teavodelzell

Hello Kukahi!!! Thanks for all of the votes for "Taraquin." I hope you enjoy the series. Book 2 is also out. I'm currently posting 2 to 3 chapters a week.

KukahiKauwe

@teavodelzell Unfortunately, The 5 books are all completely different. But that is really good advice. Thanks. The truth is I don't really map out different outlines for the characters. The story just kinda jumps at me and I write it down. Then I do nothing with it. But, seriously thanks for the advice!
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teavodelzell

So are the 5 books you're working on all in the same series, or different storylines? You have to focus on the one you're most excited about. If you already have the beginning, you're already further than most. Now just think of where you want each individual character to go in the story. It really helped me. I started with Zane and wrote like 5 pages of info about him and where I wanted him to end up. Then I moved to Baschera, Asher, and then Dekker. I also did smaller outlines for some of the other characters. Give each of them different personality traits. Like Zane is the good one, and Baschera is the bad boy with a large ego. Asher is like Zane but sometimes does bad things. Dekker is more like Baschera, but good more often than him. Then you create other traits to go with those qualities. Then you just create conversations that make sense given their qualities. Like Baschera always being full of himself and talking down to everyone. Dekker grew up with nobles but isn't one, so he complains a lot. Their personalities will help you write the dialogue and will help you move the story along. Plus, right before I start writing a chapter, I write down all the main things I want to happen in that specific chapter. I have my big outline that covers the entire book, but then you have to break it up into chapters. That honestly took me forever and I actually didn't fully stick to them. You have to motivate yourself as well. Most of us have trouble with that. But once you start posting regularly, your readers will give you motivation.
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teavodelzell

@KukahiKauwe I definitely see what you mean. I definitely plan on going back and detailing things more. I think some of the relationships may have gotten rushed because some of the readers seemed bored and wanted action. Even Zane's time at Motherwell got cut shorter than I would have liked because I felt like readers were just ready to see Zane in action already. It also doesn't help that I tend to get caught up in dialogue and forget to add a descent amount of detail. 
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wcmarkarian

Thanks so much for checking out "The Grandmaster's Son" and voting for the prologue. I really appreciate it :)

wcmarkarian

Thanks again for all the votes. It's such great encouragement. More will be coming soon :)
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KukahiKauwe

@elaroadshow 
            No problem it's a very fun read!
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