Thank you! Yep! Ah, cool! I’ve never seen The Last Airbender. I should give it a try. 😉 Um, I guess, lol. I’m not sure but it sounds like it. XD Ooh, that’s cool! I bet it was fun!

So, the powers are hereditary. And because there is a lot of prejudice and hate between each country, families have stayed in the same country for…[Read more]

Girl, I love that the magic in your story comes from God. That’s how I’m doing it in my story as well. 😀 It’s almost as if exploring the question, “What if God created the world to work and be like this?” Anyway, I love how you’re doing it in your story world and magic system!

@esther-c

Wow, that’s so cool that you have a…[Read more]

Your magic system sounds so cool!!! 😀 I love that it has a chemistry base//chemistry inspiration!

For my current fantasy novel, the magic system is kind of like “powers.” I guess a better way of putting that is that the characters have magical abilities. Depending on what country they’re from determines what…[Read more]

Here are some I found recently:

Glad you found what you needed! I have to say I’m quite intrigued by the snatches you explained about the story and the scenarios! Your book sounds really cool 🙂

I’m afraid I am not much help with writing stuff most of the time, it’s like, amazing ideas or nothing, (to be honest usually nothing) but I like to try anyways,…[Read more]

if it was an open wound that might constantly be sticky and getting dirty because of whatever factors of the story, that could, cause infection which would also contribute to it not…[Read more]

yeah i know amazon isn’t great to support but if it works… gotta pick the lesser of the evils and difficulties i guess lol

I’ll check out LuLu though

I want to self-publish. this isn’t an out of the blue thing, I’ve been looking into it off and on for a year or so.

I’ve been working on my novels for over 3 years and edging closer to a satisfactory disasterpiece that people so far have…[Read more]

Thank you so much for your advice!

So far I’m sticking with one POV (third person limited).
No worries! That makes perfect sense!! I find it challenging to combine already written characters but I guess I’ll just have to brainstorm some more and then do some crunching of characters:)

God bless!

Thank you so much for those 5 helpful tips!! I will definitely keep those in account going forward.
God bless!

I don’t think we have met, but it’s wonderful to meet you!!

Thank you for helping me out! I appreciate your input, it was very helpful! I think most my characters do serve a purpose but it may be a matter of combining them.

God bless!

Aw, you’re super welcome!!! I’m so glad I was able to help!💗 And, YAY, I’m so happy to hear you love your new chapters now!!!!

I have a quick question: Can you have too many character in a novel?

So I decided to do a Carrie count because in the last year there have been a lot of uninvited but intriguing character barging in on my WIP.
I have 34 named characters!! Is that too many. Not all of them are in the same chapters…[Read more]

Hi Joy!

I’m struggling with that too. The one thing that helped me was using the Save The Cat beat sheet. Then evaluating each scene and asking myself is it necessary or not. I also condensed a couple scenes to move it along faster.

I attached an outline I would fill out for each scene to see whether the scene was w…[Read more]

Ah, yes I am an editor for Elfwing’s book! I believe I know who you are!😀 What a small world we live in. XDD

Oooh, I love “The God Who Stays”!!!!!!!! 😀 That’s such a great song!!!!! Matthew West’s song, “Mended” is another one of his that I love! Music without words is really pretty!!! And Irish-type music is awesome!!!!! I’ve never…[Read more]

*high-fives for being a fellow Jesus-follower* I love Jesus and fantasy as well!!! I read your inspiration behind your username and may I just say that I love that reasoning!! 😀 It’s awesome!!!

What’s your favorite song? Favorite…[Read more]

My protag’s name is Emilia.

All that was soooo helpful!! Especially the LOTR example! I like how you asked different questions and how it becomes the readers turn to ask or respond to those questions. I’m definitely going to contemplate that more! I think I’m getting the hang of the whole theme thing now!
I appreciate your help!!!!!!

Wow! Thank you that was all so helpful!!

Okay, so I guess the ‘main theme’ would be struggling to build a new identity for herself. She has to choose who she wants to define her, whether that be living the life in high society or embracing the anew life in Christ with fellow Catholics. So family, belonging, hap…[Read more]

So with what you said, then I think finding family is one of her goals that branches out from the main theme. One of the few messages would be “Family doesn’t necessa…[Read more]

I’ve gone through this before too. It’s a hard decision. I did find this article, maybe it will help.

How to Successfully Kill a Character: The Checklist

God bless,

Mary

yeah most of my characters are at least somwhat based off music. I have adhd and anxiety and music help, but it also helps me write too. My playlist is all over the place lol so it works well for diversity XD

ahem @daisytorres @kathleenramm @devastate-lasting @abigail-m @joy-caroline @lydia-s @godlyfantasy12 @trahia-the-minstrel @mkfairygirl @sparksaraabbott11 @not-so-secret-secret-assassin @issawriter7 @i-haven’t-been-on-here-in-far-too-long-and-forgot-everyone’s-tags O_o

Y’all, this…[Read more]

Thank you for your advice! That was very useful. So theme is more about asking a question that the reading will explore by reading the book, not stating a theme. I guess I could ask, “How do we find our place in society? Or, “Who will we let define us?”

I once read that your thematic question can slightly change through the book.…[Read more]