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Discord Word War Server - How to Join

Do you like to write socially?  Does a competitive angle help you get more writing done?  Then you should come stop by Warring Writers on Discord! Warring Writers is a Discord server for word wars, NaNo griping, and more.  Through the month of October, we'll be ramping up our word war channel to get ready for NaNoWriMo next month. Click Here to Join Discord is a chat service somewhere in between IRC and Skype.  The Warring Writers server has four public channels where users can chat.  The word war channel is run by volunteers who keep time and announce the start and stop of each war. You can sign up to run wars by going here.  Even if no

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Oakbridge - pt 3

Wilbur knew he should have stayed after class to check his grade with Mrs Forrester, if for no other reason than to know what his mother was going to find out when she sent her email.  Instead, he got up and fled as soon as the bell rang, barely waiting around for Jon to catch up.  But Jon was quick to get out of there as well, catching up before Wilbur had a chance to get very far. "Why didn't you tell me you got your car back?" Jon asked, trying to stuff his coat through the straps of his backpack. "I only got it back this morning.  But it doesn't matter, because that bitch is gonna make me lose it again until I graduate," Wilbur said gri

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What's in a Name?

So, you’ve got your brand new character.  They’re going to go through the most awesome plot ever.  The setting is perfect.  But what do you call this character? There’s an odd tendency, especially in young writers, to have a unique name for their character.  They want this character to stand out amongst the rest, and be memorable, and the easiest way to do that is through their name, right?  Well, maybe, but also no.  Names have power, and sometimes they have the power to do things you don’t intend.  Like throw a reader right out of the story.  I’m looking at you, Enoby Dark’ness Dementia Raven Way.  That&

Guides and Lessons

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Nidavellir

Maps

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Oakbridge - Early Cover

Covers

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Literature

What is Required for YA Fiction?

Another one from the Wattpad dungeons. A common topic of discussion over there is teen fiction/YA, and occasionally NA (New Adult). Which is not surprising, given Wattpad's average userbase. But there's always a constant thread of confusion amongst these categories – which is what they are; not genres. I had someone recently remark in confusion that they had thought all of my books are YA. I categorised A History of Magic as New Adult entirely because of the focus on Carly's college experiences. Lay of Runes might have some younger characters, but that series sits firmly in fantasy. So what makes one story with young characters fall i

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Literature

Panic

Eyes are gazing gaily As it steps across the floor Screeching into darkness And an open cellar door Beckons all the while With a call no one will hear While broken bones and saucer scones Will never be so near. "I know the secrets of the scrawling writing on the wall. Confess unto me scathing lies and with a hermit crawl."

Phonetic Organisation

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Self-Publishing, Small House, and Vanity Printing

Publishing

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A History of Magic - Available on Amazon

Available Books

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Literature

Writing Tips - Organisation

Writing Without Confusing Yourself (Or Your Readers) Writing is a very personal, individual undertaking. Everybody approaches the activity a bit differently from the next guy. Some people can come up with concept, plot, characters, and everything else and just sit down and write. Others need to take time to figure out what's going on; what's going to happen in the story, and how it all fits together. Others still will find themselves getting stuck somewhere along the middle, losing track of everything or changing an idea mid-way through, or never know how to end. These are the people for whom this has been put together. Those of you who can

Daily Deviations

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Wilbur - lineart drawing

Character Doodles

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LATMU Notes 08

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