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J.A.Penrose replied to the topic Guild War 4 in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago
Okay Parimis!
I’ve spent most of today tackling our entry, and have added a lot more character voice. That’s made the prose stronger, but to be honest, ‘unique’ is a rather cryptic phrase. However, we need to cut down a few words. So, cutting back is appreciated!
Once again, here is the…[Read more]
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J.A.Penrose replied to the topic Guild War 4 in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago
STELLAR WORK PARIMIS!!!!!
(Yes, I’m tagging you all cos I really will get confused with all of the scrolling and hunting for what different people have said. :P)
PROSE: Haha, Shakespeare is probably not an ideal thing to be weaving in. Doesn’t fit allllll that well. However, in general, we will need to be working on making the prose really…[Read more]
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J.A.Penrose started the topic Lesson 15 : Another Check Up in the forum 7 years, 7 months ago
Hi Parimis!
As you may have gathered, I’m not exactly well at the moment, hence I haven’t even looked at what you’ve done last week. Sorry about that. D:
As it is, seeing that, a) I’m currently a mess, and b) there’s a guild war going on, that you can just give some feedback on how you reckon the annual theme topic is going.
Have you been…[Read more]
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J.A.Penrose started the topic Ever Ill Guildmaster in the forum 7 years, 7 months ago
Hello Parimis!
If you hadn’t gathered already, you may well have drawn the short straw with this guild. *grimaces* I’m sick again, and hopefully will be diagnosed later today, but prayers are always appreciated. (with any luck I won’t be hospitalised) But yes, prayers for health are always appreciated as I seem to end up with some weird…[Read more]
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Coggleton replied to the topic Out of the Darkness, a World Rises in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago
@silverclaw-bonnetfolly Ah, maybe it’ll help if I clarify what I mean. Let’s take the Steampunk biome and ~1600s Europe put it in the following cases:
Case A: The Steampunk Biome has France, Germany, and Italy. The three countries all belong to the same biome, but politcally are seperate and distinct entities.
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Catherine Roche replied to the topic Out of the Darkness, a World Rises in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago
@silverclaw-bonnetfolly Ah, yes, thank you.
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J.A.Penrose replied to the topic Guild War 4 in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago
Okay, sorry that I’ve been kinda chaotic and sporadic and stuff lately guys, but things have kinda been blegh and yeah. Anyways. I am here now and hopefully can make some suggestions.
BASICALLY, what @ariella-newheart summarised is what we are going with.
I really enjoy the ideas that are being thrown around, and my one concern is that we do…[Read more]
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J.A.Penrose replied to the topic Guild War 4 in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago
Okay, all of this sounds absolutely stellar. Like, really guys. Good job. I’m impressed.
NOTE: @steward-of-the-pen is close, there is a 2500 word limit. Jane only has so much time to go through all of them.
*sits back to think*
- Plotline sounds brilliant, unique, and generally awesome.
- The character sounds stellar.
- The resulting c…
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J.A.Penrose started the topic Guild War 4 in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago
“Write any story you choose with the most original and creative prose that you can.”
THE TIME HAS COME PARIMIS.
War has been declared among the guild’s of Story Embers, and Parimi Alca is in terrible danger.
The competition will be tough. Avensbeck has won all of the prompt wars so far, and if we aren’t careful, they will dominate again. Also, t…[Read more]
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J.A.Penrose started the topic Lesson 14 : Character Descriptions that Don't Slow Down the Scene in the forum 7 years, 7 months ago
This question was raised as an aside by @consciousdreamer a few days back, and I figured it could be good to spend one of our Monday lessons on it.
All too often, you can be reading a book and then have to put it down and rub your eyes because the writer just had their entire cast described down to every freckle in one chapter. You have all of…[Read more]
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J.A.Penrose replied to the topic Farewells in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago
Namarie! @metasua @lillian-parks03 @wysteriacampion
@wishingwell13
@cassie-hartfinh
@esjohnson
@aysia-serene
@coggleton
@julia
@evelyn
@silverclaw-bonnetfolly
@ariella-newheart
@sarah-vdh
@steward-of-the-pen
@e-jo3
@consciousdreamer
@joseph-kolapudi
@wonderland7
@emily-d
@rebecca-w
@writerforever
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J.A.Penrose replied to the topic Out of the Darkness, a World Rises in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago
Can I just say guys, you are doing awesomely here. O-o
I think I may spend all of tomorrow afternoon just going through these and collaborating some more things together and then responding to this stellar thread.
Also, I’m thinking that we may end up using some of our world building to have our own mini Parimi Alca tournaments? As in,…[Read more]
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J.A.Penrose started the topic GUILD WAR CALENDAR in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago
Hi Parimis!
Daeus has put up the calendar of Guild Wars for us to see, so please check it out! Note that it starts when I tell you.…[Read more]
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J.A.Penrose replied to the topic Farewells in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago
We have another member who can not make it with us any longer.
Namarie @Northerner ! *waves*
(and yes, ‘Namarie’ is Quenya for…[Read more]
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J.A.Penrose started the topic Farewells in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago
Well Parimis, it is time to say goodbye to a few of our members.
Some of our noble friends have decided that they would like to step out, at least temporarily, and I figured I’d let you guys know. Whenever someone is removed, I will put a farewell comment here for them, and so you all know.
At the end of the week, more will probably be…[Read more]
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Coggleton replied to the topic Out of the Darkness, a World Rises in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago
@silverclaw-bonnetfolly No worries! I just wanted to make sure you were kept in the loop. And yup, those very same dragons!
@evelyn Yo, that’s a pretty sweet idea- it makes sense for the political head of a region to be invested in either promoting or outright controlling the manufacturing process, and for people to try and subvert…[Read more]
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J.A.Penrose started the topic Lesson 13 : Plotting with Purpose in the forum 7 years, 8 months ago
Who has sat down to plot and then ended up with all of their ideas going splat onto the page and not making any sense to how a book needs to be structured? Me too. A few years ago, (yikes, crazy to think that it was only just over three years) I would just come up with the intro, the complication, the plot twist, the climax, and the conclusion.…[Read more]
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Steward of the Pen replied to the topic Out of the Darkness, a World Rises in the forum Announcements 7 years, 8 months ago
@consciousdreamer Ah, good idea with the Google Doc.
@coggleton @writercatherine More good ideas! I would imagine that anyone could use a Dragonling, but using Drakes would take formal education and Great Dragons would require years of training, maybe first as an apprentice after learning how to use Drakes. There would probably be very few people…[Read more]
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Coggleton replied to the topic Out of the Darkness, a World Rises in the forum Announcements 7 years, 8 months ago
@j-a-penrose @steward-of-the-pen @evelyn Thanks for the vote of confidence! And excellent questions @writercatherine . My thoughts on those working with dragons is that while they might be seen as elite, how much depends really on the social context; a farmer who gets a new drake might be the talk of the town, like some guy who gets a new…[Read more]
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J.A.Penrose started the topic Goal of the Guild | Important in the forum Announcements 7 years, 8 months ago
Okay Parimis. This is an important post that we all need to look at. Please be sure to read it all the way through!
Our vision for the guilds is to form a tight-knit group of creators who encourage and inspire each other in their craft. As guildmasters, we’re trying to help build this spirit of camaraderie and we have lots of different o…[Read more]
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