NCStokes

@samuel Why, yes, hello there! This is my second year doing the month of insanity *AHEM* I mean NaNoWriMo. Yes. (If you can’t tell my brain is already scrambled.) Are you peoples planers or pantsers, or a little bit of both? I thought I was a plantser, but I’ve strayed so far from my original plan, I don’t know what’s happening anymore. 😛

You know you’re a writer when people think you’re upset, but no, you’ve just zoned out so you can focus on your next plot point.

You know you’re a writer when you’re at the library thinking, “maybe someday MY books will be here.”

You know you’re a writer when you drive by an animal hospital, and think “oh cool, my main character wants to be a…[Read more]

@thewirelessblade Hi! I don’t think we’ve met. I’m NC. *shakes your hand* So, like many things *nervous laugh* I have a lot of random thoughts on that. Do you have any questions in particular, or would you rather I just throw my unorganized thoughts at you? 😛

@cindy I’d recommend starting with your main character. What do they want? What do they have to learn? How can you take away what they take for granted?

How about the antagonist? What do they want, and why can’t they and the main character both have what they want?

@scarletimmortalized *takes a moment to appreciate the irony of your profile pic* The first thing I though of is how dangerous winter would be. Without an easy source of heat, traveling or working after dark would be pretty awful.

That’s all I can think of. That’s a quite intriguing idea, by the way.

I’m going to appreciate hot chocolate now.

@ashira Thank’ee kindly!

@rochellaine *steps out from the shadows* Hello! You’ve arrived!

*comes flying in through the door* Hey! It seems like a while since I got to talk to you, so hi! Nice profile pic. 😀 @ashira

@sarah-inkdragon Ditto to what everyone else said. 😀 Just wanted to add, when you’re writing, make sure it isn’t hurting you. I know from experience that whatever I’m writing tends to “rub off” on me, and dark storylines can make my brain dwell on… not great things. I’d suggest praying, finding someone to talk to if you feel down, and, ya know,…[Read more]

@scarletimmortalized Not to sound enthusiastic about stabbing readers in the heart, but… I am really enthusiastic about stabbing readers in the heart. *evil laughter*  Both of my favorite deaths are huge spoilers, but the thing they have in common is that they were both a) a sacrifice to save someone else, b) unexpected, but not out-of-the-blue…[Read more]

@h-jones *finger guns* Thanks! Oh boy, I can totally relate to the whole “never dropping a problem until it’s solved” thing. I may have a *tiny* streak of perfectionism. 😛

@aster *tips hat* Glad to be of service. 🙂

@theinconceivable1 You seem a decent fellow, I hate to kill you.

@aster Yeah, plotting… *nervous laugh* *tries to sink into the floor without being noticed* Plotting isn’t my strong suit. But, as I wrestled with the lack of plot in almost all my stories, I noticed a few habits of mine that were slowing me down. First, I would get a new plot bunny and immediately file it away as “some other story I’ll write…[Read more]

@theinconceivable1 *smirk* As you wish.

@ethryndal *chokes* The ACCURACY…

Anybody want a peanut?

@dekreel Yup.

@dekreel *shrieks* I DISTINCTLY HEARD “ANDREW PETERSON!!”” *flails* Tragically,  @m_corinnemusic, that isn’t my part of the world. 🙁 Maybe someday I’ll get my hands on a time machine…

@Kate DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SIIIIIIIING!!???? *belts loudly and off-key while tripping and almost falling off the top of the barricade*

@ethryndal “Black… the color of AM I THE ONLY ONE TAKING THIS SERIOULSLY RIGHT NOW???”