#darlingimawriter

[emberwritesbooks]

There's nothing quite like realizing the previous version of the scene you're revising is better than the one you rewrote. Bonus points if it upsets the following few chapters so that you have to revise those, too. 🙃

My story's going to be better if I go back to the previous version, but can't I just get it right the first time?

I mean I did that, but you know what I mean.

[writingisartdarling]

In case you didn't already know, I'm a writer! Hi there! 👋🩷

I write, and I often procrastinate writing, and here's my current project...

It is a historical fiction set in the late 19th century world of opera. We follow the story of a renowned prima donna, someone who thrives on stage, but fights what seems to be a never-ending battle after curtain call.

Her rise to the top was not by pure chance, but rather highly thanks to a contract made between her desperate father and her patron–an older gentleman with money, a title, influence, and his own troubles. He once brought her to where she now stands and funds her lavish life...and, in return, controls it in any way he pleases. From the way she dresses to whom she spends her time with and how, he gets to have a say. She faces his abuse, both psychological/emotional and sexual daily, and it has become as much a part of her as the rest of her life. The outside world considers her lucky, when in reality this is hardly true–they don't know even half of the truth she lives with. She is prisoner of a contract with fine print at the bottom of it, any of which she never had any control over, and she wants out, away from him.

The answer to her problem seems to have come in the form of a kleptomaniac conductor and a group of thieves gathered around him. The group, consisting of musicians and backstage workers alike steals from their rich clientele, each with their own intended use for the money they set aside in secret. She has joined in, hoping to one day have saved up enough to flee and never look back.

However, the price one must pay for freedom is hardly ever quite as fine.

With this post, I am cordially inviting you to follow her journey, and mine as I plan, eventually write and hopefully one day get to write "The End" on the final page of this dear story of mine, which I have grown to call by the project name Jewel Thieves of The Opera.

[posi-pan]

WAIT IS TODAY PANSEXUALITY DAY???

ah no, pan visibility day is may 24th!

[writingisartdarling]

Jewel Thieves of The Opera fun facts -series part #1 with its writer and *executive project manager* writingisartdarling 📖✒️

If you are yet to be familiarized with my story, here's a little summary to get you going:

She's a renowed prima donna in late 1800s stealing from her rich clientele to escape a vile contract signed by both her desperate father and her patron, a man who now owns her entire life and regularly forces himself on her while her parents and his wife are blisfully unaware of what goes on after the curtain call.

I get to the point under the cut 🫣

Quick disclaimer: All of the following information is subject to change a little or in its entirety at any point during my planning/writing process. They are facts to me at the moment–nothing more, nothing less.

We'll get started with some basics today!

My main character's name is Lucile Theers. She in her early thirties as of the main timeline of the book, and she is half English, half French due to her English father marrying her French mother. She speaks both languages fluently.

Her family is upper-middle class. They live in London.

The mc is an eldest child and she has a younger brother. He is the son and the heir their father wanted to take over his business, while she was cast aside for being a girl and effectively *not* marrying as their father desired.

Her father pretty much "sold her off" to a stranger for a meek monthly allowance to save his own skin.

The mc is not at all in good terms with her father for multiple reasons, she somewhat envies and even resents her brother, and is close with her mother.

The mc lives with her patron, an older count from the English upper-class with a taste for arts, and his slightly younger wife. They have residences in both central London and in the countryside.

Part 2 coming soon 🔜

In the meantime, feel free to let me know your thoughts on the project!

[writingisartdarling]

@emberwritesbooks requested that I answer number #30 for the fic writer ask game...soooo, here we are!

30. share a fic you're especially proud of

This was a bit of a difficult choice, but I settled on my Downton Abbey one-shot fanfiction series "These Cherished Chapters" I've been uploading on FF.net since I don't have any, even remotely, finished original fiction pieces right now. I've linked it on the pinned post on my blog, in case you're interested!

This fanfic is one of my favourites. Most chapters are suggestions or prompts from my readers and it's so nice to write something for others as well as myself. It's also one of my most recent fics, so I can see how my writing has developed over the years. In the latter chapters I also started finding a new writing style that honestly made my writing pop–I was so proud of how they turned out! It does, of course, help that the fic is about my favourite OTP!

But, even if it's not even close to finished (as in I have yet to even start writing lol), I have to give a honorable mentions to my current original fiction WIP "The Jewels Thieves of the Opera", telling the story of a renowned prima donna in the late 19th century stealing from her clientele and trying to escape her controlling and abusive patron. This project is my top 2 favourite original fic ever alongside my medieval fantasy one! I love the idea, the setting, the characters...I'm proud to have randomly come up with a great base for a story and how it has grown into so much more over time! I love that it's original and new, and cool all at the same time! It's just a very dear world to me.

Thanks for the ask, lovely! 🖋💌🤗