Sarah vdH

@steward-of-the-pen Nice job! I like how you hardly even describe the two characters, yet we seem to get a pretty good picture of what they look like/their characters.

Well, mine’s a little different. I kinda just wrote a tiny, short story.. 🙂 Let me know what you think!

She glowered at the giant standing over her chair. She wished he would just ignore her like everyone else did.

“What do you want?” she snapped as she glared up through her heavy mascara and black bangs.

“Did you pack a lunch?” he asked,…[Read more]

WOW! You all are so amazing! Do we have everything we need for the drafts?

From what I have learned, @coggleton, you would apply it to a series with the same basic principles as any one story. Only you have to stretch it out more. So each book of the series would have the 6 basic plot points and looking at the series as a whole you’d be able to see the 6 points as well. So the only thing you’d really have to be careful…[Read more]

Forgot to say “edit and add at will please!” ^

So I took the liberty of putting some of the biggest things into the shared google doc. I hope that’s cool with everyone 🙂

Here’s the link if you didn’t catch it the first time around:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bSTDeDYIhjssa9TjazvVq1UB1WBKt0bl

WOW! There are so many cool ideas here!

Sorry I haven’t been around to contribute. It’s been a crazily busy summer!

Has anyone started putting this stuff in the Google Doc yet? I can start doing some of that if you want and then you all can edit it when things change. It’s just a little hard to go through the thread and find the key stuff 🙂

@j-a-penrose

I’m not 100% set on one specific theme, but I’m thinking belonging, family, trust, and loyalty are some of the big ones 🙂

Hey, I’ve been sailing around to camps and vacations all summer..

I had an idea for a trilogy though!

Book 1: It’s about a girl who has no family and no history of her own living in the slums of a big city. Then she finds out she has a famous explorer uncle who wants to take her on his last exploration! But he is hiding things from her and there…[Read more]

This is supposed to be some more of the same story from before. Let me know what I can do to improve @j-a-penrose!

The bag weighed heavily on Taylin’s back. He tried not to think about the object within as he climbed the cliff.

Only fifteen yards more.

Taking a few deep breaths Taylin shifted his weight and moved his fingers thirteen more i…

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Also, how on earth do you do the blue line thingy @j-a-penrose???

Well, I had possibly awesome idea a few weeks ago and finally got a chance to do some experimenting. Can’t wait to hear what you have for me!

Zerenity smiled in relief as she tucked the Star Stone into her pack.

The bells of Serenfaen had not yet sounded. That meant she still had time.

A soft footfall from behind her sent Zerenity…[Read more]

Hey guys, I’m sorry I wasn’t around for all the brainstorming and stuff… life got a little crazy *hides sword behind back*

Anyway… I might have a few ideas for a name. If you’re still looking for one /slash/ open to ideas. Here’s a few:

Brothers, I Knew Him Well, Keep Him Safe, Bring Him Back, Bring Him Home (a little Les Mis I’ll admit),…[Read more]

Ahoy, my name is Sarah and I am a quiet, peaceful, pirate. I love music (all the ones you guys have mentioned are amazing and some of my favorites!), reading (fantasy and adventures are the best), writing (though that’s kind of a given :)), drawing and painting, daydreaming, and eating chocolate. I love cute animals and spend way to much time on…[Read more]

Ahoy, fellow guild members! I’m excited to be a part of such an amazingly named guild and wonderful group of people. I hope to get to know you all better 🙂

@jenwriter17

That’s cool! I love taking pictures of plants too 🙂

I must admit that I do not have a favorite. I’m currently reading The Sign of Four though and am enjoying it immensely! What’s your favorite?

Generally I stick with fiction– fantasy and historical fiction being at the top. I like the freedom of other worlds and the lesser need of getting all the facts right. I was also a highly imaginative child (HA. I still am.) and tended to play in other worlds or with magical beasts and beings in this one.

I’ve always loved reading about other…[Read more]

Hello @naomijackson

I have to agree with you about the forums 🙂 Yet here I am!

Anyway.. It’s so cool that you have a book published! I once got a tongue twister published in Highlights, but that is the extent of my writing ‘career’ so far.

@jenwriter17

Yes I am home schooled! (Does it show?? XD ) You do art and pictures? That’s awesome! What kinds of things do you like photographing? As for some of my favorite books and authors? Whew! The list is practically endless.. I love C.S. Lewis and Jane Austen; To Kill a Mocking bird and The Eagle of the Ninth are high on my list of classic…[Read more]