Thanks for reporting this error to us! After spending quite some time today troubleshooting the error, I think I’ve isolated it to one of the pieces of software we use to run this site that appears to have broken the main…[Read more]

You said: You get like 2 pages into one plot idea, then your brain gets attached to another idea and you want to do that one. And that is almost exactly right.

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]

@fawxofthecomics @martina @dragongeek @sleepwalkingmk @sam-kowal @christianna-hellwig  @natalie-marie @gabrielle @jenwriter17 @law0413 @libby @child-of-god @katherineh @serenity @brookewolf @miriam-smith @anna_b_cole @dekreel @kay @storyseeker @h-jones @storyjoy @bookcrazygirl @myclipboardismyviolin @aislinn-mollisong @lianajdo…[Read more]

@fawxofthecomics @martina @dragongeek @sleepwalkingmk @sam-kowal @christianna-hellwig  @natalie-marie @gabrielle @jenwriter17 @law0413 @libby @child-of-god @katherineh @serenity @brookewolf @miriam-smith @anna_b_cole @dekreel @kay @storyseeker @h-jones @storyjoy @bookcrazygirl @myclipboardismyviolin @aislinn-mollisong @lianajdou…[Read more]

@fawxofthecomics @martina @dragongeek @sleepwalkingmk @sam-kowal @christianna-hellwig  @natalie-marie @gabrielle @jenwriter17 @law0413 @libby @child-of-god @katherineh @serenity @brookewolf @miriam-smith @anna_b_cole @dekreel @kay @storyseeker @h-jones @storyjoy @bookcrazygirl @myclipboardismyviolin @aislinn-mollisong…[Read more]

@fawxofthecomics @martina @dragongeek @sleepwalkingmk @sam-kowal @christianna-hellwig  @natalie-marie @gabrielle @jenwriter17 @law0413 @libby @child-of-god @katherineh @serenity @brookewolf @miriam-smith @anna_b_cole @dekreel @kay @storyseeker @h-jones @storyjoy @bookcrazygirl @myclipboardismyvio…[Read more]

@fawxofthecomics @martina @dragongeek @sleepwalkingmk @sam-kowal @christianna-hellwig  @natalie-marie @gabrielle @jenwriter17 @law0413 @libby @child-of-god @katherineh @serenity @brookewolf @miriam-smith @anna_b_cole @dekreel @kay @storyseeker @h-jones @storyjoy @bookcrazygirl @my…[Read more]

@fawxofthecomics @martina @dragongeek @sleepwalkingmk @sam-kowal @christianna-hellwig  @natalie-marie @gabrielle @jenwriter17 @law0413 @libby @child-of-god @katherineh @serenity @brookewolf @miriam-smith @anna_b_cole @dekreel @kay @storyseeker @h-jones @storyjoy @bookcrazygirl @my…[Read more]

@fawxofthecomics @martina @dragongeek @sleepwalkingmk @sam-kowal @christianna-hellwig  @natalie-marie @gabrielle @jenwriter17 @law0413 @libby @child-of-god @katherineh @serenity @brookewolf @miriam-smith @anna_b_cole @dekreel @kay @storyseeker @h-jones @storyjoy @bookcrazygirl @my…[Read more]

@fawxofthecomics @martina @dragongeek @sleepwalkingmk @sam-kowal @christianna-hellwig  @natalie-marie @gabrielle @jenwriter17 @law0413 @libby @child-of-god @katherineh @serenity @brookewolf @miriam-smith @anna_b_cole @dekreel @kay @storyseeker @h-jones @storyjoy @bookcrazygirl @my…[Read more]

@fawxofthecomics @martina @dragongeek @sleepwalkingmk @sam-kowal @christianna-hellwig  @natalie-marie @gabrielle @jenwriter17 @law0413 @libby @child-of-god @kathe…[Read more]

Write as much as you can from yesterday (the 2nd) to the 8th, the submit your total word count here: https://forms.gle/skGnWmjNAohKramu7.

The individual who writes the most wins along with the guild that collectively writes the most.

@fawxofthecomics @martina @dragongeek @sleepwalkingmk @sam-kowal @christianna-hellwig …[Read more]

@fawxofthecomics @martina @dragongeek @sleepwalkingmk @sam-kowal @christianna-hellwig  @natalie-marie @gabrielle @jenwriter17 @law0413 @libby @child-of-god @katherineh @serenity @brookewolf @miriam-smith @anna_b_cole @dekreel @kay @storyseeker @h-jones @storyjoy @bookcrazygirl @my…[Read more]

@fawxofthecomics @martina @dragongeek @sleepwalkingmk @sam-kowal @christianna-hellwig  @natalie-marie @gabrielle @jenwriter17 @law0413 @libby @child-of-god @katherineh @serenity @brookewolf @miriam-smith @anna_b_cole @dekreel…[Read more]

@fawxofthecomics @martina @dragongeek @sleepwalkingmk @sam-kowal @christianna-hellwig  @natalie-marie @gabrielle @jenwriter17 @law0413 @libby @child-of-god @katherineh @serenity @brookewolf @miriam-smith @anna_b_cole @dekreel @kay @storyseeker @h-jones @storyjoy @bookcrazygirl @myclipboardismy…[Read more]

@fawxofthecomics @martina @dragongeek @sleepwalkingmk @sam-kowal @christianna-hellwig  @natalie-marie @gabrielle @jenwriter17 @law0413 @libby @child-of-god @katherineh @serenity @brookewolf @miriam-smith @anna_b_cole @dekreel @kay @storyseeker @h-…[Read more]

@fawxofthecomics @martina @dragongeek @sleepwalkingmk @sam-kowal @christianna-hellwig  @natalie-marie @gabrielle @jenwriter17 @law0413 @libby @child-of-god @katherineh @serenity @brookewolf @miriam-smith @anna_b_cole @dekreel @kay @storyseeker @h-jones @storyjoy @bookcrazygirl @myclipboa…[Read more]

Feel free to post any discussions you come up with. I’d love to hear what you have to say.

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So, you know how Jane is lying to herself and everything. Well I did know that nothing good would come of it, I planed for there to be a bit of an explosion. Like she reaches her limit of emotions she can hide, and just lets it all out. I was planing for this to happen during a lesson with the horses, but now that I have an…[Read more]

Hey guys, this is a short post teasing a pretty big project Story Embers will be launching soon. I’ve condensed this lesson from part of that project.

Does God have plans for each one of us? Of course he does. He has “good works prepared” for us to do.

Co…[Read more]

@fawxofthecomics @martina @dragongeek @sleepwalkingmk @sam-kowal @christianna-hellwig  @natalie-marie @gabrielle @jenwriter17 @law0413 @libby @child-of-god @katherineh @serenity @brookewolf @miriam-smith @anna_b_cole @dekreel @kay @storyseeker @h-jones @storyjoy @bookcrazygirl @my…[Read more]

@fawxofthecomics @martina @dragongeek @sleepwalkingmk @sam-kowal @christianna-hellwig  @natalie-marie @gabrie…[Read more]

At different points in our writing journey, we find ourselves more or less empty of ideas. This can happen in between projects, or in the middle of a project. I’m not talking about writer’s block, though that is related; I’m talking more specifically about simpl…[Read more]

@fawxofthecomics @martina @dragongeek @sleepwalkingmk @sam-kowal @christianna-hellwig  @natalie-marie @gabrielle @jenwriter17 @law0413 @libby @child-of-god @katherineh @serenity @brookewolf @millennium-m @miriam-smith @anna_b_cole @dekreel @kay @storyseeker @h-jones @storyjoy…[Read more]

Here’s the story I have: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Dvf3pl0IuuSm7IcnRUX8I_0Vo5_zVFWJvkC9zhmHN4g/edit?usp=sharing

It’s too long right now, but I’m working on cutting it down. Questions/critiques/comments/abridgments are welcome!

@faith_blum @fawxofthecomics @martina @dragongeek @sleepwalkingmk @sam-kowal @christianna-hellwi…[Read more]

Yeah, I don’t know where everyone else went, but I’m glad you came back.

Thanks, I try to make my fiction as true as possible. Off to make an application.

As for the rest of what you said, thanks so much. I understand what you’re getting at and am now invigorated to start more work on it again.

Anyway, unless you tell me to stop asking questions, I’ve got another one. I’ve tried to move past the other questions I asked since you weren’t answering them, but I keep finding more. The antagonist I created is much more solid, emotionally.…[Read more]

It’s Okay to be not just a Writer

For the first ten – twelve years of my life, I went through a lot of different versions of “I want to be a -BLANK- when I grow up.”

I want to be a superhero. I want to be a firefighter. I want to be a donkey. You know, the classic old things everyone wants to becom…[Read more]

@fawxofthecomics @martina @dragongeek @sleepwalkingmk @sam-kowal @christianna-hellwig @natalie-marie @gabrielle @jenwriter17 @law0413 @libby @child-of-god @katherineh @serenity @brookewolf @millennium-m @m…[Read more]

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 dow…[Read more]

@fawxofthecomics @martina @dragongeek @sleepwalkingmk @sam-kowal @christianna-hellwig  @natalie-marie @gabrielle @jenwriter17 @law0413 @libby @child-of-god @katherineh @serenity @brookewolf @millennium-m @miriam-smith @anna_b_cole @dekreel…[Read more]

My goals this week are to write 8 pages in LLM, 1,750 words in ILTS, and figure out what to do with my WWI novel draft.

@fawxofthecomics @martina @dragongeek @sleepwalkingmk @sam-kowal @christianna-hellwig  @natalie-marie @gabrielle @jenwriter17 @law…[Read more]

How about turning the tables and asking each of the guilds how we would handle a particular writing problem? For example, throwing us a story with problems in it and asking how we would fix it? Or asking us how we would critique a particular story. Then we get to compare our answer, and the answers from the other guilds, against the expert…

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@faith_blum I feel like in a way, the guilds are too big. In other words, it’s hard to have a tight-knit community because it’s not small enough to be tight knit. Maybe if guilds were smaller (had less than ten people?), there could be more…[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 decis…[Read more]

At different points in our writing journey, we find ourselves more or less empty of ideas. This can happen in between projects, or in the middle of a project. I’m not talking about writer’s block, though that is related; I’m talking more specifically about simply not having ideas for o…[Read more]

@fawxofthecomics @martina @dragongeek @sleepwalkingmk @sam-kowal @christianna-hellwig  @natalie-marie @gabrielle @jenwriter17 @law0413 @libby @child-of-god @katherineh @serenity @brookewolf @millennium-m @miriam-smith @anna_b_cole @dekreel @kay @storyseeker @h-jones @storyjoy @bookcrazy…[Read more]

As one of the youngest people on here I am also one of the youngest readers. I love reading, and one of my favorite genres to both read and write is realistic fiction. But, now when I find a realistic fiction book I have to check when it was written. Six new realistic fiction…[Read more]

Okay, thanks for clearing that up. My mind is already twisting and turning to create an antagonist, can’t wait to start.

I rewrote the beginning like you suggested. Is it good now, or should I try again?

Also, I wouldn’t normally ask this, but I’m hoping to fill out a guild application soon. As you likely know, one of the…[Read more]

Procrastination. It’s a nasty little dragon that often grows ginormous at the most inconvenient times. For instance, the last week of NaNoWriMo. It will bring in other things such as a new shelf that needs a place in the living room which facilitates an entire…[Read more]

My goals this week are to finish the VBS skit editing, write 1 page in LLM per day, write 250 words in ILTS, and edit CTF for about 10 hours this week.

@fawxofthecomics @martina @dragongeek @sleepwalkingmk @sam-kowal @christianna-hellwig  @natalie-marie @gabrielle @jenwriter17 @law0413 @libby @child-of-god @kath…[Read more]

I will be out most of the afternoon as well.

@myclipboardismyviolin  did you want to give it a go? We could all look at it again tonight maybe. 🙂

I have taken note of all your suggestions. 😉 But, sadly, I will be out of the house all day today. I don’t know if I’ll be able to make the changes before the deadline, but we’ll see! But if one of you would like to try and make the changes yourself, be my guest!