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Daeus Lamb replied to the topic Let's write /more/ in the forum Announcements 7 years, 5 months ago
@bama-rose I’ll announce the winner — probably tomorrow.
If you wrote this week, but haven’t turned in your word count yet, this is your last chance. @raemarie @cindy @kate @m_corinnemusic @j-parkhurst @gabbyj @julianne @germaine-han @maddiejay @sesi @r-j-karas @rosemarylouise @msqueen8 @samuel
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Grace replied to the topic New Wessex Worldbuilding and History in the forum New Wessex Writing Discussions 7 years, 5 months ago
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]
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Daeus Lamb started the topic Relationship developement in the forum 7 years, 5 months ago
Hey Saxon Scribes. I think I missed last week somehow, but thankfully I remembered just in time today.
Let’s talk about relational development. Just like the meaning we bring to the world is often found in our relationships, usually the best character development is actually relational development between one character and another.
Today, it t…[Read more]
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Daeus Lamb started the topic Let's write /more/ in the forum Announcements 7 years, 5 months ago
Hey guys,
I forgot there was a word war this week! I’m going to need to set myself some automated reminders.
Anyway, we’re going to do the best we can. The guilds have decided to war starting today and ending Tuesday night.
This works like it always does. We write as much as we can and try to outdo everyone else!
Here’s what can count toward…[Read more]
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Rachel started the topic Critique for Rachel 🙂 in the forum 7 years, 6 months ago
Hi everyone 🙂
So I’m looking for a bit of help with my first chapter in my second story. It’s a steampunk mystery short story, and the first person that reviewed it told me it wasn’t steampunk enough, so I’ve been working on that. But what I want to know, (aside from if you find any overlooked spelling errors, or any other embarrassing mistakes…[Read more] -
Katherine Baker replied to the topic (Discovery v. Plotting) How much pre-plotting is enough? in the forum Plotting 7 years, 6 months ago
@morreafirebird, @jane-maree, @r-m-archer, @maddiejay, @ashira, @devastate-lasting
Thank you all so much for the great ideas and encouragement. It’s really nice to know I’m not the only one who sits down with very little and starts writing.
If you don’t mind (because I’m curious), would you like to share your favorite method of plotting (or not…[Read more]
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Rachel replied to the topic Criminal types in the forum Announcements 7 years, 6 months ago
Wow, a lot of good answers here @maddiejay and @r-m-archer! 🙂 I liked some of the specific examples you guys gave from your own stories. It’s going to be hard to add something people haven’t already said now.
How do we write highly engaging criminals without endorsing their criminal activity?
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Daeus Lamb replied to the topic That silly face in the forum Announcements 7 years, 6 months ago
Hey guys, we did pretty well. Check out the judge’s comments here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iL-_uaWuvSI883engtZVvP9MgXNB4oyulGv2IYgZdK8/edit?usp=sharing
@cindy @kate @r-m-archer @literatureforthelight @m_corinnemusic @j-parkhurst @gabbyj @cassandraia @chalice @noahlitle @julianne @germaine-han @maddiejay @sesi @r-j-karas…[Read more]
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Daeus Lamb started the topic What do you think of our guild page? in the forum Announcements 7 years, 6 months ago
Hey Saxon Scribes, we have a homepage now!
Josiah fixed it up all nice for us. This isn’t officially launched, but I thought I’d give you a sneak peek at it so you can share any suggestions for how to make it better.
The purpose of this page is be awesome, store important/fun information, and let curious…[Read more]
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Daeus Lamb started the topic Criminal types in the forum 7 years, 6 months ago
Hey guys,
I thought with our discussion of handling tricky subjects in the article realm it might be neat to discuss writing criminal types.
Here are a few questions to get us started:
- How do we write highly engaging criminals without endorsing their criminal activity?
- Can one write a criminal character just for the purposes of the plot…
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eden anderson replied to the topic Q&A in the forum New Wessex Writing Discussions 7 years, 6 months ago
Okay so question number 1#:
How do you know if you are a writer? (it sounds really simplistic, I know)
I’ve struggled with this for a LONG time. First off, there’s like one hundred and one views out there about what makes a writer. I’ve heard and read lots of conflicting views about this: some people say anybody can be a writer, others say it’s…[Read more]
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Daeus Lamb replied to the topic Disposition #2 in the forum Announcements 7 years, 6 months ago
I’m gonna retag people since I don’t think my first try worked. @cindy @kate @elizabeth @r-m-archer @literatureforthelight @m_corinnemusic @j-parkhurst @gabbyj @cassandraia @chalice @noahlitle @julianne @germaine-han @maddiejay @sesi @r-j-karas @rosemarylouise @msqueen8 @arrethtrean @eden-anderson @samuel
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Daeus Lamb started the topic Disposition #2 in the forum 7 years, 6 months ago
Hey Guys,
I’m going to do a slightly more in-depth post about disposition for this week’s theme discussion topic. If you missed it, here’s my first post on disposition: https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/disposition/
This being a relatively new idea for me, I’m still learning about it and I did a lot of that learning over the past week. The…[Read more]
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Katherine Baker replied to the topic What do you do when you fall in love with your antagonist? in the forum Characters 7 years, 6 months ago
That’s great advice! Thank you! That actually works really nicely with this one bad guy I have who used to have a lot of prestige in the town where the story’s set. Making him suffer through the loss of that would be a great way to keep the story working. Thanks!
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Katherine Baker replied to the topic Christianity when the story doesn't ask for it in the forum Themes 7 years, 6 months ago
Thank you so much for the tips. I’ve been very encouraged by everyone here about my story. The advice about a side character’s faith is a good idea! Maybe I’ll see if that blossoms into anything.
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eden anderson replied to the topic Hello…? in the forum Announcements 7 years, 6 months ago
Whoops! Tagged you wrong…my bad. 😀
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Rachel Rogers replied to the topic Any other poets out there??? *eagerly searches the horizon* in the forum Poetry Discussions 7 years, 6 months ago
Maybe someday I’ll turn out a poem that’s not emotionally distraught and personal, and I’ll submit it to the magazine!
Haha! I know the feeling. xD It’s not easy getting comfortable with sharing poetry, since it tends to be so deeply personal in one way or another. I’ve been sharing my poetry for about 2 years now, and I first had poetr…[Read more]
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Daeus Lamb replied to the topic To pens, oh Saxon Scribes! in the forum Announcements 7 years, 6 months ago
Well guys, we have the results for the word war.
If I counted right, our total was 20,961 — an awesome word count!
However, Rillumen nocked it out of the park with 39,179 words. :0
Collectively, all the guilds wrote about 200,000 words in one week! *faints*
While we didn’t win, keep in mind we really weren’t too far off. Some of us were…[Read more]
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Daeus Lamb started the topic That silly face in the forum Announcements 7 years, 6 months ago
Okay, so I just did a post with the mona lisa in it. Forgive me. It was stuck in my head.
The word war is now over and we hope to announce the winner tomorrow. (If you haven’t given me your word count yet, please go post that in the related thread.)
Right on the coattails of that guild war we have another battle. War is life! *raises…[Read more]
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Daeus Lamb started the topic Disposition in the forum New Wessex Writing Discussions 7 years, 6 months ago
Hey Saxon Scribes,
I hope you don’t mind if I splatter my not-fully-formed thoughts all over this page.
For a while, my writing conscience has nagged me about this topic I call Disposition. To me, it encapsulates everything that makes a scene matter. Having just stepped out of rewriting a scene where I did not use this principle, it got me…[Read more]
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