Hi! I know I haven’t made an actual post in a while and I’m sorry they’ve been extremely inconsistent. I would also like to say thank you for 50 followers! I’m so happy you found my blog and like it enough to follow me!
This post will be more of an organizational post for my wips and other projects I am working on, so I apologize if it is a little all over the place and informal.
I finally finished a wip… kinda… sorta…
This is my wip Charlotte, a short story gore series.
I wrote four parts even though it could have been six. The four parts in order are ‘Him’, ‘Her’, ‘He’, and ‘She’. He was the first part it’s the shortest at 1,000 words and I wrote it about a year ago. (which is crazy to me) At the time I thought it was really good but I reread it now and it’s poop. However, I refuse to edit it because it really shows growth, and how I've improved as a writer. Of course, I could edit it or rewrite it but I love having that... Like evidence that I am getting better and I can definitely continue to get better. Along with that ‘He’ the third part of the series, I hated after I wrote it. I thought it was atrocious and wanted to throw the whole thing away. A little while later I wanted to prove to myself that I could write something substantial that I did like. So I wrote “” it’s literally titled “” because I have no name for it. It came out as 5,000 words which is the longest ‘chapter’ or ‘short story’ I’ve ever written. (don’t judge lol) I was actually happy with it, I thought the word choice was good, the pacing was good, it seemed pretty great. However, it had absolutely no purpose. It could have been the start of a new wip but the main character was a blank sheet of paper and could have played a more side character role in the overall plot. During this time all of my other wips that had a “plot” I had absolutely no idea what to do with. I couldn’t continue anything and starting something new would just make everything more complicated.
So I took a break from writing altogether for almost three weeks, I tried to work a few things out and ended up dropping a few wips completely. The first thing I decided to work on when coming back was actually a one-shot for two of my OC's that were introduced in “”. That is Cozzy, Connor and Ozzy(or Oswyn which is his full name) but I actually liked it a lot and it reminded me of how much I enjoyed writing after being so unsatisfied with it. I finished up the Charlotte series with ‘She’ which I liked a lot actually, now before I get into other wips here are a few things I learned during and after my writing break:
Don’t compare your work to others- I know this can seem generic and simple but it’s very important to learn if you want to be remotely satisfied with your writing. You need to understand that it's YOUR writing and it won’t look like anyone else’s whether that’s based on word choice or word count. It’s good to be able to learn from others without pulling yourself down by comparison.
Understand not everyone will like your writing- I would be childish and get upset if I felt someone didn’t like my work even if they had only hinted at it. I craved validation and yes I still do but I realized that if you let that one person or few people who don’t like your writing make you upset then you aren’t writing for yourself. Which brings me to...
Write for yourself- Write what makes you happy, write when you need a release, write whenever you want to. Don’t write for someone to say it’s good, don’t write just because you want praise, write for yourself!
These things helped me become more satisfied with my work, these are the things that work for me and it might not work for everyone but you should at least try it. Back to explaining my wips:
Charlotte- I finished the four parts and it hit over 11,000 words which I am proud of. (Be proud of your work!) I am actually posting three of the parts (Not the first part because the last three parts work more cohesively together) on my wattpad account.
I have a wattpad account!
But yes I published Charlotte on there so you can go check it out, there is one extremely old wip on there that I do not like talking about but refuse to delete. If you can please go read and maybe vote, and also possibly follow me if you're feeling really generous.
I have done one full one shot for Cozzy, my Oc ship, and I’m trying to finish the second one. I’ve been putting off the ending for like a week and a half and it’s kind of sad I haven’t finished. The first (we will call them chapters for now) chapter was “Chocolate Covered Strawberries” and it’s how my Oc’s met, also it’s a college au. The first chapter is super soft and all uwu first date. The second chapter is more angsty (oof I cringed too) and a lot longer, it will probably reach 5,000 words it’s called Strawberry Scented Shampoo. There is supposed to be a fruit theme but I’m not sure what the overall name will be other than Cozzy one-shots. Anyways I have a third chapter in mind but I’m not completely sure of it yet. I want to do OC intros for Connor and Ozzy on here so watch out for that and I will probably post the first two chapters on wattpad once I figure out a name.
I have another wip idea (just a really quick short story) called Bethanne. Bethanne will be similar to Charlotte, if you haven’t seen my wip intro, Charlotte is a gore short story series. If we compare the two them, in both I’m just taking one person and applying their dynamic to certain situations. Charlotte murders in a ritualistic way, she wants to make sure beauty can only exist in a world that is not this world. Bethanne has a completely different dynamic and in short, she is a yandere… sorry. But Bethanne will probably be only one maybe two “chapters” and that’s it, just to go ahead and finish the idea since I’ve been thinking about it a lot.
Lastly, there is my poem it doesn’t have an official name yet but its theme is uneasiness in beauty, a topic I’ve been thinking about for a while. I won’t say much about it but I am auditioning to perform it at a school talent show type thing. I’m doing it as slam poetry which is very hard to do correctly so if anyone has any tips please dm me. I am very anxious since auditions are soon and it’s not completely done and I need to start rehearsing lol.
Those are all my current wips, I’m upset that I don’t have a full, plot worthy novel idea. I dropped one during my break and the other one I’m very unsure about. This was my first ever huge wip idea and I’ve had it sort of planned out for four years. I wrote the first eight chapters but that was about two years ago. (it’s not the best) I want to write and solely work on that one thing but I’m so afraid of wasting my time on something that won’t be good enough. (sorry I got all serious and shit) I like the wip idea but it needs a lot of reconstructing and I’ve tried to reconstruct it multiple times and it never really works out. I know I should write for myself (lol like I said earlier) but I’m soooooooooo afraid of wasting my time. I don’t want to give up on it because I’ve fallen in love with the idea again and again but I don’t want it to weigh me down so I’m still debating it.
Anyways if you read to the end thank you for reading my rant, I appreciate you for taking time out of your day. If you want to you can follow my wattpad and read Charlotte. Thank you!
Wattpad: https://my.w.tt/iR6DxkYnKU
Charlotte: https://my.w.tt/vnQ3se2pKU
