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Brandon Miller started the topic Rillumen Home Page (FINISHED) in the forum Announcements 7 years, 11 months ago
Hey friends,
Story Embers is just about to launch a forum joining initiative and THEY NEED OUR HELP. (yay!) We need to create a “Home Page” for Rillumen filled with whatever facts and history (factual or fictional) that we can come up with. Here’s is New Wessex’s Home Page for an example. (On y’all’s honor, plz don’t edit or comment. I can…[Read more]
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Brandon Miller wrote a new post 7 years, 11 months ago
Crafting three-dimensional characters is a complicated process involving a distinct voice, engaging descriptions, consistency, and a significant amount of luck. Why luck? Because a reader’s ability to connect w […]
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Grocery lists. :”D
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Nice article, Brandon! 🙂
I look forward to the one about character arcs!-
Thanks! And thank you for reading!
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This is awesome! Cant wait to see the next one!!!
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lol neither can I! 😛
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Fantastic! *Thumbs up*
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Did Cindy tell you to thumps up this? *thumbs down*
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I promise she didn’t. 😂
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This was so good! Thank you so much for the reminder and help.
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Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
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Does that make flaws your flaw? FLAWCEPTION. (Okay but seriously, me too. Glad this helped!)
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The best way to avoid making your character petty is to make them active. (Actually, that’s basically the best way to fix most character problems…)
For example, if you have a character who doesn’t get along with a sibling, that character is probably going to be unlikeable and petty (at least when the sibling is around.) On the other hand, if you have an underdog character standing up to a bully for a new kid at school, but that character doesn’t get along with his sibling, we will end seeing the character as an embattled hero instead of a pesky child. -
Awesome article!
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Thanks!
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yes. Very much so.
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Oh my goodness, thank you for writing this. I totally need to work on creating realistic characters. You just gave me a checklist. XD
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Brandon Miller replied to the topic Mona's… smile? in the forum Announcements 7 years, 11 months ago
OH MY GOODNESS GUYS.
I have disappeared but YOU ALL DID GREAT.
Thank you very much. Also, submitted.
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Brandon Miller replied to the topic Beta Sun Completion Goals (June 9th) in the forum Accountability & Achievements 7 years, 11 months ago
@graceabounds2129 Shoot me now.
(Actually, I’ve got Friday blocked for Beta Sun outlining and I’m very excited!)
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Brandon Miller replied to the topic Mona's… smile? in the forum Announcements 7 years, 11 months ago
I really like what you’ve come up with, @scribbles. Nice work! I dropped a few comments in just a few minutes ago if you get a chance to go take a look at them
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Brandon Miller replied to the topic Mona's… smile? in the forum Announcements 8 years ago
@scribbles Correct!
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Brandon Miller replied to the topic Rillumen's First Character Lounge in the forum Character Lounge 8 years ago
Lance stood in the middle of the confusion, trying to get his bearings. Should he say something to the smart dumb girl? Would that be…weird now? Had she understood what Biggy said? The others around sure did. Time. To. Go. Home.
Wait, was someone talking to him again? Oh great, that big guy said something to him. Should he ignore it? R…[Read more]
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Brandon Miller replied to the topic Mona's… smile? in the forum Announcements 8 years ago
@scribbles. No problem, I’m used to annoying people. :p
Actually, I’m glad I asked because the criteria have changed. There’s no rubric, the individual judge will pick their favorite based on writing quality, prompt use creativity, and just… which one they liked most.
And yeah, let’s say you’re the writer this time if you want to. You can…[Read more]
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Brandon Miller replied to the topic Mona's… smile? in the forum Announcements 8 years ago
I’m asking about the rubric. I know we’ve talked about it, but I don’t remember official things. (We switched judging structures a few wars ago, so it might have gone away then.)
@Scribbles, you good for the writing then?
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Brandon Miller replied to the topic WORD WAR WEEK!!!! in the forum Announcements 8 years ago
@brie-donning That’s okay. (Oh… the conference sounds fun!) We’ll get you in next time!
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Brandon Miller replied to the topic I Am Bad At This Thing in the forum Prayer Requests 8 years ago
Well… I dropped one class and swapped professors for another and school is way easier now. Not like… easy, but not all-consuming. So it’s better, and I’m slowly getting back to little pockets of writing. It’s good.
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Brandon Miller replied to the topic WORD WAR WEEK!!!! in the forum Announcements 8 years ago
I mean I’m down for the moon. #Apollo18
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Brandon Miller replied to the topic Character Interviews in the forum Character Interviews 8 years ago
YES, Definitely. Get all your characters ready to roll.
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Brandon Miller replied to the topic CHARACTER BOARD IS HERE in the forum Character Discussion 8 years ago
@graceabounds
This is more of an announcement thread, but you can post whatever character-related topics you want in the character board!
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Brandon Miller replied to the topic Welcome to Rillumen! in the forum Announcements 8 years ago
Cool!
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Brandon Miller replied to the topic WORD WAR WEEK!!!! in the forum Announcements 8 years ago
@Rillumen
CONGRATS.
WE DONE WON THE THING. (Just got the final wordcount while I was in class this morning. Not that I was checking my phone in class or anything.)
It was close too, so thanks to ALL THE PEOPLE who did words. We needed all of us so NICE WORK.
Also, all told, all the guilds together wrote like enough to make up The Count of…[Read more]
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Brandon Miller started the topic Mona's… smile? in the forum Announcements 8 years ago
OKAY GUYS,
I have a lot of announcements to cover, so let’s get right into it.
– WORD WAR RESULTS: You guys worked really hard last week and I’m very proud. Also, we won. Our total (39,179 words) was just barely more than the second-place total. So, nice work, hats off, and just know we needed all of y’all to get this done. (Can’t wait unt…[Read more]
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Brandon Miller replied to the topic Character Lounge Guidelines in the forum Character Lounge 8 years ago
No, definitely if you can exit a character discreetly and want to pull a new one in go ahead.
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Brandon Miller replied to the topic WORD WAR WEEK!!!! in the forum Announcements 8 years ago
Anybody else want to pitch in? We’re like…… SO CLOSE to 40,000.
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Brandon Miller replied to the topic WORD WAR WEEK!!!! in the forum Announcements 8 years ago
@grace-tolkienista @quinn-0fallon OH HEY MORE PEOPLE.
Yeah, we got a lot of Rillumen up in arms this time around. That’s amazing.
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