Memorabilia-Scribbles

Late 20s | This is a side blog (it's been pretty dormant for a While, sorry) | Fiction writer | Plural writing blog | #writblr | #system: #Remembrance #Mind #Thought | Main WIPs: The Ascendien, The Last of the Time Travelers

[memorabilia-scribbles]

Writeblr Intro

Helloo!!

So! I know I haven't posted any stories in a while and kind of went off the grid for a bit. I think I've had this writblr blog forrrr. . . Oh wow, maybe ten months now and I still haven't done an intro yet. Oof.

Okay so here we go!

My name is Memory! He/him/his or Xe/Xem/Xyr pronouns please! I recently turned 21 and I'm trying not to have a life crisis about it lol. I'm the main one running this blog and I live in the eastern part of the U.S. I'm black, queer, and demisexual, all of which are major parts of my identity and who I am, so I'll probably talk about that a lot.

The other three who are likely to be running/on the blog are my headmates, Remembrance, Mind, and Thought (he/him, she/her, and he/him, respectfully. We've all jokingly said that Thought's gender is just "Dad" though lol). Those aren't their real names, but none of them are really comfortable saying actual names, so I'll let them introduce theirselves when they want. We all tend to want to write things some times. Actually, the very first post on here belongs to Remembrance. A lot of the one-shot stories and poems you'll see will probably be between him, Mind, and myself.

If you've got questions about our system, please ask! We don't mind answering so long as they're respectful and aren't malicious/bigoted.

Other than the occasional story/poetry posts that'll pop up on here from us, here are my main WIPs:

The Ascendien: Despair's Dawn (#TA:DD #The Ascendien)

So this one is a fantasy fiction passion project I've wanted to write since I picked up Valiant by Holly Black when I was, I believe, 8 or 9. It takes place in an AU of present day Earth, following our main protagonist, Taja Wayne, in a story of love, war, loss, and growth.

The Ascendien are a ferocious and ancient breed of fey that lay just over the borders of the town Taja very desperately would love to put in a rearview mirror and never see again. When fliers go up for a missing boy so close to the death of one of the highschool teachers, however, she somehow ends up stuck in the middle of an oncoming war. . . and time is running out.

Whispers Hide in Echoes (#WHIE)

This is another story that has been in the works since I was pretty young. It's a drama fiction love story with a lotttt of angst. You've been warned lol

Oliver Haze is a 17 year old boy with a pained past, looking for redemption in one of the worst places he could, Emra Forks, a would-be quaint and lovely town if it weren't for the sky high crime rate. Somewhere within the cries and screams of the town, he just wants to live a nice life with the one person who thought he was worth anything. . . But then if he wanted that, he should've never gotten involved with the boy across from him in the park.

Okay! That's pretty much it lol If you have questions about any stories/characters, official WIPs or not, please please ask me questions!! It helps me get motivated to write more and gives me more ideas, so please! I will beg lol

Sorry this got so long lmao. I put this off for way too long, but, officially, welcome to our blog!!

~ Memory 💕

[writing-prompt-s]

Science fiction is full of first contact stories, but is there a such thing as LAST contact?  Decide exactly what that means, and write about it.

[elidyce]

It was too late, when the humans came. They were a young species, still exploring outwards, vital and thriving. 

We… were not. 

War had ravaged us, and sickness, and war once again, until our population dwindled beyond the point of recovery. We struggled against that, of course… we used genetic manipulation, and cloning, and even more desperate measures. None succeeded. When the humans came, we were sinking into apathy, only a few tens of us left. We had begun to discuss whether we should commit a mass suicide, or simply wait to fade away. 

And then the young species came, in their clumsy ships, and they asked us why we were so few. 

“We are becoming extinct,” we told them. “We have passed the point of recovery.” 

It is custom to avoid the races that are dying – once a species reaches the point of inevitable extinction, even war is suspended, and the fiercest enemy pulls back. The custom was born of plagues and poisons that could be carried forth from a dying world to afflict a healthy one, but it has the implacable weight of tradition now. After we are gone, after they have waited for the prescribed period of quarantine, there will be a fight for our world. Habitable worlds are few, and this is a good one, with plenty of free groundwater and thriving vegetation. It is a bitter thing to be grateful for the custom that allows us to die in peace, but we are grateful.

But the humans don’t know that custom, and they do not leave. They seem distraught, when we tell them we are dying, and try to offer their aid - but their technology is behind ours, and it is too late. When they realize that they can’t save us, though, they do something that bewilders us. 

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[pavlovianfuckery]

i know that if i want anybody to read my stuff i have to reblog it myself so it doesn't get buried or whatever, but it still feels terrible and like i am annoying EVERYONE

[halloweenhalloweenhalloween]

[screnwriter-old-deactivated2021]

the best writing advice i can give you, is simply just to write the story you want to write, no matter how cliché it might be.

it is true that clichés should be use moderately, but your story doesn't always have to be original. it can be unoriginal. you can write an enemies to lovers story filled with clichés if that's what you want.

so write something silly. you don't have to publish it. you don't have to share it with the world. but even if you did, somebody would be all for it. regardless of how original it is.

it's easy to get wrapped up in the idea that you should always strive to be original and avoid clichés at all costs, and while that might be partly true, writing is first and foremost about having fun. and if you're having fun, if you enjoy what you're doing, cliché be damned, who is a stranger online to stop you?

[myoxisbroken-deactivated2024022]

[ao3commentoftheday]

image description: a tweet from Ceinwen Langley from Oct. 2020. “I don’t know who needs to hear this, but writing is hard because you care about it and you want it to be good, not because you’re bad at it.”

[writing-prompt-s]

Science fiction is full of first contact stories, but is there a such thing as LAST contact?  Decide exactly what that means, and write about it.

[elidyce]

It was too late, when the humans came. They were a young species, still exploring outwards, vital and thriving. 

We… were not. 

War had ravaged us, and sickness, and war once again, until our population dwindled beyond the point of recovery. We struggled against that, of course… we used genetic manipulation, and cloning, and even more desperate measures. None succeeded. When the humans came, we were sinking into apathy, only a few tens of us left. We had begun to discuss whether we should commit a mass suicide, or simply wait to fade away. 

And then the young species came, in their clumsy ships, and they asked us why we were so few. 

“We are becoming extinct,” we told them. “We have passed the point of recovery.” 

It is custom to avoid the races that are dying – once a species reaches the point of inevitable extinction, even war is suspended, and the fiercest enemy pulls back. The custom was born of plagues and poisons that could be carried forth from a dying world to afflict a healthy one, but it has the implacable weight of tradition now. After we are gone, after they have waited for the prescribed period of quarantine, there will be a fight for our world. Habitable worlds are few, and this is a good one, with plenty of free groundwater and thriving vegetation. It is a bitter thing to be grateful for the custom that allows us to die in peace, but we are grateful.

But the humans don’t know that custom, and they do not leave. They seem distraught, when we tell them we are dying, and try to offer their aid - but their technology is behind ours, and it is too late. When they realize that they can’t save us, though, they do something that bewilders us. 

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[creativepromptsforwriting]

Masterpost: How to write a story?

Compilation of writing advice for some aspects of the writing process.

How to motivate myself to write more

How to get rid of writer’s block

Basic Overview: How to write a story

How to come up with plot

How to create a character

How to make a character unique

How to write conversation

How to write the last line

How to create a villain

Introducing a group of characters

Large cast of characters interacting in one scene

Redemption arc

Plot twists

How to write a summary

How to write romance

How to write emotional scenes

How to write yelling

How to title fanfiction

How to use songs in a fanfiction

Fatal Character Flaws

Good traits gone bad

More specific scenarios

Slow burn

How to create quick chemistry

How to write a bilingual character

How to write a character with glasses

How to write a polyamorous relationship

How to write found family

How to create and write a cult

Criminal past comes to light

Reasons for breaking up while still loving each other

Forbidden love

Date gone wrong

Causes for the apocalypse

How to create a coffee shop atmosphere

How to write enemies to lovers

How to write lovers to enemies to lovers

Arranged matrimony for royalty

Paramilitary Forces/ Militia

Honeymoon

Academic Rivals to Lovers

Love Language - Showing, not telling

How to write amnesia

AU ideas

Favourite tropes

Inconvenient things a ghost could do

Milestones in a relationship

How to write age difference

Platonic activities for friends

Introducing partner(s) to family

Writing a stratocracy

Reasons a couple would divorce on good terms

Love Language - Showing you care

How to write the mafia

A Queen’s Assassination Plot

Crime Story - Detective’s POV

Giving the reader butterflies with your characters

Evil organization of assassins

Last day on earth

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[spiderrrling]

I am a(n):

⚪ Male

⚪ Female

🔘 Writer

Looking for

⚪ Boyfriend

⚪ Girlfriend

🔘 An incredibly specific word that I can't remember

[what-even-is-thiss]

*wakes up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat*

WAIT IT’S CALLED A THROW PILLOW

[holorifle]

here is a super helpful website for this kinda thing!

the first result isn’t always the one you’re looking for but when you press enter it’ll give you a ton of words related to your query that’ll probably have what you’re wanting, or something better

here’s some examples:

[anchored-in-high-tide]

Reblog to save a writer’s sanity (the last bit that’s left)

[boykeats]

Rural Boys Watch The Apocalypse (rough draft) by Keaton St. James

[love]

The Lovers of Valdaro, discovered by archaeologists at a tomb in San Giorgio near Mantua, Italy. The couple have been holding one another for 6,000 years.

[valtsv]

okay so we all agree that scifi often draws parallels between space and the ocean, right? like, starships, and captains, and crew. right? well now consider:

tales of space leviathans - great glowing serpents and nebulaeic kraken and celestial whales, dismissed by most as the feverish hallucinations of those stricken by madness developed from months or even years of isolation in the void, but believed by others who conduct expeditions and send out probes fitted with recording equipment in the hopes of capturing a glimpse of conclusive evidence of these elusive beasts

ghost starships, populated by skeletal crews of men lost in one of the many legendary battles fought across space and time. sometimes a ship will report seeing a vessel that has been MIA for aeons, or run off-course into dangerous territory, drawn by a distress signal with no physical source; the echoes of the sins of the past.

space atlantis - legends of ‘lost’ planets and civilizations; some say they were destroyed, others that they were crushed under the weight of their own hubris, others still that they developed technology advanced enough to hide themselves and any signs of life from even the most sensitive ship’s scanners. they are the object of both scorn and fascination in the scientific community.

areas of intrigue and foreboding, where vessels sometimes enter and never return; the equivalent of our ocean’s bermuda triangle - treacherous asteroid belts whose dense gaseous fog rings make navigating them a suicide mission; uncharted planets and sectors whose inhabitants don’t take kindly to strangers they catch trespassing; areas where communication equipment fails and ships’ systems are affected in unpredictable ways, leading vessels to drop off the map and reappear, if they do at all, in unexpected locations via an unknown trajectory.

space pirates (being ‘tossed out of the airlock’ is equivalent to walking the plank)

space lighthouses - ancient stations built on uninhabited moons and asteroids, run by old, eccentric spacers too attached to their spacefaring ways to retire peacefully and consign themselves to solid ground and content themselves with looking up at the stars they once used to roam. some serve as rest points for crews on long voyages, while others are rumored to be haunted, or fallen into disrepair.

spaceship junkyards, floating in uninhabited areas or dumped on scarcely populated planets, stripped clean of any useful parts by scavengers looking to make some coin or repair and improve their own vehicles.

black holes = space whirlpools

[heywriters]

Some of these have been used and were awesome; thanks Star Trek, Firefly, and other rockin’ scifi! Also,

space sirens, inexplicable echoes in the vacuum of space or mysterious radio waves that lure voyagers to their doom.

[sandydragon1]

Things to Consider When Writing About Royalty

How is the throne inherited? How strict are the traditions concerning transfers of power? How is the order of succession determined? Can commoners become royalty?

How are heirs trained?

How much, if at all, are marriages for power/political ties favored over marriages for love? How common are arranged marriages

What are the biggest threats to their position?

How good is there relationship with their subjects? 

What is their preferred method of interacting with their subjects? Do they prefer to interact with them directly or indirectly?

How long has the monarchy been in power? How did it originally gain that power?

What special etiquette is required when dealing with royalty? How strict is it?

How are princes and/or princesses that aren’t first in line for the throne handled? Are they given special responsibilities in the hopes of discouraging resentment?

How do they deal with assassination attempts?

How do they spend their wealth? Why do they prioritize certain aspects of their kingdom’s well being over others?

Would they rather inspire love or fear in their subjects?

[tenderwiki]

15 minute writing exercises

rules: set a timer for fifteen minutes, and aim to write until it goes off. if you want to continue over that, of course feel free, but ideally these exercises are not meant to go on for longer than fifteen minutes. 

description

describe an emotion

describe a room your character just walked into

describe a physical sensation

describe an object your character encounters which they have no frame of reference for

describe a piece of art

describe a day [can be stage-setting, an entire day, or simply a moment where your character walks out of a building]

describe a character through the eyes of another character

describe your character’s clothes through the eyes of a stranger

describe a piece of music 

describe a moment where something shifts for your character

dialogue

a conversation that could happen in a coffeeshop

a conversation that happens during a fight (is it a conversation between the characters who are fighting or two characters on the same side? are there multiple conversationalists? up to you)

a conversation that happens while one or both characters are drunk

a conversation that happens after the ending

a conversation between two people who don’t know each other at all

a conversation where one of the characters plans to harm the others but the reader doesn’t know who it is

a conversation between two people who know each other far too well

a conversation where one or both characters are in pain

a conversation where both people are trying to avoid the topic at hand

a conversation where everyone is hiding something

[mothric]

me? letting an entire fic play out in my head from beginning to end and not writing a single thing down, thus forever sealing it in my brain as a self-indulgent relic that will never see the light of day?? 

it’s exactly as likely as you think

[welcometomycerebralcortex]

1859

your lips are the color of my desire

[toboldlywrite]

Are you really…. not supposed to…. describe what your characters are wearing….

[by-ethan-fox]

I think there’s a great deal of misinformation on this topic.

I believe it’s fine to describe what your characters are wearing. However, like all things, it should serve some kind of purpose.

For instance, describing winter clothes helps impart to the reader a sense of how cold it is. Describing summer clothes helps explain how warm it is.

Describing an outfit before a social event gives a window onto the character’s sense of fashion, or explains their reverence (or lack) for the event; for example a character can wear a black suit to a funeral, or watch from a distance while wearing a t-shirt and jeans. These impart a different attitude.

An outfit may be described purely to give a little more interest to a character; to give the reader a bit more insight into who they are, through the way they present themselves. It may have no greater significance to the wider story but this is still a reason to do it.

So the “purpose” doesn’t need to be super-vital to the story. It can be just because “describing this to the reader helps them appreciate the character or scene”, but that’s still a purpose.

[toboldlywrite]

I like that last comment because I think it can apply to a lot of things in storytelling! Anything that shows some element of your character has a purpose to the story even if it doesn’t exactly advance the plot.

[bayoucurse]

I think too there’s also the matter of how it’s described.

“I was wearing a purple hoodie, black skinny jeans, and checkered converse.”

 vs 

“I wiped my palms on the thighs of my jeans. Black was the best color for when you’re going grave robbing – the dirt and blood didn’t stand out as much. Sadie flung the shovel back with a little more force than was necessary, flinging hunks of dirt onto my shoes. I paid 85$ for these limited edition checkered converse, and while perhaps I shouldn’t have been wearing them to grave rob, I didn’t have anything else. I pulled Abby’s shirt out of the pocket of my hoodie, running my fingers over the fabric. It was covered in purple lint from my jacket, but she wouldn’t care anyways. She was dead”

Treat the clothes as an aspect of the character and the situation. The first one is just information about one thing thrown at the reader, whereas you get the same information in the second, but you’re also presented with a situation, thoughts behind the dress choice for the situation, and a reaction from the reader (why is the character going grave robbing? Who is Sadie? How did Abby die?). You get so much more out of your story and your character.

[bookishdiplodocus]

Reblogging this again for @endymions ’s addition.

[prokopetz]

Also bear in mind that your implicit point of view is important even when writing in the third person – it’s not just a first-person thing.

Unless you’re writing in the objective voice (which you probably aren’t, because it’s a. only appropriate in a few specific circumstances, and b. extremely difficult to write well), your writing is going to have an implied viewpoint character – usually but not always the focus character of the scene – so you’ve gotta ask yourself: what would my PoV character make note of?

Spending a paragraph doing a point-by-point breakdown of a character’s outfit is the equivalent of your PoV stopping to give them the full once over. Is that appropriate? Is it in character? Would they have had the time?

Even a flatly factual description that offers no direct opinions on what’s observed tells you something about your PoV’s personality, because now you know what sorts of things they do and don’t notice.

(You can, of course, get around most of those issues by having an omniscient narrator who’s weirdly preoccupied with people’s fashion choices, but that just moves the question back a step – now you have to think about what you’re saying about your omniscient narrator’s priorities, and what this implies for how completely and accurately they’re reporting the action!)