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    Which is the most emotionally (and narratively) effective ending?

    Thanks very much. That is the feeling I want to go for with A. I've never read Bridges of Madison County, but maybe I should.
    Post by: La_Donna, Jan 23, 2019 in forum: Plot Development
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    Which is the most emotionally (and narratively) effective ending?

    Thanks for all your comments! They are really making me think it out! Well, I mean from a plotting perspective of course all the stuff with B and...
    Post by: La_Donna, Jan 22, 2019 in forum: Plot Development
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    Which is the most emotionally (and narratively) effective ending?

    I think I am going for the "hardest decision she's ever had to make" route. She's a lovestruck teenager who nevertheless feels all these pressures...
    Post by: La_Donna, Jan 22, 2019 in forum: Plot Development
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    Which is the most emotionally (and narratively) effective ending?

    Thanks for your comments, I do address these points in my story. Do you find them convincing? I think there are several reasons why C coming with...
    Post by: La_Donna, Jan 22, 2019 in forum: Plot Development
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    Which is the most emotionally (and narratively) effective ending?

    Thanks so much! That's very helpful. She tells T why she is staying. I think the reason she is so cut up about the "what if" is because even...
    Post by: La_Donna, Jan 22, 2019 in forum: Plot Development
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    Which is the most emotionally (and narratively) effective ending?

    Thanks for your response! I think a change of outlook might be possible if I go with option 2, and maybe just seeing him and knowing he was loved...
    Post by: La_Donna, Jan 21, 2019 in forum: Plot Development
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    Which is the most emotionally (and narratively) effective ending?

    So, I've been writing a story for some time now, and I had the ending mapped out in my mind from the beginning. But now I am there, I am not sure...
    Thread by: La_Donna, Jan 21, 2019, 15 replies, in forum: Plot Development
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    How to Write British Speaking Characters

    British person here. And as a British person, I would say that if you hear another British person speak you can instantly tell where they are from...
    Post by: La_Donna, Mar 10, 2017 in forum: Character Development
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    Write something about your setting, and the rest of us will help you develop it

    What objects are those gods currently tied to? And are they protagonists or antagonists? Is one god the protagonist? Or are there humans fighting...
    Post by: La_Donna, Nov 30, 2016 in forum: Setting Development
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    Write something about your setting, and the rest of us will help you develop it

    Thanks for you help! Anti-semitism plays an important role in my story in a subtle way, but it never goes into outright violence or hostility....
    Post by: La_Donna, Nov 28, 2016 in forum: Setting Development
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    Write something about your setting, and the rest of us will help you develop it

    I suppose my setting is the area I'm struggling most to make real. My novel is set in 1910s/1920s Germany in a little town near to Munich, in the...
    Post by: La_Donna, Nov 28, 2016 in forum: Setting Development
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    I need names for my main characters...

    Boy's Name: Blake Cato Cole Elias Flint Jase Jem Jonas (pronounced Yo-nas) Julius Max Tom (for something normal, run of the mill) Girl's Name:...
    Post by: La_Donna, Mar 20, 2016 in forum: Character Development
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    Characters who studied at boarding schools

    Harrow? It's in London, and it has a tradition of all the landowners going there. As someone said, its one of the big ones, the other's being...
    Post by: La_Donna, Feb 1, 2014 in forum: Character Development
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    Cutting a Character From Your Novel

    I had a problem similar to this. I had two twin brothers (sake of argument, Bill and Tom). Bill was my main character, in love with my main...
    Post by: La_Donna, Jan 28, 2014 in forum: Character Development
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