Mrs. Skywalker

@padawanpadme I feel like if you include an overt caste or class system and you aren’t also doing comprehensive worldbuilding on a Stormlight level, you’re telling your reader “here’s a point I’m making about class in the real world,” because you’re drawing attention to something that’s a hot-button issue in the real world.

Which isn’t an…[Read more]

@padawanpadme

I agree with you. I do not like Fantasy Name generator. I’ve tried it, and I still try it in hopes that it will work one day, but it never really does.

Name inspiration is EVERYWHERE. Make lists. Lots of them.

Some places to get inspiration:

• Nametags of cashiers, waiters, employees everywhere, etc.
• Street signs
• Pinterest

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@padawanpadme

*grins* Ok! And Livi is fine 🙂

Yaasss… Now that I’ve kinda gotten a little more used to it, it’s getting more fun. And less scary XD

AAAAA YES I LOVE THE SONGS

Ok lol. I’ll have to watch it sometime! Some of my IRL friends are huge fans as well, and I bet they’d loan me their copies of the movies 😀

YES I LOVE MAKING CHARRIES…[Read more]

@padawanpadme Bwahaha, yes it does! *rubs hands* Killing this one off wasn’t in my original plan, but then I realized that (a) with my plot, it was only so realistic to have all the main characters survive, and (b) it seemed like the perfect end to his arc. . . very bittersweet. 😌 My favorite kind. Ya know, to write, not to read. 😝 *glances over…[Read more]

@padawanpadme Same. . . I killed one of my main characters, and now. Well. That character’s friends are a bit traumatized. . .

I do love my children, though. Whether or not they believe me. *pats two charrie heads that kind of resent it right now* (Also, it only recently occurred to me that I should watch myself when I call my characters my…[Read more]

@padawanpadme

Hello! My name isn’t actually Livi. Or Anne. But you can call me either! 😀 I just turned fifteen earlier this month, and I have my permit. So that’s cool.

Favorite books… The Hobbit, Lord of The Rings, Airman, Ender’s Game (to some extent. Long story…), aaand… *scrunches face up, thinking* All the others I can’t think of-…[Read more]

@padawanpadme Ooh, torturing characters! Well, let’s se–

Most of my characters: SHUT YOUR MOUTH THIS INSTANT.

Me: But–

Kiet: *looks at me with tears in his eyes and hugs his cat tighter*

Me: *melts* I’m sorry, Kiet! I’ll stop!

@padawanpadme Thank-you!

@padawanpadme Wow, that really answered most of my questions. Thank-you!

Should beta-readers be other writers, or would anyone do?

@padawanpadme Ooh, class systems. . . something I need to work on!

My current WIP mostly takes place in a rural mountain village where class lines are a lot more lax than they might be elsewhere. However, I am dealing with some social issues in the village that I have to figure out. See, there are two characters that give me an interesting…[Read more]

@padawanpadme

I certainly don’t mind you responding. One can never have to much good advise. 😀

I have found that my main female character is an introvert and the male lead is an extrovert. Should make for an interesting dynamic, haha. I’ve yet to take the test for the side characters, but I will soon. (Wish me luck 😉 )

@corine

I am the sam…[Read more]

@padawanpadme

I second @sarah-inkdragon ‘s suggestion to watch Hello Future Me’s videos on the subject. He has some really good ones that make a lot of sense. Also, have a look at the Mythcreants website. They often examine politics and government in fantasy/scifi worlds and why or why not they work.

@cassandraia

Haha, right! I saw you replying and for some reason thought you were the one with the post. 😉

Anyhow @padawanpadme XD

@sarah-inkdragon great advice! But did you mean to tag @padawanpadme since she was the one with the question? 🙂

@r-m-archer is absolutely right! Love your answers to this!

@padawanpadme you’re welcome! 😀 glad I’m not the only one tired of them. XD happy to help 🙂

@padawanpadme Well, it helps to understand why governments work certain ways–what were the pressures or ideologies that caused them to form so?

A non-cliché government is largely one filled with non-cliché characters with complex ficades, vices, and virtues.

@padawanpadme Absolutely! Happy to help! 🙂

@padawanpadme *laughs because of despair* Figuring out names is really hard. I usually do one of two things.

1) I go to google translate, stick whatever placeholder name I have been using so far in, (River city, tall people, magic trinket) and try and bunch of languages until I get a word I kind of like, then I mess around with the spelling a…[Read more]