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                               Medieval Writer's Guild


Welcome Writer's!

Medieval Times is a fun era to play in and a pleasure to write about.
And here is a place to do just that. 
You can even sell your work from our Direct Download page if you desire. 


Any genre is accepted as long as the tale, ode, or story is written with a Medieval theme, historical thread, a known science(s), established element, facts, or character(s) found within our favorite thousand-year period. 
Submit thy work.
I look forward to reading it.
                                                                                                                        Keefe Michaelss
                                                                                                                         Editor-in-Chief

                                                                  WORDSMYTH
Anyone who writes is one, though the dictionary term is, one who uses or works with words such as an editor,
journalist, or writer.
In ancient times it was the Wordsmyth that royalty and nobility went to for speeches, documents and marriage ceremonies to solidify their inheritence.
These people were highly thought of and ranked along with a village or people's story-telling Bards, though
in later times documented grew more meaningful and story-telling didn't slipping Bards into noting more than
gossip mongers. 

                                                                      Writing Tips


Do yourself a favor and converse with your character's in a paragraph to see if you like writing for him or her.

BACK GROUND/BackStory
Is a character’s history or their life prior to the story you are writing about them now.
It can be written into the story or a personal page or paragraph the writer uses to know a particular character intimately
    DETAILED usually reserved for a story’s main characters.
    GENERAL usually reserved for a story’s secondary characters.
Any backstory is or can be written into a story as a flashback, sketchy bit, revelation of secrets, or all of the above but in chronological order.

CHARACTER EMPATHY
When you write for your character’s you must give the reader the empathy each one deserves. This is a must for all writers.
If you can’t place yourself in a character’s shoes in every situation, how are you going to write what they feel, see, and hear?

CONFLICTS/Entanglements
These are plot tensions between characters that shape or motivates a story‘s action.
In other words, what keeps your story moving from beginning to end.
A conflict or event is initiated or attempted, followed by a response of some sort, which in turn is followed by a consequence or reaction.
A story can have one main one along with several or many throughout. There is no set standard on how many you must place in a story.

CONNECT
Simply putting words on paper is not enough. A writer who has written a story that can connect to readers has written enough stories to develop their own style as well as learning all the intricacies of their craft.
The value of a story must connect to a readers mind from the moment your story is picked up, and it must be done at the beginning, on the first page, and as near or as the first paragraph as possible.

D
ABBLERS or FRINGE WRITER’S
Those calling themselves writer’s, yet have no written stories or poems to show because they haven’t taken the time to learn their craft that would have helped them begin or finish one.
Don’t dabble. If you enjoy writing be serious about it, how you convey your thoughts and how it reads.
Because if you think you can write a better story just for the sake of out doing the published author you are now reading, you never will without learning the tools of your craft to guide you.

FACTS
These govern much of our lives. They are visibly everywhere and can be found on the internet about anything in a matter of seconds.But facts will never make a story.
When talking to someone our human brain doesn’t roll them off our tongue in some mundane or logical manner, instead we human’s add some emotion, news bit or funny addition to make our listener or reader understand the situation better. But whatever you do if you include them, always make sure they are correct.

HOOK/Snare/Stratagem
There are several a reader thrives on, or an editor needs to keep them turning the page. 
        Challenge your reader
        Conflicts
        Emotion
        Intrigue
        Keep every fact straight
        Make the impossible believable
        
NARRATIVE POWER
This is the ability to ’Show’ a story to a readers mind, not simply write one.
It’s a writ'ers ability to progress a story from an tantalizing beginning, through an entangled middle to a logical end.
Do this by writing interesting but disconnected threads and reconnecting them throughout a story. You also need to keep all names, places and facts in good order, and solidify a good ending by bringing all your characters, thoughts, and inanimate types together in a satisfying ending.

STORY GRAMMAR

Every story has the same key elements in it such as characters, conclusion, conflicts, events, plot, resolutions, setting,
and title.


DON'T FOREGET
    Do a Bio on every character.  
    It establishes each one firmly in your mind to help you know exactly what each one will do or say in every instance.
    And remember
Characters are:
            Dynamic
            Fictional
            Main
            Minor
            Static

   Your story should start with a beginning that grabs or hooks a reader or editor.  An enticing idea, sentence or paragraph should be on the
first page to keep either wanting to read further.  

    And your ending or conclusion should solve all conflicts and problems throughout your story, 


                                                                       Period E-Books

Welcome to our world of period writing. 
Each e-book listed may be directly downloaded, or name will directly link to the writers own site for downloading.   


                                                      


                                                                               Odes and Poems

Here you may add your own works or those of any period author.
Likewise any clean Bard's jovial ode will do, though filk will not be published.

 


Writing  Aids




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of
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Submission
Guidelines

Email work with pen name
followed by real (not used),
title, number of pages, genre,
and no more than several
descriptive paragraphs.

Please remember,
work must containa 
Medieval emphasis  
or work will be deleted.

Artists
Showcase thy talent.
State type of artistry or 
preference, name,
and email.
It's that easy. 

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inclusion see
guidelines
on that page.   

Link
If requested, we will
also include a
Direct Link to your
home page.
Please state that in
your email. 

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Headings with
author following.
 

Titles and authors
names will be
listed as stated,
not last name first.


*A specific Heading
may be requested. 

Odes
All odes and poems  
will be listed under 
this heading. 

 

 

 

 


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Critiquing
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Critical but faire.

Send from
1-10
story chaps 
to our
company address found in About Us.

Payment must accompany story. 
No refunds.

Great stories listed for free.

Please address enevlope to;
Associate Editor
Dee Taylor






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