Whether you’ve written first person present or not, do you have any tips for writing it? Any common mistakes you see people commit?

Secondly, what are your thoughts on a first person present book with a few third person past interludes and possibly an epilogue? I’ve never seen a book with both past a…[Read more]

Do you use direct, italicized thought (where first person pronouns are used)? At first, I used basically none, but the more I looked at popular books, the more I see it used, and am thus tempted to use it (plus, I do like it, as long as…[Read more]

Here they are:

Alfonso and…[Read more]

@noah-cochran

@erynne

@skylarynn

@rose-colored-fancy

@bclarke

@writergirl101

@daeus-lamb

@josiah

@hope-ann

@briannastorm

@karthmin

@this-is-not-an-alien

@everyone

@josiah

@hope-ann

@briannastorm

@karthmin

@this-is-not-an-alien

@erynne

@skylarynn

@rose-colored-fancy

@bclarke

@writergirl101

To start the “Audio” ball rolling,… (Yes, yes, I know that’s cliche…)
Here is the first entry:

Moniker:
@obrian-of-the-surface-world

Text: (1623 Words)

The old woman watched as the foamy tides…[Read more]

@josiah

@hope-ann

@briannastorm

@karthmin

Hi Daeus,

There are some posts missing in the Forums.  Not sure if it is a tech glitch or some have been removed for editorial purposes or the content did not align with the guidelines.

I did ask a question on here that I do not see, but it was regarding posting a shared MP3 link to a…[Read more]

I realized I don’t have a super-strong opinion one way or the other, though, as some of you said, there are topics I personally would not write about. However, that would not make me assume that any Christian author who did choose to write about them was making…[Read more]

I would, too! If SE gets big enough or has the ability to do so in the future, that’d be way beyond cool. And I’d wear them everywhere! 🙂

Thanks guys, I totally understand. I’d like to see you guys do t-shirts in the future though…I’d wear my support of how awesome StoryEmbers is.😉

Ok, thank you both!

I have a question.

So I finished my first fantasy novel. The first of four, hopefully. Up till now, I’ve been self-publishing my novels because editors scare me and so do contracts. Well, they did, at any rate. Turns out, self-publishing also means I have to advertise…[Read more]

🙂 So glad to be of service…

Now… I’m pretty sure that tactic makes the story omniscient… because an omniscient narrator looks in on the mind of the character, from the outside. This means he can actually do it with any character, though… this is hard to balance. An omniscient narrator can stick with primarily one…[Read more]

I understand the reasoning behind the idea of writing only in one genre. It is, I’m sure, easier to market in only one genre and be able to form a coherent tone and style that your readers can…[Read more]

@j-a-penrose I feel you on the course…[Read more]

@briannastorm Your secret is safe with me (but not with Aberdeen—he’ll tell everyone 🦖😅).

@jessi-rae Perhaps. 😉 You’ll have to wait and see.

@karthmin Thank you! 😜 Your character  was  fun to write (especially with all the SE staff has told me about you 😆).

@andrew Thank you! I can’t w…[Read more]

Hi @briannastorm It’s always fun to meet another Brianna! 🙂 I am super glad to be here.

@mariposa, hi! I illustrated a book by Natasha Metzler called “Christmas, The whole Story of the God who Loves.” It’s a digitally painted book, but I also do a lot of acrylic painting and… pet portraits! I would love sometime to do my own children’s…[Read more]

I have a question. I’m working on my manuscript and noticed that each chapter has a different word count. Some barely reach 200, most are between 200-300, a few exceed 800 and only two go above 1,000. What is a good word average for a chapter? I figured that ~420 words per chapter=15K, ~550…[Read more]

@wordsmith No, I don’t think I have read Ender’s Game. I think I’ve heard of it before and we may own it, but if we do it’d take awhile to find out. *looks at the various overflowing bookshelves in my house*

@jessi-rae I’m glad too! And I’m glad you liked my poem…[Read more]

Ah! Great questions. I can’t answer any of them to their full extent, and there are some I won’t bother trying to touch, but I may be able to shed at least a little light on your first question… by tagging these people: @hope-ann  @josiah  @briannastorm  @daeus-lamb

But… I will say that there is worth (quite a bit) to re…[Read more]

Yeah!

@briannastorm @ellen-blanc @scribbles

While were at it… I am an ENTJ (though it’s close between J and P). Honestly I’ve never put much into those titles, but I guess it’s how people communicate around here, and it’s interesting to here people’s perspectives.

Oh. Well, it’s still a neat way to share a poem, even if you made it all up. 😛

@briannastorm @ellen-blanc

Oh, yes! People love their MBTI conversations around here, haha! I’m an INFJ, but I’m very outgoing and talkative with people I like…such that some of them don’t quite believe I’m an introvert. *shakes head and smirks*

“I’m easily annoyed by people who call s…[Read more]

That’s very helpful, thank you 🙂

@morreafirebird, Mentoring would be awesome!

@gabriellepollack, Thanks! I have saved all of those, and will look into them.

I’d recommend anything by K.M. Weiland. Though I haven’t read many of her craft books, her site is gold.

Crafting Dynamic Dialogue from Writer’s Digest is pretty good craft-wise. I’m currently reading through The Emotional Craft of Fiction and am enjoying it. …[Read more]

Thank you for your comment about Endbringer. It has had a soft…[Read more]

Aw thanks for the warm welcome guys!

I’m an INFJ! With control issues…haha!

I love C.S. Lewis!

@scarletimmortalized Yeah, everyone is going to want to know your MBTI type. Do I know yours? I don’t recall if you’ve ever mentioned it, even though I know we’ve talked about the MBTI in general. 😛

I’m an ENFJ. My results used to say I was an introvert, but now I’m…[Read more]

@briannastorm @mariposa @rolena-hatfield @brandon-miller @josiah @cindy @wordsmith @corkybookworm (Did I forget anybody?) Hey,…[Read more]

It was in reference to those statements that I said what I did about one’s Christian identity (and then, I was specifically thinking of writing and art, not editing). I was quite unclear, though,…[Read more]

So, I do think there is a difference between something like the editing @briannastorm does and writing. At least how I view it, editing is more of something anyone would sit down and do the same way. Well, I say anyone. I couldn’t do it, and people who can…[Read more]

Also, I feel like there are potentially two things going on in our minds when we hear the phrase “writing for money”. On the one hand is writing for money, which @briannastorm mentioned. In this scenario, your entire approach to writing could be interpreted as c…[Read more]

@kate
@briannastorm
@josiah
@gabriellepollack
@jenwriter17
@morreafirebird…[Read more]

Upon filling out my guild submission form, I didn’t understand what was meant by “Your tag on the forum,” so I put “Catherine.” In actuality, my tag is “@writercatherine .” Is it possible for this to be corrected? Thank you!
@briannastorm @josiah

@briannastorm I would ask the same question. XD What’s a vanity publisher?