#wipintro

[ghoztreader]

Writers, what’s one thing in your draft you KNOW isn’t working yet?

a character? the dialogue? the pacing between scenes? or maybe the story feels right in your head but different on the page

I feel like every writer has that one part they keep circling back to

what’s yours right now 👇

[floweryprosegarden]

Hello friend, it’s been a while. I completed the first draft of my adult thriller novel, which I’m currently referring to as Project Istanbul, so I wanted to share my mood board for this project and some excerpts with you.

a little about me/the blog™

I’m a Turkish-Kurdish English student living in Canada

I’m very introverted

I mostly write literary fiction

This blog is a nook for my novels and short fiction wips. I also share works I adore from my fellow writerblrs

a little about Project Istanbul

Set in Istanbul, Turkey (obviously) during the early 2000s

Story features a morally ambiguous journalist, unethical stalking, controversial therapy methods, too many expresso shots, glamourous outfits, and murder

Vague aesthetic inspos: Despair by Vladamir Nabokov, The Bell Jar by Slyvia Plath, The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Rear Window (1952)

TW: my novel explores mental illnesses including PD and NPD

random excerpts just because

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[theozukowski]

CATHEDRAL NEAR THE SEA — open novella contest 2024

genre. fantasy / historical / romance / lgbt+ audience. new adult / adult point of view. third person content notes. aftermath of torture by solitary confinement, past abuse/non-con, shifting power dynamics. more may be added. summary.

After an ancient goddess is freed from her eternal torment, a young Inquisitor finds that her entire life is based on a lie. And with war on the horizon, her decisions now may change the course of fate.

Sabine Castelle has spent her life serving the Lonely God, the one true creator. She is now a Holy Inquisitor, one of the most powerful positions in the Celestial Church, and the youngest ever to rise so high. Sent to the seaside city of Vadua to oversee the blessing and renovation of an archaic temple to the old gods into a new cathedral, Sabine expects it to be a simple matter.

But when she follows a path leading deep beneath the ruins, she finds room containing the impossible - a living woman.

A goddess.

Zosai doesn't know how long she's been powerless, trapped beneath the temple that once held her worshipers. Betrayed and imprisoned by the man she once loved, the only thing she cares for is revenge. Now freed, she will do anything it takes to regain her former power and wreak vengeance on her enemies.

Can Sabine stop her?

Does she even want to?

find this story on wattpad.

[historicallyinaccuratesimongrey]

WIP Intro: Newton's Ferry

that's RIGHT gang i'm making a WIP intro which is basically a blood pact so i'll finish it

genre: historical fiction; novel of manners

setting: a village in Regency England. Spring, 1815

pov: third person present

premise: Spring, 1815.  With an ailing father and expensive tastes, Georgiana Fernsby needs a husband, and fast.  In her hunt, Georgiana is surrounded by a wacky cast of characters in the village of Newton’s Ferry: newcomer Rose Darlington, visiting from London and surrounded by scandal; curate Robert Steele, whose background separates him from the other residents; intellectual Tiffany Featherby, whose eyes are looking toward the stars; principled Francis Featherby, who feels an obligation to those he loves; and the charming siblings Lydia and Simon Grey, each known to never attend the same ball as the other.  Through her interactions with her neighbors and friends, Georgiana discovers the relationships between them, the secrets they keep, and perhaps something she didn’t know about herself.

logline: a group of young adults navigate traditional love and matrimony in unorthodox ways in Regency England.

similar to: anything by Jane Austen; The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde; the Poldark books by Winston Graham; some parts of War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy; Icelandic sagas, apparently

[sheabutterskyes]

WIP LIST

Super fast version

The Mask of White Waters

In a last-ditch effort to find her missing/kidnapped friend, Isla seeks help from a powerful being known as a masked warrior.

Fantasy, backstory traumas, revenge plots,

 #The Mask of White Waters #TMOWW

The Dead Lands Prince

The lone prince of the royal family is kidnapped beyond the kingdom’s walls where the air is poisonous and his status is anything but helpful.

Dystopian, corruption arcs, rebellion, romance, friendship, found family,

#The Dead Lands Prince #TDLP

The Prince of Prosperity 

Kado unexpectedly begins to develop a friendship with the crown prince and gets pulled into palace drama.

Romance, mystery, individual vs society, 

#Prince of Prosperity #TPOP

The Coast of Arishore

A pariah somehow finds herself having the chance to change the direction of the war between the humans and the wizards. 

Fantasy, magic, war, prejudice, unlikely friendship,

#The Coast or Arishore #COA

Warrior of the West

Simona must protect her kingdom and her kingdom’s enemy - hopefully the magic beads she creates can do that.

Magic, romance, 

#Warrior of the West #WOTW

Forest Born

A self-destructive college drop out accidentally saves the life of a being known as a forest born. It turns out... that is highly illegal. 

Maybe urban fantasy, man vs nature, 

#Forest Born

Diamond Waters

Plague and strife spreads on mainland while the wealthy live care-free on an island - Sibyl lives trapped on mainland, and believes her fate is sealed... until she meets the merfolk.

Fantasy, merfolk, plague, poverty, romance, 

#Diamond Waters

[withlovehaven]

WRITEBLR INTRO ☽

Hello world! My name is Haven (she/her) and I’m a twenty-seven year old from NYC. I’m always looking to connect with other active writers so please reblog or message me so I can support and check out your work! 

about me: Aries ✧ INTJ ✧ STEM ✧ Planner ✧ Manga/Anime ✧ Video Games ✧ Pastel Plushies ✧ Witchy/Cottagecore ✧ Serifs

what i write: (click here for current wips!) ✧*  literary fiction, speculative fiction  ✧*  original work and fanfiction ✧*  somber and sanguine tones ✧*  coming of age, will of fate themes   

goals/purpose:  ☽˚ Document my growth as a writer ☽˚ To be part of a community with others who have similar goals 

what i post: ♡*ﾟwips/updates ♡*ﾟaesthetics, color palettes, mood playlists ♡*ﾟwriting techniques i’ve learned

Let’s improve together and support each other!  ☽

[nothingisliteral]

The New Year - a wip

genre // ya, romance, coming of age

themes // breakups, young love, bisexual & lesbian characters, poc characters, friends to lovers, seperating from your families ideals, art, characters being ingenuine with thier feelings

process // draft #1

synopsis //

Rubelin, a seventeen-year-old with a fascination for science and trivial facts, and an even larger fascination with her best friend Cecora, is really going through it. She's struggling with her adopted parents, struggling with showing her feelings and then, on an early New Year's Day rendezvous with Cecora, that she's not in love with her boyfriend, and she never was.

Cecora, an outspoken painter, photographer, and actress (in school plays that is) is afraid of nothing. Well, two things. That she'll be stuck in the box of her parents expectations for her entire life and that her best friend, who she's been hopelessly pining after for years, will never love her back.

excerpts //

"The world is bright and filled with noise and sparkling.

'Like a Ruby,' Cece would tease if she were here, a quick smile on her pink-brown lips.

But Cece is not here and Victor doesn't know to say cute, soft, cheesy things that make me roll my eyes while my heart melts, so he just stares at the sky, fireworks like exploding stars."

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[seaoborgium]

OMG check out my new videooooo

https://youtu.be/5Ybi4879x7Q