@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]

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]

Okay, Rachel, you can go ahead and email me that 5,000word excerpt and I’ll aim to have your report done for you in the next couple days.

Steward of the pen and Zachary, when would be good times this week for me to meet with you? (I’m in the EST timezone.)

I’ve still got to get my…[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]

Hey guys, results are in!…[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]

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]

@germaine-han I love that idea! Because then, it would be extremely unique giving him TGA since it’s usually (but not always) in middle aged men! Having a young, high-spirited, college student held back by TGA would make for a very interesting twist!

As for names, I was thinking of…[Read more]

Well, I think it’s more than just knowing that God loves and values you, although that’s a huge part. It’s more about realizing who you are in Christ-a chosen, redeemed child-and that you weren’t created for this world. You were created for something much, MUCH better. What other’s think about you isn’t what defines…[Read more]

@literatureforthelight

Yes, I believe that’s what we have so far. Sorry it’s taken me so long to reply!

And as for the Main Character being an investigator, I’m not sure. I would assume he/she is, just because that puts him in the position to be solving the crime, but if we wanna…[Read more]

I like what we have so far! But like many other people said, I’m way out of my league here, so Imma sit back and watch y’all do your thing, and then come back during editing time 🙂

To summarize what’s been going on so far: Our MC has amnesia (TGA) and it is this fact that makes the audience initially believe that it was him that…[Read more]

Oooh, YWW!! I get emails about it, but haven’t signed up because of the time commitment. Do you find it time-consuming? How do you feel about it versus Story Embers (or Kingdom Pen, if applicable)? 🙂

Oh, cool! I haven’t read her books yet but I own a few.

When I did it in the fall I had Kellyn Roth. She’s pretty awesome. 🙂

Your welcome! It was fun. 🙂

Ooh! You’re taking the young writers lessons?? Who’s your tutor? I took it last time, and it was amaaazing.

I was super encouraged by your story! It’s sincere and uplifting, a good reminder in the midst of a pretty twisted culture.

For me, it’s set to “view only”, so I just went ahead and listed places where I found grammar and punctuation errors. Corrections/issues are in italics:

“Clearly my older sister thought we were part of  a s…[Read more]

I joined a couple days ago, actually! So, I’m still very fresh to the whole ‘guild’ thing. So far, it’s super cool and I’m so glad I joined! Everyone’s super nice. 🙂

Yeah, I’ve heard that she did that! Perhaps we should take our favorite bits of all three. Build the story backwards so we have a little bit of shock factor and tension,…[Read more]

Oh! Okay, thank you! That makes a lot more sense. 🙂

@msqueen8

I don’t believe we’ve met yet. Yes, I’m new to the guild! 🙂 It’s nice to meet you!

It sounds like you know your mystery stuff! ^_^ I personally haven’t read a lot of mystery. But all those examples you gave have me really interested to go and discover those…[Read more]

But, as for mysteries, I love those! I find murder mysterious are over-written, personally. I found this article on 7 tips for writing Mystery Genre’s.…[Read more]

I like it! It’s such a relatable message—something I struggle with a LOT. I love how you put my  jumbled thoughts into words!

Great job. 😍

(Also, feel free to ignore my comments. I’m still learning all that punctuation stuff, so some of it *all of it* may be wrong. 😝 Anyway, I hope it helps!)

Thanks for sharing!

I’ll try to check it out! It said I had to request access first, though.

At long last, the prompt war is back. This one should be interesting:

Write a mystery.

@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

Most writers have more story ideas than they know what to do with. If you’re in this boat, you need to know how to cut through the clutter and make the right decisions. Here are a few things I’ve learned that have helped me.

Write everything down

Writing your story ideas down cements them in your brain. You’ll be ab…[Read more]

Yes, to both of them. But is being feminine something you have to teach a girl? Isn’t it just a part of who she is? I dunno.

I guess one other thing I would add is that more than teaching a girl to be feminine, you should teach her where her identity lies. When we…[Read more]

Also, just for clarification, I’m only 17 so I’m still trying to figure out all I believe about this topic. 😊

Before I answer your question, can you please clarify what exactly you mean by “femininity” or…[Read more]

@cassandraia First off, you really NEED to read the LOTR books.😊 At least if you want to understand the characters better…the books add so much depth and clarity that you don’t necessarily get from just…[Read more]

As you’ve noticed, activity has been pretty low here. Same with the other guilds.

That’s fine if everyone’s busy, but if it’s just because the guilds weren’t attractive enough…

Well, we should do something about that then.

After talking it over with some of the other SE staff. We have an idea. This isn’t a premade…[Read more]

I’m really excited about this new prompt war because I think it’ll be a great learning experience and result in some wonderful submissions.

Our goal is to write a story where we bring out the beauty of something ordinary in the middle of a very dramatic setting.

Unfortunately, I’ll be out of state during much of this,…[Read more]