Michael Stanton

@audrey-caylin Yes–that is definitely the danger of using Method #1. But I agree. The more different you make their initial situations, the more depth you can get with this arc!

@audrey-caylin Looks good. I agree it’s probably the closest to #2 since they both are dealing with very different aspects of the same problem. The arcs don’t have to happen simultaneously, so the way you’re doing it sounds good. 🙂

@audrey Looks good. I agree it’s probably the closest to #2 since they both are dealing with very different aspects of the same problem. The arcs don’t have to happen simultaneously, so the way you’re doing it sounds good. 🙂

@Jess Oooh, Traze actually sounds a lot like one of my villains in personality. I’m going to try him.
Aaaand I’m glad you like the calligraphy. 😉 It’s great fun.

@Anne-Swiftblade @Christi-Eaton @I-J-Anderson Joe…

@Dragon-Snapper aww! So sweet and shy and quiet. <3 That is adorable.

@Dragon-Snapper awesome! She belongs to @I-J-Anderson. Can’t wait to see what you come up with. 😉

@Anne-Swiftblade I positively cannot resist a challenge and I am now determined to give my utmost effort to attempting this mysterious Joe. *squares shoulders* I shall return.

All right… went through the topic and collected the characters that have not been done yet for others’ convenience…

Tavalii. Female, twenty two, but small and birdlike with bony hands. She’s a fantasy priestess of a false religion (and she knows its false) who was dedicated to the Temple of the Stars at birth and doesn’t care about her…[Read more]

All right… went through the topic and collected the characters that have not been done yet for others’ convenience…

Tavalii. Female, twenty two, but small and birdlike with bony hands. She’s a fantasy priestess of a false religion (and she knows its false) who was dedicated to the Temple of the Stars at birth and doesn’t care about her…[Read more]

@I-J-Anderson here is Gage… I think I overdid the dimple… 😀

@hope Looks good. I like how you’re subdividing the minor themes there between the major and primary categories.

@hope Yeah; I hate it when books get to that length. xD Novel length expectations can be very annoying at times. =P I was just curious on that front.

@Daeus yes, you have a point. Looking at it from that angle, and concentrating on the miracle itself rather than the allegory, I agree. If you had said that before I read it I probably would have been annoyed, but as it was I hardly even noticed.
And I just copied and pasted the above reply into my ‘THEME’ folder. 😀

@GabrielleMassman I’m…[Read more]

@R-J-Wordsmith YES! LONG LIVE VILLAINY!
*collapses into uncontrollable laughter* This is great. I love it. I can especially relate to However-you-spell-it because I’m just about as short as he is. 😀

Thank you. 🙂

@hope Oh, I like that. A very nice blend of similarities and dissimilarities like that can create really strong foils. You even get some of the benefits of Method #2 as well since while they may both intellectually believe the same things (and thus have the same character arc) in practice they seem to live according to different EiLs, if I’m…[Read more]

@overcomer Haha, that makes sense. Sounds like you’re on the right track! You may find it worthwhile to jump ahead to the ‘How to Handle Multiple Themes in One Story’ lesson in the last module of the course, as that’s where I really address what to do with stories like yours that have multiple themes. Some aspects of the lesson may rely on…[Read more]

@hope Both of those are awesome ways to connect major characters! I love it.

@hope Nice work. I like the similarities between Hilith and Cedric on that front. Are they both family members?