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Audrey Caylin started the topic 2018 Week 17: Story conflict in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 8 years, 2 months ago
Hey Ereki!
We’re moving along with our annual theme of conflict and will be focusing more on external conflict for a while now. If you’re new to Erekdale, you’re welcome to go back and read through all the previous topics on internal conflict. But now… onward to external conflict!
We often think of external conflict first when crafting a…[Read more]
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Audrey Caylin replied to the topic August 2018 Accountability in the forum Accountability & Achievements 8 years, 2 months ago
Good morning, everyone! Time to make some goals… I’m also going to be changing up our accountability here a bit so it’s more “accountability” and not just “make goals;” On Thursdays I’m going to be checking in and asking how your progress is going and do some cheering if you need it 😉
My goals for this week are:
– make sure my plot matches…[Read more]
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Audrey Caylin replied to the topic Opinion on a Peter Pan retake in the forum Critiques 8 years, 2 months ago
I have to go right now, but I’ll come back and look at this later 🙂 I’ll tag some people who might be able to help:
@Sarah-Inkdragon @Devastate-Lasting @Sageinthemeadow @Karthmin @Filewriter @princess-foo @emgc @catwing
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Audrey Caylin replied to the topic Introduction Thread 2.0 in the forum Announcements 8 years, 2 months ago
@sarah-inkdragon for the record, the horses I rode always went in the trailer without their saddles *coughs* But I do agree that tomatoes are positively disgusting 😉
@sarah-narnathron I need to try that opening of the door with my feet tied thing. My characters often end up like that 😛
@princess-foo reading is the best hobby in the world ;…[Read more]
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Audrey Caylin replied to the topic A Reboot of Erekdale in the forum Announcements 8 years, 2 months ago
@emgc @filewriter sounds great! You don’t have to be on here every day, but just popping in once a week or so would be great 🙂
@the-inkspiller wow, that’s close. Like I mentioned, it’s fine if you go dark for a little bit when you’re busy, though if it’s for a longer period of time, give me a heads up.
@devastate-lasting I say that to myself…[Read more]
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Karthmin replied to the topic Representing Erekdale in the forum Accountability & Achievements 8 years, 2 months ago
Thanks, guys! I can’t wait till the story goes up and I can get some feedback. Only a few of my irl friends have read it and they aren’t exactly writers, so I look forward to writerly talks about the story. 🙂
@morreafirebird Yes! Congratulations to you, too! That makes two Ereki who placed in the contest. Go us. B)
(yes, we…[Read more]
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Sarah Inkdragon replied to the topic Opening Of My Novel–Critique + I Need Help in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 2 months ago
Yeah, Discord is totally not on my history…. neither is Sword Art Online or some random dragon-making game…. *nervous laughter*
As for POV–I want the feel to be dark, and slightly cynical, so… I’m still working on that. It shouldn’t be to hard, considering how cynical I usually am… hehe…
And I’ve changed the last…[Read more]
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Sarah Inkdragon replied to the topic Opening Of My Novel–Critique + I Need Help in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 2 months ago
Can’t wait to see it. 😉 BTW, have you heard the news about Code Geass S3? As how they’re presenting it and plot? Apparently it’s not a true S3(I mean, it is, but it isn’t), but instead it’s an alternate ending. So I guess if you end up not liking S3, you can just pretend it never happened and go back into mourning.
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Sarah Inkdragon replied to the topic Opening Of My Novel–Critique + I Need Help in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 2 months ago
Thanks so much! I was actually thinking about doing a break… but it seemed rather abrupt and untidy for the first page… I’ll experiment a little with it. 😉
And as for surviving… I’m actually considering a sad ending to this story. So you might get your wish. 🙁
Yeah, I’m about 3/4 through S1. But S3…[Read more]
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ENU replied to the topic Introduction Thread 2.0 in the forum Announcements 8 years, 2 months ago
1. Unfortunately I haven’t gotten around to much writing this summer, sorry @devastate-lasting. But my fantasy WIP is about three races of winged people at war with each other. There are three main protagonists, Elnathan, Reuel, and Lyra, who are all on different sides of the war. When a Gold Wing(-ed person) from Elnathan’s past suddenly shows…[Read more]
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Audrey Caylin started the topic A Reboot of Erekdale in the forum Announcements 8 years, 2 months ago
Hello Ereki!
If you could PLEASE TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO READ THIS, there’s some cool and important information here 😉
The other Guildmasters and I had a meeting a few evenings ago to go over the feedback from the survey you guys filled out, talk some things over, and brainstorm ideas for making the guilds even more awesome than they already are.…[Read more]
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Catwing replied to the topic New Ereki in the forum Announcements 8 years, 2 months ago
@sarah-narnathron @devastate-lasting *flys in through the window* Thanks for the welcome fellow Ereki!
@kelly-lundgren Hi I’m new too!@filewriter @sarah-inkdragon @princess-foo @sageinthemeadow @allison-grace @warrenluther04 @morreafirebird *throws feathers* Hello again my old friends, I remember ya’ll from KP! Do you remember me? Glad to ‘see’…[Read more]
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Sarah Inkdragon started the topic Opening Of My Novel–Critique + I Need Help in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 2 months ago
So. It feels like I haven’t been here in forever. Literally, almost all summer, I did nothing on here.
I’ll blame that on working a full time job and not just a ton of video games and Discord chat rooms. *cough* Ahem. *cough* *choke*
Yeah. Okay. So I’m lazy. I don’t have internet very often, and when I do… well, I like my video games, okay?…[Read more]
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Jonathan Brown replied to the topic The Building of Erekdale in the forum Announcements 8 years, 2 months ago
Alright, guys, college is about to start, so I’ll be radio silent for a while still. If any of you guys (or untagged people you know) are fellow students at Texas A@M let me know, and maybe we can meet up in person. Until next time, sayonara.
@Bekks2017 @Sarah-Inkdragon @Allison-Grace @lydia-writes @Devastate-Lasting @WarrenLuther04 @ajaj2000 @Sag…[Read more]
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Audrey Caylin started the topic Introduction Thread 2.0 in the forum Announcements 8 years, 2 months ago
Welcome to the Introduction Thread 2.0! Here are five questions for you all to answer to us started. Feel free to comment on other peoples’ answers!
1. What’s the genre and a (brief) summary of your current WIP?
2. What’s one hobby you have other than writing?
3. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever done in the name of writing?
4. If you’ve…[Read more]
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Audrey Caylin replied to the topic New Ereki in the forum Announcements 8 years, 2 months ago
Good afternoon! I have some exciting news today… a lot of new Ereki have come to join us!
Please welcome @princess-foo @Emma @emgc @taaka-merespinner @kelly-lundgren @catwing @ariednelle and @Snaps571 . I’m excited to have you all in the guild!
If you guys have any questions, feel free to tag me. You’re also welcome to go back through the…[Read more]
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Audrey Caylin replied to the topic 2018 Week 16: When to pull back on conflict in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 8 years, 2 months ago
@devastate-lasting I think definitely right after the climax. I can’t recall many stories that are calm before the actual climax, but I know many that calm down right before the final fourth of the book begins 🙂
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Audrey Caylin replied to the topic 2018 Week 15: Creating internal conflict (an article) in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 8 years, 2 months ago
@devastate-lasting *nods* Some stories do a better job with it than others; it usually depends on the genre, in my observations. If it’s a sci-fi and things are blowing up every other page, authors seem to be able to get away with not making the choices very clear.
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Audrey Caylin replied to the topic 2018 Week 14: Showing internal conflict through external conflict in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 8 years, 2 months ago
@devastate-lasting ooh, that’s a really good example! (and a reminder for me to actually go watch that movie since I love Po 😛 )
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Audrey Caylin started the topic 2018 Week 16: When to pull back on conflict in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 8 years, 2 months ago
Hey Ereki!
We’ve been talking a lot about putting conflict into our stories and how to do it, but now I want to pose a question: at what moments in a story should internal conflict (temporarily) die down?
Like action sequences, internal conflict rises and falls throughout a story; if it were intense all the time, it would feel stagnant and…[Read more]
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