Steward of the Pen

@j-a-penrose I LOVE that idea! Let’s compose our own song! How about we base it on a verse?

Parimis?

@ariella-newheart

@steward-of-the-pen

@evelyn

@sarah-vdh

@steward-of-the-pen

@cassie-hartfinh

@evelyn

@ariella-newheart

Hmmm… My first thought is that maybe we should try to write a song ourselves? Use what skills we have as writers and put together what we believe to be the most true? I’m more than happy to compose it in a music form, that’s another hobby of mine.

@cassie-hartfinh Even though I love “Set the World on Fire”, I agree with @steward-of-the-pen about the song. As for “Burn Like a Star”, I like it too, but it seems like there could be a better fit. I’d suggest discussing a few more songs before we make our final decision. 🙂

@sarah-vdh I know, right?!

@steward-of-the-pen Yeah, I see what you’re saying. It’s hard for me to choose, because I like your song for the lyrics, but I like mine for the style. Maybe we should try to find a happy medium? I might know a couple other songs, perhaps by Rich Mullins. He was good at mixing the best of both worlds.

@cassie-hartfinh Ah, I can see how that fits, but I sill like the other one better. Burn Like a Star is more clear that it’s about us being made for God’s glory to fulfill his dreams rather than God fulfilling our dreams. I think the lyrics are deeper in that they’re more focused on God than on us. Like this part:

We were born for greater t…

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Yay! *dances*

Everyone did so well! Great job!

TIME TO PARTY! 😉

Here’s a question, out of all you wrote, what was your favorite paragraph/lines?

@cassie-hartfinh
@esjohnson
@coggleton
@julia
@silverclaw-bonnetfolly
@evelyn
@ariella-newheart
@sarah-vdh
@steward-of-the-pen
@e-jo3
@emily-d
@writercatherine
@thewanderingtypewriter
@jade
@taylorclogston

@cassie-hartfinh
@esjohnson
@coggleton
@julia
@silverclaw-bonnetfolly
@evelyn
@ariella-newheart
@sarah-vdh
@steward-of-the-pen
@e-jo3
@emily-d
@writercatherine
@thewanderingtypewriter
@jade
@taylorclogston

(Look back over page for announcement)

GUYS! WE GOT 72127 WORDS!!!!!!! Winners will be announced later, but I am so proud of you guys!

@cassie-hartfinh
@esjohnson
@coggleton
@julia
@silverclaw-bonnetfolly
@evelyn
@ariella-newheart
@sarah-vdh
@steward-of-the-pen
@e-jo3
@emily-d
@writercatherine
@thewanderingtypewriter
@jade
@taylorclogston

@taylorclogston Okay, I see where you’re coming from.

You said:

As said in the opening post, these sorts of characters’ words have a direct impact on the plot and how other characters act, but the action itself is prompted by something that comes out of nowhere.

And I get that. I’ve also found it annoying when that happens, though in the i…[Read more]

@evelyn I feel like it’s less that the characters don’t deserve to be listened to in-universe and more that the author is using them to deliver something that’s supposed to be meaningful without doing the work beforehand. As said in the opening post, these sorts of characters’ words have a direct impact on the plot and how other characters act,…[Read more]

I am so proud of you guys!

Make sure you get your word counts in, everyone!

@cassie-hartfinh
@esjohnson
@coggleton
@julia
@silverclaw-bonnetfolly
@evelyn
@ariella-newheart
@sarah-vdh
@steward-of-the-pen
@e-jo3
@emily-d
@writercatherine
@thewanderingtypewriter
@jade
@taylorclogston

GUYS I CAN NOT BELIVE THIS!

I just added up what we have so far and we’re at around 39,000!!!!!

*freaks out*

We totally got this!!!

That’s the sum of what the last winner’s had!!

Never mind about my last count up there, I’m feeling encouraged and I’m going to see if I can whip out another short story!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂

*squeals!*

Great job Parimi…[Read more]

GUYS I AM SO SORRY.

My mistake, we need them y midnight tonight. (Midnight Tuesday for Americans)

Aussies and other people overseas, just get them in ASAP.…[Read more]

Hey guys,

So I figured it’d be nice if we could demonstrate some of our ideas in action- also, I had some characters I really wanted to write. Thus, I made a thread for if anyone wanted to write a short story for a particular concept they had, and wanted to show how it might actually look in the setting. Kind of like beta testing; if we see…[Read more]

Okay guys! Your final word counts need to be in by the first of November. You have until 11:59pm to keep on writing! We have beaten our count from last time, so, good job! WE CAN BEAT…[Read more]

@steward-of-the-pen That was good…now, how about THIS??

This could be our national anthem!

Maybe we could vote on our favorite??

Tagging for discussiony visibility: @evelyn @steward-of-the-pen

This is actually one of my pet peeves, and I don’t know whether it should be or not =P I’ve always felt authors intend these sorts of characters to have weight and mystery and merit without actually earning it, and it bugs the heck out of me. I don’t like Gandalf’s role in the H…[Read more]

@steward-of-the-pen That’s hilarious! Now I want to try that one too!

But I’m working on the one @coggleton gave me and it’s fast turning into a novel. xD