Calico Handcock's character design.

Captain Calico

Oy! Ye want adventure? Seek at de romane? Be a pirate? How aboot t' time ye wanted t' go t' Japan? Searchin' for a cheep prices to take out that woman or women? No kids!Are you looking for a A+ grade romane? Well I get dem High seas, eh? Who wrote this? Doesn't matter, I get a offer for ye! Come join the romantic cruises form Vancouver to Toyko.  I be t' Captain of the Fondle Frog. I be a theiv..themin' your adventure today. Mostly know as Calico Handcock. I be travelin' ye around to the shores of Japan, and givin' the chance to be one of dem lucky few to Japan. Don't be late, because I hate later couples. Ye be joining the latest trend. Pirate boats that rr shaped like Frogs. MONEY! 












As you can see the speech of a person is very important to a story. In this speech from Calico, you can clearly see what he does for a living, he is careless person, does not care aboot anyone, and wants your money. You can drag out much of him just from the roughly drawn picture.
I brought him in as a not caring man. He sighed, and moans a lot. He will never get too excited, and hates loud children.  I also shaped him as the first, and only Canadian pirate with a romance cruise. Captain Calico is one of the five most important people in my story You can learn more about Calico in my first book, when it comes out, working title, in the Staff in the Stone, by Lucas Charlston.

Hello again.

                I haven’t been on my blog for a while, and took a pause from everything just for a slight bit of that “me” time. Time to contemplate, time for a little bit of that R&R, time for a little catch up on movies, time to learn how to roast that meal, and time to catch up on my books. I love to read, and everyone should learn the gratification of reading.

                Of course, you always hear, “Books are better than their movie counterparts!”, and rightful so. That being said, I have found a book that is the other way around.

                I have indulged myself into a couple of books that are based on the World of Warcraft series.  Currently, I am on Vol’jin Shadows of the Horde, by Michael A. Stackpole. It is based, and someone I adulate about all the time, Vol’jin a troll that is a leader of his tride. Very strong, lots of charisma, an hes gat a way wid di words mon!

                He speaks with a Jamaican Patois that was first developed by the ill-fated 17^th century slaves in Central Africa. This is very important, and should always talk like dat! He is designated with that kind of speech, and the author missed, or did not do enough research while developing this book. Vol’jin never speaks in Patwa. One time the author used a quoted form the video game that was written in Patwa, but nothing else. Was this an oops?

                Remember, when are writing story you are the one that brands the person. You should find the way they use dialog. A great example, in David Eddings’ novel the main protagonist, Garion, goes to a bar to gather information about his quest. He finds an old man sitting in a bar. He called his pet pig a “peg”. This was really well done, and gave a simple old man new dimensions. Engraving a person in your novel is not just about how he feels as a person, or how he develops as good to bad person, or how he protects the world. How does he or she or even it talk? This is very vital. I will show you this with a one of my character from my story blog, that is coming soon, the way a character's speaks makes writing about that person fun and gives that person development. His name? The all-important Captain Calico Handcock. 

The road ahead.

The best part of the road is the trek. I always cherished the roving of the planet, the travel of the sites, and the discovery of the world. Even on the internet, some days, I liked to spend time on Goggle map. You pick up that yellow Pegman, and place him around the world as I can travel to other cities. I've spent endless hours looking up and down the streets of Japan’s shopping areas, the dusty streets of Egypt, old cities in Canada, and anywhere I can gambol my fingers on the keyboard as I pick a new place to explore.

As you write your story know that you are not limited down to one city. Browse the internet on Youtube and Google, look to TV for the travel network, or even book a trip to somewhere you always want to go. Even in one city you need to travel to other spots in that city, or maybe just in your room. Take venture on other places. If you are stuck on what to write you can take your character(s) on a trip. Keep writing my friends!  

One more week, and a break a week.

Taking a break is a brilliant way to help with your story; it is just essential part of writing a book. A teacher, my mentor of sorts, told me to slow down, take a break, and write her a chapter in a months’ time. Writing a book is about time, well the first book I find, and it is about finding the balance of time you need to work on your book to finding enough time for yourself. Also I think it's a great way to get rid of…

 So, take your time. I took the week off from writing to catch up on video games, watch a movie, relax with a book, hang out with my significant other, and other such pleasures. Part of writer’s block is not knowing where to go, or what to write. If you relax your brain, you will have a reinvigorated mind. Also, what’s so great about a break, you can take your real life experience from the events of that week, and use them for your book.

Remember, always take a break. 

The Start

I find that you always start out with zilch,

You don't have any ancestry for your story, and don't know how to expatiate. But, maybe you need to start out wtih a line, or a diacritic.

Afterwards you think about what you need. What you want. I read a biography on David Edding once. He said, "All great stories need an object to chase after."

Maybe it's a ring, a bottle, a match box, a boyfriend, but you always need something to chase after, and now you have adventure of chasing an object. You can a anecdote about that object as well. Maybe a Mcguffin.

I started writting my story, the first edition, about a young man buying something from ebay, and chasing it down. But, what would he want to buy off ebay? A book? A ring? Or maybe something cool like a wizard hat? Now I have my magical objected; however, what would happen if that object had something else in it, or something erroneous Like most ebay items that you buy something very wrong could have happened. A person could try to find out why or how this happend, and you need a guide to help this person along the way; a teacher.

This is Lute.

Lute is the most influential person, and is a great part in my story. She is the raccoon the resides in the brown wizard hat that the adventures in my story requires through special means. She is a women, or raccoon, of great intellgence, and guides the heroes through their jounery. Remeber, writing a book is an adventure, and you need help. You can not just write by yourself, you need aid from other souces. A English teacher, Authors, your boss, a friend, a family mumber, and other such sources are key to write a succesful book. Writing a book it not  just about you, but everyone around you. Do not hid your story under your bed! Share it, and grow from that information you gathred. That is your start. 

Side Note. Every month I am growing to draw a charctor form my story, and draw out some insperation from that chararctor to share with you. I hope this will help you with your own writing someday.

The Start of a Dream, And a Reverie For You.

My name, to those I say it too often to, is Lucas Charlston. I caught the writing bug when I was six years old, and I have written virtuous stories like Super Mario vs the Terminator:

Terminate me? You're a fungi guy. Get it? No? Mamma Mia!

To the impressively noteworthy writing about friends, family, and I being stuck in a video game.

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Bad Photoshop, or did a wizard do this? Find out in my new story.