Maya Wylie

*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]

@literatureforthelight That’s a GREAT idea! I’m not sure if that’s exactly what mine is, but it’s similar.

(I am so embarrassed about this 😆) I wrote it kind of as a…idk, stream-of-consciousness thingy? That’s not the right word. Anyway, it’s not a strict outline, but it’s not an actual rough draft.

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The Healer follows behind the ar…[Read more]

@kate The problem with both of these to me is that they might take too long to describe—they would be perfect as part of a longer story, but I’m not sure we can milk the emotional depth in a short piece. But maybe that’s just me. (Remember, I have literally no experience in character death!) 😝

One thing that’s particularly heartbreaking to me i…[Read more]

@Daeus-lamb *nods* Are we talking about spiritual/emotional sacrifices, or actual physical ones? For instance we could go for scifi, and the character actually literally gives limbs and/or organs (in battle, or maybe to replace the limbs/organs of people he/she loves, or possibly both), replacing them with bionic limbs until he literally doesn’t…[Read more]

@Daeus-lamb @m_corinnemusic I like the idea a lot. How would we show that in a word-limited scene without jumping around all over his/her past life showing the times he’s given of himself that have led up to this moment?

I’m totally cool with the idea of a female. I just generally think in masculine terms when it comes to characters. 😛

@m_corinnemusic You gave me an idea with that thought there. What if the positive impact the character is producing on other is what kills him? He slowly gives of himself piece by piece until he’s all gone. (It could definitely be a female, of course.)

I noticed that I was attached not only to the character, but to the character’s impact on others.

@m_corinnemusic Yes! I think that’s a key point right there.

I’m not sure about telling it from an inanimate/animal point of view. I feel like either first person or limited third would be cool. If it’s told from first-person, I’d want to cut out m…[Read more]

@kate Okay, I see. Thank you! 😀

I have a suggestion: @m_corinnemusic said that we need to get the reader attached to the character as quickly as possible, and that the character should impact others. I totally agree. What if the father (if we use him as our dying character) gives his life for a rebellious son? That scene could be packed full of…[Read more]

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Hey guys,

Just wanted to give you an update on the next guild war. We’re taking a break this week for the guildmasters to figure out how this guild war is going to be judge…[Read more]

I love writing poetry too, particularly in Chinese. If possible, I try to have some sort of pattern in the poem. For example, I wrote a poem with 9 stanzas, each with 9 lines, but didn’t have a consistent meter otherwise. Another one had a line of 4 syllables, then 7, then 5, and then it repeated. It’s fun to play around with different styles.

I…[Read more]

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Monday is here.

Last week, I almost completed my goals. I wrote a little over 5,000 words and I drafted my email but haven’t sent it yet.

My goals this week are to writ…[Read more]

Great work, @mcnoggin — especially with your colors and metaphors.

I’ll get to making some edits to this tomorrow (hopefully others can add their improvements today), but I just wanted to go ahead and share a couple of my initial thoughts.

• I generally prefer opening a scene with the POV character as opposed to anything else that’s going on…

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I hope I haven’t missed anyone.