I'm a transmedia storyteller, so I like writing in all forms: novels, poems, short stories, fanfiction, games, visual novels, etc.
I also love everything to do with the craft, like genre studies, meta analysis, and the like!
My Primary: @SoulGalaxyWolf
Eyo Spaghetti O's everyone! You can call me Calypso, who go by she/they! I'm an April Aries, who was born in the year of the rabbitâIn my late 20's as of 2026. Yay!
I had a previous account separate from my main blog account and that DID NOT help me, lol. I forgot my account information, I hardly went on there, it's a hassle to change accounts, so I deleted that account and made a side account on my main tumblr!
I spent three years pursuing a creative writing degree before I had to transfer to another university to get a bachelor's in English. Although I didn't get my creative writing degree, I got a nice experience in pursuring it. I would call myself a transmedia storyteller as I love making stories in more than just writing. I would like to do more than just publish books, but make comics, visual novels, and RPG Maker gamesâit's why I had a minor in art.
I'm a serial hobbyist, so I'm interested in creating in generalâespecially bookbinding. If I had my own printer, I would be gifting out so many fanfictions by now, lol. I'm so desperate to bookbind a fanfiction, that I'm handwriting a whole fic: Starstruck by peanutbutterjelly-pie (Aleakim), from the Supernatural fandom. I'll probably post a fandom list at some point, but it'll probably be a while, but I do have a blog for fandoms in particular although not all of my fandoms appear there. Lightning round of hobbies: sewing, sculpting, reading (duh), running around listening to music while daydreaming (as a lot of creatives do, I'm sure), and I tried embroidery once.
Some info on my genres, WIPS, and whatnot under the cut, ya'll :D
My Genres:
My #1 go to for genre is fantasy: Cozy fantasy, urban fantasy, Isekai fantasy (I just want to include this as it's own fantasy genre, lmao), magical realism, and more. I have read books outside of this genre before, but I don't enjoy them as much, or I haven't gotten the change to read enough yet. I always leaned toward the medieval side of things, or times before modern. Mostly because I liked the organic form of fantasy vs. the structured way that sci-fi is portrayed.
Not to say I dislike sci-fi! One of my favorites is The Martian by Andy Weir, and I love it when fantasy mixes with sci-fi where the world goes backward instead of forward (Like Dr. Stone). But other genres I prefer are horror, and mystery. Just like sci-fi, mystery/thriller is very iffy for me. Whenever I try searching it up it focuses on crime. Guess that's why I lean toward horror. It has more âfantasyâ aspectsâthe ones I enjoyâand sometimes mystery aspects.
Themes/Niche:
Stories I want to write monstly focus on Folklore, and Found Family. Some stories that I think of are The Magnus Archives, The Summer Hikaru Died, The Spirit Hunter Series, Fran Bow, etc.
I want to glean inspiration from horror, including a number of Analog Horror series (one of my favs is Greylock). I have been thinking on what things scare me if I were to add horrorâmedical horror, and body horror (a form of it?). Who knows what I'll figure out down the line, though.
WIPS:
Siren with a Silent Voice: Kaylani (might or might not change her name) is a unremarkable girl who is isolated in her own world by her own insecurities, but when she started having nightmares changed everything. It brought her into a world of fantasy, and met those who are familiar with it and gets roped into their own agenda. A lot of things aren't what they seem, and all of a sudden her brother is attached at her hip and she doesn't understand why.
Tag: SwaSV wip
A number of Gravity Falls fanfictions I have not finished.
Tag: gf fanfic
A Short Story I call, The Motel Mystery at the moment. It's one of those stories where a gangle of people are holed at a place and stuff happens. I have a some stuff written for the motel's history, and ideas on how the group works.
Tag: Motel Mystery wip
Finished Works:
Soul Song in North Carolina Aspiring Writers â I'm listed under J_brooke_L, I think. I kinda regret that though.
Anthopology of Works from my Creative Writing Class before 2019
This is my Ao3 account where I have 2 original works (under PastelAlkonost), and 1 in Gravity Falls, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fandom. One is a love confession one-shot (OC x Cannon) and the other is the turtles adopted sister being saved~
Said Original Works:
A Place to Call Home: Nolan works on his own time, and travels everywhere. When he comes across a town that reminds him of the family that estranged him, he visits and finds a bookstore that's open 24/7. He finds people that he warms up to immediately.
Link to this story on Wattpad
The Rose of a Raven & the Thorn of a Maiden: Freya is not the warmest of people, but when her car breaks down in the middle of nowhere with nothing but a forest surrounding her, she's forced to venture into it. There she finds a Raven that wants to help her, and an old lady who sends her on an adventure. She begins to learn that every challenge is easier if you have someone on your side.
Link to this story on Wattpad
About this Blog:
I would like to participate in the writeblr community, but I do have anxiety and a broken social battery that sticks to the orange and flip flops to red and into the negatives daily. I've been trying to work on it, though =w=
Tag me if you want me to see stuff from your WIPs. I don't care if we're mutuals or not, as long as it's the genres I listed here it's fine, but I always encourage trying to drag me into different genres in a funny way.
I like the idea of playfully annoying someone else to looking into somethingâonly if the other person is fine with it though and it's with the understanding that there's not an obligation to try anything ya don't wanna.
I would like to participate in tag games, my dms are open if ya wanna yap about your characters and cry about the writing experience, (lol), and participate in writblr events like Worldbuilding Wednesday. Also, if any of the characters I talk about on my blog appears similar or you would think my characters would be your characters friends, let me know :3c I don't have much motivation to make art, but I believe that this sort of thing would.
I plan on making a page for the fandoms I'm a part of. If you're a part of the same one, let me know. If you had ideas for said fandom richoceting all up in your head, I'd like to know about that, too. I have a lot of ideas for fanfiction, and wrote drafts, but it'd be nice to have the opportunity to talk about them.
If you write meta for your fandoms I'd like to know! I'm not sure if I'll be interested in ALL fandom meta, but not all of them have to fall into my own fandom umbrella to be interested in it. I've been watching Pastras revisits of Fanaf, and I'm not too interested in that series.
Lastly, I struggle a lot with writing, but there are things I would post of my original writing like Poems and Short Form Writing/Drabbles. I might talk about my characters, and my struggles with writing most of the time. I am interested in talking about genre studies, meta analysis for fanfiction (or fandom in general), and similar things. I want to come up with more ways to add to my blog that's not just reblogs, but original content that requires more thought from me :3c. I'll post my other ideas for topics of future posts.
Wish me luck to actually keep this blog up and add to it at least on a monthly basis. Let me know in the comments what you wouldn't mind talking with me about. Thank you for reading till the end.
Weâve all heard of the post broken project era of ford where heâs pissed at Stan for breaking his project and acts like an asshole (aka him suppressing his feelings of missing Stan), but what about an au where ford is less of a asshole? Where after Stan gets kicked out he goes to library to kinda get his mind off his brother and his opportunity that was taken away by reading as many books as possible?
What if he read a book about statistics, specifically about homelessness. Even more specific, about homeless teens who donât graduate high school.
Like just imagine him conjuring up all the possibilities, all different scenarios about what could happen to his brother. Grooming, addiction, the inability to get well paying jobs because of the lack of high school diploma which could often lead to getting exploited; the suicide rates. (Does Stanley even have his ID? His birth certificate or his ssn? If he died, would they even ever know?)
Omg. Imagine an AU where Ford reads about this soon after Stan was kicked out. He's worried, but he reasons Stan will be back soon. When Stan isnt back soon, he reasons Stan will at least be back for their graduation.
He's not at their graduation.
Ford is worried, but he's also busy with college plans. Maybe he takes some time to "clear his head" by walking around town and the beach, but he's actually looking for Stan (but he's too late, Stan is already out of state). Ford is still worried when he goes to college and meets his roommate Fiddleford.
But then his mom says she's heard from Stan and a weight lifts off his shoulders. He's careful to act cold and unaffected by the news, since he's supposed to be-is!-mad. Now he can he mad in peace knowing Stan is safe. As long as Stan is still contacting Mom, he's fine and Ford doesnt have to worry about him becoming a statistic. If anything happens to him, Mom would tell him.
So he stops worrying. Mostly. He can never stop reading up on homelessness and other related statistics, no matter how busy he gets with his studies. Maybe it factors into one of his 12 PHDs, since he's doing all the research anyway (I have no idea what field this would fall under).
Anyway, it becomes habit for Ford to keep updated on the latest trends and findings and statistics about homelessness. Surely Stan has a home by now (despite being a 'traveling salesman' as he told Mom) and he's aged out of being a statistic.
This certainty carries Ford through his years at Gravity Falls right up until he's lying through his teeth to his mom. He's been talking to her less and less, and he hadnt wanted to waste precious time between possessions on small talk with his mom. But she'd been calling a lot and leaving more and more threatening voicemails and the idea of BILL getting the idea to call her pushed him to answer.
He's just trying to get through this conversation without letting on how bad things have gotten (no need to worry her, to pull anyone else into this hole/grave he dug for himself all too happily). They follow their usual script, Mom ending the call by talking about Stan and none-too-subtly hinting that they should finally bury the hatchet between them.
Ford's in the middle of rolling his eyes, a comment about how Stan's probably too busy with "babes and treasure" to bother visiting his family, when it hits him: Stan would never tell their mother if he was in danger or dire straits. Just like Ford wouldnt. And he's always been much better at lying.
The world spins underneath him, vision tunneling as if he's going to pass out. Sounds fade in and out before his mom's worried voice fades back in. Statistics and trends flash through his mind, every single horrible thing that could have happened to his twin brother over the last 10+ years.
He would have no idea.
Somehow, he ends the call. Maybe he just hung up on Mom, but if he did he can deal with that later. The next thing he's aware of, he's already in his study tearing through the mess to find what he needs. He needs a scrying spell. He needs to SEE Stanley, KNOW he's okay.
The sooner he confirms it, the sooner he can get back to saving the world he so arrogantly doomed.
I dont quite know where I'd go from here. I imagine this is before he sent the postcard in canon, but not TOO much before. So Stan is probably still in New Mexico, maybe even in Dead End Flats. Maybe Ford sees him and at first thinks he's okay. Not obviously injured, maybe somewhat dirty but Ford's not exactly the picture of cleanliness right now.
But maybe he sees Rico's goons corner Stan and give him a warning. Rico wants his money (loan sharks/untrustworthy money lenders with ties to gangs/drugs/other illegal activities). Maybe they even reference an "extension" Stan earned by surviving like a cockroach and the implication that these people have ALREADY hurt Stanley once (who looks TERRIFIED and MEEK under his cocksure mask) makes his blood run cold then hot.
Thankfully, they leave Stan with just the warning (and maybe some bruises from rough handling). And Ford watches Stan hightail it and freak out. Maybe he notices enough signs (and recognizes them from his extensive studies) that Stan is homeless. That Stan is ALREADY a statistic and Ford has no idea what he's been through these last 10+ years.
But he's going to find out. Just as soon as he deals with whoever "Rico" is.
Honestly, it would be hilarious if Ford didnt leave his house and instead cast a bunch of curses on Rico (once he found the right person). Maybe he's casting protection spells on Stan from a distance as well. Just because I love the phrase "spooky action at a distance" and want to apply it to Ford.
I like the idea of Ford going to Stan in their thirties in general, let alone this reason instead of Stan going to Ford. Having Ford forced to face Stan's condition in a natural way, via Ford knowing homelessness statistics, rather than time travel shenanigans, would be satisfying in its own way.
Wanting more magic casting in Gravity Falls is one of the reasons I have an OC who's a witch, so it would be fun to read a fic where casting spells were more prevalent. It would be even moreso if it's because Ford is being protective of his family, lmao. Ford is a smart guy, but can you imagine Mabel learning magic? That'd be sick.
I had similar thoughts before with Ford knowing Stan's homelessnes in their thirties, except instead Ford doing all that, an OC is already knowlegeable about those statistics (had one OC whos a foster kid, and contemplating taking the chance to go off on her own, or she just cares about sociology topics), and tells Ford about them.
This is all when Ford is at college and he meets the female OC there and becomes friends with her. Stan consequently goes through the town that Ford's university is in, and the OC tells Ford about Stan being homeless, or she talks to Stan directly, considering privacy and all that.
Thinking about... and AU where Stan finds out about a year before the kids come for the summer, that he's terminally ill(likely stage VI colon cancer because lets face it this man has never had a coloscopy). He's only got about a year or two left to live, so now he's on a time crunch to get Ford back.
Then then Shermie's son calls and asks if Stan can take care of the kids for the summer. He reluctantly agrees because he's been alone for so long, he'd at least like to see the grand niblings before he goes. He wants someone to remember him, especially if he successfully gets Ford back and loses his place as 'Stanford'.
Because once the real Stanford is back, there is no where for Stanley Pines to go. He's a dead man, still dying.
But he doesn't want to talk about it. He doesn't want to tell anybody because he can't handle the pity, the coddling. He can't handle people caring about him because when did he ever deserve that? When had caring about Stanley Pines done anyone any good? All it would bring was heart ache and disappointment.
So when Ford returns, Stanley is relieved. He just has to hold on a few more weeks until the kids are gone. Then he can be gone too.
Ford tells him the same thing as always: when the summer is over, he wants his life, his house and his name back. Stanley is still bitter that Ford still hasn't thanked him. But he doesn't push back, he doesn't disagree.
With Ford back and his goal finally achieved, Stan's health begins to take a sharp decline. He does what he can to hide it, but there's only so much he can tuck away behind the Mr. Mystery Persona. Soos, Wendy and the kids grow worried as Stan seems to get weaker, become tired more easily and stops doing as much with them. Ford thinks Stan is just pouting and will return to normal once he gets his head on straight.
It isn't until Stan starts sleeping on the recliner in the living room rather than his own bed, that Ford takes really notice. He asks Stan about it, but is brushed off. Ford thinks his brother is being stubborn, because he is. They argue, but it goes no where. Ford is still concerned and Stanley still can't tell the truth.
The reality is that he's lost the strength to climb the stairs by the end of the day. Keeping up the charade drains him much more than he'd like to admit. The eight-ball cane he carried during tours becomes a permanent accessory to his day. Food has lost its appeal and he can't keep much down these days either. There are meds he should be taking, but why bother? He finished fixing the mistake he made thirty years ago, so what use is he anymore?
Everything in canon happens, with Stan's symptoms becoming slowly more and more problematic, until about Roadside Attraction when Ford is home without any of the others and answers a phone call. It's a pharmacy just outside of town, saying that Stan's medication refill has been ready for pick up for over two weeks and if he doesn't come get it by the end of the week he'll have to call in for a new refill. At first Ford rolls his eyes thinking Stan was just being lazy about it and decides to go pick up the medication for him since Stan and the kids are away.
When he picks it up, he of course snoops and researches what the medication is for. It's at that point Ford realizes his brother is very very sick. And because Ford is Ford, he panics and without even talking to Stan yet, flies into the process of finding a cure for Stan's illness.
Surely, this will solve all of their problems and no one will fight about this.... right?
wrong Stan was kinda sorta looking forward to dying even if it was really scary.
This would make the next episode, Dipper & Mabel vs the Future, go SO differently (in my opinion). Ford loops Dipper in because he WAS focusing on curing cancer when the rift containment CRACKED and he realized he cant do both. Not on his own. He tells Dipper about the rift and makes vague references to "another critically important project." Dipper asks how it could be more important than a RIFT THAT COULD DESTROY THE WORLD and Ford dodges the question.
Maybe they still go to the spacecraft but split up once inside. Ford sends Dipper to get the glue while he gets an advanced healing goop and/or scanning and laser technology. Instead of Ford offering an apprenticeship to Dipper, Dipper is trying to find out more about Ford's super secret project. Maybe Dipper follows Ford instead of going to get the glue. They still get into trouble, Dipper still saves the day. But this time Dipper doesnt have the glue and he has a bunch of questions about what Ford went to get for his project and makes a bunch of guesses.
When Dipper gets close to the truth (someone is hurt/sick and it's bad) he starts to freak, so Ford tells him the truth. This is the conversation Mabel overhears. About Stan's diagnosis and how Ford is working on a cure but he needs more time-time he isnt sure Stan has.
Mabel JUST had a conversation with Stan, but she HAS to go downstairs to see him. Maybe he fell asleep in his armchair with the TV on and Mabel really Looks at him and sees all the little signs she'd missed before, or dismissed as Old Man Things. She curls up in the armchair with him and cries quietly until Ford and Dipper get home.
Meanwhile, Ford was hoping Dipper could help him handle the rift so he could focus on Stanley's illness, but now they dont have the glue. Except Dipper asks if they could just use the healing goop to repair the crack in the glass and Ford calls him a genius. Self-healing glass! To keep the rift contained and at least buy him time!
They get back, talk to Mabel, Ford reaasuring her he wont let Stan die. He then goes downstairs and throws himself into making a cure for Stanley. Meanwhile, Dipper tells Mabel about the rift both because he's learned that keeping important secrets from your twin sucks and because he wants her help in protecting it.
Stan POV, the kids are oddly clingy and Ford doesnt emerge from the basement for days. He assumes the latter explains the former, because there's absolutely no way the kids know about his illness. Not even Soos knows. But the kids' attention is at least a good distraction from the gloomy thought that he cant even spend his last days with his twin brother.
When Ford finally emerges from the basement, it's with frazzled hair, wild eyes, and a shiny new gun in his hand. It's also late at night, but Stan is fitfully asleep in the armchair. He wakes at the loud slam of the vending machine and blearily watches Ford march into the room like a grim reaper on a mission. He's halfway through a comment about Ford's abrupt disappearnce and how it affected the kids when Ford points a weird thing in his non-gun at him and nearly blinds him. Stan yells and tells Ford off, then hears an ominous click of something sliding into place. His vision clears and he sees Ford's face set into something grim and determined on the other end of the gun.
Stan's brain blanks but his mouth has always been faster, "Jeez, cant even wait a few days?"
The line of Ford's mouth tightens at the same time his trigger finger does. Stan flinches, he cant help it. He feels SOMETHING hit him in the stomach and it feels 10 kinds of weird...but not PAINFUL. When he opens his eyes from their unintentional squint, Ford is blinding him again.
Tldr, Ford created a very advanced form of laser therapy to target the cancer. And a scanner to detect cancer. And advanced healing pills to repair the damage already done by the cancer. And he explained absolutely none of this, just burst up and blasted Stan's cancer into oblivion.
After this, they get into a big fight because Stan has no idea what Ford just did to him and yells at him about his crazy behavior. Ford just tells him to take some pills and Stan recognizes the prescription he never picked up (Ford altered and enhanced the pills). Stan gets more mad at Ford for invading his privacy, it was none of his business and a "hippo violation." Ford corrects him to "HIPPA" and snarkily adds they're technically HIS prescription anyway so it was perfectly legal for him to pick them up.
Stan refuses to take the pills, Ford gets mad, huge fight. Lots of ways it could go depending on what they say in anger. Ford probably tells Stan he doesnt have cancer anymore which throws him off. The gun was a CANCER CURE? THIS is what Ford's been working on in the basement? For DAYS?
So many emotions. =) None of them handled well by the Pines Twins. But if/when Stan refuses to take the healing pills, Ford will straight up inject the first dose when Stan is sleeping (he destroyed the cancer but Stan is still weak from the damage it did to his body) and then starts slipping the pills and healing goop into Stan's food and drink. Probably even placed Stan's dentures in a glass of healing goop instead of water to marinate them and get it into Stan's system that way.
There are definitely unintended effects, like Stan's teeth growing back in, and Stan finds the pills/goop more often than Ford would like. But it IS working and Stan...has honestly no idea how to handle it. Dying is easy. Living is hard. A part of him resents Ford for taking away his choice and forcing him to live. Ford hadnt even asked.
And, what, was Ford still gonna kick him out once the kids leave? Cure Stan's cancer just to turn around and kick him back onto the streets like Dad had so many years ago? He'd be better off dead.
Ford is NOT planning on kicking Stan out and the whole "my twin brother who I hadnt seen for more than 5 minutes over the last 40+ years was DYING of a TERMINAL ILLNESS" thing was his kick in the ass in this timeline rather than the whole memory erasure thing. So Ford is working on his "Sail with me?" pitch like he was in canon, but their conversation about it is waaaaay messier this time around. But it DOES have a happy ending where they go sailing together (probably while also protecting/dealing with the rift and strengthening their dimension'w protections against Bill.)
(Actually, maybe Dipper and Mabel already dealt with Bill/the rift while Ford was curing cancer. They had a whole off-screen adventure of kicking Bill's ass and sealing the rift for good. Gideon had a redemption arc. It was a whole thing.)
I love the idea of Stan being sick in someway because of his lifestyle, or his ability or refusal to get check ups.
I saw some fics that included this, and it's always some good emotional angst đ
But there's another neat fanfic I read that had Stan have a genetic mutation that isn't physical, but has to do with how he DIDN'T get sick despite his lifestyle choices.
Although I like the idea of Stan sacrificing himself by destroying his sense of self with the memory gun, I also love the idea of Ford getting a reality check with the threat of Stan dying from an illness so soon after seeing him again, and changing his mind quickly about kicking Stan out.
This book was one of my assigned readings for my editing class. It has a chapter for each punctuation mark that you'd use for writing.
More about this book under the cut đ
One particular thing that stuck to me, was in the Question Mark chapter.
"With rhetorical questions, a question mark is optionalâat the rhetorician's discretion.
ă"Since when did the sum of two legs produce an iceless heart." -Paul Aaen Gordon
ăHow do you *think* I got from point A to point B on a mournful, drunken lifeboat!
ăSo What."
I wanted to use this in a poem once, but I'm pretty sure I used the rule too freely, because no one else seemed to know about the rule.
There are other fun stuff in this book with sentences that I wanted to keep in mind, like for the exclamation point chapter:
"Exclamation points make splendid companions for verbless sentences:
ăAnd his mother too!
ăHis very own flesh and blood!
ăHow about that!"
If you'd like a good reference for punctuation usage, and some fun ways to write your sentences, you should get this book :3c It's very easy to read, too.
I took an editing class when I was going to college for a creative writing degree, and I learned about using said and asked more than the other tags.
I did so in a different class, but got feedback about using just "said" and "asked." I was wondering if what I learned was wrong, or if it was the people critiquing the work (I didnât put that much stock in this particular line of thought).
This post made things clearer. I probably used the tags too much and didn't write them as invisible.
I also considered just using said and asked and as I go through drafts to make the other tags be there sparingly, but purposefully. I wasnt sure if my teacher meant that originally or not.
If you're writing anything involving cons, scams, heists, or morally questionable characters who are very good at lying, here are some free resources I've been using for research. Saving you the "why is this in my search history" anxiety.
1. The FBI's Famous Cases & Criminals archive (fbi.gov/history/famous-cases) has detailed breakdowns of real fraud cases, Ponzi schemes, and confidence operations. The language they use is clinical and precise, which is perfect for getting the procedural details right.
2. The FTC Consumer Sentinel Network publishes annual reports on the most common fraud tactics in the US. Great for understanding how modern scams actually work and what makes people fall for them.
3. The Smithsonian's American Art Museum has a free digital collection of forgery case studies. If your character forges documents or art, this is gold.
4. Court Listener (courtlistener.com) is a free legal database where you can read actual court transcripts from fraud trials. Want to know how a real con artist talks under oath? This is where you find out.
5. The Internet Archive's collection of old newspaper crime sections. Search for "confidence man" or "swindle" in papers from the 1920s through 1960s and you'll find incredible real stories that would feel too dramatic for fiction.
Bonus: The Psychology of Fraud section on the Association for Psychological Science website has accessible articles about why people trust, how deception works cognitively, and what makes someone a convincing liar. Essential reading if you want your con artist characters to feel psychologically real.
Reblog to save for later. Your WIP will thank you.
hyperfixation please stay with me long enough to complete the project. hyperfixation do not fade. hyperfixation finish what you started for the love of god
Game Writing - RPG Maker Themed Game Jam: Hero's Academy
Collaboration Brings Challenges and the Rest of the Struggles of Being a Writer
I'm writing a story for a game. I'm participating in a RPG Maker Game Jam that's frequently ran by Beregon with the theme I joined being Hero's Academy. I would choose a horror themed RPG Game Jam, but I wanted to work with my brother, and he's not a fan of that genre. We both like anime (especially Isekai's), so Hero's Academy seemed like a good fit.
The Game Jam started on July 3rd and will end by September 2nd. I have 2 months to finish it.
Once we got an idea what we wanted for the story, and while my brother figured out the game engine, I started writing. Figuring out the characters are the easiest for me, so of course I started with that. Then I started the rest...meh. I plotted some, and I wrote some, but I didn't get far. I think I went above the scope and I was getting overwhelmed. My brain likes to yell at me: âbigger! bigger! bigger!â for the plot, so I go cry myself a river. Not to mention, Art Fight started and I wanted to participate this year (Go Team Mystery!), so my attention was divided.
I really love the idea of making games. I love the idea of making all these routes people can play and having them find all the endings and secret endings. I tried writing in twine, and other ways people write for game writing, but I still struggle with all of it. It can be discouraging at times when I struggle so much with it.
Some things I'm Struggling with
Writing comedy!
(it's why I didn't choose comedy in Art Fight :P)
I don't think I could make something funny. I'm trying not to think too hard on the process, âif it makes me laugh, it's fine,â but I lean toward more quiet, comfy ish versus the high energy that comedy has.
After the Word Vomit
At the current moment, I'm writing what I can. I made a basic guideline and threw up on the page. That is a good start. I think I'm slowly working toward just vomitting out words so I could work with it. It's the step of making it polished.
Getting It Done By the Deadline
I need to finish all this in a deadline. Writing it all out, polishing it, and doing the rest for the game stuff. I've been able to submit short stories for writing contests in the past, however I hadn't polished itâI didn't win those contests.
Here's a link I looked up while I'm writing this story. It's for branching narratives:
What is the most challenging aspect of video game writing? Imagine that Harry Potter can decide not to go to Hogwarts. Or Frodo decides to k
This could be useful. I kinda want to have a writing excercise practicing #4. I think it would be fun. Maybe if I take a crack at horror? #12 could also be a great tip to keep in mind to track if I'm writing horror well đ
Something I definitely struggle with is scene transitions. Scene tranitions are my kryptonite đ˘ this point is something I prob have to practice but I'll cry while doing it đ
When I do these writing excercises to practice these pointers, I'll post it đ
I say when, because I don't want to forget the neat tips I find on Tumblr. That's what happened in my previous writeblr account =w=
