Michael Stanton

Well glad the topic was timely, @belegteleri! (Still can’t write that tag without smiling 😉 )

This is all to say that subtlety is the key to a strong character.

@Daeus— can I just frame that, and put it on my wall? 😀

@Ivy-Rose @zoe-wingfeather @writefury @faithdk @Daeus good thoughts, everyone!

I think, Ivy, that action hooks can certainly work, but I tend to be careful using them because if you slam your reader with immediate action they don’t really care, because they don’t care about the character, because they don’t KNOW the character. Get me?

Also, I…[Read more]

@Ivy-Rose @zoe-wingfeather @writefury @faithdk @Daeus good thoughts, everyone!

I think, Ivy, that action hooks can certainly work, but I tend to be careful using them because if you slam your reader with immediate action they don’t really care, because they don’t care about the character, because they don’t KNOW the character. Get me?

Also, I…[Read more]

*nudges topic with tip of boot* This thing needs to wake up.

‘I stared disinterestedly over the top of the bar at the empty judge’s chair, drumming my fingers and trying to look cool and in control. Didn’t matter that my palms were sweating like pigs, and I was three shades whiter than a snake’s belly beneath my arrogant facade. Keep your act…[Read more]

That… is hilarious, @hope. One of my go-to games when I’m babysitting my siblings and they start getting rowdy is ‘castle’— each child is elected by popular vote to fill the place of jester, knight, queen, prince, king, etc. Once we’ve got everyone assigned their roles, we play battle or banquet or coronation some other such castley thing.…[Read more]

Ighhhh… forgot the tag @writefury

Whoops… missed this! Sorry! 😛

‘The first thing I noticed was the chandelier. Odd, since I didn’t have one in my room. Last time I checked, at least… which was when I fell asleep last night. Of course, it had been dark… but I was pretty sure to have noticed that thing in my room last night, considering it almost touched where the floor…[Read more]

Haha yes @bluejay, believe it or not I knew that! So fun! 😀

OW that made me laugh so hard! Every single one of those— yes!!!!!!! They’d totally not be missed! 😛

Oh, that’s great @writefury. Just great. Especially love this line:

And the woman in adventures who’s tough as any guy,
To fill the spot of “strong female” . . . or at least another try.

Spot on. 😀

Sounds good to me, @anna-brie! 😀

Perfect @anna-brie! Sounds like you did great putting Christianity at the core of your story. 🙂

*two thumbs up* 😉 😛

@writefury

Ugghhhh… that is like the tenth time I’ve almost written your tag as literally atwritefury. 😛

*pokes topic*

I’ve got something new to say on this. So… *shouts into megaphone* WAKE UP EVERYBODY AND PUT YOUR THINKING CAPS ON!!!!

Thank you. Glad to have secured your attention.

It’s a very simple point, actually, and more on the specific discussion of actual character conversions than Christian fiction in general, but I thought it was…[Read more]

Yes, it does @reaganramm! Thank you! 🙂

Ah— hahaha, I didn’t catch that actually. 😛 Nice. XD

Hm… the biggest problem to me seems to be the rushed flow of it @adry_grace. Also, the characters have zero personality. You know ’em because you’ve seen whatever it is they’re from, and it’s cool to you to have them in these situations because you know them and it’s fun to think how they would react, but I as a reader not familiar with the…[Read more]

Hm… the biggest problem to me seems to be the rushed flow of it. Also, the characters have zero personality. You know ’em because you’ve seen whatever it is they’re from, and it’s cool to you to have them in these situations because you know them and it’s fun to think how they would react, but I as a reader not familiar with the story am left…[Read more]

I finished it @writefury— lovely. *grins widely* That last line was perfect. 😉