Recent content by Rhondazvous

If I were writing just for myself as an exercise in invention, I’d play around with different descriptions that I might work into a story. But when writing an actual story, I work everything into the arc of the point of view character. What is she doing? what is he feeling? Where are they going...

the idea of the god losing his memory when he’s incarnated as a human is brilliant. It has so much plot potential. You could foreshadow the object that brings back his memory by having him contemplate it while he’s still a god. Then lose or toss it aside as more dramatic scenes develop. You...

The quickest way to get me to put your book down and go wash the dishes is to spend several pages, or even several paragraphs describing the world the character is in. The second quickest way is to have a space ship full of characters griping about how evil the galactic empire is. I’ll be...

I tried to add the following signature: “The 2 most important questions a writer can ask What if? Why not? See what I have written Elemental Magic A Journay In Science Fantasy By Rhonda Denise Johnson ~ The Nanosia Series “ And got the following message: “Oops! We ran into some...

Not enough to make ppl go tldr. Just a quick little blurb related to writing or reading and a link to my sci-fi/fantasy series website where ppl can see the books I’ve written

There's a character limit? Does it include spaces?

I’m kind of new here. Now that I’m eligible to add a signature, I still don’t know how to do it. Where do I go?

There you go! World building is about showing the character reacting to his world. The world is real to the reader because it’s real to the character.

What you guys are saying sets me free from the idea that there is such a thing as THE inciting event and that it has to occur at exactly the 12 percent point of the story. Now I’m looking back at the novel I published a few months ago, and there was a visitor whose actions led to the call to...

And well written can be defined as how well the chapter fits in with the whole book. The length of the chapters depends on the pace and tone the writer is trying to achieve. If the writer achieved what he intended, then there will always be readers out there who will appreciate it.

I’d been hearing about this thing called an inciting event, but no one could explain exactly what it Is. then Katie Wiolanddid a masterful job of explaining it on her website Helping Writers Become Authors. She describes the inciting event as a call to action and the characters refusal of...

I agree that a chapter should be as long as it needs to be to achieve its purpose. Some writers may have been able to get away with a very long chapter because the purpose they had in mind called for one. My writing tens to be fast paced because I don’t spend a lot of time describing the...

I love stories with witches and wizards, magic kingdoms and castles, magic portals and hidden realms. Everything from Mercedes Lackey’s Victorian Steampunk magic, Jim Butchers urban realism, or Piers Anthony’s totally made-up worlds. Then when I sit down to write, magic just works its way into...

I’m thinking about Harry Potter. In a school setting, it makes sense to have many different kinds of magic. As with any other kind of writing, you avoid confusion by having each of the supporting characters contributing to the protagonist’s plot arc.