I think that should work fine. I’ve actually done a similar thing in my book. My biggest, overarching villain is the lord who seizes the throne and then the lesser villains are the men who serve him, like my assassin who stalks my heroine.

I think it would only become a problem when you try to develop and focus on all three of…[Read more]

And yes I realize dragons and dinosaurs are not the same.

Your welcome

My first impulse is to say that a 600 foot dragon is too large. That is as tall as the Seattle Space Needle.

However, you could make it work. It would be hard to have interactions with the dragon.

So before I nix the idea I have a few questions.

1. Is this for a story you are working on or are you messing around with some…

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So we’ve got the idea of ranks/titles, and also maybe we’ll need some history (and background on why…[Read more]

*drum roll*

THE LEAGUE OF INCREDIBLE MEERKATS WON AGAIN!!!!

I’m SO proud of how all of you chipped in so willingly and enthusiastically to edit my draft, and it was just the best to see such a great group effort. (And to those who didn’t get a chance to help out–don’t worry about it, you still get the…[Read more]

She’s already decided that Meraki is the best guild ever so I think that’s off to a good start… 😂

Anyway–Welcome and thrice welcome to Elizabeth!! *throws…[Read more]

Onto the next chat about theme!

(NOTE: if you didn’t read last week’s lesson, you’d best hop over to that, because this follows on directly and could be confusing without background.)

Since theme is the base…[Read more]

At first I wasn’t totally convinced, but I think it ended up at least a tiny bit funny. 😛 It might not be a normal comedy, but I think it’s a good start. Better than nothing at least.

NOW IT’S TIME FOR EDITS! We’ve only got about four days, so edit away. Please add your edits in suggestions/comments so that we…[Read more]

So I was going to do today’s post about plotters vs pantsters, but I’d gotten halfway through and I kept getting hooked up on how to describe something because plot isn’t the beginning foundation that most people consider it to be.

The fact is that theme is the solid core that all…[Read more]

Hello, oh my new guild members, and let me say a huge WELCOME TO YOU. *throws confetti and pizza* I’m so glad you could join us and I hope this is a place that can be a great encouragement for you. 😀

Come check out all the different things we’ve got going at the moment, and introduce yourself…[Read more]

BEHOLD THE MERAKI EMBLEM!!!

(design copyright e-b-raulands, art copyright Sarah Louise)

Rillumen: 39,179
Meraki: 36,485 (and 1/2 xD)
Erekdale: 36,232
Avensbeck: 23,549
New Wessex: 20,961
Parimi Alca: 17,406

Again, great work everyone!! Thank you for being enthusiastic…[Read more]

And guys

I’m excited for this.

The prompt: write a comedy based on the Mona Lisa

The dates: Monday 1st – Monday 15th

I’m not the judge this time, so I’ll be here to…[Read more]

Basically…we’re going to develop a fictional world for our guild.

I personally thought “wow, this won’t help us write more words.” and while that is completely true, it still isn’t totally useless. I think we…[Read more]

And now I have officially exhausted my internal list of things to cover under the guise of prose, so we’re going to move on to a NEW topic! Before that, I’m going to quickly recap everything we’ve done to do with prose so far. I have full…[Read more]

If you haven’t shared your word count yet, hop on over so we can add out numbers together!

*goes to add up my own…[Read more]

Anyway, Daeus still hasn’t made an official announcement, and I’m impatient so HERE’S THE DOC WITH THE JUDGE COMMENTS AND ALL THE OTHER SUBMISSIONS TOO.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y0wO4a23Ft-Gh6R87FmvVV19MgCj4ldlv4kMEYRsjH4/edit?usp=sharing

Thank you guys SO MUCH for all the work you put into this. Awesome job…[Read more]

YOU WOOOOON! *flails* Thanks for being an awesome guild for me to help out! You did awesomely, and I’m so proud of you! (Plus, you stopped me from being killed by Jane, so, woot!)

But beware…next war, there will be no…[Read more]

GUYS GUYS GUYYYYYSS

YOU WON THE WAR

YOU DID IT

I’M SO PROUD

And so here I am. And this week I’m being lazy asking you guys for some feedback!

– Am I doing okay with our weekly topics?
-…[Read more]

See what you can add to the doc in the next day and a bit to make this story amazing! You have some brilliant ideas, we just need to work on getting it all there. I’ll be going over it again to tweak things at the end, but I want this to be as much of your own independent work as possible.

So go for it guys! Make Jane…[Read more]

As we grow to be better writers than we were before, it’s very easy to look back on old writing, cringe, hide it in a deepest corner of d…[Read more]

Here is a DOC if we want to start writing. Remember to all pitch in with editing and generally throwing ideas at the piece of paper like those rebellious marshmallows I mentioned earlier. I’ll help you guys as much as you seem to need…[Read more]

Okay guys, just over one week left, and we need to get a character, plot, theme, etc. AND GET IT WRITTEN AND AHHHH IT NEEDS TO BE AWESOME. Or Jane may well kill me… XD

So guys, let’s look at answering some basic questions:

1. Who are the characters? (develop)
2. What is the genre?
3. What is the theme/arc?

…

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Just a heads up, try not to tag Jane into anything on this thread. All of the tags appear in her inbox and she’s having to glance at them and then delete them and stuff. So avoid tagging her for now.

These ideas are all sounding great guys! And yes, it is totally fine to start offering plot ideas. That will mean more ideas in…[Read more]

If you haven’t been around for any of the past guild wars, don’t worry, it’s pretty straight forward. A guild war is where each of the guilds competes against the other guilds to try write the best scene/the most words/etc. This week it’s about writing a s…[Read more]

First of all: No. No no nooo. With all these ‘writing advice’ tips, they NEED to be taken with a grain of salt. Don’t just…[Read more]

1) pick one or two characters
2) share a little bit about them/their personality/their role in the story
3) share what their character arc is, and anything else you want to note

So I’m going to go first again, just because that’s…[Read more]

I spent a long time this morning sorting through emails, replying to guild things, organising a lesson I’m teaching at a local school tomorrow, and doing everything else on my do-list other than writing this.

Why?

Because I had no clue what I was doing for this week’s…[Read more]

Welcome to the guild, guys! *offers some of Dad’s homemade pizza because it’s the best* 😀

First of all, thank you to everyone who filled in the survey. It was very helpful and I hope that we’ll be able to use your feedback to make the guilds even more awesome than ever!

Our vision for the guilds is to form a tight-knit group of creators…[Read more]

Welcome!!! So happy you’re here! 😀 More pizza lovers, yaaaay!! 😀 Also you are in good company, most of us here are fantasy writers ^_^

Welcome to the most epic guild ever, guys! It’s a pleasure to have you. 😀

Everyone else: We’ve got some MORE guild members, but don’t worry, we’re not going to be bursting at the seams yet. There’s a couple other developments coming up once I get…[Read more]