Official SQW

Writer (in process). I'm working on a book called 'A World Gone Wild'. I'm so excited to be here, and hopefully gain some more motivation! I hope I can pull off this whole writing thing. This isn't my main account, and I will only use this account for writing stuff.

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guess what. im alive. shocker, i know. now my dear tumblr, i will return to my cyrosleep and hibernate for another few months and randomly appear to say something, before sleeping again.

until next time.

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Don't you sometimes get an absolutely extrodinary, mind blowing, such an awesome idea for a story, but you just don't have enough skill level to pull it off?

[dark-magical-ships]

Write it anyway.

Write it anyway, write it anyway, write it anyway.

There are so, so, so many reasons:

You gain that skill level only through practice. So practice.

No matter what you’re writing, no matter how badly you think you’ve written it, there is ALWAYS some audience that will love it and cherish it.

You can use what you write the first time around as a first draft and just rewrite it again later when you feel like tackling the story again!

Rewriting the same story over and over is a valid writing process. It’s literally just creating new drafts. Each iteration will be better than the last, because each is building on your growing skill and experience.

If you love the story, it will always be worth telling simply for your own enjoyment. If no one else ever sees it, that’s okay! Your art should be for you first, anyway.

Write it anyway.

[helenaklein]

morally grey does not mean "is bad but also sad"

[helenaklein]

a character that is morally grey will not burn the world down because it makes them feel powerful, they'll do it because they perceive something about it to be broken. moral ambiguity has nothing to do with a character's past, and everything to do with the relationship between their actions and their intentions.

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Morally gray is stuff like "I selfishly desire adoration and praise, so I will do heroic acts to gain that praise" and "I am willing to torture an enemy soldier if it means saving the innocent"

It is not "I am an evil tyrant but I was bullied as a child so it's okay"

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Help Wanted Writing

I’ve decided to start working on something smaller to help build up my confidence in writing.

I'm looking for some help with the smaller book. I have a vague idea on a short book to write and I need help fleshing out the plot, characters, setting and basically everything. Kind of like an advisor, an editor, or a co-writer if wanted. The amount of effort put in is completely up to you, with absolutely no pressure.

It would be completely voluntary, and unpaid for, but I think it would be fun to work on something casual with someone of more experience (if possible) to ‘show me the ropes’ and help, or even someone with no experience at all who’s new to the writing scene and wants help getting started. If you’re interested in hearing more, please DM me as soon as possible. Thank you for taking the time to read this. Shares, reposts, likes and any sort of interaction would be very, greatly appreciated.

I hope you show your interest. Thank you.

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AWGW Goes on Hiatus + Help Wanted

Due to some burnout and a lot of pent-up frustration, I’ve made the decision to take a hiatus from AWGW (A World Gone Wild) for an indefinite period of time. Instead, I’ve decided to start working on something smaller to help build up my confidence in writing. 

On a difference note, I'm looking for some help with the smaller book. I have a vague idea on a short book to write and I need help fleshing out the plot, characters, setting and basically everything. Kind of like an advisor, an editor, or a co-writer if wanted. The amount of effort put in is completely up to you, with absolutely no pressure.

It would be completely voluntary, and unpaid for, but I think it would be fun to work on something casual with someone of more experience (if possible) to ‘show me the ropes’ and help. If you’re interested in hearing more, please DM me as soon as possible. Thank you for taking the time to read this. Shares, reposts, likes and any sort of interaction would be very, greatly appreciated.

I hope you show your interest. Thank you.

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Uh

I forgot this existed. Still working on AWGW tho.

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My friend drew Dorian in a ‘I ❤ NY’ shirt and heels. I love it sm im screaming

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shoutout to @astroninjasword / @officiallysqw cause they have the best ocs and are a wonderful person

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guys whoever sent this in,

i literally love you thank you so much :))) my characters mean the world to me and when anyone likes them it fills me with so much love and joy. thank you :)))

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Quick Question for the Readers Out There

What do you look for in a book?

(reblogs appreciated :)!)

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any input appreciated :)

[gabbysdawsons]

inspired by this ask game: send me an oc and I’ll tell you another love interest I think they could have

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Nova Xellue (old writing project that is currently on pause)

She’s fun, loud, flirty and above all, s a s s y. She’s full of confidence, and is always giving people little pushes in the right direction and she always takes care of her loved ones. Despite her confident appearance, she’s quite fragile and takes a lot of things to heart but hides it. She’s so good at it, people tend to think she’s just this sunny, confident person when she really is just a person.

She’s from an alien planet called Phexia, and she’s a Phexian. She’s tall, has long pointy ears that stick out to the side (with a bunch of earrings). Her favourite feature about herself is her hair. She has fluffy, vibrant, fire coloured hair. It’s pretty short, and in a sort of pixie-bob-style-thing. Her eyes are orange, with flecks of red and yellow in them. 

In short, we love Nova.

@therubberchickenmaster​ @sparrow-ceiling​

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Quick Question for the Readers Out There

What do you look for in a book?

(reblogs appreciated :)!)

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Quick Question

Opinion on unicorns?

It will make sense after AWGW.

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Wish I had more free time

I want more time to write :(

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"But, I’m lost with you. We can find our way together. I’m never giving up on you Laelie Lousie Li."

Charlie Perkins

A World Gone Wild

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‘Meet the Characters’ (Part 1) is now over!

As I don’t want to introduce characters that appear later on in the book, I will pause the ‘Meet the Characters’ until later. For now, a quick Q&A on characters sounds fun to me, what do you think?

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@menacingsunsets To answer your question, here’s a stupidly long text I just wrote.

To answer your questions, Dorian, Laelie and Charlie all go to the same school (in a fictional place in the US that I’m yet to decide a name on. More on that later). Dorian was nearing his last year of school, and was planning on taking a gap year to find his ‘passion’ (meaning pick a sport that he’s going to stick to for the rest of his life). He excelled in sports so he wouldn’t have an issue getting into a semi-professional team.

Laelie was focusing on business studies, because she wanted to run a business in the future, preferably something to do with fashion or book publishing. She was the best student in her year, and was known around school as ‘the image of the perfect student’.

Charlie wanted to pursue a photography career as a photographer for nature magazines, but his ultimate goal was to have a photo (he took) on a famous person’s wall. He focused a lot on his photography, so he wasn’t doing as well in school as Laelie, but he preferred to do his own thing anyways.

‘The gang’ (Charlie, Laelie and Dorian) often hung out when they weren’t doing activities, since they all lived in the same neighbourhood. They met when Charlie moved to (the town) when he was 3 (he got adopted into a wonderful family consisting of Jane and Kristina Kent). Ever since, they’d been inseparable. 

Tobias had been homeschooled since he was 11, due to past trauma when he was bullied because of his eyes as a child. He grew a fear of people after that, thinking that being different was bad and that he should be just like everybody else. He had one friend (apart from his parents), which was a cleaner who worked at his house who was roughly 2 years older than him. She would be the one to lead him to Dorian, Laelie and Charlie.

AWGW is set in a fictional town in the US in the near future. World War 3 has broken out, but it hasn’t impacted the town they all live in as much since it’s a very small and not very famous town. I’ve yet to name the town.

For the record, I didn’t set WW3 in AWGW to be in the near future recently. I’d had some ideas for AWGW a while back, and when I started writing I started seeing things on the news about wars breaking out recently and I was like “Oh. I’m in too deep to back out now so I just hope what happens in AWGW doesn’t happen now.

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‘Meet the Characters’ (Part 1) is now over!

As I don’t want to introduce characters that appear later on in the book, I will pause the ‘Meet the Characters’ until later. For now, a quick Q&A on characters sounds fun to me, what do you think?

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Meet the AWGW Characters: Day 3

Dorian André Li

Role: Grumpy old man to balance out the group

Nationality: Half Chinese, half Brazilian

Age: 18

Pronouns: He/him

Appearance:

Dorian is tall. Very tall. He’s always got a bored look on his face. He has narrow, brown eyes, and he’s often been confused for scowling at people when he’s just looking at someone. It doesn’t help that he just doesn’t like most people. His hair is black and very fluffy, just wavy enough to be almost considered curly. He and Laelie dye their hair around the same time, except he dyes the tips of his hair gray (he also has a grey underdye). It’s long enough that he often wears it in a short ponytail down his nape, but not long enough that the front parts get tied back too (he just wears a headband too while doing sports). He inherited more of the physical Brazilian traits than his sister (Laelie), (including his love for sports (football’s in his second favourite sport)). He has big, wire glasses which are somehow not broken.

Personality:

Grumpy. He’s quiet, and most of the little comments he makes are blunt and sarcastic. He’s cold to outsiders, but once he warms up to a person he’ll be less... mean. He loves to read (you’ll never see Dorian and a book apart), and ponder life. If you like to read, Dorian likes you. If you like to share your views on deep topics, Dorian will also like you. He looks out for his friends and family and will always back them up. He’s a softie on the inside, but he might seem distant sometimes.

Favourite anything:

Running