- Sit down at desk.
- Open Word document.
- Look at blank page.
- Become anxious.
- Decide that the problem is the font.
- Change font.
- Be much happier.
- Look at blank page.
- Make cup of tea/coffee.
- Drink tea/coffee while looking at blank page.
- Do not check Twitter/email/Facebook/Tumblr.
- Check them a little.
- Take a break.
- Sit back down.
- Write something.
- Change font.
- Be much happier.
- Take out phone in case someone wants to ring you.
- Do not play Angry Birds.
- Do not play it.
- Play it a little.
- Put phone away.
- Delete what you have written.
- Write something else.
- Read back over it.
- Shrug. Decide to fix it in the rewrite.
- Congratulations! You've started the book!
Sunday, December 14, 2014
How To Write Books Good, Part 3
Beginning the book:
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«Oldest ‹Older 3201 – 3400 of 4873 Newer› Newest»((Tia, I wouldn't propose that the situation began ethically. But however it started, Silente has willingly promised her love to Bethany, while she was engaged to Vivanus. That, if nothing else, was entirely within her control.))
(wait
what
sorry
Nm, Tia.
Just, THIS SITUATION isn't Liliana's fault.)
Liliana: *tilts her head at Silente* Oh. I see. Now we are all in trouble. You seem to have gotten the attention of a certain goddess.
(*bangs star and kass heads together*)
Vik: Thank you, you're cuddly *grins* my cuddly fox
Gar: *has decided there isn't anything he can do to help and merges into the shadows and watches*
*winces*
Viv..calm down..I'm not proud. But.. But is it really so wrong that I found happiness when I couldn't find you?
*flames falter*
*heat doesn't*
*gets really angry*
*really, really angry*
*traps Lil in a firestorm, with superheated fire hitting her from everywhere*
DIE!
*looks at Lil*
Which one?!
(@Inky: Sorry, no, only my head deserves to be banged. :P)
THAT WAS WHAT THE RING WAS FOR!!!
Liliana: *encases herself in black energy again* That is something I refuse to do, actually.
THE RING DIDNT WORK!
Alys: *smiles*
*cora Tegan Ben and Lilith start crying*
(I would suggest Inky and her babies got the hell out of their before they got harmed.)
*there
*can't type*
*breathes a bit*
Fine. I'm calling in the cavalry.
*gets out her phone*
(I agree with star.)
MrBBWolf: *rushes to Inky's side*
Go.
(Oops ^.^ I didn't realise anyone would notice ^.^
Well I didn't want anything breaking out so I caused both of you proverbial pain )
*stunned* what? What?
*tears run down his face*
When did you stop loving me?
Annabelle: Cole lets go, before the triplets are hurt!
(Agree with me about what?
*remembers that eveyrone agrees with me about everything for I am awlays correct*
Actually, never mind. XD)
*nods* okay ...make sure nothing serious happens
*leaves*
Taw: *shouts* gar? Where are you?
When I started fearing you Viv.
(Haven't lots of things already broken out, Inky? :P)
Phaestra: *appears in a flash of light which solidifies into her form* *her voice can be heard above the other sounds, as if they are small and insignificant* Enough. Is violence the answer to every problem you mortals have to face?
(*sheugs* I don't really think
Oopsie )
MrBBWolf: ..okay...not sure how I do that..
You feared me?
(Sil, the ring, was powered by Silente's love for Viv...I never thought that it would come up)
*calls in her 90,000 clones and Minerve*
Cole: okay..: let's *starts to leave*
Gar: *appears in a flash of pure darkness* I'm here! What's wrong?
Vik: Alys you go with Inky and the others who are leaving, its safer for you *nods*
Annabelle: *joins Cole's and scurried away*
*winces at Phae's voice*
Oh no..
Taw: we better go before Cora is harmed
Alys: w what about y you?
(Thank you, Phaestra.)
(I hope you understand, Tia, that you cannot simply 'call in' Minerve. It is entirely up to them whether they show up or not and I don't think that Tanya would have any knowledge of Minerve whatsoever. Especially not how to call her, considering only one person in Blogland has been told and that is Silente.)
(Hello)
Mercy: *Catches up to Inky* Eventful day huh?
*is interested by the appearance of Phaestra* *speaks to no one in particular* They certainly seem to think so.
Just make sure no one dies *scurries*
Cole: are you okay?
Phaestra, this bitch here...
*points at Liliana*
...ruined Silente's life.
Help me kill her, or get out of the way.
Annabelle: Yeah..*looks at Cole*
I can't believe she...
Yep...who are you?
(Hey Jack!)
(Alastair, it has been a while, how are you?)
I'm done. Sil. I still love you. If you ever bother to love me back, you can have me. Until then. Goodbye.
*jumps into the molten metal. It solidifies around him, with no air holes*
*he taps a sygil on his arm*
*the figure drenched in metal stands up and then freezes*
*stuck in the pose of their first kiss*
*not that she would care*
Tanya! Liliana did not ruin my life!
Mercy: An old friend, just here to se the wedding
Cole: *sighs* I know...
*and then, he dies.*
Phaestra: Your violence is disgusting and mindless, and effectively pointless. By killing Liliana, you will gain nothing. The events of the past will still have happened, regardless of what you mortals think. Rage and hatred blinds you. This is an end to hostilities. Any further actions will have serious consequences.
*nods* okay...*tries to calm the babies*
Viv!
*watches him*
Viv..
*walks up to the statue*
*quietly*
Viv..
Mercy: I bet they wish they could turn back the clock
(THANK you, Phaestra. :))
Maybe...I don't know
Viv!
No!
*stares in shock*
*turns to Silente*
Look what you've done! LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE! You shouldn't have tried to get away with it. Sure, if you cheated on him you shouldn't get married but you try to go along with it anyways. So this
*gestures to the statue of Viv*
Happened.
Fuck. You. Phaestra.
*Tanya walks past her, giving her the finger, and firing her revolver at Lil*
(She will not be feeling like herself for some time...)
Mercy: Still, we all wish we could change things
*winces, backing away from Dug*
I didn't...I..
*looks at the statue*
Oh God..
((Fine, Edward. How are you?))
*nods* we do... *remembers what happened to Ed*
It killed him...
(I am good thanks Alastair)
Dug..I didn't mean to! This wasn't my plan!
...
Well, this is one fine kettle of fish.
[Fabi would have no reason to be at the wedding, as I don't think she's met Silente or Viv, but I'm watching]
Phaestra: *a flash of light knocks the bullet from the air* *she grabs the weapon and bends it between her fingers, lifting Tanya up with a single hand* I warned you, mortal. I will not warn you again. Unless you want to spend all of eternity locked up in my realm, cease your primitive violence.
Mercy: You look... distant, everything ok?
*tries a smile* Im fine
No shit it wasn't your plan. That's why I'm not trying to kill YOU!
*Jag walks over, places two rings in Sil's hand and walks away*
Mercy: I can tell a lie when I see one. I'm a telepath
I know. I know...
*stares at the rings*
Liliana: *moves behind Silente, and whispers in her ear* Although I do think that statue is rather amusing, you could always ask Phaestra to revive him.
oh *frowns* I really don't want to talk about it
*flares up like a mini sun, burning with such ferocity that there is no way Lil could survive...
...for she herself turned to gas*
Mercy: That's fine, murderers often don't wish to talk about their crimes
*looks at her in horror* Im not a murderer!
*looks at Lil*
I..Thank you!
*rushes to Phae's side*
Phae please, save him..
*a blade appears in James' head, moving swiftly, detaching it from his body*
Jag: I told you not to ever enter my sight again.
*walks away*
(Mercy is male)
Mercy: Sure your not. You accidentally stabbed him in the stomach
(whhops sorry
I read a book with a character called mercy Thompson whose female)
*he
*cries* I had no choice! he was going to destroy the world...I would have done myself in afterwards, but I have the babies to look after...
(Unfortunately, Tia, you have to ask permission before killing someone else's character.)
James: *teleports away before he is beheaded*
(Tis ok Chloe)
Mercy: Well, what's done is done. At least you still have Wolf
(Then take Tanya to your realm.)
(Sil, there's still a knife in his head...and Jag wouldn't have been that slow to let him teleport.)
(H-hi...guys.........)
So did I miss the fun stuff or am I just in time?
(@Viv I'd rather James didn't die.)
(Hello Gemma and Blake
Blake, the main event has just happened, sorry)
(hey Gem and Blake ! how art thou?)
I guess...b but still...Ed was my mate...
(Then you shouldn't have brought him in front of Jag. Just let it happen)
Phaestra: *Tanya dissolves in a flash of light, appearing in an endless realm of white clouds*
*tilts her head at Silente* I shall. *draws her sword and uses it to smash the metal, before her hands starting to glow white, Vivanus becoming healed and revived in a matter of seconds*
*turns to Liliana* Be gone, foul creature.
Liliana: Now that is simply offensive. After all I have done to ensure that Silente stays with Bethany?
Phaestra please..Help Viv! I..Help him.
*shakes her head and takes off in that damned dress, clutching the rings*
(DAMN IT ALL! my mum bought this cocktail called 'woo woo'. I decided to have a sip and it tastes sooo familiar...but I cant think why)
(Back food happened)
Gar: Okay *takes Taw's hand* hold on to Cora *shadow walks to their house*
Vik: I've changed my mind, my priority is to get you to safety!
So lets go
(Soph, Viv can't be healed by Phaestra.)
(Vivanus - you have to ask permission to kill another's character beforehand.)
Mercy: Then find a new one. You missed the funeral, few attended. Now, I think Sil may need some support
(And why not, Vivanus?)
(DAMIT WHY DID I GET THE DEDICATION! GAHHHHHHHHHHHH! why does this happen... *sigh* Idk.
I dedicate to Chinese food in the winter, the nice warm food in contrast with the freezing cold outside... the bright Christmas lights flickering outside of houses.
Yeah, I'm so poetic...)
(@Viv um no. I haven't given permission for you to kill my character.)
(Only Sil can, when she loves him.)
Taw: *holds Cora tightly*
Alys: t thanks
I just need to g grieve for a while...I don't know h how long it would take...
(That literally makes no logical sense. Phaestra is the goddess of life, light and creation - she is capable of bringing anyone who has been dead for less than an hour or so back to life.)
(Way to go, sleeping beauty.)
(Fine...but he's injured enough that Jag thinks he's dead. Deal?)
(Hello, Blake.)
(hear hear!()
(Sorry, Phaestra's not the goddess of metal. She can't get through that.)
*runs faster, past Beth's old house, past Inky's cottage and Chi's house*
*doesn't care that the dress is being ripped*
Mercy: Grieve all you want, the way I see it is those who go are gone.
(Soph will you stop trying to make every little thing that happens logical? There's this interesting thing called magic that a lot of people here use and one of the main points of it is that it cannot be explained using science or logic.)
*looks sad* I better go now...see you around
(Hear hear)
(Deal.)
James: *falls down, playing dead*
Blogger Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...
(That literally makes no logical sense. Phaestra is the goddess of life, light and creation - she is capable of bringing anyone who has been dead for less than an hour or so back to life.)
December 23, 2014 at 8:14 PM
Oui.
Gar: *they arrive at the house*
Right are you two okay?
Vik: Bike! *his bike appears* hop on Aly!
(I've never heard of woo hoo before Chlo, what's it like?)
(Hear Hear and hell Gem )
(Blake, for once in my life I almost want to hug you...nah, better not)
*is delirious*
*starts singing something along the lines of "there's cracks in your RTG"*
Mercy: See ya Miss Flame, a word of advice, life is not always what it seems
(Yeah please don't.)
(its nice ^^
I have a friend with the last name Wu (woo))
Taw: yes * smiles* my hero
Alys: *gulps and gets on*
*doesn't pay attention to what he says*
*concentrates on not breaking down infront of the kids*
(I disagree with you, Blake. When I was younger I used to read fantasy books, and it was my understanding that magic is simply science we do not understand yet. It has laws and principles and can be explained logically.)
This is the problem with "God-modding". When you write in assured hits, you eliminate someone else's right to make decisions for themselves. If you cannot collaborate with each other and reach agreements about what is reasonable, you cannot roleplay without devolving into disputes out of character.
Blogger Blake Soul said...
(Soph will you stop trying to make every little thing that happens logical? There's this interesting thing called magic that a lot of people here use and one of the main points of it is that it cannot be explained using science or logic.)
December 23, 2014 at 8:15 PM
Magic is simply science we haven't worked out yet.
And unless you can logically explain why magic can explain something, you can't get to blame it on magic.
Plus - "An author's ability to solve conflict satisfactorily with magic is directly proportional to how well the reader understands said magic."
(Brandon Sanderson).
(Then explain it to me. Explain magic in a logical and scientific manner.)
(@Soph That is what magic is, science. If you show someone from a few thousand years ago a mobile phone they would say witchcraft, magic is science)
(Oui, Alastair.)
(Hi everyone!)
(Jaimie...I'm sorry if you're angry at me... I was still in the cinema when this started...)
*stops running, far from the fighting*
*opens her hand, looking at the rings, palm bleeding from how tight she had be holding them*
*sighs and slumps against a tree*
*puts her head in her hands*
Bethany: Silente... It's okay... Do you want to visit?
Gar: *grins at the nickname* no problemo my lady
Vik: *jumps on* don't panic Alys, its the quickest way I can do.
(that's good *smiles* and like you (nice!)
And that's awesomes! Having the last name of Wu )
(I'm thinking about making Viktor a teleporter instead of an elemental
Not sure really )
(hey Vel!)
CHris: *runs after Sil quietly so she doesn't notice*
*sees her sitting against the tree* excuse me miss?
(I'm not angry Gem! *hugs tightly* its fine. You had no warning. Dont worry about it.)
@Ed: Exactly.
Thank you.
Magic IS science, so you don't get to say "yeah, we can leave that unexplained, it's magic." Magic has explanations.
@Ed: You have to understand that our ability to explain things scientifically is hindered by our lack of scientific vocabularly, but Phaestra is the goddess of life and creation. She can, therefore, bring anything back to life. That is one of the minorlaws of the magical universe. I'm not an expert on the conditionas Pheastra can bring someone back to life on - like, can she when their body's decomposed? - but if Phaestra can bring people back to life, then saying she can't bring someone who only just died back to life is illogical unless logically explained how that is possible.
(Hey Inky, how are you?)
(its up to you sweetie)
Taw: *smiles*
*Cora is asleep*
I should put this one to bed
Alys: okay
Mercy: *Goes to find Blake*
Whether or not magic can be explained logically is not the root of this issue. This is about whether one person can say that their magic counteracts that of another person.
*screams, jumping, looking at Chris*
Wh-what?
No Beth.. i deserve this.
(im alright
you?)
(Exactly Star, I completely agree)
(Tired... Do you want to continue?)
Chris: I saw everything and was wondering if you are going to cope?
(Hello Vel, how be you?)
(okay ^^ you first)
(Jai, email)
Cope? Wh-what do you mean?
@Alastair: Yes, actually.
I believe that when Trip had a headcannon that the soul was part of the true name, and Aretha had a headcannon that it wasn't, they calmly discussed it until they had a joint headcannon that meant that neither of their plotlines and magics were illogical.
I think Sophia is asking for a similar thing here.
(*looks at the magic is a science discussion*
*wants to contribute*
*doesn't know how*
*continues to sip woo woo*)
(I'm tired Gar, how are you?)
Velvet: We could go to the bar?...
Thank you, Ed. :) :)
(it's always nice to have people agree with you. :P)
(It is nice Star)
(Very well then star, back to my request. Explain it to me.)
*Pops out of a shadow by Mercy*
Hello there, I don't think I've seen you before.
Chris: your relationship was exposed on your wedding day and then your fiancée did that...*kneels down*
Felix: will do *rides to the bar*
Felix: will do *rides to the bar*
Bethany: No... You don't... Not at all...
(Star, to explain Phaestra's powers are rather easy. Her realm is essentially her "source". To visit other realms, she has to stretch her power to the realm - so she is weaker, for example, on Earth, than she would be in her own realm. And thus, on Earth, she has limitations. Whereas in her own realm, she has no limitations. She can do anything and everything she desires. So the further she has to travel away from her realm, the weaker she becomes.)
Mercy: No, im new here sort of. I was a friend of the recently deceased. I sensed a great deal of power in your head and I wanted to perform an experiment if that's ok
(hey velvet, have things been better today?
And Jaimie...I missed Sil's wedding...all of this is my fault. Because I didn't help you tell viv.)
They did indeed, Star.
*shifts slightly*
I-Its fine..I-I caused this..I-I deserve it..
*forces a smile*
I'll be fine. Dont you worry..
I'm good thank you Vel *winks at Chloe* )
(You know what Chloe? He is a teleporter *nods* )
Gar: Okay, *smiles* I'll wait for you here *smiles*
Vik: *starts up the bike and starts driving away*
*watches the chaos unfold until she can't take it anymore*
*turns into mist, floating quickly to somewhere deep in the forest where she solidifies*
Depends on what exactly you'd be doing. Care to explain it?
Chris: it must be hard *sighs and adjusts hat* this is why I spen my life alone in a swamp
But I am here now, so I am here if you need me
(Yup. :)
I did, Blake. Phaestra is the goddess of life and creation. She isin control of life and creation and has powers relating to it. She can, therefore, bring people back to life. So unless Viv can explain why Phaestra can't bring Viv back to life, she can bring Viv back to life.
If you say "well, Phaestra can't do it" without offering a reason why, you are directly contradicting Sophia's headcannon and causing inconsistencies).
(Nyeah kind of, thanks Chi, how are you?)
*gets to the bar and walks up to the door*
*about ten feet from where Dugg solidifies, Jag sits with his head in his hands*
(*hugs Gem tightly* Shh. This wasn't your fault. Its fine. You didn't know when the wedding was. You literally cannot blame yourself here.)
Yes I do Beth
(*giggles* okay sweetheart)
Alys:@ *clings on for dear life*
Taw *puts Cora in her cot and goes back to Gar*
Mercy: Of course, I would enter a suggestion into your mind and you would try to defy it. I tried with Mr Fletcher every day until his... passing
*puts the babies to bed and sits on the bed, thinking of life*
(@Blake: . . . Or just read Sophia's more in-depth explanation. :P
*nods at Alastair*
The 'I believe' is just a disclaimer of mine in case I make an error. :P)
(*frowns* Wait, Sil got married?! Damn I missed it!)
*smiles at Chris*
Thanks...maybe I should go back to that...
(it went down badly Vel...)
(Phaestra has never been the goddess of metal. Viv had just bound himself with the metal. Where in her expertise does she become a metal mage?)
Gar: *is sat in his armchair looking at the tree in the living room* hows Cora?
Vik: *smiles and teleports to the burrow* we're here
(why thank you Honey )
Bethany: Please come and see me?
(It did? *hugs Sil*)
Hello, Fabienne. It just occurred to me that I don't recall anyone having acknowledged your presence.
(Vivanus - Metal can be broken. As was said - she broke the metal with her sword.)
(@Viv: She can revive dead people. Metal Viv is a dead person.)
Chris: solitude may not be the best thing after surrounding yourself with other people
TAw: shes perfect *smiles*
Alys: *gets off the bike and falls in the process*
(Then she broke Viv with it.)
(And what Sophia said. :P)
*leads Felix up to the front* What are you having?
(@Velv there were literal flames and everything.)
Later Beth..I need time..
So you would attempt mind control and I would try to resist? For your sake I'd stay away from my head.
(And therefor she revived a statue.)
@Viv: Not necessarily. You can quite easily get Viv's body out of there, and if you break it a bit that's okay because he's dead anyway.)
(And then she healed and revived him.)
Felix: Ill have a manly beer please (*wink wink*)
Gar: Like you *smiles*
Vik: *gets off and offers Alys a hand up* you okay?
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