Mallory O'Bier

@winter-rose Hahahaha! I love the conclusion. And sparkleified… awesome invention! Great job!

“If only cousins were like insects, then all my problems would be solved. I could simply put them in a jar, or pin them to my wall.”

@graciegirl Rogue One! Darth Vader to Krennic after choking him.

@Aratrea here I am again, finally. 😛

Ooh yes, forgot about the reactions. For the first scene, Denholm actually tricked Harold into thinking he was in danger so Harold would go into the swamp (because they’re running away from spies and the swamp is the shortest road and the only one the spies wouldn’t think to take). So Harold comes rushing in…[Read more]

@graciegirl Haha, I think it’s one of those things where you either love it or hate it (not that I’ve done a survey or anything…) 😀 😉

@Kate-flournoy *smirks* What can I say?

@rachelle Oh yes, what Kate said. I didn’t actually notice the reflection at first, but I took another look and there it is. Beautiful. As most well done reflections are. I’m also kind of interested in what the music notes in the background represent. They’re intriguing, which I think is good.

And can I just say you did an excellent job on the…[Read more]

@rachelle Oh yes, what Kate said. I didn’t actually notice the reflection at first, but I took another look and there it is. Beautiful. As most well done reflections are. I’m also kind of interested in what the music notes in the background represent. They’re intriguing, which I think is good.

And can I just say you did an excellent job on the…[Read more]

@Emma-Flournoy Okay, okay, I’ll stop whining now. 😛 And really, the preface might not have been so bad, had there not been two siblings engaged in a raging political discussion as I was trying to read. Here’s a tip: Politics and Tolkien do not go together. 🙂

But YES. The Music of the Ainur part is incredible. I thought it was kind of neat, how…[Read more]

@Emma-Flournoy Okay, okay, I’ll stop whining now. 😛 And really, the preface might not have been so bad, had there not been two siblings engaged in a raging political discussion as I was trying to read. Here’s a tip: Politics and Tolkien do not go together. 🙂

But YES. The Music of the Ainur part was incredible. I thought it was kind of neat, how…[Read more]

@winter-rose An excellent deduction 😉

@Hope *cough*Edmund*cough*

“Umm, yes, I love candy. But it is only a spend-the-rest-of-my-savings sort of affection, not a betray-my-siblings love.”

This is actually kind of funny because I just finished a series of ten short stories about a magical candymaker. But down to prompt business.

His sweets glimmered in the dim light, glowing with the untold possibilities of a thousand wishes.

@ethryndal Btw, Animal Farm is a good really short read if you want to see an example of a negative arc.

@ethryndal Yeah, negative arcs are rarer these days. If you can’t think of any you’ve read, that may be a good reason to pick a negative arc book up so you can see what it’s like. And @daeus had a good example as well.

@audrey-caylin Correct. Disaster can be anything from losing a physical fight, learning about a devastating revelation, failing to complete an objective, or anything else that makes things go poorly for the character.

And fantastic use of that in your story. All of that looks great!

@jenali Fantastic. Those look like great ways of bringing physical consequences into the equation.

@anna-brie I read that series a loooong time ago, but if memory serves me well, that’s a great example of a strong flat character arc, especially in the later books in the series. Thinking through your favorite flat character arcs in other stories is a great way of learning how to do it in your own story.

@Daeus ha! Well, I mean… I guess technically that does work. 😛