That’s fine! I’ll be absent for two and a half weeks because we’re traveling for family business (please don’t let there be any guild wars while I’m gone! 😭), but I’m interested in seeing how SE is going to change. Hopefully it’s not anything too major. Unless, of course, it’s for the good.

@inspirewrite I have one sister, live on the East Coast in the US, I’m in Grade 7 and my birthday’s in January. (Yay me!) I took a piano lessons for a few years but then they stopped, so I’m mostly self-taught. I can play the beginning of Fur Elise, a few pieces of Bach’s, some of Beethoven’s, but I love to compose my own songs and play…[Read more]

@pursuewisdom *SCREAMS INTERNALLY*

DID DAEUS JUST SAY THAT THIS WAS THE MOST SURREAL DREAM SEQUENCE OF THE ENTIRE GUILD WAR?!

*DEEP BREATHING*

AND WE GOT AN HONORABLE MENTION?!

*MORE DEEP BREATHING*

He did assume correctly, though, the word limit kept me back from going as deeply into it as I would have liked. BUT THIS IS THE THIRD HONORABLE…[Read more]

@inspirewrite SOMEBODY SAY A 14-YEAR-OLD WHO WRITES POETRY/HISTORICAL FICTION, PLAYS PIANO, LOVES MANDISA AND WANTS TO SING HANDEL’S MESSIAH?!!!

REPORTING FOR DUTY

HIIIII VICTORIA OH MY GOODNESS I’M GETTING WAY TOO WORKED UP OVER THIS

WHAT SONGS DO YOU PLAY?

I KID YOU NOT WHEN I TELL YOU THAT I LISTEN TO HANDEL’S MESSIAH EVERY. SINGLE.…[Read more]

Also, I’m thinking what if Aleksander’s Son attacks before he has a chance to march out? That means the spirits lied and he now has to make a choice for or against them. Any thoughts?

(And @coggleton , I was going for that David/Absalom vibe…[Read more]

@anne_the_noob14 “They” are the shadowy, demonic spirits that are speaking to Aleksander–as for the “Ground,” if it’s tripping you up I’ll see what I can do. 😉

Also, I’ve seen the new comments, but I myself was feeling pretty burnt out today, so I’ll try to fix some things tomorrow. 😉

@j-a-penrose you’re fine

That happens to all of us sometimes

@j-a-penrose , should we keep it in 1st person or 3rd?

@obrian-of-the-surface-world oh my goodness, thank you! I will definitely keep that in mind.

@ariella-newheart hmmmm, that is a thought… we’ll see. 😉

NAME REVEAL TIME!!!! EEEEE!!!!

How about Aleksander?

Ah, Aleksander, they murmured, and he swallowed at his own name, does your Kingdom need a King that is alive or a King that is dead?

Inspiration has been flowing like ink on paper for me here–I’m pondering a name reveal sometime later in the story. For now, however, we’ll keep the suspense and refer to him by male pronouns. (This snippet immediately follows the last)

He knew where he was like he knew the breath in his lungs, the scream of his Sword, the curved lips of his…

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@evelyn @pursuewisdom thanks, guys!

Here’s some more! I’m going with the whole light/darkness vibe from my prompt, the vision/dream that the rest of you suggested, and the sacrificial King theme that @steward-of-the-pen came up with. 😉

The Kingdom was going to pieces. The only shred of normality that he had left was his Capital, his son intent on wrenching the Kingdom from his…

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Okay, everyone, how about this? The first few paragraphs are coming together!

(And @silverclaw-bonnetfolly , I may be able to incorporate some of your ideas! WHEEE! 😊😊😊)

Father had always told him that there were only two things in this world–light and darkness.
When he dreamed he saw neither.

He saw blood and skin and bones, porcelain s…

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@steward-of-the-pen that’s amazing! I’m still interested–I’ll get to work ASAP!

Anyways, I noticed all you wrote about today’s media being more geared towards themes like hopelessness and such, and I gotta say, I have sadly noticed the same thing. My family recently watched all the Mazerunner movies for the first time, and halfway through the series, I had to walk away. It wasn’t all the violence and bloodshed that bot…

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@j-a-penrose Daeus says on his profile (I did some snooping) that it can be a dream, vision, or character living out a past dream through their subconscious.

Well, then… 😐😐😐😒

Whoops, that’s @gabriellepollack