The Seventh Sundering

I don't want to write a book. However, it seems I am possessed by demons

[malewifesband]

the setting is also a character. many do not know this but its true. it has a history and a future and often an arc of its own, and the other characters all have personal relationships with it

[dogweapon]

the author's barely disguised longing for a kinder world

[rosieandthemoon]

Detian–Ban Gioc Waterfall, between China & Vietnam

[seventh-sundering]

me, trying to put together a reasonable timeline for my fantasy world: how much time.... is too much time... how much time... is not enough time.... for vibes and for practical reasons.....

[skribblegurl]

some people think writers are so eloquent and good with words, but the reality is that we can sit there with our fingers on the keyboard going, “what’s the word for non-sunlight lighting? Like, fake lighting?” and for ten minutes, all our brain will supply is “unofficial”, and we know that’s not the right word, but it’s the only word we can come up with…until finally it’s like our face got smashed into a brick wall and we remember the word we want is “artificial”.

[heywriters]

I couldn't remember the word "doorknob" ten minutes ago.

[bumblewyn]

ok but the onelook thesaurus will save your life, i literally could not live without this website

[breelandwalker]

REBLOG TO SAVE A WRITER'S LIFE

[myfairkatiecat]

LIFE SAVED

REBLOGGING TO SAVE ANOTHER WRITERS LIFE

[sirowsky]

I use this every time I sit down to write. It's the best tool in the world and I would be lost without it!

[deityofhearts]

sure you have the power of friendship on your side but have you considered that we have the power of EVIL friendship on ours?

[nick-nonya]

the right question to ask when worldbuilding is not "does this make sense", it's "does this fuck tremendously".

[dionysiaproductions]

[rosieandthemoon]

[aphrobites]

"oh she started a cult" is it her fault she's so inspirational and influential?? that people flock to her and believe everything she says? that she has shiny hair and soulful eyes you could get lost into??? be so fucking for real rn

[seventh-sundering]

j-just fuckin' put a continent! in the middle of your continent! rip the old one up you dooooon't need it anymore. only good things from putting a continent in the middle of your continent! I assure you. Trust me.

[seventh-sundering]

every new thing I add to sevsun is a exponential problem man ;-;

[seventh-sundering]

As this project continues to balloon out of proportion, I'm starting to think I should do a oneshot book idea first to find my feet as a writer. (Like everyone and their mother suggests new writers do)

I'll still be a massive weeb about it and prob write my own villainess take, but ya know, it'll be shorter! So there's that.

[seventh-sundering]

while I get the hard and soft magic distinction, they are SO unhelpful for sevsuns magic system. It's a little anoying when its assumed ALL magic fits this dicotomy. Makes it hard to find resorces on how to handle it. IG i'll be flying mostly on my own insticts for that one.

I see sevsun's magic more like painting. Sure there's limits in what colours you have, how much paint you have, and your skill with it. But what you can do? What you can make? Nearly limitless. If you can imagine it, you can make it... you just figure out how to apply apply the magic to do it.

If I tried to apply a hard/soft dicotomy to it, different parts of the same system would be hard and soft within the same spell. So IG the systems like... medium???? But no ones talking about rules for medium magic!

[redstonedust]

listen to me. i am speaking directly in your ear. if you write a masked character you have to commit to the bit. they stay masked forever now. no face reveals. it adds to their sex appeal. trust me.

[seventh-sundering]

Me: I should keep things fairly simple world building wise so I can get into writing as soon as possible. It's my first book after all!

Also me: so anyway I started work on the biosphere and ecology cause I felt the world really needed a fleshed out one. For vibes.

[seventh-sundering]

I'm more or less set on the fantasy races probably. The main ones anyhow. I'm still debating if I wanna add the furries or not.

Like I've already got the Ilyani, the Sha'del, the Humans x2, and the Dinn. I feel like that's enough, I don't wanna over crowd it.

But!

What if kitty ears? You can see my dilemma.

I also gotta work on like... ecology flora/fauna etc unique to this world but that requires learning so much and I'm so tired already