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J.A.Penrose started the topic Guild War : It's a Beautiful Day in the forum Announcements 7 years, 3 months ago

It seems like literal aeons ago, but once upon an Annual Theme of Pacing and Suspense, we looked creating a sense of suspense and atmosphere through objects in writing. And then more recently, we had a post from Martin about The Artist’s Eye, and to seek the beautiful in the ordinary everyday.

For the next two weeks, that’s exactly what we’…[Read more]

Taylor Clogston replied to the topic Check In – June Week Two in the forum Parimi Alca Writing Discussions 7 years, 3 months ago

@coggleton I like Mistborn. The next two books are considerably better than the first, IMO, and though I’ve not gotten around to reading the second trilogy, I think Allomancy is by far Sanderson’s best magic system.

Regarding Cadmen, it sounds like’s he’s struggling with Impatience, and risking it turning toward Resentment. The Lord is not slow…[Read more]

Taylor Clogston replied to the topic Reviews Wanted! in the forum General Writing Discussions 7 years, 3 months ago

@coggleton If I were a good structurist, the books would be important later =P I really want to do a knot magic system in the future now, thanks for the idea. Since there’s a bunch of theory and even some notation styles for knots, I think it could make for a replacement for the standard “draw a magic circle with runes” stuff you see everywhere.…[Read more]

Ariella Newheart replied to the topic Check In – June Week Two in the forum Parimi Alca Writing Discussions 7 years, 3 months ago

@coggleton Yes. In 2017 Zahn released a book about Thrawn’s backstory and why he joined the Empire. It’s a very good study in character motivations. Nothing can beat the original trilogy, though this book came very close.

@evelyn

A friend who runs a photography business offered to take pictures free of charge of my calligraphy samples!…

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J.A.Penrose started the topic Writing Life: Self Publishing vs Traditional Publishing in the forum Weekly Theme Discussion 7 years, 3 months ago

Final post until we’re caught up! *cheers*

So, this one is written by Jane, with the input of Faith and Daeus who are two of Story Embers’ self-published writers, unlike Jane who is very much neck deep in working through the traditional publishing world.

So you know from the start, both have their benefits and disadvantages. Particularly…[Read more]

J.A.Penrose started the topic Writing Life: Typing vs Writing by Hand in the forum Weekly Theme Discussion 7 years, 3 months ago

Hello all!

This week’s (or more, last week’s) lesson is from Martin, and is looking at the pros and cons of typing, and writing by hand.

So, without any further rambling from Jess, let’s see what Martin has to say about notebooks and keyboards!

Things I’ve learned from my own experience with both mediums:

Typing:

Pros:

Typing is fas…[Read more]

J.A.Penrose started the topic Writing Life: Why Write? in the forum Weekly Theme Discussion 7 years, 3 months ago

Hey guys!

If you hadn’t noticed, we’re three weeks behind! *hides face in shame* However, I’m just going to catch it all up tonight so that we’re back on track!

This particular post was written by yours truly on why we should even write in the first place.

If you’re reading this, the chances are pretty high that you’re a writer. But how oft…[Read more]

J.A.Penrose replied to the topic Word War that Your Guildmaster Forgot in the forum Announcements 7 years, 3 months ago

Results are up! We didn’t do so well this time, but we did know that. 😉 A fair few people didn’t get their counts in on time, and those of us who did, didn’t write a ton. Myself well and truly included.

But guess what, guys? There’s a good chance that we’ll have a word war in July when we’re Camp NaNo-ing to absolutely thrash the other guilds!…[Read more]

J.A.Penrose started the topic Camp NaNo Anyone? in the forum Announcements 7 years, 3 months ago

Hello all, and welcome to the month before July, or more specifically, the month before a lot of writers go completely mental and write a heap. 😉

If you are new to the vast quantity of writing forums out there, April and July are Camp NaNo seasons. Camp NaNo is an online writing “camp” where you and up to 19 fellow writers band together to try…[Read more]

J.A.Penrose replied to the topic Word War that Your Guildmaster Forgot in the forum Announcements 7 years, 3 months ago

Last day for word count submissions! Daeus is tallying…[Read more]

J.A.Penrose replied to the topic You Have Arrived at Parimi Alca! in the forum Announcements 7 years, 3 months ago

Parimis to attention! After just over a year of being a guild, we have two brand new guildlings!

Welcome Elisha and Simeon Shedd! (Also, if any of you know their tags, please tag them! I can’t find the tags.…[Read more]

J.A.Penrose started the topic Celebrating a Delayed One Year Birthday in the forum Announcements 7 years, 3 months ago

Guys, guess what??

Parimi Alca is ONE YEAR OLD! *flails* It was announced to the world on May 28th, and Steward reminded me of this the other day. Unfortunately, I then totally ran out of time to actually say anything. 😛 But I just wanted you all to know this exciting fact, and get excited with me. 😀

So yay,…[Read more]

J.A.Penrose replied to the topic Guild War : You Know It in the forum Announcements 7 years, 3 months ago

Hello all! This has actually been around for a while, but I totally forgot to announce it. (story of my life right now, honestly. XD)

We didn’t win, sadly. </3 That title goes to our friends over in Meraki, so be sure to congratulate them!

Our main issue was (as we kinda knew) that it was a HUGE story trying to masquerade as a super-duper…[Read more]

J.A.Penrose started the topic Word War that Your Guildmaster Forgot in the forum Announcements 7 years, 3 months ago

Does Jess deserve an award for being super forgetful??? YEP. *nervous laughter* Thank you, Catherine, for reminding me of this. XD

We have a word war happening, people!

This one is going from Monday to Sunday. If you’ve already written words from Monday to today, count them as well. *facepalm* Still can’t believe I forgot this.

Here is the…[Read more]

Taylor Clogston replied to the topic Check In – May Week Two in the forum Parimi Alca Writing Discussions 7 years, 4 months ago

@coggleton I wish you a quick vault over that wall. What sort of gloves are you supposed to wear for a routing table?

The Inkspiller replied to the topic How to write an antagonist for a negative character arc? in the forum Characters 7 years, 4 months ago

@coggleton,

Valtmy has some good points regarding the “corruption” arc and the “rocky ground” arc. But I sense your original title question still needs answering as to how to write an antagonist for a negative character arc (for the protagonist). So, I’ll roll up my sleeves and give it a shot. If you have a specific set-up or characters in mind…[Read more]

J.A.Penrose replied to the topic Guild War : You Know It in the forum Announcements 7 years, 4 months ago

Hey guys! You’ve all done awesomely and I’m so proud of you! I have to call this as a time’s up, though, and send it through for submission.

Great…[Read more]

J.A.Penrose started the topic Writing Life : The Community in the forum Weekly Theme Discussion 7 years, 4 months ago

As an introvert who lives in the middle of nowhere and is known for muttering, “humans” under her breath whenever she’s around other people, I have to say that I often find it hard to actually hang out with people…Even the writerly sort. I mean, what if they’re extroverts? What if there’s more than two of them?

Thankfully, Faith is here today…[Read more]

valtmy replied to the topic How to write an antagonist for a negative character arc? in the forum Characters 7 years, 4 months ago

@coggleton

I love such characters, usually when written and contrasted well with another equally compelling positive change arc. 😀

I believe you what you are asking about is a “corruption” arc where the character starts in a world that already believes the Truth, has the chance to embrace it, but is tempted away. That means there is something…[Read more]

J.A.Penrose replied to the topic Guild War : You Know It in the forum Announcements 7 years, 4 months ago

On that note…

If we haven’t started on a draft in 24 hours, I’m probably just going to start writing. Just so that we definitely have something to hand in. *fingerguns* Ideally, I let you guys write the first draft so that you can practice and grow, but having something happening is the no. 1 priority.

Volunteers,…[Read more]

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