{ ＩＮＫＬＩＮＧＳ v.4 } A Thread For Writers

[Pyjaks]

omg Wolf, I love that question! I'll answer it after I take some quizzes, I just need to express how much I love it loool

[TheSongOfTheStars]

Pick some characters. What are their personality types?

Lionel- Protagonist ENFJ-A
Freeta- Logistician ISTJ-T
Jade - Entertainer ESFP-T
Jasmine- Defender ISFJ-T
Lily- Entertainer ESFP-A
Martin- Mediator INFP-T

and I'm a logistician INTP-T

[Ranger of the North]

i don't know if i'm using this right.... please tell me if i'm not.

i need help with a plot for a wolf story, as well as how i could possibly keep roleplay posts long. any tips? for the story, it's based off of dark and bloodthirsty wolves in war against wolves of peace.

Helloooo welcome along! c:
Hm, for plot maybe write an outline? But keep it pretty loose, so like write down all your ideas so far, work out a vague idea of when and where each idea takes place, and leave a few spaces for other things to happen or something. c: But be warned that a lot is probably going to change while you're writing; in the story I'm writing, the MC was supposed to be mugged by a band of cut-throat, money-mad outlaws, but they somehow morphed into friends and family-members oops XD Also, the story-idea in itself sounds pretty cool! I'd be interested in reading it c:

As for longer roleplay posts, I'm not sure... I've never roleplayed before, sorry XD


Pick some characters. What are their personality types and/or Hogwarts houses?
Hahaha, this is great XD
Em:
Extraverted 37%—introverted 63%
Intuitive 74%—observant 26%
Thinking 44%—feeling 56%
Judging 30%—prospecting 70%
Assertive 40%—turbulent 60%
Basically she's an INFP-T, like me. I think I'd better go put her through the Mary-Sue test as well XD XD

[scoopyfrog]

What do you guys do when you're writing a specific thought your character has? For example, say your character thinks the following: That stone is pretty. How do you format it? I've seen several ways, such as:

"That stone is pretty," he thought.

That stone is pretty, he thought.

Personally, when I convey thought I do it like:

'That stone is pretty,' he thought.

What about you?

Edit: I've just seen "Pick some characters. What are their personality types and/or Hogwarts houses?" and now I have to do it with all of my OCs (I don't know the characters in my books well enough for this yet, these are just freehand characters). I've actually taken the tests for all of them (MBTI test here and accurate rip of the Sorting quiz here). I feel that taking the quiz as my character helps me understand them better c:

Jimmy: ESFP / Hufflepuff
Naya: INFP / Ravenclaw
Briar: ISTP / Slytherin
Oskar: INFJ / Hufflepuff
Renn: ISTP / Gryffindor
Ira: ISTP / Slytherin
Warren: ISFJ / Ravenclaw

[Ranger of the North]

I usually do:

That stone is pretty, he thought.

c:

Formatted like this:

"That stone is pretty," he thought.

Often confuses me, as that's how I type speech cx

I few times I've thought of doing:

'That stone is pretty,' he thought.

as just italics can sometimes get confusing, but so far I haven't been bothered XD

[TheSongOfTheStars]

I would write a description of the stone, since I try to avoid putting thoughts down directly like dialogue. Something like.
He eyed the stone, it's pulsating beauty drawing his gaze in. The deep green of the smooth cut sides seeming to glow, even in the sunlight.
See how that's more descriptive than "That's a pretty stone," he thought.

[scoopyfrog]

I would write a description of the stone, since I try to avoid putting thoughts down directly like dialogue. Something like.
He eyed the stone, it's pulsating beauty drawing his gaze in. The deep green of the smooth cut sides seeming to glow, even in the sunlight.
See how that's more descriptive than "That's a pretty stone," he thought.

Well, yes, description is necessary. But giving a direct insight into your character's thought process is also necessary. If you only have one or the other, it becomes boring and overwhelming.

That being said, I don't use dialogue-style thought very often, if at all. It's normally for emphasis. Here's the only example so far of where I use thought in that style in my book:

[Nitro Indigo]

On a related note, I don't like how some books, such as Harry Potter, don't format thoughts at all.

[Moonblaze-Angel]

Choose a few of your favorite or most interesting characters and describe some of their quirks.

Akiyoshi- His eyes change with his mood, I suppose. He also hates pineapple.
Nashi- Doesn't quite understand current sayings and text talk. Also, Pun Queen King.
Cat Loves M&Ms, but only the green ones.

Pick some characters. What are their personality types and/or Hogwarts houses?

Akiyoshi- INTJ ... Slytherin
Nashi- ISTJ ... Ravenclaw
Hyacinth- ENFP ... Hufflepuff

Thought coding helps. My biggest complaint, though, would be writing in a play style. It's awful and you can't get into the writing.

[Pyjaks]

Yeah I'm a fan of just italicizing thoughts, like how Ranger said she writes. I'm not too big a fan of thoughts always being showed through description, but that's probably because I prefer more succinct writing styles that are less description heavy.

Anyhow! Going back to the question...

Delia is a Slytherin
Nadia is a Gryffindor
Clemente is a Ravenclaw
Brutus is a Gryffindor

WEW that was a lot of quizzes lol