Julianne

Well look who’s posting late. :0  Oops.

Today’s post is from Maddie Morrow on developing habits to be a real writer.

@piperbee @gabriellepollack @ethryndal @corissa @raemarie @bama-rose @kate @r-m-archer @literatureforthelight @j-parkhurst @gabbyj @cassandraia @chalice @noahlitle @julianne @germaine-han @sesi @r-j-karas @rosemarylouise @msqueen8…[Read more]

Hey guys!

I haven’t really been around for a while (school has been kind of overwhelming), and I think some of us have also been a little dormant on the forum. I just thought I’d create a thread to catch up and talk about how our writing has been going — even if it’s ranting about a busy lifestyle, we can still step in to encourage each other…[Read more]

How’s it going Scribes?

This week we’ve got some encouragement from Brandon Miller on the importance of reading and reading well.

@piperbee @gabriellepollack @ethryndal @corissa @raemarie @bama-rose @kate @r-m-archer @literatureforthelight @j-parkhurst @gabbyj @cassandraia @chalice @noahlitle @julianne @germaine-han @sesi @r-j-karas @rosemaryloui…[Read more]

Today’s beautiful post comes from Martin, a fellow guildmaster. I’m grateful for his reminder to just be still.

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What to Do When You’re Not Writing: Cultivating the eye of an artist

When we sit down at our desks and take up our pens, ready to mark down the next few hundred words, what is the mindset that has filled up all the space o…[Read more]

Hey guys,

This week we have another word war. Count your words starting today and ending Sunday night.

Here’s the forum to submit your wordcounts at the end of the week. https://forms.gle/T6sTKt9uf8wZb4j26

@ethryndal @corissa @raemarie @j-parkhurst @chalice @noahlitle @julianne @sesi @r-j-karas @rosemarylouise @msqueen8

Hey Guys,

Today we are privileged with a mini-article on writing when you have a busy schedule by Faith Blum, one of the other guildmasters.

As a bonus exercise, is there anything that’s keeping you from writing currently? Maybe we can brainstorm it. 🙂

@ethryndal @corissa @raemarie @j-parkhurst !chalice @noahlitle @julianne @sesi @r-j-karas @ro…[Read more]

Hey, Saxon Scribes. Following up on last week’s post, here’s one on how to beta read well.

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Beta reading is a great way to make friends, help others, and even polish your skills.

Today, I want to give you some tips so that, when you beta read, the friend you’re working for will be thrilled they asked for your help.

Anyone who harbors p…[Read more]

This is a bit late, but have at it!

Today, we’re kicking off a whole new theme discussion. The writing life!

This week and next, I’m writing the topics and over the weeks you’ll get some great stuff from the other guildmasters. It’ll be a fun ride.

Now, about organizing beta readers.

We know that critique is vital for our growth as writers,…[Read more]

We talk a lot about poorly done conversion scenes. But believe it or not, it’s possible to do well.

That’s what our new prompt war is all about! Our goal is to write a believable conversion scene. 😀

I think this is going to prompt some great discussion, push us, and be a lot of fun.

I can’t wait to get started.

@ethrundal @corissa @raemarie @k…[Read more]

Hey guys,

I’ll be releasing part three of my Show Don’t Tell Course in the next few weeks.

For the marketing side of things, I thought ideally I wouldn’t just tell people what the course will teach them, but show them. 😛

To do this, I’m looking for a scene I could edit just using the techniques I teach in my course. Then I could show the raw…[Read more]

Hey Saxon Scribes, we’re doing another word war! This is a great chance to plow through your manuscript.

At the end of the week, submit your word count here: https://goo.gl/forms/CtXuDDqnPKBlzmPF2

@ethryndal @corissa @raemarie @kate @j-parkhurst @gabbyj @chalice @noahlitle @julianne @germaine-han @sesi @r-j-karas @rosemarylouise @msqueen8 @timoth…[Read more]

Hey Everyone! This may be our last week on worldbuilding and I wanted to touch on a subject that’s dear to me.

If you listened to our second podcast episode, you heard me argue that Tolkien was a great writer largely because he was a great philosopher. For those of us who invent our own worlds, we have a great opportunity to point to certain…[Read more]

I recently made a big breakthrough. As you may know, whether you write speculative or real-world fiction, you need to do research for your story feel authentic and rich.

But… research is hard. Particularly if all you want to read is fiction, like me. 😉

Enter audiobooks. For me at least, audiobooks take almost no commitment to plow through.…[Read more]

ATTENTION!

If you haven’t seen it, I made a post about some changes to the forum and guilds. They’re not that big really and I think they’ll improve everyone’s experience.

On a related note, I’m trying to move everybody to subscribe to new posts in the guild so I don’t have to tag everybody each time I make a post. To do this, go to New Wessex.…[Read more]

I’ve been thinking recently about something that’s never caught my attention before. Taboos. If I could only ask one question about a culture to learn about it, I’m tempted to think I’d ask about its taboos.

Taboos could keep a whole nation in slavery (for instance, if they think it brings bad luck to question their priests).

Or taboos can…[Read more]