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@oldistential
So while I’ve been pretty dead lately new expansion excitement has dug me out of a shallow grave and recussitated the more productive parts of me, so since I love the viera and their weird Norse-ish names more than life itself I’m drawing them in Slavic and Norse folkdress inspired outfits.
California Dreamin’ by The Mamas & The Papas except it’s playing from a box radio while you sit on the porch of a Yosemite Ranger Station in the very early morning. It’s summer. It’s 1979. And you love your job.
writeblr introduction
Hiya ! i’m abigail ( abi ), i’m 17 and i’m quite new to the whole writing community here on tumblr ! Although i’m not new to writing, i’ve recently been stuck in a severe writers block but found a lot of inspiration to write here on tumblr !
I read mostly fantasy + a bit of contemporary here and there, but i also enjoy thrillers and paranormal books ! The main genres i write would be fantasy of course, and i also enjoy writing poetry quite a bit !
I currently have two wip’s happening but one is much more active than the other! I post mainly about Oracle of the Sun which is my fantasy wip. Inspiration pictures, character profiles, and everything else surrounding that world !
i’m very excited to have joined writeblr as it’s something i’ve been dwelling on for some time ! I am super interested in following more blogs about writing so like + reblog and i’ll give you a follow and check out your blog !!!
ATTENTION WRITERS
Google BetaBooks. Do it now. It’s the best damn thing EVER.
You just upload your manuscript, write out some questions for your beta readers to answer in each chapter, and invite readers to check out your book!
It’s SO easy!
You can even track your readers! It tells you when they last read, and what chapter they read!
Your beta readers can even highlight and react to the text!!!
There’s also this thing where you can search the website for available readers best suited for YOUR book!
Seriously guys, BetaBooks is the most useful website in the whole world when it comes to beta reading, and… IT’S FREE.
HEY! BECAUSE OF OP, THEY CREATED A SPECIAL WELCOME IF YOUR FOUND THEM THRU A TUMBLR WELCOME, ITS A YOUTUBE VIDEO.
They also sent me this; which was super cool
*slams reblog button*
@findingtallahassee holy shit! This is cool!
“Authors retain all rights to works posted on BetaBooks, and can add or remove content at their discretion. BetaBooks makes no claim to any of the work posted on the site.”
Incase anyone was wondering
hotline mojave
Looking for Writeblrs to Follow
Hey so I feel kinda out of touch with the community, and I’d love to get some mutuals and hear more about what people are doing with their own WIPs and projects! Hit me with your creativity! I’ll probably follow people who find LITERALLY ANY of the following applies to them or their WIP:
LGBTQIA+ of any kind
Supernatural / Fantasy / Sci-fi / Coming of age
Themes such as deceit, death, forgiveness, family & friendship, and truth (not an exclusive list)
Literally any villain-turns-good tropes or villain redemption arcs I’m a sucker for that
Actively posts about WIP or other’s WIPs
Have a WIP page or synopsis of some kind (I wanna hear about your story man 👀)
My mutual’s can feel free to boost this I appreciate any help I can get 💕
Well, I didn’t expect that post to get as many notes as it did so quickly.
For those of you interested in how this tea was brewed, here’s a long post detailing the harassment I’ve been receiving from very early on. Some of it’s fresh, some of it’s years old, and no one person is responsible for all of it. Most of it comes from multiple people acting out the toxic mentality that saturates this website.
This will be long, so it’s going under a cut.
Keep reading
With a fucking megaphone for the people in the back
This! It’s especially annoying when you’re LGBT+ yourself and people complain about your stories not being gay enough because characters that are mlm or wlw don’t make it constantly obvious they want to bone each other. But like sometimes romance or orientation just isn’t that big a detail in the story because other things are going on like the imminent doom of the known universe.
a new hand touches the beacon
Well, this is me!
Hello, writeblr community, I’m Vika.
I’m so glad that I finally made this tumblr. I mean, I’ve been thinking about starting this for months.
So, here are some things about me:
• I’m an amateur writer focusing mainly on fantasy and mystery.
• I love writing angst and heartbreak, mainly angst, and I’ve a reputation among my friend for killing off characters unexpectedly.
• Representation matters. And you’ll find lots of lgbtq+ and poc in my stories. My stories also tend to reflect the certain issues happening around the world.
• I am a huge procrastinator, which means that 75% is over thinking and only 25% is actually writing.
So, this is it for now. But I will post every now and then, depend on whether I’ve got homework to do, or not.
reblog to save an author
Helpful things for action writers to remember
Sticking a landing will royally fuck up your joints and possibly shatter your ankles, depending on how high you’re jumping/falling from. There’s a very good reason free-runners dive and roll.
Hand-to-hand fights usually only last a matter of seconds, sometimes a few minutes. It’s exhausting work and unless you have a lot of training and history with hand-to-hand combat, you’re going to tire out really fast.
Arrows are very effective and you can’t just yank them out without doing a lot of damage. Most of the time the head of the arrow will break off inside the body if you try pulling it out, and arrows are built to pierce deep. An arrow wound demands medical attention.
Throwing your opponent across the room is really not all that smart. You’re giving them the chance to get up and run away. Unless you’re trying to put distance between you so you can shoot them or something, don’t throw them.
Everyone has something called a “flinch response” when they fight. This is pretty much the brain’s way of telling you “get the fuck out of here or we’re gonna die.” Experienced fighters have trained to suppress this. Think about how long your character has been fighting. A character in a fist fight for the first time is going to take a few hits before their survival instinct kicks in and they start hitting back. A character in a fist fight for the eighth time that week is going to respond a little differently.
ADRENALINE WORKS AGAINST YOU WHEN YOU FIGHT. THIS IS IMPORTANT. A lot of times people think that adrenaline will kick in and give you some badass fighting skills, but it’s actually the opposite. Adrenaline is what tires you out in a battle and it also affects the fighter’s efficacy - meaning it makes them shaky and inaccurate, and overall they lose about 60% of their fighting skill because their brain is focusing on not dying. Adrenaline keeps you alive, it doesn’t give you the skill to pull off a perfect roundhouse kick to the opponent’s face.
Swords WILL bend or break if you hit something hard enough. They also dull easily and take a lot of maintenance. In reality, someone who fights with a sword would have to have to repair or replace it constantly.
Fights get messy. There’s blood and sweat everywhere, and that will make it hard to hold your weapon or get a good grip on someone.
A serious battle also smells horrible. There’s lots of sweat, but also the smell of urine and feces. After someone dies, their bowels and bladder empty. There might also be some questionable things on the ground which can be very psychologically traumatizing. Remember to think about all of the character’s senses when they’re in a fight. Everything WILL affect them in some way.
If your sword is sharpened down to a fine edge, the rest of the blade can’t go through the cut you make. You’ll just end up putting a tiny, shallow scratch in the surface of whatever you strike, and you could probably break your sword.
ARCHERS ARE STRONG TOO. Have you ever drawn a bow? It takes a lot of strength, especially when you’re shooting a bow with a higher draw weight. Draw weight basically means “the amount of force you have to use to pull this sucker back enough to fire it.” To give you an idea of how that works, here’s a helpful link to tell you about finding bow sizes and draw weights for your characters. (CLICK ME)
If an archer has to use a bow they’re not used to, it will probably throw them off a little until they’ve done a few practice shots with it and figured out its draw weight and stability.
People bleed. If they get punched in the face, they’ll probably get a bloody nose. If they get stabbed or cut somehow, they’ll bleed accordingly. And if they’ve been fighting for a while, they’ve got a LOT of blood rushing around to provide them with oxygen. They’re going to bleed a lot.
Here’s a link to a chart to show you how much blood a person can lose without dying. (CLICK ME)
If you want a more in-depth medical chart, try this one. (CLICK ME)
Hopefully this helps someone out there. If you reblog, feel free to add more tips for writers or correct anything I’ve gotten wrong here.
How to apply Writing techniques for action scenes:
- Short sentences. Choppy. One action, then another. When there’s a lull in the fight, take a moment, using longer phrases to analyze the situation–then dive back in. Snap, snap, snap. - Same thing with words - short, simple, and strong in the thick of battle. Save the longer syllables for elsewhere. - Characters do not dwell on things when they are in the heat of the moment. They will get punched in the face. Focus on actions, not thoughts. - Go back and cut out as many adverbs as possible. - No seriously, if there’s ever a time to use the strongest verbs in your vocabulary - Bellow, thrash, heave, shriek, snarl, splinter, bolt, hurtle, crumble, shatter, charge, raze - it’s now. - Don’t forget your other senses. People might not even be sure what they saw during a fight, but they always know how they felt. - Taste: Dry mouth, salt from sweat, copper tang from blood, etc - Smell: OP nailed it - Touch: Headache, sore muscles, tense muscles, exhaustion, blood pounding. Bruised knuckles/bowstring fingers. Injuries that ache and pulse, sting and flare white hot with pain. - Pain will stay with a character. Even if it’s minor. - Sound and sight might blur or sharpen depending on the character and their experience/exhaustion. Colors and quick movements will catch the eye. Loud sounds or noises from behind may serve as a fighter’s only alert before an attack. - If something unexpected happens, shifting the character’s whole attention to that thing will shift the Audience’s attention, too. - Aftermath. This is where the details resurface, the characters pick up things they cast aside during the fight, both literally and metaphorically. Fights are chaotic, fast paced, and self-centered. Characters know only their self, their goals, what’s in their way, and the quickest way around those threats. The aftermath is when people can regain their emotions, their relationships, their rationality/introspection, and anything else they couldn’t afford to think or feel while their lives were on the line.
Do everything you can to keep the fight here and now. Maximize the physical, minimize the theoretical. Keep things immediate - no theories or what ifs.
If writing a strategist, who needs to think ahead, try this: keep strategy to before-and-after fights. Lay out plans in calm periods, try to guess what enemies are thinking or what they will do. During combat, however, the character should think about his options, enemies, and terrain in immediate terms; that is, in shapes and direction. (Large enemy rushing me; dive left, circle around / Scaffolding on fire, pool below me / two foes helping each other, separate them.)
Lastly, after writing, read it aloud. Anyplace your tongue catches up on a fast moving scene, edit. Smooth action scenes rarely come on the first try.
Good tips writers! I 2nd reading your work out loud. It’s the quickest way to find awkwardly worded sentences.
hey there kids i’m sasha and i’ve filled up my dash with too many posts about video games again! if you’re a writeblr (preferably focused on fantasy, but anything works) with a wip page, like / reblog this! i follow from quietbard!
i’d love to make more friends on writeblr- reblog if i can talk to you?
okay i’m hopping on this bandwagon because as a new writeblr, i really need some more to follow!!
reblog this if you’re a writeblr and:
you’re active with a wip page
you’re lgbt+ friendly
you post original content
esp if you write YA/NA + paranormal/supernatural + fantasy + BONUS if there’s angels
you’re doing nano this year
you want to make more friends!!
( follows come from @loally + bonus if you tell me about your wip in the reblog!! it would be lovely if mutuals would boost💗 )
One of the darker aspects of writeblr is how much it encourages showy writing– quotes that look great out of context, that look nice on edits with little sparkly stars. And it’s always wonderful to find quotes like that in your own work, because they do exist naturally everywhere… but your work shouldn’t be written for tumblr, and it definitely shouldn’t be written to be quotable. Remember that it’s always okay to write simple, clean prose, and there’s nothing wrong with your work looking best in its natural state.
OC fact swap.
Send me a fact about your OC and I’ll answer with a relevant fact about mine. I want to learn about your OCs.
send me facts :)
send me several if you want, I’m here for it 🌺 I’ll try do to it too
I was scanning the draft map so I could get to work on the actual big fancy version, and I figured while I had it I’d toss a few crops up. So here’s a few relevant bits of the world of A Canticle Upending and a bit beyond.
