Recent content by DameiThiessen

Astrology. D: It has become an obsession of mine, and it's all over my story now. I have two books that I love sitting on my bookshelf by my couch where I do all my writing. Also I've been playing around with symbolism a lot since I got a Signs & Symbols book. For example, my main antagonist...

When I was 14 (in 2006) my story's idea came to me in the shower, and as soon as I got to my bedroom I got out my notebook and wrote it down. I wanted to write a vampire story with magic and witchcraft, and I had three characters - a short, blonde main character named William, a tall, thin...

I, personally, never liked zombies and would be happy to see them go. The most I have liked them is through The Walking Dead, and that was because it provided the setting for highly emotional character drama under stressful survival situations. All the zombie media I have seen has been about...

Make a character lovable but powerless. Then, during the climax, give them the power the audience wants them to have. Your readers will be emotionally attached to the character and seeing them succeed will make them feel victorious too.

I personally am a fan of the bittersweet ending. The Fox and the Hound is a good example of this (the movie, not the book, which is sad as hell). The two are best friends, then grow apart and are forced to hate each other. But then they put aside their differences and go their separate ways and...

Those characters were so dynamic because the good guys did really bad things - just as bad as the bad guys. Walt frustrated me because I knew, as the viewer, he had a good heart and loved his family. When he hurt them, like when he kidnapped Holly, I hated him. But even when he was screaming...

Consider this: People are continually taught not to express their anger, to the point that they believe they should never get mad or show their true feelings if it might hurt somebody else. But repressing your anger is very unhealthy. You cannot compartmentalize your emotions; if you push down...

(I thought I replied earlier and I don't see my post, so I will repost and assume it didn't work.) I'm not sure how I could do that. Four Elements and Three Qualities, when combined, make 12 Signs. 12 can be divided into six and common themes could be born out of it, but I might need to know...

In Egyptian astrology, Libra was referred to as The Horizon. In their myths are tales of souls being gathered throughout the day by the sun god, Benu, and taken to the underworld at sunset. There their souls were weighed against a feather to determine their worth. The modern symbol of Libra...

I don't have much input to offer other than a link to an amazing video series on this subject. If you haven't seen "Everything Is A Remix" by Kurby Ferguson you should watch it. :D Watch — Everything is a Remix

I've been doing astrology for 6 years now, and I have a fantasy story in the works based off of it. Given the number of stories I've seen based on the zodiac or the four elements, I thought I might offer to answer any questions you have. :) I can answer questions based on: -Western...

My characters have to have some bad traits that the plot of the story fixes. Yay character evolution. :p

I was thinking of the angsty, I-want-to-be-with-you-but-I'll-eat-you, or I-want-to-be-with-you-but-I'll-outlive-you kind of romance. As long as there's something. Every monster story needs to include the monster's weaknesses. :P

Vampires are not cliche. What is cliche is the vampire romance, where they love a human but can't be together because of what they are. There has to be a better way to weave a story together that doesn't rely on "forbidden love". I also hate it when the author goes "I have vampires in my...

I too need to write about something of that nature for a story of mine for how I want my character to develop and what I want her to symbolize. I think I'll just describe it in brief and let the reader's mind fill in the blanks. :/ I'm a terrible author because I want my plot to involve...