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Hello Parimis!

One of the things that I gleaned out of the last lesson was that something I need to look at is when to release key information.

Often in writing, the character’s backstory is really important to the plot. Maybe the fact that Johnny spent seven years in prison is why he plans to betray the main character. Maybe Amy’s obsession…[Read more]

Hello Parimis!

This week is a bit different again.

Our Annual Theme is Pacing and Suspense. And I’ve been doing a few little activities each week to help you get the hang of that. But today, I want to ask you what you want to know.

Just comment below regarding what you want to know about for Pacing and Suspense, or anything there that we…[Read more]

PARIMIS AT ATTENTION!

War has been declared.

And we have responded with the affirmative.

ARE WE READY TO WIN?

The topic is: “Write a scene from the POV of a five year old who has an engaging character voice.”

The word limit is: 2500 words

The deadline is: 23.07.18

The beginning is: NOW!

Some ideas you may want to consider could be…[Read more]

As you have seen in our last lesson, emotions have a HUGE impact of suspense.

And now you get to write about it.

Just cos you guys are awesome and I believe in your writing skills, I’m entrusting another snippet day to you! See if you can keep using past lessons to build suspense, as well as following a few of my own tips for this lesson, and…[Read more]

Welcome to our lovely frosty (or maybe sweltering, depending on where you are) first lesson of July! We’re going to be focusing on emotions in storytelling today. What do emotions have to do with pacing and suspense? Glad you asked.

It’s all very well to write a scene that has an insane amount of tension in the action. After all, he only just…[Read more]

WOOT! You made it alllll the way to our 4th lesson! *hands out lembas* Good job. Now we’ll be looking at our beautiful little vectors. Those points that your readers have their attention drawn to. That thing that keeps being mentioned. It doesn’t have to be huge, but the mystery around it does. You need to keep feeling yourself get drawn into it.…[Read more]

Okay all ye Parimis, it’s about time we found out why you signed up for a guild.

Here is where we can discuss our WIPs (Works in Progress) and get help and ideas from one another. So essentially, a thread full of flailing brainstorming! *cheers* I’m looking forward to seeing what everyone’s working on!!!

I’ll start us off with a quick…[Read more]

Hello Parimis!

I don’t know how many of you are participating in Camp NaNo this year, but I’m making this thread so that if you want extra motivation or need quick help with something it’s just here.

Camp NaNo, for anyone who doesn’t know,  is a virtual online writing camp that happens in April and July internationally. You can set yourself a…[Read more]

Here’s the next update on using information to create effective pacing and suspense. If you missed last lesson, it doesn’t matter too much but you can look at it here. Most times, you will write a scene and there will be dialogue. The temptation with have an antagonist vs protagonist scene is to have them both scream at each other their plans. The…[Read more]

Here’s the next update on using information to create effective pacing and suspense. If you missed last lesson, it doesn’t matter too much but you can look at it here. Most times, you will write a scene and there will be dialogue. The temptation with have an antagonist vs protagonist scene is to have them both scream at each other their plans. The…[Read more]