I like the second idea as well; it’s a bit less of a plot to cram in 2,500 words. I would agree with Kate, though, that we don’t know whether or not the fire pixie is real, although we could probably hint at what Noah said, to make the audience think there might be some mental disorder going on, but leave all of them unsure.

(Apparently…[Read more]

I’m with you, @kate, I like the second idea better. It would lend itself pretty easily to one scene. Where he and the pixie break into the palace and warn the king.

We could give him a sort of hallucinogenic schizophrenia, or whatever you call that, where you see and interact with people/things that aren’t real. Then we could make the fact that…[Read more]

@Literatureforthelight we have been unusually prolific with ideas, haven’t we? 😛 I suppose that’s a good problem to have though.

If my memory serves me, we have two main ideas on the table now.

Chimneysweep is sweeping chimneys with the aid of happy fire pixies whom all other chimneysweeps mistreat, when the pixies discover a plot to…[Read more]

I tried replying twice a few hours ago, and neither one showed up, so let’s see if third time’s the charm. 😛 😉

@kate I absolutely love that idea!

What would we do with the ending then? Would he still go back to his chimney sweep life, and if so what would that make the theme? Or would we give it a warmer, happier ending, where he does get…[Read more]

@Julianne welcome! Thanks for jumping right in and contributing; great thoughts.

@Corissa I love the idea of him being kind to the fairies. Great way to spin it.

But guys, guys— before we go any further I had a thought. I’ve been trying to think how we can better fulfill the prompt, moving on from the story and developing an engaging voice…[Read more]

Okay.

I just got caught up with the conversation, let me recap what we have so far (disclaimer: as I understand it):

We have two story lines here.

The first (which I think we scrapped already, but just in case):

Kid, the chimney-sweep, 5, is happily sweeping chimneys for his chimney-sweep master, when he finds out about a plot to kill a…[Read more]

@R-M-archer we could use your fantasy smarts here.

I’m thinking we could do this not as a typical ‘London chimneysweep’ deal, but actually have it be a chimneysweep ring in a fantasy city. What difference does it make? At heart, none, but it could do two things. One, allow us to get really creative with the way chimneys are swept (do the boys…[Read more]

*gasps* OUR GUILDMASTER HAS DESERTED US.

Okay guys. We need to get organized.

@literatureforthelight an unreliable narrator is when the narrator believes something untrue about the circumstances in the story and tells it from a skewed perspective, and this is obvious to the reader. For instance, if we had the story of a lazy, neglectful, abusive…[Read more]

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Anyone ready for RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARC PART 4? Here it is!

For those of you missed the first part, go to page 1 of this topic. For part 2, go to page 4. For part 3, go to page 6.

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“A mug o…[Read more]

Tagging some epic artists: @mariposa @lady-iliara @christieaton @kate @snapper @ethryndal @emma-starr @jenwriter17

@lady-iliara WOOHOO for you, dear. I think this is one of the most important discoveries for artists and writers; to gain enough perspective that instead of wanting to throw everything out, you can say “I’M THREE WORDS CLOSER TO BECOMING A WORLD FAMOUS AUTHORESS. I’m awesome.”

*throws glitter*

@kate,

I would TOTALY recommend a Mac book air. I got mine in 2014 and it still runs like new! I bought mine brand new[ ” want a Macintosh laptop, packaging so posh. Fits like a glove in that tiny little white box” (Toby Mac’s I want a mac daddy)] (with help from my parents) My brothers also have airs and got theirs recently but refurbished. I b…[Read more]

@lady-iliara I’ve read that Steampunk is a subgenre of Speculative Fiction, specifically Science Fiction. Steampunk involves technology and alternative history which are science fiction concepts.

@jane-maree, @everyone, I think we need to examine this deeper. While Paolini, was homeschooled he graduated at 15 and began working on his first novel (Eragon). It was heavily promoted through his parents publishing company. That may explain how he got away with so much. Also, he was 15 when he wrote it. According to Wikipedia, he was influenced…[Read more]

@kate Oh, I’ll do that. Don’t worry ’bout it.

Hey, everyone. @corissa @r-m-archer @literatureforthelight @lady-iliara @gabbyj What do you think about Kate having the copyright to this — and from now on whoever writes the first draft of a prompt officially holding the copyright to it?

Ugh, tags. @daeus-lamb @lady-iliara @gabbyj @literatureforthelight