Recent content by kdl121

Thank you for all these posts! I feel like I've learned a lot already ... I will definitely do some more research before continuing with the story, maybe change the main character to an elf to avoid confusion. And thank you A.E. for the book recommendations! I'll see if my local library has any...

So I started writing a story a few months ago (probably almost a year ago), and just reread it a couple days ago ... I still like the idea, not entirely sure where I was going with it, but I'll get back there. ANYWAYS, I've been trying to find some resources for more info because I want to get...

I voted for difficult vaginal birth because when I saw "crude C section" I had flashbacks to an awful episode of Private Practice (I mean the episode was well done, but it was a main character and it was horrific that it happened to her).

Thank you Ronald :) I'm enjoying it so far ... it's a very warm and inviting community <3

Thank you for the welcomes <3 Demesnedenoir, I'd definitely say I'm a plotter, and it's one of my downfalls ... sometimes I over-plan, which causes me to doubt my ideas (they reach a point where they seem overcomplicated). I've gotten better with that though, I have been saving my ideas and...

Books: Maxon and America {The Selection series} Movie: Landon and Jamie {A Walk to Remember} <-- I guess this is also a book, lol TV Show: Logan and Veronica {Veronica Mars} Anime: Matt and Sora {Digimon Adventure} <-- too many to count though!!! Manga: Yamada and Shiraishi {Yamada-kun and...

I've considered this too, like if I wanted to do two different genres. Like someone said earlier, I would use my name but two variations ... so for one I would probably use my first initial, middle initial, and last name ... for another I would use my first and last name ... or maybe I would do...

It's a not a question of why am I not published yet ... it's a question of why cant I finish one book? Just one! I don't even think I need to get published at this point, I just want to finish one and say "Here, I did it, I achieved my life's goal! ... and then if it's good enough maybe I will...

Do you use symbolism or meaning for all your characters? Do you just do it for your protagonist? Do you make up your own names? Or do you just use names you've seen elsewhere that you like? I'm just curious, I do a combination of everything.

I read a couple when I was little, not my thing. I think part of that was the adventure though ... if there were anime-themed ones (and maybe there are now and I just don't know), like Pokemon and Naruto, I would totally read those. Also, if the creator of Pokemon wanted to hire me to create a...

I haven't written it yet, but I'm playing with the idea of a book about witches, and I definitely want to incorporate either some form of divination (future sight) or mind reading. Either way, I want it to be something that very few witches possess, and it makes the main character an anomaly.

Sounds like a lot of people gave you some good tips and ideas :) I just wanted to say, I take inspiration from anime as well! For me it's mostly names I like, but sometimes it's things that are used in other stories anyways so it's not copying (example: thanks to Fullmetal Alchemist, I want to...

I like whoever said dragons, that was my first thought! lol Or any other sort of flying beasts :) I'm not sure about all the details of your story, but my other thought was maybe there could be an inventor who invents a weird flying contraption ... not a plane necessarily, but something.

I think my problem with research is that I think I can just rely on my imagination and make everything up. But when something interests me enough (biggest examples: names and mythologies), I do a ton of research. I also feel like I do research when I watch anime ... that's where I find a lot of...

I'm sorry, I haven't read everyone's tips and suggestions, but I just wanted to share my experience with my amputation (which isn't much, it's not a whole arm!) When I was 13 (I'm now 23), I had an incident while tubing. My dad would start the boat, and I would fall out of the tube because...