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Jane Maree replied to the topic WORD WAR – write, write, write! in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago

Jane Maree replied to the topic {2018 – Week 16} Your Turn! in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 7 years, 7 months ago

@jessi-rae Aw I’m so glad! Those are both great ideas that I’d love to look at, definitely. <3

@lightning-spider Thanks, man! Ooh worldbuilding and editing…great ideas!

@professorsjb haha, thank you! *accepts circlet*

Thank you everyone for your lovely comments and suggestions. YOU’RE ALL THE BEST. ❤

Jane Maree replied to the topic PROMPT GUILD WAR – Original and Unique Prose! in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago

PIZZA ALL AROUND

Anyway, Daeus still hasn’t made an official announcement, and I’m impatient so HERE’S THE DOC WITH THE JUDGE COMMENTS AND ALL THE OTHER SUBMISSIONS TOO.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y0wO4a23Ft-Gh6R87FmvVV19MgCj4ldlv4kMEYRsjH4/edit?usp=sharing

Thank you guys SO MUCH for all the work you put into this. Awesome job…[Read more]

J.A.Penrose replied to the topic PROMPT GUILD WAR – Original and Unique Prose! in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago

EEEEEEK GUYS I TOLD YOU YOU HAD THIS! *hi-fives all around* YOU DID A STELLAR JOB AND AHHHH, YASSSSSSSS! *claps crazily*

YOU WOOOOON! *flails* Thanks for being an awesome guild for me to help out! You did awesomely, and I’m so proud of you! (Plus, you stopped me from being killed by Jane, so, woot!)

But beware…next war, there will be no…[Read more]

Jane Maree replied to the topic PROMPT GUILD WAR – Original and Unique Prose! in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago

@esther-sears
@parker
@caleb-e-king
@jessi-rae
@theswordinthebook
@thewirelessblade
@fctait
@faith_blum
@professorsjb
@katthewriter
@lightning-spider
@skye
@mairin-atha
@e-b-raulands
@jillifish
@dakota
@brooka3
@scarletimmortalized
@ryker-dawson
@warrioroftherealm

GUYS GUYS GUYYYYYSS

YOU WON THE WAR

YOU DID IT

I’M SO PROUD

J.A.Penrose replied to the topic PROMPT GUILD WAR – Original and Unique Prose! in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago

Hey guys! I’ve submitted the entry, and hopefully we’ll hear back soon about how stellar you were! *hi-fives everyone* Loved getting to hang out with you guys. You’re all geniuses. The lot of…[Read more]

Jane Maree started the topic {2018 – Week 16} Your Turn! in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 7 years, 7 months ago

Okay, I’m not going to lie, I had a bit of a mental scream when I realised it was almost 6 pm (in my timezone) and I hadn’t written the week’s topic yet. I brainstormed ideas and came up with a whole lot of nothing much.

And so here I am. And this week I’m ~~being lazy~~ asking you guys for some feedback!

– Am I doing okay with our weekly topics?
-…[Read more]

J.A.Penrose replied to the topic PROMPT GUILD WAR – Original and Unique Prose! in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago

ATTENTION ALL MEERKATS!

See what you can add to the doc in the next day and a bit to make this story amazing! You have some brilliant ideas, we just need to work on getting it all there. I’ll be going over it again to tweak things at the end, but I want this to be as much of your own independent work as possible.

So go for it guys! Make Jane…[Read more]

Parker Hankins replied to the topic Peace, Greater Than Encountered Before in the forum Critiques 7 years, 8 months ago

@mairin-atha, totally fine with me. Sorry I haven’t got it to work for you.

@professorsjb, thank you so much!! That really helps!! Your critique was very invaluable!!

@jane-maree, that’s all right!! I know how time can be!!

Jane Maree replied to the topic {2018 – Week 15} Why Everyone Should Read Their Old Writing in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 7 years, 8 months ago

@professorsjb There are things to learn from it, aren’t there! Even though it’s desperately inviting to burn it all. xD

Jane Maree replied to the topic Peace, Greater Than Encountered Before in the forum Critiques 7 years, 8 months ago

Ooh I’d love to have a look at this, but I’m not sure I’ll get much time between my other editing projects. 😪 I might be able to scan through some parts of it and give a little feedback at the least though.

@professorsjb
@skye
@mairin-atha
@e-b-raulands
@brooka3
@scarletimmortalized

Jane Maree started the topic {2018 – Week 15} Why Everyone Should Read Their Old Writing in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 7 years, 8 months ago

Writers are (or certainly should be) constantly growing in their craft. We work on it every week, every month, every year, and as time goes on we learn how to make our stories better, stronger, deeper.

As we grow to be better writers than we were before, it’s very easy to look back on old writing, cringe, hide it in a deepest corner of d…[Read more]

Jane Maree replied to the topic Introduce your CHARACTERS! in the forum Meraki Writing Discussions 7 years, 8 months ago

@professorsjb Aahhh I love that your characters invite themselves into your novels. XD One of my favourite characters ever did that actually–he just appeared one day, and refused to leave. 😛

I love the name Lisa for some reason.

Ahhh my gosh, she sounds great. XD

J.A.Penrose replied to the topic PROMPT GUILD WAR – Original and Unique Prose! in the forum Announcements 7 years, 8 months ago

Okay guys! Looking like we’re set to write this stellar story on the dieter vs cake! Let’s get writing. *cheers*

Here is a DOC if we want to start writing. Remember to all pitch in with editing and generally throwing ideas at the piece of paper like those rebellious marshmallows I mentioned earlier. I’ll help you guys as much as you seem to need…[Read more]

J.A.Penrose replied to the topic PROMPT GUILD WAR – Original and Unique Prose! in the forum Announcements 7 years, 8 months ago

@esther-sears Sounds like a plan!

Okay guys, just over one week left, and we need to get a character, plot, theme, etc. AND GET IT WRITTEN AND AHHHH IT NEEDS TO BE AWESOME. Or Jane may well kill me… XD

So guys, let’s look at answering some basic questions:

Who are the characters? (develop)
What is the genre?
What is the theme/arc?

…

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J.A.Penrose replied to the topic PROMPT GUILD WAR – Original and Unique Prose! in the forum Announcements 7 years, 8 months ago

Hey guys!

Just a heads up, try not to tag Jane into anything on this thread. All of the tags appear in her inbox and she’s having to glance at them and then delete them and stuff. So avoid tagging her for now.

These ideas are all sounding great guys! And yes, it is totally fine to start offering plot ideas. That will mean more ideas in…[Read more]

Jane Maree started the topic PROMPT GUILD WAR – Original and Unique Prose! in the forum Announcements 7 years, 8 months ago

RALLY TOGETHER, MEERKATS, AND DRAW YOUR ~~SWORDS~~ PENS. The next guild war has begun!!

If you haven’t been around for any of the past guild wars, don’t worry, it’s pretty straight forward. A guild war is where each of the guilds competes against the other guilds to try write the best scene/the most words/etc. This week it’s about writing a s…[Read more]

Jane Maree started the topic {2018 – Week 14} Do (and should) You Edit While You Write a First Draft? in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 7 years, 8 months ago

There’s a piece of writing advice I hear all the time “Never edit while you write the first draft” and I wanted to share a bit of my POV about this. A bit about how I don’t think it’s a good bit of advice and my reasons why.

First of all: No. No no nooo. With all these ‘writing advice’ tips, they NEED to be taken with a grain of salt. Don’t just…[Read more]

Jane Maree replied to the topic Immortals: Chapter One in the forum Critiques 7 years, 8 months ago

I might not get time to get to this, but I’m definitely going to try. Tagging some others in case they’ve got some time. 😉

@parker @esther-sears @caleb-e-king @thewirelessblade @professorsjb @skye

Jane Maree started the topic Introduce your CHARACTERS! in the forum Meraki Writing Discussions 7 years, 8 months ago

Yep guys, this is basically the same as the introduce your story topic, but with characters instead!

1) pick one or two characters
2) share a little bit about them/their personality/their role in the story
3) share what their character arc is, and anything else you want to note

So I’m going to go first again, just because that’s…[Read more]

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