Creative Writer

Pansexual Canadian Writer looking to be published. I have an online writing portfolio, and can be found in plenty of places. Portfolio: www.werdsmith.com/niallespen

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Writing Inspiration: Music and Playlists

Just shared a few thoughts on my blog. Stop by to read the two cents that I tossed in.

Daily writing promptWhat do you listen to while you work?View all responses Whenever I start in on a project, I make a playlist. I’ll think about the mood that I want to create and how I feel about the inspiration or reason behind the project. Then I’ll go back through the playlist to weed out whatever won’t work. For example, I’ll cut a love song that I added into a playlist for a horror short…

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What did I learn from Roleplaying?

Character Building The most basic thing that I was able to learn with regards to roleplaying on forums was character building. I could churn out characters as if I were baking cookies, and make it seem like these characters were real. It was because I learned the steps that it took to create characters for different stories, and I discovered which characters that I were most comfortable for me…

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Writing Inspiration: Tarot Cards

For a story or two that I’ve written, I’ve used one or more of my tarot decks in order to piece together a story. When I do tarot draws to create stories, I have a few methods that I’ve used so far, and another that I’m hoping to be able to incorporate into my writing down the line. Method 1: The Random Three Card Drawing This has been a tried and true method for me, and I’m able to do several…

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Where do I see myself during a zombie apocalypse?

I’d like to say that I’d be prepared for a zombie apocalypse, but I always feel over or under prepared for everything. I’ve gone through possibilities in my head a variety of times.The possibility that I’d be stuck outside while at work. Which often results in me thinking about how I could hunker down in certain areas of wherever I’m working, then set out to loot once it quiets down. How I might…

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International Read to Me Day

With International Read to Me Day coming up on March 19th, I’m reminded of a goal that I had in mind for myself when I started my site. I had planned on narrating classical works, and perhaps even my own. It wasn’t a lofty goal that was on daunting heights, but rather something that I could work towards. Something that I could build on, and work on as I get myself settled into an online…

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Writing: Mary and Marty Sue, and The Over-Powered

After looking at character flaws, I couldn’t resist reminiscing about my younger writing years. The time when my characters, and those of others were Mary Sues, Marty Sues, and Overpowered. The most unrelatable, annoying trash pile of characters that are constant repeats of young, new, inexperienced, or lazy writers. During my days as a young roleplayer, I saw plenty of these cookie-cutter and…

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Inspiration: Character Flaws

One of my favourite things about character creation would be flaws and quirks. There are many that can picked, twisted, and combined. Some are more popular than others, especially among newer writers or even young roleplay and writing enthusiasts. Heterochromia, face scars, unusual hair and eye colours are some of the physical quirks that I noticed in my roleplaying days. While erring to not give…

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Writing Inspiration: Characters

When creating characters, it can be hard figuring out where to start. When I started writing, I didn’t know how to start with my characters. I didn’t know what I was doing, and I had no experience. That was when I discovered roleplays on forums. I discovered these roleplays in 2007-2009 or so, and the character profiles could be very simple. They’d ask for the very basic…

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Writing Break: Palia

While on a breather from writing, I’ve been playing Palia. A game that many who’ve played Harvest Moon, Animal Crossing, RuneScape, and similar games will easily recognize it for what it is. A cozy game filled with farming, hunting, fishing, and more. Quests to figure out how to blend into Majiri society, and figure out what happened to the humans that once lived alongside them. The game features…

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On Writing: Tools and Technology (Part 1)

With the technological advancements being made, writer’s tools have changed over the years. Today, I’d like to talk about the current tools that I noticed are being used by other writers. Most being online tools and apps like Chat GPT, Dragon Diction, Write or Die, Ulysses, Scrivener, Grammarly, Hemingway, Evernote, Google Docs, ProWritingAid, and Werdsmith. While I can’t speak on the efficacy,…

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Initial Inspiration

First post to my site. It'll be up and running, soon! :D

When I started writing, I was inspired by my desire to explore the world, have fun, and scare myself. I daydreamed about romances, faraway and everyday places, monsters, and tortured souls. I wanted to write about things that I hadn’t done yet, couldn’t do, or about the impossible. I took inspiration for some tales from sites that were active during the early 2000’s, and that I’d heard about…

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I wanted to reach out, today, and say hello to the tumblr writing community. Also wanted to see if there was any advice that you give a writer new to tumblr?

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I thought I’d stop by, drop a hello, and leave a slightly outdated but still gorgeous display of my current writing portfolio. All my WIPs are currently not publicly published to it. I’m happy to read just about any feedback.

A Canadian Writer, in-progress, and is currently in the process of writing multiple projects.