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  1. Excession

    Basic GM Techniques

    This little guide in no way can supplant Brovo's excellent and comprehensive guide (go read it if you haven't), but I thought it might be a useful supplement. A lot of stuff I talk about here is often assumed knowledge - people who've been GMing for a long while, and who largely learned to GM...
  2. The Mood is Write

    Random Unscheduled Challenge: Write this Picture

    Rules are simple: Look at the picture. Write what it brings to mind. It can be a character, a scene, a full plot, or even just a description of what you're seeing. I don't care what you do, but have fun with it. If you include a link to an interesting picture in your post, I may use it for...
  3. The Mood is Write

    Moody's Writing Resources

    Not a guide, I just found a cool image thing while browsing imgur. Feel free to share your own!
  4. Sir Basil

    A Guide to Grimdark

    A GUIDE TO GRIMDARK beware of heroes, better to rely on your own judgment and your own mistakes -- frank herbert WHAT IS GRIMDARK https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/50/0f/6e/500f6ec2fb2c011f1ac9fbe40a9c793c.jpg Grimdark’s name comes from the tagline for Warhammer 40K, a tabletop...
  5. A

    A Guide to Black

    BLACK of the very darkest color owing to the absence of or complete absorption of light; the opposite of white. http://orig12.deviantart.net/ec83/f/2011/003/4/c/4_bit_grayscale_palette_by_10binary-d36dso3.pngBlack is a widely used colour for any and all descriptive properties. Take a look at...
  6. Hana

    Plot Picture Challenge # 2

    The exercise is simple. Think of a plot, a story, that comes to mind when you look at the chosen image, and write it down. Let your mind and your imagination wander, and go on from there. 'woodland procession' by nicole gustafsson
  7. Hana

    Plot Picture Challenge # 1

    The exercise is simple. Think of a plot, a story, that comes to mind when you look at the chosen image, and write it down. Let your mind and your imagination wander, and go on from there. 'a meeting in the woods', by sergei averkin Next: Plot Picture Challenge # 2
  8. Hana

    Themed List Challenge # 1 - Apples

    This exercise is based on a certain theme, and seven words or phrases following that theme. You may pick any one or all of the prompts from the list and write a short entry, prose or poetry, about what these words or phrases inspire in you. theme # 1: a p p l e s 1. forbidden fruit. 2...
  9. A

    7 SECOND WRITING CHALLENGE!

    It's 5:15am and I'm bored... Often times I find myself wanting a challenge with writing, something that will test my brain and see just how creative I really am. Thus, the 7 Second Writing Challenge was born! Disclaimer: The origin of the "7 Second Challenge" belongs (and if I'm not...
  10. GreenSea

    Character Picture Challenge #2

    Character challenge is a challenge that'll be out weekly. The challenges itself is to create Character, Monologue, poem or any form of writing relating to the character/s in the picture. There's no limitation or time limit for the challenge so feel free to Jump in at anytime! Based on...
  11. GreenSea

    Character Picture Challenge #1

    Character challenge is a challenge that'll be out weekly. The challenges itself is to create Character, Monologue, poem or any form of writing relating to the character/s in the picture. There's no limitation or time limit for the challenge so feel free to Jump in at anytime! Based on...
  12. F

    Can you scare me?

    With any RP site, there lies a tonne of crazies and psychos hidden in every dark corner. So here's a challenge to all you psychopaths and Tea-drinkers. Write something about yourself, or a piece that clearly shows that you have at least a few screws loose. Keep your submission in a...
  13. Brovo

    Writer's Block is an Excuse: Don't use it!

    Wait! Wait, don't put me to the torch! Let me explain, because this will improve your writing. Just give me a few minutes of your time, and I will teach you how to destroy this plague. It also involves a certain degree of life advice, which may sound weird now, but, it'll make sense later. So...
  14. kixinorbit

    Their bare bear is over there! (A Guide to Commonly Confused Words)

    Welcome to yet another installation of my grammar and punctuation guides! This time around I'm delving into the wonderful world of words! It's no secret that many people struggle with forms of words or, to be more technical, homophones, homographs, and capitonyms. (Heterographs seem to be the...
  15. L

    Villains: Why Mr. Fluffbuttles isn't a logical evil

    Villains Alright, so almost every story has a villain in it. Whether in the shape of an evil overlord who seeks power through a ring (points to he/she whom gets my reference), that school bully who wants to ruin the prom for you, or that man who turns from friend to foe for his own desires and...
  16. K

    Koori Challenge: America's Next Top Knight

    Who is she? What's that sword for? Is it yours or hers? Why is her dress so goddamn fabulous? Why she lookin' at you like that? Create the context for the image, what's going to happen from this picture? Did something already happen? HARDMODE: You're not being knighted and she's not royalty.
  17. K

    Koori Challenge 1: Come at this if you can

    Here we have a seemingly simple character challenge. Except you're not writing a backstory for this image, you're going to write what's going to happen in the next 10 minutes because someone's gonna be looking for that. Think you can do it? HARDMODE: No referencing high fantasy or magic.
  18. V

    Who am I?

    Hello ladies and gentleRPers! Today I have a more unusual challenge for you. We all express what out character feels and thinks differently and that slowly builds a picture of who they are truer and more clearly than any character sheet can ever do. We've all been there, the circumstances of...
  19. Diana

    Fears

    FEAR is an integral part of character development. Every person has at least one fear, and even if you lack fears, that can mean something very important. Fears can come in to play in a huge variety of ways. Be it why a character avoids doing a certain thing, why a character works so hard at...
  20. Villamvihar

    A Characteristic Drink

    Even if one does not admit it, drinking alcohol plays a large part in the lives of some, not to mention in some cultures, certain drinks might have certain rituals or beliefs associated with them. Most of the time, though, people drink alcohol for their own pleasure, not because of any...
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