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RaeMarie replied to the topic Poetry Help Wanted…….please!! in the forum Poetry Discussions 8 years, 3 months ago
Hi @cindy ! Thank you so much for offering your help. I have admired your poems for a long time. 😊 Would mind talking over email?
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Mariposa Aristeo replied to the topic Poetry Help Wanted…….please!! in the forum Poetry Discussions 8 years, 3 months ago
@raemarie I haven’t studied much poetry and I only write it occasionally, so I feel I can’t be of much help. 🙁 I’ll summon some of the poetry experts for you. 🙂 @scribbles @cindy @christieaton @sir-leeds
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Noah Litle replied to the topic Onward to victory! in the forum Announcements 8 years, 3 months ago
@literatureforthelight Exactly! That’s exactly what I had in mind. Leave the audience wondering if the fire pixie was real. I couldn’t have said it better.
Also, @corissa I think we could do the same kind of thing with his moral dilemma. Give both choices enough weight to leave the audience wondering if he made the right choice. Whatever he…[Read more]
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Grace replied to the topic Onward to victory! in the forum Announcements 8 years, 4 months ago
I like the second idea as well; it’s a bit less of a plot to cram in 2,500 words. I would agree with Kate, though, that we don’t know whether or not the fire pixie is real, although we could probably hint at what Noah said, to make the audience think there might be some mental disorder going on, but leave all of them unsure.
(Apparently…[Read more]
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Noah Litle replied to the topic Onward to victory! in the forum Announcements 8 years, 4 months ago
I’m with you, @kate, I like the second idea better. It would lend itself pretty easily to one scene. Where he and the pixie break into the palace and warn the king.
We could give him a sort of hallucinogenic schizophrenia, or whatever you call that, where you see and interact with people/things that aren’t real. Then we could make the fact that…[Read more]
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Onward to victory! in the forum Announcements 8 years, 4 months ago
@Literatureforthelight we have been unusually prolific with ideas, haven’t we? 😛 I suppose that’s a good problem to have though.
If my memory serves me, we have two main ideas on the table now.
Chimneysweep is sweeping chimneys with the aid of happy fire pixies whom all other chimneysweeps mistreat, when the pixies discover a plot to…[Read more]
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Corissa replied to the topic Onward to victory! in the forum Announcements 8 years, 4 months ago
I tried replying twice a few hours ago, and neither one showed up, so let’s see if third time’s the charm. 😛 😉
@kate I absolutely love that idea!
What would we do with the ending then? Would he still go back to his chimney sweep life, and if so what would that make the theme? Or would we give it a warmer, happier ending, where he does get…[Read more]
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Onward to victory! in the forum Announcements 8 years, 4 months ago
@Julianne welcome! Thanks for jumping right in and contributing; great thoughts.
@Corissa I love the idea of him being kind to the fairies. Great way to spin it.
But guys, guys— before we go any further I had a thought. I’ve been trying to think how we can better fulfill the prompt, moving on from the story and developing an engaging voice…[Read more]
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Noah Litle replied to the topic Onward to victory! in the forum Announcements 8 years, 4 months ago
Okay.
I just got caught up with the conversation, let me recap what we have so far (disclaimer: as I understand it):
We have two story lines here.
The first (which I think we scrapped already, but just in case):
Kid, the chimney-sweep, 5, is happily sweeping chimneys for his chimney-sweep master, when he finds out about a plot to kill a…[Read more]
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Onward to victory! in the forum Announcements 8 years, 4 months ago
@R-M-archer we could use your fantasy smarts here.
I’m thinking we could do this not as a typical ‘London chimneysweep’ deal, but actually have it be a chimneysweep ring in a fantasy city. What difference does it make? At heart, none, but it could do two things. One, allow us to get really creative with the way chimneys are swept (do the boys…[Read more]
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Katthewriter replied to the topic A Writer's Struggle in the forum Poetry Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
hey @cindy ! Remember me? Katharine Ingalls? From ydubs?
Aw, well thank you. Though SE doesn’t do poems, right..?
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Onward to victory! in the forum Announcements 8 years, 4 months ago
*gasps* OUR GUILDMASTER HAS DESERTED US.
Okay guys. We need to get organized.
@literatureforthelight an unreliable narrator is when the narrator believes something untrue about the circumstances in the story and tells it from a skewed perspective, and this is obvious to the reader. For instance, if we had the story of a lazy, neglectful, abusive…[Read more]
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Daeus Lamb started the topic Challenge: explore new character types in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 8 years, 4 months ago
Hey friends,
It being Monday, we’re back to our annual theme discussion on character development. (If you’re new here, check out the previous posts. There were some really good ones.)
Today, I wanted to do something different. This is not so much a discussion as a challenge.
It can be easy for us writers to develop our own personal cliches, but…[Read more]
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Daeus Lamb replied to the topic Onward to victory! in the forum Announcements 8 years, 4 months ago
@raemarie @mcnoggin @cindy @kate @elizabeth @girlsetfree @theresa-play @r-m-archer @literatureforthelight @livgiordano @lady-iliara @m_cornnemusic @j-parkhurst @gabbyj @sierra @cassandria @chalice @noahlittle
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Mariposa Aristeo replied to the topic FIRST SE FICTION STORY: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARC in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
Anyone ready for RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARC PART 4? Here it is!
For those of you missed the first part, go to page 1 of this topic. For part 2, go to page 4. For part 3, go to page 6.
@josiah @daeus-lamb @hope-ann @gabriellepollack @brandon-miller @supermonkey42 @corrisa @cindy @naomijackson @christieaton @lady-iliara @anne-of-lothlorien
“A mug o…[Read more]
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Daeus Lamb started the topic Well motivated antagonists in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 8 years, 4 months ago
I’m a little late, but today I’m going to try to answer @r-m-archer‘s question about how to create realistic antagonists, especially in the area of motivations.
I want to start by pointing out the difference between an antagonist and a villain. An antagonist is anyone who resists your character’s goals, while the villain is an evil antagonist…[Read more]
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Jane Maree replied to the topic A Writer's Struggle in the forum Poetry Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
Wow, I really liked that! o-o That was super duper cool. And that’s your first poem??? *is amazed*
Tagging a couple of people so they can check this out: @J-A-Penrose @Jenwriter17 @Kate @Emma-Starr @cindy @scribbles
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Mariposa Aristeo replied to the topic FIRST SE FICTION STORY: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARC in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
Drum roll, please! I’d like to proudly present, General Raspberry!
@daeus-lamb @gabriellepollack @hope-ann @christieaton @josiah @overcomer @supermonkey42 @cindy @ethryndal @sleepwalkingmk @jessi-rae

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Daeus Lamb started the topic Character and Viewpoint – a short review in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 8 years, 4 months ago
Hi Saxon Scribes,
For this week in our annual theme discussion, I wanted to review a book I just read by Orson Scott Card called Characters & Viewpoint.
The short of it: this is a good solid book, not really brilliant or a game changer but still a worthy read for anyone but advanced professionals. Personally, I didn’t learn much new, but I re…[Read more]
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Corissa replied to the topic Let's world build ourselves! in the forum Announcements 8 years, 4 months ago

*prays this works* This is everyone I’ve found on the forum. Let me know if I missed anyone.
@daeus-lamb @kate @lady-iliara @cindy @ethryndal @liv-giordano @r-m-archer @everyone else
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