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Heads up. We’re moving the guilds to the archives. You’ll still be able to access old posts, but you won’t be able to make new…[Read more]

Hey SE people!

We’ve launched a cool new feature on the forum called groups.

You can find them in the nav bar like so:

Groups are hubs for writers to gather around something they share in common. They include a Facebook-like feed and most of them also include their own forums.

So far there are three types of groups:
1. Word war…[Read more]

Hello Parimis!

I just wanted to gather some thoughts on an idea. Would you guys appreciate having short story competitions once a month again? And if so, would you like to have individual submissions, or would you like to make small groups? (note that this will only be taking place within the guild of Parimi Alca. Maybe every now and then we…[Read more]

Hello Parimis!

I vanished off the face of the earth for a few months, it seems. However, I have officially graduated from school, completed exams, and therefore should be free again, like the old days.

I’m really sorry for the general chaos of me not being around, and not really speaking to anyone at all.

Thank you so much @Jane-Maree for…[Read more]

Hey guys! As per usual, I am late with this war notification, but we’ll see how we go. 😊

Prompt: Write a story in which two cultures clash

Word Limit: 2500

Time: Monday 19th (August) – Monday 2nd (of September)  [Sorry for lateness. 😬]

The Judge: Possibly me? I’ll get back to you on that. 😂

For those who are new to Parimi Alca Guild Wa…[Read more]

Hey guys! In case you don’t remember me, I’m Jess. I’m actually your guildmaster, and I’m not dead!

First up, full apologies. A fair few major life things happened, and I was overwhelmed and basically shut myself in my room and just cried while trying to keep on top of things for basically a month. On that, prayer for dealing with deadlines and…[Read more]

It seems like literal aeons ago, but once upon an Annual Theme of Pacing and Suspense, we looked creating a sense of suspense and atmosphere through objects in writing. And then more recently, we had a post from Martin about The Artist’s Eye, and to seek the beautiful in the ordinary everyday.

For the next two weeks, that’s exactly what we’…[Read more]

Final post until we’re caught up! *cheers*

So, this one is written by Jane, with the input of Faith and Daeus who are two of Story Embers’ self-published writers, unlike Jane who is very much neck deep in working through the traditional publishing world.

So you know from the start, both have their benefits and disadvantages. Particularly…[Read more]

Hello all!

This week’s (or more, last week’s) lesson is from Martin, and is looking at the pros and cons of typing, and writing by hand. 

So, without any further rambling from Jess, let’s see what Martin has to say about notebooks and keyboards!

Things I’ve learned from my own experience with both mediums:

Typing:

Pros:

Typing is fas…[Read more]