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]

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 🙂

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

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]

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.

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]

@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]

@piperbee @gabriellepollack @ethryndal @corissa @raemarie @bama-rose @kate @r-m-archer @literatureforthelight @j-parkhurst @gabbyj @cassandraia @chalice @noahlitle @julianne @germaine-han @sesi @r-j-karas @rosemarylo…[Read more]

We’ve launched a cool new feature on the forum called groups.

You can find them in the nav bar like so:

Groups are hubs for writers to gather around something they share in common. They include a Facebook-like feed and most of them also include their own forums.

So far there are three types of groups:
1. Word war…[Read more]

@bama-rose Hey! ^-^

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

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]

@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]

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 my…[Read more]

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

Tagging some…[Read more]

But now, an enemy has swept in with fresh blank pages.

WHO WILL STOP HIM? ARE YOU WITH ME?

TO WAR!

The rules and submission form are linked here: https://forms.gle/q2Aa9EP4G1bReNaj8

Anyone is welcome to join.

Tagging guildmasters: @maddiejay @faith…[Read more]

I’m looking to ramp up a writing coaching program, and before I do I want to do some beta testing to get the kinks worked out and get some reviews.

So I’m opening up three coaching slots. It’ll be a discounted price, since you’ll be doing me a service by signing up. I’m looking for 1-3 people to fill these three packages:

1. An hour…[Read more]

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]

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

My guys…[Read more]

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

My guys…[Read more]

Word War VII has begun. And you’re in it. See the link below to post your results at the end of the week. The link also includes the…[Read more]

Parimi Alca: 23,265
Knaphollow: 10,009
New Wessex: 8,007
Erekdale: 7,311
Meraki: 2,317
Rillumen: 987
Avensbeck: 279

And the individual award goes to @ariella-newheart with 8320 words!

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

My guys: @piperbee @gabriellepollac…[Read more]

Time to turn in your word counts, guys. 🙂

Soooo… this doesn’t directly affect you, but I thought you should know. The guildmasters had a meeting and determined that the long-term logistics of running the guilds was just too much. It takes a lot of energy from us and there’s not a whole lot the guilds give that you can’t get elsewhere.

Now, we’re not shutting down…[Read more]

Yea. Hobbiton, I guess, reflects Tolkien’s personality. The road goes ever on and on…until it ends at the golden gates of splendor.

I think this is the epitome of how I feel sometimes.

@kayla-skywriter @corissa @noahlitle @literatureforthelight @daeus-lamb @bama-rose @chalice @eden-anderson @anybodyelsewhocares

I’m doing some work on this story I wrote for Havok, and I was wondering if y’all would mind taking a look at it and giving me a critique. 🙂 I would be very grateful! Here’s the link: In His Arms

@cassandraia @bama-rose @eden-anderson @corissa @literatureforthelight @germaine-han @anyone-else-who-is-interested 🙂

Yeah, I’m getting there. They definitely help to add character and depth to the peoples and and histories.

Is that in the extended edition?

Not sure if this is the same kind of food, but my family likes going to the Rice Bowl and they serve absolutely DELICIOUS Asian food. What kind of food do you eat there?

I bet! My…[Read more]

Thanks for the suggestion.

*hands you pizza*

And here’s a hedgehug! 😉

@ericawordsmith

It’s been too long since I’ve talked to you too! How are you? Your in college?!! What are you studying?😍

I would love to hear your thoughts on this!

*hands you pizza just…[Read more]

What do I like about languages…that’s a good question. Ummm, I like designing them and creating all those things that go along with them, and – oh, I like using the language of linguistics. You know, the terms and such. It seems as I keep going making languages, they get better as well. You should have seen my…[Read more]

Hey guys, results are in!…[Read more]

*sighs*

Ok, here’s what I’ve got! I’ll give you guys the link so you can start with that stuff right away. I’ll keep writing and add on as soon as I can.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DopotUEpTTrO1ae0rGGo5hsFkQrL8YEIilJRDsEjdyo/edit?usp=sharing

Alrighty, do with it as you wish! Feel free to make direct changes. 🙂

Also. Do we…[Read more]

I like your explanation for Taiwan’s situation. 😛

Yes, I’m from Singapore, though I was in Hong Kong until recently (managed to make it out before the airport sit-ins). 😀 I must say, the Hong Kong people truly know how to protest. I am very impressed by what they are doing.

Personally, I think there is a link between…[Read more]

https://gohavok.com/

They publish flash fiction. And I would like to submit a piece to them. Specifically for their December prompt:

https://gohavok.com/submission-guidelines/upcoming-themes/

So, I was hoping you guys could help me polish up my submission. Here’s a link…[Read more]

https://hangouts.google.com/group/c1QS51Z8bVr3Nnjy8

@piperbee @gabriellepollack @ethryndal @corissa @raemarie @bama-rose @kate @r-m-archer @literatureforthelight @j-parkhurst @gabbyj @cassandraia @chalice @noahlitle @julianne @germaine-han @sesi @r-j-karas @rosemarylouise @msqueen8 @eden-anderson @noodle-mum @italian-stallion

We’ve got a new guild war. This could be a good lesson in worldbuilding for speculative, historical, or contemporary authors…pretty much anybody.

Prompt: write a story in which two cultures clash.

@piperbee @gabriellepollack @ethryndal @corissa @raemarie @bama-rose @kate @r-m-archer @literatureforthelight @j-parkhurst @gabbyj @cassa…[Read more]

(Wow, so surprising.)

I was wondering why some villains have the power to terrify us while others are more like a tired and sarcastic uncle in background. I see lots and lots of complex & sympathetic baddies (Kylo Ren, Loki), and tons of deranged psychos (Thanos, Mother Gothel, the White Witch), but…[Read more]

Three announcements concerning New Wessex.

1. I know sometimes community building, brainstorming, etc can be difficult on a forum. So I’m going to run an experiment. I’m going to create a group chat. You guys vote. It could be Facebook, it could be Hangouts. We’ll see how it goes. 😛

2. The guilds as a whole have decided to stop doing…[Read more]

@literatureforthelight Your first one is The Book Thief!

All those quotes sound vaguely familiar. No. 3 is Warcross though, isn’t it?

Here’s a quote from one of my favourite novels…

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

I didst! 😀 Gabrielle Pollack, Rolena Hatfield, Brandon Miller, Josiah DeGraaf, Hope Ann, Grace Livingston, @catwing, @noahlitle, some people I probably didn’t realize were from SE…. It was a great time 😀

Yeah : it’s really hard to…[Read more]

@literatureforthelight @noodle-mum @corissa…[Read more]

With YWW, signing up took the most time I think, I didn’t find it very time consuming personally. It’s possible some people might, but I didn’t have any trouble with it. You do spend 30 minutes meeting with your mentor, and you get homework which obviously takes additional time, but I highly recommend the program. It is…[Read more]

@piperbee @gabriellepollack @ethryndal @corissa @raemarie @bama-rose @kate @r-m-archer @literatureforthelight @j-parkhurst @gabbyj @cassandraia @chalice@noahlitle @julianne @germaine-han @sesi @r-j-karas @rosemarylouise @msqueen8@eden-anderson @noodle-mum @italian-stallion

It’s Okay to be not j…[Read more]

Also, I think you meant to tag @literatureforthelight but sure, I can answer you question. Yeah, I think you can have toxic relationships with books…mine certainly haven’t all been healthy. 😛