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Hey Avensers!

Did you reach your goals last week? If so, did you celebrate? What are your goals for this week?

@toklaham-veruzia @overcomer @martina @epicaddie2 @supermonkey42 @gabrielle @snapper @jenwriter17 @naomijackson @dekreel @bonnie @melissa-g @kiraelizabeth @aislinn-mollisong @dragongeek @haviloki @sleepwalkingmk  @natalie-marie @sam-kowal

Hello friends!

Our discussion is pretty short today. 🙂

What are the best ways to make readers connect emotionally with characters?

@toklaham-veruzia @overcomer @martina @epicaddie2 @supermonkey42 @gabrielle@snapper @jenwriter17 @naomijackson @dekreel @bonnie @melissa-g @kiraelizabeth @aislinn-mollisong @dragongeek @haviloki @sleepwalkingmk  @na…[Read more]

‘ello!

*Hands cookies to everyone to celebrate the first official meeting of the Avensbeck book club*
Welcome to the Avensbeck Book club! Each week we’ll be reading 2 to 4 chapters of the Hobbit. I’ll start chapter discussions on the Friday of the week the chapters read. I’ll start the next one on the following Friday and so on and so…[Read more]

Guess what, everybody? Me and my assistant, Aberdeen the Authorosaurus (you know, that green scaly theropod who wrote ROTLA) have been working on a top-secret project that will change the world (my world at least 😜).

No, it’s not a time machine.

Or a book that writes itself.

It’s not even a movie adaption of “Raiders of the Lost Arc.”…[Read more]

*Speaks into a megaphone* Welcome to the third guild war!

For the next two weeks, you guys will be putting together a piece covering this prompt:

Write the most emotionally impactful death scene you can.

Now, I can’t help you at all on this one. I can’t even see the ideas on this thread, because I’m the one who’s going to be judging all the sce…[Read more]

Hey friends!

We’ve got a new member joining us. Everyone give a warm welcome to @natalie-marie ! 🙂

@toklaham-veruzia @overcomer @martina @epicaddie2 @supermonkey42 @gabrielle @snapper @jenwriter17 @naomijackson @dekreel @bonnie @melissa-g @kiraelizabeth @aislinn-mollisong @dragongeek @haviloki @sleepwalkingmk

(Note for Natalie:  If you h…[Read more]

I fear I’ve been rather lax in this weekly goal thing, but no more! *Waves sword threateningly at my goals*

What are your goals for this week? *hands you all motivational cake*

I’d like to finish the third draft of my WIP. 🙂

@toklaham-veruzia @overcomer @martina @epicaddie2 @sam-kowal @supermonkey42 @gabrielle @snapper @jenwriter17 @naomijackso…[Read more]

Hey Guildmates!

Backstory is important to every part of a character, including how they react to emotion. This week, I want you to pick one of your characters and think about how he reacts to certain emotions. How does his past affect his reaction? Does his reaction spring from a specific event in his past, or is it the outcome of a certain u…[Read more]