Ignore the last email, actually. That wasn’t the one I use. Instead, use katherinebaker02@gmail.com

@olivia

I’d love to read it! Just send me the google doc link anytime.

@obrian-of-the-surface-world

If you could email me at katherinelovesgod@gmail.com, that would be great!

That sounds really good! I’d love to give it a look. Let me know how best to do that. I could always give you my ‘junk email’ account so you can share it with me without too big a privacy concern.

It’s crazy the kind of niche knowledge you find in a writing group!

That sounds great! I’d love to read it, and giving you thoughts on characters is exactly up my alley. Character development’s probably my favorite part of writing. Go ahead and hit me with some details.

Haha! I don’t think we have met. I also disappear for large swatches of time, usually when I’m not writing, and then find myself trapped in some new part of my writing endeavor that will send me back here. Currently I’m doing my first edits on my novel, so I’m here to edit anything BUT my novel! Very productive, I know.

What a…[Read more]

I’ve been on the lookout for some books to read and thought ‘why not yours’?

I’m not the best line-edit type person (I’m too ADHD to focus on little details like that!), but I can give a lot of big-picture ideas. I’m more than happy to give a manuscript a read through and give you feedback on:

1. Worldbuilding

2. Character and my…[Read more]

A group of characters try to fix an old clock, but an old man wants to preserve it the way it is.

Sounds fun!

Not too much. I don’t mind if the story moves really slowly. I work full-time in a non-writing career, so I may have pockets of busyness where I can’t pop on much too. A lot of the roleplay will be explorative, so if characters pop on in and out, it shouldn’t hurt.

Yep, that’s totally fine. Power comes in many forms, and I image some of the games will mess with various ways one can be powerful.

Or if you’re really itching to make a character, go for it!

Aww, thank you! I’m glad you like them. It’s very affirming to hear that you like the names, since I can be paranoid that I didn’t put enough thought into some of these things.

Thanks! That’s a great tip! I’ve already started doing that for some of the towns and villages in the story, but never thought to do it for the larger things.

The most powerful characters across all realities are brought together for a competition: of every disconnected universe shared collectively by Story Embers, who is the most powerful hero?

Winner gets the greatest reward of all; a chance to go home and let their universe live in peace. And the losers? Why ask? Are you planning…[Read more]

There are definitely plenty of humor, but I wouldn’t call it a humorous story. The central theme deals with atonement for mistakes and the meaning of forgiveness, so humor is not a primary goal. I struggle to be serous though, so most of the ‘downtime’ the characters have, when not spent grappling on these themes, are used for funny…[Read more]

Great advice, thank you! Wow, I’m so amazed with the quality of help. Everything I’ve heard so far gives me great ideas.

The Freelands – Hmm. I might mess around with some of those names. Your country sounds awesome!

Wokenland – Great idea! I’ll look into that.

Princelandia – Both great ideas. I’ll add Barony to the list of nam…[Read more]

Thank you so much for this! That was super helpful to see your thoughts on each thing in the list (and you did not at all sound rude!). I’ll give you a few of my thoughts on your thoughts here.

Freelands – glad to hear you like it. This is probably my favorite of the three country names.

Wokenland – Yeah, originally I gave it the name…[Read more]

This was incredibly helpful. Thank you so much!

Ooh! I like your options for Princlandia! I’m definitely using one of them.

As for cultural inspiration, there are actually 3. Princelandia is largely drawing inspiration from Western Europe, particularly England, and more medieval in nature. A lot more normal-fantasy. The Freelands are…[Read more]

Yeah, I wrote this one when I was like 10. Unfortunately, I can’t find the story anywhere, but I remember having a whole series planned out. I thought these were going to make me famous!

I don’t really know how to fix that. 😛

I’ve just finished the first draft of the story I’m writing, and almost every name needs changing (they were all placeholder names). The problem is I’ve grown really attached to many of them. Maybe you all can help me figure out what to…[Read more]

It’s been way too long since I’ve been active, but I really do appreciate this form.

To (re)introduce myself, I have dabbled in writing and poetry for a long time. I’ve written poetry on this site before, and have written mostly fantasy, and mostly for my own enjoyment. I now have a story I’m invested enough in that I feel like I…[Read more]

It’s been a long time since I posted here, hope you all don’t mind.

I am almost finished with a rough (and I mean rough) draft of a new fantasy story I’m writing. I’ve really loved it and I’m hoping to polish it up and maybe get it published if its as good as I think it is now.

Which leads me to my question: should I get some beta…[Read more]

Slate crossed his arms, looking at Ruhanna (@jennythefaun). “Important business, huh? What kind?”

Slate rubbed the back of his neck. “Oh yeah. That’s then name. Thanks. Say, what are you all reading? My friend told me I should start reading more. I’ve never been a big bookworm, if you know what I mean.”

Age: 26

Personality, friendly and outgoing, but also pretty cautious and world-weary.

Slate: Wanders through the bookstore scanning the titles before he sees the group in the back reading. Walks up to them. “Um, hey, would any of you know where I could find a mystery book about some Christie lady? Or maybe by Christie. I don’t…[Read more]

Let’s wake everyone up with a question: what’s your current writing project?

So far, I’m seeing 1 for me by @McKinley (I’ll bet by tiny margins) any others?

I should rephrase that. I know you wanted to make some edits, and didn’t know if you had done what you wanted to do, or felt you needed to get it done (since yours is pretty good as is).

@maddiejay

If no one is able to make up their mind on which story, pick jennythefaun’s. I’ve already had my turn. 🙂

Mine is ready if Jenny can’t get hers in on time. Jenny, are you ready?

@everyone

Do you guys have a favorite?

You could even say it was…

A statement that promptly led

To a gold rush excursion

Of eager young wordsmiths mining

For a satisfying conclusion.

So tell me, are you pleased,

To see so much about cheese?

I love it! It’s so cute! In fact, it has inspired me to new levels of artistry…

Holy cheese

It might sound cheesy

To call cheese holy

But it has holes, complainers! Please,

I think it’s easy

To mean it fully

When you say you eat holy cheese.

That was amazing!!! Well done. You have beautiful prose and foreshadowing. And you used my disappearing woman! 🙂

The only thing I would do is give Noss a little more initiative. For the most part, I felt like he was merely watching and commenting on the events, instead of actively trying to find the truth out.

The easiest fix is…[Read more]

Hmm, now you’re the second person to say the same thing. Guess that means I need to go re-write that. 🙂

@toklaham-veruzia

Oh dearie me, that’s a lot to fix. Great suggestion, though! I’ll see if I can alter the story to make that happen. Let’s just hope I can do all that in the word limit. I was already pushing it. I also just took…[Read more]

Good point! I didn’t really mean for the code to be “the one thing” that solved the case, just one of many facts. I changed the order of their conversation around a bit. See if that clarifies things. 🙂

Another thing I could do to make this work better is change the old line when Wayne showed Christian how to open the door. Instead of…[Read more]

PLEASE READ:…[Read more]

Totally go ahead and wait. I’ll post it soon, but I just figured out I need to cut a ton of words.

That sounds like such a cool idea! I can’t wait to read yours!!!

What’s spec-fic? I’m not as familiar with writing terms as I ought to be. Regardless, I love your idea and can’t wait to see you run with it!

All this is excellent! I’m actually almost done with the first draft. Jenny, do you want me to post it now, or wait until your idea is further along so it doesn’t affect your thoughts?

Also, as a fair warning I’ve been shivering through writing this. It may be too dark to use, but it’s hard to tell from the writer’s…[Read more]

I honestly love these ideas!!! Jenny, don’t feel bad about taking the story if you want too. We could also both write it out and deside which one’s better afterwards. Up to you.

In terms of suspects, we need to have 3 suspects:

1. The “obvious suspect” that both the detective and the sidekick soon veer away from.

<li…

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Anyone got a cool starting concept? Here are a few to get our minds working:

Woman vanishes into thin air, in full sight of a group of friends

Armed robber breaks in, injures a guy, but no one can figure out what he stole

Spy kid goes into foster care trying to solve a mystery

And so on. These…[Read more]

Hello!

Unfortunately, I’ve gotten very little done on this story, so I don’t think we’ll be able to use my work. I didn’t realize that I had 3 days in a row of 12-hour days out of the house. If you have something, that would be excellent. Sorry for not being able to help like…[Read more]

I could give it a try if no one else is willing to. If someone else wants to try, though, I’d give them the reins. I have no idea how busy I’ll be in the next few days (I could either have loads of free time, or absolutely none).

I’ll get writing anyway. Worst-case scenario it’s good practice. 🙂

@toklaham-veruzia

I…[Read more]

A few starting questions:

Should our ordinary thing be a literal thing (flower, toy, etc.) or something more abstract (family dinner,  laughter, holding hands, etc.)?

What kind of drama should we use (war, emotional turmoil, etc.)?

What part should…[Read more]