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Daeus Lamb started the topic The stuff of dreams – a war in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago
Hey guys,
After our long break, we get to do a prompt war again!
If you’ve followed the topic about charm in stories, you probably noticed I’m fascinated with dream sequences. So I decided to make that the theme of our prompt. 😉
Starting today and lasting for two weeks, we have the assignment to write the very best dream sequence we can. (In…[Read more]
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Daeus Lamb replied to the topic The winner is… in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago
Hey guys! Sorry, I’ve been traveling and pretty much without internet. This is a perfectly fine place to place your word counts. I’ll be calculating the winner as soon as I’m able.
@ethryndal @corissa @raemarie @bama-rose @kate @r-m-archer @literatureforthelight @j-parkhurst @gabbyj @cassandraia @chalice @noahlitle @julianne @germaine-han @sesi @r…[Read more]
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Daeus Lamb replied to the topic The winner is… in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago
Hey guys! Sorry, I’ve been traveling and pretty much without internet. This is a perfectly fine place to place your word counts. I’ll be calculating the winner as soon as I’m able.
@ethryndal @corissa @raemarie @bama-rose @kate @r-m-archer @literatureforthelight @j-parkhurst @gabbyj @cassandraia @chalice @noahlitle @julianne @germaine-han @sesi @r…[Read more]
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Daeus Lamb replied to the topic The winner is… in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago
Hey guys! Sorry, I’ve been traveling and pretty much without internet. This is a perfectly fine place to place your word counts. I’ll be calculating the winner as soon as I’m able.
@ethryndal @corissa @raemarie @bama-rose @kate @r-m-archer @literatureforthelight @j-parkhurst @gabbyj @cassandraia @chalice @noahlitle @julianne @germaine-han @sesi @r…[Read more]
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Sarah Baran replied to the topic Ethryndal Day in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 7 years, 7 months ago
OKAY, folks. Apparently, I have the esteemed position of Featured Guild Member. And not only that — I’m also the first featured guild member, so I can’t piggy-back of off previous examples because there are no previous examples. Which means I have to trailblaze this thing, WHICH MEANS…
This is the long-winded way of saying, “I have no idea…[Read more]
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Daeus Lamb started the topic Ethryndal Day in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 7 years, 7 months ago
Hey guys,
It’s me. Normally, each week we focus on our theme topic — which right now is worldbuilding.
Today though, we’re going to do something different. We’re going to try, the last week of every month, to focus on one of our guild members. I’ve decided to work down the list on our guild page, so today we have our snarky elf, @ethryndal.
How…[Read more]
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Noah Litle replied to the topic Favorite Characters??? in the forum New Wessex Writing Discussions 7 years, 7 months ago
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Daeus Lamb started the topic An argument: charm is found in the unexplored in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 7 years, 7 months ago
Dear Saxon Scribe,
Imagine you’re a Viking or one of those other early explorers of America. Since you were five, your grizzly uncle has told you stories about the time his vessel was blown off course and he spied afar off a coastland peeking through the mists.
Now, twenty years older, you sit on the prow of your boat and a wild country…[Read more]
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Noah Litle started the topic Make Your Own Inspiration in the forum New Wessex Writing Discussions 7 years, 7 months ago
Just watched this video and thought it would be good to share it here.
It’s in a playlist about composing music, but I think this video is applicable to any creative process.
So, how do you guys “get in the way of inspiration”?
@daeus-lamb @cindy @kate @r-m-archer @literatureforthelight @m_corinnemusic @j-parkhurs…[Read more]
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Daeus Lamb started the topic The awful dilemma: how to explain your story world in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 7 years, 8 months ago
Hey Saxon Scribes,
To be honest, this post is more about me learning from you all then offering any great wisdom. When you have a complex story world, anything from a fantasy world or ancient Persia, you’ve probably faced this huge dilemma.
On the one hand, readers could be extremely confused (maybe they’ll even completely misinterpret what is…[Read more]
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Daeus Lamb replied to the topic What do you want to study next? in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 7 years, 8 months ago
Well guys, I really appreciate all this feedback. It looks like the three main topics everyone wants to hear about are theme, plot, and worldbuilding but worldbuilding got the most votes by a small margin. I’m thinking that’s what we’ll go with.
For those of you who write historical fiction, don’t worry! Yes, I’ll probably cover some aspects of…[Read more]
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Daeus Lamb started the topic What do you want to study next? in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 7 years, 8 months ago
Hey Saxon Scribes,
For something like six months now, we’ve studied character development every week. It’s been a good journey, but now I’m coming to the point where I don’t have a whole lot more to discuss. If anything else comes to mind, I’ll make a topic out of it, but if nothing comes to me, next week I think we could start on something…[Read more]
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Daeus Lamb started the topic The winner is… in the forum Announcements 7 years, 8 months ago
Guys, this is crazy. A little sad. Absolutely awesome.
The word war. How’d we do?
We actually beat the record from past guild wars! I was amazed. We had 51,082 — a whole novel’s worth in a week.
So, the winner?
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With 72,127 words, it goes to Parimi Alca. I’m super impressed with those guys, especially since I’ve heard they’re the…[Read more]
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Daeus Lamb started the topic The winner is… in the forum Announcements 7 years, 8 months ago
Guys, this is crazy. A little sad. Absolutely awesome.
The word war. How’d we do?
We actually beat the record from past guild wars! I was amazed. We had 51,082 — a whole novel’s worth in a week.
So, the winner?
……
With 72,127 words, it goes to Parimi Alca. I’m super impressed with those guys, especially since I’ve heard they’re the…[Read more]
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Maddie Morrow replied to the topic Let's write /more/ in the forum Announcements 7 years, 8 months ago
hehe I uh started writing in the notes app on my phone when I would normally be on Facebook or Instagram, while I was keeping an eye on my kid playing outside or taking a bath, rocking to sleep, etc.
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Daeus Lamb replied to the topic Let's write /more/ in the forum Announcements 7 years, 8 months ago
@cassandraia @bama-rose You can keep writing till tonight and share your word count either today or tomorrow.
@ethryndal Fantastic!
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Eden Anderson replied to the topic Relationship developement in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 7 years, 8 months ago
*hears @kate singing One Day More and comes running in* (YAY!!! A Les Mis fan!!!! 😆)
You had some great thoughts, by the way.
I have the same problem. I get so caught my in my characters, that I neglect the plot and so I have a bunch of awesome, well-developed characters and no where to put them. 😛
Hi @sesi Glad you’ve joined New…[Read more]
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Relationship developement in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 7 years, 8 months ago
@cassandraia nope, I have the same problem. XD
@sesi welcome to New Wessex!
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Sesi replied to the topic Relationship developement in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 7 years, 8 months ago
Oh! @daeus-lamb, this is such a great topic! Guys this is great! I can’t post much right now but…
Yes! Relationships are so big in life, thus they should have a privileged part in any story (unless the MC is a hermit who doesn’t ever see anyone). @cassandraia, yess! I don’t ever spend enough time on plot!
Anyway, that wasn’t really much input…[Read more]
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Daeus Lamb started the topic Relationship developement in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 7 years, 8 months ago
Hey Saxon Scribes. I think I missed last week somehow, but thankfully I remembered just in time today.
Let’s talk about relational development. Just like the meaning we bring to the world is often found in our relationships, usually the best character development is actually relational development between one character and another.
Today, it t…[Read more]
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