I am Jon. Ask me anything.

[Jorus Merrill]

[member="Trextan Voidstalker"]

You need to ask?

 

[Lina Ovmar]

you've watched and been a part of most if not all of my characters developments over the past 5 years, which one has been your favourite?

 

[GhostOfProtocol]

Favorite...

Pudding? I'm not creative

[member="Jorus Merrill"]

 

[Edward Vyperion]

[member="Jorus Merrill"]

Think you could make a signature out of a drawn image that is not anime?

 

[Kaili Talith]

If a woodchuck could chuck wood, and a woodchuck would chuck wood, how much wood would a woodchuck chuck?

 

[Jorus Merrill]

[member="Calina Ovmar"]

Calina, hands down. She's probably the most complex and realistic person I've seen you write.

 

[Jorus Merrill]

[member="Kei Raxis"]

Tapioca.


[member="Lord Garrison of Corellia"]

Maaaaaybe. I've tried; it hasn't gone well.


[member="Kaili Talith"]

All of it.

 

[Romi Jade]

[member="Jorus Merrill"]

We must adventure one day, yes?

Can't wait.

 

[Jorus Merrill]

[member="Romi Jade"]

Yes

 

[Grace Darkson]

[member="Jorus Merrill"]

What's your favorite Force Order/Sect/Tradition to write and why? What about your least favorite?

 

[Jorus Merrill]

[member="Lady Psyona"]

I usually don't enjoy writing traditional Jedi. I've done it before, but it hasn't lasted. I've written several Wardens of the Sky and enjoyed it; I've also had quite a bit of fun with Blackguard.

 

[Allyson Locke]

[member="Jorus Merrill"]

Always valued your opinion as a writer, a friend and a partner in the best of crimes. Any suggestions to writers who have settled into their "style" and want to improve. I find myself having issues weaving in character descriptors while also getting in the characters head. Any tips?

 

[Jorus Merrill]

[member="Allyson Locke"]

Verbs. It's gotta be verbs. One thing I see a lot of people doing is being blatant about their descriptors, their adjectives and adverbs. To me, that makes the author's voice too present. Like, if I was to refer to Jorus as 'the Jedi' or 'the smuggler' or 'the dirtbag,' that'd be accurateish and clear, but it wouldn't ring true. Instead, I use verbs and throwaway details that show rather than tell. I could call Jorus something unkind or describe his grungy clothes in detail...or I could just mention offhand that he wipes his hands on a rag or his shirt, picks his nails with a knife, wipes beer off his chin with his sleeve. Verb, detail, verb, detail. You get the idea without me having to tell you. That's what works best for me, anyway. That help?

 

[Allyson Locke]

Thanks that does !!!

 

[Grace Darkson]

[member="Jorus Merrill"]

I'm probably being a bit of a pest here, but ah, well.

I remember you wrote a witch or two back in the day. Any advice on how to go about it for someone who got roped into it is writing one for the first time?

 

[Jorus Merrill]

[member="Lady Psyona"]

Play true to the somatic component. If the circumstances don't let your character use the right gestures or chants or songs, write her power as impaired or inaccessible.

 

[Zark San Tekka]

[member="Jorus Merrill"]

The ship wherein Theseus and the youth of Athens returned from Crete had thirty oars, and was preserved by the Athenians down even to the time of Demetrius Phalereus, for they took away the old planks as they decayed, putting in new and stronger timber in their place, in so much that this ship became a standing example among the philosophers, for the logical question of things that grow; one side holding that the ship remained the same, and the other contending that it was not the same.

Which side is correct? Is the fully refurbished vessel still Theseus', or is it a new ship entirely? What if the original planks were gathered up after they were replaced, and used to build a second ship. Which ship, if either, is the true Ship of Theseus?

 

[Jorus Merrill]

[member="Zark"]

The world has many buildings that have seen continuous use for centuries. St. Paul's Cathedral is still Sir Christopher Wren's masterpiece despite renovations and repairs.

If every original plank of the ship was recovered and the ship was rebuilt, though, it would have pride of place over the continuously renovated ship. Both ships carry the meaning, the symbolism, the design, and the intent - but one is an archaeological artifact, and one is a sociological construct. STEM wins.

 

[The Girl In Green]

What's your biggest pet peeve in an RPer?

 

[Jorus Merrill]

[member="Irma Olanthe"]

People who jump into a thread with a fait accompli: 'I've been here for a week already and my defenses are already fully deployed and my stealth Jedi are in perfect position!'