Story Embers | Braelynn | Mentions https://storyembers.org/members/braelynn/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning Braelynn. Sat, 06 Jun 2026 19:54:30 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 8f40ff36bf2b902deccd34999c79853c Noah Cochran started the topic Character Voice Game in the forum Characters https://storyembers.org/activity/p/100415/ Sun, 20 Mar 2022 22:25:44 -0400 Excellent character voice is extremely hard to pull off, and so like I do with all hard things in life, I decided to make a game out of it.

It’s a joke.

I’m kidding.

Mostly. 😉

Anyways, to the point. Character voice makes everything from dialogue to normal scenery descriptions pop off the page, but, for me at least, it is a very difficult…[Read more]

]]> 0 66223fbe0e05123a48e65ff565a27e57 Noah Cochran replied to the topic Hello there! in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/100192/ Sat, 12 Mar 2022 03:43:06 -0400 @rose-colored-fancy

Ohhh, you have a Byzantine character?? I’ve never read one of those, I can’t wait to meet her!

She is…an interesting individual. xD

I love when people mention one extremely niche piece of knowledge and you just know they were researching it for writing reasons because nobody would ordinarily just know that

Exactly. I’ve actua…[Read more]

]]> 0 233acb88ed7d8ecc8479aba3dc25a588 Brian Stansell replied to the topic Hello there! in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/100188/ Fri, 11 Mar 2022 21:56:20 -0400 @braelynn

You are most welcome, Braelynn!  I attended my first one last year on Engaging Plots and highly recommended it.  In fact, I believe they even took my quote and put it on this year’s ad. 🙂
I will have to miss one day of it though because it is my wife’s B-Day and I am taking her out for something special.  But I will catch up la…[Read more]

]]> 0 33c82fc42d2bfed022111670268ba018 Brian Stansell replied to the topic Hello there! in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/100179/ Fri, 11 Mar 2022 19:29:23 -0400 @braelynn

Here is a link to info on the upcoming SE Resonant Themes Summit I mentioned.

Click Here

Hope you can join. 🙂

]]> 0 3aa827a13a90ce926bd69c6091d7f6e1 Brian Stansell replied to the topic Hello there! in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/100177/ Fri, 11 Mar 2022 19:14:59 -0400 @braelynn

Hi Braelynn!  Very pleased to meet you and so glad you could join us on SE.

That is a very big undertaking, but an important one.  Too many follow the “truth is relative” idea towards their own destruction.

Are you attending the upcoming Resonant Themes Summit?  SE has some great sessions lined up.

]]> 0 62e7bd26a5d6e0fa9189a40d43fccaa0 Rose replied to the topic Hello there! in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/100158/ Fri, 11 Mar 2022 08:55:44 -0400 @braelynn

Wow! That is super! I would love to read it once you have it finished.

Thank you! That may end up taking a w h i l e yet XD

Wow girl! That’s awesome! I have never tried a trilogy before; always have wrapped it up in one book.   Definitely in my bucket list though!

In my defense, it wasn’t the plan XD I wrote book one and figured out the…[Read more]

]]> 0 389025c63895d288e8ae9f591c7b450f Noah Cochran started the topic Dystopian Plot Ideas in the forum Plotting https://storyembers.org/activity/p/100133/ Thu, 10 Mar 2022 22:44:10 -0400 Alrighty y’all, I love the dystopian genre, and I’ve been wanting to begin plotting a series for a while now, but unique and fresh plot ideas have been escaping me.

I consider the defining features of a vast amount of dystopian novels to be what I call the Big Three:

  • An oppressive and autocratic government that is usually lying to its people…

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]]> 0 cae3becb7651cecdbf10348c80558c33 Noah Cochran replied to the topic Hello there! in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/100086/ Wed, 09 Mar 2022 17:44:56 -0400 @braelynn

Funny how clusters of letters that form meaning are so captivating.

My sentiments exactly. 🙂

How long is your series so far? Do you have a theme?

I’ve only written the first book, but I’m planning to have it be a five book series. The first one came in at a little over 190k words, and the rest will be at least slightly longer than that…[Read more]

]]> 0 c098f876a3232e3bb9c36ae9b154512e Rose replied to the topic Hello there! in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/100081/ Wed, 09 Mar 2022 08:51:18 -0400 @braelynn

Oops! Just realized I sent the above to Rose instead of your forum username.

Don’t worry about it! That happens to all of us, it’s not an issue 🙂

That is so so awesome! What is your trilogy about? How long have you been working on it?

It’s a fantasy in a North-African-inspired setting. It’s about the princess of one of the tribes,…[Read more]

]]> 0 b1d9368c606c306336da7625d33890ed Noah Cochran replied to the topic Hello there! in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/100056/ Tue, 08 Mar 2022 22:00:26 -0400 @braelynn

Howdy Braelynn! I’m Noah, glad to have you! 🙂

I am self-described as tenacious teen who is infatuated with books, languages, and the thesaurus.

Don’t overdo the tenacity too much. 🙃

What languages have you learned? I just started learning French, but I’m what one might call a ‘learner of languages in history.’ In other words, I …[Read more]

]]> 0 ceb5064717b9c416ec7dd28d28f97076 Rose replied to the topic Hello there! in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/100050/ Tue, 08 Mar 2022 16:12:07 -0400 @braelynn

Hi Braelynn! I’m Rose! Pleased to meet you! *Sweeps cloak in a dramatic bow*

I’m a fantasy writer, mainly! (Though I love reading historical fiction and mysteries as well!) My WIP is a fantasy trilogy, I’m over halfway with drafting the third book!

I am self-described as a tenacious teen who is infatuated with books, languages, and the…

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