#aspiring writer

[emmaakisworld]

A fall, A rise , A gossip

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[nightinghoul]

When I was in sixth grade, one day it was mandatory for everyone in class to try out for the spelling bee for some reason. I was a notoriously bad speller, as I have a processing disorder. I also got bullied and called stupid for, among other things, being a slow reader.

When it got to my turn, the word was "hypocrite", which I still have to look up.

I said, "H... I... -"

"That's wrong, you're out. Sit down" the teacher cut in. I felt my face heat up as I sat down. This memory has stuck with me for over thirty years. The rejection dysphoria is strong, and it gets me every time.

I don't know that anyone involved did anything wrong. I don't know if the teacher was actually very stern or harsh. I don't recall other students laughing that time, since we were all put on the spot. I just remember that I felt humiliated.

I'm not too bad at spelling common words now, but when I proofread my book a couple of months ago, there were multiple misspellings on almost every page. I just wish I could go back and tell my child self that authors don't actually have to be good spellers. You can look up words later. I always had a really hard time understanding "the first draft doesn't have to be good".

The first draft doesn't have to be good. Even the thousandth draft doesn't necessarily have to be good. It's the last draft that really matters, whatever number that is.

I'm writing this in hopes that my eleven year old self is reading over my shoulder. Time to let go of that embarrassment, and write!

[rayne143]

my most recent google search currently is ‘synonym for pain beginning with p’ because i wanted a word that meant pain… that began with p… as if pain does not already achieve both of those things??

i PROMISE you all i have a working brain. it just disappears whenever i try to write

[star-berii]

The factions and some backstory that I have so far about them.

Okay so like I said last post the siren faction includes the sirens, vampires, reptiles, and carnivore beast folk. The leader is obviously the sirens. I don't have any official names for each faction but they will have a proper name. I just suck at naming because I want to use old timey sounding names. If anyone has any recommendations I would appreciate it! The siren faction are the only ones that fought against the dragons in their conquest because well no one wants their homelands taken over. On the other hand the merfolk faction they all surrender and didn't fight back. Not only because it's what the merfolk royal family decided on but also because all the other in the faction acknowledged that they were to weak to fight against the dragons. It would just be useless and waste a lot of men power plus cause many casualties. Also the merfolk are the leaders of this faction.

The main reason why there are both factions starts many and I mean many years prior. Back in the day the merfolk and sirens didn't have any against each other but after an accident between the royal families the merfolk started hating the sirens. This caused any alliance they had with each other to whither away and become non existent. As the years passes the merfolk started spreading falsehoods about the sirens to make themselves look like the superior race between the two. The sirens never did anything to prove the lies wrong because so as time passed they became a very recluse race and all lies were believed to be true by those in the merfolk faction. The factions started because of the merfolk having the kingdoms choose either their kingdom or the sirens. Those who were easy to deceive choose to side with the merfolk. While those in the sirens faction didn't fully trust the merfolk and choose to stay out of it but slowly made alliances with the sirens and created the siren faction.

There is also the neutral faction which is he elves, fairies, and dragons. They all knew the truth and some parts of what actually happened but never saw any reason to get involved in all the drama. They are all neutral and didn't treat any of them any different and figured the kingdoms would solve their differences on their own. This also because these three believe themselves superior due to the power difference they hold against the other races. The tension between both faction then gets worse when the Ml makes the Mc his empress because it seemed as if he was choosing the siren faction side. Of course that isn't the case because the Ml could careless about the two factions and choose the Mc as his empress for his usefulness. He saw the Mc as a more useful to run the empire with rather than the mermaid princess.

But yea the reason why the two factions exist is because of some things that happened years ago between the two kingdoms and slowly as time went the other kingdoms started choosing sides. And the reason things don't get resolved is because the story of what happened between the two kingdoms has been altered to no recognition from the original reason.

Honestly I do have the story on what happened between the two kingdoms but I don't wanna to put it here because it feels like it could be it's own story also I'm fully sure if I really do what to go with what I have so far or change it a bit.

[deborahinsight]

One sign your story needs a developmental edit:

You have great scenes, but they don't seem to move the story forward.

Ask yourself: “What does this scene change?”

[lysthena]

Do you know about guns?

Help needed

What is a good gun for dynamic, fast and accurate shooting?

For context, I am writing a polar and my MC is an French-Italian mercenary. However, I am not familiar with guns besides the obvious parts and general way of working. I was thinking something along the line of a 9×19mm caliber pistol.

If someone can recommend me a gun that readers can identify by name, that would be wonderful. Thank you.

[unhelpful-writer]

The voices have gotten too strong