tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post3078230555844001495..comments2024-03-23T02:45:17.058-04:00Comments on Tales of Goldstone Wood: Friday TidbitsAnne Elisabeth Stenglhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09462605949792523331noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-41491784497719764162012-10-12T16:22:44.088-04:002012-10-12T16:22:44.088-04:00In reading, many of my favorite stories--like Lord...In reading, many of my favorite stories--like Lord of the Rings, for example--I've always noticed the brother-relationship. When two characters have a bond like Sam and Frodo, you can't help but love them both for it. <br /><br />In my own writing, then, I try to emphasize a more 'sibling' type of friendship between any character than a romantic one or just trying to have the character stand out on his/her own. My personal favorite written relationships are family ones: true siblings, or parent and child. They're harder to write, but come out so well in the end.Kay J. Fieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12305147533739305929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-36504927536878769852012-09-30T18:05:25.784-04:002012-09-30T18:05:25.784-04:00I have been needing this EXACT tidbit! Boy, did I ...I have been needing this EXACT tidbit! Boy, did I need some help. Here's the deal. Handsome Scottish bookbinder/sailor, meet beautiful English girl. Both of you, please step onto this mysterious merchant ship with the Irish captain. Careful that no one other than ship members knows about-or captures-the mysterious contents of the velvet-lined box in the captain's cabin. If they do find out, let's just use that-and your romance-for the climactic scenes in the book. Seems easy, right? And it was...until HE came along. HE was just supposed to be Scottish sailor's best friend. But, through a series of captivating and sometimes spontaneous events, I began to realize HE might be more attractive than Scottish sailor!!! *gasp* Due to everything that I had planned out for my plot and my character's romance, this was NOT GOOD. Thank you SO MUCH for this tidbit, Anne Elisabeth...I now realize I don't need so much to make Scottish Sailor more attractive as I do make the romantic relationship prominent, heart-stirring, and beautiful.Victorianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-9361934399926986432012-09-30T15:06:38.653-04:002012-09-30T15:06:38.653-04:00Seriously, girls, I just love seeing all these wri...Seriously, girls, I just love seeing all these writerly comments going back and forth! SO pleased that my little blog is proving a place for talents such as yourselves to come and talk bookish! :) Keep up all that creativity . . . pretty soon I'll be writing all of you fan mail! :)Anne Elisabeth Stenglhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09462605949792523331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-59689661423301652742012-09-30T14:29:07.250-04:002012-09-30T14:29:07.250-04:00Look at all us cool writers! Hannah, I do hope you...Look at all us cool writers! Hannah, I do hope you succeed! Your story sounds very intriguing!<br /><br />Eszter, that's an interesting concept. How can we be forgiven and still feel guilty? Do you share your stories?Rachel6https://www.blogger.com/profile/15138745237488029817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-42557953461058910932012-09-29T19:53:49.882-04:002012-09-29T19:53:49.882-04:00Eszter: Your heroine sounds like she is a wonderf...Eszter: Your heroine sounds like she is a wonderful character to create dramatic stories! It sounds fascinating.<br /><br />Unfortunately, my story is too big to share(like 300 pages!) and I do not yet have my own blog.<br /> Hannahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-15307799961371519532012-09-29T17:34:55.302-04:002012-09-29T17:34:55.302-04:00I love the idea of your current story Hannah! Um, ...I love the idea of your current story Hannah! Um, if its not too presumptious of me to ask, would you mind sharing it with us one day? I think that it would really interesting to read! <br /><br />I like to work on short stories. Kind of like a series. Sometimes I combine it into a book, and I read them to my family. And for now, thats as far as my writing career will go. Too many essays from my professors at school! <br /><br />My heroine is sort of tragic. She believes that she has to pay for her crimes, even after she has been forgiven for them. I was trying to explore the heartaches that guilt creates, with the person and how it affects all of her relationships with everyone around her. Eszternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-51707687493636579812012-09-29T15:01:03.778-04:002012-09-29T15:01:03.778-04:00I'm currently working on a novel about a count...I'm currently working on a novel about a country boy who saves an elf prince from demonic imprisonment, and then has to help him protect a sinless world.<br /><br />My goal is to get published, so you might have to wait a couple years or more to read the stories. :(Hannahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-70801928964457320082012-09-29T13:06:00.963-04:002012-09-29T13:06:00.963-04:00They're definitely fun to write!
Okay, now I&...They're definitely fun to write!<br /><br />Okay, now I'm curious. If that one is on your waiting list, what's your current work-in-progress, if you don't mind my nosiness? :)Rachel6https://www.blogger.com/profile/15138745237488029817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-24580641186304364382012-09-29T12:44:28.485-04:002012-09-29T12:44:28.485-04:00Rachel: Your unlikely pair of characters sound li...Rachel: Your unlikely pair of characters sound like a lot of fun! <br /><br />The story I mentioned above is fairly new, and it is on my "waiting list" to be written. Hannahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-68941804366798139172012-09-29T11:07:18.046-04:002012-09-29T11:07:18.046-04:00My hero, a smart-mouth, cynical, arrogant jerk, pa...My hero, a smart-mouth, cynical, arrogant jerk, paired with a young street rat who wants to be a healer and isn't as tough as he likes to think he is. <br /><br />Hannah...do you allow people to read your stuff?? Because I LOVE the idea of a Big Bad Guy trying to reform!!<br /><br />Anne, Eanrin and anybody. :)Rachel6https://www.blogger.com/profile/15138745237488029817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-25004378238439286702012-09-28T19:43:10.849-04:002012-09-28T19:43:10.849-04:00In one of my newer stories I have a complex relati...In one of my newer stories I have a complex relationship of three. The first is my main character who only recently has stopped being the head bad-guy (due to a betrayal) and is now taking refuge with the good guys. <br /><br />The second person of interest is a sweet, beautiful, young woman full of energy and compassion.<br /><br />And thirdly, we have her big brother, who's naturally very protective of her. So of course, the last he wants is for Mr. Former Villain to start taking an interest in his little sis.<br /><br />The characters bounce off each other as the sister is constantly trying to keep the two young men from getting into a fight. Eventually, the two young men end up becoming firm friends, but not without a lot of suspicion and irritation along the way. Of course, their threesome friendship isn't the main concentration of the story, but it does help it along at several points.<br /><br />I thought that this was a very fun Friday Tidbits, Anne, and it made me want to develop my different characters relationship more.<br /><br />And in your stories, Anne, the first relationship that came to my mind was the unlikely comradeship of Eanrin and Lionheart: the cat and the cat-hater, the romantic poet, and the goofy jester. :)Hannahnoreply@blogger.com