Grace

@daeus-lamb Ooooh, that’s a lot. But yes, one of these days we should be up there 🙂

Also, I’m not doing NaNoWriMo, but I am writing on a regular basis. (Handwriting, that is.) So at the end of November, I’ll be estimating, not counting my words by hand. Look forward to it!

Does that mean that we don’t have a writing prompt war this month either?

@rosemarylouise Oh, well I’m glad you can know now 🙂

@chalice Is “every-single-book-not-to-mention-all-the-brotherband-chronicles-books” a valid answer? 😛 More specifically, I think I like The Emperor of Nihon-Ja the best, even though I’ve reread it too many times to count. I prefer a plot that is confined to one book, as well as the dynamics…[Read more]

Raspberries?

How life is, that the most unheroic detail can somehow make the distances between us seem smaller, and the room less cold. I stand with Kate, and everyone follows suit. If talking has died down, maybe everyone’s spirits will be revived by a little bit of a stretch and walk.

The grating of many wooden chairs follows, and with a start…[Read more]

@bama-rose RANGER’S APPRENTICE!! *cheers*

Anyways, welcome! (I saw you post in the word war thread and was suddenly scared that you’d been on here forever and I never realized. Turns out that’s not true.)

I hope that you enjoy your time here! Some tips I would have for the website is to subscribe to the various forums (@eden-anderson you might…[Read more]

@daeus-lamb I’ve got 2,444 words.

*sits back and learns a lot*

Character development is one of the things that’s hardest for me to do (*coughs* there’s a reason I was put in this guild, I guess), because most of my effort goes into putting one word in front of the other, and it’s easier to make plot happen than character. I’m also starting just now on my first major WIP, so I’ll…[Read more]

@hgm_barnes18 Are you familiar with story structure? KM Weiland’s site has free blog series on the different plot points, which you can use to plan your story around. (She also has a blog series on Outlining Your Novel, which I haven’t gotten around to finishing, as well as character arcs which you can read after story structure.)

So I would…[Read more]

The elusive members of the Saxon Scribes continue to meet in a great hall with whistling wind and flickering firelight, finding ways to redeem literature in the name of our Lord Jesus. They plan to stop the evil forces of Melkor by remembering that even if they speak in the tongues of angels, without love they are nothing.

(We really need to…[Read more]

*winces* Thanks to online classes, my WIP is being handwritten now. It’s also undergoing a crisis of I-added-too-many-aspects-to-the-story-so-I-don’t-know-what-it’s-actually-about. Hopefully I can contribute some of what I do get done, though 🙂

@samuel Hope you can join us for the other conversations we have!

The guild wars are kind of time-consuming, especially during the editing process, and they don’t always work into everyone’s schedule.

@daeus-lamb *draws breath* It’s incredible 😀 😀 😀

@kate I’m glad that you had time to go back through it and implement all our suggestions 😀 This is also like the fifth time I’ve read through it, and I can’t keep from giggling the whole way. (That’s my subtle way of contradicting your previous disclaimer that you aren’t good at comedy…)

Congratulations everybody! 😀 😀 Even though we pulled…[Read more]

Conversation has lulled for a while; perhaps we’re all mulling over what Clarissa has said. The guildmaster remains silent, and I pull myself from reveries of the dark hallways and vengeful ghosts to notice that someone stands in the periphery of the room.

I don’t recognize the person, but I can sense in the way he stands a subdued eagerness.…[Read more]

@kate *salutes back* I wanted people to choose yours, anyways. 😉 (I read it again the other day and died when Jason offered her gum. It was priceless.)

@kate Yay! Here’s mine:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N2ncbna_hrlN9NX976LxrFGYCm_NV_3_yMoeqSmPOi0/edit?usp=sharing

I still have to go back and fix repetitive language and put some details to rights, but here’s my draft, about the same length as Kate’s. Please tear it apart… and edit away.

Also, I assume for the sake of time, people…[Read more]

@msqueen8 Thank you! I’m glad you like it even though it’s still very much a first-draft thing.

@kate Your draft is so hilarious xD I really hope both drafts can be finished soon!

@kate Oh, haha 🙂 Well then, they’ll have the same beginnings, and the guild can make the choice.

I’ll try to finish up mine later this afternoon, although I have no ending thought up… yet. I’ll wing it and see where I end up.

@h-jones I have things to say on this, but until I can have a bit more time to flesh my thoughts out, I’ll tag @daeus-lamb who recently gave me some advice on this topic.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N2ncbna_hrlN9NX976LxrFGYCm_NV_3_yMoeqSmPOi0/edit?usp=sharing

Here’s a document, although I have yet to do much. (*sigh* the one night I shouldn’t be procrastinating)