R. J. Wordsmith

@His-Instrument excellent example. I’ll just point back to what I said in my first post about consequences for every action, good and bad. Did Jean Valjean save Cosette’s life by assuming a name (and history) that was not his own? Possibly. Very probably.
Could God have saved her life anyway if Valjean had told the absolute truth? Yes.…[Read more]

@His-Instrument yeah. What he said.

@His-Instrument great questions.

My first thought is that comparing the practice of using an alias to protect one’s life to pretending madness is a little extreme. For one, your name is not who you are. It’s just what people call you. ‘By their fruit you shall know them’, not ‘by their name’.
That said, I believe it’s a fair question and…[Read more]

The one for Tam’s story. @kate-flournoy

@That_Writer_Girl_99 which one?

@kate-flournoy Are you good to pop on the doc for a sec?

@dragon-snapper Unfortunately…no. I haven’t seen anything Star Trek related. I don’t even know where to start.

@Allison-Grace *sniffs* They already said it all.
I’ll just second what @Daeus said; you can have as many themes as you think will work, so long as they’re all related and complement each other. For instance, if your primary theme is honesty, your supporting themes could be telling the truth in love and/or telling the truth even when it’s ugly.…[Read more]

@PrincessFoo Thanks! I’m glad you do. 🙂

Uh, YES. That would be totally awesome if they met. XD

@Ethryndal definitely.

@Dragon-Snapper *high fives* GO FORTH AND CONQUER, FELLOW DRAGON. *FIERCE BABY DRAGON EYES*

@Catwing love it! 😀

@PrincessFoo Yesssss. Those are great too! I think I may like The Ranger’s Apprentice just a teensy bit better, but the most recent Brotherband, The Ghostfaces, had me teary eyed by the end sooooo….yeah, they may actually be tied. XD
Fun fact: the name of my favorite character from my WIP is actually based on the name of one of the Genovesan…[Read more]

@Revayah1 Welcome to the forum!!!
That’s super exciting about your book! Congrats on making it light years of ahead of me on the road to publication. 😛
And yet another INFJ. *shakes head in wonder* Whoever came up with the statistic that INFJs are the second rarest female personality type has obviously never looked at a writers’ group before. :P…[Read more]

@PrincessFoo Welcome (officially) to the Kingdom! I’m so glad you decided to introduce yourself. 😀

I love The Ranger’s Apprentice too!!! And book nine…that’s Halt’s Peril, right?

@Daeus @Mariposa @Brandon-Miller @Ethryndal @Northerner @Hope @Audrey-Caylin @Jane-Maree @JosiahDeBoer

Thank you all so much!! This is a huge help.

To answer all your sorta-questions collectively, the post is probably more along the lines of a philosophical/personal experience/just for laughs post. If that makes sense. 😛 It is divided into…[Read more]

@Dragon-Snapper *looks at crazy people and pretends she never does this herself, ever* Welp, I’m late. But the one thing I have to add is pretty boring anyway.
Practice.
Don’t just practice, observe. Begin picking style apart and figuring out what makes it tick. Read books whose style you like, then dissect it and find out why. Become a style…[Read more]

Oh, hey, sorry @daeus I didn’t see this…

I think I need some background on the characters first. And the story. Like, are you just writing a random story? Or writing with a goal in mind?

@DaughteroftheKing First off, I think this a perfect example of how writers can get into some pretty weird conversations. XD I love it.

And it seems you’re pretty much covered here. Everyone’s making great points, and I especially like @Kate-Flournoy‘s point about theme and plot.

I’m afraid I don’t have much to offer myself, but there’s always…[Read more]