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Thursday, April 27, 2017

Updates: Underlined




Hi everyone, some of the sentences in the posts have been underlined and I will work on getting them back to
Normal, the posts that had their sentences underlined are:

the end of my Camp NanoWrimo Novel (2017) post and the all of Tess Short Chapter 15



-Quinley

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Getting Characters onto Paper (Part 2)






hello everyone, Last time I was talking about characters so I decided I should
 continue it.




                                                 Drawing your character



a drawing I did of one of my characters

sometimes it's hard to imagine what your character looks like ,

it helps to draw them, it doesn't matter if your an artist or not, it just helps to see what your characters look like.

if you don't feel comfortable drawing then you can make a character collage ,

a character collage is when you find images that go along with your character , and make a collage out of them. it's a way to show what your character is like without using words...

here is a example of a collage I made of Silena from Tess Short:

(original pictures  from http://thedesignleaf.com/
https://uk.pinterest.com/carriangel/emily-soto/
http://weknowyourdreams.com/tree.html
http://drawntowriting.blogspot.com/2016/05/creating-worlds-writing-camp-project_56.html)




Getting to know your character 

One of the most important things is knowing your character, knowing what they would do in situations, or even how they walk or talk. 

Walking like your character
for this one it requires that you stand up from your computer keyboard or from your writing note-book, and take a walk outside or somewhere that is a wide open space. 
start by taking a simple walk around the room. after going the first time around start taking actions of how your character might walk , do they look behind their shoulder? do they skip along as they walk or do they trudge their feet on the ground?  do they lift their head as they walk or do they look down to the ground? once you have done this a couple times you can take notes and add it to your character sheet.

Talking like your character 

this one helps with dialogue in your stories, you can ask a Family member or friend for help with this. (since it requires two people.) you both sit at a table one of you is the character and the other one asks questions. First start talking normally and you can introduce yourself as your character , then your family member or friend can start asking you how are you? and stuff like that.
if you are having trouble starting the conversation and getting into character here are some things you start by saying:

1. "Greetings I'm ___ nice to meet you"

2. "what brings you here?"

3. or just a simple "Hi"

as your talking just like in the character walk start acting like your character , do movement with your hands or look behind you now and then, or do whatever you think your character would do...

Dress up as your character 

This one optional  but it's fun anyway and you can get the feeling of what it's like to be your character, and step into their shoes and have fun with it.

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hope you liked it , and I would love hear if you have done any of my ideas or are planning to.

-Quinley

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

My camp Nanowrimo novel (2017): The Mystery of the phantom of Dragonspire court


Hi everyone, so I thought I'd share a little bit of my Camp NaNoWrimo novel with you  since I've never posted about it before....

The Mystery of The Phantom of Dragonspire court 

Annabelle finds herself in a very complex mystery actually two! 
it has been rumored the ghost of Dragonspire court is on the loose, 
and will destroy whatever get's in it's way. 


Characters:

Annabelle- The Main detective , and heir to the throne of Dragonspire court. Annabelle is half elf half human with a little bit of fairy , and has an Photographic Memory. 
                      
Phillip- Annabelle's friend , he is a dwarf (who has no beard)  he is the chief the guards in Dragonspire court. 

Detective Inspector Time- An elf police detective who works on the police force in The Kingdom, 
                                             he bumps into things , and trips often and nobody knows why 
                                  
Marigold- Detective Inspector Time's adopted daughter and Assistant.                                  

Other Characters (That Aren't Detectives): 

Annabelle's Father - Annabelle's father often tries to plan things in the books but so far most of his plans have been ruined.

Prince Reginald Dragonstone The Third - A prince from a neighboring kingdom, and is destined to marry Annabelle. 

Excerpt: 


“Well…we don’t. But we could put clues together…finding out where they could have taken her…that might be very Difficult” said Phillip. 

“A detective doesn’t knew the meaning of Difficult!” said Time. 

“Umm…Difficult means hard—“ began Phillip. 

“That’s not what I mean’t” said Time.

- chapter 9, Phillip to Time 



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I hope you liked reading it!:)

-Quinley 




Sunday, April 16, 2017

Some characters

Hello everyone happy easter I hope you are enjoying easter, anyway I have some characters I am currently working on that I am excited to show you!:) 



Riona "Fire"


Shapeshifter/ guardian/ Phoenix 

Riona is the guardian of the main hero Celtiere.
she is a phoenix who can shape-shift into a human , 
Riona tends to be hot-headed most of the time... 
but at times she can be very loyal.  





Healer/ Ranger/ Has a British Accent 

I haven't found a good name for her yet , 
but she is an elf from Britain 
who came to Ireland (where the story takes place). 
she has a British accent and knows how to use herbs and natural magic. 
She also carries around a long-bow.


Celtiere 


Ranger/ Half elf/ has a magic cross-bow

Celtiere is the main character in the story. 
He is a hero in training and has been training since 
he was young. and he yet to go on his first quest. 
He is the son of a lord and lady , and is destined to be the next ruler 

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I am planning on making more characters for this series (which I will write after I finish writing about Tess) Before I start plotting it out I feel like it will need 2 more characters 

Which character is your favorite? and how is CampNanowrimo going for you? Feel from to comment below 

Love, 

Quinley 


Sunday, April 9, 2017

Tess Short chapter 15



sorry for my delay in posting the next chapter of Tess Short, I had been drawing Lida a number of Times but the drawings didn't look right..Until I finally got her right!:) 

If you haven't read the other chapters you can read them here 


chapter 15: the Lembas Bread Incident 

“Ow” said Lida, George had landed on her, and he was rather heavy. 

“Very sorry” said George, trying to sit up, but failed. 

“Where are we anyway?” said Lida, looking around , all she saw was darkness… 

“Can’t you just to use your elf-keen-eye-thing?” asked George. 

“Not in the dark, I can’t it’s too dark to see anything” she said, and tried to sit up. but George was still sitting on her. 

“Who knew half elves made good Furniture ” he mumbled, as he tried to get up again. 

“Who knew dwarves where so heavy” Groaned Lida… “What did you eat for Breakfast?” 

“Lembas bread” he replied. 

“How much of it, did you eat?” 

“I ate 17 of them, surprising they were so good, Lauralas only ate a nimble, and yet she said she was refreshed—” 

“You ate 17 peaces of Lembas bread?” 

“Well…I couldn’t find any more Lembas in the bag, I didn’t ask…though—“. 

“You ate all the Lembas we had left!” shouted Lida. 

“Well how was I to know?” he asked. 

Lida sighed, and mumbled under her breath “I was right about dwarves…”

“What do you mean by that?” asked George. “What’s wrong with dwarves??”

“I mean, I was right about….” Lida tried to think, but no words came out of her mouth. 

“You were saying about dwarves?”

“Well…They steal elves treasure, eat a lot of food, and  carry around axes…” huffed Lida. 

George was Silent, “You really Believe  that? I heard that elves stole the dwarves treasure?” 

Lida didn’t reply. Instead she just stared into the darkness. 

“Lida?” 

“Yes…” she said turning back, 
to George, though she didn’t really want to talk to him,
 of course the version she had heard was that the dwarves stole the elves treasure. 
But maybe it was the other way around , no it couldn’t be… 

“Don’t you think it would be good to do something other then sit around, and talk about things…” 

“Right…” said Lida, she tried to get up, but George was too heavy. 

“Could you get off me,please” said Lida. 

“I can’t, must have been the extra Lembas, I ate” he groaned. 

“Well…” she said, reaching into her pocket and bringing out a match, “At least we should be able to see where we are” 
she stroke it angst one of the stones, and the match lite up, it only lasted for a second or two then went out… but they got to see where they were, it was a dark tunnel, that led into a cave, and looked like it lasted forever. 

Wonderful…’ Thought  Lida. ‘ I have a dwarf on top of me, We have no food, and we are stuck in a cave which probably is infested with mice, rats, and mountain trolls’ 

“Anyway” said Lida, trying as hard as she could to push George off her. “H-How about we, E-explore the cave” Lida surprisingly some how managed to get  George  off her… He landed thump on the cold ground, 

“Ow” he managed to say, and got up. “Anyway, do you have more matches”. 

Lida nodded, and struck a match. “But we can’t just keep striking matches” said Lida. 

George picked up a peace of broken wood from the floor, it looked as if it could have been a sword’s hilt. 
Lida holding the torch 


Lida lighted it made a perfect torch, and they began exploring the cave. It was dark dreary and showed no sign of life in it at all. But Lida, could hear moans, screeches , and cries from within the cave. 

“Nothing to be afraid of…” she thought, “J-just bats”, Every time she heard a shriek cry or groan, she would reach for her daggers. George would just hold his axe and don’t take notice of the noises in the cave. 

“Are elves afraid of the dark?” asked George. 

“N-no” said Lida, Sliding the daggers back Into her scabbard. and continued walking through the cave. She heard the soft pattering of her own feet, and George’s stomping feet, on the cold stone ground. 
‘If there are any monsters please leave us alone’ she thought, and continued walking down the endless path of the cave… 

Suddenly George stopped Walking, and since he was in front Lida bumped into him. “Ow” they both said. 

“Why did you stop walking?” asked Lida. 

“Because of that!” said George, pointing up to something in the dark, the only thing Lida could see were glowing red lights, that seemed to flicker. 


The Monster of the mines 


“But” said Lida. “Those are only red-glowing lights right?” 

George gulped “No, they aren’t” 

Lida looked at George then looked at the glowing and gleaming Lights. 

“Then what are they?” Lida whispered, in a hushed voice. 

“C-cave monster” whimpered George. “Move as slowly as you can if you see one, and never try to take there eyes not matter how tempting they may be, that’s what dad always said”

Lida nodded, though she wasn’t so sure why George had thought about taking the monsters eyes…But they did looked a lot like rubies, so maybe that was why. 

Lida took a small step towards the monster  trying not to make a sudden movement “What does it want?” she asked. 

“To eat dwarves, and anything that comes into the cave, I may say it has a sweet-tooth for elves so I have heard…” said George, 

“Were may I ask did you get this information?” asked Lida. 

“Books of course” said George. “And…my parents” 

Lida nodded, she couldn’t really see the monster all she could make out was a thorny tail which seemed to be moving in and out of light, and it’s eyes which seemed to glimmer , and shine like jewels… probably that was a way to get a unexpected minor to come up to it.

“Just try not to think of…jewels or gold.” he added. 

Lida nodded, as they approached the monster, it was hard to keep her mind on one thing, it was almost like the feeling of the air surrounding them had changed, almost like a strong smell would give off, but slightly more tempting…
as they slowly walked through trying not to make a sudden movement , Lida almost thought she saw jewels glimmering , specks of gold glowing in walls, Lida felt a sudden urge to walk up to the Jewels on the ground. without thinking she found her feet moving to pick it up…

“Lida!” shouted George.

Lida looked, up to see she was looking straight into the monsters eyes, her hand was not resting on a peace of jewel, instead the monster’s spiky tail… 


she looked over at George but only one word came out of her mouth “sorry” 

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what do you think will happen to Lida? do you think they will be able to defeat the cave monster? feel free to comment below 

-Quinley 

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

My first Jane Austen Fan fiction

This my first Jane Austen Fan fiction. I will be Busy with Camp Nanowrimo but I'l try to post as much as possible, anyway here is my Jane Austen Fan fiction it is about Elizabeth Bennet's Childhood enjoy! : 

Elizabeth Bennet sat staring into the distance her hand was on the book she was reading a mystery novel at that. her hair was untied and out of it’s bun. as her mother Ms.Bennet had put it. it hung around her neck like a lion’s mane. “Elizabeth!” called a voice. It was her mother. Elizabeth sat up right and called back “Coming!” she ran as fast as she could… “Elizabeth , there you are—
your a mess!” said Ms. Bennet. It was True Elizabeth’s dress had gotten muddy from the run to the house. “What will your father think… and how if you are to
continue acting like this how will you ever get married” wailed Ms.Bennet. 

“Mother” said Elizabeth. “i’m not even old enough to get married , and you have no need to worry” 

said Elizabeth , and pleasantly walked away… 

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I hope you enjoyed reading it!:) 

-Quinley 

Saturday, April 1, 2017

Happy birthday adventure awaits!


a steampunk character from a story that is still being plotted out


My blog's birthday was on March 9th , but anyway I thought I would celebrate  it!


I have been blogging for  one year!:) and am exciting to keep blogging..



This Butterfly stayed still while I took it's picture 


Recently I have been teaching myself how to draw realistically (As well as keeping my other style)

I have been writing and will continue to express my ideas through my writings, drawings ,  blogging.

As well as blogging on my doll blog...


Love,

Quinley