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Linyang Zhang replied to the topic What are the 2 (or 3) biggest stakes in your story? in the forum Topic of the Week 3 years, 3 months ago
@kathleenramm I’m gonna use the current arc of Thirteen Ways since the stakes are the clearest. Basic premise: they need to gather ingredients for a spell to vanquish a demon. If they don’t, then some friends and family are lost forever to the demon.
In order to collect the ingredients, they must defeat the guardians of some of the ingredients.…[Read more]
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Linyang Zhang replied to the topic Have you ever pantsed a novel? in the forum Plotting 3 years, 3 months ago
@kathleenramm Good luck on your story! Yes, now I think I want to incorporate at least one delivery boy henchman into a future story. I love it when henchmen have distinct personalities and appearances. Makes the story much more fun.
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Linyang Zhang replied to the topic The Art of Deception BOOK TRAILER!!! in the forum Publishing & Platform 3 years, 3 months ago
@daisy-torres Oo, nice! Looks great!
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Linyang Zhang replied to the topic No Need To Open This Topic in the forum Start HERE 3 years, 3 months ago
@abigail-m Sorry this took so long. I’ll answer your questions now.
how likable are the characters?
Very likeable! I do like the three that you introduced here.
If you had to eliminate all but one character, what one would you keep and why?
I’d keep Anton because I’m a sucker for minor characters. But seriously, I wouldn’t eliminate any of…[Read more]
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Linyang Zhang replied to the topic Have you ever pantsed a novel? in the forum Plotting 3 years, 3 months ago
@kathleenramm I fully pantsed some works some months ago. It was terrifying. Like, usually I have no idea where things are going when I’m writing, but at least I have an outline as a roadmap. No, for this I had one sheet of paper covered with characters I wanted to be in it, and then another page for me to jot down ideas as I wrote.
And…[Read more]
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SeekJustice replied to the topic Have you ever pantsed a novel? in the forum Plotting 3 years, 3 months ago
Yep! I’m somewhere in between a plotter and pantser, I pantsed some novels and plotted others. At the moment I’m pantsing my way through a historical fantasy novel, and my last WIP was almost completely pantsed too. However, I do tend to plot my NaNoWriMo novels, because I don’t write pantsed novels fast at all (I’ve been working on…[Read more]
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SeekJustice replied to the topic Writers' Corner #1 in the forum General Writing Discussions 3 years, 3 months ago
@joy-caroline Sounds good! I’m just working on my novel and studying. I have no idea if you’re still around currently, or what time it is in America rn…
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SeekJustice replied to the topic Writers' Corner #1 in the forum General Writing Discussions 3 years, 3 months ago
@joy-caroline Hello! How are you doing? What are you working on?
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SeekJustice replied to the topic Writers' Corner #1 in the forum General Writing Discussions 3 years, 3 months ago
Hello! Is anyone around? I’m currently studying, plus writing, plus reading over an old story so I can decide how to rewrite it. Anyone wish to join a lonely Australian?
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Linyang Zhang replied to the topic Writing a conflicted character while getting readers to root for her? in the forum Characters 3 years, 3 months ago
@joy-caroline As someone who generally likes antagonistic characters I like her a lot already! Kind of reminds me of Caleb Trask, one of my favorite characters in all of literature, who is supposed to symbolize Cain. I think as long as you portray all of your above ramble clearly, then you should have no problem getting your readers to like her!…[Read more]
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Linyang Zhang replied to the topic beta readers needed! in the forum Novel Critique Requests 3 years, 3 months ago
@elfwing Of course! I’ll let you know if I have time.
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Linyang Zhang replied to the topic beta readers needed! in the forum Novel Critique Requests 3 years, 3 months ago
@elfwing Hey, awesome! Right now I’m kind of busy, ahhh….
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Linyang Zhang replied to the topic Making My Antagonist Believable/Likeable (At First Anyway) in the forum Characters 3 years, 3 months ago
@godlyfantasy12 I don’t really have much to say, but I have a couple of movies to suggest for @gracie-j .
1) Knives Out. It’s a murder mystery that came out recently, I’d give it a strong PG-13 for language and stuff, but I really enjoyed watching it.
2)Â Batman Begins. Mm yes this one doesn’t have that much of a transition but it’s pretty g…[Read more]
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Linyang Zhang replied to the topic What's the most recent book you've finished? in the forum Topic of the Week 3 years, 3 months ago
@kathleenramm I’ve read other Star Wars books; mainly movie adaptions. There’s this one adaption of The Attack of the Clones that I really liked as a kid.
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SeekJustice replied to the topic What's the most recent book you've finished? in the forum Topic of the Week 3 years, 3 months ago
Haha 😛 I’m a qualified dog trainer and trained dogs professionally before the pandemic and I’d like to get back into it in a few years, I mostly read animal behaviour books to deepen my knowledge. But I do also like reading them for curiosity’s sake.
Hmm… personally I’m not sure what I would have done different. It seemed to me…[Read more]
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SeekJustice replied to the topic What's the most recent book you've finished? in the forum Topic of the Week 3 years, 3 months ago
I’ve read mostly nonfiction, animal behaviour books this year which probably isn’t going to be very interesting for ninety nine percent of the KP population 😛 The last fiction book that I read which wasn’t a reread was Wuthering Heights.Â
What I liked:
-The Yorkshire moor aesthetic. I love the moors and the general vibe of b…[Read more]
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Linyang Zhang replied to the topic What's the most recent book you've finished? in the forum Topic of the Week 3 years, 3 months ago
@kathleenramm I know you said most recent, but looking at my books, I’m going to go with the third most recent book I read, Lost Stars by Claudia Gray.
It’s a Star Wars book I bought ages ago but never got around to. Glad I finally did, though. I liked how it was slightly cleaner than most YA out there. I did not like how I failed to see that…[Read more]
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Jenna Terese replied to the topic Advice for starting a Blog/Porfolio in the forum General Writing Discussions 3 years, 3 months ago
@maryg3 I just meant like planning out blog posts ahead of time, writing them ahead of time, etc. It’s always easier to be on top of that and knowing what content you’re going to publish on your blog ahead of time than scrambling for ideas lol. I don’t know if Wix has this feature, but with WordPress it’s nice to be able to write and schedule…[Read more]
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Jenna Terese replied to the topic Advice for starting a Blog/Porfolio in the forum General Writing Discussions 3 years, 3 months ago
That’s so exciting, @maryg3! I’d recommend figuring out who your target audience is, and writing on topics that interest them. I definitely think it’s important to have a home page, blog page, contact, and about page at least. I also recommend doing some branding work, like figuring out your blog’s mission, target audience, plan content, and also…[Read more]
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SeekJustice replied to the topic Advice for starting a Blog/Porfolio in the forum General Writing Discussions 3 years, 3 months ago
@maryg3
Hey! I’ve never tried using Wix before so I can’t give you any specific advice regarding that, but I have been maintaining a blog for almost 5 years at this point.As to what you can write about…well, people often suggest just writing about one topic, because that way anyone who stumbles on your blog will immediately know whether or not…[Read more]
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