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[pens-swords-stuff]

What are your favorite genres to write and are they the same as your favorite genres to read?

Having looked back at a lot of my projects and ideas that I’ve had over the years, I think I write Urban Fantasy the most. Wanderlust has magic in a modern setting, For Queen and Country is about the modern world discovering that supernatural creatures exist, while Project Vestige isn’t quite urban fantasy, it is magical realism. And those are just the projects that I’ve talked about here; a lot of my past projects involved some sort of fantasy aspect in a modern setting. 

I also like writing a lot of realistic fiction.

I do think that urban fantasy and magical realism genres are my favorite to read. I love exploring something different to our modern world, and I love the changes and parallels that it creates. 

I also read a lot of murder mysteries and mysteries in general. I don’t write it often because I don’t quite have the skills to pull off one yet, but Project Vestige is a mystery, and I’ve written a mystery play once for my Japanese school. I also have a Phantom of the Opera inspired mystery that I work on sporadically, but overall, the bucket list desire of “oh i want to write a mystery someday” is definitely more prevalent than me actually writing a mystery.

I think I read more fantasy than I write it (and that’s not saying a lot, I actually don’t read fantasy super often). I enjoy fantasy a lot, but I prefer it the most in a video game setting. I think worldbuilding puts me off quite a bit in how massive of an undertaking it is. I’m actually quite bad at worldbuilding, and I much prefer worldbuilding small things than on a really big wordly scale. I have a couple of fantasy ideas I toy with, and a couple worlds I worldbuild sometimes for fun, but I don’t think I’ll ever be known as a fantasy writer. I enjoy it, but it probably isn’t my thing.

I’m bored, come chat with me!

[adventurebeneaththewords]

Hello! I see your posts pop up in my feed all the time and I thought I’d say hi. I’m curious about your editing process. Once you have a finished first draft, what do your revisions look like? I’m almost to that point in my WIP and I don’t really know where to start. Thanks in advance! 🌻

Hi! Nice to meet you!! :)

I have some general tips I can give, and then I have my own specific editing process! Remember to do what works for you! You’ll learn more by trying things out yourself. I hope some of this gives you a good place to start, though!

First of all, some key things I look for when editing are:

run-on sentences

commonly misspelled words that won’t show up in spellcheck like “form” vs “from”

are my sentences clear or should I rewrite them to make them easier to understand?

repetition (like using the same word too often to describe a setting or how someone is talking)

showing vs telling (bad: “he surprised her”, good: “she gasped when she saw him”)

and obviously grammar/spelling

My personal editing process starts by organizing my manuscript into chapters! I usually aim for my chapters to be more than 1000 words, and I like my chapters to end at a pause or shift in the plot/action.

Once I have my chapters, I like to focus on editing one chapter at a time! I’ll copy the entire chapter and paste it into another program (so, if I’m writing in google docs, then I’ll paste the chapter into Microsoft word, into a Grammarly document, or into the Hemingway Editor).

Microsoft Word and Google Docs tend to pick up on different grammatical errors, so I like comparing the two!

Grammarly is a tool I use for consistency! There are three different types of English: American, Britain, and Canadian! So I can set Grammarly to a certain type of English to make sure my spelling remains consistent!

Lastly, I use the Hemingway app to trim back on run-on sentences. It will also point out how many adverbs you’re using and recommend a certain amount per words in your document. It really helps to make your writing clear and concise!

I hope you’ll find some of these tips/tools useful! Keep doing what works for you and, if you get stuck, don’t hesitate to ask for help. :)

Happy editing!

[maergheritas-moved]

Hi! Could you please add me to your taglist for Slayers? I looked through your stuff and I love it so far!

okay i will!! tysm for your interest!!