So, I’ll just give a quick introduction of myself for those of you who don’t know me.  You can call me Lucy if you want.  I’m 16, and I’ve been writing for about 2 years now.  I like Christian fantasy and roma…[Read more]

The shapeshifting Peregrine Appleclock.

(I literally squealed IRL when I read that.)

Charmed! *enthusiastically shakes back* Yep!! There’s also @iliara-mustardtop, @aislinn-mollisong, @ariella-newheart, @joseph_darkgrate (a.k.a. Xonos. You’ve met him already XD), Nola Applequill (I don’t want to disclose her tag because of personal info), @taaka-m…[Read more]

Thanks for your replies! I’m so excited for the new year & all its new writing adventures 😍.

I write fantasy or dystopian adventure, although I do struggle to finish my projects. I’ve also started  to write poetry but that’s still in its early days.

@arrethtraen

Nice to meet you! I don’t know of any…[Read more]

*shakes hands*

Well met, then, my dear fellow writing friend!! 🙂 Thanks for the shout out.

See ya later in the forums!!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N2ncbna_hrlN9NX976LxrFGYCm_NV_3_yMoeqSmPOi0/edit?usp=sharing

I still have to go back and fix repetitive language and put some details to rights, but here’s my draft, about the same length as Kate’s. Please tear it apart… and edit away.

Also, I assume for the sake of time, people…[Read more]

I’m going to do a slightly more in-depth post about disposition for this week’s theme discussion topic. If you missed it, here’s my first post on disposition: https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/disposition/

This being a relatively new idea for me, I’m still learning about it and I did a lot of that learning over the past week. The…[Read more]

I can write something-that’s-not-so-good-but-it’s-still-something by tonight, then turn it out to all of you so we can jump into the editing process.

Or, if someone is reading this who wants…[Read more]

If I counted right, our total was 20,961 — an awesome word count!

However, Rillumen nocked it out of the park with 39,179 words. :0

Collectively, all the guilds wrote about 200,000 words in one week! *faints*

While we didn’t win, keep in mind we really weren’t too far off. Some of us were…[Read more]

So right now I’m brainstorming/outlining for my WIP, and in short, I know where I’m going to end, I’ve figured out my beginning, but it’s a little hard for me to continue plot-brainstorming. Maybe it’s because it’s a lot of work, but I’m hesitating to try to create a plot line from the first plot point and getting it to end where I…[Read more]

Parents.

The obvious fact is that most parents in novels die or are already dead (at least it seems like it). The less obvious fact is that even when they’re around, they’re not very important as parents.

What may be even less obvious is that even when they do matter as…[Read more]

The word war is now over and we hope to announce the winner tomorrow. (If you haven’t given me your word count yet, please go post that in the related thread.)

Right on the coattails of that guild war we have another battle. War is life! *raises…[Read more]

I hope you don’t mind if I splatter my not-fully-formed thoughts all over this page.

For a while, my writing conscience has nagged me about this topic I call Disposition. To me, it encapsulates everything that makes a scene matter. Having just stepped out of rewriting a scene where I did not use this principle, it got me…[Read more]

The six guilds are competing in a massive word war. The guild that collectively writes the most words (for fiction projects) this week wins. That’s all there is to it — very straightforward. The war starts right now and ends Sunday night.

If you’ve been wanting to increase your weekly word count, now is the…[Read more]

A rather melodramatic observation, considering how happy I am to finally be here.

I stand silent before a half-cold hearth, my back to the long darkness of the hall, and watch the embers burn. Coals lie scattered like isolated cities between charred remains of smoking logs. The smoke drifts past…[Read more]

I theorize that you never really know a writer until you know what they write, so I thought it would be a nice icebreaker for us to share what we’re writing at the moment.

What’s the premise, what gets you excited about it, and what’s at the heart of the story?

@cindy @kate @elizabeth @r-m-archer @literatureforthelight @m_…[Read more]

Hi! So, I know I’m late to the party, but excuses and life and transition XD So, HIIII! I’m Coralie and it’s nice to meet you. Welcome, belatedly to Story Embers! I see your welcome has been grand. Yay! Let me know if I can help with anything!

First off, calligraphy is so beautiful! It fascinates me. I stink at it. And ceramic art…[Read more]

Hm… What character would I go on an adventure with? That’s an excellent question. My favorite book character is Jo March in Little Women, but I’m not sure if I’d pick her to go on an adventure with, even though she’d be amazing company. Sooo…in that case… I’d probably choose to go on an adventure…[Read more]

I just held a planning meeting with the other guild masters and we were talking about how to improve the guild experience so we can all safely say the guilds are the most awesome place for writers to be.

Based on these decisions, we’ve decided to make a few changes. (PLEASE PAY CAREFUL ATTENTION).

First and…[Read more]

Thanks for the introduction, @wordsmith 🙂

I like drawing too, and reading, of course. When I draw, it always seems like I have to either just draw a particular thing or draw everything (because I just love creating colorful environments). I know that may seem somewhat odd, but it seems like a bad habit I have encouraged. Hope that made sense. *laughs inside my head*

I’m a kinda artist too! What do you like to draw?

Anyway. Welcome! 😊

What kind of things do you like to draw?

Indeed! I now find school fun (in contrast to back then)!

Haha! I know what that’s like… In the past I’ve done almost no school work in a day, and instead read a book (literally read through A book). I don’t read as much these days as I would like, due to squished days… though my favorite authors are Tolkien, Orson Scott Card, N.D. Wilson, Andrew Peterson, Jonathan Auxiar, and maybe a…[Read more]

I do! Perhaps a little too much, because when I was much younger, my mum used to have to ground me from reading in order to get me to do my homework! What kind of books do you like, @wordsmith?

Oh fun! I have not written publishable work yet… though that goal is in sight. I have a brother who love drawing… He can sit and draw for hours, especially if there is a good audio book. I personally am not a fan of audio but prefer books greatly.

Do you enjoy reading?

Welcome to Story Embers! ’round here they call me Wordsmith, and I personally hold to that title. We (as a whole) are very happy (aka joyous) to have another artistic spirit around.

One tip when getting started, is to subscribe to any conversation,…[Read more]