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The Story Corner General
Some of you have heard of The Story Corner, some of you haven't or simply have yet to wander in our territory. So, with that in mind, what is TSC exactly?

It's a safe, friendly place where members of all levels and skills can write creatively and share t... more
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Last Post by ilanisilver

9 hours ago

NaNoWriMo 2018

It is...

That time of year again. How many have we done now? I think this is three years?
So I present NaNoWriMo 2018 Tamriel Vault Edition. Come out, come out all you word smiths, attach weights to your fingers, dust off that old keyboard...
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Last Post by Delta

November 6

TSC Blog Editing and Assistance Thread

If you have a Blog Post you wish to have a Member of The Story Corner to proof read before you post it, or even if you have just a few paragraphs which you aren't sure about, then you can post them here.
All you need to do is either:
1. Post the ...
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Last Post by ilanisilver

September 26

TSC Group Rules

Hello and welcome to The Story Corner. I’m Sotek, one of the Hosts of The Story Corner and I think it’s great that you want to contribute to this site.
To make it easier for you, I’ll talk you through a few of the stages because there...
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Last Post by Sotek

August 12

Welcome To The Story Corner

Here is quiet corner for the writers and word-smiths of Skyrim/Fallout. Discuss your blogs, ask questions about writing characters, plots, and other story-telling techniques!
Hosted by Sotek
Some of you have heard of The Story Corner, some of yo...
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Last Post by SpottedFawn

March 29

The Story Corner Library

Welcome to The Story Corner Library
We, the writers of TSC have written a wonderful collection of stories for all to read. Some are as of yet unfinished, while others sit complete. All, however, share a common cause. They are crying out to be r...
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Last Post by Wulfhedinn

September 17, 2017

TSC Campfire: A place where we can talk.

We often talk about our chapters, poems and such once we have finished them and especially when they have been posted but we also talk about them in small groups when we are still writing them out. Often such conversations are on steam or Skype which le...
15 replies

Last Post by silvertora

September 27, 2016

Attention!!! Before You Get Started.

All members of TSC please take a few minutes to read this announcement. You will save both Hosts and yourselves a lot of problems down the line. Hello I’m Sotek; a Host of The Story Corner and I welcome you all to the new Tamriel Vault and more spec...
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Last Post by Delta

November 9

Unofficial Writing Group

Hi, I'm Delta.

I've been in this forum?/blog?/fansite? for years and what I'm want to get out of this site is to hone my writing skills by writing fan fiction set in The Elder Scrolls universe. Okay enough beating around bush, let's get to it:
&...
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Last Post by Santa-Pocky-Hah!

September 23

Writer's Discuss - Story Consistency

Lately, I've been following an animated show which has received a lot of criticism for being inconsistent with its plot, characters, and world-building. I still love watching it, despite its obvious writing flaws. Not gonna pull out its name, but you know...
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Last Post by DeltaFox

August 6

One Blog a Day Updated Rule

Awwwooo to one and all,
Werewolves, scribblers, the odd priest and yes I suppose vampires too.....

Lissette, who some of you know as 'The Long-Chapper', and I have had a bit of a discussion and we feel it is in everyone's best interest if we re...
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Last Post by The Long-Chapper

August 3

Camp NaNoWriMo July 2018 (BRING IT!)

The Long-Chapper
&
Sotek, Loyal Hound of Hircine
Proudly host...... more
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Last Post by Sotek

July 28

Sorry, Y’all

A few of you might have noticed I deleted all my blogs and some of my posts. Long story short, I had a massive panic attack on Thursday and freaked out. My stories have a lot of me in them, emotions and hopes and dreams, so they’re natural scapegoat...
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Last Post by The Long-Chapper

July 27

Writer's Discussion:- Enchanting

Throughout our stories concerning Skyrim, and the world of TES, we often come across scenarios where the writer uses enchants of one form or another. To some readers, this breaks the world created by the writer by enabling characters to become...
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Last Post by SpottedFawn

July 5

T.S.C. Bard for a Day (or even the whole weekend)

Hello one and all
Sotek and Lis extend a warm welcome to all our word smiths and terminal typers.
The Story Corner has always been and will always be a nice quiet, eh, we're not quiet, group where writers of all skills and abilities come and join in wit...
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Last Post by The Long-Chapper

May 29

Writer's Discuss - Reviews

As a writer, we usually want feedback from our readers. Usually it's in the form of a nice comment, questions or a paragraph-long review of the story. In most cases, you'll see a lot of the former two.
Because let's face it: Writing paragraph-long review...
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Last Post by The Long-Chapper

May 15

Writer's Discuss - Comedy

It's been a while since we had a Writer's Discuss, and I need something to do to jog this idle brain of mine. So let's discuss something which I think we haven't well... 'discuss' about.
Comedy.
Now this is more prevalent in more light-hearted stories...
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Last Post by ilanisilver

May 2

Camp NaNoWriMo 2018 of AWESOME!

It's that time of year again, where we opt to write and push ourselves to the brink of emotional breakdown for the written word. I have already taken the opportunity to create a private camp for Tamriel Vault Dwellers so we can enjoy each other's pain a...
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Last Post by ilanisilver

April 28

How do you come up with your stories?

What it says on the tin. Do you have a brainstorming process? Does inspiration strike at random intervals? Do you fish old stories out of the bin and rework them? Do characters come first, and then plot? I'm curious, as I'm sure others are. Let's share ...
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Last Post by Ebonslayer

February 4

Posting WIP Chapters

Where does one post chapters that aren't yet fully completed or they want another pair of eyes to see before putting it on the front page? Back on Ning we could use the old blog and story editing service and a small group of experienced people would see i...
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Last Post by Ebonslayer

February 4

Blood and Soul

Blood and Soul

I write this so others may know of my story, my legacy, my hardships, my journey through the land of Skyrim, where I discovered the power hidden within my very soul.
I am the Ebonslayer, and this is my story.... more
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Last Post by Ebonslayer

February 4

The Graveknight's Oath - TOC

Table of Contents
* Prologue *
Beginnings
* Chapter 1 * Chapter 2 *
Interludes
*... more
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Last Post by Ebonslayer

February 3

Writer's Discuss - Tropes

Tropes! Believe it or not we use them in every story we write. Hell, even our own lives are filled with tropes. (Seriously, do you know anyone who's not a Deadpan Snarker or a Tsundere?)
For those who don't know what tropes are, they're es...
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Last Post by The Long-Chapper

January 31

A Month of Short Stories: 2018

Happy New Year! New year, new thoughts, new creation. We, at Tamriel Vault's Story Corner like to start this year rolling with our yearly event celebrating the creativity of our Vault writers. Whether you are an experience word smith or just starting ou...
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Last Post by Legion

January 17

A newcomer at the TSC need some starting advise if possible

Hello people of the TSC and nice to meet you. I was thinking for a long time to start a story here at the TSC and finally decided to act upon this thought; It will probably be a long story. That being said I am new to the TSC section and I don't know wher...
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Last Post by The Long-Chapper

December 3, 2017

NaNoWriMo 2017 Support - Cry on each other's shoulders - Thread

It looms upon us again and, of course, cause I was working on a build I totally missed that it was past Nov 1 already. Yes, NaNoWriMo is upon us all again and whether you are choosing to be a rebel like me and use NaNo to catch up on all the projects yo...

ilanisilver replied to The Long-Chapper's discussion NaNoWriMo 2018 in the group The Story Corner:
At the halfway mark, my count is 27,310. Not bad, but I meant to do more, to account for Thanksgiving and the writing I’m not going to get done next week when my daughter is home from school. I may not make my word count, but I don’t feel too bad about it...
- 9 hours ago
- Legion likes this.
The Long-Chapper replied to The Long-Chapper's discussion NaNoWriMo 2018 in the group The Story Corner:
Alright, got in another few thousand words. Been a struggle, doubt I'll finish, but I only have one PoV left before this next chapter can go up.
- November 11
Delta replied to Delta's discussion Unofficial Writing Group in the group The Story Corner:
I personally don't mind prologues and more specifically, I don't mind The Silver Fox's prologue. It tells me that: who the protagonist is, it lets me know the genre of the story (Fantasy with the giants and mammoths) and the setting of the story (A place ...
- November 9
Santa-Pocky-Hah! replied to Delta's discussion Unofficial Writing Group in the group The Story Corner:
You have some valid points.
Back then, the prologue was supposed to show a down-trodden (former) thief starting a new life in Riften, not a make a new fortune. However, reading it again now, I guess I can understand where you're coming from given how the...
- November 9
Delta replied to Delta's discussion Unofficial Writing Group in the group The Story Corner:
This is just the perliminary stuff. I'll need some time to properly go over Chapter by Chapter. Also would you rather I post this here or at the ToC?

General Critique:
The Silver Fox uses a 1st Person Narrative, which to be clear is not my pre...
- November 9
Santa-Pocky-Hah! replied to Delta's discussion Unofficial Writing Group in the group The Story Corner:
Go ahead. :D
Though I've discontinued writing the story, I still don't mind hearing some feedback.
- November 9
Delta replied to Delta's discussion Unofficial Writing Group in the group The Story Corner:
@Pocky: I'll start dissecting The Fox but shall put it on the list?
- November 9
Santa-Pocky-Hah! replied to Delta's discussion Unofficial Writing Group in the group The Story Corner:
Delta said:
@Pocky: Which of your works would you say represents 'Pocky-style' the most?

Hmm... Hard to say since my writing style has changed over the months. I think the closest thing that resembles my current writing style would be The Silver Fox.
...
- November 9
Delta replied to Delta's discussion Unofficial Writing Group in the group The Story Corner:
@Pocky: Which of your works would you say represents 'Pocky-style' the most?
- November 8
Tenebrous liked Delta's discussion Unofficial Writing Group
- November 7
Delta replied to Delta's discussion Unofficial Writing Group in the group The Story Corner:
A-Pocky-Hah said: Yeah.. I wish I could do that, but as of right now, I need to prioritize on my real life problems first before I can even start a review, let alone continue on writing.

Retro reviewing your older stuff is helpful. I knew it help...
- November 7
Santa-Pocky-Hah! replied to Delta's discussion Unofficial Writing Group in the group The Story Corner:
Yeah.. I wish I could do that, but as of right now, I need to prioritize on my real life problems first before I can even start a review, let alone continue on writing.
- November 7
Delta replied to Delta's discussion Unofficial Writing Group in the group The Story Corner:
A-Pocky-Hah said: Yeah, I liked that. Doing bit by bit is a good way to discuss a story character. Maybe have something like an initial character review then a revised one after the character has been fleshed out a few chapters later. A lot of times I wan...
- November 7
Santa-Pocky-Hah! replied to Delta's discussion Unofficial Writing Group in the group The Story Corner:
Yeah, I liked that. Doing bit by bit is a good way to discuss a story character. Maybe have something like an initial character review then a revised one after the character has been fleshed out a few chapters later.

A lot of times I want people to dis...
- November 7
Justiciar Thorien liked Delta's discussion Unofficial Writing Group
- November 7
Delta replied to Delta's discussion Unofficial Writing Group in the group The Story Corner:
A-Pocky-Hah said:Not many of us here are deep critical story analyzers and trying to analyze a story takes time, especially if said story is incomplete.

We all have to start somewhere right? And it doesn't have to be an analysis of the whole prod...
- November 7
Santa-Pocky-Hah! replied to Delta's discussion Unofficial Writing Group in the group The Story Corner:
Pocks' here,

I actually had this kind of idea going around in my head when I first posted my Writer's Discuss on Reviewing Stories (can't post the link since I'm on mobile). I like the idea, but I'm also wary about it.

Not many of us here are deep ...
- November 7
Delta posted a new discussion Unofficial Writing Group in the group The Story Corner:
Hi, I'm Delta.

I've been in this forum?/blog?/fansite? for years and what I'm want to get out of this site is to hone my writing skills by writing fan fiction set in The Elder Scrolls universe. Okay enough beating around bush, let's get to it:
&...
- November 7
Delta replied to Sotek's discussion TSC Blog Editing and Assistance Thread in the group The Story Corner:
Just posting resources here:

http://jpbeaubien.com/terrible-writing-advice-chapter-16-taking-criticism/
http://jpbeaubien.com/terrible-writing-advice-chapter-23-giving-criticism/
- November 6
- Legion likes this.
Legion replied to The Long-Chapper's discussion NaNoWriMo 2018 in the group The Story Corner:
Hworra said:
Also Legion is bak? Wawahway!

Eyup. I'm back.
- November 6

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Ebonslayer · February 3

Is there any discussion like the old Blog and Story Editing service that allows you to shard WIP chapters with other members so they can recommend changes. I've been trying something lately and I'd like some advice on it.
Legion · January 17

Did I miss any Writers Discuss while I was away?
Sotek · December 31, 2016

Awwwooo to one and awwwooo to all.

With the New Year, here’s a friendly paw.

And so starts a new year with new content to
TSC and Tamriel Vault.

Don’t party too h... more
Legion · December 14, 2016

Anyone know the whereabouts of that thread that details land sizes and travel times?
- Shadow Arm
  Legion
  
  Legion
  Anyone know the whereabouts of that thread that details land sizes and travel times?
  
  · December 14, 2016
  
  TamrielVault - Scale of Tamriel and Skyrim along with Traveling Times.
  
  Skyrim and Fallout community: character builds, lore, discussions, and more! How large is Skyrim? Tamriel? In the game? In the lore? In the game the longest diagonal is 3.5 mi +/-0.5 mi depending on the source. Below is one from Matt Sutton   Th
  - Legion
    Shadow Arm
    
    Shadow Arm
    
    TamrielVault - Scale of Tamriel and Skyrim along with Traveling Times.
    
    Skyrim and Fallout community: character builds, lore, discussions, and more! How large is Skyrim? Tamriel? In the game? In the lore? In the game the longest diagonal is 3.5 mi +/-0.5 mi depending on the source. Below is one from Matt Sutton   Th
    
    · December 14, 2016
    
    Thank you, you're a Chief amongst milk drinkers.
    
    Shadow Arm
    Legion
    
    Legion
    Thank you, you're a Chief amongst milk drinkers.
    
    · December 14, 2016
    
    So you´re trying to say I´m an Orc amongst Nords? Uhm...hello xD
Golden Fool · December 14, 2016

2300 words written for my next Cyre short. Time for another break me thinks.
- Shadow Arm
  Golden Fool
  
  Golden Fool
  2300 words written for my next Cyre short. Time for another break me thinks.
  
  · December 14, 2016
  
  No break! Write! xD
  
  But 2300 is good. When will we see it?
  - Golden Fool
    Shadow Arm
    
    Shadow Arm
    No break! Write! xD
    
    But 2300 is good. When will we see it?
    
      ·  December 14, 2016
    
    Well I wrote half of it last night between 10 and midnight, and because of that needed to read over it to find all the words I hadn't actually written or I'd misspelled. As for when you'll see it, in the next couple of days maybe. Depends on if I write an... more
    
    Shadow Arm
    Golden Fool
    
    Golden Fool
    Well I wrote half of it last night between 10 and midnight, and because of that needed to read over it to find all the words I hadn't actually written or I'd misspelled. As for when you'll see it, in the next couple of days maybe. Depends on if I write an... more
    
      ·  December 14, 2016
    
    No rest for the wicked...guess I'm wicked then
    
    And awesome to hear it's going to be out soon. I need more Cyre crazy and Morihaus Cheese. Ugh! I just pictured it...xD
    
    Golden Fool
    Shadow Arm
    
    Shadow Arm
    No rest for the wicked...guess I'm wicked then
    
    And awesome to hear it's going to be out soon. I need more Cyre crazy and Morihaus Cheese. Ugh! I just pictured it...xD
    
      ·  December 14, 2016
    
    And now I've pictured it. Thanks for that... xD
    
    There were so many times that instead of actually writing the words, I'd just thought of them and skipped to the next one.
    
    Shadow Arm
    Golden Fool
    
    Golden Fool
    And now I've pictured it. Thanks for that... xD
    
    There were so many times that instead of actually writing the words, I'd just thought of them and skipped to the next one.
    
      ·  December 14, 2016
    
    Get...out...of my...head!
    
    Yeah, writing late at night and tired can play tricks like that on you.
    
    Golden Fool
    Shadow Arm
    
    Shadow Arm
    Get...out...of my...head!
    
    Yeah, writing late at night and tired can play tricks like that on you.
    
      ·  December 15, 2016
    
    Well that's another 1000ish words. I wonder if I should take another break
    
    Shadow Arm
    Golden Fool
    
    Golden Fool
    Well that's another 1000ish words. I wonder if I should take another break
    
      ·  December 15, 2016
    
    Nope
    
    Golden Fool
    Shadow Arm
    
    Shadow Arm
    Nope
    
      ·  December 15, 2016
    
    Alright, back to writing I go
    
    Shadow Arm
    Golden Fool
    
    Golden Fool
    Alright, back to writing I go
    
      ·  December 15, 2016
    
    Good Fool. Make me proud
    
    Golden Fool
    Shadow Arm
    
    Shadow Arm
    Good Fool. Make me proud
    
      ·  December 15, 2016
    
    Ok, it's done. All 6467 words of it. Now that is before I read over it and potentially add or remove stuff. But for the moment I need some sleep.
Accursed Gloom · December 11, 2016

I've got some catching up to do...
- The Long-Chapper
  Accursed Gloom
  
  Accursed Gloom
  I've got some catching up to do...
  
  · December 11, 2016
  
  Yep.
Sotek · October 16, 2016

Awwwooo
We have two new members to TSC this weekend. Everyone raise a friendly paw to Madmonk35 and SeekerM. Awwwooo to you both and welcome to TSC and the new Tamriel Vault.
Sotek · October 15, 2016

Awwwoooo
A warm Howl to a new member Jon. Welcome to TSC.

Keep an eye out for this years NaNoWriMo in November. I'll be starting a discussion in the next few days for everyone taking part and for those who would like to offer enc... more
Tenebrous · October 7, 2016

Im particularly proud of Ardolan's acting in that part. More ham than a deli...
Sotek · October 7, 2016

Done. Enjoyed reading that piece.
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