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[priyaele]

i love my characters more with every draft i write

[priyaele]

find the word tag

tagged by @worldbuildng my fav person

words: blind, night, deep, gray

from the opening section (6 chapters) of the girl of crimson that i finally finished editing/rewriting

blind: “In front of the door at the back of the room, there was the grand mahogany desk with three worn chairs bowing at it’s front. The light that fluttered through heavy blinds ran numbly, and even away from the hungry eyes of the streets, I felt more uneasy. There was a melody of crookedness seething over the dark, over my tongue, over every breath I took.” (Carsen’s POV)

night: “The night air was tainted with a light breeze, layered with the soft smell of cold and a forgotten earth. I didn’t look back: not when I pushed away from the doorframe, not when I heard the door shut behind me, not even when I imagined Haddox’s eyes at my back. Kids don’t survive now. His words breathed to life in my head, but in that moment, they didn’t scare me. This world didn’t have children anymore, just fighters, we were all the same. I stepped towards Cain and Garnet, forced a smile onto my lips. Almost.” (Carsen’s POV)

deep: “I buried my fingernails deeper into the edge of the ship, took heavy inhalations of the cold fog. Their voices burnt over the quiet around us like flickers to a candle, but I couldn’t make out a single word. I watched, in quiet, as the soldiers began towards the deck of her ship. Watched, knowing there was no way she could survive an attack like that. Watched, as she took a pace back, as they leapt onto the deck of her ship, weapons drawn. Watched, hoping, praying, none of my friends would intervene.” (Paris’s POV)

gray: “I had been forced to see the world in it’s darkest form. I had seen the sky turn gray, then back to light. I had seen people bleed out, seen the world riddle away in the skies, and I had seen cowardice, and now, I saw it curled across every ridge on Thornton’s face.” (India’s POV)

tagging: @hepiit @delphwrites @atelierwriting @gloria-russell and @wartificial w/ words: blur, soft, warm, sharp if you would like xx

[priyaele]

section two revision notes + tv + cold brew

[priyaele]

omg im on around draft 6 of the girl of crimson because i started it when i was in like 6th grade and i just went back to my first draft and it’s so weird and unfamiliar i feel like i’m reading my story and my characters but someone else wrote it

[priyaele]

thank you for tagging me @worldbuildng xxx

this was fun here’s the wip page

tagging (im so sorry if youve already done this im so out of it) @astralysis @gloriawriting @ekinsellaauthor @levikate @omgbrekkerkaz

[priyaele]

section three beta notes + thank u next

[priyaele]

the girl of crimson and bury me in the city are such opposites like goc is that angsty teen who’s kinda permanently stuck in a rebellious phase and is totally numb and bmitc is their angelic twin who gets perfect grades and plays the piano but cries all the time

[priyaele]

Seeking Beta Readers for The Girl of Crimson xx

I’ve finally decided to share my YA apocalypse novel The Girl of Crimson!! It’s been my main project for about two years and I really really need some feedback on it. :)

My page with all the public info on it is here (check it out it’s really pretty!)  It’s about six teenagers fighting to stay alive in a war turned apocalypse, one of them being possibly the only people who can end it. It focuses a ton on character development, found family, has a pirate-y feel to it, and is told through multiple perspectives.

What I’m Looking For

Readers, who are fans of YA dystopian/fantasy novels. You’d be expected to read the story and answer around 10 questions each quarter, alongside whatever notes you see fit to add throughout the story.

Length

It’s just under 119k words. It’s a touch on the long side, sorry! I’m hoping to cut it down after receiving all your feedback. :)

Reading Rate

I’ll be sending the story in quarters (more info on this below) so I was hoping for one quarter every 2-3 weeks. Extensions will of course be allowed. It would just be very helpful to know if they’re needed so I don’t have to stress myself out too much. 

Interested?

Fill out this form here. You will almost surely be selected, though I’m only looking for a certain amount of readers for my first time having my work beta read. 

(Also I’d be happy to swap manuscripts if you need anything read as well.) 

@gloriawriting and @ava-burton-writing have both already agreed to beta read for me, which I am so so thankful for !!!

I’ll also be tagging a few mutuals to maybe help signal boost? @ekinsellaauthor @kbcypher @boothewriter @kclenhartnovels @authorisada @thespooniewrites @nicholewrites @brimorganbooks @atelierwriting @astralysis 

Thank you so much!! x

Also I’m so sorry to all my followers for the amount of times I’m going to reblog this

For more info:

The quarters I’ll be sending are way way out of proportion because I’m a dumbass but I wanted to kind of end them at strategic points??

Quarter One is 35% of the novel

Quarter Two is 26% of the novel

Quarter Three is 18% of the novel

Quarter Four is 21% of the novel

Trigger Warnings: death/ war/ -the story is a bloody and dark however minimally descriptive in it’s gore. 

Thank you so much, feel free to message me if you have any questions !!