Kayla Joy

Brandon Miller started the topic Turning Over a New Leaf in the forum 7 years, 7 months ago

HEY GUYS. I’M BACK.

You may have noticed, Rillumen has been really quiet of late. And in that silence, I have been silenter. Long story short, college didn’t do the usual ramp up into the semester thing and I got tidal-waved with homework week one. Labor day helped me catch up though, and I’m back in the game now.

Yay!

First up, some anno…[Read more]

Buddy J. replied to the topic Prose Prompt! in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago

Lumenian Solders! We have the prompt:

‘Your prompt is: “Write any story you choose with the most original and creative prose you can.”’

Hahaha! This is interesting. Let’s brainstorm…

Here’s a doc for us to lay our thoughts down on: Rillumen Writing Prompt Worktable

Just hop down there and start laying down prose. Test your ideas, stret…[Read more]

Buddy J. started the topic Prose Prompt! in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago

@brandon-miller, will you give us the writing prompt? Rillumen really needs to step up their game… Just give it to us and I can help organize everything…

@graceabounds2129, are you gonna be here with us? I’d like to work with you…[Read more]

Brandon Miller started the topic 2018 Week 13 – Arachnoid Terror!! in the forum 7 years, 8 months ago

Hey everybody,
I haven’t finished up my plan for these activities moving forward, but thanks to all of your REALLY AWESOME feedback on my topic last week it seems that the picture prompt activity was by far the most popular, so I thought I’d spin another of those together.

You need to write a short scene. Source of conflict? The glass w…[Read more]

Brandon Miller started the topic Regrouping in the forum 7 years, 8 months ago

Hey guys!

So I’ve been having an issue lately… coming up with a new one of these every week is hard. That’s my excuse for not posting one this week.

Sorry. I know it’s lame.

However. I’m going to take this week to put together something of a long-term plan that will (hopefully) help me communicate and use these activities to really be h…[Read more]

Brandon Miller started the topic VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS in the forum Announcements 7 years, 8 months ago

Hey guys,

We’ve got two big things going down this week.

First, FEEDBACK FORMS. The Story Embers staff and Guildmasters are looking to make these guilds even way more better. To do that, we need your guys’ thoughts. So, we’ve put together this short survey for everyone to go through instead of doing an activity this week. Please take a few…[Read more]

Brandon Miller replied to the topic A Fun War in the forum Announcements 7 years, 8 months ago

Hey guys results are posted.

I’m running out of ways to say this but… Avensbeck won again. 😐

Anyway, we’ll get them next time. I want to heap praise on @wordsmith and @graceabounds2129 again because they were awesome. Nice work everyone with the ideas too, that was cool.

I’m not sure when our next guild war will be. We’re going to be fi…[Read more]

graceabounds2129 replied to the topic Candy Cane Killer Chapter 1 Excerpt in the forum Rillumen's Writing Discussions 7 years, 8 months ago

@kayla-joy

I have to say I agree with most everything Coralie said. I liked it, but I think it needs a little bit more. The main thing I wondered about was the character’s motives. I don’t expect to necessarily know that right away, but I think it is a good thing to keep in mind.

Why was Kyle so quick to trust? Was it because he is young and…[Read more]

Brandon Miller started the topic Week 12 – Mood in the forum 7 years, 9 months ago

One strength that descriptions have is their ability to set the mood for a scene. For example, if my character is walking in the woods I can describe either the spring breeze brushing through the trees or the hollow, cracking leaves whisping through the eeire silence. In these descriptions I’m describing the same thing, but I’m creating a t…[Read more]

graceabounds2129 replied to the topic A Fun War in the forum Announcements 7 years, 9 months ago

Anyone up for quickly writing a scene? I believe today is the due date… and to my knowledge we only have ideas…[Read more]

Brandon Miller started the topic A Fun War in the forum Announcements 7 years, 9 months ago

Okay so the last Guild War Prompt was a little heavy. That’s okay, sometimes life is heavy and stories must be honest.

ON THE OTHER HAND, we don’t want to leave everybody feeling low, so this time around we’ve got a more… light-hearted prompt: “Write a scene from the point of view of a five-year-old who has an engaging character voice.”

Due…[Read more]

Brandon Miller started the topic 2018 Week 11 – Scavenger Hunt in the forum 7 years, 9 months ago

Hey Everybody,

I have some important announcements so I’m going to give them their own topic.

This week’s prompt is a scavenger hunt. Open up your favorite book and find a description you love. Once you’ve got it, share it here along with a short explanation of why you like it or how it works.

Can’t wait to see what’ you’ve g…[Read more]

Brandon Miller started the topic 2018 Week 10 – Break in the forum 7 years, 9 months ago

Hey Guys,

I’m working on some other stuff today so we’re gonna take a well-earned break from activities this week. (If you’re feeling let down, you could always swing by the critique board and help a fellow Lumenite out.)

Also, one of the things I’m working on is a guild feedback form so keep your eyes out for…[Read more]

Brandon Miller replied to the topic Death Scene Battle in the forum Announcements 7 years, 9 months ago

@kayla-joy

The short answer is we’re not sure which ones were which bc anonymous voting and stuff. Sorry about that.

I think Avensbeck’s was #4

(Also, we got a shoutout honorable mention. Didn’t realize that was us until just now. Go you guys.)

Brandon Miller started the topic 2018 Week 9 – Opening Detail in the forum 7 years, 9 months ago

Hey Guys

Um… no announcements today.

Cool.

And the assignment I have in mind is pretty chill too. I want to try to keep making these so that they help you write your WIP (is that what you guys want, or do you want a weekly break from your WIP?) so… this week we’re literally going to write your WIP.

Go to your first scene. That opening s…[Read more]

graceabounds2129 replied to the topic Home for a Year Chapter 1 Excerpt in the forum Rillumen's Writing Discussions 7 years, 10 months ago

@Kayla-Joy

Hi Kayla! I’m not going to lie–when I saw that someone had commented on my WIP I was super excited 🙂

I just read through the excerpt that I posted and realized that it didn’t include the names of either character yet! Oops. But, yes, you guessed correctly 🙂 Amelie is the female character and Blaine is the male character.

I’m so…[Read more]

Andrew Schmidt replied to the topic The Artists of SE in the forum Art Discussions 7 years, 10 months ago

@snapper @lady-illiara @emma-starr @ethryndal @kayla-joy and anyone else who does art.

Hi! I like drawing animals, landscapes, and maybe people… I tend to do better with shading and all that when I don’t actually have to color them in too, but digital art is harder for me. I did one decent picture (which I need to do more with the shading on t…[Read more]

Coralie replied to the topic Death Scene Battle in the forum Announcements 7 years, 10 months ago

@kayla-joy Daww, thanks *blush*

@scribbles

Thanks, guys! It was totally a team effort! Y’all came up with the awesome ideas that brought it to life!! I’m just glad I could tie most everything in and make something we all contributed to. 🙂 Plus, it was a lot of fun!