Mallory O'Bier

@ariel-ashira  *wild applause*  🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 😉

@Rochellaine Oh, yikes. I’m still praying for you people. Hope everything turns out well.

@SeekJustice Awww, you’re the sweetest. I really am trying to reorganize my time so I can pop in here more often. (yeah, yeah, I know I keep saying that, but never actually do it… IT’S GONNA HAPPEN SOON, WORLD.) Life has been somewhat crazy recently, and it’s difficult learning how to manage time in a… manageable fashion. Yeah. *glowers at all…[Read more]

And @epicaddie2, I don’t know if that tag failed for my picture of Lillian or something (or if you are on a hiatus??) but I figured I’d tag you again just in case.  😉  Scroll up for my drawing of Lillian.

@ariella-newheart  Hey, since it looks like @notawriter has got you covered (and since I have very limited time right now), I probably won’t be able to draw Rendon for you…at least not anytime soon.  This is a really busy time for me!  So sorry!!  😢😢😢😢

@celticcailin I’ve received your email! And I will add in @Jess-Penrose too so she can give her feedback as well. 😉

Oops. I mean the Writer’s Rank Advancement Guide.

@kaymart I would check out Story Embers‘ writers’ journey plan. It’s got a whole section of resources on plotting.

@ariel-ashira To scare away the foxes, of course.

@Daeus *sniffles* It was an awesome gif too.

@kate-flournoy Well, maybe someday. (You know, like when gifs start working for you.)

@Daeus my luck says this gif won’t work, but here you go anyway.

Awesome stuff. You should, like… I don’t know, do a course on it or something. XD

@ariel-ashira Here you go! 🙂 https://storyembers.org/resources/

@filewriterbase13x I think it would be cool if you could fit my turtles in somehow.

@Celticcailin heyy so yes I do songwriting and composition and play half a dozen musical instruments and study musical theory. If you want me to check out lyrics and/or melody or whatever, feel free to add me to the email. 😉 I’d have to look over the song before I could give you much useful feedback though.…[Read more]

I use K.M.Wieland’s outlining system for outlining my novel. I only do basic outlines of chapters when I come to them. I also keep a long bullet list of random ideas for my story and many of these ideas end up getting woven into the plot.

I love outlining (or, at least I love how it works for me) and I don’t think I know anybody who has tried outlining and been disappointed by it. I also know a couple people who have tried outlining and been happy they did.

At the same time, I don’t recommend outlining everything. Your story needs room to evolve. If you outline too deeply, you’ll…[Read more]

@gh24682468999 I use a character questionnaire sheet I made up that used to be on KP and is currently on the Story Embers site. For me, a lot of a character has to do with asking enough questions about them to boil them down to three central qualities about who they are as a person. Once I have a set core for the character, it’s easier for me to…[Read more]