Michelle Black

@emilysf

Awesome!

Well, yeah, I tend to be around quite a few people with opposing worldviews. Though it usually ends up with far more conflict and split paths than heroic character arcs that inspire the people around them, haha.

@emilysf

I think it’s great that you have a character that displays what the end of the MC’s character arc will be, so maybe for your students it could be the opposite of that. They could be the resistance to the MC’s character arc.

They would demonstrate different world views on the theme of “changing the world for the better”, Which would…[Read more]

@godlyfantasy12

From what I see from age gaps, I think it’s more about the stage person is at in life rather than the actual number of years. (Though, the number of years is important too)

Like a fifteen-year-old dating, a twenty-year-old is a lot different than a twenty-year-old dating a twenty-five-year-old.

One is perfectly fine, the other…[Read more]

@madelyn
I really like allegories that are subtle. Where the story alone stands strong by itself and the allegory just adds a layer of depth and core themes.

Mainly because, if the story I am reading is very obviously an allegory, all I can think about is the story its an allegory of instead of the story itself, which gets in the way of me…[Read more]

@valtmy Change all the races of my characters for the sake of diversity (though idk why they would my MC is Asian), adding a love triangle (or three), change the ending (by making it happy isntead of vague and tragic and open), and adding a lot more daddy issues than I originally intended there to be.

@annabethkatherinewingfeather

I haven’t listened to much musical theater, however the scores I have heard I really enjoyed! Do you have a favorite musical?

Ah, John Williams is the guy. I don’t think I know a single person that doesn’t enjoy at least some of his work. Him, and John Powell are probably my favorite movie score composers. Do you…[Read more]

@kathleenramm A lot. Well, not sure. Most of my endings are bittersweet; in fact, I can’t think of a single fully happy ending. But there was one story (that I think you’ve read?) where every single character loses everything and there’s no way to recover that, and it was the result of all their own choices throughout the story.

Still one of my…[Read more]

@annabethkatherinewingfeather

Hi! Welcome to KP!

I just gotta say first off that Miyanna is a really pretty name. Kinda sounds like the name of the lead female protagonist of a fantasy novel, haha.

I love music and acting as well! Particularly music, as I’ve only been in one play, but both can be so exciting despite being so different.

If you…[Read more]

@madelyn

You should totally try sometime, it’s really fun.

As for a twist, we made the cities post-apocalyptic. We of course did it for the story, but the post-apocalyptic vibe  ended up really fitting with the cities we grew up in, particularly Cincinnati lol.

Who knew writing about a broken and corrupted version of a place you used to live…[Read more]

@madelyn

You should totally try sometime, it’s really fun.

As for a twist, we made the cities post-apocalyptic. We of course did it for the story, but the post-apocalyptic vibe  ended up really fitting with the cities we grew up in, particularly Cincinnati lol.

Who knew writing about a broken and corrupted version of a place you used to live…[Read more]

@kathleenramm I’ve had some places based off of places near where I live, though I never mention them by name. I used to mention street names though, haha.

One time I did read a book set in my hometown (it was never explicitly stated but I figured it out using context clues) and hoo boi that was weird.

@karissa-chmil

Ah, your post are being marked as spam! It’s some ai imbedded in the site that tries it’s best to detect spam posts, but as you can see it doesn’t do a good job lol. I think it’s particularly unfond of posts with images which is unfortunate.

Hmmm… gonna have to see if I can fix that permanently.

Anyways, I think I got all your…[Read more]

@elishavet-pidyon

Yes! You illustrated my point perfectly. Delving into the core of the theme (such as Good Vs Evil) through questions demonstrated throughout the book, opens up many different but related themes that expands on the original theme’s message.

Themes are really cool in that way. I really like how you explained it in your post!

@maryg3

It seems like you already nailed down your theme with your description of what the book is about.

It’s ultimately a journey about finding one’s family and embracing yourself.

Found family and embracing yourself seems like the main two themes of your story.

And about your question on multiple themes, pretty much every story has mul…[Read more]

@denali-christianson Not me making like all my characters Asian because I’m Asian heh….

Okay I had this convo with someone else a few months ago so let me just copy/paste it here…

for me, i honestly don’t like it when diversity is forced in a book. if you feel like your character should be white, then make them white, if not, then make them…

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@denali-christianson Pfft sorry probably shoulda tagged you earlier