Grace

@literatureforthelight

Hi Grace!

So has anyone experienced this before, and have advice on distancing the protagonist from yourself? When you begin character development, what do you start with?

Oh, I definitely relate to that!

Something that I’ve found really helps me is to take one trait of mine and give it to my protagonist, then build around…[Read more]

@literatureforthelight

Thank you. I must admit that I haven’t been on here for awhile. I will definitely check out that article as soon as I can.

I do have a close friend who has helped me with a lot of my writing so I’ll send them a copy and see what they think.

Thank you, again 🙂

I know the conventional wisdom is, “Write What You Know” but I think this can be interpreted very broadly. You may not have lost your entire family in war, for example, but most of us have experienced painful loss–the death of a friend or relative, or even a beloved pet. You may never have been “in love” but you’ve probably seen people around you…[Read more]

@r-m-archer That does make sense. I’m not too worried about plagiarism, so hopefully that’s good!

@literatureforthelight That is SO AWESOME that you read it in Chinese- although it’s not surprising that that would affect comprehension :).

@literatureforthelight I love fairy-tale retellings! If you’re ever looking for a Beta reader…😉 What prompted you to do a retelling?

I’m currently working on a fantasy novel. So far, the main things I’ve been working with are hard choices, distrust, a man twisted by lies, a angry prince, a gold-hearted princess, a horse named Bruce, and a bunch…[Read more]

@literatureforthelight

So nice to meet you then! What stories are you working on at the moment?

Btw. thanks for explaining the Panster/Plotter thing.😄 It’s hard to pin down meanings.

@seekjustice

Thanks, that makes a lot of sense. I’ll probable try that.

@literatureforthelight

Thank you, I do struggle with plot especially in larger works. I’ll use that.

@arindown

That view does help, I’ll keep that in mind. But… What’s a Panster?

@daeus-lamb

Yeah, I’m more like a kid ready to order off the adult menu than a five-year…[Read more]

@literatureforthelight *waves* Hey, have we met? I’m just curious, because I happen to be a Grace also, so I kinda got a soft spot for them.😁

@kayla-skywriter

This is a great question.

What I did was to start a novel that I viewed as “less important”…to just kinda get some experience. I need to get an idea of how writing a novel works, and…[Read more]

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@bama-rose Hey! ^-^

I’m doing okay. Writing is… coming. Slowly. XD I…[Read more]

So I posted the blurb on Realm Makers. Verdict was it didn’t have a clear enough plot! (People also wanted a little stronger sense of the world it was set in.)

I’ve buckled down and tried a rewrite. What do you think?

@taylorclogston @hope-mcclellan @kayla-skywriter @cassandraia @snapper @sarah-inkdragon @noahlitle @literatureforthelight @wordsmi…[Read more]

@literatureforthelight Thanks!

@snaper *hands you chair*

So here’s what your suggestion would look like. The only thing I didn’t incorporate was that part about describing the setting you mentioned, Grace. I just couldn’t think of a good description off the top of my head.

I like how it reads. I think these were good ideas.

Exton has one…[Read more]

Participation was unfortunately low this time. But there were some great wordcounts.

Here’s the final rundown:

Rillumen: 267
New Wessex: 3,036
Parami Alca: 2,240
Meraki: 19,735
Erekdale: 11,883
Knaphollow: 1,113

And the individual with the highest word count was @hope-ann with 8,379

Tagging…[Read more]

Tagging guildmasters: @maddiejay @faith_blum @karthmin @jane-maree @j-a-penrose @corkybookworm

Tagging my…[Read more]

Heads up!

Coaching plan 1 is still open. Also, I’m opening one extra slot for option 2. Anyone want it?

Tagging some…[Read more]

Results are in!

Erekdale: 61,107
Meraki: 44,071
Rillumen: 39,067
New Wessex: 37,269
Knaphollow: 26,733
Parimi Alca: 23,193
Avensbek: 13,496

And the individual best goes to @emgc with 24,151. 😮

Guildmasters: @maddiejay @faith_blum @karthmin @jane-maree @j-a-penrose

My guys…[Read more]

The word war ended Sunday, but there’s still time through tomorrow to turn in your word count!

Guildmasters: @maddiejay @faith_blum @karthmin @jane-maree @j-a-penrose

My guys…[Read more]