the language of blooms & carrions

krys, a writer. unspooled by flowers, always. 32 / she, her / libra sun striving to finish my novel NAMESAKE. dreamily weaving short fiction, poetry, & woes.

[flowerprose]

i'm so close to finishing the first chapter of eiros, i just need to keep going until it's finished tonight. not much of a linear writer outside of fanfiction but i refuse to jump ahead in this draft.

current word count for chapter one: 4,769

[flowerprose]

I FINISHEDDDD I'M SO HAPPY

ending word count for chapter one: 5,005

[flowerprose]

i'm so close to finishing the first chapter of eiros, i just need to keep going until it's finished tonight. not much of a linear writer outside of fanfiction but i refuse to jump ahead in this draft.

current word count for chapter one: 4,769

[lux-scriptum]

No, you see, I wish to be an author. Not in marketing. Or an influencer. I wish to tell my stories, be told I did a fantastic job, and then go back to my hovel to scribble some more. I am delicate of constitution and awkward in crowds.

[tastylemonbread]

thank god they invented someone who makes art that appeals exclusively to my tastes. unfortunately, this person is me

[biscuitsarenice]

Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women

[nixscriptum]

[sylvies-kablooie]

i do unironically think the best artists of our generation are posting to get 20 notes and 3 reblogs btw. that fanfic with like 45 kudos is some of the best stuff ever written. those OCs you carry around have some of the richest backstories and worldbuilding someone has ever seen. please do not think that reaching only a few people when you post means your art isn't worth celebrating.

[frederickchiltonsdivacup]

I'm gonna go check on my WIP. just in case it wrote itself while I was gone. You never know.

[alexanderflowerbird]

Looking for a Writing Group?

Hello hello! Writing Holding Hands is opening slots again for new members to join our writing group! We have 12 amazing writers in our group, and we're looking to add six more to our numbers, so if you've been working on stories and want a supportive community to write with, we might be the right choice for you! Some things you should know about our group before hand:

1: We are a VERY dedicated and active group. You must come prepared to read and engage with other writers and their work on a daily basis to be a viable participant for our group. The common-place experience of joining a group, dropping your work and silently hoping someone will read it is an experience we actively avoid, so if you want support and can provide support, we're a great choice. This is a group for writers who want community-- we talk to each other every day, we are familiar with each other's projects, we are colleagues with immense admiration for one another. We take this commitment to community VERY SERIOUSLY.

2: In the spirit of the Fire Horse year, many of us in the group are looking to get published. We hold regular anthology evenings to write short stories together, we keep track of submission calls, we encourage each other to get out there. You do not have to be interested in publishing to be part of our group, but whether you're a hobbyist or on your way to writing a novel, we're committed this year to getting the thing done, finishing drafts, submitting stories, getting to work. If you're not there but you want to be, or you are there and you want people to cheer you on while you do it? Get on in here.

3:Joining this writing group is a commitment that, I say again, must be taken seriously. Members who are not active, communicative and supportive of others will get kicked. If you have a very busy school schedule or work schedule or you're just not the type to talk to people online regularly? Definitely not the group for you. Part of the motivational aspect of this group dynamic is that we are consistently investing time and energy into each other. We are also critique forward and that might be challenging for some writers in the process of creating their work. If you are uncomfortable with critique, we're also not for you. While we hold a very high standard of operating from a place of compassion and professionalism, critique is an important part of the work we do together, and it will be something you experience as regularly as you receive compliments and kudos for your progress.

4:This is an 18+ group and many of our writers write graphic horror, erotica and complicated themes. You don't have to read everyone's work or even like everyone's work to participate in this group, but you must be an adult and you must be comfortable with adult content.

5: Queer writers and writers of color are highly encouraged and welcome; we need more spaces where stories that often get overlooked are celebrated and supported, so if you're in either of these categories and looking for community, please do apply. More than half of our members are queer and people of color, and we want more. MORE.

All that being said, if you are interested, please email me at [email protected] answering these questions.

1: What are you writing currently? Tell me a little about it.

2: What's your process like? How often are you finding time to write and read?

3: What do you feel you would bring to a writing group that would benefit your fellow writers?

4: What do you need most when it comes to community as a writer? What would make you feel supported and confident as you work?

5: How comfortable are you with criticism of your work as it's being created?

6: Do you have capacity to support others by reading their work and engaging in the chat along with working on your own projects?

7: If supporting others and engaging with the server becomes difficult, how will you address this difficulty?

Even if now isn't the time for you or this isn't your thing, please reblog to pass it around! Thanks so much! Alexander

[al-norton]

It actually kinda pisses me off that every time there’s an adaptation of some classic work coming out, there are takes like “maybe we should not judge the adaptation compared to the original”… I think if the creator doesn’t want their work to be compared and judged on comparison, they can make literally any other type of piece. I’m not arguing for a word for word adaptation - I think those are impossible, first of all, and just not fun to strive for. But slapping a recognisable title, names and plots into your work, and then turning around and asking people not to compare your work to the original is simply absurd lol

[alicentsgf]

no you do not need to hold fictional characters "accountable". they are not real.

[alicentsgf]

[hardwrench]

to me, correctly using 5+ commas in a single sentence is like perfectly executing a combo in a fighting game. to me.

[little-theatre-fairy]

if you think a sentence needs 5+ commas it should be two sentences

[hardwrench]

it’s not about what the sentence needs, i’m afraid, nor is it about economy, clarity, or style. it’s about winning, little-theatre-fairy.

[pallegina]

*uses an em dash and a colon in the same sentence* we're done when i say we're done.

[wordfather]

your wip just called. hey man your wip just called. its asking where you've been man.

[thedeafprophet]

forced immortality is a fun trope. unappreciated. someone/something wants you to remain so it makes you. it will not let you die

[xiaq]

Writing is so fucking stupid. I had a scene pop into my head and now I’ve spent the last year and 100k words creating the necessary contextual plot/character depth to earn the emotion in that scene. Ridiculous. Absurd. Why.

[damazcuz]

em dash is so fucking sexy. puts her in a paragraph 8 times.

[damazcuz]

People in the notes are telling me the opinions of Twitter and Reddit users. Let me make myself clear: redditors and Twitter users are not people to me. I do not value their opinions on my hot wife, the em dash. Puts her in a paragraph 20 times.