Grace Johnson

Noah Litle replied to the topic Good or Evil? in the forum Accountability & Achievements 7 years, 6 months ago

This week’s word count on Good vs. Evil: 1,828 words added.

( @daeus-lamb this isn’t for the word war)

@chalice @kate @r-j-karas @m_corinnemusic @julianne @germaine-han @gabbyj @r-m-archer @literatureforthelight @sesi

Let me know if you want to be taken off the list here.

Eden Anderson replied to the topic Let's write /more/ in the forum Announcements 7 years, 6 months ago

Okay, people…I’m new at this so forgive me for being confused and possibly wasting your time. 😛

What does it mean by revising original scenes? I’m working on a short story right now and last night I wrote a bunch, but didn’t finish the complete scene. When I went back and looked at it this morning, I saw a bunch of things I should have added to…[Read more]

Noah Litle started the topic Good or Evil? in the forum Accountability & Achievements 7 years, 6 months ago

Hey guys.

So, I’m working on rewriting and expanding a short story I wrote, and I need some accountability. I’m a little afraid I’ll get into it, decide it’s not really worth writing and give up on it.

I mean, I’ve already started, and decided it wasn’t edifying, so I stopped. Then realized that I needed to work on something so I’m working on…[Read more]

Daeus Lamb started the topic Let's write /more/ in the forum Announcements 7 years, 6 months ago

Hey guys,

I forgot there was a word war this week! I’m going to need to set myself some automated reminders.

Anyway, we’re going to do the best we can. The guilds have decided to war starting today and ending Tuesday night.

This works like it always does. We write as much as we can and try to outdo everyone else!

Here’s what can count toward…[Read more]

Daeus Lamb replied to the topic Criminal types in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 7 years, 6 months ago

@gabbyj Wasn’t Robin Hood basically a communist though? That said, I remember reading a book about him and he seemed to have done some good things. I like your idea of a criminal using his skills for non-criminal purposes. I actually just read a story with that basic idea.

@noahlitle Wow, really good explanation of the danger (and power) of c…[Read more]

Daeus Lamb replied to the topic That silly face in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago

Hey guys, we did pretty well. Check out the judge’s comments here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iL-_uaWuvSI883engtZVvP9MgXNB4oyulGv2IYgZdK8/edit?usp=sharing

@cindy @kate @r-m-archer @literatureforthelight @m_corinnemusic @j-parkhurst @gabbyj @cassandraia @chalice @noahlitle @julianne @germaine-han @maddiejay @sesi @r-j-karas…[Read more]

Daeus Lamb started the topic What do you think of our guild page? in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago

Hey Saxon Scribes, we have a homepage now!

Josiah fixed it up all nice for us. This isn’t officially launched, but I thought I’d give you a sneak peek at it so you can share any suggestions for how to make it better.

New Wessex

The purpose of this page is be awesome, store important/fun information, and let curious…[Read more]

Daeus Lamb started the topic Criminal types in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 7 years, 7 months ago

Hey guys,

I thought with our discussion of handling tricky subjects in the article realm it might be neat to discuss writing criminal types.

Here are a few questions to get us started:

How do we write highly engaging criminals without endorsing their criminal activity?
Can one write a criminal character just for the purposes of the plot…

[Read more]

Grace replied to the topic That silly face in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago

@kate I’m glad that you had time to go back through it and implement all our suggestions 😀 This is also like the fifth time I’ve read through it, and I can’t keep from giggling the whole way. (That’s my subtle way of contradicting your previous disclaimer that you aren’t good at comedy…)

Congratulations everybody! 😀 😀 Even though we pulled…[Read more]

Eden Anderson replied to the topic New Wessex Worldbuilding and History in the forum New Wessex Writing Discussions 7 years, 7 months ago

I stand still, half-hidden in the shadows. I see them gathered around a great table, laughing and talking…like one big happy family sharing secrets and speaking of things I do not understand. I am an outsider. A spectator when what I desire most is to be a participant.

Their conversation has slowed…but still they do not notice me. I pull…[Read more]

R.J. Karas replied to the topic That silly face in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago

Erf, sorry I haven’t been around, all. Glad I didn’t totally miss it.

I went through the doc and made some comments. Anyone, please let me know if those comments are a good idea or if I’m all wet. @kate – can you review them Monday at all before we submit? 🙂

@daeus-lamb @literatureforthelight @GabbyJ @etc.

Daeus Lamb replied to the topic Disposition #2 in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 7 years, 7 months ago

I’m gonna retag people since I don’t think my first try worked. @cindy @kate @elizabeth @r-m-archer @literatureforthelight @m_corinnemusic @j-parkhurst @gabbyj @cassandraia @chalice @noahlitle @julianne @germaine-han @maddiejay @sesi @r-j-karas @rosemarylouise @msqueen8 @arrethtrean @eden-anderson @samuel

Grace replied to the topic That silly face in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago

@kate Yay! Here’s mine:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N2ncbna_hrlN9NX976LxrFGYCm_NV_3_yMoeqSmPOi0/edit?usp=sharing

I still have to go back and fix repetitive language and put some details to rights, but here’s my draft, about the same length as Kate’s. Please tear it apart… and edit away.

Also, I assume for the sake of time, people…[Read more]

Kate Flournoy replied to the topic That silly face in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago

Okay guys! *flops down on the floor* It’s done. The current word count is 2,736, so we do need to trim a little if we choose this one, but it’s basically down. 😛

I’m not sure what to think about it, honestly. Neither first person nor comedy are my strengths, so I’m not entirely sure how it turned out. Not to mention the last half hour I was…[Read more]

Daeus Lamb started the topic Disposition #2 in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 7 years, 7 months ago

Hey Guys,

I’m going to do a slightly more in-depth post about disposition for this week’s theme discussion topic. If you missed it, here’s my first post on disposition: https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/disposition/

This being a relatively new idea for me, I’m still learning about it and I did a lot of that learning over the past week. The…[Read more]

Grace replied to the topic That silly face in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago

Yelp. @daeus-lamb posted this on October 1st, meaning it’s due October 14th. Don’t we usually have a draft going by the time the second week rolls around?

I can write something-that’s-not-so-good-but-it’s-still-something by tonight, then turn it out to all of you so we can jump into the editing process.

Or, if someone is reading this who wants…[Read more]

Kate Flournoy replied to the topic The World Turned Upside Down in the forum Critiques 7 years, 7 months ago

Okay guys, here we go. I figured it out. 😛

The World Turned Upside Down.

@daeus-lamb @noahlitle @gabbyj @msqueen8 @r-m-archer @r-j-karas @literatureforthelight

S.F. Dekreel started the topic Character Art Exchange in the forum Art Discussions 7 years, 7 months ago

Hello, Emberites! (Or whatever we’re supposed to call ourselves. . .)

There was a topic like this on KP, but it hasn’t been introduced to SE so far, so I thought I’d do that. This is where you can ask an artist to draw your character so you can get an idea of what they look like! If you want your character drawn, come to this topic and tell us…[Read more]

Kate Flournoy started the topic The World Turned Upside Down in the forum Critiques 7 years, 7 months ago

Hey guys!

So, in our thread where we were sharing what we’re writing, you heard about my short story (that became a novelette, basically) that I’m going to be using as a thank-you for people who sign up to my newsletter. It’s there already, but it needed rewriting.

Well, I rewrote it, and now I’m looking for opinions and advice. This is the one…[Read more]

Kate Flournoy replied to the topic That silly face in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago

Maybe we should all think of one moment in a movie or a book that made us laugh or that we found really, genuinely funny and share it here, then try to figure out what makes it tick.

How many of you know The Andy Griffith Show? It’s an old one— black and white, and made back when comedy was actually a legitimate art instead of just a bunch of…[Read more]

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