First things first. Sorry peeps, but you are all going to have to wait a little bit longer for me to complete my new version. I know, I know, I said that it was going to be ready by this week, but that was before I came up with this crazy idea.
It’s an idea that will either make you guys REALLY hate me, or love me…(And by now you’re probably telling me to get to the point right now, so I will) The idea is as simple as this: I am removing Aurora and Chloe from the story.
My reasons why: 1.) Caren Johnson, in her comments, stated that Aurora
“is a difficult character for the reader to connect with because she comes across as spoiled, judgmental and unsympathetic to others.”
2.) I have never, EVER heard someone say that they like Aurora, 3.) Someone (whose name I will not name for the sake of the person) has commented that my ‘new version’ is worse than the original and 99% of that problem is because of Aurora (this isn’t a direct quote, but that’s basically what the person said… and 4.) Well, the truth is, in the beginning (back when I was still planning), Aurora wasn’t meant to be the main character. Yeah. She wasn’t. I just needed a character to introduce the readers to both Sebastian and Fia…and also provided a plot.
But now, I don’t think it was a good idea to include the whole “Aurora-trying-to-save-Chloe-and-Chloe-turning-evil” thing. It’s turned a bit lame and actually has nothing to do with the GRAND PLOT (the plot for the whole series). It was just a slight…detour.
What am I going to do? Well…I was thinking of making Fia the main character…and removing Light and Darkness from the circle of elements, so it’s just Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire. Because truth is, I’ve never really worked that much on the Darkness Angel.
So, yeah. That’s the big news. The only problem is that I have NO IDEA what to call my novel now, because Fia isn’t the Lightweaver. I’ve thought of “Flamedancer”, which is supposedly what Fia is, but the name’s kind of corny. Feel free to email suggestions to me via my author email.
And yes, you can share your opinions on this idea in the comments section.
A small random note: I’ve noticed that there is some confusion about the watermelon on my header…and let me assure you that the watermelon is supposed to be square. Square watermelons DO exist…in Japan.
Aww, that suck! Hope you do well! and i laugh at your
profile that says, “i’ve read erotica before” LOL
By: Aurea on July 5, 2008
at 3:01 pm
Wow… big change.
I think it’s a good idea… Aurora was too much of a Mary Sue… and I like Fia better… and it would fix the coincidence with both of them being angels… unless it wasn’t a coincidence, but anyway it doesn’t matter now.
But won’t the story be kind of… empty?… with two characters gone? And the “Aurora-trying-to-save-Chloe-and-Chloe-turning-evil” thing was pretty much the entire book, so what’s going to happen instead?
By: Stephanie on July 6, 2008
at 9:52 am
What? *confused* *overwhemed* Huh?
I like Fia! But who will Sebastian be luvy duvy with now?! What will happen to the story? It’s destroyed! There’s no story! You’ll have to write a new one! And I like Fia. But she’s sort of rash. And I like how she burns things. Yay.
Why would anyone want to have square watermelons? Maybe so they don’t roll around? Have you ever eaten one before?
By: Annie on July 6, 2008
at 11:23 am
the trailer for Twilight is out just to fyi.
By: Ekvin on July 8, 2008
at 9:38 pm
LOL Ekvin, I already saw it…on May, when it first came out.
By: lnlee on July 9, 2008
at 2:53 pm
Where’s the Lightweaver page? It disappeared. Did lnlee remove it?
By: Annie on July 11, 2008
at 2:57 pm
Yup, I removed it. I put up another page instead called “Writing”.
By: lnlee on July 11, 2008
at 4:27 pm
Well, I guess I can deal with Aurora and Chloe being out of the picture :/
Trying something new is always fun, too xD
Lol they have square watermelons in Taiwan too, so I heard.
By: Patricia on July 12, 2008
at 12:27 am
Aurora really did seem like a Mary Sue to me so I’m very glad she’s out of the picture. The Cloe turns evil plot was also kind of typical so it might be a good thing that that’s gone as well. Fia’s also a really common mold as characters go though. Many stories that I’ve read have the “fire type” person in them. People may not hate her, but they may not be able to identify as well with her either. While she isn’t a Mary Sue (thank goodness) you might want to modify and tweak her current persona to allow for more originality. Careful she doesn’t turn into a Sue though, because then people will really hate her.
Also, in regards to the plot, please please PLEASE do not make the romance one where the two people immediately hate each other but ’secretly have a huge attraction to each other’ and then fall in love way too fast. If it does turn out to be a hate to love romance, please write it exceptionally well and don’t pace it way too fast. I’ve read too many bad fanfictions when this happens.
By: Astor on July 18, 2008
at 4:02 pm
Wow, Astor…really long comment. Thanks so much! I’ll try hard to write it ‘exceptionally well’…as of now, it’s page 50 and they practically hate each other. LOL
By: lnlee on July 18, 2008
at 8:01 pm
I agree with Astor on the romance part. Try and tone down on the mushiness and concentrate on the plot. And if it is a hate to love romance thing, PLEASE don’t make them go into overly obvious denial. Trust me, it makes the whole thing become really lame.
Also, try to make the main characters more identifiable with the readers by making them more insecure and generally less perfect. I always think that its cool when the main character in a book that I’m reading has characteristics similar to me or did same things that I’ve done.
Oh yeah, and try to add some humor in the story.
After all, everyone likes a good laugh.
Good luck with your writing!! <3
By: Momiji on July 23, 2008
at 7:18 pm
Oh yeah! Fights are always good in the makings of romance. XD RAWR
By: Momiji on July 23, 2008
at 7:22 pm