Silverclaw

Hey all! As a couple of you probably have noticed, your guildmaster is currently off (on a skiing trip, of all things) and I have stepped in again as a substitute. 😛

Before leaving, she did give me this week’s lesson for you guys, so I’ll step out of the spotlight and hand it over to her.

Hello from your absent Guildmaster, Parimis! I hope…[Read more]

Hello Parimis!

Don’t let the title scare you, I’m not totally leaving you! I’m just going to be away for a week starting…basically now. 🙁 My school is taking us on a ski trip so that we are out of the way of the poor year 12s who are sitting trial exams at the moment. As it is, I’ve asked @Jane-Maree to replace me while I’m gone again, so…[Read more]

Prologues. I figured I’d do a post on prologues as it is one of those things that a lot of people get confused on, and often they get confused on it regarding pacing and suspense. (Plus, y’know, @steward-of-the-pen may or may not have asked about them.)

So without any further ado, here is how you can use prologues in your story.

Use them when…[Read more]

Hello Parimis!

I’ve noticed that a lot of people are just scattered about at the moment and I think it may well be holidays elsewhere in the world, (or some sort of event) and people are fairly busy. So this is just an invite to:

– Share ideas
– Share what you’ve learned
– Share any resources
– Catch up on anything you’ve missed out on
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A letter has appeared, carried by a small steampunk dragon. It drops it into your hand, flies aboround you a few times and then turns back to its home land. Your gaze drops down to the envelope and you see that it is addressed to you. You open it, and it reads:

Hello Patimis!

Us Guildmasters have been talking a bit lately, and decided that we…

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Hello Parimis!

One thing that I’ve just had playing on my mind is similar to what we we talking about back at Choice of Information. (something that was asked to be looked into more.) And the thing I’m thinking of? Description. Or more specifically, over description. Shockingly, it is one of the things that will either kill a scene’s tension, or…[Read more]

Hello Parimis!

One of the things that I gleaned out of the last lesson was that something I need to look at is when to release key information.

Often in writing, the character’s backstory is really important to the plot. Maybe the fact that Johnny spent seven years in prison is why he plans to betray the main character. Maybe Amy’s obsession…[Read more]

Hello Parimis!

This week is a bit different again.

Our Annual Theme is Pacing and Suspense. And I’ve been doing a few little activities each week to help you get the hang of that. But today, I want to ask you what you want to know.

Just comment below regarding what you want to know about for Pacing and Suspense, or anything there that we…[Read more]

PARIMIS AT ATTENTION!

War has been declared.

And we have responded with the affirmative.

ARE WE READY TO WIN?

The topic is: “Write a scene from the POV of a five year old who has an engaging character voice.”

The word limit is: 2500 words

The deadline is: 23.07.18

The beginning is: NOW!

Some ideas you may want to consider could be…[Read more]

As you have seen in our last lesson, emotions have a HUGE impact of suspense.

And now you get to write about it.

Just cos you guys are awesome and I believe in your writing skills, I’m entrusting another snippet day to you! See if you can keep using past lessons to build suspense, as well as following a few of my own tips for this lesson, and…[Read more]

Hey, everyone! An idea popped into my head for a story and I spent some time writing the beginning of it. I would greatly appreciate thoughts and critiques. 😀

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“Fire moon, burning bright, give me what I seek tonight,” Zillah chanted, gazing at the rising summer moon emblazoned against the pitch-black sky. Around it, the stars were a hap…[Read more]