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Jane Maree replied to the topic Passport Checking Anyone? (Introductions) in the forum Announcements 7 years, 7 months ago
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@thewanderingtypewriterWelcome to the Parimi team! It’s a pleasure to have you joining.
All Parimis: Yes, we’ve got some MORE guild members, but don’t worry! There’s a couple other developments coming up in a day or two (because it feels weird for me to make important…[Read more]
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Jane Maree started the topic Lesson 12: The Epilogue in the forum 7 years, 8 months ago
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]
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J.A.Penrose started the topic Guildmaster Vanishing in the forum Announcements 7 years, 8 months ago
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]
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J.A.Penrose replied to the topic Plot line for Milligard story, tell me what you think! in the forum Parimi Alca Writing Discussions 7 years, 8 months ago
@wishingwell13 Oh dear. Next time something gets deleted tag or email me straight away. I can most likely revive it.
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J.A.Penrose replied to the topic My very short prolouge in the forum Parimi Alca Writing Discussions 7 years, 8 months ago
@wishingwell13 I AM SO SORRY!
Okay, heads up, next time, see if you can tag me into things. I’ll be the most likely person to be around, and I should be able to get back to you, and get some others over here as well. I’ve just been rather busy because of multiple exams, assessments and other such things. You can tag me by copy and pasting…[Read more]
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J.A.Penrose started the topic Lesson 11 : The Prologue in the forum 7 years, 8 months ago
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]
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J.A.Penrose started the topic Lesson 10 : Sharing in the forum 7 years, 8 months ago
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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J.A.Penrose started the topic A Survey in the forum Announcements 7 years, 8 months ago
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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J.A.Penrose started the topic Lesson 9 : Description in the forum 7 years, 8 months ago
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]
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J.A.Penrose replied to the topic Guild War 2 in the forum Announcements 7 years, 8 months ago
Goodness! Yep, guys, it looks like Avensbeck did it again! Awesome job though, really good job…[Read more]
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Steward of the Pen replied to the topic My very short prolouge in the forum Parimi Alca Writing Discussions 7 years, 8 months ago
@wishingwell13 Oh, a chorkney is a giant flightless bird from The Wingfeather Saga. 🙂
I’d say if you’re going to write in first person, definitely do Jaydon so it’s not confusing to the reader. If you decide to write in third, that opens up your options to pretty much whoever you want. That is, if you keep the prologue as-is. Considering…[Read more]
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J.A.Penrose started the topic Lesson 8 : Timing of Backstory in the forum 7 years, 8 months ago
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]
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J.A.Penrose replied to the topic Guild War 2 in the forum Announcements 7 years, 8 months ago
Okay guys! It looks like we are just about done! *gasps* I’ll be turning this in in about TWELVE hours. (Speaking in hours so that this makes sense internationally.) Any changes and/suggestions must be made by then!
Thanks everyone who has participated, and woot you guys are…[Read more]
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Steward of the Pen replied to the topic My very short prolouge in the forum Parimi Alca Writing Discussions 7 years, 9 months ago
@wishingwell13 Oooh, interesting start! I’m getting a good feel for this guy’s character (his name is Jaydon, right?). I’m curious, is the rest of it in first person like that or does it switch to third person? Because if it did, that would be really cool.
Anyways, about this year: whoever said “Nothing could get worse than this” was obviously not…
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J.A.Penrose replied to the topic Guild War 2 in the forum Announcements 7 years, 9 months ago
Hey guys!
After a few more little edits, we’ve gotten this draft just about done! All we need is to give the rest of you an opportunity to look at it and make any comments and suggestions that you can think of. I’ll be checking this fairly regularly to make sure that any ideas get checked out. Be sure to hop over to the doc and leave any…[Read more]
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J.A.Penrose started the topic Lesson 7 : Your Thoughts in the forum 7 years, 9 months ago
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]
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J.A.Penrose replied to the topic Guild War 2 in the forum Announcements 7 years, 9 months ago
Hey guys!
So far, it looks like the general consensus is for the young girl jumping off the train and being shocked by the world around her. I’m also thinking to get really nice character voice, we should go for first person (present or past) as that is a very deeply biased voice.
@Esjohnson has made a different suggestion on the doc, but I…[Read more]
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J.A.Penrose replied to the topic Guild War 2 in the forum Announcements 7 years, 9 months ago
@cassie-hartfinh Sounds interesting. One of the main things we need to be keeping in mind though is that we need the character voice to be amazing. Super unique and real. Often it is good to display this through, as @steward-of-the-pen suggested, something we’re all familiar with. Then again, we don’t all want to do the exact same thing.
I think…[Read more]
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J.A.Penrose started the topic Guild War 2 in the forum Announcements 7 years, 9 months ago
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]
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J.A.Penrose started the topic Lesson 6: Writing Emotion for Suspense in the forum 7 years, 9 months ago
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]
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