#fantasy journals

[lady-wallace]

20% off and Last Chance Journals!

Last chance to get these Good Omens of Supernatural themed journals from my Etsy shop

These and other select journals are now 20% off in my shop, and I only have one of everything so if you see something you like, grab it now!

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[deardragonbook]

Elizabeth’s Journal on Alchemy

 If you follow me an read all my posts (thank you!), then yesterday you got to read about taxes. I realize that probably wasn’t the most fun you’ve had on my blog so to make up for it, I bring to you Elizabeth Owen’s journal on Alchemy. 

It’s a fantasy journal written from the perspective of a character in universe about her journey learning Alchemy. It’s got some fun world building, cute doodles and some of her personality popping through. 

I highly recommend these kind of projects for world building and character development. But forget about writing for a moment. Here’s the journal up to date:

Sorry I couldn’t figure out how to flip this next image inside of Tumblr, careful with your neck! 

I stand with Elizabeth. Teas and coffees are the equivalent to magical potions. 

Forgive my scary drawing skills at times. When throwing ink on paper with no prior sketch it’s essentially a coin toss on a spectrum. 

The above page is my favourite page aesthetically fuss far. I don’t know why, I think it’s the Jikuld that I love so much. I also can’t wait to talk about fossilized tree caves in my story at some point. 

I know I said we weren’t going to talk about writing and just enjoy the journal today but... There’s something on this page that’s interesting. 

A compliment I’ve received a couple of times regarding my writing is the way characters react to the world, the fact that they don’t act surprised or weirded out by fantasy aspects because... well, it’s their world. 

However, it’s fun to remember that we don’t know everything about the world we live in. We’ve all heard at some point a random animal fact that’s shocked us. In this page we see that with Elizabeth, she didn’t know satyr had eggs, it shocks her, and she reacts to it. Knowing what things are common knowledge and what isn’t, is another fun world building exercise! 

Who and how was this figured out? If you really want to know, I googled “most muscular fantasy creature” with the intent of including them in the symptom relief of muscle pain in some way. Minotaur of course showed up and my first through was fur but this made more sense. 

Within the universe how was this figured out? Valid question. I don’t know and I don’t think I need to. 

And this final page (for now) actually contains a tinsy of foreshadowing for later on in my main series. I’m not going to say what though. 

If you enjoyed reading through this fun little project of mine and would like to read more about the character writing it or the world she’s in, I recently added Oppida Institute for Reformation to Book Funnel so you can download the first Act for free in several formats (it’s an ongoing series, I’ll be uploading each act as it’s completed). 

You can find that story as well as my main book series, social and more, here! 

I believe when this post comes out I’ll still be looking for ARC readers for my second book so check that out. And if you have any questions or would like a post on how I “research/force inspiration” for this journal, tell me and I’ll see what I can do! 

[leshaxminaj]

Well this shall be interesting.