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@aratrea What have you done!!!??!?!?!

@the-real-kapeefer *waves* 🙂

Oh, and no one directly said it yet so WELCOME TO THE BESTISTEST PLACE ON THE INTERNET! 😀

@The-Real-Kapeefer Eh, you won’t be a Bumbling Henchman for long. It only lasts for a certain number of posts which number I know and isn’t terribly long. ;P
And heeeyyy, fellow non-writer! (I think…) As far as I know I’ve been the only one of those on here. Privileged rank, I know, but high-five nonetheless. XD I’ve watched a lot of the videos…[Read more]

@the-real-kapeefer They certainly are strange, but they also happen to be the bestistest place on the interwebz! 😀 😉

@the-real-kapeefer Welcome to the forums, Daniel! I watch almost all you new uploads, and they always guarantee a laugh, and possibly some helpful advice. 😉 Anyway, I hope you enjoy your time here. Everyone’s super fun and helpful. 😀

@daughteroftheking Okay. 😉

@destiny Thanks. That would be great! I was planning on asking for early reviewers in just a couple days actually. When I make that post, I’ll make sure to tag you so you can sign up.

@aratrea Hmm. Maybe I will. I think I’ll wait till I finish my upcoming book launch though. 😉

@dragon-snapper Those are really cool! The design is excellent and it just screams sci-fi. I would have imagined the characters a little differently, but Ike’s pretty good actually.

Ooohh @dragon-snapper those are really cool.

@Dragon-Snapper really cool!

@That_Writer_Girl_99 They gave you good answers. O.O

@Dragon-Snapper I LOVE NAMES. I NAME EVERYTHING.

*coughs*
With that crucial bit of random information out of the way, I’d tend to agree with you. The best fantasy names are those that don’t look so absolutely foreign they’re impossible to relate to. The name should describe your character, not overshadow him. Personally I love old Norse, Saxon,…[Read more]

@Daeus eeeeeh… no pressure. 😛

@That_writer_Girl_99 good question though. I think… it seems to me that you’re asking not just about the Warden, but about the moral balance of justice and mercy. How do you show the necessity of justice (bad actions have painful consequences) while balancing it with understanding and forgiveness (we’re all…[Read more]

@gh24682468999 what they said. 😉

@aislinn-mollisong First of all, I just read your prophecy and had to say you did a great job with it.

As for writing in first person, I think that could work great. Of course, third person could work great too. I’d recommend trying them both out and seeing which one you like better.

@livylynn I have self-published once.

When I first started writing, I really wanted to be traditionally published, but I eventually did a 180. The reason was simple. Since I was a beginning author, publishers would want to see my platform before they published me. And if I already had a platform, why not self-publish? After all, self-publishing…[Read more]

@that_writer_girl_99 I will humbly acknowledge that Kate probably has a much better answer than me, but I don’t see your dilemma as a huge problem unless you want the warden to be a pure character. You can just depict him as a character in a very complex situation who doesn’t like what he’s doing, but doesn’t know what other choices he has.

@gh24682468999 I support what @perfectfifths said. It sounds though like your main problem is not that you aren’t showing reactions, but that you feel like you have too many and it’s cluttering your prose.

I assume you’re using action tags (i.e. Sam put on his glasses. “Don’t I look cool in these?”)

Action tags are extremely helpful to a story.…[Read more]

First things that come to mind:

If a conversation is only between two characters, you don’t have to have a tagline every time. For example:
“I love this soup,” said Bill.
“Thanks,” Karen replied. “It was my mother’s recipe.”
“Did you have this a lot growing up?”
“Yes, we did.”
Since it’s only the two characters, you can easily follow the…[Read more]