Elizabeth

@daeus Exelsior Writing Academy has a nice ring to it, for what it’s worth. 🙂

Hmmm… Kingdom Writing Academy? That goes along with the theme of the website. However, if it’s just going to be on this website, that would be repetition. Overall I like “Excelsior.”

Never heard that name before! Maybe you could have a motto or tagline that te…[Read more]

@Daeus I like that… not as much as Excelsior though.

Ugh. Decisions decisions.

You know what? I’m going to just throw caution to the winds and say go with Excelsior. I can’t think of anything I like better or even as well as. If you can think of a tagline of sorts to go with it though, so it’s more clear what it means and what it’s for, that…[Read more]

@daeus If you’re going to do Write Better Academy, then you have to do ‘Write More Better Academy.’ That’ll sell people, won’t it? 😉

@shannon I’m sure there are loads of preserved letters from the time period you could get a hold of to study.

@dragon-snapper @shannon @sam-kowal @kate-flournoy Thanks.

Thanks. The one argument in favor of Excelsior is that people don’t have to know what it means right off the bat. I’m not selling the school, I’m just going to sell courses. (Shannon, Excelsior means “onward”. It connotes perseverance and victory.)

That said, I could think of a few…[Read more]

@perfectfifths
XD Yes. What’s your quote?

@joy I’d say to go with the first one, mainly because I’ve heard of a lot of literature where the king has to ‘go on the run’. The first one, to me, sounds more original, and interesting. 😀

@daeus

And he comes to us for suggestions of names?

Yeah. I have no idea. You’d think a former fantasy writer would have a dictionary replete with such names, but I’ve never had a strong suit for that.

Only things I can think of are:
1) Lamb Technique School… [another loki facepalm please]
2) Writing School of Excellence
3) Lamb…[Read more]

@Alia hmmm… interesting. Okay. Thank you for pointing that out; I’ll have to look at it again.

@Daeus oooh, I really like the idea behind Excelsior, but most people are probably just going to go… ‘huh? Sounds like some weird Latin elitist club or something… *yawns**scrolls past*’

So… maybe something slightly less high and lofty and a little more down-to-earth. (Can’t believe I just said that.) I can’t think of anything right off the…[Read more]

@gh24682468999 Love this topic.

First of all, I’m a bit on the bolder side of this issue. While I don’t claim to write specifically for a Christian audience, I still think it’s totally possible to share the gospel in your story in an artistic way that, if it offends people, will only do so because of the message, not because of the forum it is…[Read more]

@supermonkey42 @silverclaw-bonnetfolly Unfortunately, I don’t think we have any way to do that at the moment. I can bring it up in the staff group page though and see if it can be remedied.

@perfectfifths Haha Vector is my favorite Despicable Me character! No, it’s not him.

*Sigh* Fine, it’s Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

@silverclaw-bonnetfolly Aww, sorry! How bout a cameo appearence, then? (You don’t have to fill in the form thing)

@dragon-snapper Aww, never seen Moana!

@perfectfifths  Keep guessing!!

@Dekreel everyone else has some good ideas, and I second theirs. Basically, if you can bring in a side plot or throw in another antagonist to add more conflict and higher stakes it’ll keep your middle going strong.

@emily @photobloggergal  Have either of you heard of the YouTube channel “Player Piano?” If you like the Piano Guys, I think you’ll like this. The pianist is named Sonya Belousova. She could listen to a song ONCE, and then play it beautifully! Even if she’s never heard the song before! She has done many popular songs like “Bohemian Rhapsody” and s…[Read more]

DEE-kreel… Ohhhh… Ah! I like it! Thanks, @introvert_girl, you just saved me a lot of awkwardness!