Sarah Spradlin

@jess-penrose Got it. Makes sense! Actually, thinking about my comment on your homework for lesson 5, perhaps the difference between your MC’s beginning and closing arc is that initially the MC just believes that everything must be sacrificed for justice, and he doesn’t add the “as long as it is not unjust to do so” clause until the end of the…[Read more]

@ethryndal How would you say Emolas is connected to your story’s theme? I.e. what does he consider to be the greatest gift?

I think it may be tricky to have Sley’s EiL come out effectively in the story as one doesn’t normally think of justice when they think of the greatest gifts. However, I think that some well-placed lines of dialogue could…[Read more]

@jess-penrose

Good questions. I would personally try to sketch out the general character arc of the entire trilogy, but keep it rather general at this point. Enough so you know where you’re headed and where you’ll be building off of this first book, but not so much that you’re getting bogged down in details.

With regards to this outline, I would…[Read more]

@jess-penrose Glad to hear you’ve been finding this so helpful. 🙂 Those are good thoughts. Often we are unwilling to change until we’re forced to change, which is why it’s crucial to have a relevant plot in our stories that will do the work of forcing changes in the protagonist.

@jess-penrose Yep–that works! The physical problem doesn’t need to happen to the protagonist as long as it still affects the protagonist.

@jess-penrose By “not require atonement of itself,” do you mean that we shouldn’t commit injustice in order to bring about justice? Or do you mean something else? I’m a bit confused on what you mean by that.

@ethryndal Yes–looks great!

@LifeofKatie Aww…well…you’re welcome! XD Seriously though, I’m glad you feel so welcomed. 😀

@daughteroftheking My short story is actually an allegory about the fall of man and how God saved us.

@daughteroftheking I’m going to take a break now. I wrote a few poems and sent a few emails.

@daughteroftheking Well, I’m still here. Gotta love summer. 😛

@that_writer_Girl_99 @winter-rose @jess @daughteroftheking @kate-flournoy @daeus
I just love summer. I’m getting a lot of writing done. 😛
I’m writing a short story if anyone is out there.

*explodes all chairs with the idea*

Well…I can’t seem to concentrate anymore, and it’s nine, so I’m signing out. I wrote a few short things.

@winter-rose *crosses arms stubbornly* *melts @daeus chair too*

@that_writer_Girl_99 *melts phone* Ah…I haven’t done that in a long time…
@daeus @daughteroftheking Welcome and thrice welcome!
@winter-rose Okay…I’ll be mostly nice. I’ll just melt your chair. *melts chair*

@that_writer_girl_99 Oh, that’s write. Um…I’ll melt your chair. And your phone.

@that_writer_girl_99 I guess I won’t melt you then…

@that_writer_Girl_99 *gasp* You didn’t tag me! I’m offended. JK. 😛
I’m here.
@daeus ?

@jess-penrose I like the irony of the MC realizing that he deserves justice as well. Is there a way you could bring about a physical component for the MC’s poetic justice as well? That seems to be the main thing you’re missing.

I like the nuanced version of #4 here–it resolves the potential issues I was seeing with it in the other topic.