A WRITING BLOG BY CARA

palimpsest: a manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain.

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𝐏𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐒𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐈𝐒𝐌 - 𝐀𝐍 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍

𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘵: 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯.

—  𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥

cara. 38. she/her. tiny canadian. social distancing expect. professional midnight snacker. existential crisis since 1985. wattpad.

—  𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬

smoke and mirror: charlie jones has been on her own for so long, keeping her head down. but one night, during work, she gets arrested for assaulting an officer of the law and from then on, her whole life is turned upside down. new friendships will be formed, old bonds will be destroyed and the truth of who she truly is will be uncovered.

the exclusives: the exclusives had spent every summer together on heaven's cove, an island just out of the tamptons. clay, poppy, suzanna, yvonne and andrew had been inseparable since birth and their bond was for life, or that's what they thought before the st. clair twins arrived. enchanted by margaux and françois, their friendship would be tested in ways they never thought possible.

a touch of darkness: lily woods grew up in a family of hunters. she was raised as one, just like jace and tristan anderson, the sons of her parents' friends. they hunted together until lily decided that it was time for her to make it on her own. but one year later and after almost dying, lily is reunited with the anderson's brothers. but soon enough jace starts to act strangely and lily is determined to find out why.

la déchirure: from as long as they can remember, it had been the three of them. inseparable, their lives intertwined, it seemed like they would be together forever. but when one of them died in a car accident, leaving his wife and best friend behind, nothing can ever be the same. 

sins of our fathers: becca did everything she could to escape her family and the life they build, moving to new york city and making it on her own, without the luxuries that came with her last name. a scandal, secrets the family thought were buried forever come to light, she has to move back home and face everything she ever hated.

exiled: nothing but a child when she was forced to leave behind the only life she knew, a bloody knife the only thing left of her, a mark that had been missed, if only barely. a decade passed since the failed, and secret, assassination attempt and the kingdom is mourning its late king. in the shadows, nothing is as it looks and egror is on the verge of a rebellion.

ruthless: i was no one, nothing more than a stray cat, barely eating her fill and depending on others for a bed to spend the night. when he found me, i was a shadow and nothing more. he saw me. he gave me everything, even loved me. and I had loved him from the moment i saw him. still, here I was, packing my bags and planning to run as far as possible from him, breaking my own heart, in order to avoid a war that would be his downfall. he was ready to sacrifice himself for me but I wasn’t ready to let him do it.

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NANO DIARY - DAY 8

I hit 12k yesterday! It has me a big worried for today, I'm not certain I can reach the goal for the day for the first time since starting. And after what felt like a couple of weeks trying to battle a cold, it finally hit this morning. My immunosuppressed system might make this way worse than it should be and affecting nano.

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NANO DAY 5 - HIT 10K!

The 10k mark is tomorrow but I've pushed myself all weekend to reach it before that. The goal was Friday night, but things did no go as plan and the weekend is always busy with a child. But I did it!

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NANO DIARY - DAY 2

I attended my first write-in yesterday and it was fun. We did a lot of word wars and it pushed me to write 2 447 words in about 1h30. It means I'm currently ahead of the word count, with a total of 6 636 words to start day 3.

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NANOWRIMO 2023, LET'S TRY IT!

I'm bad at updating things and being consistent because of my health but I'm ready to tackle the challenge again. I have not settled on a project yet, my biggest challenge is focusing on one wip at a time and not all of them.

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I was no one, nothing more than a stray cat, barely eating her fill and depending on others for a bed to spend the night. When he found me, I was a shadow and nothing more. He saw me. He gave me everything, even loved me. And I had loved him from the moment I saw him. Still, here I was, packing my bags and planning to run as far as possible from him, breaking my own heart, in order to avoid a war that would be his downfall. He was ready to sacrifice himself for me but I wasn't ready to let him do it.

weekly updates on wattpad.

[lord-fallen]

ALL-IN-ONE (GUIDE): “THE SECOND BOOK” 

 a highly customizable, simplistic but fancy googledoc for writers - especially for preparing your work for NANOWRIMO. perfect for planning your novel, exploring your story premise, designing your characters and world while keeping it aesthetically-pleasing. to download / copy, go to file and click “make copy” to copy it to your gdrive. 

features: 

overview page 

clean design

inspirations page (incl. space for aesthetics)

setting page (incl. secrets, locations)

character profiles and questions for character concept

story premise page

please like / reblog if you’re using or interested in using it!

+ novel organizer template for gDocs here.

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ALL-IN-ONE: “THE CLOCK”

a highly customizable, simplistic but fancy googlesheets tracker for writers. perfect for tracking your writing progress while keeping it aesthetically-pleasing. mimics a minimalistic planner for all your tracking needs. to download / copy, go to file and click “make copy” to copy it to your gdrive.

features:

all-in-one yearly overview

filters for easy navigation

overview for your individual projects and overall

automated progress bars

interactive tag system (dedicated to multiple projects)

mini calendar for monthly activity

automated daily goals

automated stats

please like / reblog if you’re using or interested in using it!

+ novel prep template for googledocs here.

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I was no one, nothing more than a stray cat, barely eating her fill and depending on others for a bed to spend the night. When he found me, I was a shadow and nothing more. He saw me. He gave me everything, even loved me. And I had loved him from the moment I saw him. Still, here I was, packing my bags and planning to run as far as possible from him, breaking my own heart, in order to avoid a war that would be his downfall. He was ready to sacrifice himself for me but I wasn't ready to let him do it.

weekly updates on wattpad.

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I have three slightly tweaked version of the some idea for a story can I can’t decide which one is best. Anyone has any tips?

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𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈’𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤.

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𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢'𝐦 𝐜𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐲 𝐣𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐭𝐚𝐠

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𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩 𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐨, 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏

It seems impossible to reach my small goal of 645 daily words for today. We were on the road or 8 hours since yesterday as well as entertaining a toddler. I plan on sitting down later to see what comes out.

𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞

I manage to reach my goal and go a little over it.

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me: i have too many wip

my brain: ok but here's a shinny new idea

me:...

my brain: i knew you'd love it :)))))

[two-thirtyy]

Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

Look buddy, i’m just trying to make it to Friday.

[taykoutmccleod]

reblog if its friday and you made it

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the language of honey blossoms — a wip intro.

genre: ya adult, dark fantasy

status: first draft, writing

themes + tropes: mortals vs. gods, anti-hero, lgbtq+ characters, dark academia, obsession, heist, enemies to lovers, empowerment, sexuality

pov: six rotating, third pov

synopsis —

in the midst of a ravishing war with the divinity, girls with rotting lips and boys with decaying skins continue to thrive in the crooked alleyways of stadhtberg as the city becomes a stronghold for six savagely desperate mortals who are hungry for immortality. they are the thieves of divinity, stealers of ichor, killers of a god.

an enchantress with an infatuation for the slaughter of doves.

a soothsayer who’s in love with the bitter taste of murder on his tongue.

a death harbinger who has the power to shatter entire worlds.

a shameless thief with a ravishing craving for revenge and control.

an artisan who knows how to destroy the heavens.

a runaway with a treasure to break universes.

and a boy who’s desperate to save the world becomes a target of soulless thieves as the country descends into the blood-soaked harbour of stadhtberg to seek out chaos and sate the greed that flows through their ichor-dripping veins and gnaws at their bones.

characters —

hilda brunker — the enchantress. something aches in her blood, wets her tongue with a savage hunger. she’s starving for immortality, for control, for power. hilda’s desperate for the entire world on her fingertips as she rages a war against the divinity.

folke rahr — the soothsayer. he has an infatuation with copper-scented blood. he eyes it hungrily as it drips down the edge of his crooked dagger. it’s what soothes the starving ache inside his bones and fuels the power for him to meddle with time and fate.

katja feldt — the death harbinger. she wants nothing more than to leave the city that worships her name. she’s unsafe for this world and gods are willing to do anything to end her existence.

sepp geisler — the thief. he wants nothing else but his revenge against the person who shattered his entire world. and he’s hungry to see her blood spill from her throat and rip her heart from her chest.

aurik hasse — the artisan. everyone knows their craft is divine, however, no one knows how they managed to unlock the secrets of the heavens. all everyone knows is that they have the power to destroy gods.

trude von brandt — the runaway. she lurks in the dark shadows of the city. no one else knows how she’d escaped, but everyone knows she has a treasure, something that can destroy the entire universe if no one stops her.

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𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐒 — 𝐖𝐈𝐏 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍

"𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘺𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥, 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘫𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴."

genre: young adult, dark academia status: outlining warnings: homophobia, abuse, manipulation

— 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬

Andrew Lawrence Bennett — 18. ( narrator )

I was the average one of our group. Brown hair and eyes, medium height and slim frame, I was the only one with glasses. I refused and fought against my parents' desire to have laser surgery. I liked the feel of glasses and the look it gave me. I was the intellectual of the group, my nose often in a book. I keep hidden from my parent my deepest desire to become an author. Only the other Island kids knew about it. My father was a Wall Street shark and they expected me to follow him into the finance world. I played along to please them and avoid conflict, daydreaming about how I would break free from their expectations.

Clayton Rutherford III  — 21. 

The son of a renowned surgeon, it was expected that he would follow into his father's footsteps. Clay was the total package. Grand and strong with auburn hair and green eyes, he was as athletic as smart. We didn't see much of him during the school year, his duties as captain of the lacrosse team as well as his classes, meant that classes kept him busy.

Peneloppe Rutherford  — 20.

Penelope, or Poppy as we called her, was a year younger than Clayton. While The Rutherfords were strict about Clay's future and how he should achieve it, they were more lenient when it came to their daughter. Poppy had the same green eyes as his brother except that her hair was the most vibrant soft red we had ever seen. From a young age, she had been a model and she started to appear in a few independent movies in the last year. Being a socialite was what her parents expected of her and she planned on taking full advantage of that and the trust fund that came with it.

Suzanna Winthrop  — 20.

We called Suzanna and Yvonne snow white because of their their raven hair and pale skin. As the oldest of the sisters, Suzanna was the docile one. Clayton and her had been dating for almost 3 years now, an agreement between the two so that they would be left alone. While they deeply cared about each other’s, their relationship was only to hide their sexuality from their parents.

Yvonne Winthrop  — 19.

Yvonne was the wilder of the Winthrop, the one was sat at 2am on a balcony, eyes fixing the sky while a cigarette burned her fingers. A string of boys often followed her and she was in no hurry to settle down.

Margaux St. Clair  — 19.

Margaux was blonde with blue eyes and fair skin, the picture-perfect of the well mannered and rich daughter she had been raised to be. The first thing that stroke us was the way she carried herself. Poised like an old movie star, a real-life golden-haired Audrey Hepburn, she didn't look out of place in her white and red polka dress. A red scarf was protecting her head from the sun and sunglasses were hiding her eyes. There was no smile on her crimson lips.

François St. Clair  — 19.

François was harder to take in. While he shared his twin’s physical characteristics, there was something darker about him. Messy hair and thick-framed glasses, we could the bandages on his right hand from a distance.

— 𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

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