While I would appreciate a response to my previous post (which may have just gotten lost in notifications), I have some questions about the end result of the forum shut-down.

Will the forum still be here, simply closed to new posts and replies? Will we, and others who stumble upon the site, still be able to access and reference the…[Read more]

Oh, and if I officially get kicked off the forum (haha, just kidding), will I also no longer receive the emails? I wanna unsubscribe from those as well.

@mamaauthoress hmm…I don’t know if you’ve already tried this, but I usually get a blank page, and when I scroll down I can find the castle

Or, you could try logging out and closing SE, then opening it up again and logging back in?

I’m…not terribly good when it comes to tech issues, so I’m not sure I’m…[Read more]

BY THE WAY FOLKS IT WORKSSSSS IT…[Read more]

I’ve been experiencing the same problem, and so has @this-is-not-an-alien

When I click on the Character Castle 2.0 page, it shows a white screen that says “No matching template found.”

I get the error message too, it looks like a website bug.

@daeus-lamb ?

@daeus-lamb

But… (lol) I dunno how to leave. Aka, quit my account.

@daeus-lamb

You’re welcome! I like all the characters, but yeah, Ventar and Flash are definitely my favorites. 😉

I consider the defining features of a vast amount of dystopian novels to be what I call the Big Three:

• An oppressive and autocratic government that is usually lying to its people…

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Quick question — are you going to be doing the early-review thing for the TSS sequel?

Here is a horrific idea that I had.  It is only a few lines from the perspective of a Hive-controlled villain.

“You were not born. You were downloaded. You are nothing but fractalated bits of carbon and a series of charges. A code of randomization, that requires debugging. You have no fa…[Read more]

If you decide to go forward with it, I would write a couple chapters from both povs, then get feedback on it before you write the whole book th…

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I would love to hear your idea.

@daeus-lamb.…[Read more]

@daeus-lamb Sorry you had to work and miss the patron meeting! @josiah suggested I tag you so you can share your thoughts on the essay.

So back in July the topic of the weekly newsletter, was discussing a question. The question was sent in by a young girl with a gift. Aka, ME. The question was…[Read more]

Hi!

I’ve spoken a little about my current WIP here I think. It’s a short story under 8,000 words. I decided to post it here to see what you all think! if you want to, I’ll post some questions I’d like answered:

1. does this even…

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@daeus-lamb

@gabriellepollack

@noah-cochran

@wordsmith

Many moon ago, I told Josiah that I’d write about the idea that conflict is not the most fundamental aspect of good story… You know, that thing every good writer accepts as basic fact!

I’ve finally published that essay, and you can read it for free right here.

@noah-cochran

@erynne

@skylarynn

@rose-colored-fancy

@bclarke

@writergirl101

@daeus-lamb

@josiah

@hope-ann

@briannastorm

@karthmin

@this-is-not-an-alien

@everyone

I was interested in how each of you uses the concept of subtext in your personal writing,…[Read more]

That’s good food for thought about my Midpoint. In some ways it resembles a bit more of a 3rd plot point, actually… I’ll think on that. Thanks for your thoughts!

I say an Amen! to Daeus (@daeus-lamb) on this one.

He is right. If you over plan or write an outline that is too dense or detailed, all of your creative energy and the mystery of discovery will be spent on the dry bones of a story, that needs the flesh, blood, muscle, sinews, breaths, sweat, and tears to fully come…[Read more]

I wrote the second draft of my epic fantasy last year. Rewrite might be a better word, since it was radically different from the first draft. I outlined most of it, though the plan for the second half of the book was…[Read more]

Here are a few that I have used in some stories:

1. Lost, alone, cold, wet, tired and no one…[Read more]

How long is it? Or what would you compare it to in length?

I would love to read it, but I have several other projects going and don’t want to get too overwhelmed. (And I don’t know why, but for some reason I’m imagining it as this massive book. 😂)

I’d love to! I love fantasy, plus I think I ran out of new books my mom will actually let me read 😅

If you want a review from a young teen girl that is XD

The link takes me to a page that reads “Invalid Dynamic Link”.

I can point you to some free…[Yes, I said FREE]…resources that I use, if you are interested.

I use “Voice Record Pro” on my Apple i-Phone.  It is free in the…[Read more]

That is probably what happened with one of my posts. I had wanted to put in a quote from something else and I think the form got tired of waiting on me to find it. 🙂

I did have two prior posts that were published disappear, but I think those were impacted by the server cut-over.

I guess I would have a correlated email somewhere…[Read more]

@josiah

@hope-ann

@briannastorm

@karthmin

@this-is-not-an-alien

@erynne

@skylarynn

@rose-colored-fancy

@bclarke

@writergirl101

To start the “Audio” ball rolling,… (Yes, yes, I know that’s cliche…)
Here is the first entry:

Moniker:
@obrian-of-the-surface-world

Text: (1623 Words)

The old woman watched as the foamy tides…[Read more]

Hi Daeus,

Seems like the tech glitches are resurfacing. Did someone pour water on a Gremlin?
I had a post in the Forum that disappeared when I clicked the submit button.  Just wondering if these were going into a filter holding before they are posted. I know WordPress has a kind of Approver queue, so I didn’t know if some might be…[Read more]

@josiah

@hope-ann

@briannastorm

@karthmin

Hi Daeus,

There are some posts missing in the Forums.  Not sure if it is a tech glitch or some have been removed for editorial purposes or the content did not align with the guidelines.

I did ask a question on here that I do not see, but it was regarding posting a shared MP3 link to a…[Read more]

There seems to have been a bug in the forum, for several people, the past week’s posts (in several threads) have disappeared. Anything before that or after yesterday is still intact, but there’s a gap. Is anyone else having this problem, and is there any way the posts can be recovered?

Cool topic! That sounds very interesting.

I guess for me it kind of depends. Sometimes I’ll start with a character that I want to work with, and other times (like with my current WIP), I start with a what if such-and-such happened? type question, figure out a storyline that works, and deal with what remains whenever I can. I guess I…[Read more]

Oddly enough, the world usually comes first for me. Generally just a rough area and time period that I can world build off of, and from there, I figure out what may be issues in that world.

Any kind of conflict or friction is generally a starting point. If there isn’t anything in particular, I might start from a cool…[Read more]

I almost always come up with characters first. Being an artist, I usually visualize them first, and then move to personality, then base the character arc off of the personality. Almost all personalities have “weaknesses” that are easy to turn into flaws (like introverts struggling to get along with…[Read more]

Sorry if this seems like an unnecessary question… It’s just been bothering me a lot recently.

Thanks!!

@kylie-wingfeather

Yeah, it’s just a piece of the books description on the back cover, but here’s a more clearer explanation especially for you (the first part of a book blurb I know you will recognize):

“Wild escapes. A desperate journey. And the ghastly Fangs of Dang”

Thank you for the detailed reply! I’ll definitely consider those points.

As far as its job selling the reader, I find it pretty…[Read more]

That sounds fantastic! Very intriguing! I love how you give away enough information that the reader has an idea of what it’s about, but you still keep it very mysterious, which makes the reader want to read it right then and there. Great job 😉

Ah, okay, will do! Thanks!

Ah, that might be it. The most recent post is from 2 months ago, and I wasn’t sure if that was a glitch on my end. 🙂

I subscribed by clicking the “Subscribe” button in the top-ish right-ish corner of the page right after you click on the Word Wars thread.

Quick question. Are the Word Wars still going, and when do they normally start? I subscribed a few months ago and haven’t heard anything since. :/