Ink-Flavored Creativity

Welcome to my writing blog! This blog is dedicated to improving my craft as a writer. It will include posts such as progress on my novel series crossing the borders, character development, world building, other stories, motivation & encouragement, prompts, word counts, reblogs from many writing blogs that I follow, and my involvement in nanowrimo. Please do not be discouraged to ask me any questions or chit-chat with me about writing!

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A story should look more like: 1. HEY LOOK A PROBLEM 2. I’M GONNA JUST GO AHEAD AND FIX THAT PROBLEM AND – 3. OH GOD I MADE IT WORSE 4. OH FUCK SOMEBODY ELSE IS MAKING IT WORSE TOO 5. WAIT I THINK I GOT THIS – 6A. SHIT SHIT SHIT 6B. FUCK FUCK FUCK 7. IT’S NOT JUST WORSE NOW BUT DIFFERENT 8. EVERYTHING IS COMPLICATED  9. ALL IS LOST 10. WAIT, IS THAT A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL? 11. IT IS BUT IT’S A VELOCIRAPTOR WITH A FLASHLIGHT IN ITS MOUTH 12. WAIT AN IDEA 13. I HAVE BEATEN THE VELOCIRAPTOR AND NOW I HAVE A FLASHLIGHT AND MY PROBLEMS ARE SOLVED IN PART BUT NOT TOO NEATLY BECAUSE TIDY, PAT ENDINGS MAKE STORY JESUS ANGRY, SO ANGRY THAT STORY JESUS GIVES EVERYONE MOUTH HERPES

Chuck Wendig on Critiquing stories (via cosplaycalamity)

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orphic

(ˈɔr fɪk), adjective | Categorized as something deeply mysterious, orphic encompasses anything, which is enchanting, subliminal and beyond human comprehension.  (via natural-magics)

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When even best-selling authors admit they struggle with the writing process.

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15 Awesome Words That You Should Include in Your Writing:

Vex. To cause someone to feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried. Example: You take delight in vexing me by deliberately using bad grammar. Portmanteau. A large suitcase or trunk that opens into two equal parts. Example: That portmanteau will not fit in the overhead bin and must be checked. Naught. Means zero or nothing. It can also mean to ruin, disregard, or despise. Example: Her behavior tends to set propriety at naught. Foible. A weakness or eccentricity in someone’s character. Example: She loved him in spite of his foibles. Parvenu. A person who has suddenly risen to a higher social or economic class, but who has not gained social acceptance in that class. Example: He was treated like a parvenu at the country club dinner. Sentinel. A soldier or guard who keeps watch; to keep guard or watch. Example: Bennett heard a strange noise and asked the sentinel to stay close. Moribund. At the point of death; dying. Example: Kathryn was unsure how to save her moribund career. Beslobber. To smear with spittle or anything running from the mouth. Example: In this drunken and beslobbered state, the lieutenant returned to the ship. Nonplussed. Bewildered or unsure how to respond. Example: Anna’s hot and cold behavior has left me completely nonplussed. Loquacious. Means talkative or continually chattering. Example: Jane was pleased that her new assistant was not particularly loquacious. Forbear. To refrain or resist; to be tolerant or patient if provoked. Example: My approach this year has been to forbear and maintain a professional demeanor at all times. Erudite. An educated or learned person; scholarly with an emphasis on knowledge gained from books. Example: “Not everything is in your books,” Steve told his erudite friend. Mellifluous. Means smooth or sweet and is generally used to describe a person’s voice, tone, or writing style. Example: Patrick O’Brian’s style is best described as mellifluous, sweeping the reader along from the first words. Redolent. Fragrant or sweet smelling; strongly reminiscent or suggestive of something. Example: These words are redolent of earlier times, when language was more formal. Denouement. The final resolution of a story or a complex series of events. Example: Will the denouement be explosive or serene?

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REBLOG IF YOU ARE A WRITER ON TUMBLR

It does not matter what kind of writer you are you can be writing: poems, fanfics, idk normal fics, novels, short stories, idk anything!! Just reblog!!!

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"Creating one interesting character is hard enough — but when it comes to writing a whole novel or series of books, you have to create dozens of them. How can you keep your supporting cast from seeming like cookie-cutter people? There’s no easy answer, but a few tricks...

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Writing Exercise from VWA #1

Panic. That was his first thought. He knew that if he didn't get back on board the ship soon, he would die. He was still linked, of course, but it was like his brain didn't remember how to breathe. A breath, at last. He could breathe again.

And then he saw it. Space. The vast, emptiness of space. And he panicked once more. How was it that he was so insignifcant? His wife, his children, those four years spent at college...All of it was insignificant. His eyes took in the stars. Didn't he read somewhere that the stars humans looked upon were already dead? His breath became shallow again.

"Control yourself," his mind rationalized. "Remember to breathe." And he did. All those years of training for this moment had never prepared him for the sudden depression he felt. He could not get over the shock of just how expansive space really was. The stars... They shined, they died. They were silent yet all-knowing. They did not care. They burned raging hot yet he shuddered from their cold demeanor. He saw his life as a grain of sand in their eyes. A grain of sand on Earth: pitiful, tiny, unimportant. He could live for a hundred years and it would mean nothing.

His heart filled with dread. His stomach ached. How could he ever live a full, happy life again, knowing what he knew now? How could he face his wife or his children? He felt empty... alone... pathetic...

He could no longer face the universe and instead turned his somber eyes back to the ship. Was he supposed to be doing something? Oh, yes. A knob. He was supposed to be turning a knob. It was upsetting to think he had come out and faced such a harsh truth over something as miniscule as turning a knob.

As he turned, he realized...his cord had not been plugged in. He had not been tethered that entire time. David died in that instant, with that horrible truth lingering in his mind.

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describing eye colors isn’t actually v helpful as a description??? talk about the makeup smeared on the left side, the lines under their eyes, the sloppily cut hair obscuring their eyes from view, how bloodshot or sunken they seem in the face, how wide they go at the slightest sound, how glassy and unblinking they seem, how they’re always darting away

all of that tells me a bit more about the character than whatever shade of gemstone they most resemble, seriously

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How to Play A Character Who Is A Pyromaniac:

I was asked to do a guide on how to play a pyromaniac, so I’m here to give it a shot. I don’t claim to be an expert on this subject, and before starting this guide I knew very little about it. It’s a very interesting disorder that would be a great thing to bring to a character in a roleplay!

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Fine tuning your characters is an important part of editing. It can be hard to figure out what’s wrong with your characters and difficult to look at them critically, but it’s something you have to do.

If you want to improve your characters during the second draft, keep these things in...

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Writing Archetypes: The Chessmaster

The Chessmaster is very simple in concept, but ends up being one of the most difficult characters to do right. This is because they are heavily reliant on the author having the firmest grasp they can on the inner workings of the societies in their setting both social, military, and political. They need a firm grasp on the actual landscape of the setting such as where the mountains are, what towns are situated where, maps, and such. They need an understanding of scope. Most importantly, they have to be able to keep an eye on the bigger picture.

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A FEMALE CHARACTER IS NOT ‘WEAK’ JUST BECAUSE SHE IS IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH A MAN, OR BECAUSE SHE CRIES OVER ONE, NOR IS SHE BEING ‘DESTROYED’ BECAUSE SHE IS IN LOVE. CAN WE STOP ACTING LIKE WOMEN HAVE TO BE EMOTIONALLY DETACHED AND HATEFUL AND ACT LIKE THEY’RE ‘TOO GOOD FOR ANY MAN’ JUST TO BE DEEMED STRONG PLEASE.

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Writing’s a lot like cooking. Sometimes the cake won’t rise, no matter what you do, and every now and again the cake tastes better than you ever could have dreamed it would.

Neil Gaiman (via maxkirin)

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words to use instead of using "bipolar"

when you’re talking about something or someone changing a lot (rather than referring to bipolar disorder or someone with bipolar disorder) please don’t use “bipolar” to describe this.  because using “bipolar” when you’re annoyed with the weather or to insult your ex is really shitty.

moody

capricious

erratic

temperamental

volatile

inconsistent

fickle

impulsive

vacillating

mercurial

variable

unpredictable 

similar post for words to use instead of “OCD”

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A holiday-themed writing idea.

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250 ways to say ‘went’

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