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Iffondrel In reply to MariaEnzianiaKober [2017-07-04 05:59:35 +0000 UTC]

I'm really glad you like it! This story means quite a bit to me, and I appreciate the feedback. I love expressions, but I was worried that it would be easily missed in this picture.

The dragon in the back is indeed very concerned! The actions the mountain dragon has in mind could bring grievous consequences, but he feels unable to stop the vengeful elder because of his own weakness of being a less significant dragon who has no voice in the matter.

Thank you for taking an interest!

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MariaEnzianiaKober In reply to Iffondrel [2017-07-04 11:28:58 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome (:
I don't know how the story continues - but I just came up with an idea (quickly reading your description again). I don't know if you already continued it. But I think it would be a large step for Zentoo to step between the elder dragon, telling him clearly what he thinks. And that maybe he can stop the elderly dragon - be it with the strength of his words (coming from the heart), or that he somewhat has the physical strength to do it (or maybe one or two coincidents help - we are in the mountains, so there would be possibilities. Or the elderly dragon is so surprised that he does not crush the eggs). Taking this as a starting point, maybe Zentoo could take a leading role in establishing peace - which would be a somewhat diplomatic-hero-story, with Zentoo exploring his own strength.

Just an idea ^^

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Iffondrel In reply to MariaEnzianiaKober [2017-07-10 09:22:13 +0000 UTC]

Oh my goodness! Thank you so much for your input, I've never had anyone show such interest in my story like you have, and it means so much to me! I love Zentoo as a character.

The ideas you suggested, I really want to implement them as part of his growth. This scene is relatively early in the story, compared to what I have planned (er, and not so planned). Here he's still quite young and inexperienced about the world around him, never mind it being his first time in the mountains! Unfortunately he wasn't able to stop the elder dragon and the parental griffins were in an outrage. Zentoo is very mild-mannered and doesn't speak out much, and because of that he became involved in a lot of problems he never had a chance to resolve.

Zentoo will take large steps in the future though and act as an independent! That's when we'll see more of the development like what you were speaking of, and maybe even a somewhat similar event that parallels this scene but with your suggested outcome. The more I think of it like that, the more I anticipate delving deeper into my story.

And truthfully, long as this reply is, I have to say something. I've hardly touched my story in quite a few months, but just by hearing from you and reminding myself of how much I love my characters has had me writing again. I'd been putting it off because school, but now, well, I'm more excited about it than I've been in a while.

So thank you so much for taking an interest in my story and characters.

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MariaEnzianiaKober In reply to Iffondrel [2017-07-10 22:08:54 +0000 UTC]

Reading your reply somewhat warms my heart - your enthusiasm seems to have settled between the lines ^^.
I am happy I could get you back into writing. Will you put some of this on DeviantArt (once it is somewhat finished, or parts of it)? If you do, I would be happy if you sent me a note or so :3

I myself had done some writing. But that is over 5 years (if not longer) ago, and I somewhat gave it up... But reading from you - maybe I should try getting back into... and, um.. about plans: I also did not have a lot of plans back then ^^. I had somewhat an idea, that I hardly ever wrote down as a whole (and wrote some parts/scenes of it). I read through some articles about how to write a story/create a plot and so on. But somehow I never got to really go through those steps.

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Iffondrel In reply to MariaEnzianiaKober [2017-07-12 20:59:21 +0000 UTC]

You know, I've been working on this book for so long, but I never actually decided what I wanted to do with it. I've considered publication, of course, but I feel like I would be just as happy to post it online. Book one is almost done, so perhaps it would be a good idea to post some snippets here. When I get around to it, I'll be sure to keep you in mind! Thank you so much.

And yeah, it can be really hard to stay dedicated to one thing for so long. So many things can change along the way, both in a story and in your life. Heck, I first came up with this whole thing when I was ten, and miraculously I could never forget it. That was so long ago, I can't believe what changed and stayed the same. Plans change even as you right them down. Writing is a struggle, but (and I always forget this) it's so rewarding to have it all come together. If ever you find yourself wanting to write, I hope you find the inspiration to write amazing things. I've watched videos/read articles about proper book writing, too, and for the most part there's a lot of sound info out there. But it's good to test the waters on your own, too. When I first did that, I made mistakes in my writing, but I also learned a lot from it.

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MariaEnzianiaKober In reply to Iffondrel [2017-07-12 21:16:05 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much . You know what - I just put you to my watchlist, too. So I can see when you post something.
Btw.: You are my 50th watcher . Time to make some "50 watchers" drawing I suppose ^^.

Yes, with writing... I recognized that I have a lot of ideas and storys in my head. They also change, just as I change over time. But at the moment I just "let them tell themselfes", and do hardly write anything down. I thought I may start again with small things. Maybe poetry, or very short storys, only scenes or glimpses. I don't know ^^. But yes, good writing needs its time... just as "good drawing" - what I "re-learned" recently.

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