Blog Prompt #6 – Writing Complex Evil Characters
Blog Prompt #6 – Writing Complex Evil Characters We are going to shift to fortnightly blog prompts (about twice per month or so), in order to provide lots of time to cogitate and create. This post, if you wish, may or may not dovetail with this month’s book club selection, Paving Stones Made From Good Intentions. Or strike out on your own with your answers, if you prefer. With the recent death of the talented Michael Ansara, the Trek universe loses the man who brought to life a character that was, perhaps, the first three-dimensional Klingon, Kang. In Day of the Dove, Kang isn’t just out to fight the bad old humans. Instead, he listens to reason. And so our newest prompt asks – how do you write evil characters who are not mere caricatures? Do you find...
Blog Prompt #5 – Self-Promotion
Blog Prompt #5 – Self-Promotion Sell yourself. Sell your story. The prompts to date have been of a more reflective nature. Asking you to pose questions of yourselves. Not an easy thing to do. However, I think this next prompt is a little harder to do. I want you to sell yourself. Sell your story. Sell your character. This is a little opportunity to give yourself a little love. This is a chance to advertise a story of yours you have a soft great big proud spot for. To talk our arms off about a character or characters of yours that you positively gush over. Perhaps maybe you’ve a story that’s been missed over or a character not quite got by the readership. Well, here’s your opportunity to tell us about them in your words. Don’t worry about...
Blog Prompt #4 – Scene Settings
Blog Prompt #4 – Scene Settings The fourth blog prompt is about the settings where our characters find themselves. Consider the setting. I’ve written a post touching on this before where I find that settings/locations often shape a story. So tell me, how do you choose your settings – be it planet, ship, ship class, heck Trek era even? How does the setting shape your story? What world building lengths do you seek as a writer / as a reader? Do you like descriptions and to paint the scene or do you leave it to the imagination of the reader. However you choose to interpret this prompt, have at it. We’ve got great responses to this prompt! Templar Sora’s Where to Now? FalseBill’s (3-4 All-Blog Prompt #4) jespah’s Scenes, Settings...
Blog Prompt #3 – Crossovers
Blog Prompt #3 – Crossovers Courtesy of Templar Sora – My blog idea is to try and maybe see just how far out there some of us have gone, are considering going, or wish we could go in the pursuit of IDIC in our fanfics. So, of those who are doing it, what other shows/media (or even star trek eras) are people pulling into their fanfics as crossovers? What crossovers do some people wish we could see, or want to try and write themselves. How do you feel about crossovers in star trek in general? We have seen some great responses to this prompt! From Templar Sora himself, Time And Relative Diversity in Infinite Combinations FalseBill’s The Start trekfan’s Crossover Madness jespah’s IDIC and...
Blog Prompt #2 – What are the Best kinds of Reviews?
Blog Prompt #2 – What are the Best kinds of Reviews? Again, using the Boldly Reading discussion thread, it got me thinking about the hope of generating more reviews. So here’s your short and simple blog prompt: what do you like to see in a review of your work? what do you comment upon yourself in a review? has a received view changed your opinion on a story you wrote or were writing? and finally, has a review sold or warned you off another author’s story? We’ve already seen some great responses to this prompt! Templar Sora’s Critical! Super Effective!! FalseBill’s The Start jespah’s Reviews – a Love/Hate Affair
Blog Prompt #1 – What Do You Like to Read?
Blog Prompt #1 – What Do You Like to Read? Given the thoughts being bounced about in the Book Club idea Boldly Reading my prompt is a simple: what do you like to read? What fanfic story type/era/character and heck even name an author here you gush over do you like to read? We’ve seen some great responses to this blog! FalseBill’s The Start Templar Sora’s A Soft Place for a Rock in a Hard Place jespah’s What Do I Like to Read? You are always welcome to join us on the forums! Be sure to check out the Archive! Welcome! Since its founding in early 2009, the Ad Astra Star Trek Fanfiction Archive strives to bring you quality fanfics without any of the headaches. Our community of authors offer a welcoming environment to read or contribute,...
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