I think every writer, no matter how many books they produce, have certain story elements they return to again and again. It’s like a fingerprint we leave in our stories, or a promise to our readers that they will always find these things within our tales. And it’s for ourselves as well. We write because we love it. That is the core of why we do this crazy story-making thing. And there’s just some things we love too much to only write about in one story.
On twitter there was a tag going around asking “How you know I wrote it…”, which you then use to list some elements you always return to in your stories. My sweet friend Jenelle tagged me for it and I thought, “That’d be a fun blog post!” So…here we are. (I actually kinda feel like I’ve done a post like this before?? But my worthless memory can’t remember, and if I did it was a while back. So! XD)
I’ve written a fairly wide variety of stories. Epic fantasy, steampunk, dystopian, retellings, weird stories that basically combine all the speculative fiction subgenres into one. Yeah, I like to explore the spec-fic genre. XD But, despite my somewhat broad range of tales, I definitely have specific elements that crop up…even without my consent. Heh.
Okay, this one is pretty obvious, but it’s definitely the main thing that shows up in all my stories. I do love me some fantasy. I think the only non-fantasy story I ever wrote was my first story when I was 9…which was about a girl befriending a horse. Super original, I know. But yeah, fantasy is my home base. The made up worlds, the magic, the infinite possibilities…AWK. It makes my heart flutter!
I have zero desire to write anything but. The closest I ever came was a dystopian novel that was, in fact, set in our world. Buuuut it was sorta a scifi-fantasy thing because there were people with somewhat fantastical powers—controlling emotions, creating fire from their hands, mentally visiting other people’s memories. Fun stuff like that. I sort of made it science-y buuuut let’s be real. It was all totally made up and could never actually happen. XD
I just really love making up crazy stuff, guys! Fantasy is too much fun. Also there are DRAGONS. (Which is another thing you’ll find in a looot of my stories. Obvs.)
This is one of those unintentional ones but, somehow, it crops up in basically every story I write. Maybe because it’s a bit of a fantasy staple. Or maybe because it’s just such an integral part of my faith. I firmly believe there is a clear line between good and evil, and that the light always overcomes the darkness in the end. And so these beliefs somehow sneak into all my stories.
I do love to write dramatic, emotionally traumatizing tales. *grins* But, BUT, I do nooot like writing downright depressing, hopeless stories. I want to show that hint of light that can always be found in the darkness.
I let my characters fail a lot, often I allow the villains victories, sometimes I make it look like there really is no hope. But then that makes it (hopefully) all the more satisfying when the characters choose to stand in the light once more and overcome the darkness. Those are definitely my favorite plotlines to tell.
I realize most stories, especially big fantasy ones, have a lot of villains. Gotta have those minions after all. But a lot of these stories just have the one group of villains all with the same goal.
With my stories, I absolutely love having a bunch of different villains, many of whom don’t even have the same agenda. Sometimes they may work together, or work together for a bit and have a falling out, or work against each other and the hero, or somewhere in between. The possibilities are endless!
I enjoy making convoluted plots, and one of my favorite ways of doing that is a bunch of different villains all with different things going on. It’s just way too much fun. Can’t have it simple and easy for the hero. Bwahahaha.
Sometimes I get a little bored with a story if there’s only one villainous goal standing in the hero’s way. Let’s have ALL the obstacles. (I’m so nice.)
And to kind of go along with this one…
My faaaavorite! It’s very rare I don’t have some kind of antihero-ish character in the story. They usually couple with that whole “multiple villains” thing. Sometimes they ARE villains, that then slide into more of an antihero role, and then end up with a redemption arc and become a hero. I love, love, LOOOOVE doing that. And reading about characters like that. GIMME ALL OF ‘EM.
Honestly, when I’m plotting a new book, one of my first thoughts is, “How can I add an epic antihero into this??” #Priorities
Also, my antiheroes are usually all little balls of sarcasm. #morepriorities Do I regret doing this over and over? No, no I do not. It’s like 75% of what makes writing fun. (Okay, that might be an exaggeration. Maybe.)
Obviously I love characters. That’s what truly makes writing fun. Spending time with all these different people and destroying their lives. THE BEST! But what makes it like 9000x more fun is all the relationships between them!
Exploring different character dynamics utterly fascinates me. In fact, a while back I did a whole post on types of character relationships I love to find in fiction. Throwing in a variety of personalities together and watching them learn to 100% rely on one another as they go off and save the world makes my heart melt into a glittery pile of happiness (wut?). I just don’t think I could write a story that doesn’t involve deep bonds forming between the character even if I tried. (But, um, why would I want to???)
Wait, didn’t I just say I love writing deep bonds? YES. But relationships do NOT have to end in romance. I don’t know where we get this idea from. (*coughs and points an accusatory finger at Hollywood*)
ALL RIGHT. So I am a fangirl and will squeal about my ships ‘til my dying days. I also love to ship my characters. Oftentimes they form romantic relationships that I did not plan for but absolutely love and flail and giggle endlessly over (all by myself like a weirdo since my books aren’t published… Ahem). I LOVE pairing my character off, I’m going to admit.
AND YET.
My books so rarely go heavy on the romance. In my Colors of a Dragon Scale series, I had a couple who had loved each other unbeknownst to the other person for, like, their whole lives. One of my favorite ships out of my characters ever. Annnnddd…then I didn’t let them be together until the finale. Which was book #7. Yep. I’ve been writing since 2001, I believe, and I didn’t write my first kissing scene until 2013. XD And I’ve only written a tiiiiny handful since then. I always take my sweet time on the romantic relationships. Bwahaha.
I like romantic subplots, but very, very smallll, sloooow subplots. Even Burning Thorns, which is a Beauty and the Beast retelling, one of the most romantic of fairy tales, doesn’t focus too terribly much on the romance. My characters are too busy, ya know, trying to not die. Heh.
If I had to describe my writing style, that’d be it. I do so love to write alllll the feels. If my characters aren’t being emotionally scarred is there really a point??? BUT. I don’t think I’ve ever written a story without a hint of humor in between the, erm, horrifyingly life scarring events. My stories aren’t comedic pieces, but I do try my best to add in some chuckles now and again. I’ve always been a firm believer in the power of feels + humor. I think it’s the best story combination. (Which is why I believe the Marvel movies are so fabulous. They’re the masters at that combination.)
Usually my humor comes in the form of the dialogue. More likely than not, the source is the aforementioned sarcastic antihero. *cough, cough*
But also FEELS. I try to make as much of an emotional impact as I can. No clue if I actually succeed… But points for trying?
And there we have it! The 7 ingredients that make up a Christine story. Plus just some of my favorite things to find in other books. (Especially antiheroes *griiiins*)
This is one of my most favorite things to talk about so TELL ME. What’s some elements YOU love to write and/or read about? Do you share any of mine? Or maybe you disagree with some of mine, which is cool too! I absolutely love discussing all the different things we like and dislike in fiction. So tell me alllll your thoughts!
OKAY. I loved this post xD Especially since a loooottttt of them are very similar to my most commonly used tropes?
I might have to do a post like this sometime too! I just have too many things xD I deeeefffinitely have go-to writing things, and I thought about listing them here but nooope too long.
I’m especially a fan of the villains that have different agendas thing! I love when that happens–it makes the story so much more interesting (I loved the way you pulled that off in BT! It was so awesome ;)) And I do it too…all my villains have different motivations in the Pentegreen series which makes book 2 a bit of a ride. *winces* It gets bad where your villain-on-villain conflict is what actually drives the plot rather than your hero-on-villain conflict…
And light vs. darkness is always going to be my favorite thing. GIVE ME THAT WRONG SHALL FAIL AND RIGHT PREVAIL!!!!!!! GIMME! …in case you couldn’t tell, I LOOOOOVE to see that. If it’s in a novel, I WILL BE HERE FOR IT.
But at the same time…grey morality and antiheroes are my favorite things too! I finally let one of my characters embrace her full-on antiheroic tendencies in my edits and it’s gotten a little scary. She’s already a frightening character but for me to give her such power…oh boy. We’re all gonna die.
NON-HEAVY ROMANCE IS AMAZING. Give me enough that I’m DYING from shipping but not enough that I get sick of the ship!!!!!! Hitting that balance is so tough, but it works! Especially when you write extremely slow-burning relationships that take an entire series to come to fruition…not that I do that. Heh. Never. *hides*
Okay but basically I love this post!!!!!! And I need to do a similar one!!!!
EEEEP. I’m so glad! 😀 And that is the best! I do totally feel like we love SO many of the same types of story things. It’s great!
YES to multiple villains! Isn’t it the most fun thing? But goodness, I feel ya. I way too often get more into my villains than the actual protagonists. WHOOPS. I have to watch for that. But aaahhhh!!! I can’t wait to see what epicness you have cooked up in Pentegreens 2. 😀 (Also EEEEE! I’m glad you liked that aspect in BT and thought it worked! THANK YOU!)
WRONG SHALL FALL AND RIGHT PREVAIL. ABSOLUTELY. It’s just so SATISFYING. It seems like that “trend” is dying out in modern stories. And just??? We live in a dark enough world. We NEED stories that show us the light can overcome. PLEASE, PEOPLE.
Yep, yep! I’m so contradictory, because tackling grey area and antiheroes is just way too much fun. XD Usually I come to a solid conclusion with it, and don’t leave things in grey areas FOREVER. But YA KNOW. Some things need to be explored. Not everything is always black and white. OOOOOH my goodness. I am ridiculously excited about this antihero you have. Bwahaha!
YOU SAID IT SO WELL. That’s IT with the romance thing. You want to dangle it in from of the readers so they’re dyyyying to have it, instead of slapping it in their faces to the point that they’re running away. Hehe. And nooo, you’d NEVER write that slow-burn relationship, I’m sure. 😉
THANK YOU SO MUCH. H MY GOODNESS, I would loooove to see you do one like this! YESSS. GO FOR IT! 😀
Ooo, yes, I love all of these! I do the same thing with non-heavy romance – although one of my WIPs, I keep forgetting that there are no romantic pairings, and I keep trying to ship characters and it DOESN’T WORK. xD
Great post, Christine! 🙂
Hahahaha! I’ve been there! Though usually my problem is that I plan for the story to have no romance, and then the characters have other ideas and all pair up themselves. I’ve had so many random pairings that I did NOT plan or even SUSPECT. But then they just…happened. Funnily enough though, those tend to be my favorite pairings. I guess the characters know best. XD
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it!
I love all those aspects! Especially the non-heavy romance and feelsy + humor! I think that’s why I love your writing so much! You know how to combine the greatest elements with a beautiful writing style!
AKJSLDKJF:LJS:LKJD. HANNAH. THAT IS SO NICE OF YOU TO SAAAAY!!!! Brb while I go collapse in pure happiness. AWK. Thank you! <3
Your stories sound really awesome! That’s so interesting that you tend to write multiple villains, I feel like usually that’s a movie thing? I may have multiple villains in my current story, but I don’t even know. *facepalm* Are they all villains? Are they antiheroes? Is my protagonist a villain? The confusing holes I write myself into.
Most of my characters end up being antiheroes whether I want them to or not XD Once I wrote a heroine who was actually mostly good and I just stared at the page going, ‘Oh my gosh, I did it.’
Awww, thanks!
Huh. I haven’t really thought about it but you’re right! It does seem like movies use the multiple villains tactic much more than books. Interesting!
OKAY. But I AM THE SAME WAAAAY. About not even KNOWING if my characters are villains or heroes or WHAT. I have so many characters like that. XD That makes me feel better I’m not the only one! Though, truthfully, I love stories like that. It makes it all the more fun when you don’t always know where each person stands. Hehehe.
That is so hilarious about the antiheroes thing! Your stories sound EXACTLY like the types I love!
Ahem. I’m here. Super early for me!!
Wow, this post is ingenious!!! Sweet idea, Christine!!
I definitely share the whole Light vs. Dark, Antihero, and Feelsy + Dash of Humor tropes with you!!! I find myself adding more and more villains into my stories, too. (Can’t let my characters have too easy of a time!!)
Another I have is horses. LOL I don’t think I’ve EVER written a story without horses. I love horses. A lot. *Griiins*
Anywho, GREAT post!!! I enjoyed reading it!! (By the way – YES to dragons!! I love dragons, too!!)
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Hiiiii! *gives YOU cookies this time* 😀
Awwww, glad you liked it! Though since I took the idea from a Twitter tag, I can’t entirely claim it was my idea. Hehe.
Oh my goodness, it looks like we love writing about so many of the same things! I LOVE THAT! And YES. Is it bad that I find it way too fun to make it super hard on the characters? Eheheh. I’m the worst. XD
Horses are FABULOUS!!! They crop up in my stories a lot too. You can NEVER go wrong with horses. (AND DRAGONSSSS. YES. Another dragon lover! They’re my FAAAAVE!)
THANK you!!! *gobbles the cookies down*
xD Lets just say you came up with it!
YESSS!! That is so cool!!!
No! Of course not!!! Well…maybe a little!! As my writing buddy says: “Don’t mind us, we’re just casually plotting the demise of some people.” xD Don’t worry, you’re not alone!!!
YES. YES. And YES!! I’ve loved horses all my life!! Ohhhhh, now I REALLY REALLY want to read your books!! No, you can’t!! 😉 (DRAGONS, yes!!! I am definitely a dragon lover!!!)
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Yes, I definitely have my go-to tropes which appear in basically everything I write. One of my favourites would be guy/girl friendships. Particularly ones that don’t turn into romances, but since I absolutely love “friends-to-lovers” sort of romance plots, I don’t mind if they do become a couple. But I like it when they stay single and still stay strong friends. But then, I also love strong, deep relationships between girl/girl or guy/guy. Those are also my favourites and I think I pretty much have some sort of best friend duo in everything.
Feelsy with a dash of humour definitely describes my writing style too! I hate depressing books (no.1 reason I hated The Fault in Our Stars, Divergent, and many others), so I try to infuse humour throughout and whenever someone tells me a line made them laugh, I feel really glad. 😀
I used to be really into antiheroes, but now I prefer the not-quite-antiheroes-not-quite-heroes sort of people. The rogues and scoundrels that aren’t exactly morally grey…but aren’t really great either. I like those sorts of people.
I’m also a fan of the rather controversial strong female character trope, if its done really well, and I usually have a character like that.
Themes of hope and resurrection turn up all the time as well 😀
FRIENDSHIPS. I love deep friendships so, SO much. In any combination! But I agree, guy/girl friendships are soooo fun! And I’m totally guilty of doing the best friends-to-lovers thing myself! It’s just so SWEET!
I love that you like the feelsy with humor stories too! Those are seriously my favorites. Downright depressing books are just…well…DEPRESSING. (Wow, Christine, and you call yourself a writer. XD) I think every story needs SOME humor or something to lighten the mood now and again.
OOOOH. Those rogue type characters are AH-MAY-SING! I love them tooo! YES. Characters that don’t really fall into the spectrum or absolute good or outright evil are just fascinating. And always perfect candidates for some great character arcs! ;D
I can get on top of the strong female trope if it’s done VERY well. But I am extremely picky about that. XD Definitely a controversial topic. Lololol!
Hope and resurrection are SUCH good themes! I just love all these things you write about!!!
LOVED THIS! Also, I was already chomping at the bit to read a Christine novel, but now I want to SO MUCH MORE! Please publish something SOOOOON!
Okay, I know it’s not that easy.
But we WANTS it precious.
I love all of these things, and share a lot of them as well. Fantasy!!! All the fantasy, all the time! I definitely write varying degrees of fantasy, but that is where I like to hang out… with a few exceptions. I do have a sort of sci-fi mystery thing that is definitely in the works at some point.
And light vs darkness! SO MUCH YES! Love the clear lines between good and evil and the struggle of good characters standing firm against all odds.
Deep character bonds and non-heavy romance!!! So nice to find someone else writing this way, as well! I do have some romantic threads running through most of my stories, but yeah… my characters are generally way too focused on not dying to spend much time thinking about kissing. LOL
I’ll have to think about this some more, because this is SUCH a good idea for a blog post, I’ll probably steal it at some point! 😉
JENELLE! How do I even respond to that niceness??? THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!!!
ALWAYS FANTASY! 😀 Or, at least, anything that’s not 100% realistic. Who needs the real world anyway, right? XD But ooooh, a sci-fi mystery sounds so interesting! I look forward to hearing more about this!
Light vs. dark themes have invaded my books since I was very small. Not that I’m complaining! I think it’s an important discussion. And I personally LOVE seeing it in other stories. Who doesn’t love to see the light vanquish the dark? It’s the best!
I love that we both like to write similar characters bonds and romances! 😀 YES. I am allll for a good romance subplot. But just not one that takes over the entire story. Please no. Bleh. And yeah, these characters are WAY too busy to be thinking about kissing. Seriously now! XD
I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO DO THIS! Besides, I got the idea from the tag YOU tagged me for! So you have entire rights to do a post like this! *grins*
Those are great themes to have show up in your novels! I love the fact that you have multiple villains! That sounds so interesting.
A couple themes that are showing up more and more in my stories are the love interests only getting together 50% of the time (my poor characters….), and the main character being the powerless one. I find it interesting when the main character is not the one that ends up saving the world. Someone else does.
Thank you! I have fun with them! Hehe.
Oh my goodness! It looks like you are TOTALLY breaking those cliches. You next to never see the love interests NOT get together, or the protagonist NOT be the most powerful one. I LOVE THIS!!! It’s so much fun when everything we expect to happen DOESN’T. Huzzah on breaking the tropes! 😀
This sounds like a great recipe for great stories. ^ ^ Light vs. Dark will never ever get old! And I love good antiheroes and I tend to have a handful of those in my books haha. And I love deep platonic bonds too! My weird tendencies are somehow I always chop off someone’s limb in my series and somehow some kind of laboratory weeds its way in there. XD
Awww, thanks!
That makes me happy you feel the same about light vs. dark! It almost seems like it’s going out of style and just??? NOOOO. It’s an important subject!
YAY FOR ANTIHEROES. They’re just too much fun! XD And deep bonds too! I love them!
LOL. That is kind of hilarious about chopping off limbs. Maybe not for your poor characters though… XD And oooh, laboratories! Those are always fun. I love it!
Okay. I firmly believe that this post is perfection. And also I kind of want to write a post on this now??? There are so many things I find keep cropping up in my different books, and it is WEIRD. Sometimes my inner editor tells me it’s because I’m not original, but whatever. He’s totally a liar. XD
But HOLY COW I am so intrigued by your multiple villains thing! For most of these I was nodding along and grinning because YES! Anti-villains + deep (and unlikely!!!) character bonds + humor + fantastical elements = MY FAVORITE KIND OF STORY. (To both read and write, obviously. XD) But multiple villains is something I never even thought of before, and it makes me even more excited to read your works someday! I mean, I guess I did have an idea once when there were two villains, but that was basically the plot of the story, and had nothing to do with causing conflicts for the MC’s…
I think you’ve hit the nail right on the head for some of my favorite things to write/what keeps cropping up in my stories unannounced, but there are a few others that I’ve been finding lately, such as:
– a theme of forgiveness << no clue why, but this is something that I'm ALWAYS writing about. I think my subconscious is trying to tell me something XD
– unlikely friends << I don't write a lot of romance (read: any) but I DO love pitting characters of polar opposites together to see if they click and become besties, and it is SO much fun to watch!! XD
– FANTASY. ALWAYS THE FANTASY << I absolutely HAVE to agree with you on this one! I don't think I can write a story where there isn't some sort of fantastical element within it. It's just not possible. My WIP right now could POSSIBLY be considered a sort of contemporary, but it…still has fantasy in it. Like a lot. So I have no clue what to call it at this point. XD
I absolutely ADORED this post, Christine! This was so fun and unique and I'm in love with absolutely everything that makes a story a Christine story! <333
KENZIE. You are too precious! And oh my goodness, YOU SHOULD TOTALLY WRITE A POST LIKE THIS! I’d looove to see all of your story things! 😀 And nooo, I don’t think that’s weird. Like I said, I think most of us writers have our certain THINGS. It’s what makes our stories US, you know? Nothing wrong with that!
That is soooo fun we both like so many of the same elements! I knew we were brain twins! We have so many of the same interests. But YES. Lots of villains is a blast. If not totally confusing and gives me a headache. *cough, cough* But still fun! Half the time it just HAPPENS. Even when I don’t mean for it to. My stories and characters do what they want… *shakes head*
I LOVE ALL OF THESE THINGS YOU HAVE LISTED. Forgiveness is suuuuuch an important them. I think that’s fantastic you write about that! And oh my goodness, UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIPS. MY FAVE. My “deep bonds” very often start out with two or more COMPLETELY different people that have to learn to be friends. It’s just a blast, YES. XD
AND FANTASYYYY. ALWAYS FANTASY. Seriously, any time I even have an inkling of a non-fantasy idea…a dragon appears in it. I DON’T EVEN KNOW. I can’t NOT write fantasy. XD
I’m so happy you enjoyed the post! Your whole comment made me happy! Thank you, Kenzie bean! <333
YESSS!!! I love ALL of these Christine! ESPECIALLY anti-heroes (give me all the anti-heroes forever!) and deep character bonds. And feelsy + a dash of humor…. okay, okay I love them ALL!
Writing is definitely about the tropes that I love. I can’t help it, I always come back to them! Like you said, they keep us writing!
Definitely some of my favorite tropes to read are bromances, anti-heroes, power struggles, and super smart heroes/heroines outsmarting everybody (like someone give me the Ocean’s 11 of fantasy!!)
Awwwww! I love that you love these too! And YES. I see no shame in writing certain tropes if you love them. Chances are, there will be tons of other people who them too after all!
BROMANCES. Seriously one of my favorites of EVER. It’s weird though, I have so many stories that don’t have bromances. You’d think ALL my stories would, as much as I love writing/reading them. I need to up my bromance game. XD And oooh, power struggles! I DO write those a whole lot. And of course antiheroes. I do so love me some antiheroes. Super smart protagonists are a LOT of fun too! (Fantasy Ocean’s 11??? :O I NEED DISSSSS.)
Can I just meet some of your sarcastic antiheroes, though? xD
We definitely have some of these in common! Fantasy aspects (I basically don’t write anything if there’s not something wild and fantastical in there), light. vs. dark, non-heavy romance, deep character bonds… I ADOOORE that in books, so I really try to make my characters’ relationships come across the same way.
I also tend to write siblings a lot?? There’s something amazing about writing, well, a deep character bond as I already mentioned, in the form of siblings. I also tend to be pretty sarcastic in my narration. xD Dry humor in the storytelling amuses me so much and it just flows out naturally for me. xD
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Hehehehe! Maybe I’ll let some appear in some posts. Maybe a Language of Worlds post sometime? That could be fun! ;D
I love that we have so many aspects in common! That is the best! And SIBLINGS. I adoooore siblings in fiction! So much goodness can come from deep sibling bonds, yesss!
Oh my goodness, sarcastic narration is my faaave! Your stories sound so up my alley!
Non-heavy romantic relationships. YES!
I love writing romantic relationships and, like you, prefer to let them develop slowly. Yes, same, I love to squeal about my favorite ships. But I also get sometimes annoyed with authors who want to throw the two MCs together as quickly as possible so they can get to all the kissing and hand-holding and long, lingering, starry-eyed gazing. Really true, deep relationships take time to grow and become love. So I really love it when writers feel that way and write accordingly. It’s rare, but such a beautiful thing! I like seeing the two be either friends or enemies/rivals/you-name-it first, BEFORE they become lovers, you know?
Also, feelsy with a dash of humor is the best! I love writing all the feels. Wish I was better at writing the humor. 🙂
YES YES YESSSS!!! I agree with literally everything you said! Romances happening too fast is honestly one of my pet peeves. It just gets super annoying when they’re being all over-the-top lovey dovey right from the start. Plus, I think we ship them HARDER the long they’re NOT together. It makes the kissing scenes actually satisfying instead of making me want to gag if I’ve had to wait for it. XD And oh my goodness, enemies-to-lovers is SOOO much fun! YES. Absolutely one of my favorite romantic tropes! 😀
I honestly have no clue if my humor comes off well. Like I WANT to write really funny stories but I’ve got no clue if I succeed. XD
THESE ARE PERFECT. Fantasy, light-versus-dark, multiple villains (so complex, yesss!), and ANTI HEROES, and character bondiiiing and the adorbz romances on the side and all the feels and hilarity! YES YES YES TO ALL OF THESE. I love your thoughts on them all, and YES, they do really permeate your work! That’s the coolest! I… don’t really know what my story elements are. I think I’m just really bad at analyzing myself, AND my interests change over the years, so… *shrug* But I so enjoyed this–such an intriguing idea! 😀
AWWWW!!! Thank you! So glad you like all these things! 😀
I get you on tastes changing over the years. These are the few that have stuck with me for a long time, but my writing definitely changes! I think two of your things is witty narration and super fun friendships! Which are the BEST. Your stories almost always has those two things and I love it so very muuuch! <3
Thanks for sharing the secrets to the magic that is your writing. I adore all of these elements! Mix them together and you have quite a compelling story. It’s like your own formula, and I 1000% approve!!!
Oh my goodness. *blushes* Noooo! Sometimes I feel like I use way too many tropes and cliches. But EEP. That makes me so happy you approve of all these. YOU ARE JUST TOO PRECIOUS. Thank you!!! <3
This was a fun post to read! I also love writing stories with multiple villains. I think having different villains with different agendas is the perfect way to develop the story’s theme and make the conflict more complex. Thanks for sharing!
Awww, thank you! So glad you thought so! ^_^
OOOH. You’re a multiple villain writer too? SO FUN!!! I totally agree! There’s just so much you can do when there’s more than one villainous plot. Sometimes it gives me a headache sorting through it all when writing buuuut it’s still a blast. XD
AGHHH I LOVE ALL OF THESE SO MUUUUUCH. 😀
Especially the multiple villains one, I ADORE adding in as many villains as my poor main characters can handle. XD Sometimes even the heroes become villains themselves… Hmmm…Is this healthy? XD
And ANTIHEROES. AGH. YASS. My antiheroes are usually allllways snarky little balls of spunk, which is incredibly fun. 😀
THANK YOU!!!
Oh YAY! Another person who loves adding in multiple villains and antiheroes. Bwahaha! It’s just so much FUN. I think that’s super cool even some of your heroes become villains. This backward arcs are a BLAST to write. (I have no idea if this is healthy, but I’m right there with ya. So we’ll just be crazy together! ;D)
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