#ourrosette speaks

[ourrosette]

Aventurine, the boy who had to grow up with teeth bared and the willingness to use them, now a man greedy, starved.

Dr. Ratio, the man who is nothing but a ripe apple of knowledge, shiny and red, wishful for anyone to consider him worthy of a bite.

[ourrosette]

I'll say it once and I'll say it again:

If you keep pretending you're not in a spoon deficit you're going end up with a lot of soup in your lap.

[ourrosette]

How I Write Descriptions

Descriptions have been such an elusive and tricky thing to nail down, at least for me it was. I was always torn between if I should be including each and every detail or giving a few and letting the reader fill in the gaps, only to realize that my writing looked more like a long winded checklist with the former and the dreaded "white room" with the latter. Worst of all, my descriptions were never interesting.

While it was difficult to pin down exactly how to do that, I managed to figure out a way to flesh out a scene that made sense to me. And, it involves imagining the scene in spheres. Specifically:

Sphere 1: The main character and their inner world.

This usually involves your main character, their actions along with their thoughts, feelings, and experiences. This is the filter in which the reader views the other spheres through.

Sphere 2: The other characters.

Pretty self explanatory, these are the other characters that exist within this scene. This includes their actions and dialogue. Additionally, these characters don't have to be present to have impact on the scene either.

Sphere 3: Their surroundings.

Again, self explanatory. This is the set in which the characters are acting out the scene.

For example (I'm stealing one from something I already wrote):

Its easy to describe these spheres individually, but its when they inter lap is how we get a more in depth picture. These spheres are not separate, the characters interact with each other, have opinions and respond to the stimuli and settings around them. We want them interacting with the environment, noticing details that are important or relevant to them, and allowing the scene to develop around that. When these three spheres overlap in various ways and all sorts of orders, we can create something interesting.

Veritas was lost. He was wearing only a strip of cloth over his chest but he'd rather be wearing more. He doesn't want to be here.

Aventurine, the smaller green mermaid, was up ahead.

The kelp forest was large, green, and difficult to navigate.

Can turn into this:

Kelp surrounded Veritas on all sides, a never-ending forest of yellowed green, stained by the sun, stretching from the shallow depths to the surface above. A sure sign they neared the coast. With each wave passing overhead and crashing against an unseen break, they swayed – they reached. Leaves, thin and coated in a thin layer of slime, touched his arms, his tail and his painfully bare chest. It left him shuddering, wondering what he was even doing here. Wondering where Aventurine could be lurking during their impromptu game of tag – turned hide and go seek. He was the one who ventured into the forest first. The smaller mermaid all but disappeared into the cluster of thin stalks that stretched on and on. His fin, a mixture of teals and greens, both a boon and a headache. It made for a difficult game. Shadows stretched long here, the sun a glimmering afterthought for the creatures who found refuge within the leafy towers. It was unfortunate Veritas wasn’t included within those ranks. He was utterly and painfully lost.

[ourrosette]

I love ratiorine in the way I love jagged rocks beneath my feet. They are raw and real and difficult to swallow and even harder to stomach. They fit together like sea glass, smooth after being tossed around by currents unkind.

[ourrosette]

Il Capitano with a Venom tongue.

IL CAPITANO WITH A VENOM TONGUE.

Thank you, that is all.

[ourrosette]

make them kiss? make them kiss???

You think if I were to smash these two guys together, that they'd just kiss right now???? These two need to be put through the pulse setting in an emotional blender before lips are anywhere near smashing together.

Just think of what I'm doing as necessary therapy, okay???

[ourrosette]

People pointing out my spelling mistakes will always be funny to me. I write fanfiction, I never claimed I was literate

[ourrosette]

"Quality over quantity" i whisper to myself, closing out one of many word docs after only managing a sentence. a single tear slides down my face