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world building woes8 comments

elizaw wrote 3 days ago: Recently I started reading an enormous book (700+ pages) that had, among other things, fantastic wor … more »

Tags: Goals, writing, Setting, Fantasy, book, SciFi, Creative Writing, Novel, writing-fantasy

At least I learned something.1 comment

dennisjansen wrote 1 week ago: I turned 22. “UGH!”: what I was thinking most of the year. Last night Larry asked me ab … more »

Tags: Journal, Memories, No 634, State of Jansen, Birthday, Law School, Wisdom

showcase of villainy, part iv6 comments

elizaw wrote 2 weeks ago: As promised, here is the last showcase of the month-long villain series. This ended up being more d … more »

Tags: Characters, writing, book, character, Creative Writing, Author, Character Building, writer, Story

Why Laura Croft despises Hyper-Patriarchy and Vision Forum26 comments

Laura Croft wrote 3 weeks ago: Many of you may be wondering who I am. Although I cannot go into too much detail, I will give you so … more »

Tags: Life, Childrearing, Doug Phillips, Liberty, Pregnancy, quiverfull, VFM

Pondering Femina8 comments

Cally Tyrol wrote 1 month ago: Originally published on my personal blog: For the past four years or so, I have really struggled wit … more »

Tags: IMHO, Offend Them Boldly, Patriocentrism

Casting Away Fear7 comments

Cally Tyrol wrote 1 month ago: Originally published on my personal blog, August 2007: “Sound theology is the cure for fear. … more »

Tags: Books

good villains don't pull punches

elizaw wrote 1 month ago: Easy to say. Much, much harder to pull off in writing. Why? Because realistically, there’s o … more »

Tags: Creative Writing, writing, Plot, Fantasy, Characters, book, character, Fiction, Novel

villain: redaechyl: introduction

elizaw wrote 1 month ago: “The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.” Redaechy … more »

Tags: Characters, writing, Fantasy, character, Creative Writing, Character Development, Villain, Villains, Antagonist

A Dream, and the Following Thereof...4 comments

otherdeb wrote 1 month ago: Several of my friends are going through major life changes. This post is largely inspired by them, … more »

Tags: Inspiration, Life, writing

Mistakes We Writers Make: a Blog Response (Take 2)2 comments

Samantha wrote 1 day ago: Agent Nelson strikes again! In her latest blog entry, she speaks about the “opening-chapter-back-s … more »

Tags: About Writing, Responses to Other Blogs, Blog Response, mistake, beginning writer, literary agent, Kristin Nelson, explanation, telling

The Build

crushingabyss wrote 2 days ago: Dragonborn Paladin, unaligned Tourgen Roust is a champion of the Raven Queen, goddess of inescapable … more »

Tags: Plot Hooks, Plot Development, Build

Tourgen's Intro

crushingabyss wrote 2 days ago: Island life and eating rubbery half-cooked fish enrage him.  The small spine fish bones catch betwe … more »

Tags: Tourgen, raven queen, Paladin Origins

Day 10 Retrospective

wordbinder wrote 2 days ago: I felt the end of the residency keenly today, taking time to ship some things home and generally cat … more »

Day 9 - Retrospective

wordbinder wrote 2 days ago: Tuesday’s lecture was at 8am, but it was one I was really looking forward too - Rita Williams- … more »

Day 8 Retrospective

wordbinder wrote 2 days ago: Martine Leavitt! I get to work with Martine this semester! It all falls into place -  yesterday, my … more »

Day 7 Retrospective

wordbinder wrote 2 days ago: Sunday lectures started at 8:15 am and I chose to attend the grad lecture on the use of light and mo … more »

Day 6 Retrospective

wordbinder wrote 2 days ago: Got thrown off with having to retcon a few posts, then plunged into the heart of the residency. Day … more »

I am made of old stars

fiveboroughstothefiverivers wrote 3 days ago: “…There’s no more room for angels To dance or even stand Upon this pin entangled B … more »

Tags: Poems

Guru Gobind Singh Ji

fiveboroughstothefiverivers wrote 4 days ago: Author Unknown … more »

Tags: Paintings


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