Linyang Zhang

@devastate-lasting

Thanks! Wow–I’ve never played Fantasia personally; just heard it. It is really beautiful.

Ok, I can see how the overuse of adverbs could be a problem. I’ll see what I can do. Thanks!

Ok, I’ll see if there are any parts where I could add in that.

You’re right; another part of the significance is that he learns to always try t…[Read more]

@princess-foo @sarah-narnathron @emgc @enu @sarah-inkdragon @devastate-lasting @karthmin @seekjustice @thetessinator @kelly-lundgren @warrenluther04 @filewriter
6 days left people! We can write a bunch of words! We can win this war!

Here’s a few encouraging first draft quotes…

Soooo… Anyone up for a word war? ;3

@karthmin Cause and effect is like my life in writing XD. I love twisting it in slowly and then making everything explode in effect to a bunch of mistakes the MC made without even realizing because he thought he was right or something… yeah, I love messing with my readers heads.

@devastate-lasting Ooh, I’m intrigued now. I also have a mute…[Read more]

@sarah-inkdragon *bows in return* You’re welcome! Characters who don’t get anything from their backstory are internally inconsistent and they break a basic rule of logic – cause and effect. We have to keep this in mind when we’re writing. Readers pick up on this very quickly when we do it wrong. :'( XD

@devastate-lasting Something you said r…[Read more]

@devastate-lasting

Thanks for popping in here and adding to the discussion!

I don’t think it’s necessarily a problem if you’re using different aspects of your own personality, or thinking “What would I do if I was ___?” And that’s because there is a degree to which we have to become our characters; there needs to be a meeting of the identities,…[Read more]

@princess-foo @sarah-narnathron @emgc @enu @sarah-inkdragon @devastate-lasting @karthmin @seekjustice @thetessinator @kelly-lundgren @warrenluther04 @filewriter
7 days left. Here it is. The final week.
And to quote The Guardians of Ga’Hoole movie.
The Echidna: When your wings are weak and you feel like you can’t fly any farther you’re halfway…[Read more]

@princess-foo @sarah-narnathron @emgc @enu @sarah-inkdragon @devastate-lasting @karthmin @seekjustice @thetessinator @kelly-lundgren @warrenluther04 @filewriter
NINE DAYS!!! To complete this challenge called Nano. It’s funny that it spells nano which means small, and this is no small task! But we shall rise above this big 50k and look back at it,…[Read more]

@princess-foo @sarah-narnathron @emgc @enu @sarah-inkdragon @devastate-lasting @karthmin @seekjustice @thetessinator @kelly-lundgren
Ten more days! Isn’t that such a nice number and such a scary number at the same time? o.o
Okay so who wants to word war? (cause I need to… XD )

Hello everyone!

Welcome back to another edition of “Oh No! The Guildmaster is Late!” Subtitled: I Had a Very Busy Weekend.

Post last week’s results and this weeks goals! Don’t be shy!

My results from last week:

Well, first off, I created a Cosmere so I think that just takes the cake. *smiles hugely*

I didn’t do any of the other things on my l…[Read more]

@emgc @sarah-inkdragon @devastate-lasting @enu @princess-foo @kelly-lundgren @sarah-narnathron @seekjustice @thetessinator @warrenluther04 @karthmin @filewriter
We have 11 days left to write our 50ks for Nanowrimo and to write more than the other guilds. We may have not won in the past, but we have fought well. It is only a matter of time until we…[Read more]

@devastate-lasting This sounds like such a great idea! Thanks for making me aware of it!

Yeah, I have boards of creatures that help me with world building and a few that are like picture prompts and one for character inspirations, too. Love this idea!!

@gabriellepollack

So… Character Voice.

First, let’s define character voice briefly. This is important because we need to be aware of and distinguish between three different voices here: authorial voice, narrative voice, and character voice.

First, authorial voice is your voice: your humor, your natural patterns of words, your instinctual word choices, and e…[Read more]

New week, new resolve. We’re getting closer and closer to the end of the year, guys. Let’s keep up our motivation to press on, fight well, write better, and keep each other moving.

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Last week, I did not get any work done in my WIP (tho I did write some poetry), but I did fulfill my second goal, and I got some more beta-reading done. Pretty…[Read more]

Tagging those of you who seem to like critiquing. 😛

@devastate-lasting @sarah-inkdragon @allison-grace @filewriter

@princess-foo *nods*

@devastate-lasting *nods*

@catwing *leans back and smirks, shaking my head*

I’m glad to see you all here. Pay no mind to me.

@devastate-lasting Mmmmmm . . . given that, if it’s not an invitation, I’m going to get attacked by a glass tornado, I don’t think I will come and find out.

@sarah-inkdragon Ah, good to know. *thinks: though I imagine the problem is less with the mailmen and more with the country . . .* I read Eragon; that wasn’t a bad one. Fawkes I haven’t read,…[Read more]

@devastate-lasting

No problem! It was fun.

Yep, those good old antiheroes are so much fun to write and read. I’m actually looking at the final season of Fairy Tail right now and I think I’m going to have a nice long cry when Zeref is defeated if he dies. *sobbing*

Haha, yep. Not much bothers me in terms of gore. Don’t know why, it just never…[Read more]