Story Embers | Crystal | Activity https://storyembers.org/members/dacelo/activity/ Activity feed for Crystal. Tue, 21 Apr 2026 05:42:05 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 955448659ed0af2ee247ece540f0c5f8 Crystal replied to the topic Advice on a Ghost? in the forum Fantasy Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/fantasy-writers/forum/topic/advice-on-a-ghost/#post-151791 Wed, 27 Jul 2022 13:37:12 -0400 I don’t feel like the best person to give advice, but it sounds to me like you probably have enough foreshadowing. You have Jake somewhere where experiments on done on convicts, while Felix is a convict who had experiments done on him. You have the little bits of hinting, etc. Also, until you get close to the climax, it’s pretty expected for new…[Read more]

]]> 0 4bcc2eddddcb2e12be8ac1e25751acc0 Crystal replied to the topic Cultural quirks for Worldbuilding in the forum Fantasy Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/fantasy-writers/forum/topic/cultural-quirks-for-worldbuilding/#post-128257 Tue, 06 Apr 2021 12:05:59 -0400

Many people don’t like it when you call them ‘u’, because they say it makes them feel old XD

That reminds me of how things are here in the Southern US. It really makes you feel old to be called “Ma’am,” but that’s what you grow up getting drilled into you to say.

]]> 0 fbc7fa778f036d8fe79368a925176b41 Crystal joined the group Fantasy Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/90957/ Tue, 06 Apr 2021 12:02:59 -0400 0 68156a469900d38421e998629003a07c Crystal replied to the topic Favorite Character in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/favorite-character/#post-119666 Thu, 17 Sep 2020 16:19:46 -0400 My favorite at least at this point is Reaper. She named herself after the mythical Reaper of Souls since she is extremely stealthy and excels at picking locks, so she has a way of getting into places that “Only the Reaper of Souls” could. She is rather mischievous and tries to figure out what animal everyone she meets is most like. She endured…[Read more]

]]> 0 6be82d357d6370a3f85ff9e6fdad1c9e Crystal replied to the topic Opening Lines... in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/opening-lines/#post-119635 Wed, 16 Sep 2020 17:53:47 -0400 I think I’m going to be changing my opening scene, but I really love the first line I have at the moment:

“Reaper leaned back against the fallen tree and clenched her eyes shut against the foreign stars.”

]]> 0 b889c30425fa754dd74b91dd295a165f Crystal replied to the topic Muddling through the murky middle... in the forum Plotting https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/muddling-through-the-murky-middle/#post-118919 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 12:47:44 -0400 I don’t have a ton of experience, but one thing I’ve been trying to do while figuring out my plots is to see what steps are required for the antagonist to accomplish his goal and what steps are required for the protagonist to either accomplish his goal or stop the antagonist from accomplishing his and then distribute those through the middle so…[Read more]

]]> 0 8d1bd0c4a5407bdc794a3bc55d3c1d59 Crystal started the topic Question About A Character Switching Sides in the forum Plotting https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/question-about-a-character-switching-sides/ Mon, 24 Aug 2020 20:36:24 -0400 So I would like one of my major characters to start out somewhat good friends with my protagonist, but then he decides he doesn’t like the side the protagonist is on, and switches to the side of the antagonist. (He sees the flaws in the group the protagonist joins, and hasn’t yet seen the flaws of the other side). He later realizes that the side…[Read more]

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