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@rose-colored-fancy

Your profile picture is AMAZING! Did you draw it?

Thank you!! And yes, I drew it — but I do have to admit that I can’t draw realistically without a reference photo, XD

Ah, yes. Welcome to my world. I can’t listen to music like a normal person anymore XD But, I have gotten attached to songs I don’t even really like because they fit a character SO well.

IKR?!

Aww, thank you so much! I was just kind of playing around with it, trying to find something that sounds right. And yes, she’s actually much sweeter than she lets anyone see. She definitely has a soft side, she just hides it well XD You do see it coming through in her reactions with Riure, a bit.

I love it when we see that other side of our characters, *winsome sigh*

Okay, I hoped that made some semblance of sense. It was helpful to write it all out since it was a bit tangled in my mind.

OH MY GOODNESS! That was so great!!! You really pulled all that together, and I have a much better understanding of Liorah now 😉

Don’t worry about not knowing it! It’s a really obscure writing term that refers to a specific event or series of events that caused a character’s internal lie. It might be traumatic, or just a series of events that shaped their false worldview. A quick example: A character whose arc is about learning generosity might have a lie like this: I can only be happy if I’m wealthy, and I can only be wealthy if I hoard my wealth. This character’s ghost might be a childhood full of poverty.

Oh! I see now; that would actually be a great writing exercise, thank you!

Liorah’s ghost is her father’s death, and her mother’s lack of support directly afterward. (This was actually much more extensive than I could fit in the flashback. Her mother didn’t mean to, but the civil struggle and having to help lead the tribe with no prior experience took a lot of time and energy and she didn’t realize that Liorah needed help.)

That is a perfect ghost!! I think it really fits Liorah.

@this-is-not-an-alien

I don’t even with music anymore I’ll literally look for albums to listen to when I’m writing a particular scene and half the music I listen to it be like; this has great tone and imagery! Or ‘I’m gonna listen to this awful music because it feels so horrific it’s perfect for this scene!!!’

LOL! That’s so funny!

@EVERYBODY

Hey, y’all! Sorry its taken me so long to get back, XD I totally disappeared 😛 Anyhow, I just wanted to let y’all know that I won’t be posting for a while, because I’ve got to limit my screen time, and I have some other things I need to get to. So I totally get it, @mischievous-thwapling 😀 I just wanted to say that I really love SE, and you guys have really helped me learn a lot and grow as a writer! I’ve loved talking to y’all, because you’re always so kind and loving and don’t mind weird odd-balls like me. So, good bye for now, and happy writing!!