Mallory O'Bier

@overcomer YES. One of my favorite things is being able to see storytelling principles of a sort in my own life. Thanks for sharing! And I agree that faith is certainly another major theme in Lord of the Rings.

@anna-brie Sorry to hear that. :/ Unfortunately, I don’t recall seeing any posts here either…

@hope Yeah, characteristic moments are harder when you’re plotting over a full trilogy. That story actually looks like a flat arc to me with just a really poignant third plot point. To turn it into a disillusionment arc followed by a positive arc, I…[Read more]

@jenali That does sound like a depressing book. Course I guess that isn’t exactly new to Dickens. =P Good example. Sometimes catharsis means giving another character a positive fate if the negative arc character can’t achieve any epiphany.

@jess So my idea of an antihero is someone who does the “right” thing for the wrong reasons OR does the right thing for the right reasons but in the wrong way.

Ideas about why the antihero is so compelling: Nowadays there is a trend where people crave the “realistic.” They desire lifelike situations and lifelike characters (this can work even in…[Read more]

@rachelle I think you could switch from omniscient to first person, you’d just have to pay extra attention to how you introduce your first person narrator.

@audrey-caylin Thanks. It probably isn’t necessary anymore unless you’re just really looking for something to do with your extra time.

It’s not actually on Goodreads yet. I’ll have to do that as soon as I get a chance.

@rachelle Hmm, I don’t know. I mean, there are so many angles you can take. 😀 Amnesia is fun. I’d make sure you are showing the sinfulness of the characters before they start regaining their memories, though. It’s not the past/memories that make them sin, it is their heart.

As for the lost memory… let’s see. Random fun things: you could give…[Read more]

I guess an antihero would be someone who does the right things for the wrong reasons. In christian fiction you could show the difficulties with this by contrasting them with a true hero, or just a person of good character.

Okay. Well I guess you can send me the doc and I’ll see what I can get done with it. Is there a place on your blog or something where I can give you my email?

@overcomer Thanks. 🙂 Yes, I love so many things about Lord of the Rings, but the theme of hope is one of my favorite things. 🙂

@overcomer Well, I forgot to sign off fifteen minutes ago to tell you I was going…I’m going fifteen minutes ago. I wrote a poem that is 203 words. Thanks!

@overcomer Still here. 😛

@daeus hmm, well, don’t have to use itunes. I just use it because you can go down and change the story really easy and so get links for about a dozen different national stores/sites. I’m not sure how it works it other places or if you could use one Smashwords link for all of them. If you do, let me know how it goes. 🙂

This is a disillusionment arc which spans a trilogy. Or rather the first two books and the first quarter (probably) of the last book before shifting into a positive arc.

The MC’s experiment in living is that good will always win and victory over evil here on earth is inevitable so long as one gives their all to the fight. Her experiment in living…[Read more]

And @ethryndal

@daeus @hope @winter-rose @kate-flournoy @jess @northerner @overcomer @r-j-wordsmith @graciegirl I’m going to be planning again.

@hope Ah, thanks. I was going to get around to trying that, but I wasn’t sure how to do it yet. Why do you have to get the links from iTunes though?

@Daeus First of all, CONGRATULATIONS!!! That is very exciting. 😀

Second of all, in regards to price matching, it is much quicker if you contact Amazon yourself. I tried alerting them through the thing you mentioned with my first novella and after I few weeks I was advised to contact them directly. It only took them a day or two to fix it after…[Read more]

@daeus Just sayin’…CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! That’s awesome!

Hey, @anyone! I’ll be writing for approx 45min.