Mallory O'Bier

@kina-lamb That’s great!

@that_writer_girl_99 Ok, well long answers are good answers, so here we go.

It starts for me with knowing my ending. The ending is normally the first or second thing I get down when planning a book. It’s the most important part of the story from a plotting perspective and it gives me a lot of guidance in planning out the rest of my story, just…[Read more]

@warrioroftherealm Oh, dang. I feel for you.
I second what @jane-maree said. I myself am just recovering from a debilitating bout of writers block, and what I ended up having to do was surrender my work to the Lord and let Him do what He wanted. It does amazing things for stress. 🙂

@that_writer_girl_99 Yeah, I second what @Emma-Flournoy says about Luke. He calmed down some of his whininess in the second two, but he was just never…wow for me. But I know what you mean about being able to overlook poor acting after a while. I hardly notice it in Anakin anymore because that just seems to be who he is. (Mind you, I’m referring…[Read more]

@that_writer_girl_99 Welcome, welcome, and thrice again, welcome! I’m the local elf, so if I ever accidentally dissolve into glitter or creepy poetry, just give me a poke, and I’ll snap out of it. 😉

Ooh, you got to meet Wayne Thomas Batson? How fun! My cousin met him once at a library book signing (’cause he only lives about an hour away from…[Read more]

Wow, @Kina-Lamb, that is really cool!

@Mark-Kamibaya Excellent article. I especially found the definitions of the two antiheroes helpful. I’m going to have to go think about this some more. The one critique I have at the moment is that your statement about how in the past antiheroes were found repulsive seemed unsubstantiated.

I procrastinate. You all know that. It’s been literally a month. But I managed to finish my article on Antiheroes. It doesn’t actually talk about how to write them, but it does delve into the history, morality, psychology, and ethics of the antihero character type (I believe the blog post will answer most of Jess’s inital questions). And I’m gonna…[Read more]

Hi everyone! I just got back. 😀 On the plane I memorized Luke 7:36-50. And @emma-flournoy, I remembered to salute you every time I got on the plane!

Thank you @Ethryndal

I’ll be praying, @emma-flournoy

@his-instrument I’m obviously from Ohio. 😀

@that_writer_girl_99 hi! Welcome to Kingdom Pen! I’m pretty new myself. 😀 What are your favorite books? What do you like to write?

Welcome to the site @that_writer_girl_99! Have you read Batson’s Sword in the Stars series? That’s my favorite series he’s done and, in my opinion, probably one of the best works of Christian fantasy out there. What type of science-fiction do you like to write?

@that_writer_girl_99 Sure, so is the question how to plot, or something else?

@aratrea Speaking of books and themes, have you read The Ball and the Cross by G. K. Chesterton? I started rereading it part way through this course and the theme…! Every single conversation and interaction all relate back to the theme and focusing question and experiments in living. I love the story and the philosophical arguments and all, but…[Read more]