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Joy replied to the topic A Keeper Adventure in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 9 months ago
@catwing Wow… Nice list! I actually meant writing weaknesses — considering writer’s block. *gives nervous smile* But thank you!!
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Catwing replied to the topic *bursts in in an explosion of confetti* in the forum Start HERE 8 years, 9 months ago
@dragongeek Hello. You play School of Dragons? Well now me and my brother do. So he wanted me to see if we three shall have a clan. 🙂
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Catwing replied to the topic And for "Gosh-sakes", watch your language! in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 9 months ago
@xonos-darkgrate I agreed with @kate-flournoy @dragon-snapper @daeus
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Catwing replied to the topic A Keeper Adventure in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 9 months ago
@dekreel
*sees list* … I didn’t think it was that long… I did put some good things…
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Oh! And I can’t faint. I tried. My brain always tricks me into not fainting. Yeah. I held my breath cause I wanted to faint. But my brain didn’t listen. *shrug* -
Catwing replied to the topic A Keeper Adventure in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 9 months ago
@dekreel I have returned!!! My weaknesses? Here’s a few… Things.
Knows when not to speak, but not always when to speak.Doesn’t always plan ahead or outline. Scratch that. Hardly plans or outlines.
A lot of things she ‘plans’ are random on the spot.
She puts her characters in an underwater prison and decides they must escape with paper clips,…[Read more]
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Another Question in the forum Plotting 8 years, 9 months ago
@Dragon-Snapper YAS. THE MORE VILLAINS THE BETTER.
*coughs* Okay, maybe not always… but personally, since I write sprawlingly epic books with dozens of thematic threads and plotlines apiece, I usually have at least two villains. One is usually the head bad guy, but giving him an evil sidekick doesn’t hurt.
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Joy started the topic Favorite Childhood Book in the forum Book Discussions 8 years, 9 months ago
What were y’all’s favorite books to read as kids? Mine were…
- Happy Hollister series by Jerry West
- Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne
- Horrible Harry series by Suzy Kline
- American Girl series by Valerie Tripp (my favorite girl was Molly)
What about you guys? 🙂
@dragon-snapper @daughteroftheking @inkling-for-christ @sam-kow…[Read more]
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Joy replied to the topic PRAYER REQUESTS #2 in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 9 months ago
@daughteroftheking @ingridrd @alia Thank you all! She appreciates it! 😉
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Daeus replied to the topic Another Question in the forum Plotting 8 years, 9 months ago
@dragon-snapper Sure, though you shouldn’t just stick two stories in one book. The two villains need to have the same goal or attack the same weakness in the protagonist or do anything else that keeps the story coherent.
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Snapper replied to the topic Does it Have to be Long? in the forum Plotting 8 years, 9 months ago
Thanks for the input guys! 😀
@kate-flournoy @daeus I tagged Kate because I knew she wrote fantasy…I just didn’t stop to consider how long the fantasy was. 😉 My mistake. Haha.
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Snapper replied to the topic Another Question in the forum Plotting 8 years, 9 months ago
Tagses!
@daeus @kate-flournoy (Am I allowed to ask you on this one? 😉 ) @sam-kowal @shannon @emily @daughteroftheking @supermonkey42 @ingridrd @andeverone else
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Snapper started the topic Another Question in the forum Plotting 8 years, 9 months ago
Heya Kapeefers. This week seems to be the Snapper Invents Topics week.
Another question:
Can you have two villains? It kinda makes the plotline a little weird I know, but can you have, say, for the first half of a book there be one villain and the other half another villain? Or does that really just mess things up?
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Ingrid replied to the topic PRAYER REQUESTS #2 in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 9 months ago
@dekreel Praying hard. ❤️
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Joy replied to the topic Does it Have to be Long? in the forum Plotting 8 years, 9 months ago
@dragon-snapper Personally, I don’t think it really matters how long it is! The only limit here is your imagination, and, for what it’s worth, I doubt that your imagination could be an impediment to you 😉
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Joy replied to the topic PRAYER REQUESTS #2 in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 9 months ago
@epicaddie2Â Praying for your cousin! <3
@ingridrd @salome01w4g @daughteroftheking @alia @everyone
I mentioned earlier about my Spanish teacher’s mom’s death. Well today in class she broke down and told us how fearful and anxious she has been as a result. She knows God is there, and she knows He can give peace, but there is something insi…[Read more]
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Does it Have to be Long? in the forum Plotting 8 years, 9 months ago
*evil snickering*
Yeah… @Daeus and @Sam-Kowal were right. I’m the wrong person to ask.
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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Does it Have to be Long? in the forum Plotting 8 years, 9 months ago
@sam-kowal Yeah, Dalinar’s character arc was amazing. Didn’t think Sanderson could top Kaladin’s in WoR, but he pretty much matched it. Yeah, Adolin seemed to get away with that, and I was also looking for some closure on the moral questions being raised regarding the morality of war. I suspect, though, that Sanderson at least plans on continuing…[Read more]
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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Does it Have to be Long? in the forum Plotting 8 years, 9 months ago
For a first time author, avoid going over 120k; 130k max if you absolutely have to. Once you become published, you can push the limit more (I just finished a 450k fantasy work that topped the NY bestselling list), but publishers aren’t willing to risk those sorts of word counts for unpublished authors.
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Daeus replied to the topic Does it Have to be Long? in the forum Plotting 8 years, 9 months ago
Oh, wait, you already asked Kate this question. WHY!?
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