Grace T.

Hey, guys, so I know you have all been popping in and out of the doc. I finished a draft of the story, but I kind of stink at endings. What do you guys think? Do you have any changes you want to make or is there anything you don’t like? Can you think of a better…[Read more]

Rolena Hatfield started the topic 2018 Week 7 – Death Scene Details in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 7 years, 12 months ago

Hey Rillumenites!

It just so happens that our beloved guildmaster is away for the week (doing many exciting, writerly things). So, a thousand pardons, but y’all will have to put up with me again. 🙂 So if you have any questions over the week, go ahead and direct ’em my way.

This week’s activity will be simple since we’re working hard to finish…[Read more]

Coralie replied to the topic Death Scene Battle in the forum Announcements 8 years ago

@rolena-hatfield *weeps* Meee tooo!!

Yeah, this group is full of great ideas!!!

@pookiemonster made a good point: our days are dwindling. I listed out all of the ideas I found in the doc thus far and came up with seven ideas. So, if you guys want to go on over and take a vote, I think that would help get the ball rolling so we can start an…[Read more]

Brandon Miller started the topic Death Scene Battle in the forum Announcements 8 years ago

Hey guys,

NEW GUILD WAR CHALLENGE! This time we’ve got two weeks to come up with the most emotional death scene we can write. Here’s the dirt:
Max words: 2,500
Due: 6/18/18
Topic: Death scene

So, last time we did this we wrote two (really good) stories and ended up having to choose only one. Not only was it hard and sad, it also wasted ha…[Read more]

Brandon Miller started the topic 2018 Week 6 – Describing Emotions in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 8 years ago

Hey Guys!

First off, some announcements, sad and happy.

You may have noticed, that AshlyVye has disappeared. Story Embers had a policy change on minimum forum age (for legal reasons), and she was a year shy. I do hear, however, that her birthday isn’t too far around the corner and hopefully she will return to us soon.

Now, happy, we have y…[Read more]

Inkling-for-Christ started the topic It's a small world in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years ago

Have you ever/ do you have a friend who has a friend who you happen to know, and you don’t find that out until you meet that friend at a party hosted by your other friend? Well, I did today and it made the world a lot smaller.

@Josiah, I was at the Barry’s house this afternoon, for John Barry’s graduation and was introduced to your dad! Being…[Read more]

Brandon Miller started the topic 2018 Week 5 – Lend a Helping Hand in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 8 years ago

Hey,

I’m back!

You guys had an eventful week while I was gone, let me go ahead and hit up some of the highlights.

First off, GUYS WE WON A GUILD WAR!!! I saw the numbers. It was not close. You guys ROCKED it. WAY TOO GO. I wish I could come give you all high-fives or something bc wow I am proud. Nice work.

Our (obvious) MVP was @Jane-Mare…[Read more]

Jane Maree replied to the topic Welcome to Rillumen! in the forum Announcements 8 years ago

Hey folks, I’m here to bid you a fond fare well. As you can see, I’m now a guildmaster, and I’m off to start my own guild. Which means we’re now rivals. 😛

Kidding, kidding. You’re all still epic. 😉 But this is where I leave you. It was a pleasure to be with you all, and I couldn’t just leave without a little explanation and farewell. *salutes…[Read more]

Rolena Hatfield replied to the topic 2018 Week 4 – Switching Lists in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 8 years ago

@grace-tolkienista This reminds me so much of my elderly friend’s house. So cozy and inviting. 🙂 It’s brief, but here’s some new details I though of.

Dim light from the curling chandelier fell gently on the vintage furnishings. The air smelled of vanilla and musk. Classical violin gushed from the old tape player tucked under the side table and…[Read more]

Rolena Hatfield replied to the topic 2018 Week 4 – Switching Lists in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 8 years ago

@grace-tolkienista Hey! If you’d like you can join @jane-maree and I. You could pick either her list or mine and I’d love to take on yours!

Rolena Hatfield started the topic Word War Form! in the forum Announcements 8 years ago

Hey Rillumen word warriors!

It’s time to fill out the form with your final word count for the week! Anything you wrote from last Monday till last night at 11:59pm can be included.

If you signed up last week to join the word war click here to enter your final count! Way to go…[Read more]

Brandon Miller started the topic 2018 Week 4 – Switching Lists in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 8 years ago

Hey everybody!

Before I get to the activity, I have a few announcements:
1) My fam is on vacation this week so this is the last you’ll hear from me. Lucky for ya’ll, the fabulous @Rolena-Hatfield had agreed to be acting guildmaster in my stead. (So hey, I guess you’re going to be rolling with her own personal brand of tyranny this week. I di…[Read more]

Inkling-for-Christ started the topic How can I find MY Genre? in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years ago

Hey,

So I was asked recently “What genre do you write?” I said Dystopian. Later I realized that dystopian is a type not a genre. I’ve been dabbling and I know mystery and fantasy aren’t my gig, so how can I find what genre fits…[Read more]

Brandon Miller started the topic Word War! in the forum Announcements 8 years ago

Hey everybody!
Who plans on writing this week? (That should be all of you.) We’ve got a chance to snatch the guild war crown from Avensbeck. That’s right, another prompt. However this time around, instead of writing off a prompt, we’re going to all work on our on WIPs.
Ladies, gentlemen, members of Rillumen all, I welcome you to our first word…[Read more]

Brandon Miller started the topic 2018 Week 3 – The Unique but Specific in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 8 years ago

Hey Everybody, it’s another week!

However, since I posted last week’s topic really late (shame on me and my cow, I know), not all of you got to it. And *spoileralert* our next week activity relies heavily on this week, SO

If you didn’t do last week’s activity, give it a shot this week. If you did, do it again in the same room. I want to pus…[Read more]

Brandon Miller started the topic 2018 Week 2 – Finding Details in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 8 years, 1 month ago

Hey Everybody,

Made it one week in before I fell behind. Yay go me. 😛

Alright, anyway, this week’s challenge.

Writing description is a delicate balance of providing enough details to create a picture, while moving on to the actual story fast enough to keep from boring the reader. One critically important method of doing this is finding si…[Read more]

Kayla Joy replied to the topic A Declaration of War in the forum Announcements 8 years, 1 month ago

Ok everyone. Tomorrow is the day we have to hand our story in. Get your votes in or it will be decided by those of us who have voted…[Read more]

Rachel Rogers replied to the topic 2018 Week 1 – Description in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 8 years, 1 month ago

@quinn-ofallon That’s a good idea, because my squirrel characters do understand English (it gets too weird if you don’t blur the line between imagination and reality somewhere). I just took the empty coffee shop thing literally and didn’t consider my options. 😛 BUT…that still leaves me with the question of how I deal with wild animals in human…[Read more]

Brandon Miller started the topic A Declaration of War in the forum Announcements 8 years, 1 month ago

Don’t let it be said that we were the aggressors here; Rillumen is the last guild to enter the conflict. However, our honor must be upheld. To war we go.

Yesterday, our rival guilds New Wessex and Avensbeck began a war which we must now join. The first battle is to be fought this week, through long nights and crammed lunch breaks. Want to hel…[Read more]

Brandon Miller started the topic 2018 Week 1 – Description in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 8 years, 1 month ago

Hey everybody!
So, I think that this annual theme thing is going to be one of my favorite parts of the guilds. I can’t wait to get started…

but then again, I DON’T HAVE TO!

The wait is over.

Our theme for 2018 is Description and Setting. I’m kind of generally planning on starting with basic description techniques, moving into active de…[Read more]

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