Story Embers | Skredder | Mentions https://storyembers.org/members/skredder/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning Skredder. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 01:31:41 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 a214d0a80136c23e05f9aca728d80c20 Buddy J. replied to the topic Prose Prompt! in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/eh-dont-we-have-a-prompt-rillumen-has-catching-up-to-do/page/3/#post-47078 Mon, 10 Sep 2018 03:19:47 -0400 Rillumen! I’d like to remind you that we have one week left to finish the prompt.. Let’s get this well underway! I’m working on a second person writing style… and I think that’s what we should go for. Please tell me your thoughts.

Also, something tells me Avensbeck is not lagging. We really need to pick up the pace!

RILLUMEN! ILLUMINATE THE…[Read more]

]]> 0 3748dea9c10627df922877f304d33e29 Buddy J. replied to the topic Prose Prompt! in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/eh-dont-we-have-a-prompt-rillumen-has-catching-up-to-do/page/2/#post-46583 Wed, 05 Sep 2018 21:32:55 -0400 Lumenian Warriors! I am on the doc, putting some stuff up… Please join me there if you can.

Rillumen Writing Prompt…[Read more]

]]> 0 8ed852dbef3d520eb04ae523b398e407 Brandon Miller started the topic Turning Over a New Leaf in the forum https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/turning-over-a-new-leaf/ Wed, 05 Sep 2018 01:28:46 -0400 HEY GUYS.  I’M BACK.

You may have noticed, Rillumen has been really quiet of late.  And in that silence, I have been silenter.  Long story short, college didn’t do the usual ramp up into the semester thing and I got tidal-waved with homework week one.  Labor day helped me catch up though, and I’m back in the game now.

Yay!

First up, some anno…[Read more]

]]> 0 3780dd975d9efac88b6a17b07990639f Buddy J. replied to the topic Prose Prompt! in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/eh-dont-we-have-a-prompt-rillumen-has-catching-up-to-do/#post-46297 Tue, 04 Sep 2018 16:26:43 -0400 Lumenian Solders! We have the prompt:

‘Your prompt is: “Write any story you choose with the most original and creative prose you can.”’

Hahaha! This is interesting. Let’s brainstorm…

Here’s a doc for us to lay our thoughts down on: Rillumen Writing Prompt Worktable

Just hop down there and start laying down prose. Test your ideas, stret…[Read more]

]]> 0 e0e87d428589c4184671d83b28b7f3ea Buddy J. started the topic Prose Prompt! in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/eh-dont-we-have-a-prompt-rillumen-has-catching-up-to-do/ Tue, 04 Sep 2018 01:04:05 -0400 @brandon-miller, will you give us the writing prompt? Rillumen really needs to step up their game… Just give it to us and I can help organize everything…

@graceabounds2129, are you gonna be here with us? I’d like to work with you…[Read more]

]]> 0 2ade1c33cb2b0f8c08283043659a59fb Brandon Miller started the topic 2018 Week 13 - Arachnoid Terror!! in the forum https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/2018-week-13-arachnoid-terror/ Tue, 14 Aug 2018 01:01:29 -0400 Hey everybody,
I haven’t finished up my plan for these activities moving forward, but thanks to all of your REALLY AWESOME feedback on my topic last week it seems that the picture prompt activity was by far the most popular, so I thought I’d spin another of those together.

 

You need to write a short scene.  Source of conflict?  The glass w…[Read more]

]]> 0 c36b6e27a70f3084cd8f902cb4f7ca0f Brandon Miller started the topic Regrouping in the forum https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/regrouping/ Tue, 07 Aug 2018 02:06:27 -0400 Hey guys!

So I’ve been having an issue lately… coming up with a new one of these every week is hard.  That’s my excuse for not posting one this week.

Sorry.  I know it’s lame.

However. I’m going to take this week to put together something of a long-term plan that will (hopefully) help me communicate and use these activities to really be h…[Read more]

]]> 0 a39ae2c1b716be95dd92b68c54847a7b Brandon Miller started the topic VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/very-important-announcements/ Thu, 02 Aug 2018 04:10:57 -0400 Hey guys,

We’ve got two big things going down this week.

First, FEEDBACK FORMS.  The Story Embers staff and Guildmasters are looking to make these guilds even way more better.  To do that, we need your guys’ thoughts.  So, we’ve put together this short survey for everyone to go through instead of doing an activity this week.  Please take a few…[Read more]

]]> 0 99aaf01b01586606a1a2caad09b1c8e2 Brandon Miller replied to the topic A Fun War in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/a-fun-war/page/3/#post-42217 Thu, 26 Jul 2018 01:25:57 -0400 Hey guys results are posted.

I’m running out of ways to say this but… Avensbeck won again. 😐

Anyway, we’ll get them next time.  I want to heap praise on @wordsmith and @graceabounds2129 again because they were awesome.  Nice work everyone with the ideas too, that was cool.

I’m not sure when our next guild war will be.  We’re going to be fi…[Read more]

]]> 0 e3f63448fbc6dec1d9a4ab8fbbadeb89 Brandon Miller started the topic Week 12 - Mood in the forum https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/week-12-mood/ Tue, 24 Jul 2018 03:07:42 -0400 One strength that descriptions have is their ability to set the mood for a scene.  For example, if my character is walking in the woods I can describe either the spring breeze brushing through the trees or the hollow, cracking leaves whisping through the eeire silence.  In these descriptions I’m describing the same thing, but I’m creating a t…[Read more]

]]> 0 730ce2af93f8cc99cb3239d2100b8cac graceabounds2129 replied to the topic A Fun War in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/a-fun-war/page/2/#post-41954 Mon, 23 Jul 2018 13:26:55 -0400 Anyone up for quickly writing a scene? I believe today is the due date… and to my knowledge we only have ideas…[Read more]

]]> 0 49b28b268a3278583f5e96e1b0566bef Wonderland7 replied to the topic Crazy Writers, Artists, and Dragons in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/crazy-writers-artists-and-dragons/page/4/#post-41738 Thu, 19 Jul 2018 20:03:48 -0400 You know when you’re a writer when:

You get separation anxiety form being away from your story for too long.

You try looking up something historical on the internet so that you know what it looks like to put it into your story, and then, after not finding anything you need, decide to look up a particular Disney movie because it has the thing you…[Read more]

]]> 0 45ba5203de0789b2568d995b37561ae0 Brink replied to the topic G. A. Henty in the forum Rillumen's Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/g-a-henty/#post-41046 Tue, 10 Jul 2018 18:03:37 -0400 @happyholly_c @skredder

The cat of Bubastes is by Henty? I really like that book. (though it was a long time since I read it.)

My mom read it to me, so I actually didn’t read it even.

I have also read With Wolf in Canada, which I knew was by him.

]]> 0 4c2b6c80168cf556c5d14eac87e97c8a Brandon Miller started the topic A Fun War in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/a-fun-war/ Tue, 10 Jul 2018 03:26:28 -0400 Okay so the last Guild War Prompt was a little heavy.  That’s okay, sometimes life is heavy and stories must be honest.

ON THE OTHER HAND, we don’t want to leave everybody feeling low, so this time around we’ve got a more… light-hearted prompt: “Write a scene from the point of view of a five-year-old who has an engaging character voice.”

Due…[Read more]

]]> 0 cb7eb8ae66457af6fe09988cef795284 Brandon Miller started the topic 2018 Week 11 - Scavenger Hunt in the forum https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/2018-week-11-scavenger-hunt/ Tue, 10 Jul 2018 03:24:35 -0400 Hey Everybody,

I have some important announcements so I’m going to give them their own topic.

This week’s prompt is a scavenger hunt.  Open up your favorite book and find a description you love.  Once you’ve got it, share it here along with a short explanation of why you like it or how it works.

Can’t wait to see what’ you’ve g…[Read more]

]]> 0 58bb441cc673c4ad00b1c2e97c54524b Brandon Miller started the topic 2018 Week 10 - Break in the forum https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/2018-week-10-break/ Tue, 03 Jul 2018 02:58:51 -0400 Hey Guys,

I’m working on some other stuff today so we’re gonna take a well-earned break from activities this week.  (If you’re feeling let down, you could always swing by the critique board and help a fellow Lumenite out.)

Also, one of the things I’m working on is a guild feedback form so keep your eyes out for…[Read more]

]]> 0 3ce42f1293cf98995f92f4bb293fe20d Theresa Play replied to the topic Strong Female Character in the forum Characters https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/strong-female-character/page/2/#post-40384 Mon, 02 Jul 2018 23:29:25 -0400 @skredder, @fctait, @ericawordsmith, thank you all

]]> 0 f3bd0b65d29639620731d711a9fd3f0c Brandon Miller started the topic 2018 Week 9 - Opening Detail in the forum https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/2018-week-9-opening-detail/ Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:22:56 -0400 Hey Guys

Um… no announcements today.

Cool.

And the assignment I have in mind is pretty chill too.  I want to try to keep making these so that they help you write your WIP (is that what you guys want, or do you want a weekly break from your WIP?) so… this week we’re literally going to write your WIP.

Go to your first scene.  That opening s…[Read more]

]]> 0 ac347bcbf5c7913f76e589fc78fc3246 J. Dekreel replied to the topic The Artists of SE in the forum Art Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/the-artists-of-se/page/10/#post-39978 Wed, 27 Jun 2018 01:19:41 -0400 @the-fledgling-artist  Aww, thank you!! <3

(I just realized that the comments I did for @skredder and @professorsjb are almost the exact same… That was COMPLETELY inadvertent. Sorryyyy! *blushes*)

]]> 0 80aa1300fc17ee8245e811db72f69557 J. Dekreel replied to the topic The Artists of SE in the forum Art Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/the-artists-of-se/page/10/#post-39954 Tue, 26 Jun 2018 21:05:24 -0400 @ariella-newheart  Have I reminded you recently of how amazing of an artist you are?

@mariposa  VULCANODON!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAA!!! *faints of fangirl overload* That is TOO cool!!

And all the rest of your dinosaurs, too. You should make an adoption center for them. XD

@the-fledgling-artist  I love the owls!! You are such a great pa…[Read more]

]]> 0 c1cb76ac537bdb890fe949b743a1159d Brandon Miller started the topic 2018 Week 8 - Description Video in the forum https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/2018-week-8/ Tue, 19 Jun 2018 03:09:12 -0400 Hey Guys!

How was the week without me?  Seems like Rolena did a fantastic job of keeping everything rolling smoothly.  (Big shoutout to her for that.)

We have three new members (yay!)

@star, @graceabounds2129 and @wordsmith

y’all know how to give them a proper welcome.

Finally, this week’s activity is easy.

yay

I found this great K.M. We…[Read more]

]]> 0 62624f23c36fc4aa74f396bb0e79fc0e A.N. Parker replied to the topic Getting Knocked in the Back of the Head by a Fire Extinguisher in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/getting-knocked-in-the-back-of-the-head-by-a-fire-extinguisher/#post-39022 Sat, 16 Jun 2018 16:19:24 -0400 Gotcha! Thanks so much for the helpful information, @skredder! 😀

Gotcha. Thanks so much, @samuel. Yeah, Chris isn’t huge like some Sumo wrestler, LOL, but he’s definitely an adult (in his thirties).

Thanks for your help, guys! 😀

]]> 0 eae8172929c272bc83d2c0e26a61e4a5 Coralie replied to the topic 2018 Week 7 - Death Scene Details in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/2018-week-7-death-scene-details/#post-38997 Sat, 16 Jun 2018 02:08:10 -0400 @rolena-hatfield

@pookiemonster

@kayla-joy

@emma-starr

@skredder

@nuetrobolt

Hey, guys, so I know you have all been popping in and out of the doc. I finished a draft of the story, but I kind of stink at endings. What do you guys think? Do you have any changes you want to make or is there anything you don’t like? Can you think of a better…[Read more]

]]> 0 2652c27264ba2674954b531bd6cb06a1 Rolena Hatfield started the topic 2018 Week 7 - Death Scene Details in the forum https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/2018-week-7-death-scene-details/ Mon, 11 Jun 2018 16:39:36 -0400 Hey Rillumenites!

It just so happens that our beloved guildmaster is away for the week (doing many exciting, writerly things). So, a thousand pardons, but y’all will have to put up with me again. 🙂 So if you have any questions over the week, go ahead and direct ’em my way.

This week’s activity will be simple since we’re working hard to finish…[Read more]

]]> 0 56bda973b98e95c68eec0c2bfd16fa76 Coralie replied to the topic Death Scene Battle in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/death-scene-battle/#post-38321 Fri, 08 Jun 2018 16:31:51 -0400 @rolena-hatfield *weeps* Meee tooo!!

Yeah, this group is full of great ideas!!!

@pookiemonster made a good point: our days are dwindling. I listed out all of the ideas I found in the doc thus far and came up with seven ideas. So, if you guys want to go on over and take a vote, I think that would help get the ball rolling so we can start an…[Read more]

]]> 0 babba4a1566d1ac3c874805f7e24ac03 The Fledgling Artist replied to the topic The Artists of SE in the forum Art Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/the-artists-of-se/page/8/#post-38104 Wed, 06 Jun 2018 18:44:56 -0400 @skredder Good work! Digital art is really hard. I like the ninja girl. 🙂

]]> 0 96b86f91749cf34773f795340081ed16 Rolena Hatfield replied to the topic Taken - June 2nd in the forum Rillumen's Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/taken-june-2nd/#post-38097 Wed, 06 Jun 2018 17:43:26 -0400 @skredder You can do it! 😀

]]> 0 c9329a7457fab9952759945f385eab51 Rolena Hatfield replied to the topic Taken - June 2nd in the forum Rillumen's Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/taken-june-2nd/#post-38005 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 22:46:33 -0400 @skredder Hey! How’s that short story coming? 😀

]]> 0 3f3001c6d4f19b4a98ca4e6f2a1f9cf5 Coralie replied to the topic Cook and the Darger in the forum Rillumen's Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/cook-and-the-darger/#post-37971 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 19:50:21 -0400 @skredder Yeah, I kinda got that sense about him 😉 I liked him a lot. He seems playful and joyful, the kind of friend you like to have around, you know? He he, my cook is the most cliche cook in the book, so I’m fighting that battle too! You know, sometimes I think a little cliche never hurt anyone, just as long as it’s on purpose and it doesn’t…[Read more]

]]> 0 b7fd4c6ecd7f8ac678d42c3d6d2c3ff1 Rachel Rogers replied to the topic Write Bio - May 5th in the forum Rillumen's Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/write-bio-may-5th/page/2/#post-37940 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 15:30:13 -0400 @skredder Thank you!!!

@rolena-hatfield You’re so sweet. <3 I figured you would appreciate the bit about the squirrels. XD

]]> 0 af04fdc4ccb694653aca578c5e2a1126 Mariposa Aristeo replied to the topic The Artists of SE in the forum Art Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/the-artists-of-se/page/8/#post-37937 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 15:25:08 -0400 @christieaton That background is amazing! 😮😍 I enjoy drawing backgrounds myself, but they can be so time consuming!

@skredder I like your use of shading and perspective in that first one. 🙂

]]> 0 20e291f5e359670acb0c585b84d07bea Brandon Miller started the topic Death Scene Battle in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/death-scene-battle/ Tue, 05 Jun 2018 12:48:54 -0400 Hey guys,

NEW GUILD WAR CHALLENGE!  This time we’ve got two weeks to come up with the most emotional death scene we can write.  Here’s the dirt:
Max words: 2,500
Due: 6/18/18
Topic: Death scene

So, last time we did this we wrote two (really good) stories and ended up having to choose only one.  Not only was it hard and sad, it also wasted ha…[Read more]

]]> 0 a68ecb1f03bcbd3bfa6d292ce111caee Brandon Miller started the topic 2018 Week 6 - Describing Emotions in the forum https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/2018-week-6-describing-emotions/ Tue, 05 Jun 2018 12:29:35 -0400 Hey Guys!

First off, some announcements, sad and happy.

You may have noticed, that AshlyVye has disappeared.  Story Embers had a policy change on minimum forum age (for legal reasons), and she was a year shy.  I do hear, however, that her birthday isn’t too far around the corner and hopefully she will return to us soon.

Now, happy, we have y…[Read more]

]]> 0 297eb8efb0a57883bf70916c041261d7 Theresa Play replied to the topic Strong Female Character in the forum Characters https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/strong-female-character/#post-37820 Mon, 04 Jun 2018 22:49:54 -0400 @aislinn-mollisong, @ncstokes, @skredder, thank you guys for the help

]]> 0 e72f7061ad5787586bf2f88154b018ff Inkling-for-Christ started the topic It's a small world in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/its-a-small-world/ Sat, 02 Jun 2018 21:05:01 -0400 Have you ever/ do you have a friend who has a friend who you happen to know, and you don’t find that out until you meet that friend at a party hosted by your other friend? Well, I did today and it made the world a lot smaller.

@Josiah, I was at the Barry’s house this afternoon, for John Barry’s graduation and was introduced to your dad! Being…[Read more]

]]> 0 3cd230c2eab4d3d82e472c9ae5ba9bc3 Rachel Rogers replied to the topic Write Bio - May 5th in the forum Rillumen's Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/write-bio-may-5th/#post-37440 Sat, 02 Jun 2018 04:41:44 -0400 @kayla-joy @skredder @rolena-hatfield I FINISHED THE BIO, Y’ALL! *throws a double handful of pecan leaves like confetti*

Thank you for not letting me forget. 😉

]]> 0 ce9deea62b468745b9c20449c99a183f Coralie replied to the topic 2018 Week 5 - Lend a Helping Hand in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/2018-week-5-lend-a-helping-hand/#post-37269 Fri, 01 Jun 2018 01:13:24 -0400 Howdy! Okay, I left feedback for Candy Cane Killer, the Engraved by Hope Prologue, and Cook and the Darger. I hope to go back for more over the weekend. 🙂

@kayla-joy

@skredder

@archer360

]]> 0 a6ca832681494194ac57c3652a1f40f2 Coralie replied to the topic Cook and the Darger in the forum Rillumen's Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/cook-and-the-darger/#post-37268 Fri, 01 Jun 2018 01:13:03 -0400 @skredder I liked it! It makes me really want to check out your novel. I enjoyed the characters. I got the brother/sister vibe from them, but I did not initially imagine them to both be sixteen! I was thinking Casse was older (maybe around sixteen, or even older? Around nineteen?) and Aldred was much younger, say…ten to twelveish? I’d c…[Read more]

]]> 0 7521dc6d968df981f91bac3b23cc1c73 Brandon Miller started the topic 2018 Week 5 - Lend a Helping Hand in the forum https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/2018-week-5-lend-a-helping-hand/ Wed, 30 May 2018 02:45:30 -0400 Hey,

I’m back!

You guys had an eventful week while I was gone, let me go ahead and hit up some of the highlights.

First off, GUYS WE WON A GUILD WAR!!!  I saw the numbers.  It was not close.  You guys ROCKED it.  WAY TOO GO.  I wish I could come give you all high-fives or something bc wow I am proud.  Nice work.

Our (obvious) MVP was @Jane-Mare…[Read more]

]]> 0 2122db868646226a07449e616de32f64 Rachel Rogers replied to the topic Write Bio - May 5th in the forum Rillumen's Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/write-bio-may-5th/#post-36698 Tue, 29 May 2018 15:26:55 -0400 @skredder Going great! I finished the other project (yay!), and now I’d like to finish that bio by the end of the week…so, June 1st ish. 🙂

]]> 0 7345b99c134f1622049c129bbccefadb Jane Maree replied to the topic Welcome to Rillumen! in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/welcome-to-rillumen/page/9/#post-36674 Tue, 29 May 2018 10:47:22 -0400 Hey folks, I’m here to bid you a fond fare well. As you can see, I’m now a guildmaster, and I’m off to start my own guild. Which means we’re now rivals. 😛

Kidding, kidding. You’re all still epic. 😉 But this is where I leave you. It was a pleasure to be with you all, and I couldn’t just leave without a little explanation and farewell. *salutes…[Read more]

]]> 0 b7d0f20c5c89d3e2cb672f43d22fa80e Holly Clarise replied to the topic G. A. Henty in the forum Rillumen's Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/g-a-henty/#post-35672 Tue, 22 May 2018 19:49:48 -0400 @skredder Cat of Bubastes was the one I read as well! Yeah, G.A. Henty has a thing for making long, description sentences. Have you heard any of the audios?

]]> 0 e747ea49eaaf21bf929889f9676b9a4c Holly Clarise replied to the topic 2018 Week 4 - Switching Lists in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/2018-week-4-switching-lists/#post-35533 Mon, 21 May 2018 23:54:23 -0400 @skredder I can pair with you if you want! 🙂

]]> 0 4628039d50680195ef706239036118bc Rolena Hatfield started the topic Word War Form! in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/word-war-form/ Mon, 21 May 2018 14:34:47 -0400 Hey Rillumen word warriors!

It’s time to fill out the form with your final word count for the week! Anything you wrote from last Monday till last night at 11:59pm can be included.

If you signed up last week to join the word war click here to enter your final count! Way to go…[Read more]

]]> 0 0ff1c79f8b1f63490f81532ac2149d9a Brandon Miller started the topic 2018 Week 4 - Switching Lists in the forum https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/2018-week-4-switching-lists/ Sun, 20 May 2018 21:58:52 -0400 Hey everybody!

Before I get to the activity, I have a few announcements:
1) My fam is on vacation this week so this is the last you’ll hear from me.  Lucky for ya’ll, the fabulous @Rolena-Hatfield had agreed to be acting guildmaster in my stead.  (So hey, I guess you’re going to be rolling with her own personal brand of tyranny this week.  I di…[Read more]

]]> 0 28ca1da8349e515e2c6908496cac5527 Kayla Joy replied to the topic The Candy Cane Killer-August 5 in the forum Rillumen's Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/the-candy-cane-killer-august-5/#post-35046 Wed, 16 May 2018 14:23:32 -0400 @skredder I actually haven’t had time to write anything since you asked me last, but I’m going to be working on it more this week.

]]> 0 4083bc53b3a2f9223de120bd67042b3f Inkling-for-Christ started the topic How can I find MY Genre? in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/how-can-i-find-my-genre/ Wed, 16 May 2018 12:42:53 -0400 Hey,

So I was asked recently  “What genre do you write?” I said Dystopian. Later I realized that dystopian is a type not a genre. I’ve been dabbling and I know mystery and fantasy aren’t my gig, so how can I find what genre fits…[Read more]

]]> 0 f84beaddfe89a77c3d77575c323c387a Brandon Miller started the topic Word War! in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/word-war/ Tue, 15 May 2018 17:18:00 -0400 Hey everybody!
Who plans on writing this week? (That should be all of you.) We’ve got a chance to snatch the guild war crown from Avensbeck. That’s right, another prompt. However this time around, instead of writing off a prompt, we’re going to all work on our on WIPs.
Ladies, gentlemen, members of Rillumen all, I welcome you to our first word…[Read more]

]]> 0 b0f06398db52cf724298ef1ccaa75856 Brandon Miller started the topic 2018 Week 3 - The Unique but Specific in the forum https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/2018-week-3-the-unique-but-unexpected/ Tue, 15 May 2018 01:42:35 -0400 Hey Everybody, it’s another week!

However, since I posted last week’s topic really late (shame on me and my cow, I know), not all of you got to it.  And *spoileralert* our next week activity relies heavily on this week, SO

If you didn’t do last week’s activity, give it a shot this week.  If you did, do it again in the same room.  I want to pus…[Read more]

]]> 0 1f4cc05219fdc0cbe91da376283424f5 Brandon Miller started the topic 2018 Week 2 - Finding Details in the forum https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/2018-week-2-finding-details/ Wed, 09 May 2018 16:26:18 -0400 Hey Everybody,

Made it one week in before I fell behind.  Yay go me.  😛

Alright, anyway, this week’s challenge.

Writing description is a delicate balance of providing enough details to create a picture, while moving on to the actual story fast enough to keep from boring the reader.  One critically important method of doing this is finding si…[Read more]

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