Name in progress, to be a fan and original writing blog, mostly random blurbs for OCs or favorite characters. Hoping to get back to this as a hobby since I'm gonna have to do a lot of work-art for art school. ✨Goes by Star or Scribe • She/Her • Is 18+ • Fantasy/Sci-fi Writer • Irregular schedule • TERFs/SWERFs/Pro-shippers DNI✨
Made this post at 2am initially, in hopes that I'll be more inclined to write something sooner if I have this out there, even if no one responds.
About me:
My name: On this account feel free to call me Star/Scribe/Oh Most Sparse Writer When Are You Gonna Actually Post™. Friends coming over might call me by my other blog too so if you see that feel free to check that side of my work too.
Age: I'm an adult, early 20s is all you're getting for numbers though. 🤣 That does mean I may delve into 18+ works, but I'll sort out if I'll make another blog or cap the age on this one when we get there.
Pronouns: I go by she/her preferably? Not super opposed to anything else though I think?
Background: Lifelong art student, went for creative writing in a specialized HS, and now attending an Art College with dreams of becoming a concept artist in the future.
How I got into Writing: Parents let me watch LoTR as soon as I was old enough and they regret it everyday/j (it's the reason I got obsessed with fantasy, mythology, etc.)
Other obsessions: Also obsessed with Star Wars, so uh... Expect a bit of a range and a bit of whiplash every few months when my interests change. 😅 (Particularly Clone Troopers, Mandalorians, and the SWTOR era).
Additional little Fun Fact™: I've never broken a bone!
Everything else is under a read-more for ease and length! Please enjoy reading if you're interested!!
Edit: Here's the link to my current Progress List!
Current genres I write in:
Fantasy (from general, to niches like urban fantasy and Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy)
Sci-Fi
LOTS of romance, I'm a starved lil hopeless romantic so forewarning.
Probably some Historical Fiction in there eventually?
Current fandoms I write for:
The Hobbit/LoTR/The Silmarillion
Star Wars (SWTOR/Prequels/TCW/Mando/BoBF)
Dragon Age (All games)
Might write for Elder Scrolls? But likely more to fill the void for Mer-centric fics than any of the usual figures?
Hopefully I'll get to Mass Effect again, so I can write for that too!
Tropes I love/Trope Warning:
Modern [Person] In [World]
Love this trope and always have, the culture clash plus the tragedy of knowing the future of each person you come to love? The danger of knowing all their secrets? How does the protag fix the story with this? What do the Powers That Be do in order to damper this?
The REVERSAL of "Modern [Person] In [World]"!
Literally so good and there is NOTHING out there. Gotta come up with a tag for it so people might use it some day. Similar reasons, the culture clashes and the Tragedy Of Knowing ™, but put on its head as the character(s) try and navigate a world so foreign to them, but so mundane to us?
Opposites Attract
This may be more of a warning, but I'm also a fan of this particular trope. So, as a short woman, this tends to lead to a lot of tol/smol dynamics with men leaning on the taller side of it? Unlikeky to change outside of specific requests and also because so many characters I love are like... Literally nearing 7ft. so no one is ever much taller. 🤣
Inhuman/Human Couples
I love this stuff a bunch, but also loath how modern media continues to put feminine people as the "ethereal beauty" in these sorts of couples. Is it truly too much to want a very handsome elf/fae/alien man to find a human such as myself to be attractive? Gonna probably write a bunch for this because I can't throttle the modern movie/TV industry.
Liminal Spaces
I grew up moving a LOT, so I grew very well aquatinted with the Target Parking At 2am feel, and the Driving Through Corn Through The Night vibe. Hopefully I'll be able to bring that original writing back to get to work with this again! In fact, there's a short story of mine I did for HS that I'd love to fix up to put here that deals with this.
"Slightly To The Left"
Similar to Liminal Spaces, though this trope more applies to objects, animals, and people. Waking up to your phone on your nightstand, but it's the wrong shade, and the ringtone sounds fuzzy. You want to believe that the person you met at the edge of your camp site is normal, human—but their eyes dont shine, their smiles never show teeth, and why does their voice sound like two at once?
Other tropes, and other info, to be added eventually as I realize or run into them!
A list for myself and anyone interested! Trying to keep everything sorted so I can keep track of it all? Not really a promise for finished work, but something to keep an eye on for new ideas.
Read-more for length and ease!
[Edited to Update as of: 2/24/23]
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In Concept/Outlining Stage:
Original Works:
Fics:
My Mando OC and Boba Fett, how they meet and how they first interact, or some little blurbs from other parts of their timeline.
Modern Girl but in STAR WARS this time! Either finally writing my self insert challenge I'd started on my art account or something new, I'll figure it out eventually. Probably hosting some severe fix-it scenarios but with ✨consequences✨.
Outlined/In Trash Draft Stage:
Coming up with more, just busy with college atm ;-;
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Nothing ATM
At 2nd Pass Stage:
Nothing ATM
Peer Review/Editing Stage:
Nothing ATM
3rd Pass and Other Numbers Hell:
Nothing ATM
Final Draft Stage:
Nothing ATM
"Posted At Last!" List:
Nothing ATM
If anything changes, or if something new pops up, you'll see it here!!
✒️
Backburner List (AKA: curse my ADD):
Some Fae/Human short stories for sure.
Simpler fae short stories. Likely leaning more horror/mystery? Liminal Spaces and Just To The Left sorts of things.
Viking!elves?? Somehow??
Non-EU-centric fantasy story from HS.
Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy story.
Something starring my LoTR OC, Zirimîr, and the Avari elves of Harad.
Maedhros or Glorfindel as the DA Inquisitor.
Modern Girl in Middle Earth followed by US Gov. "Shenanigans". (Also feat. a Glorfindel romance cause I'm self-indulgent.)
Dragon Age characters stuck on Earth? Still thinking it out.
don't let your skill in writing deter you. publishers look for the storyline, not always excellent writing. many of the greatest books came from mediocre writers—and also excellent and terrible ones.
keep writing even when it sucks. you don't know how to write this battle scene yet? skip ahead. write [battle scene here] and continue. in the end, you'll still have a book—and you can fill in the blanks later.
find your motivation. whether it's constantly updating That One Friend or posting your progress, motivation is key.
write everything down. everything. you had the perfect plot appear to you in a dream? scribble down everything you can remember as so as you can. I like to keep cue cards on my nightstand just in case.
play with words. titles, sentences, whatever. a lot of it will probably change either way, so this is the perfect opportunity to try out a new turn of phrase—or move along on one you're not quite sure clicks yet.
explain why, don't tell me. if something is the most beautiful thing a character's ever laid eyes on, describe it—don't just say "it's beautiful".
ask for critique. you will always be partial to your writing. getting others to read it will almost always provide feedback to help you write even better.
stick to the book—until they snap. write a character who is disciplined, courteous, and kind. make every interaction to reinforce the reader's view as such. but when they're left alone, when their closest friend betrays them, when the world falls to their feet...make them finally break.
magic. has. limits. there is no "infinite well" for everyone to draw from, nor "infinite spells" that have been discovered. magic has a price. magic has a limit. it takes a toll on the user—otherwise why can't they simply snap their fingers and make everything go their way?
read, read, read. reading is the source of inspiration.
first drafts suck. and that's putting it gently. ignoring all the typos, unfinished sentences, and blatant breaking of each and every grammar rules, there's still a lot of terrible. the point of drafts is to progress and make it better: it's the sketch beneath an oil painting. it's okay to say it's not great—but that won't mean the ideas and inspiration are not there. first drafts suck, and that's how you get better.
write every day. get into the habit—one sentence more, or one hundred pages, both will train you to improve.
more is the key to improvement. more writing, more reading, more feedback, and you can only get better. writing is a skill, not a talent, and it's something that grows with you.
follow the rules but also scrap them completely. as barbossa wisely says in PotC, "the code is more what you'd call 'guidelines' than actual rules". none of this is by the book, as ironic as that may be.
write for yourself. I cannot stress this enough. if what you do is not something you enjoy, it will only get harder. push yourself, but know your limits. know when you need to take a break, and when you need to try again. write for yourself, and you will put out your best work.
I feel as if I should clarify: these are what has helped me grow and improve in my writing. things I remind myself or that I try to do. nothing here is 'required' to be a good writer <3
A list for myself and anyone interested! Trying to keep everything sorted so I can keep track of it all? Not really a promise for finished work, but something to keep an eye on for new ideas.
Read-more for length and ease!
[Edited to Update as of: 2/24/23]
✒️
In Concept/Outlining Stage:
Original Works:
Fics:
My Mando OC and Boba Fett, how they meet and how they first interact, or some little blurbs from other parts of their timeline.
Modern Girl but in STAR WARS this time! Either finally writing my self insert challenge I'd started on my art account or something new, I'll figure it out eventually. Probably hosting some severe fix-it scenarios but with ✨consequences✨.
Outlined/In Trash Draft Stage:
Coming up with more, just busy with college atm ;-;
✒️
Nothing ATM
At 2nd Pass Stage:
Nothing ATM
Peer Review/Editing Stage:
Nothing ATM
3rd Pass and Other Numbers Hell:
Nothing ATM
Final Draft Stage:
Nothing ATM
"Posted At Last!" List:
Nothing ATM
If anything changes, or if something new pops up, you'll see it here!!
✒️
Backburner List (AKA: curse my ADD):
Some Fae/Human short stories for sure.
Simpler fae short stories. Likely leaning more horror/mystery? Liminal Spaces and Just To The Left sorts of things.
Viking!elves?? Somehow??
Non-EU-centric fantasy story from HS.
Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy story.
Something starring my LoTR OC, Zirimîr, and the Avari elves of Harad.
Maedhros or Glorfindel as the DA Inquisitor.
Modern Girl in Middle Earth followed by US Gov. "Shenanigans". (Also feat. a Glorfindel romance cause I'm self-indulgent.)
Dragon Age characters stuck on Earth? Still thinking it out.
