Thanks for letting us know. Will we still use the google hangouts?

Complication: it is very dark and heavy. And I would say if it doesn’t match the mood of your story, then you should rewrite it. And I feel that strongly. Don’t use it if it doesn’t fit.

The only other thing I would say is, you seem to be stuck in the “eternal rewrite” phase.…[Read more]

Again, generally, I agree with @taylorclogston.

I do like the bit about the wizard better, but it still feels really long-winded. That whole paragraph is one sentence and I feel like it should be two, not that I know how I would break it up.

If I may be potentially offensive…

Based solely on your synopsis writing, it seems to me…[Read more]

I haven’t been as active on Instagram as I would like, but I could try to do this. My access to IG has been limited lately, though, so I can’t make any promises.

I agree with @taylorclogston mostly. Your second version screams “Tolkien ripp-off” with lines such as: “dark lord escaping,” and “it corrupts heroes.”

Also, “God may have abandoned them” sounds a little cheesy. I think you could come up with a much more poetic way to say that.

What if instead of: “but warns God may have abandoned…[Read more]

Okay… Now it gives away too much, I feel. I like your first final take better. I think it has enough plot, it’s just a little generic as far as storyworld goes.

What if, instead of trying to explain more of the plot, you just worked specific details of your storyworld into your “final take” synopsis. For example, instead of saying…[Read more]

Hmm. I think it would inspire more of my curiosity if it included all heroes, like so:

“No hero is who they try to be.” Or: “No hero is as heroic as they want to be.”

Saying “not all” implies that some heroes are who they try to be, and I’m just as curious about that character as I am about the one you’re obviously implying.

And if…[Read more]

I wish we had more time.

We had a discussion on the google hangouts group, and  @bama-rose volunteered to write about a clash of instruments…

I just realized, we kind of drifted from the clash of cultures idea…

Anyway, @r-m-archer , you can catch up on the conversation there.

Thanks! I appreciate it!

Which part did you have to reread? Maybe I could make it clearer?

@bama-rose Thanks! Yeah, I intended to write with two settings in mind, but ended up with three. I think I’m going to introdice the third earlier on, and work on making it clearer which is which.

Thanks again for your feedback!

We threw around a few ideas on the group chat.

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]

@cassandraia You seemed to volunteer yourself… 🙂

I’m trying to unsubscribe from this topic. I’m thinking if I leave a comment and then unsubscribe it might work.

🙂

I was just thinking the other day how I would like to see less of the “strong female warrior” type and more realistic women in stories. I would like to see more strong female characters. Where are the girls that are just being girls? I don’t mean the girly-girls. Just like there’s more to guys than explosions and bodily harm -…[Read more]

Thank you! And Great job! I can’t believe we got second place.

We’ll have to push ourselves harder next time. Like we did with the dream sequence one.

Good job everyone!

@bama-rose @eden-anderson @cassandraia

This feels like the smallest team we’ve ever had working on the prompt war.

Looks good, @literatureforthelight. I couldn’t have written it better. The only thing I would change is the order, but that’s just my personal interest in non-linear narrative showing through.

I hope we win! (NEW WESSEX…[Read more]

Oh. I’m sorry. Google Hangouts. My mistake.

Yeah, I could make that work. XD

But, like I…[Read more]

I know it’s kind of late, but I just thought I’d pop in and say that I don’t like the nested comments idea. But this is the only forum I’ve been a part of, so take that with a grain of salt, I guess.

Cool. I’d be up for that. I don’t think I could write a whole blog post, but I think I could come up with a paragraph or two.

I could also back out, so don’t count on me too much. 🙂

Let me know how y’all plan on getting in touch. I can do email, or Facebook. I don’t know about Google+, I got an email the other day saying they were…[Read more]

Thanks for the tag. This sounds like fun. I would love to, but I’m not sure I have the time. But… maybe I could make the time. What kinds of topics do you plan on researching? How much would we have to write for it? Would we each be doing a little section of a blog post? Sorry, I only skimmed through this thread.

I agree with @bama-rose ‘s comments. Everything looked good. The only thing I would change is the actual writing – the sentence choices. You seem to tell a bit here and there.

Another thing that I would kind of like to change (this is totally up to you, don’t be afraid to say no) is the order we get the story in. With your…[Read more]

What you have looks good. I can’t wait to read the rest.

Don’t worry too much about the flashbacks. If they don’t fit, then don’t force them in.

I agree with @eden-anderson. You should decide what genera you want to do.

I don’t agree with her about her not being helpful. Just putting that out there. 🙂

As for the conflict and emotional heart of the story…

We could do a story about two friends who haven’t talked to each other in years. Or about a rocky parent -…[Read more]

I joined the Facebook group and found someone else who was looking for a roommate. Thanks for responding.

@parker @nuetrobolt @brandon-miller @theinconceivable1 @taylorclogston

@literatureforthelight understands what I’m trying to say. It’s really only complicated when you think about it. You have to feel an idea like this. What you’d be doing basically, is showing an event from the MC’s past and comparing it to the MC’s present by showing it side by side. Thus showing…[Read more]

Where is everybody? We need to get going on this.

I would love to write this, but I’m not sure if I’ll have the time. I need to write a blog post, and I need to work on my WIP.

So, what if we take the villain learning to be the hero, and we…[Read more]

@kate    You haven’t seen them!? You have to at least see Sabrina. Inception has a little too much cussing and violence for me to be wholehearted in my recommendation, but Sabrina is good. Seriously, go watch it. XD

@daeus-lamb    Awesome! Thanks. Do you mind me asking which post it was?

What do you guys thi…[Read more]

Thanks, guys! I appreciate your getting back to me.

I recon I’ll just book a room and hope someone decides to split the cost later. :-j

@brandon-miller I look forward to meeting you!

Anyone else?

@daeus-lamb @wordsmith @warrenluther04 @joseph_darkgrate @ryker-dawson @…[Read more]

I had a great idea that was totally not inspired by my latest blog post on backstory. XD

What if we cut back and forth between the past and the present, in a way that emphasizes their similarities, but this time (in the present), the hero is…[Read more]

Thanks! What did you guys think of the posts?

Hello, everyone. My name is Noah Litle. I’ve been on Story Embers for a while now, but I wanted to ask this and figured this was the best place to do it.

I’m going to be attending Realm Makers Conference this year, and I was wondering if there were any other…[Read more]

I’m excited to announce that I have started a blog. You can check it out here:

Noah Litle Writes

Right now I’m in a kind of pre-launch stage, where you guys can give me some feedback on the posts and everything before I launch it for real on the first of March.

If you guys could tell me if the posts are helpful/enjoyable/coherent it…[Read more]

A0?? That’s the same as the lowest note on a piano. I’d have to hear it in context before I believed it.

@seekjustice You and your sister can rest in peace. Jesus is sung by a bass in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion. I would highly recommend ch…[Read more]

Well, the only intellectual stories I can think of right now are the movies Following, Memento, and The Usual Suspects. All of them use non-linear narrative to pack a punch of a plot twist at the end. They’re amazing. But they’re also have a LOT of bad language. And no moral compass. And I think the former two are rated R. I’ve onl…[Read more]

Thanks so much! I really appreciate your time and effort. You honesty here is invaluable. I look forward to making it better.

I’m curious, what did you think of Diomedes’ outburst at the end? Was that too abrupt?

I could fit it in if you need me to.

But if you don’t need me to, I think I’ll opt out. I’m feeling rather overwhelmed right now. 🙂

I play piano mostly. I also know a few chords and a couple songs on guitar, and I play a little hammered dulcimer and melodica.

I also love singing, especially A Capella. @thewirelessblade I’m a bass, too. A cool fact, I can sing lower now than I could a couple years ago. I think I stretched it a whole step. I…[Read more]

@literatureforthelight Yeah, we should write more musical stories.

Which era of classical music is your favorite? Do you have a favorite composer? Favorite worship song to play?

I recently discovered Vaughan Williams’ Phantasy Quintet. It’s amazing!

@eden-anderson @bama-rose Y’all…[Read more]

I actually found Like Stories Of Old by following a rabbit trail from the video on the Themes and Batman thread.

Yeah, that was a really good find.

It’s one of those movies where you have to grasp the heart of the story before you can appreciate it fully. Like…[Read more]

Okay, so I kind of dismissed this thread, because I’m not really a world builder (sorry, @daeus-lamb). But just today I realized how this topic applies to my own writing (and my aversion to world building).

I was watching some Like Stories Of Old videos from YouTube (check him out here, like, seriously @kat…[Read more]

And I’m currently working on writing my one story. You know, that one story that’s most important to you? I’m working on mine right now. Using Theme Mastery to do the outline. I’m excited to see how it turns out. I’ll likely write a spec script out of it. We’ll see.