@gbfruitbat

1) Name: Something to do with beauty, ending in Bella, gemstone, or healing plant
2) Age: 20s
3) Career/Role in Story: the main character or a sister, college student
4) Personality: she is loyal & friendly, reserved, & quick to take action. She does not like being treated like she is naive/less-than but has…[Read more]

1) Name: Ciranna

Ambra

2) Age: like 30s or 40s.  It’s kinda hard to tell since she’s sort of alien- or faerie-like

Her people are of the deceptive aging sort lol. She’s in her 130’s

3) Career/Role in Story: I’d say not the MC…maybe like a motherly character or a mentor??

Spot on! She is the mentor character of one of the MCs… t…[Read more]

Just curious, how is it that only girls answered this question.

Perhaps, because us guys thought it was about “Beta” males. 😆

“Mama’s boy” has a derogative connotation.  Kind of like saying a guy is a “sissy”.

We can love our mom’s but not be diminished by that.  The idea is men have an idea of what honor is and what r…[Read more]

I want him to have that kind of personality, and be one of those quieter, polite, super nice guys but I also don’t want him to be unrealistically perfect or too effeminate if you know what I mean??

That’s a familiar problem XD For some reason, it’s always the love interest too for me… XD

I think something that might help is i…[Read more]

Thanks, I will have some fun with that idea. The first era of my story is probably most relatable to Lotr, so I probably won’t use real names, unless it is something like Sam short for Samwise.

I do like lotr method for surnames. I will have plenty of nicknames that can act like a surname too. I think our surnames actually came from…[Read more]

1) Name: Lucy or Lillian

2) Age: I want to say mid-teens

3) Career/Role in Story: MC

4) Personality: Very compassionate, speaks her mind, and has difficulty trusting others. A bit sarcastic and melodramatic

5) Would you be friends with that character?: If she’s nice then yes.

6) Any other details you may have gotten from the…[Read more]

I actually just finished her this morning.

Have fun!

@gbfruitbat @emma-walker @erynne

Thank you! I’m a huge fan of secretly soft characters, so I just shoved a bunch of that in him.

1) Name: Jairen

Sven Tempesto, points for the ‘en’ sound at the end

2) Age: uhhh 18-ish?

late thirties early forties? not entirely sure, not he looks a lot younger than he is

3) Career/Role in Story: side character

For now, he might have a more prominent role later. He’s the foster father of one of my MC’s. Also he’s a scientist,…[Read more]

Anyways, take this lovely man and guess away

@erynne @gbfruitbat @emma-walker

I just did Cassidy’s full name.

Lord Caiside Daniel Blaine-Karson

Cassidy – Irish
-Derived from Caiside, which means “curly haired”
-‘Nicks: Cass, Caddy

Daniel – Hebrew
-Derived from Daniyyel, meaning” God is my judge”

Blaine – Scottish
-Derived from Bláan, which means “Yellow” in Gaelic…[Read more]

I really love diving into the history and meanings of names, so that I know sometimes what I’m giving my characters. (Sometimes I just completely make up names too.)

I thought it would be cool to discuss names and meanings of our characters, maybe create a list of names we’d like to use in the future?

Who’s with me?

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1) Name: Liana

Actually Samantha. Her full name is Samantha Blaine, or Samantha Light Blaine-Longsen, since she was adopted.

2) Age: 16

She’s actually like 23-25ish or maybe 19-20ish hmmmm

3) Career/Role in Story: maybe a sort main-ish character or important side character

She is, because idk whether to give her her own s…[Read more]

1) Name: Jamie

Cody

2) Age: 6-8?

I was thinking 5 but I’m still deciding

3) Career/Role in Story: side character

yeah, MC’s love interest’s little brother

4) Personality: intelligent and sweet.  Kind of wacky like little kids are

He is the sweetest thing on the planet, but yes

5) Would you be friends with that character?:…[Read more]

Again, her face is the bottom one but I like the outfit and the outdoorsy feeling you get from the top.

Hint: She connects to my Wiley’s, specifically Aspen and Cassidy, Cassidy is on page 21 and Aspen is on page 22, also she looks younger than she really is.

Oh sure!! I will in a little bit!

Also the cute kid from before hasn’t been done yet if anyone wants to do him I’ll! I’ll post him again if I need to! I’m just going to be really enthusiastic about this!!!!!

Oh, thank you. It’s alright tho

Actually it is. Especially if you’re alone or mostly alone. I’m not sure where you’re story starts, but you could put in flashbacks of memories that show how close the husband and wife were which makes the depression even better

(I sound like this awful person don’t I? 😂)

Well first of all, that sounds like a very cool, but tragic story that brings sorrow and pain from the inside out. I like it.
It doesn’t necessarily sound cliché to begin with. That stuff does happen. Even I became fatherless at quite a young age. It isn’t like so common like divorce is. No offense to anyone, but divorce is so common…[Read more]

Anyone interested in sharing their 2022 goals (whether it’s writing or something else)?

And did you accomplish any of your 2021 goals?

Best of luck to you through this new year!!

@joelle-stone @noah-cochran @emma-walker @gbfruitbat @joy-caroline @anyone

Thank you. It would be greatly appreciated. I’m curious to see how close you get to her real personality.

this is the girl I posted before but now I have a better picture of her face.

so her face is the new one but I like the clothing of the old one

Anyone want to give this lovely lady a try?

Yes, she is a dragon, but she thinks and feels like any human… And she is part of the same story the rest of my characters have been from.

I’m very curious to see what you guys to pick up from a visibly non-human character.

Don’t worry, I’ve done it too XD

1) Name: Jaye

Libelle at the moment, but it may change

2) Age: 16

yes

3) Career/Role in Story: side character? 

Yeah, she’s MC best friend

4) Personality: confident and friendly

She is friendly, and has her moments of being quite funny, but not that confident in herself. She is introverted but…[Read more]

Are you doing mine or someone else’s?

Oh, don’t worry, I understand! Would you be allowed and want to join my Writing board? Several people from SE are on it

Oh that is very helpful!! Thank you! You on Pinterest too?

No problem! I love it when people butt in. 😛

@erynne,

According to the tests, I’m a type 5w4, or 4w5 occasionally. Though according to an expert personality typer who had me take like eighteen tests and asked a lot of questions about myself and compiled info from that, I’m a type 8. And honestly, I think that fits me better than a 5. 😀

I comnpletely understand XD Aren’t they amazing for charater development?? What type are you?

Also, some other things…I’d never admit it in person, but I’m a hopeless romantic.  I’m a realist in terms of daily life, but in my head I’m full of dreams which the realist side of me says will just get crushed.  I’m basically a walking paradox.  I like to say my room and desk is “organized chaos.”  It looks like chaos, but it’s org…

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(Oh, one other thing about my type.  I have spent nearly five minutes deciding whether to post this or not because I don’t want to offend P types, and if I did, I…[Read more]

Hi Grace!! That was incredibly helpful. Like super duper absolutely amazingly helpful and I appreciate it very much. THANK YOUUU

1) Name: Edmund or Elliot

2) Age: late teens

3) Career/Role in Story: Protagonist or protag’s best friend

4) Personality: He’s a kindhearted soul. Naturally friendly and sweet.

5) Would you be friends with that character?: Yes he seems nice.

6) Any other details you may have gotten from the picture: He’s wearing formalish attire…[Read more]

From Dakota’s story

Most writers who only have two…[Read more]

Hi Grace!

My previous project was written from dual points of view, and so is my next one.

I wrote both perspectives in first person, with names at the beginning of the chapter. I did have several chapters from other points of view than the main two, and those were in third person.

Is it weird or confusing to go from first person…

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See here

(also @gbfruitbat if you want to read about this guy 😉 )

1) Name: Zane or Lance

I actually don’t have a name for him. But I like Zane. That’s a cool name.

2) Age: Late teens or early twenties

Yes, early twenties.

3) Career/Role in Story: Helpful side character, he’s some sort of body guard

Yeah so he’s a guard in the Tha…[Read more]

@erynne @noah-cochran @winter_rose @rose-colored-fancy @joelle-stone @mamaauthoress @storysmith @ajstoryteller @calidris @gbfruitbat @emily-waldorf @skylaryn

I don’t really assign music to characters, but here are a few that fit pretty well

Misu: The Twins’ Quick – Asami Tachibana

(this one is my top favorite soundtrack 🙂 )

Sasha Gunnerside – Toru Oikawa’s theme

The Shrike – Mountains and No Time for Caution – Hans Zimmer

These are for…[Read more]

You just have to be careful, cause it is the web, and there’s some not good stuff.

Look up Laura Hollingsworth’s art. She did the one I found for Dakota’s and a few others I have. She’s really good.

Heres another new one!

So I need filler ideas.

what I have so far:

Dakota arriving in Thabia and getting used to life there.

A “kidnapping” (not really that was just Jireh’s cover story so Daelon wouldn’t know the truth)…[Read more]