One other way to illuminate your theme under the light of character is with a foil; a character who is a contrast to your main character. It helps to more clearly define flaws and contrasts the way one person lives with what it’s like to be the OPPOSITE way

Okay, I’ve had this one idea for a really long time… what if it’s a book where the main character IS you. It’d be pretty meta, and it depends on you using the story to guide your imagination. The narrator of the book is speaking directly to you and pulling you into the story a little like a text based video game where you’re just there for the…[Read more]

Salutations fellow writer

I’m talking to myself, lol

WAIT… what if we pull them through a story that’s already been written?! Like a popular movie, book, or game we might all know (or one of us), and then the goal is for them to finish it? Just a thought 😀

You’ve been tagged! This is an announcement for a new Role Play For…[Read more]

What if the goal of the protagonists/antagonists in the new setting are linked to what their goals were before they were pulled away? Maybe in discovering a <i>way out </i>they also learn something that helps them in their world?

Don’t worry guys, I’m gonna go grind some ink!!!

@alatheia-grace *Smiles and shakes your hand rigorously* Thanks, nice to meet you!

@dekreel I took a test a couple weeks ago, and it said that I was a ENFJ-A, although I’m 95% sure I’m introverted XD

I haven’t started playing Aetherlight yet, but I did start playing Getting Over It. It’s not a new game, but it’s… fun? Do you play Aetherlight?

Off topic, I just found out what word wars are… *nods head* pretty cool.

Well, sorry to come in uninvited, but I just needed to point out the lies someone has been spreading all over the forum (by that I mean my Introduction). @the-fledgling-artist, you said you WEREN’T A VERY GOOD ARTIST… lies!

Also, when I came in here out of curiosity and saw all of your artwork I was just so impressed by everyone. I will try not…[Read more]

& No I didn’t kill anyone to lose it… I’m not one of those writers…

@eden-anderson 1 Month later… Sorry, I just LEFT ya hanging there, lol (not funny). I finally received my electronic privileges back… I didn’t miss much in January did I?

@the-fledgling-artist I think that as long as the character contributes to the theme of the story (and plot too?) that she doesn’t need to be WANTED within the group, and maybe her being an outsider is something that people reading your story can connect with.

So it could possibly be that she’s just a non-influential character and you need to…[Read more]

I came here for a character college… I’m not an idiot I swear.

I think that, along with what @cassie-hartfinh and @evelyn was saying, characters can be used as mirrors: you can put yourself in another situation or see aspects of that person in yourself, and it brings questions— what would I do if I was in their shoes?

It lets you see things in yourself that are usually in your blind spots and shows you t…[Read more]

@j-a-penrose Thanks for the concern, and I love those ideas… I can get onto storyembers once a week minimum and probably more.

For the last couple of weeks my parents had put me on an “internet-break,” but I’ll be on more now.

PS: I really love this guild and I think you’re doing a great job! 😀