NatalieMarie

@Xonos-darkgrate ah, classic question. 😀

I’m definitely not a fan of sanitizing everything to the point of complete squeaky-cleanness, because it’s dishonest.

That said, I think swearing is unnecessary to say the least. It’s different than other ‘content’ for one. Say, for instance, one of your characters is a harlot. Pretty dark, right? But…[Read more]

@salome01w4g Yay!!!!!

@ingridrd Yes! 😀

@dragon-snapper Sounds amazing, especially since all this is because of a fruit. 😀 I can’t wait to hear where this goes. 🙂

@dekreel Only to those who have seen it. 😛

“Oh, that’s nice! Ash on my tomatoes!”

@dekreel Zootopia!

@dragon-snapper Congrats! Can’t wait to hear more. 😀 And I thought so, I had seen that movie, and it looked like it came from it, but it’s been a while. 😉

@introvert_girl Yes! Character aspects and relationships I also find inspire me. 🙂

@dragon-snapper Signing off. I wrote 527 words.

@dekreel I worked on chapter three of the first book in a fantasy trilogy I’m writing.

@dekreel Yes, I’m still here. 🙂

@dragon-snapper I’ll join you for the next hour.

@dragon-snapper I believe lesson three of the course addresses this subject. Have you looked at that yet?

(On a more serious note) Those are good points, @daeus , thanks! 🙂

@shannon I remembered one more thing that’s helped me flesh out characters.

It’s the concept of yearning.

Yearning is different from a goal. A goal is generally viewed in an external light. For instance, the MC of my WIP has a goal of saving the world. His yearning, however, is to live a life that achieves greatness. This is much deeper and…[Read more]

” @dekreel !  Shhh!”  Looks around to see if anybody heard.  Whispers, “That’s a secret!” adding loudly, “Haha, very funny!  Of course, Writer’s Corner is a SERIOUS place where writers ACTUALLY get work done!  No goofing off happens there, haha!” 😉 XD

@Ingridrd That last version is great. I’m too late to help, but you got a bunch of good help. 😉

@Dekreel Sweet. 😀 😀 😀

@Dekreel ooh, that’s an unusually flattering representation of me waking up. It usually involves rolling over at least five times and eventually tumbling off the bed tangled in my fleecy blanket (with static hair flying all over the place) and then crawling my way still half asleep to my closet while splitting my ears with yawning and trying not…[Read more]

@Dragon-Snapper congratulations on branching out. 😉

They’ve covered a lot… the only thing new I have to add is pretty small. You mentioned that you’re tired of writing snarky characters and want to try something different, but had no idea how to go about it…

Why do you like snarky characters in the first place? Is it because they come easy…[Read more]

@Kina-Lamb well, that’s pretty sound as far as I can see. 🙂 The only step I might add between the two is figuring out the theme, but I’ve not done non-fiction before, so I can’t say for certain how majorly that would figure in.

In your place, I would just ask myself, What lesson does this story teach me? To have courage? To persevere? To be kind…[Read more]

@shannon Okay, I’m back.

First of all, I really like what everyone’s said so far.

I’ve never heard anyone else articulate the way I develop characters, but I think we all do it without noticing it. My big focus, at least for step one, is to hone in on the feel of a character.

You know how when a person comes to mind you get this certain…[Read more]