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Jane Maree started the topic {Story Theory – Week 1} What is Theme? in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 7 years, 9 months ago

Welcome to our first week on STORY THEORY! *hands out pizza*

So I was going to do today’s post about plotters vs pantsters, but I’d gotten halfway through and I kept getting hooked up on how to describe something because plot isn’t the beginning foundation that most people consider it to be.

The fact is that theme is the solid core that all…[Read more]

Jane Maree replied to the topic Introductions! Pizza! Best Buddies! in the forum Announcements 7 years, 9 months ago

@joseph_darkgrate
@NicoleG
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Hello, oh my new guild members, and let me say a huge WELCOME TO YOU. *throws confetti and pizza* I’m so glad you could join us and I hope this is a place that can be a great encouragement for you. 😀

Come check out all the different things we’ve got going at the moment, and introduce yourself…[Read more]

Jane Maree replied to the topic The Legends and Lore of Meraki in the forum Announcements 7 years, 9 months ago

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@thewirelessblade
@fctait
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@katthewriter
@lightning-spider
@skye
@mairin-atha
@e-b-raulands
@jillifish
@dakota
@brooka3
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@warrioroftherealm

BEHOLD THE MERAKI EMBLEM!!!

(design copyright e-b-raulands, art copyright Sarah Louise)

Jane Maree replied to the topic WORD WAR – write, write, write! in the forum Announcements 7 years, 10 months ago

THE ANNOUNCEMENT HAS COME THROUGH. We didn’t win…BUT WE PUT OUR BEST EFFORT INTO IT. *throws a lot of confetti*

Rillumen: 39,179
Meraki: 36,485 (and 1/2 xD)
Erekdale: 36,232
Avensbeck: 23,549
New Wessex: 20,961
Parimi Alca: 17,406

Again, great work everyone!! Thank you for being enthusiastic…[Read more]

Jane Maree started the topic PROMPT GUILD WAR – Mona Lisa Comedy! in the forum Announcements 7 years, 10 months ago

The word war has only just finished (though the winners haven’t been worked out yet because we’re still collecting word counts) but THE NEXT PROMPT WAR HAS ALREADY BEGUN.

And guys

I’m excited for this.

The prompt: write a comedy based on the Mona Lisa

The dates: Monday 1st – Monday 15th

I’m not the judge this time, so I’ll be here to…[Read more]

Jane Maree started the topic The Legends and Lore of Meraki in the forum Announcements 7 years, 10 months ago

I’m going to be honest with you: I put off doing this topic for a long time for no good reason at all, but NOW I’M FINALLY DOING IT.

Basically…we’re going to develop a fictional world for our guild.

I personally thought “wow, this won’t help us write more words.” and while that is completely true, it still isn’t totally useless. I think we…[Read more]

Jane Maree replied to the topic WORD WAR – write, write, write! in the forum Announcements 7 years, 10 months ago

@caleb-e-king Not too late! I’ll probably only send them in as soon as I’m confident everyone’s shared theirs. 😉

@e-b-raulands Woot! Eight hundred is still great! 😀

@brooka3 That’s totally okay, girl! I’m glad you got to write even that tiny bit. ❤

Jane Maree started the topic {2018 – Week 18} PROSE RECAP + Intro to our next topic! in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 7 years, 10 months ago

It’s been 18 weeks since the first time I wrote up a guild lesson/discussion post all the way back in June.

And now I have officially exhausted my internal list of things to cover under the guise of prose, so we’re going to move on to a NEW topic! Before that, I’m going to quickly recap everything we’ve done to do with prose so far. I have full…[Read more]

Jane Maree replied to the topic WORD WAR – write, write, write! in the forum Announcements 7 years, 10 months ago

Great job everyone!! Even the tiniest bit will count to the overall number. 😀

If you haven’t shared your word count yet, hop on over so we can add out numbers together!

*goes to add up my own…[Read more]

Jane Maree started the topic {2018 – Week 17} Writing from the POV of the Opposite Gender in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 7 years, 10 months ago

Writing from the POV (point of view) of someone of the opposite gender can be challenging to do realistically, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible. If you’re a girl, writing from a girl’s perspective will naturally come easier simply because girls know how girls think. And vice versa for dudes. However, sometimes you don’t want to write fro…[Read more]

Jane Maree replied to the topic WORD WAR – write, write, write! in the forum Announcements 7 years, 10 months ago

Jane Maree replied to the topic PROMPT GUILD WAR – Original and Unique Prose! in the forum Announcements 7 years, 10 months ago

PIZZA ALL AROUND

Anyway, Daeus still hasn’t made an official announcement, and I’m impatient so HERE’S THE DOC WITH THE JUDGE COMMENTS AND ALL THE OTHER SUBMISSIONS TOO.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y0wO4a23Ft-Gh6R87FmvVV19MgCj4ldlv4kMEYRsjH4/edit?usp=sharing

Thank you guys SO MUCH for all the work you put into this. Awesome job…[Read more]

J.A.Penrose replied to the topic PROMPT GUILD WAR – Original and Unique Prose! in the forum Announcements 7 years, 10 months ago

EEEEEEK GUYS I TOLD YOU YOU HAD THIS! *hi-fives all around* YOU DID A STELLAR JOB AND AHHHH, YASSSSSSSS! *claps crazily*

YOU WOOOOON! *flails* Thanks for being an awesome guild for me to help out! You did awesomely, and I’m so proud of you! (Plus, you stopped me from being killed by Jane, so, woot!)

But beware…next war, there will be no…[Read more]

Jane Maree replied to the topic PROMPT GUILD WAR – Original and Unique Prose! in the forum Announcements 7 years, 10 months ago

@esther-sears
@parker
@caleb-e-king
@jessi-rae
@theswordinthebook
@thewirelessblade
@fctait
@faith_blum
@professorsjb
@katthewriter
@lightning-spider
@skye
@mairin-atha
@e-b-raulands
@jillifish
@dakota
@brooka3
@scarletimmortalized
@ryker-dawson
@warrioroftherealm

GUYS GUYS GUYYYYYSS

YOU WON THE WAR

YOU DID IT

I’M SO PROUD

J.A.Penrose replied to the topic PROMPT GUILD WAR – Original and Unique Prose! in the forum Announcements 7 years, 10 months ago

Hey guys! I’ve submitted the entry, and hopefully we’ll hear back soon about how stellar you were! *hi-fives everyone* Loved getting to hang out with you guys. You’re all geniuses. The lot of…[Read more]

Jane Maree started the topic {2018 – Week 16} Your Turn! in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 7 years, 10 months ago

Okay, I’m not going to lie, I had a bit of a mental scream when I realised it was almost 6 pm (in my timezone) and I hadn’t written the week’s topic yet. I brainstormed ideas and came up with a whole lot of nothing much.

And so here I am. And this week I’m ~~being lazy~~ asking you guys for some feedback!

– Am I doing okay with our weekly topics?
-…[Read more]

J.A.Penrose replied to the topic PROMPT GUILD WAR – Original and Unique Prose! in the forum Announcements 7 years, 10 months ago

ATTENTION ALL MEERKATS!

See what you can add to the doc in the next day and a bit to make this story amazing! You have some brilliant ideas, we just need to work on getting it all there. I’ll be going over it again to tweak things at the end, but I want this to be as much of your own independent work as possible.

So go for it guys! Make Jane…[Read more]

Jessi Rae replied to the topic PROMPT GUILD WAR – Original and Unique Prose! in the forum Announcements 7 years, 10 months ago

@brooka3 XD Thank you so much! 😀

@jillifish Thanks!

@e-b-raulands Yes! That would be so cool! 😀

Jane Maree replied to the topic Peace, Greater Than Encountered Before in the forum Critiques 7 years, 10 months ago

Ooh I’d love to have a look at this, but I’m not sure I’ll get much time between my other editing projects. 😪 I might be able to scan through some parts of it and give a little feedback at the least though.

@professorsjb
@skye
@mairin-atha
@e-b-raulands
@brooka3
@scarletimmortalized

Jane Maree started the topic {2018 – Week 15} Why Everyone Should Read Their Old Writing in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 7 years, 10 months ago

Writers are (or certainly should be) constantly growing in their craft. We work on it every week, every month, every year, and as time goes on we learn how to make our stories better, stronger, deeper.

As we grow to be better writers than we were before, it’s very easy to look back on old writing, cringe, hide it in a deepest corner of d…[Read more]

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