@devastate-lasting *laughs* I love this argument.

@catwing *blinks* WOW. You, like, created an entire story world. It’s great XD

@hope-ann What a violent ant you are. I suppose I didn’t rule out bloody and disturbing threats, but…[Read more]

**sees 2019 on the calendar**

Wow. 2018 disappeared quickly, and left a lot of lessons in its wake. All of which I am very grateful for, and the holidays are always a bit chaotic for us since “no” doesn’t seem to be a word we know how to use in this house…

**Makes note to get better at that**

Anyway….Because I started December…[Read more]

Humbug. About time for some goals, I say. XD

Just kidding! I trust you all had a wonderful Christmas celebration (of whatever kind that your family does) and that you’ve become…[Read more]

Erekdale! A new year is upon us! I don’t know why I entered solemnly, because there’s not really any reason to. Unless we are supposed to be sad that a year is over and done. But hey, there’s always another year to take it’s place!

Which means a couple hundred days that we get to spend together in this little…[Read more]

But we’re always writers, so even though we’re not having any guild activities, we can always be…[Read more]

The judge has judged, the pronouncements pronounced, and the placements placed.

We…

…got another honorable mention! And once again, one of the reasons why we didn’t outright win is because we did a bit of a twist on the dream sequence genre (see the judge’s feedback in the doc attached below). Go figure. Another t…[Read more]

Not so much a question this time, but a tiny little writing prompt that I just remembered from my school days. I’ll search up what I wrote When I Was Very Young and share it when I get a chance this week. But for now, I’m going to sit back and listen to your best arguments:

You are an ant. Convince an anteater not to eat…[Read more]

We are gathered together, on this seventeenth day of the month of December, to continue our discussion of character development. Let us begin.

This article will be the centerpiece of our discussion. Please read it before going any further! I will not elaborate very much in this initial…[Read more]

Sorry that I’m weird. Y’all didn’t know what you were in for when I stepped into the Guildmaster chair. XD Yes, stepped into (not sat upon). 😀

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My…[Read more]

We have until midnight tonight, at which time I will port the story (in whatever state it is in) to a different document so that we can’t keep tweaking it.

I think it’s quite safe to say that @hope-ann did a fantastic job with the story. However, there are a few places where it feels a tiny…[Read more]

This is a little…[Read more]

@sarah-inkdragon @devastate-lasting @sageinthemeadow @enu @the-inkspiller @filewriter @princess-foo @emgc @catwing @karthmin @allison-grace @sarah-narnathron @ajaj2000 @warrenluther04 @lydia-writes @seekjustice @rose-noblescroll @taaka-merespinner @thetessinator @jose-cuellar-ramirez @bekks2017 @cowlick @ariednelle

I finished my assignment of writing a dream sequence and have pasted it into the docu above. Now we get to work on it together and make it a masterpiece to carry us to victory. Not quite sure how it goes from here except that we all pitch in. But yeah, go read it. Make comments. Do the thing. XD And above all, remember to laugh and…[Read more]

In other words, I’d love to see more of my peeps participating in this discussion about belief’s, because it ties into theme on a very fundamental level and will make…[Read more]

Oh, dear me! I love everyone’s take on that last question. XD

Here’s this week’s query:

If you could become any animal for a week, what would it be (and why)?

Me? I would be a cheetah. They are really awesome. Basically, I could sleep most of the time, and if I wasn’t sleeping, I could run REALLY REALLY fast, and that would just be…[Read more]

Before proceeding any further into the week, please take a moment to let us into your life. What are you hoping to do this week? How can we pray for and encourage you to live a life well-filled with productivity?

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My goals:

Write 30 minutes every day.

Brainstorm my cosmos for at least half an hour every day (actively writing things…[Read more]

EREKDALE PLACED SECOND IN THE NOVEMBER WORD WAR!!!!

The scores per guild were as follows:

Meraki: 444,991

Erekdale: 355,725

Parimi Alca: 341,235

New Wessex: 253, 287

Avensbeck: 236,146

Rillumen: 234,332

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*grins*

I know we’re not supposed to encourage inter-guild blood feuds or anything, but I do find the i…[Read more]

But. Here I am. *sigh* So I suppose that’s what truly…[Read more]

Credit for the idea behind this thread goes to @hope-ann. 😛

Btw, I will be accepting regular submissions for questions that I should ask y’all under this thread. Just go to my profile and message me directly if you’ve got ideas. Or alternatively, email me…[Read more]

Because I want to get this up before tooooooo late this evening, I will skimp on my initial comment and just introduce the topic, which is the belief system which your character operates on/approaches life with.

A characters moral beliefs will inform their voice (which we looked at earlier), is usually developed early in life (which…[Read more]

It is the beginning of a new week, and we are once again given the gift and blessing of seven days not yet lived, which we can fill with usefulness and diligence! Let’s do so!

As a small way to help with that, post your goals for this week! If you wish, you can update us about last week’s goals, too. 🙂

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My goals this week:

Write 30…[Read more]

*krees loudly*

Come, my faithful warriors! We are once again summoned to battle! But this time, we fight that giant foe, slumber. Yes, that’s right! We have been tasked with writing a dream sequence – which is to say, quite simply, a scene/short story-ish thing where the character is in a dream.

*rubs hands together* Okay. So. This k…[Read more]

Good evening one and all!

Three seekers of truth have wandered into the valley of Erekdale and have been favored by Frank the thunderphoenix! He has brought them to the meeting-place, so that they can find their feet a little bit before venturing into the story-threads of Erekdale and building their own…[Read more]

The end of the month approaches. The battle has been long and weary, and yet still we fight on. Kree, Kree, Ereki!

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When you turn in the number of your slain enemies at the end of the month, please do it here!

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@sarah-inkdragon @devastate-lasting @sageinthemeadow @enu @the-inkspiller @filewriter @princess-foo @emgc @catwing @kelly…[Read more]

So, last week, we focused on how the backstories for our characters should tie into and effect our character voices. And I think it was a very beneficial discussion, all things considered. We had a lot more involvement than in some of the past weeks, so that made me really excited. I love to see everyone’s thoughts, and if possible,…[Read more]

And then cometh 2019. O.o

You know what, though? I’m excited about 2019. I’ve experienced a lot of growth over the course of this year. A lot of hardship and some of the most intense troubles of my life so far, and yet…[Read more]

I am, once again, famously belated.

*drapes coat over chair back and sits down quickly*

So. A little backstory about why I’m so late tonight…

*coughs*

First, I was at a surprise birthday party for a friend last night after the evening church service, and that’s normally when I prepare my posts for the beginning of the…[Read more]

Welcome back to another edition of “Oh No! The Guildmaster is Late!” Subtitled: I Had a Very Busy Weekend.

Post last week’s results and this weeks goals! Don’t be shy!

My results from last week:

Well, first off, I created a Cosmere so I think that just takes the cake. *smiles hugely*

I didn’t do any of the other things on my l…[Read more]

First, let’s define character voice briefly. This is important because we need to be aware of and distinguish between three different voices here: authorial voice, narrative voice, and character voice.

First, authorial voice is your voice: your humor, your natural patterns of words, your instinctual word choices, and e…[Read more]

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Last week, I did not get any work done in my WIP (tho I did write some poetry), but I did fulfill my second goal, and I got some more beta-reading done. Pretty…[Read more]

Content Warning: There will be blood.

This is actually one of the only pieces of writing that I’ve written that I actually like. I would like feedback on:

-Style. How’s my style?

-Characters. Are the characters developed?

-Setting. Can you see where it…[Read more]

1. Physical appearance/clothing:

http://www.well-storied.com/ blog/the-ultimate-guide-to- nailing-your-characters- appearance

2. Non-verbal communication:

https://writerunboxed.com/ 2018/06/11/non-verbal- communication-in-writing/

https://www.psychologytoday. com/us/blog/psychology- writers/201201/nonverbal-…[Read more]

We come to another week.

State how your goals went last week, and set new ones for this one! 🙂

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My goals were sadly unfulfilled, so I think they will remain the same, with some additions.

1. Get some work done in my WIP!

2. Critique two Ereki pieces in the critique section, and submit part three of my critique pieces for…[Read more]

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@sarah-inkdragon @devastate-lasting @sageinthemeadow @enu @the-inkspiller @filewriter @princess-foo @emgc @catwing @kelly-lundgren @allison-grace @sarah-narnathron @ajaj2000 @warrenluther04 @lydia-writes @seekjustice @rose-noblescroll @taaka-merespinner @thetessinator @jose-cuellar-ramirez @bekks2017 @cowlick @ariednelle

For more information about what we are trying to do in this thread,  please follow this link  and read the first post!

To start off with, we are meeting in the central world-pod. Let’s see where this goes!

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Rules:

1. Do not break role-play. E…[Read more]

It is time to begin anew.

The borders of our fair valley lay yet unmapped, our personal holdings are vague and undefined, and we – the people of Erekdale, are rather unknown, even to ourselves. So we must tread the farthest corners, build up home and hearth, and take a good look in the mirror.

What is Erekdale? And who are it’s…[Read more]

In order that the peace and tranquility which reigned nearly undisturbed under the leadership of Morrea Firebird may continue without change under my Guildmastering, our guild discussion of character development will continue in the same direction as we were traveling before.

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And so, this week, we come to a lovely little…[Read more]

If it please your honors, announce your weekly writing/life/school goals herein! We’ll collectively give each other a little kick in the pants to keep ourselves going, eh? Anyone is free to check in on anyone and ask how their goals are coming along at any point (but please, no biting!). This is, after all, group accountability; you’re not…[Read more]

That aside, this week’s annual theme discussion is a bit different. Different in that I’m asking where are you at with our annual theme discussion? In the future, are there any areas you’d like me to cover more, suggestions for…[Read more]

If this is your first war, here’s a rundown of the rules:

– This is a prompt war, which means we’ll be given a writing prompt and must write something based on that prompt (clean and under 2500 words).

– This is a team event, so as many people as possible should try to work toget…[Read more]

Sorry this is a bit late, but here is our September accountability thread! Post your goals below and we’ll check in again on Thursday to see how they’re going 😉

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@Bekks2017 @Sarah-Inkdragon @Allison-Grace  @lydia-writes @Devastate-Lasting @WarrenLuther04 @ajaj2000 @Sageinthemeadow @cowlick @ENU  @Sarah-Narnathron @TheTessi…[Read more]

With only four months left in the year (sorry, I had to say it), I present to you today a challenge *unravels scroll* *clears throat* *uses epic voice*

THE END OF THE YEAR CRITIQUE CHALLENGE

The challenge is for each guild member to present a piece of writing for critique once a month, for three months (September,…[Read more]

How are your goals going…[Read more]

We’re moving along with our annual theme of conflict and will be focusing more on external conflict for a while now. If you’re new to Erekdale, you’re welcome to go back and read through all the previous topics on internal conflict. But now… onward to external conflict!

We often think of external conflict first when crafting a…[Read more]

My goals for this week are:

– make sure my plot matches…[Read more]

If you could PLEASE TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO READ THIS, there’s some cool and important information here 😉

The other Guildmasters and I had a meeting a few evenings ago to go over the feedback from the survey you guys filled out, talk some things over, and brainstorm ideas for making the guilds even more awesome than they already are.…[Read more]

We’ve been talking a lot about putting conflict into our stories and how to do it, but now I want to pose a question: at what moments in a story should internal conflict (temporarily) die down?

Like action sequences, internal conflict rises and falls throughout a story; if it were intense all the time, it would feel stagnant and…[Read more]

I’m a tad late posting this because I was gone all day tomorrow, but here are my goals for the week:

– rework my plot

– write a post

– make final edits for my short story

What about you guys?

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@Bekks2017 @Sarah-Inkdragon @Allison-Grace @TheInviZibleMan @lydia-…[Read more]