Friday Funny Fiction #3: Pickles' Progress

Here is a short story written by one of our members. Enjoy!

Pickles' Progress
by A. N. Ominous

            Pickles the dragon lives in the realm of the Magical Dragons, located on the fifth star to the left of Alpha Centauri as viewed from Earth.  Though few men of Earth know of him, all men owe their continued existence to the brave deeds of this little dragon.  To look at him, no person with half a brain would think Pickles is up to snuff for being a hero. Pickles has a noodle-like body which is taller than other dragons but also thinner. He has dark green scales that aren’t even fireproof and a

Lesson #2: Character Archetypes II, Come to the Dark Side

This lesson is adapted from 45 Master Characters: Mythic Models for Creating Original Characters by Victoria Lynn Schmidt.

So in the last lesson we discussed character archetypes for protagonists of stories, but at the request of a fellow Silver Pen member, we will now talk a bit about the dark side of these archetypes. Each character, as before, will be based off of a Greek (or Egyptian) god or goddess, except this time the archetypes will be for antagonistic characters.
As a note, it is recommended that you review the original archetypes before reading this lesson.

Let's begin!

An Interesting Writing Prompt

A person is walking around with his friends, when suddenly, everything goes white and then black and he passes out. He wakes up in a _____ place, and as he walks around, he finds out that his other friends are spread throughout this new world. Write what happens next.

Proposed by Victoria Hecker

Friday Funny Fiction #2

View the first Friday Funny Fiction post to learn how this game is played.
This time I have two short stories for you! Enjoy!


Once again, just like every week, there was a gun held to my head.
And once again, I slid a knife out of the braid in my hair and made my escape.
"Finally!" I whispered excitedly. "I can finally get my revenge!"
I had waited for years for this moment, and now my sister's killer was in reach.
I walked into the room with the five suspects-- "One of you poisoned my sister's pink lemonade, and I can prove it!"

Lesson #1: Character Archetypes, Part Two

This lesson is adapted from 45 Master Characters: Mythic Models for Creating Original Characters by Victoria Lynn Schmidt.

Continuing on with archetypes, and this time the men get their spotlight.


Apollo: The Businessman
"The Businessman is a man on the go who constantly thinks about his work. His strong logical mind makes him great at being a team player and a trustworthy employee but doesn't help him to be a great husband or father. He doesn't know how to let loose and play with the kids, so he often takes work home to avoid family life.

Lesson #1: Character Archetypes, Part One

This lesson is adapted from the book 45 Master Characters: Mythic Models for Creating Original Characters by Victoria Lynn Schmidt.


So, what exactly are archetypes? Archetypes, according to Victoria Lynn Schmidt, are "the blueprints for building well-defined characters, be they heroes, villains, or supporting characters." They force you to look deeper at your characters, and decide how they respond to conflict within the story. Archetypes can also help to avoid multiple characters just like the author.

Friday Funny Fiction #1

This is an example of a game we play every now and then. Every person has a blank piece of paper. They write down the first line of either a story or a poem, and then pass it to the next person. They then write the next line, then fold down the first line and pass it on again. The idea behind this is that everyone only sees the last line written and have to continue the story off of that.
Here are two poems we once did.

The world spun wildly beneath her feet
As she danced to melody sweet.
But her days were not so sweet as the tune,
The tune that haunted the night, swift and soon,

Silver Pen Home Base (Apart from Rm 217)

Hello Silver Pen members, as well as anyone who has found our page and is interested in our writing. We are a group of writing enthusiasts who, despite only meeting once a week, have managed to begin something incredible: we have created our own world. This land, formed from our imaginations, has now turned to something more. We are writing a compilation of short stories, with each of our stories leading to a grand finale story, written by all of us together.
This story, though, is simply a culmination of a simple truth all of us believe: there is not enough imagination in this world. Now we have television and video games to imagine for us. But our world of Valataur is essentially a world formed out of the imaginations of the dreamers of Earth. We want to share this belief with the rest of the world through our book.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask us!
~The Society of the Silver Pen