With love interests, I always like to try to make them the most interesting person second to the MC.  If that means developing them for hours or giving them a fascinating backstory or some fatal flaw that keeps getting triggered.  I think love interests with a strong goal+fatal flaw+a sense of humor=amazingness!

 I don’t know if this only happens to me, but the hero tends to pull all the other characters into their orbit, so to speak. The narrative almost starts to revolve around them. Have you ever noticed something similar?

Yes!  I know what you mean!  That always happens to me… it’s like “wait, you weren’t supposed to be <…[Read more]

Awesome stuff, Rose!  *ponders deeply for a moment*  I have the hero archetype in the form of a secondary character, Holly.  She has all the struggles of a normal person, but she has the power to deal with it because of her strong morals and courage.

And I totally agree, heroes don’t have to be main characters at all!  Sec…[Read more]

Heyyy,

I write urban fantasy mainly.  My most current WIP is more urban, but something else too… maybe alt. history?  It’s based off of different cultures but has a modern twist (techonology, languages, etc.) if that makes sense.

Cool topic!

JOY!!!  Heeeyyy, what’s up? 😉  Great to have ya <33

Hey guys!  Thanks for guessing, it was fun to read!! 😉

1) Name: Tara, Kristin, Sierra

1) Name: Mia

Close, her name is Elle.

2) Age: 17-21

2) Age: 22

She’s 19.

3) Career/Role in Story: MC or MC’s older sister

3) Career/Role in Story: Hidden friend/supporter of MC who isn’t given as much credit as she…

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Here’s another character if y’all want to do one:

Wow, that picture’s awesome!

1)  Name:  Ranya, Neruna, Zuri, Adah?  (I’m just making up names lol)

2)  Age:  17

3)  Career/role-in-story:  I’d say she’s a side character, friend to the MC;  possibly the chieftain’s daughter or a princess

4)  Personality:  creative, bold, fun-loving, loyal, extroverted

5)  Would you be fri…[Read more]

Wow, she’s gorgeous!  did u make those?

1) Name:  Taliya, Alaya, Riana?  Something melodic.

2) Age:  19 or 21

3) Career/role in story:  she’s probably a secondary character, maybe a soldier and ally to the MC?

4) Personality:  intelligent, tactical, reserved, creative

5) Would you be friends with this character?:  yeah… if she…[Read more]

I’ll do another one if u want lol.  i thought it was fun, and i’m bored and have nothing else to do, so why not? XD

That was so fun!  I love her character, but I wouldn’t have guessed her name lol

I’ll try her!

1) Name: Kharissa?  (I thought she looked kinda like a Nightsister or something lol)

2) Age: Probably 16?

3) Career/Role in Story: Definitely the MC.  She strikes me as an outcast kinda person, so maybe she was a Nightsister but ended up leaving and going to be a bounty hunter or assassin or something.

4) P…[Read more]

1) Name: Atalia, Leonora, or Alicia. I think her name is kind of elegant.

Yeah, I get that mindset, but her name is actually Holly, lol XD

2) Age: Between 16 and 20, I think.

Correct!  She’s 19.

3) Career/Role in Story: I think she’s the MC, and I don’t think she has a job yet. Though I could see her going into a tech care…

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Awesome thanks!!

Here’s my character for anyone to do:

Hi y’all!  I know I haven’t been active recently, but I just got on and I was like “oh my gosh, this is amazing!”  Can I join in, or is it too late?

aw thanks girl!  ummmmmmmm, i dont remember actually, haha!  it was probably inspired by a dream a couple of yrs ago. 🙂

@emma-walker

thanks!

I love ur WIPs!!

Helen, Ari, and Olivia are all some of the most adept minds to chase the rebels through the layers of the mind.  Born into a virtual reality (weird…) in totally different situations in…

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Scouty!  (i probably shouldn’t call you that but whatever, its too late… 😆)  Yay, you’re on KP and SE!!!  Welcome welcome, bestiest friend!!! 😄

I love the creativity of these names!!  I really like Lana, The Blood Prince, Unity, and The Master.  Unity is an awesome villain name, imo 😉

Thanks so much!! ❤

On October 10, a tremor in the Pacific Ocean caused a massive tidal wave that hit the state of California, wiping it out entirely and killing millions. The floodwaters flowed all the way to the borders of Nebraska. And another one is coming.
On Oc…[Read more]

Thanks!  Hmmm, I thought I responded on your art thread…  probably me being scatter-brained… again. 😊  I LOVED it though!!  I thought you did an amazing job, especially with the ocean ❤

Oh yes, of course!!  I completely get it!!!

Ooo, I love that one too!!!  So sweet. 🥰

Yep.  That stuff gets super annoying.  And VERY cringy.…[Read more]

Hey Erynne!  Aw, your story sounds tragic!!!  That might actually make me cry if I ever read it!! 😢

Oh, I totally feel you when it comes to reading/writing Christian romance!  People can be so messed up, and a lot of it shows in their writing.  The fine line between beautiful romance and bad stuff is sooo hard to write.  I don’t writ…[Read more]

Who’s most likely to cure major mood swings with chocolate? 

Mmm, probably Iantumara.

Who’s most likely to accidentally join the mafia?

I feel like Murin might, even though she’s super wary of sketchy people.  Cool people with guns  attract her, lol (jk) 😜

who’s most likely to stand up for someone even when they’ll be judged for it?

Derrien, definitely.

just wing it!! 😉

Who’s most likely to be a stunt-double in an action movie?

Matias and Seia, both.  And a bunch of other people.  Man, I have a lot of superhumanly athletic people in my book…is that a bad thing??

Who’s most likely rage-quit something?

Seia.  She’s got a temper… 😄

That last line is just SO. AWESOME. 😃😃😃  (and yes, the rewrite is much better 👍😉)

<b>Who’s most likely to try to make everything perfect?</b>

Seia, because if anything in her plan goes wrong, she and  her sister might be killed.

Ooh, I don’t know if any of my characters fit into that category…  that’s a problem.  Umm, probably Murin, she’s sarcastic and would do anything to shock people.

Who’s most likely to start belting out a obscure song in the grocery store?

Murin, again 😂

YAYYYYYYY!!!  Thank you SOOOO much!!!!

Oh, all I meant was that I was kinda thinking the color scheme could be blues and golds and whites.  Ex.  you could use sky blue as the sky, the ocean/waterfall as a darker blue with white foam, and the castle towers gold in the sunlight.  Don’t feel obligated to use those colors, because this is…[Read more]

Well, since you asked, could you maybe possibly paint another landscape??  I had this AMAZING idea of this castle situated on a waterfall…  It might be too challenging, but if you want to try it, I’d LOVE to see it!!!  Here’s a rough idea of what I was thinking (feel free to play around with it–I was kind of envisioning sky blues an…[Read more]

Murin or Seia, depending on what they feel like.  Murin probably more often.

Who’s most likely to eat a whole gallon of ice cream when they’re sulking?

Seia, lol.  The way I’m picturing her right now…😂

GIRL.  That is SOOO good!!!!!!!!!!!!  What medium did you use???  it. is. AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😍😍😍  Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I don’t have a blog to post it on, but I could just look at it forever!!!! 😂

Probably Oregen, he’s super active.

Who’s most likely to do something stupid just to get people’s attention?

Seia

Whoa, that’s SUPER creepy!!!!!! 😃  SUPER COOL, though, thanks for sharing!!!!

A couple of comments:

1)  That scene where Wren yelled at the Smilers was a little confusing.  Why would she do that if she knows how dangerous the Smilers are?  I think it would be better for Gladys to freak out instead of Wren, because Wren knows mor…[Read more]

Great, thanks!

great, thanks!!!