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Audrey Caylin replied to the topic Short Story Contest Critique in the forum Critiques 7 years ago
@devastate-lasting awesome! I’ll take a look at it by later today or Saturday latest 😀
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Audrey Caylin started the topic SE Contest Story in the forum Critiques 7 years ago
Hey Ereki!
I just finished up some edits for my story for the SE contest, so I’m hoping to get some beta readers to look over it!
Below is the link to the google doc plus some specific things I’m looking for critique on. It’s fantasy, about 4k, and contains clean romance and mild blood and gore.
Thank you in advance to anyone who has time to…[Read more]
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Catwing started the topic May Word War! in the forum Announcements 7 years ago
*just relaxing and probably procrastinating on her book*
E-mail: *throws letters through the window and runs off* *letters fall around the room*
Me: …You made a mess… *starts looking through the letters* What?! How did I forget about this coming up! Well, it’s a day late anyway.
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Martin Detwiler started the topic Week 12: Writing Life; Why Do You Write? (Jess Penrose) in the forum Weekly Theme Discussion 7 years ago
Ereki!
On vacation, so literally just copying and pasting.
Hope you all have an awesome week! I’m going to try to pop in a bit later on, but we’ll see.
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<b>Why Write</b>
If you’re reading this, the chances are pretty high that you’re a writer. But how often do you tend to stop and think about what it means for you to say that? Being a wri…[Read more]
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Princess Foo started the topic The Results: Second Person in the forum Announcements 7 years, 1 month ago
I summon thee, my battle warriors! The results of the prompt war are back! We got second place!
It looks like there wasn’t anything negative to say about our story, the…[Read more]
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Martin Detwiler replied to the topic Weekly Wonderings in the forum Erekdale Writing Discussions 7 years, 1 month ago
@ALL
My goodness! Those are some crazy dreams! XD Truly and certifiably insane, some of you. XD Just kidding – I’m a kettle calling pots black. But at least when it comes to dreams, I cannot even begin to match any of those. My dreams are so insanely boring and I so rarely remember them…
…yeah. Not even going to bother. 😛
I’d react to…[Read more]
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E. Grace replied to the topic May 2019 Accountability in the forum Accountability & Achievements 7 years, 1 month ago
@hope-ann @mlbolangerauthor @lady-frosttongue @sarah-inkdragon @devastate-lasting @sageinthemeadow @enu @the-inkspiller @filewriter @princess-foo @catwing @kelly-lundgren @allison-grace @sarah-narnathron @ajaj2000 @warrenluther04 @lydia-writes @seekjustice @rose-noblescroll @thetessinator @briannajean @norella-novik @morreafirebird @karthmin
How…[Read more]
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Martin Detwiler started the topic Week 11: Writing Life: Why You Should Write Outside (Daeus Lamb) in the forum Weekly Theme Discussion 7 years, 1 month ago
Good evening, Ereki!
We have another discussion topic for this week, and I am personally quite interested in your answers to this one. Here’s what Daeus wrote for us:
Why to write outside
I’m writing this post outside. The sun is shining, and some trees provide shade. The stream is full and bubbling and a wind stirs the leaves.
Have I c…[Read more]
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Princess Foo replied to the topic Prompt War: Second Person in the forum Announcements 7 years, 1 month ago
Sooooo, remember when I said ideally we would be finished writing the story Friday night, but it looks like that wasn’t going to happen? Well it happened! The story is complete! *confetti* *spaghetti* *lasagna* It needs a lot of editing, but it’s done!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/171Gru1irPQhCI7YI3TgaTGPlRf5pxWra5eC-jpfhOJQ/edit
If you…[Read more]
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Princess Foo replied to the topic Prompt War: Second Person in the forum Announcements 7 years, 1 month ago
Good news! @karthmin got busy and wrote a bunch last night! We are now at ~1800 words and at the climax. The reason for this update is that we are at a crossroads. Karthmin and I proposed two alternate endings at the end of the doc. (His is in bold, and mine is in the comments.) We have the potential to be done writing by tonight, which would be…[Read more]
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Princess Foo replied to the topic Prompt War: Second Person in the forum Announcements 7 years, 1 month ago
I’m back! *bows as confetti rains from the sky* And… we are a wee bit behind schedule. Ideally, we would be finished writing tomorrow, but we currently only have either 164 words of basic set-up or 1200 words of less basic set-up, depending on if we want to cut out most of that set up as some people planned. The deadline is Sunday night.
I’m…[Read more]
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The Inkspiller replied to the topic Short Story Contest #2 Critique Request in the forum Critiques 7 years, 1 month ago
@karthmin, I appreciate your silver lining!
By the way, I quite liked Endbringer, though I think I still need another couple read-throughs to understand it properly. It’s funny – I immediately began thinking of the song “O’Death”, specifically the cover performed for Until Dawn – which I totally wasn’t listening to nonstop while writing this…[Read more]
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Martin Detwiler replied to the topic Weekly Wonderings in the forum Erekdale Writing Discussions 7 years, 1 month ago
@catwing I genuinely enjoyed reading that. Your imagination is one of a kind. XD
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Well, it really seemed like that question was a bit of a hit, so I’ll keep hitting on something that a lot of us brought up in our answers to last week’s question:
What is the craziest dream you have ever had?
If you want to elaborate, talk about the level of…[Read more]
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Martin Detwiler started the topic Week 10: Writing Life; Connecting with Local Writers (Brandon Miller) in the forum Weekly Theme Discussion 7 years, 1 month ago
Posting Brandon’s discussion piece without any of my own comments because of the time. Apologies for getting this out so late. Good way to start a Tuesday morning, though! 😛
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Even though I don’t fit in with the introverted, agoraphobic, germaphobic writer stereotype (see Alex Rover from “Nim’s Island”), I have to agree with them on one thi…[Read more]
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E. Grace replied to the topic May 2019 Accountability in the forum Accountability & Achievements 7 years, 1 month ago
@devastate-lasting Awesome! That’s so great. 🙂
@karthmin Yeah… I know what it’s like to have a week like that. Maybe try again this week, huh? 😉
How did everyone else’s goals go? I think mine went… okay… I got most of them done, anyway. And I felt like I was pretty productive this week in general, so that satisfies me. 🙂
What are yo…[Read more]
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Catwing replied to the topic Weekly Wonderings in the forum Erekdale Writing Discussions 7 years, 1 month ago
@karthmin
I’m kinda late, but anyway.
(Note: This sort of turned into a bunch of rants about my imagination… But oh, well. Maybe it will make sense or something. So yeah.)
I have a pretty good imagination, so while I definitely don’t have aphanthisa, I don’t think my imagination is as vivid as someone with hyperphantasia.
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Martin Detwiler replied to the topic Weekly Wonderings in the forum Erekdale Writing Discussions 7 years, 1 month ago
@seekjustice That’s so neat! I definitely can relate to this. The small extent to which I can visualize things, they must be things that I am already very familiar with.
@kelly-lundgren No way! I can’t even comprehend what it must be like having such a vivid imagination and then trying to communicate that via words! Especially about dreams – mine…[Read more]
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The Inkspiller started the topic Short Story Contest #2 Critique Request in the forum Critiques 7 years, 1 month ago
@karthmin, @northerner, my two most favoritest readers and fellow writers,
and also @morreafirebird, @catwing, @princess-foo, @devastate-lasting, @sarah-inkdragon, @kelly-lundgren, @hope-ann and all the other members of Erekdale that I’ve surely missed whose aid I would greatly appreciate.Just to keep it out of the way of the main topic for the…[Read more]
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Princess Foo replied to the topic Prompt War: Second Person in the forum Announcements 7 years, 1 month ago
It is time to draw our swords/pens and begin battle in earnest! We are ready to start writing! Thank you 3000 to everyone who offered to write—I was worried that @karthmin would be writing it himself, but several people have volunteered to help. Thank you! That said, if you haven’t yet volunteered to write but want to, or find yourself with a s…[Read more]
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The Inkspiller replied to the topic Short Story Contest in the forum Erekdale Writing Discussions 7 years, 1 month ago
@morreafirebird, @princess-foo, @devastate-lasting
Yes! Trying once again!
Just blew out the first draft like a madman. I had the idea and the outline and inspiration. Gosh my butt hurts – I’ve been sitting or squatting to write since 6 this morning. Praise God above for this – I haven’t felt this inspired in months, if not years.Only…[Read more]
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