MJLaubacher wrote:

ScribeGT6817 wrote:

MJLaubacher wrote:1Hi Greg.
2I've been writing a story and have a lot of ideas. Do you have any advice for young writers like myself?
3Thanks.

4The advice I generally give is to read a lot -- especially people better than you are -- and don't become a slave to your outline. Sometimes, when you are writing a story, you might find it is more fun/exciting to veer off in another direction, If you feel like you HAVE to stick to an outline, you lose those opportunities. I can tell you the BIONICLE books would have stunk if I had outlined them first.

5Cool advice! I like that!

 

6I think you said something about LEGO giving you a beginning and an end first and then you filling in the rest, was this a cool way to do it?

7It was probably the easiest way to do it. The most important parts, for the purposes of web animations or concept art, were the beginning and the climax. And it gave me a lot of freedom to play in the middle.

diglett809 wrote:1I know that in MNOG there were Rahi controlled by Makuta as the main enemy. How long before the Toa were they the enemy for? If they were the main enemy for a long time before the Toa, I might make a fan story about Matoran fighting the Makuta Rahi before the Toa came.

2Quite a while before.

acidicus24 wrote:

1Greg tell me when new episodes will appear ninjago?

2I don't have that information.

Mace3739 wrote:

1I've always wondered if the Inika masks were changed by the effects of the red lightning, or if the masks are the normal looks for those masks.

2I am pretty sure they were changed.

GoldNinjaM wrote:

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1ScribeGT6817 wrote:2I accually found the poster on a 2014 Ninjago Russian site (I had to use Google translate to find out about the poster), I found the poster on the the Brick Bloggers, and I found some people selling the posters on Ebay. I also found the description for the upcoming comic. It said: "The Masters of Spinjitzu return! The saga continues here, and only here! After the defeat of the Stone Warriors, Jay, Cole, Zane, and Kai have to regroup fast when an even greater challenge rises from the shadows. With their ranks divided against the most sinister, most unstoppable foe they have ever faced, the ninja must call upon everything they’ve learned from Sensei Wu… and more. This is the one you’ve been waiting for! All-new high-kicking action from the world of Ninjago!" I took the descriptoin from the site:

 

3brickfanatics.co.uk

 

4The Brick Blogger said that the poster was available as a gift-with-purchase at the their booth at Comic-Con.

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5Okay, so it wasn't something that was actually in the book? Then I don't know a thing about it. I can tell you Nya is not running around with a gun in anything I have written, and there are no new ninja in Book 8 - just the regular ones. It sounds like something that was done as a promotional piece, and since I don't work for Papercutz except as a freelance writer, it's not something I was involved with.

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6 Ops. Nya was accually holding a grey hammer. And I never said that the phantom ninjas were joining the elemental ninjas. The phantom ninjas looked evil. Maybe I might show you the poster. Go on brickfanatics.co.uk and maybe you might find it. Tell me if you know some stuff about it or... HEY! You work for Papercutz so you can ask Papercutz. The faith of Ninjago rests on you.

7I found it. It looks like it's the ninja and Wu plus a lot of the new villains from Stone Cold.

acidicus24 wrote:

1Greg which set from ninjago do you like 2014 the most?

2Hi Acidicus - I have only seen the sets once, last January, so I do not remember them very well. At any rate, I could not specify a 2014 set here, since I am not allowed to talk 2014 here.