Catherine Roche

Oooookay. So, I think there is a war going on. Not 100% sure, because there are high levels of chaos in the guildmaster realm, but here we go.

Prompt: “Write a believable conversion scene”

Time: Monday 11th – Monday 25th

Word Limit: 2500

Level of Freaking Out by Guildmaster: High

For those who are new to Parimi Alca Guild Wars, or if you j…[Read more]

It’s been forever since I’ve said anything. And agh I am so sorry.

This time, I was aware that I wouldn’t be about. However, in the hectic mess of life, I had assumed I had asked someone to step in until things at this end were sorted out. So, either I totally forgot to do that, or no one actually took it on and it got forever lost in the…[Read more]

I don’t know if anyone else has noticed this problem yet, but I just discovered that when I tried to access the entire current guild war topic, I got the message “Page Not Found”. None of the stuff we discussed in the topic is there anymore. The only way to even access the discussion or the link to the guild war doc is from the notifications…[Read more]

Parimis. The first guild war of 2019 has arrived! And I’ve got a good feeling about this one. (As in, we’re going to love it and go crazy.)

Prompt: Write a story with an Unclichéd Happy Ending. (BITTERSWEET ENDINGS DON’T COUNT.)

Word Limit: 2500

Starts: *awkward cough* Apparently Monday 4th EST

Ends: Monday 18th EST

(So s…[Read more]

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Hey, everyone!! I just wanted to announce that a couple friends and I just made a video titled “23 Things Authors Say”. Feel free to check it out, and…[Read more]

A lot of the time, characters are written so that they are 100% good or bad. The protagonist is perfect, good looking, and maybe he has mild claustrophobia as a weakness. The villain is evil, kills puppies and shoots up old ladies in his spare time, and maybe every now and then he tortures someone who spilt his coffee instead of killing them.

If…[Read more]

The motive of your character is important. The motive is what drives your character forward, and makes every scene feel strong and meaningful. The character’s motive is what brings about the theme, and what pushes the plot along. Your plot is driven by your character’s motive. Therefore, the character motive could be the most important f…[Read more]

What I read – Emmanuel by Angela R. Watts, some of The Fall of Gondolin by J.R.R. Tolkien, WAR by Sebastian Junger, Homeland: Legend of Drizzt: Dark Elf Trilogy, Book 1 by R.A. Salvatore, some of Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie

What I wrote – Concept and some paragraphs of a short story I intend to submit to SE, some copywork of T…[Read more]

I’m planning on treating this topic as a mini way of making sure that we all can get a fair idea of everything about characters from the super easy things, to the hard things that we all struggle with. (If you don’t, then goodness. Please teach me.)

Pretty much, the first thing I wanted to talk about is going back to the very basics of what a…[Read more]