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CalebOnline replied to the topic The Mysterious Man in the forum Characters 7 years, 6 months ago
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CalebOnline started the topic The Mysterious Man in the forum Characters 7 years, 6 months ago
Hey guys, it’s Caleb!
So I have this character in a video series that I want to develop, and I wanted to see if you could help me.
His name is Bobby Jones, and he is supposed to be a mix between Indiana Jones and an adventure hero stereotype… the thing is, no one meets him. Although the plot of my story revolves around finding him, he’s…[Read more]
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OBrian of the Surface World replied to the topic You Have Arrived at Parimi Alca! in the forum Announcements 7 years, 6 months ago
Thank you, @Julia
Blessings to you!
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PursueWisdom replied to the topic You Have Arrived at Parimi Alca! in the forum Announcements 7 years, 6 months ago
Greetings, fellow Parimi Alcaians!! (<– please correct me if I’m addressing our guild incorrectly)
I’m one of the newbies here. 🙂 And since I’ve already introduced myself in a bio thread, I’ll link it here for any of those who may be interested: https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/a-n-intj-history-buff-narnian-team-cap-me/
Something I…[Read more]
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J.A.Penrose replied to the topic NaNovember…GUILD WAR : WORD WAR in the forum Announcements 7 years, 6 months ago
Okay guys! GOOD JOB EVERYONE!
Please hand your TOTAL WORD COUNTS IN.
I managed 81073 all up.
You guys all did SO well and I am SO proud of you!
@cassie-hartfinh
@esjohnson
@coggleton
@julia
@silverclaw-bonnetfolly
@evelyn
@ariella-newheart
@sarah-vdh
@steward-of-the-pen
@e-jo3
@writercatherine
@thewanderingtypewriter
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Steward of the Pen replied to the topic NaNovember…GUILD WAR : WORD WAR in the forum Announcements 7 years, 6 months ago
@cassie-hartfinh No worries, Cassie. Even if you didn’t make your goal, you still did AWESOME! *throws confetti*
@julia @evelyn Woo hoo! Congrats guys!
Well guys, the first day of the month I wrote 24 words, and today I wrote almost four thousand! So I’d call my month a success!
@j-a-penrose My total is 14,002. Much better than I ever thought…[Read more]
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J.A.Penrose replied to the topic You Have Arrived at Parimi Alca! in the forum Announcements 7 years, 6 months ago
PARIMI ALCA. IT IS TIME TO INTRODUCE NEW GUILDLINGS!
@calebonline
@write-owl
@obrian-of-the-surface-world
@pursuewisdom
@azeline-d
@anneWelcome you guys to Parimi Alca and I really hope you find it absolutely stellar! I’m sure we’re all desperate to meet you and get to know you, so introduce yourselves! Go mad!
Guys, make our newest…[Read more]
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Evelyn replied to the topic NaNovember…GUILD WAR : WORD WAR in the forum Announcements 7 years, 6 months ago
How in the world did I not see this?!?!?!?
Great job @julia! xD
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PursueWisdom replied to the topic You Have Arrived at Parimi Alca! in the forum Announcements 7 years, 6 months ago
Hai!! I graciously thank you for this very warm welcome! Congrats on your NaNoWriMoing! Best of wishes that you’ll survive 😉 I haven’t done one yet…
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Cassie Hartfinh replied to the topic NaNovember…GUILD WAR : WORD WAR in the forum Announcements 7 years, 6 months ago
@evelyn @j-a-penrose @ariella-newheart @steward-of-the-pen @julia @writercatherine
*cries* *sobs* *cries some more*
I couldn’t do it, guys.
*sniffles*
I tried, I really did. I got to 30k, and then I got so busy and sick over the month I couldn’t do much more. I’m sorry!!
My final count is 37,500, from all of the writing I did both by hand and…[Read more]
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J.A.Penrose started the topic Lesson 25 : Piece of Suspense in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 7 years, 6 months ago
Hello All!
There has been a lot of really good things going on for this guild lately, and even more changes are coming. Us guildmasters are all plotting away at making things improve.
Today signifies the beginning of summing up our theme on Pacing and Suspense. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be posting general Activities to sum up…[Read more]
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J.A.Penrose started the topic Lesson 25 : Piece of Suspense in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 7 years, 6 months ago
Hello All!
There has been a lot of really good things going on for this guild lately, and even more changes are coming. Us guildmasters are all plotting away at making things improve.
Today signifies the beginning of summing up our theme on Pacing and Suspense. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be posting general Activities to sum up…[Read more]
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Steward of the Pen replied to the topic NaNovember…GUILD WAR : WORD WAR in the forum Announcements 7 years, 6 months ago
@cassie-hartfinh Cool! I didn’t know that link was there. I’ll definitely check it out! 😀 (*gasp* Oh no, please tell me Vorok has a redemptive arc. I’m already attached and I don’t know why!)
@julia Thanks! Writer characters are always fun. Kad is probably going to annoy my protagonist to death. xD
GO @evelyn! THAT’S AWESOME! *high fives and…[Read more]
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Evelyn replied to the topic NaNovember…GUILD WAR : WORD WAR in the forum Announcements 7 years, 6 months ago
@julia Thanks! 🙂 You got this!! You can do it!!! *cheers and showers you with chocolate*
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J.A.Penrose started the topic Lesson 24 : Countdown in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 7 years, 6 months ago
She had three days to save her family from being killed by the assassins.
Three days to stop their country from losing their only defence.
Three days to live up to her destiny
Three days to survive.
Three days.
Countdowns, as a general rule, often add suspense into a story very nicely. Provided that you have it relate well to the plot,…[Read more]
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Steward of the Pen replied to the topic NaNovember…GUILD WAR : WORD WAR in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago
@cassie-hartfinh Glad you’re doing better! And wow. Good work! That’s about ten times my score. xD Also, I love the snippet! I was very intrigued by Rona’s hesitance up until the end, and now I really want to know what is going on. *happy applause*
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Evelyn replied to the topic NaNovember…GUILD WAR : WORD WAR in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago
@julia Oh my goodness, that is hilarious. XD
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J.A.Penrose started the topic Lesson 23 : Edge-of-Seat-Plots in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 7 years, 7 months ago
Quick task: Look up, ‘plot twists’ on whatever internet server you use. A lot of those things are just lists of handy plot twists for you to use! Useless.
I mean, honestly. Try to insert these ‘ready made plot twists’ into your story. How random would that be???
A lot of people think that if their story is flt, and lacking in something, the…[Read more]
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J.A.Penrose replied to the topic NaNovember…GUILD WAR : WORD WAR in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago
@writercatherine Oh my woooord. That’s priceless.
@silverclaw-bonnetfolly Ooooh, cool! (And go girl! That’s a lot of words in a day. I average about 1700.)
@esjohnson Woot! Keep it up! Is this more on Talisman? Your Pinterest board there is so insane.
@steward-of-the-pen Nice, and keep it up! (Haha, to be fair, I’m spending 6 hours a day at…[Read more]
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Emily D posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
@j-a-penrose @steward-of-the-pen @julia @writercatherine @evelyn @silverclaw-bonnetfolly @cassie-hartfinh @ariella-newheart Hi everyone, just letting you know that I’m leaving Story Embers…will miss you all and your advice, and our camaraderie. Keep writing for the kingdom! God bless you all. Emily D P. S. I have a show don’t tell document…[Read more]
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We’ll miss you! 🙁 I wish you the best of luck with your writing, wherever it takes you! (Do you have a blog? I would love to be able to follow it so that we could stay in contact at least a bit 🙂 )
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Awww, you will be missed! But I understand. 🙁 And like Julia asked, do you have a blog that I could follow?
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Aww, may God take you where you’re needed. Mayhaps we’ll see you again someday.
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Namarie, @emily-d! I’ll miss you! It was fun working on guild wars with you. 😉 May God bless you, wherever He leads.
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Aw, namarie, @emily-d! We’ll miss you! Best of luck in that thing called the real world.
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Ohh, now I’m sad. Goodbye, @emily-d! *gives you cookies and lembas bread for your journey*
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@evelyn @silverclaw-bonnetfolly @steward-of-the-pen @writercatherine @ariella-newheart Aww, you girls are so sweet! Thanks for all your beautiful words! Yes, I have a website (yay!) which I am still building and have put like almost zero words of content on it yet. the address is thefierypen.atwebpages.com but it could change. I will try to let…[Read more]
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Till we meet again. Perhaps in that thing called the real world, as you Catherine XD
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Yay! Thanks for the link to the blog! I’ll definitely be keeping up with that. 🙂
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@evelyn Thanks!
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