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@emily-waldorf

YES! It does make it more enjoyable, because I get to appreciate it twice in one watch/read: Once for the sheer entertainment of it, and another for how it works (or doesn’t, lol).

Exactly! Plus, it’s even fun to read objectively bad things because it lowers your standards for published books and makes your writing seem better in c…[Read more]

…Now I will stop spamming this castle and go wash the dishes!

YES! It does make it more enjoyable, because I get to appreciate it twice in one watch/read: Once for the sheer entertainment of it, and another for how it works (or doesn’t, lol).

<3 well thank you! I am glad Quin is special to you. Sahar, Acyn, and Aydin are special to me, but especially Acyn. 🙂 (And maybe Aydin, too, but he was only here…[Read more]

@irishcelticredflowercrown

How many characters do you have in your book? (unless that’s also a surprise. 😉 )I have…2 MCs, 3 major SCs, the villain, and a few minor SCs. So that’s like 8. I think it’s the most I’ve written with?? Normally I do two MCs, and a few random side characters nobody cares about.

Also, I have either distinguished or…[Read more]

@e-n-leonard

Ophelia

Jade stared at me as though I’d offered her a snake.

“What is it?” she asked, suspiciously.

Didn’t she know? Didn’t they have lipstick in her world? It sounded awfully sad. I wasn’t sure I’d want to live in a world without it.

“It’s lipstick,” I said, more gently than usual. “It’s pretty, I’ll show you.” I reapplied it,…[Read more]

Absolutely! Those can be the best stories. 🙂

Drat it. I knew that would be your answer! 😀

She corrected me last night. I guess it more started as she liked the teacher and this is what she was teaching. The Irish songs were actually her idea, though, and now are offered as a course option. 🙂 She’s interested in voice–takes  lessons– and…[Read more]

@emily-waldorf

Absolutely! That’s honestly really cute. It seems so much more fulfilling and healing that it’s a choice instead of a they fall in love scenario. Is this, by any chance…Lorcan and Myra???? Or am I putting two people together that don’t go?

Do you think so? I hope its the right thing. Because its not that they’re not in love (tec…[Read more]

@emily-waldorf

Oh, that totally makes sense–you put that beautifully. I think I’ve done that a couple of times, but mostly I read things to get away, or to study story and character structure. That has consumed my movie-watching as well. I still enjoy it, but I find myself analyzing it.

Oh, goodness same XD I analyze everything within an inch…[Read more]

Jade dragged her eyes away from the poster featuring herself and glanced around at the others. Isaias and Abirami were pointing at each other’s and talking. Ophelia just stood in front of hers. The poster of Ophelia was every bit as interesting as Jade’s own. The young lady’s face was serious and unpainted, revealing a hidden depth of chara…[Read more]

@irishcelticredflowercrown

Thanks, I hope so!!

Absolutely! That’s honestly really cute. It seems so much more fulfilling and healing that it’s a choice instead of a they fall in love scenario. Is this, by any chance…Lorcan and Myra???? Or am I putting two people together that don’t go?

I think she started in ancient Irish history–before…[Read more]

@emily-waldorf

Oh no don’t worry, you didn’t come off as harsh at all, I wanted to say before that the sexual attraction for my characters wasn’t really important to me.

Your Sleeping Beauty retelling sounds awesome! Especially the gender reversal, that will be an interesting take on the story! Now that we’re on the topic, I suppose I should say…[Read more]

Oh, totally–and I didn’t mean to come off as harsh, if I did. You see, I tend to have very smashing-bashing opinions, and I’m trying to soften them, but… 🙂

Romance does actually play a big part in the story I’m currently working with, because it’s a retelling of Sleeping Beauty, and that story has to be romantic with “true love’s kiss” and…[Read more]

@emily-waldorf

I would say it’s just fine to have characters in a story, or a whole story that is completely uninterested in finding love for whatever reasons.

I think to a certain extent dividing and sub-dividing the question of romance and sexuality isn’t necessary. It’s only been in recent years (relatively speaking) that people have searc…

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@irishcelticredflowercrown

I would say it’s just fine to have characters in a story, or a whole story that is completely uninterested in finding love for whatever reasons.

I think to a certain extent dividing and sub-dividing the question of romance and sexuality isn’t necessary. It’s only been in recent years (relatively speaking) that people…[Read more]

@calidris

Personally, if it’s because of trauma…I’d be inclined to say no?  I think it depends on what the reasoning is.  If they’re not interested because they’re afraid, I’d say that’s (first of all terribly sad), but it’s also (in theory) reversible if they heal.  But then there’s some characters who might’ve been put off of it by trauma, but m…

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Oh, that totally makes sense–you put that beautifully. I think I’ve done that a couple of times, but mostly I read things to get away, or to study story and character structure. That has consumed my movie-watching as well. I still enjoy it, but I find myself analyzing it. 🙂

Most women are! My sister certainly is. I don’t think I’m as void…[Read more]

@emily-waldorf

Absolutely leave Cal in! I’m just getting to know her. <3

Awesome! I’m glad 😀

It seems to make sense with her character arc, though it might be sort of stereotypical to have the church reject her. Maybe not, though. Maybe I’m just really blessed with the kind of church I go to, and it actually happens all the time. I certainly hav…

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@rose-colored-fancy

Absolutely leave Cal in! I’m just getting to know her. <3 It seems to make sense with her character arc, though it might be sort of stereotypical to have the church reject her. Maybe not, though. Maybe I’m just really blessed with the kind of church I go to, and it actually happens all the time. I certainly have heard that…[Read more]

@e-n-leonard

I’m totally fine with Cal staying around. Christian writers definitely need to approach this stuff in a biblical way, acknowledging sin and helping the struggling.

Awesome, I’m so glad!

Oh, and by the way, it’s a “used to dance” for me, too. I just remember it vividly and have practiced everything I know at home.

That’s cool! It’s aw…[Read more]

@irishcelticredflowercrown

So I think all of what you said sounds fine. I know that you’re just trying to tell a story about Cal’s pain and how she deals with it, and from the sound of it I think your heart is in the right place

Thanks! I’m glad you want her to stay in as well!

I don’t see any of my characters through those lenses but I do know…

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