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@joy-caroline
I think it’s a fabulous idea to do that, because then you’re (technically) writing the part you’re most inspired about!!! I don’t do it a lot with my WIP just because I’m still in the first draft and I really wanna make sure everything flow naturally from scene to scene, and everything connects… so I’m scared to mess that up by randomly jumping around. 😀 But whenever I get a scene idea I ALWAYS try to write that scene regardless of whether it’s in chronological order. XD~kindling hope through stories~
@rose-everdeen
Aaahhh, they sound SO interesting!!! If you ever end up publishing it, I want to read it!! 😉 😀 <3AWWW!!! Adorable romances where you melt into a puddle are the best!!
So cool you’re an INFJ!! You know what, I think so too… characters opposite from me are often easy to write because I don’t have my own personality coloring the character’s, whereas characters similar to me I have to hunt for the differences and really make sure I know their personalities and aren’t just assigning a version of me to them. If that makes any sense at all LOL. Plus, I can just have them do the opposite thing I would. 🤣 (Haha I’m kinda kidding!)
YES! Those sweet girly characters are usually the side characters, in my experience, so good for you, giving them some main character rep! 😉 Augh, yes, I love them too. Lol, Liorah sounds like SO much fun to write. My Enneagram 8 character, Ean, is a little different in that he’s not dragging me after him… he’s a little more apathetic in general than your typical Enneagram 8 (but that’s cause he’s not a healthy 8 😬 😅).
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Awww, I love her already! She sounds a LOT like one of my MC’s, Ophelia, an ESFP type 3, so really close! I think just for that reason I adore Gillory already! Characters like that are too fun to write!
Ahhhh thank you!!!! Oo, so cool! *reads about Ophelia* GIRL YES. They do sound similar!!! Exactly, characters like that are so fun to write. 😀
Ohhh that’s such a sad backstory! I love him already, and I can’t wait to see how he and Gillory end up together, they sound like they have great chemistry and complement each other really well!
*sobs* I knowwww! Aww, thank you!!! I think so! *winks*
Of course not! I loved hearing about it, your story sounds so interesting! Is it mostly centered around the romance or does it have an outside plot too?
Hmmm… I’d say it’s mainly centered on the romance, but there are several subplots outside of that too. (Though it’s hard to know what to categorize as the romance and what’s just the character’s personal struggles and whatever unrelated to that. XDD) There’s also a sort of suspense plot line, so that’s why I’m calling it historical romantic suspense. 😉
Oh SO many I couldn’t possibly choose XD But I can tell you about the main characters of Gilded Blood and Murder of Swans, they’re two of my favorites! GB’s protagonist is the aforementioned princess with a love of setting things on fire, she’s called Liorah. She’s an ESFP type 8. She’s rather defiant, fiercely independent, but just as loyal. She’s hard to get along with but incredibly determined. She’s very close to her older brother, Gavril. At the start of the book, he’s placed in danger, and Liorah has to do everything she can to get him back. MoS’ protagonist is Ophelia Schwann, she’s studying to be a ballerina, and she’s an ESFP type 3. (Idk why I have two ESFP protagonists but here we are XD) She’s kind of scatterbrained and comes off as pretty shallow, but it’s mostly because she’s gotten so fixated on being pretty and popular so she’ll be liked. She kind of has the persona of a dumb blonde because she feels like it’s the only way she’ll get attention and be liked. She’s really sweet and well-intentioned, she just isn’t coping well XD She’s really attached to her best friend, Athena, and kind of functions as her sidekick. I could go on and on about them but I’ll spare you all the details XD[/quote]
(I’m sorryyyy, I know it’s so hard to choose… that was a treasonous question for me to ask you. *apologizes profusely* 😭 XDD) AHHHHH!!!! Two ESFPs… I love it!! And I love them already! (I wrote a short story with an ESFP main character, and it was so fun, maybe cause I’m an INFP and ESFPs are pretty different from me, lol.) How cool that Ophelia’s studying to be a ballerina! Aww, poor girl. She sounds so sweet! And Enneagram 8 characters intrigue me, so Liorah sounds just as interesting. And their names are lovely! 😀
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Oh that’s so awesome! I once had a story idea about a seamstress in a fantasy as well, it sounds so fun to write! And it’s really cool that you decided to set it after WWII instead of in it, that’s a really interesting choice! What are your main characters like?[/quote]
Ahh, you did?!! That’s so cool!! (Lol, I’m just realizing now that I actually have a fantasy WIP which has a subplot about a seamstress girl too! Apparently I like that idea. *laughs*) Thank you!!! 😀 Ooo, the main characters. Well, Gillory is the heroine, and she’s an ISFP, Enneagram 3. (She’s 21 and the oldest of five kids.) She’s very ambitious and wants to be the best she can be as a seamstress and as a pianist, which translates into her being very
*coughs* overlyimage-conscious, aware of how she’s coming across to the public, and looking for others’ approval. Basically, thinking she can earn love through her accomplishments. But she also has this more hidden side of her that just loves the simple things of life, like the smell of roses and rainbows after a storm.When Ean (the hero 😉 ) first meets Gillory, he sees that more suppressed side of her, and is intrigued by it. He’s an ESTJ, Enneagram 8, and grew up an orphan. He has very direct (yet friendly) and assertive personality, but he’s very private about his personal life. He and his friend Warren fought in WWII and when he lost Warren in a tragic turn of events near the end of the war, Ean returned to England, never the same. He found work at a hotel and “tried” to put the past behind him, but guilt over his friend’s death has turned his life into a spiral of general self-hatred and even though he’s a Christian, he doesn’t understand why God would’ve let that happen.
The other prominent characters include Gillory’s family (especially her sister Laura and her parents), a guy named Karl, and Joseph, Ean’s friend. Lol, several new characters are beginning to worm their way into the story, so I may yet end up with more surprise characters. XDD
Hope that didn’t bore you, hahaha! But it was so nice to rant a bit about my charries! 😉 😂 It kinda puts the whole story into perspective. Do you have a favorite original character?
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@rose-everdeen Ohhh I love that moodboard!!!! 😀
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@freedomwriter76
Thank you so much!!!! 💖💖💖 Actually, it’s German for Jew! It’s one of the stars Jews were forced to wear during WWII to identify them. 🙁[/quote]
Oh, wow, I never knew that!! So sad. 🙁
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Girl…THANK YOU SOOO, SO MUCH!!!! 💖😭💖😭💖😭 Hehe…not far at all. 😂 I’m stuck and…uhm…I’m a horrid procrastinator. 😅 I love the stories, but starting them is always hard for me…heh. 😅[/quote]
@freedomwriter76 YOU’RE WELCOME!!!! <333 Augh I’m such a procrastinator too!! Only today I just got a few words typed in, then I got distracted reading earlier scenes lol. XDD *sighs* I’m cheering you on, though!! 😉
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@freedomwriter76 WOW. I’m not bored in the least!!! Those WIPs sound SOOOO cool and ahhh, I hope to read them one day!!! 😍😍😍😍😍 How far along are you in the writing process for them?
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@freedomwriter76 OHHHH I LOVE THAT. (And is someone named Jude? *immediately has a callback to Jude from the Out of Time series by Nadine Brandes* XD)
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You came up with all that TODAY? *blinks* This is EPIC!! I don’t have much experience writing dystopian so I can’t give suggestions on that, but the blurb is sooo intriguing!
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@freedomwriter76 😀 I love that!!! History is one of my favorite subjects too!!! So, so fascinating. 😀 THE STRUGGLE IS REAL. 🤣 Oh, poor you! That really is annoying. (Does that mean you’re writing a WWII story too??!!! 👀😄) Lol, right now, I’m devouring all the info I can about houses and flats in 1940s London… apparently most people aren’t very interested in that because I have to realllly dig for information. If only us writers could time travel for just a day.
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@freedomwriter76 AHHHH YES GIRL I LOVE HER BOOKS!!!!!!!!! Okay, lol… if you want to know a secret, I was looking at your profile and saw YOU liked Sarah Sundin, and I was thrilled and suddenly realized she was one of the authors I’d forgotten to include in my list of favorites, so I quickly added her!! 😂 I’ve only read her Wings of Glory series so far (absolutely amazing – each one a tear-jerker), but I cannot wait to read more of her books!!! Especially the Sunrise and Normandy trilogy!
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@freedomwriter76 Aww yes!!! Same! *squeals* Ahhhh I would LOVE to have you as a beta reader! I’ll definitely let you know when I’m ready for those! 😉 😀
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@queen_of_alvastia LOL!!! Exactly my thoughts! (Ack, characters never listen to their authors. *shakes head* But if they did, I guess it wouldn’t be as fun. 😀 )
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@freedomwriter76 AMEN! Ooh, you like history? That’s so awesome! The research is so much fun, lol… maybe a little too fun, because then I get into a million rabbit trails when all I needed to know was what a telephone looked like… *buries my face into a pillow* XDDD (The only thing I don’t like about researching is when I can’t find a certain fact I need to know. 😉 )
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