Rachel Lester

Hey Natalie,

First off . . . yup! This is an opinion. Now to the fun part:

What does the Bible contain? Let’s see . . .
Violence? Check!
Sex? Check!
Language? (Despite what some people think) Check!

Huh. Amazing right? So if the Bible is God’s Word then that must mean that God thinks it is okay for us to read that kind of stuff so that we can…[Read more]

Hey Natalie,

First off . . . yup! This is an opinion. Now to the fun part:

What does the Bible contain? Let’s see . . .
Violence? Check!
Sex? Check!
Language? (Despite what some people think) Check!

Huh. Amazing right? So if the Bible is God’s Word then that must mean that God thinks it is okay for us to read that kind of stuff so that we can…[Read more]

Wow, @Daeus! That timesaber! And I thought I was a science geek . . .

Yo, Tatiana. Welcome to Kingdom Pen!

First, I really can’t believe that name. It’s awesome. If it’s actually a real name. Even more awesome!

Second, It’d be cool if you shared the plot to your dystopian. I really like Divergent and I’d like to (what is it called) critique it? If you don’t like that idea than maybe just share the “elevator…[Read more]

I write sci-fi, but more realistic kind. Like how Captain America is sci-fi. So basically I don’t know that much, but I do have opinions.

Science fiction has to be plausible in that world. Make the audience believe the extraordinary is ordinary. Sci-fi is cool when you make the audience believe in the unreal. That’s basically for every story,…[Read more]

Yeah, so this is all personal opinion. I think that there needs to be foreshadowing that they will die. I mean you could make it surprising, but based on the mass opinion on currently famous tv series (you know what ones I’m talking about) there’s a fifty/fifty chance that people will either be shocked and then hate or just hate while forgetting…[Read more]

A perfect villain is the foil of the protagonist, is the hero of his own story, and has perfectly justifiable reasons in his own eyes. Think of it as what the hero might become if he fell.

I think an awesome, biblical way to add this to our own stories is to make the villains motives the same as the world. Because to the world the villains…[Read more]

Kudos to that! I’d choose both too. However, sometimes (unfortunately) it’s one or the other. But, yeah, you’re right about the acquaintance thing.

Agape love is actually much harder than eros. Why have eros when you can have agape? Abused wives do not have eros, but they can have agape. Strive for the best.

Hey ya’ll.

I put love at first sight in quotation marks! So I don’t believe in it. However, actually upon reading Sarah’s comment I realized that technically true love at first sight is possible It’s not a feeling it’s a choice. And the Bible tells you to love your enemies. So . . . 🙂
And as somebody said: “Love is sacrificing self for somebody…[Read more]

Hey ya’ll.

I put love at first sight in quotation marks! So I don’t believe in it. However, actually upon reading Sarah’s comment I realized that technically true love at first sight is possible It’s not a feeling it’s a choice. And the Bible tells you to love your enemies. So . . .:)
And as somebody said: “Love is sacrificing self for somebody…[Read more]

Heads up everybody! I wrote an article on fight scenes that probably won’t get published on Kingdom Pen ’cause it’s been a really long time and it’s past the Month’s Theme. If you want to get my article and “beta-reader” it for me then email me at mark (dot) kamibaya (at) gmail (dot) com.

Hey Kate,

Yeah, no, I understand your argument. I agree that you definitely need to slow down. The thing is if you begin to describe stuff a lot then the reader skips the “boring parts.” When you have short sentences it’s a lot easier to read.

Now I do understand about the need to slow down. I probably need to add some stuff for Sarah that you…[Read more]

You have to info-dump! Slowly 🙂 Even having a gossipy character or giving clues can be heavy-handed if used improperly. The big long speech has to be used sparingly. Like only once in a book. And you need to break up the speech with the characters moving so as to not have massive paragraphs or talking bubble heads (if you know what I mean).

I…[Read more]