BUT WOW NICE JOB!

Y’all did great.  (Especially shoutout to @wordsmith bc wow)

And to go ahead and third the things that have been said.  Win or lose (hopefully win) I’m really proud of the way so many of us participated.  Whether you got a few hundred or a few thousand words in, it was really great to have so man…[Read more]

I just got a quick 500… hopefully more will come this evening.

And to the rest of you Lumenites… If each of you wrote 1000 words this week, that would be a total of 14000 words. If each of you only wrote 2000 words this week that would double. And I could go on forever…

The p…[Read more]

@wordsmith

Productive night much?  Give yourself a round of applause!

I’m at work rn, so y’all won’t hear from me until tonight, but with no homework imminently due, I could get some real writing d…[Read more]

IT’S WORD WAR WEEK!  We’ve got to go out there and squeeeeeeeeeeze out every last word to defend our title.  SO whenever you guys get a free moment between now and Sunday night, jot down a few words and keep track of your score.  I’ll gather them all up at the end of the month and hopefully we’ll have a number that’s higher than I can…[Read more]

We’ve got three new boards here in Rillumen and I can’t wait to get them moving, but first here’s what you need to know.

1) Rillumen is PILOTING this new thing for the rest of t…[Read more]

So, results are in for the guild war.  We didn’t win.  :'( (But on the other hand, Avensbeck didn’t win either so…) ANYWAY, congratulations to Meraki guild and their hard work.  ALSO, we’re reworking how we’re doing our judging, so we now have JUDGE’S FEEDBACK.  You can see their comments for us and the other guilds in the doc here…[Read more]

@brandon-miller

Again I stayed up way past my bed time to write… But I…[Read more]

Edge of Burning…[Read more]

Here’s a link to the doc:  Rillumen Writing Prompt W…[Read more]

My opinion is that it is great as a short story, but could be turned into a novel or novella is you so desired to explore their story more. :…[Read more]

Here’s the document we’re putting tog…[Read more]

Also, something tells me Avensbeck is not lagging. We really need to pick up the pace!

RILLUMEN! ILLUMINATE THE…[Read more]

Rillumen Writing Prompt…[Read more]

You may have noticed, Rillumen has been really quiet of late.  And in that silence, I have been silenter.  Long story short, college didn’t do the usual ramp up into the semester thing and I got tidal-waved with homework week one.  Labor day helped me catch up though, and I’m back in the game now.

Yay!

First up, some anno…[Read more]

‘Your prompt is: “Write any story you choose with the most original and creative prose you can.”’

Hahaha! This is interesting. Let’s brainstorm…

Here’s a doc for us to lay our thoughts down on: Rillumen Writing Prompt Worktable

Just hop down there and start laying down prose. Test your ideas, stret…[Read more]

@graceabounds2129, are you gonna be here with us? I’d like to work with you…[Read more]

You need to write a short scene.  Source of conflict?  The glass w…[Read more]

So I’ve been having an issue lately… coming up with a new one of these every week is hard.  That’s my excuse for not posting one this week.

Sorry.  I know it’s lame.

However. I’m going to take this week to put together something of a long-term plan that will (hopefully) help me communicate and use these activities to really be h…[Read more]

We’ve got two big things going down this week.

First, FEEDBACK FORMS.  The Story Embers staff and Guildmasters are looking to make these guilds even way more better.  To do that, we need your guys’ thoughts.  So, we’ve put together this short survey for everyone to go through instead of doing an activity this week.  Please take a few…[Read more]

I’m running out of ways to say this but… Avensbeck won again. 😐

Anyway, we’ll get them next time.  I want to heap praise on @wordsmith and @graceabounds2129 again because they were awesome.  Nice work everyone with the ideas too, that was cool.

I’m not sure when our next guild war will be.  We’re going to be fi…[Read more]

ON THE OTHER HAND, we don’t want to leave everybody feeling low, so this time around we’ve got a more… light-hearted prompt: “Write a scene from the point of view of a five-year-old who has an engaging character voice.”

Due…[Read more]

I have some important announcements so I’m going to give them their own topic.

This week’s prompt is a scavenger hunt.  Open up your favorite book and find a description you love.  Once you’ve got it, share it here along with a short explanation of why you like it or how it works.

Can’t wait to see what’ you’ve g…[Read more]

I’m working on some other stuff today so we’re gonna take a well-earned break from activities this week.  (If you’re feeling let down, you could always swing by the critique board and help a fellow Lumenite out.)

Also, one of the things I’m working on is a guild feedback form so keep your eyes out for…[Read more]

Um… no announcements today.

Cool.

And the assignment I have in mind is pretty chill too.  I want to try to keep making these so that they help you write your WIP (is that what you guys want, or do you want a weekly break from your WIP?) so… this week we’re literally going to write your WIP.

Go to your first scene.  That opening s…[Read more]

So, here is the rough*cough* very rough *cough* version of my first few paragraphs of my novel, Firemaster. And dudes. Pick apart the first line piece by piece, please. I’m one of those people that likes to have an epic-ly confusing and inspiring…[Read more]

Are these your whole first chapters? Most of them seem rather short. Not that my chapters are very long, or anything.

Here’s mine. These actually are the prologue and pre-prologue. My first chapter is still in work. The pre-prologue is not having much to do with the rest of the story, but I…[Read more]

How was the week without me?  Seems like Rolena did a fantastic job of keeping everything rolling smoothly.  (Big shoutout to her for that.)

We have three new members (yay!)

@star, @graceabounds2129 and @wordsmith

y’all know how to give them a proper welcome.

Finally, this week’s activity is easy.

yay

I found this great K.M. We…[Read more]

@pookiemonster

@kayla-joy

@emma-starr

@skredder

@nuetrobolt

Hey, guys, so I know you have all been popping in and out of the doc. I finished a draft of the story, but I kind of stink at endings. What do you guys think? Do you have any changes you want to make or is there anything you don’t like? Can you think of a better…[Read more]

It just so happens that our beloved guildmaster is away for the week (doing many exciting, writerly things). So, a thousand pardons, but y’all will have to put up with me again. 🙂 So if you have any questions over the week, go ahead and direct ’em my way.

This week’s activity will be simple since we’re working hard to finish…[Read more]

My main character makes a lot of bad choices as part of her arc (negative and then recovering from that negative arc) and I have two themes that I want to emphasize: 1) People need people. 2) Bad…[Read more]

Yeah, this group is full of great ideas!!!

@pookiemonster made a good point: our days are dwindling. I listed out all of the ideas I found in the doc thus far and came up with seven ideas. So, if you guys want to go on over and take a vote, I think that would help get the ball rolling so we can start an…[Read more]

NEW GUILD WAR CHALLENGE!  This time we’ve got two weeks to come up with the most emotional death scene we can write.  Here’s the dirt:
Max words: 2,500
Due: 6/18/18
Topic: Death scene

So, last time we did this we wrote two (really good) stories and ended up having to choose only one.  Not only was it hard and sad, it also wasted ha…[Read more]

First off, some announcements, sad and happy.

You may have noticed, that AshlyVye has disappeared.  Story Embers had a policy change on minimum forum age (for legal reasons), and she was a year shy.  I do hear, however, that her birthday isn’t too far around the corner and hopefully she will return to us soon.

Now, happy, we have y…[Read more]

@Josiah, I was at the Barry’s house this afternoon, for John Barry’s graduation and was introduced to your dad! Being…[Read more]

I’m back!

You guys had an eventful week while I was gone, let me go ahead and hit up some of the highlights.

First off, GUYS WE WON A GUILD WAR!!!  I saw the numbers.  It was not close.  You guys ROCKED it.  WAY TOO GO.  I wish I could come give you all high-fives or something bc wow I am proud.  Nice work.

Our (obvious) MVP was @Jane-Mare…[Read more]

Kidding, kidding. You’re all still epic. 😉 But this is where I leave you. It was a pleasure to be with you all, and I couldn’t just leave without a little explanation and farewell. *salutes…[Read more]

It’s time to fill out the form with your final word count for the week! Anything you wrote from last Monday till last night at 11:59pm can be included.

If you signed up last week to join the word war click here to enter your final count! Way to go…[Read more]

Before I get to the activity, I have a few announcements:
1) My fam is on vacation this week so this is the last you’ll hear from me.  Lucky for ya’ll, the fabulous @Rolena-Hatfield had agreed to be acting guildmaster in my stead.  (So hey, I guess you’re going to be rolling with her own personal brand of tyranny this week.  I di…[Read more]

So I was asked recently  “What genre do you write?” I said Dystopian. Later I realized that dystopian is a type not a genre. I’ve been dabbling and I know mystery and fantasy aren’t my gig, so how can I find what genre fits…[Read more]