaged hero? 😛

@Aratrea

@Aratrea Well… Hmm. I wouldn’t say the lessons have been focusing on physical conflicts rather than mental conflicts. It’s just the matter of tying the theme to the conflict. Something like your example of fear and courage is pretty easy to show through conflict. You can show a character running and hiding at the beginning, then standing up and…[Read more]

And now I feel so terribly uncultured because I’ve never read Byron or Shelley or Milton… *sniff*

@Daeus @Northerner dah! Had to restart my laptop… it froze on me… *glum look* Sorry to keep you waiting. I got 623 words.

@Daeus *screams* I DON’T WANT TO TURN EIGHTEEN!

@Daeus… don’t you mean nine? :’D
I’m with ya.

@kate-flournoy He deserves to be a favorite, the poor guy.

And… I’m not going to use my trilogy for this lesson. It needs major thematic work and I’m not worrying about it right yet. Well, I am, but not here… Anyway, this is for the other novel I’ve mentioned. The one with the positive character arc where the MC’s experiment in living is…[Read more]

This is for my trilogy again. I’m only plotting the points of the disillusionment arc part of it this time because I’m not quite sure of all the details of how I’m matching the plot with the positive character arc yet. (Do you have a lesson about how to weave themes into a story that involve mental and emotional conflict more than physical…[Read more]

Thanks so much guys! I haven’t abandoned you; my laptop went AWOL for a space there… XD

@R-J-Wordsmith @Jenali

You glance down at the notebook in your lap only to find it covered in elegant, foreign symbols, and the pencil in your hand glowing with a faint blue light.

@Dragon-Snapper heyyyy… you insulting dragon brains?

@Daeus *nods* You show ’em.

XD

@Daeus you may wanna check on your minions. I’d hate to see the ‘inept’ stereotype fulfilled in real life… :’D

@Dragon-Snapper yay! *high fives you* Don’t worry I trimmed my claws recently. 😉 I think I’m going to stop now too— 691 words, deducting a ten minute break when @Daeus wasn’t here. Did you finish your chapter, Daeus?

@Dragon-Snapper yay! *high fives you* Don’t worry I trimmed my claws recently. 😉 I think I’m going to stop now too— 691 words, deducting a ten minute break with @Daeus wasn’t here. Did you finish your chapter, Daeus?

@Daeus I’m with you.

@Daeus a’right.