Kalade

Questions for your Side Characters

dragonfly4545 — Thu Oct 02, 2008 10:51 pm

Author: dragonfly4545

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 10:51 pm

What is the greatest pain?
Keeping my sister out of trouble.

I like _______ cake with _________.
red velvet cake; cream cheese icing

What laws deserve to be broken?
Those that don't have a purpose.

1. Do you mind getting dirty?
2. What is your favorite season? Favorite holiday?
3. Do you tend to follow the crowd or go your own way?

Questions for your Protagonist

dragonfly4545 — Thu Oct 02, 2008 10:45 pm

Author: dragonfly4545

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 10:45 pm

The greatest joy in the world is _____________.
knowledge

Do you ever find yourself randomly humming, whistling, dancing, skipping, etc?
I hum all the time, yes.

What is your biggest accomplishment?
Discovering the hidden world that will remain unnamed for now.

1. How well do you sleep at night?
2. Have you ever had deja vu?
3. Do you pick up change on the ground or pass it by?

Questions for your Antagonist

dragonfly4545 — Thu Oct 02, 2008 10:26 pm

Author: dragonfly4545

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 10:26 pm

How do you best deal with conflict?
Thinking logically is always the best route. Emotions can never be trusted.

Weirdest dream?
Every dream is a strange dream, but I usually get a power afterward the strangest ones.

Closest familial relation?
None. They've all been dead for quite some time now.

1. Do you have any children?
2. Have you ever killed a spider?
3. Do you ever wish you were someone else?

Shout-Box?

dragonfly4545 — Thu Oct 02, 2008 10:12 am

Author: dragonfly4545

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 10:12 am

I have nothing against a shoutbox, but I just don't see myself personally using it. I like the forum style, because people come and go as they wish, and I can't think of a time I'd use it other than to talk to the lovely admin of this site, but to do that, I just have to yell outside my door. lol.

Favorite Games

Parethlis — Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:24 pm

Author: Parethlis

Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:24 pm

Yeah, I played Halo a long time ago, as a third person to be sacrificed by my brother and his friend, since I had no experience playing the game. I was killed repeatedly .

Favorite Bands

LunaBlack720 — Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:41 pm

Author: LunaBlack720

Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:41 pm

Nice. I get Groove Coverage's "Poison" "Moonlight Shadow" and Imogen Heap's "Hide and Seek" stuck in my head alot.

Author/Reader Relations

Parethlis — Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:24 pm

Author: Parethlis

Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:24 pm

I have posted a new writing guide on my site, regarding the relationship between an author and their readers in the mass media age, using examples that have occured recently, including Rowling vs. Lexicon, Stephenie Meyer's leaked manuscript, etc.

Feel free to comment here.

'M' is the letter <first writing Prompt>

Parethlis — Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:10 pm

Author: Parethlis

Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:10 pm

Write a short story (no more than 100 words) or a short poem. However, there is a catch... the majority of your word count must start with the letter 'M.' There will be a bonus to anyone who only uses 'M' words. Get cracking and post your finished product in this thread!

Twilight

LunaBlack720 — Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:53 pm

Author: LunaBlack720

Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:53 pm

Most of you already know that Twilight the Movie will coming out November 21st 2008 and some of us have expectations for the movie. So lets discuss some of them here.

Women in Fantasy

LunaBlack720 — Sun Aug 10, 2008 7:18 pm

Author: LunaBlack720

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 7:18 pm

Women in fantasy are great. Several movies that I like have female heroines. Underworld, Bloodrayne, Ultraviolet and Resident evil are just a few examples. I write mostly current day fiction and I usually have a female as the lead character.

Plot or Characters

lynsnyder — Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:36 pm

Author: lynsnyder

Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:36 pm

I find that, when I'm further into the book my characters seem to be more in-depth, even with the plot line. My writing comes more to life, and then I feel I have to go back to the beginning and redo the first chapters so that they are up-to-par with the rest of the book.

Novel Progress

lynsnyder — Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:34 pm

Author: lynsnyder

Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:34 pm

Lets see.. the progress of my novels so far is basically the same as last time I wrote. If any of you know of good information sites or books that I might find at a local library about King Arthur, please please please let me know thanks!

New Banner and linkable Banners

lynsnyder — Wed May 21, 2008 3:11 pm

Author: lynsnyder

Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 3:11 pm

YAY

Outlines

lynsnyder — Wed May 21, 2008 11:28 am

Author: lynsnyder

Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 11:28 am

Well that all depends on my mood. At first I use outlines only because I want to have a feel for what I'm going to write about. I use the outlines, but usually my mind comes up with something better than what I had originally planned.

Review of 'Twilight'-response to Plot or Character first?'

lynsnyder — Mon May 19, 2008 9:30 pm

Author: lynsnyder

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 9:30 pm

Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 11:13 am Post subject:

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Most definitely characters come first. It brings to mind 'which came first; the chicken or the egg?' in a sense that before we were born God knew us. I like to think of my characters first - developing their personality, their traits - and then figure out what part they have to play in the overall story that I want to write. (The idea for the story already being in my head - but not full plot thought out thoroughly). Afte I develop my character(s) I place the story around them, letting them grow and 'mature' as some might say.

The author Stephenie Meyer of 'Twilight' (2005) began to write her best seller because of dream that she couldn't get out of her head. She develped her characters first, in which she also found the story she was intended to write.

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I recently did a review on the book mentioned above - thought I would let people know that their dream of having their book published can come true.
Read and reply if you want.

http://reflector.uindy.edu/?p=210

And Stephenie Meyer explains on www.stepheniemeyer.com about her process of publishing her best seller "Twilight" for those interested in the process.