Haviloki

Hello friends!

Our discussion is pretty short today. 🙂

What are the best ways to make readers connect emotionally with characters?

@toklaham-veruzia @overcomer @martina @epicaddie2 @supermonkey42 @gabrielle@snapper @jenwriter17 @naomijackson @dekreel @bonnie @melissa-g @kiraelizabeth @aislinn-mollisong @dragongeek @haviloki @sleepwalkingmk  @na…[Read more]

‘ello!

*Hands cookies to everyone to celebrate the first official meeting of the Avensbeck book club*
Welcome to the Avensbeck Book club! Each week we’ll be reading 2 to 4 chapters of the Hobbit. I’ll start chapter discussions on the Friday of the week the chapters read. I’ll start the next one on the following Friday and so on and so…[Read more]

*Speaks into a megaphone* Welcome to the third guild war!

For the next two weeks, you guys will be putting together a piece covering this prompt:

Write the most emotionally impactful death scene you can.

Now, I can’t help you at all on this one. I can’t even see the ideas on this thread, because I’m the one who’s going to be judging all the sce…[Read more]

Hey friends!

We’ve got a new member joining us. Everyone give a warm welcome to @natalie-marie ! 🙂

@toklaham-veruzia @overcomer @martina @epicaddie2 @supermonkey42 @gabrielle @snapper @jenwriter17 @naomijackson @dekreel @bonnie @melissa-g @kiraelizabeth @aislinn-mollisong @dragongeek @haviloki @sleepwalkingmk

(Note for Natalie:  If you h…[Read more]

I fear I’ve been rather lax in this weekly goal thing, but no more! *Waves sword threateningly at my goals*

What are your goals for this week? *hands you all motivational cake*

I’d like to finish the third draft of my WIP. 🙂

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Hey Guildmates!

Backstory is important to every part of a character, including how they react to emotion. This week, I want you to pick one of your characters and think about how he reacts to certain emotions. How does his past affect his reaction? Does his reaction spring from a specific event in his past, or is it the outcome of a certain u…[Read more]

Hey friends!

Would anyone like to join an Avensbeck book club? I’m not sure what we’ll read (it depends on everyone’s suggestions) but if enough people are interested, I’ll hammer out the details. 🙂

Would you guys like that?

@toklaham-veruzia @overcomer @martina @epicaddie2 @sam-kowal @supermonkey42 @gabrielle @snapper @jenwriter17 @naomijackso…[Read more]

Hello!

This next guild war is a little different than the last. Instead of creating a story together, we’re going to keep track of the number of words we write. Whichever guild writes the most wins!

Here are a few rules and such:

-the competition starts today and ends Monday

-Only fiction and poetry counts

-Only new scenes count (editing and…[Read more]