MNValentine

@mnvalentine       I liked the emotion in Wonder Woman.  I’ll admit that I wish there was a bit more of a character arc in several of the characters (mainly the bad guys, I wish they were slightly more important in the story…) but in my opinion, I think it was really fun.

I know you’re thinking that Ragnarok is going to be like the first and s…[Read more]

@mnvalentine @that_writer_girl_99 I didn’t think about the positive themes of Harry Potter… Good point. I love the Harry Potter books, and taking the quizzes and stuff. I don’t like the Hunger Games.

@mnvalentine I completely agree with you! I love the Harry Potter series, and I think it has a lot of positive themes. I’ve no problems with the HP books, and simply mentioned them because @princessfoo had. Really great thoughts there!

The Twilight books, however, are completely empty of any positive themes. I mentioned that they’re for…[Read more]

@introvert_girl

That’s a good analogy, I think I understand.

It would be disappointing to spend a book getting attached to one character, and believe they’re going to have an important role in the next book, only to find they make a small appearance, and don’t contribute much to the overall plot.

My goodness. xD I don’t think I have a problem wit…[Read more]

@ariella-newheart  Good question! I have struggled with the exact same thing in my KPA (that’s Kapeefer Adventure, sort of like the LOKD). I guess it depends on the series: How long it is, and when and where your MC(s) are traveling. If you have to put in all your recurring characters, you could either alter the characters so they fit each scene,…[Read more]

Holidays are never as fun when you’re worried people will die once the feastings end.

       The farmers of the city of Kurr are human, because no dwarf wants to hoe grain when they could be winning glory in the exosuit arena. So when food got low in the winter of 1276, the dwarves robbed us of our crops.

 We had no exosuits, but we planted c…[Read more]

@Dekreel Indie technically means a “self-published” song, but now it’s used for songs that are hipster/don’t fit in any other genres.

@Elizabeth Thank you!

@Grace I’ve never actually read Shakespeare (yet)… *hides* I play ukulele, guitar, and I sing. 🙂

@MNValentine Thank you! I’m working on a novel, Legacy Unending, about a girl who gets an…[Read more]

Alright, KeePers, Josiah recommended I contact some published authors about this survey. I’m going to ask if they want to see the results when they come out and maybe if they want to share it with their audience too.

I’ve got a few authors in mind, but I don’t know a tone of authors. Any you can think of who might be interested in…[Read more]

@mnvalentine Yes, I think the effect previous events have had on the characters is super important to keep in mind! Thanks 🙂

@mnvalentine Yes! I think showing the reader who the characters are presently and how things around them are different now is very important.
Is it necessary to review events of the previous book if they’re not relevant to the current events?
And I’m not sure I quite understand your last question. Could you maybe elaborate a bit?

(Also, I love…[Read more]

@mnvalentine

Just off the top of my head…

Quests usually involve an impossible task or saving the kingdom.

Types of quests (can be combined):

• Defeat the Evil Overlord
• Rescue the Princess
• Defeat the Dragon or (since this is becoming more common) Befriend the Dragon
• Find the Magical Artifact of Great Power before the Evil Overlord who…

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@mnvalentine  Since @rochellaine covered the questing thing, I shall bombard you with fantasy cliches:

• Damsel in distress
• Mentor (old with flowing beard, and ends up dying)
• Prisons in castle towers
• Dragons (Sorry, Snapper! But it’s true…)
• Elves
• Dwarves
• Medieval setting
• Castles
• Knights
• Magic

Watch Josiah and Daniel’s video…[Read more]

@mnvalentine Just like when Jesus said “On these hang all the law and the prophets” it seems to me that nearly all if not every “quest” I have read has either been one of those two or a spin-off of one of them. 🙂

The dictionary definition of “quest” is that it is a search for something.  So rather than a battle at the end of the journey, a…[Read more]

@mnvalentine The most common quests, I believe, are (1) the knight has to rescue a princess, and (2) something like the holy grail, where the knight has to search for an object of great significance to the history or religion of the kingdom.  Quests are often tightly intertwined with the fight scenes, because the hero will fight the dragon to get…[Read more]

@daeus

@introvert_girl

@princessfoo

@rochellaine

@mnvalentine

Thanks for your suggestions! You guys have given me much to think about. It will take some time for me to process everything so perhaps I should go into detail about the different issues I am encountering. This may help me think this through more clearly and come to a…[Read more]

@that_writer_girl_99 Haha, please don’t faint on my account.

@mnvalentine Yes, those audio dramas are some of my favorite. I think I own all of their radio theater. I have read the Lunar Chronicles. They are fun. But I read them before Winter came out so I never read that one, sadly. Yessss, Jim Dale is the best reader.

@daeus sad…[Read more]

@mnvalentine  I’m going to sign off. Happy writing 😉

@mnvalentine  Thank you! 🙂 I’m getting to a fun part right now… X) Ohhh, Daniel…

@mnvalentine  Cool! 🙂 I should like to do that, too

It’s going great! Last night a light bulb clicked in my head, and ever since, I have been rewriting it. Over 3000 words so far! I plan to get it done by February and maybe post it in March. I am so excited about it!

@mnvalentine  Oh, hello! How are you doing?

Ooh, is it a college class? (I have no idea if you’re in college or high school or…….)