#writing nerd

[dehex18]

The space as a character in the history of writing is fascinating. It's especially interesting with the added consideration of how it is affected by different technologies for creating, reproducing, and storing writing.

[moonlit-sunflower-books]

“write a novel,” they said. “it’ll be fun,” they said.

now i’m crying over my wip at 2 am because i created six subplots accidentally and i don’t know how any of them are relevant to the story and i’m running on nothing but caffeine and spite

[bad-research]

And per se

Just a reminder that the alphabet is arbitrary and here is an example of why.

The ampersand used to be part of the English alphabet. This funny little character was tacked on at the end, right after Z, so instead of it being ‘X Y and Z’ the alphabet ended ‘X Y Z and and. Only, back then, when a letter was also a word, like I, people would say per se after it so that people would know that they just meant the letter, not the word. This means that the end of the alphabet was actually said ‘X Y Z and per se and. Now, English speaking people are notoriously lazy. As an English speaking person, I can personally attest to this fact. So they would slur the words together so that it sounded like one big long word: ampersand. Then, they got even lazier and just took it out of the alphabet entirely because it was too long. 

So, as we can clearly see, the English alphabet is arbitrary.

[himluv]

Merry Christmas!

I'd say the husbando did good this year.

[deepseatedregret]

This brainstorming and prepping for NaNoWriMo is gonna kill me slowly. But man is it a lot of fun!

[spotofmummery]

Three Characters - Amon

Rules: Post three gifs of fictional characters relevant to your OC!

Totally OOC 

I was tagged by both @bhaldstyr-ahtahrmsyn and @mysteriouswhiterose to do this one. I really, really struggled to follow the rules, but in the end, I couldn’t do it. Instead, you get nerdy writer talk. (Forgive me!)

Characters Relevant to Amon:

Amon (FFXIV):

Amon (FFXIV):

Amon (FFXIV):

Okay, this is not a cop-out. Hear me out on this! 

I just couldn’t find fictional or pop-culture characters that fit. Amon is his own fictional character, so (to me) he’s relevant to himself. He’s still such a new character to me that I don’t quite feel the ownership of him as an author to be able to draw these kinds of connections yet.   

If anything, fragments of Amon’s character remind me of bits and pieces of my own original characters, some of which I’ve been writing and RPing for nearly 30 years (I just dated myself there :p). In trying to describe Amon’s foundation to my long-time creative partner, I actually did it in terms of, “He’s kinda like a blend of -originalcharacter1- and -originalcharacter2-.” 

Anyone who’s known me for a while, and has followed my other works (I’m looking at you @almonihahzrathanzon) can attest that this is a character archetype I gravitate towards writing. While Amon is quite different from my other OCs, I can’t deny the inspiration from a lot of my own characters are mixed in there. 

For me, it’s kinda like putting a new twist on familiar OCs. I’m new to exploring him as a personality, and I never quite know what response he’ll get from other people. Still, it helps quite a bit to have that foundation of that quirky-anti-hero-trying-to-hide-his-past-behind-a-smile-but-could-actually-be-a-pretty-good-guy-if-he-got-over-himself thing. 

If you’ve read this far down, have a Honey Muffin... and a question! I’m going to break the meme by asking a question of my own! Yay for Anarchy! 

Do you also find yourself gravitating towards a specific type of character over and over in your writing and RP? If so, what type is that, and why do they resonate with you? 

Tagging: Anyone who read this far down and wants to think about it. 

[foreverinfiction]

Writing Tip/ One of My Favorite Things

So, this is a total writer nerd thing, but I love describing characters as either neat or organized. It just complicates your character a little bit. For example:

His books were neat on his shelves, but they weren’t organized; each shelf held a mix of fantasy novels and textbooks, century-old authors next to recently released best-sellers.

OR

His books were organized, but in no way were they neat. Jane Eyre was placed next to Great Expectations, and Hunger Games leaned against Lord of the Flies, but they were every which way. Some found themselves standing upside down or backwards, while others were laying down as if they had been in a coma for years.