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@seekjustice

If you’re the motherly type that wants to make sure no one gets hurt. why are you hurting your characters? 😛

@rochellaine

Great! I would love to continue reading your story then 🙂

Hmm… giving your MC two names might be interesting and justified if she is navigating two different cultures.

As for my own MC… no English names…[Read more]

@rochellaine @seekjustice

I am not sure if I am remembering this correctly but from what I learnt in my bible study, whether the names are Jewish or Greek can indicate the person’s background and origin. So I guess you should look at what type of name your MC’s family, given who they are as people, would give her.

@rochellaine

A plan? Regarding your heroine’s name? OK I guess I’ll just see what you come up with if you decide to continue with the story.  😛

But you’re not the only one stuck with a difficult name for the purpose of symbolism. 😀 My MC’s name means ‘bright moon’ in Korean and the king and queen are often compared to the sun and moon so…[Read more]

@rochellaine

I’ve read it. It’s interesting so far and now I’m curious as to how much trouble she’s going to get in just because of that broken sandal. But, yes, @seekjustice is right. Bathshua is a mouthful to say. 😛

But considering my MC’s own name… 😅 I have no problems pronouncing it myself of course but others less familiar with Korean w…

@rochellaine

Oops sorry! I didn’t know that. Where I’m from that word is considered pretty tame so it is used sometimes even when people share their testimonies (“I went from one **** situation to another…”). 😅

@rochellaine

Uh yeah I don’t think I read that. Can I? 😛

Yes, my MC is a stupid and annoying little shit. Especially as a child (she’s a grown woman now). She’s also a snob though and incredibly jaded and concerned with survival now so I don’t know how much help she would actually give your MC (I have punished my MC terribly).

@rochellaine

I don’t know. You have read a little of mine already, haven’t you? So you know my MC isn’t the most sympathetic person around. A lot of my MC’s suffering is very much her own fault so your MC may not really empathise. Not that I know much about your MC. You are not speaking of Chara right but another story?

@rochellaine

My MC is still wading through her pit of despair…

Until, ahem, a certain someone comes along… 😉

@rochellaine

Yep.

@seekjustice

Your way sounds far more effective than my cringing-over-each-word-I-type. 😛

@rochellaine

Hey. See you later.

@seekjustice

Ooh yeah that feeling sucks 🙁

Since I’ve never really completed a novel-length project like this before, how different would you say your first and second drafts are in terms of the writing? I think the reason why I am progressing so slowly is because I am pressuring myself to get the prose all right the first time so I want to put…[Read more]

@seekjustice

Hey so what are you working on?

I am reviewing what I’ve managed to write on my phone yesterday and it’s… 😅 Hope today will be better.

@rochellaine

Hey. I’m on now 🙂

@seekjustice

Hey I’m here but I’m still out though. Just testing to see if I can post using my phone 😛

@catwing

Hey. Unfortunately, I also need to leave now. Might probably come back later though.

@rochellaine

Hey. Yep I’m still here.

@catwing

I’m working on my novel 😀

@rochellaine

Lol. For my plotting I know exactly how I want my story to end and I have a solid idea of what is in the immediate future but the middle is still hazy.

As for POVs… I just spent yesterday writing a scene in the POV of a very minor side character who I am pretty sure I am not going to revisit…[Read more]

@rochellaine @catwing

Hey guys. I’m here now 😛

@seekjustice

Haha I just have been getting really sick of all the stories that try to be dark and edgy and take themselves way too seriously so I’m going for a different tone. Bad things happen, yes, but I am trying to maintain hope and retain a sense of humour.

42nd Street is basically a Broadway show about Broadway set during the Great…[Read more]