Cindy Green

Daeus Lamb started the topic Disposition #2 in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 8 years, 1 month ago

Hey Guys,

I’m going to do a slightly more in-depth post about disposition for this week’s theme discussion topic. If you missed it, here’s my first post on disposition: https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/disposition/

This being a relatively new idea for me, I’m still learning about it and I did a lot of that learning over the past week. The…[Read more]

Grace replied to the topic That silly face in the forum Announcements 8 years, 1 month ago

Yelp. @daeus-lamb posted this on October 1st, meaning it’s due October 14th. Don’t we usually have a draft going by the time the second week rolls around?

I can write something-that’s-not-so-good-but-it’s-still-something by tonight, then turn it out to all of you so we can jump into the editing process.

Or, if someone is reading this who wants…[Read more]

Evan replied to the topic Howdy Folks in the forum Introduce Yourself 8 years, 1 month ago

Yep, @cindy, and I are old friends. I have to say though, I forget how old we were when we first met, but that almost seems like forever and a day ago. One might even say “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…” (I don’t need a citation for that one.) I will agree with Cindy though, it would be best if we did not mention those old stories…[Read more]

Daeus Lamb replied to the topic To pens, oh Saxon Scribes! in the forum Announcements 8 years, 1 month ago

Well guys, we have the results for the word war.

If I counted right, our total was 20,961 — an awesome word count!

However, Rillumen nocked it out of the park with 39,179 words. :0

Collectively, all the guilds wrote about 200,000 words in one week! *faints*

While we didn’t win, keep in mind we really weren’t too far off. Some of us were…[Read more]

Grace started the topic The Middle of my story in the forum New Wessex Writing Discussions 8 years, 1 month ago

Hi everyone!

So right now I’m brainstorming/outlining for my WIP, and in short, I know where I’m going to end, I’ve figured out my beginning, but it’s a little hard for me to continue plot-brainstorming. Maybe it’s because it’s a lot of work, but I’m hesitating to try to create a plot line from the first plot point and getting it to end where I…[Read more]

Daeus Lamb started the topic Let's talk about parents in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 8 years, 1 month ago

Let’s talk about the most undervalued character type in all of literature.

Parents.

The obvious fact is that most parents in novels die or are already dead (at least it seems like it). The less obvious fact is that even when they’re around, they’re not very important as parents.

What may be even less obvious is that even when they do matter as…[Read more]

Daeus Lamb started the topic That silly face in the forum Announcements 8 years, 1 month ago

Okay, so I just did a post with the mona lisa in it. Forgive me. It was stuck in my head.

The word war is now over and we hope to announce the winner tomorrow. (If you haven’t given me your word count yet, please go post that in the related thread.)

Right on the coattails of that guild war we have another battle. War is life! *raises…[Read more]

Daeus Lamb started the topic Disposition in the forum New Wessex Writing Discussions 8 years, 1 month ago

Hey Saxon Scribes,

I hope you don’t mind if I splatter my not-fully-formed thoughts all over this page.

For a while, my writing conscience has nagged me about this topic I call Disposition. To me, it encapsulates everything that makes a scene matter. Having just stepped out of rewriting a scene where I did not use this principle, it got me…[Read more]

Daeus Lamb started the topic To pens, oh Saxon Scribes! in the forum Announcements 8 years, 1 month ago

Guys, we’re in another war.

The six guilds are competing in a massive word war. The guild that collectively writes the most words (for fiction projects) this week wins. That’s all there is to it — very straightforward. The war starts right now and ends Sunday night.

If you’ve been wanting to increase your weekly word count, now is the…[Read more]

Rachel Rogers replied to the topic Chapter Poem in the forum Poetry Discussions 8 years, 1 month ago

Ooh, poetry! Sometimes I have good advice on poetry, but this is not one of those times. 😛 I think the meter could be polished a little bit, but I generally write freeform so I’m not going to try to offer anything more specific than that. However… @cindy is an *amazing* poet (seriously, have you read her stuff on here?) and she’s great with…[Read more]

Kate Flournoy replied to the topic New Wessex Worldbuilding and History in the forum New Wessex Writing Discussions 8 years, 1 month ago

One by one, shadows slip out of various corners and steal up to the table in silence. What will this hall sound like once we’re all here, and comfortable enough to laugh?

Though somehow it would be a sacrilege to laugh just yet. I lean forward, clasping chilled hands on the table.

A girl slips into Grace’s chair— must be Grace?— and tucks a…[Read more]

Libby replied to the topic Edmund's Sunset – a poem in the forum Poetry Discussions 8 years, 1 month ago

@cindy Wow, thank you so much! That means a lot to me, coming from you. I really admire your writings.

@h-jones You should join! It really is awesome!
I’m so glad you like to write poetry. I love it, but not a lot of my friends do, so it’s great to meet you! What kind of poetry do you write? Do you have a favorite poet or poem? (I love…[Read more]

Kate Flournoy started the topic New Wessex Worldbuilding and History in the forum New Wessex Writing Discussions 8 years, 1 month ago

Fight it… Run from it… Destiny still arrives.

A rather melodramatic observation, considering how happy I am to finally be here.

I stand silent before a half-cold hearth, my back to the long darkness of the hall, and watch the embers burn. Coals lie scattered like isolated cities between charred remains of smoking logs. The smoke drifts past…[Read more]

Daeus Lamb started the topic What are you writing? in the forum New Wessex Writing Discussions 8 years, 1 month ago

Hey-yo, Saxon Scribes!

I theorize that you never really know a writer until you know what they write, so I thought it would be a nice icebreaker for us to share what we’re writing at the moment.

What’s the premise, what gets you excited about it, and what’s at the heart of the story?

@cindy @kate @elizabeth @r-m-archer @literatureforthelight @m_…[Read more]

Daeus Lamb replied to the topic Go crazy with prose in the forum Announcements 8 years, 1 month ago

Hey guys, so we do have the winner announced.

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

@cindy @kate @elizabeth @r-m-archer @literatureforthelight @m_cornnemusic @j-parkhurst @gabbyj @sierra @cassandria @chalice @noahlitle @julianne @germaine-han @maddiejay @sesi @r-j-karas @arrethtreat @rose…[Read more]

Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Why Are You Writing? in the forum New Wessex Writing Discussions 8 years, 1 month ago

@elizabeth aaHHH!! How did I miss this??!!

Well, better late than never…

How old were you when you started writing?

13. I hated writing up to that point and swore I’d never do it.

Do you want to pursue a career in writing, or do you write just for fun?

Career. The goal is to reach as many people as I can, which means I have to be dedicated…[Read more]

Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Time to write in the forum Accountability & Achievements 8 years, 1 month ago

@msqueen I got in the habit at 14 of writing every evening from 7:30 to 9:40. It was the only free time I had, so I knew I had to make the most of it. In the last few years I’ve been learning to be a little less rigid in my schedule and make time for other things in that slot, because I was on the verge of making it an idol, but it definitely…[Read more]

Daeus Lamb started the topic Odd ways of talking in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 8 years, 1 month ago

Hi guys,

One element of character development I’ve never heard discussed before is strange ways of speaking. Think of Gollum, Pete the sock man, Spook, etc.

I’m going to propose that these oddities are not only charming but make a story world immersive and strikingly real.

As far as character development goes, all I can say is that I always r…[Read more]

Noah Litle replied to the topic Go crazy with prose in the forum Announcements 8 years, 1 month ago

♪♫Celebrate good times! Come on!♫♪

Or maybe I should sing:

♪♫Everything is Awesome!!!♫♪

High fives, fist-bumps, and awkward hugs all around!

Thank you, @r-j-karas @literatureforthelight @cindy @sesi @Alana Ward (sorry, I don’t know what your tag is) @r-m-archer @ethryndal @m_corinnemusic @gabbyj and @anonymous for all your input on the fi…[Read more]

Noah Litle replied to the topic Go crazy with prose in the forum Announcements 8 years, 1 month ago

@r-j-karas Thanks. XD I was going to ask about that.

Last day, guys. I plan on doing some serious editing on it this morning. I would appreciate anyone who could be there with me, or at least keep an eye on it. I’ll be keeping an eye peeled here, but I’ll mostly be on the Google doc. Planning on being there sometime around 10:30 or so.

See you…[Read more]

Cindy Green

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