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I'm Karen, she/her, bisexual. This is my new writing blog. I write poetry, short stories, and I'm currently working on a novel called Waves of Salt and Secrets. I have a love-hate relationship with writing but it's mostly love. I've been doing it forever so I love giving advice.
A bit about me: I love dogs and bears, fantasy is my favorite genre but I love a good realistic fiction romance or mystery. Really I just read everything under the sun; books are my one true love.
When I'm not reading or writing I'm watching Gilmore girls and Heartstopper, those are my comfort shows. I also enjoy ice skating which I did competitively for years. Music wise, I'm big into Paramore, Fall Out Boy, Falling In Reverse, Blink 182, and Bowling for soup.
Ummmmm Fuck AI, creativity is human expression not robot expression. I honestly don't know what else to add to this so there you are. Love y'all, byeee
You can find more about me and read my finished work on my website: here
Write at your own pace guys. You don't need to write two thousand words a day. It's okay to set goals but set goals you can reach. Set goals you can reach easily. Because that give you a sense of accomplishment that will keep you writing. don't let your own standards ruin a wonderful hobby
How To Portray Grief In Your Writing Based On Character's Personality
Analytical, critical thinking type characters: These character's tend to think about grief by separating themselves from it with logistics. initial reaction will be shock followed by how to fix the problems this is causing. maybe they deal with it by hyper focusing on planning a funeral, or they move onto a different project and completely throw themselves into it. this will probably culminate in one big breaking point where they can't run from it anymore they end up having an uncharacteristic but necessary breakdown. When writing this, the character should not consciously think about distracting themselves, they convince themselves they're fine. Everything is fine. I'm doing fine.
Deep Feeling, emotional, extroverted characters: These characters might be the ones constantly wanting to talk through things, they love human connection and being around people. They'll process grief and loss by embracing connections they still have. They are the most likely to take comfort in the thought of an after life, or a similar belief in stories about transformation after death. They might focus on helping other's deal with the grief as a way to process it themselves. If they do, this might cause them to focus so much on other people that they loose touch with themselves. If they are artistic in any way, they will either throw themselves into art completely or stop it all together. the latter is more likely to happen if their grief is associated with art, if the person who died was a mentor or inspiration.
Deep feeling, emotional introverts: Contrary to popular belief, these are very different from the character type above. They tend to be the nerds who prefer reading to math, and writing to talking. They'll deal with grief by quietly retracting. They tend to do a lot of reflection, but can be susceptible to refusing help or going "off the grid." this stems from the feeling that their pain is an inconvenience to people. they will probably feel like they should hide their pain and this will cause them to get a bit lost in their own head. They will probably need someone to be patient with them, and be present but there so that they don't disappear off the face of the earth.
Athletic, adventurous, outgoing explorer type characters (can be any combination of the three): These are the characters who are the most likely to want to do something risky when faced with grief. They might seek fights with people or purposely put themselves in positions where they know they're going to get hurt. Maybe they just exercise a lot more than is healthy, working themselves to the breaking point, this mostly just stems from desperations to feel anything other than sadness and grief, and other times their grief makes them feel worthless, so much so that they feel like they need to be useful to the point where they will go to any lengths to be useful. They tend to need another person to pull them out, to prove their worth something and that people care about them regardless of whether they're useful. they need someone else to convince them that they can't keep running.
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Starting can be one of the hardest parts of creative writing. Putting the first words on the page can seem like an insurmountable obstacle, and having an idea is entirely different from knowing how to put it into words. However, there are three easy ways to get your ideas out that anyone and everyone can use.
Number 1
Plot Map
It may seem simple, but a plot map is one of the easiest ways to organize your thoughts and get your ideas to fit into a cohesive story. Having your concepts planned out is the first step to really understanding what you want to write, and understanding it is the first step to creating it. Writing any kind of fiction requires a map that will leads the author to success.
When creating this map, you always want to start with the hook. It's essential to start in a place where the reader will feel enough action to keep reading, but early enough that they have time to breathe and learn about the setting and characters. Often, this is the inciting incident or directly before it. You should plan to begin with a scene where the character's move around, so that the reader gets a quicker and more detailed image of where they are. This scene should also introduce the reader to what the main character wants the most in the world. This is the motive, and it is was gives every character their main focal point. it can be introduces with subtle hints, or more directly states, as long as it is present.
The next part of your plot mat is the lead up. What is the main character working towards, fighting, learning, or discovering? What do they need to do to keep moving forward? What obsticals do they need get over to get there? Who do they need to meet along the way? If you're unsure about how to fill space, invent a side character, give them a motive, a connection to the main character, and a problem they need to solve. Give them a few scenes where they work with the main character to solve that problem, and have that problem solving teach the main character a lesson that ties into the plot. Here, you have an excing and purposful middle.
Next you need your resolution and ending. Contrary to popular belief, I often find that merging your climax and resolution has an organized effect. The main character solving everything, the final pieces being put into place, and finally achieving whatever they working for, can act as the resolution. take the final few scenes after that to tie up loose ends, and end your book before the actions slows too much.
Congratulations, you just organized your story and you're ready to start!
Number 2
Character Development
Sometimes writers struggle to start stories because they don't fully know their characters. Knowing a character is the first step to creating something that you'll be really happy with. Because of this, you need to figure out what understanding your character looks like. There are a few things that transform an idea into a person that you can use to tell a story.
The first is what they want most in the world, which I mentioned earlier as well. What they want most gives your character a real personality. As people, each of us has something we desperately want and, while not each of us can name this specific thing, and often times it's more long term that that of a fictional character, it influences everything we do. All of our choices can be traced back to a major motivation, and so every character should have that too. It makes them more real.
You should also find your character's greatest fear. Every person has a fear that lives in the back of their mind more than any other and this is often much easier to identify than a motivation. for character's, it should have something to do with the challenges they have to deal with and the obstacles they have to overcome. Finding this fear gives you many different ways to advance the plot and make your characters relatable, which not only invests the reader, but invests you within the story. The easiest stories to write are the ones you care about.
The last way to more fully develop your characters is to figure out your character's core beliefs. What do they think is right? What do they condemn on principle. What is something they would never do, and what is something that might push them to consider doing it? These are things that will help you flesh out the story, develop the plot, and help your reader connect with the characters you create.
After that, you know your characters, and you're all set to start letting them tell the story!
Number 3
Setting Understanding
Occasionally, we find it difficult to begin writing something because the world we're writing in feels messy. in realistic fiction, you often need to create a town or city based on a town or city that you live near, or figure out the layout of a city that already exists. Part of starting your story might require a detailed knowledge of a specific neighborhood of New York. However with fantasy, there's a possiblity that you don't just need to create a town, but an entire world and the systems within it. however, even with such a wide range, there are a few rules every author can stand by.
First is your main characters house. Whether this is a palace, an apartment, or a hollowed out tree, every character needs a place to call home. In theory, your character will spend a good amount of time there, and so that is the first place should plan. understand what it is, what it's near, and what's inside. Remember that this place might not actually be where they live, but the place they consider home within their heart. discovering what this place is, and where it is, will not only help you organize your setting, but also understand your character.
Another general rule is society's place. What are the general societies moral values. This affects the architechture, layout, and system of whever setting you choose. If they have a monarchy, they probably have a castle, and if they believe in power of the wealthy, the castle probably looks very ornate. If there's a red gemstone thats pretty rare, maybe the palace has a lot of them for decoration, and so on. society builds things, and so their beliefs are what create the setting you choose. This works no matter what setting you choose, and alos helps you understand the general public better, which can help you felsh out the story,
And now that you've designed a setting, you're ready to start writing!
My go to for finding words is word hippo. when I'm writing and I can't think of that one word. or I'm looking for synonyms. word hippo gave me "browned off" and "in high dudgeon" both of which are synonyms for angry
The feeling of power that comes with creating characters for your next writing project is immediately undermined when they take the plot and make it their own and you suddenly have no control
I don't think I'm popular enough that if this post happens across anyones dash, they will se it and think "I know her, her post about writing are funny and occasionally informative" but if you do or if you don't but you feel like checking out my work, you can find some of it at my website: https://sites.google.com/ferrigno.net/karenwriting/home
when you write a sentence that makes you feel like you’re the smartest person in the entire universe and delete it two seconds later because it was trash
I love writing so much but to those who aren't writers, my advice will always be to run as far away as you can because once you start there is no stopping. it will hunt you down and hunt you no matter where you try to hide
Writing is the most addictive thing in the world to me because like I will try to take to stop and then I'll just end up doing it again somehow and it's like what happened? did a demon steal my soul and chain me to this hobby? was this my choice? I don't remember, I just know I love it and will never leave
