Steward of the Pen

@jane-maree Okay, thank you, Jane!

@j-a-penrose Are we ready to turn the story in now? I’m assuming we need to stop editing since we’re past the deadline.

@elisha-starquill It looks great! Good work, and thanks so much for doing it!

I’ve got hit the hay right now, but I can take a closer look at it in the morning and maybe make some suggestions if @j-a-penrose hasn’t submitted it yet. (:

@elisha-starquill Awesome! I’ll go check it out right now. 😀

@elisha-starquill I LOVE what you’ve done so far! I think you’ve been really creative with the names and how you’ve introduced the cultures and their differences.

I probably wouldn’t worry too much about the word count at the moment. We’ve been quite a bit over the limit with first drafts before and were able to cut the count down fairly quickly,…[Read more]

@azeline-d Wow, that could be really cool. I feel quite strongly about that subject (as I’m sure a lot of us do), so I’d be pretty open to writing about it. And there’s definitely a lot of potential there. However…it is very, very complicated, and I feel we’d have to spend a lot of time on it trying to get it right. Maybe we could try to go for…[Read more]

@anne_the_noob14 Yeah! That would work! To be more unique, though, it’d be fun to make up an animal. Maybe something that’s closely tied to their mythology and the idols they worship (though in reality, it’s just another animal).

I’m comfortable with Culture A worshipping idols as long as we’re not portraying it as right, which we wouldn’t be if…[Read more]

@j-a-penrose Yayy! Good job beating your deadlines. 😉

@elisha-starquill Welcome back! Looks like you have some great ideas going!

I’d say erring on the side of simple would probably be better at this point, with our deadline looming up. So maybe no magic?

Maybe, to combine Elisha’s and Anne’s ideas, we could have a world that is suffering from…[Read more]

@anne_the_noob14 If you have an idea, I guess just go for it and we’ll see what we can do! 😀 (Thanks for being willing to do the draft, btw.)

@anne_the_noob14 If we wanted to go for a more symbolic story, maybe the cultural differences, the way they clash, and the reason the MC was sent there could be a metaphor for something? It would be pretty cool if we could pull that off. I don’t have any ideas for how we could do it though, and we’re getting low on time. Maybe if we can’t come up…[Read more]

@taylorclogston Hey, welcome back! It’s great to see you around again. I’m really happy to hear that you’re doing better, and I’ll keep praying for you.

@anne_the_noob14 My suggestion (I think this might be the easiest thing to do) would be to have an individual representing a different, larger culture (of a country maybe) and have him/her clash with a smaller community of a different culture. (The smaller community could also be representing a larger area with the same culture.) Do you think t…[Read more]

@anne_the_noob14 Yeah, person/person might be easier. Hmm…would it would fit the prompt, though?These prompts are pretty open ended and allow for quite a bit of thinking outside the box, but maybe sticking with groups of people would be better just to be safe?

@j-a-penrose Okay, cool!

Hmm…so, do you guys think we should try for a comedy sort of thing, or a story with a more serious tone? A comedy would be fun, but we do seem to have strengths in the dramatic, highly emotional stories. *thinks back to all the guild wars where we had someone die* *coughcough*

@anne_the_noob14 For me personally, making something up would be easier because that’s my niche, and I really haven’t had much experience writing about stuff in the real world. However, I think there’s a lot of potential in that type of story as well, so I’m happy with a real-world story too. I’m sure some of you are much more experienced in that…[Read more]

@anne_the_noob14 Yes, thankfully we do still have a week! xD I’d love to help brainstorm a little. Any ideas?

Maybe the easiest thing to do would be to create two cultures and have the plot revolve around whatever thing makes them clash. We could do something historical or modern-day as well (e.g., a missionary arriving at the village of an…[Read more]

@anne_the_noob14 I’m so sorry to hear this. I can only imagine how scary it must be. I’ll definitely be praying, for you and your mom and the rest of your family. <3

@ariella-newheart @evelyn

How are you guys doing on your goals?

I haven’t written any words yet at all this month…oops. xD

@evelyn *throws confetti* WOW. Good work! Hold off on that paper-wad throwing practice for a bit, and keep it up! You’re doing awesome. 😉

@elisha-starquill Oh, cool! That will be fun. How does your MC respond to that quirk? (Does it annoy her, amuse her, stop her from taking him seriously, etc.?)

Well, the plot is the reason the MC’s whole pack…[Read more]