J.A.Penrose

@kb-writer Hey there! I don’t believe I’ve met you. I’m Ari. *gives you cookies*

Anywho…Parimi Alca for the win! We have an awesome guildmaster (@j-a-penrose), an intricate world full of steampunk dragons and lore, and in the past two guild wars, we’ve gotten the honorable mention! Even though that’s not exactly winning, we’re getting closer.…[Read more]

@j-a-penrose See above message ^

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@j-a-penrose

EVERYONE! OUR GREAT LEADER HAS CONQUERED!

*cheers*

I did not get 6000 words done last evening, but I did get 1050 written and now I have all of today to pound at my keyboard! *cheers*

WE GOT THIS!

@julia @steward-of-the-pen @taylorclogston @ariella-newheart

@j-a-penrose YAY! That will get me a few hundred extra words, at least.

SIX THOUSAND? How…? xD I only managed to do 50o. *hides* But that was mostly because I wasted almost an hour trying to figure out whether I was going to use first person or third person…

@julia Ha, that’s funny, because my Literary Analysis lesson this week was on humor.…[Read more]

@j-a-penrose 6k words? 😮

Wow…

*wants to challenge that but probably would fail to beat that…*

Well, once I finish planning out my week of school, I’m going to jump back into my WIP and I’ll try my best to match that…

I GOT THIS!

*doesn’t actually think that, but faking it til it comes true* 😉

@j-a-penrose Good! Because I just wrote 405 words. The prompt was on the Mona Lisa, so I had already used up the good idea on it. 😛 Oh well! I’ll try to get some more writing in sometime soon!

@j-a-penrose While you normally sleep at 3 a.m., I tend to stay up and write. (Jk, that’s not normal. :P) Suffice it to say, I have a couple thousand words written and shall make an earnest attempt to write more. Perhaps I’ll even finish one of my books! *rubs hands together*

@j-a-penrose I shall try to get a better word count than last time xD *buries face in hands*

So, does schoolwork that’s creative writing count, and just not essays/nonfiction? Or does absolutely no schoolwork count?

Thanks for the heads up, @daeus-lamb. I had wondered if there was one this week, but when it wasn’t announced I figured it was…[Read more]

@j-a-penrose *scrambles in late* Here’s mine. This is supposed to be the first time the character realizes (or starts to allow himself to realize) that he has allowed all the destruction to happen because of his selfish decisions. It’s kind of the climax of his arc, or at least close to it. I think I need to expand it more, but what do you…[Read more]

@j-a-penrose @silverclaw-bonnetfolly she’s doing fine now, thank goodness.

@j-a-penrose I am still plotting, actually, but have been writing random, short clips of writing at least once a week recently. (this is actually thanks to my Creative Writing course, because my teacher always gives us a prompt at the beginning of class and 10 minutes to write on it) Is it okay if I count that for the word war?

@j-a-penrose I would hope you would be asleep at 3 am. xD

Anyways! Yay! I get to participate this time!

This lesson was really helpful. Thanks, @j-a-penrose ! I can actually name a few times where I’ve done #3. I’ll have to do some editing. 😀

@steward-of-the-pen I agree with what you said about The Warden and the Wolf King. I also felt the same way when reading On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness. I just really wanted to know what happened to…[Read more]

@j-a-penrose Ooooooh, this should be fun! *deviously begins scheming*

“No,” I whisper into the silence.

They thought I didn’t have a choice. They told me I didn’t have one.

But I was still alive.

They never kept someone alive unless they wanted them to make a choice. One that would give them the right to kill.

It was all I had left. A…

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YAY! *throws confetti* Second place again! Maybe we’ll make first next time. We’re doing well, guys!

Hey @j-a-penrose, are you going to post it on the general forum? I think the guildless would appreciate it. *pat pat* May you be guilded soon. (Haha, pun intended. I don’t really want you to be covered with gold, don’t worry.) Plus, then we can…[Read more]

*nods in agreement* Misplaced chapter breaks are definitely a huge suspense destroyer. I have noticed that a lot of writers use chapter breaks for a dramatic pause rather than simply starting a new paragraph. I’ve done it myself. However, the technique of an abrupt paragraph break is much more powerful (when it’s not overused) because it doesn’t…[Read more]

@j-a-penrose @evelyn I’m sorry to say it, but I’m not going to be able to join you this year. There’s too much baggage on the carriage, and if I add one more thing, everything is going to topple off (things already are) 😛 So have fun! *desperately hopes for time next year*

So, lately I’ve been trying to improve my poetical skills as much as I can and I had an idea. What if once every couple weeks, we take turns giving a poetry prompt (something such as a pattern to use, a subject, a word or a first line to build off of, a picture to write a poem for, or a quote to inspire us, etc.)  And then we all share what we…[Read more]

@j-a-penrose I hope your mom feel better!

A great way someone once described chapters is like a TV series. Each chapter is an episode. During each episode, they end with something that makes you ask questions, and sit through commercials (or, in the case of my family, skip it in the recording 😂) to find out what happens. And, at the end,…[Read more]