Tiny Dragon Adventures

Writeblr sideblog of a somewhat confused writer. Follow as ThereIsNothingWrongWithBeingMad. Mostly interested in fantasy writing, but genres are made-up things anyway... I'm always up for making new friends, so feel free to send me a message if you're so inclined.

[audreyrosebooks]

I thought writeblr needed a new meme so i thought i’d contribute. you’re all welcome

(picture of this iconic cat found here)

[isabellestone]

Understanding The Plot of Your Book

Sounds silly doesn’t it? ‘Of course I understand my book’, I hear you say, I would have said the same before. You might be right, but here is a very simple exercise/test to ensure that you do:

One line summaries. 

Previously, these words invoked a feeling of dread in my soul but they don’t need to! It all changed once I started to follow this easy structure:

While struggling with their everyday life, Character finds the catalyst; BUT when the stakes rise they must learn the theme before the consequences ruin their life. 

Let’s take The Hunger Games for example: 

With her family on the brink of starvation, 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen must leave them and take her sister’s place in the Hunger Games, an annual event where 24 teenagers fight to the death until only one survives; But when she is hunted by a pack of elite, highly trained tributes, she must learn who she can trust and form an alliance before they kill her and her family are left to rot.

Well damn, that sounds dramatic and enticing, but it also lays out our characters life, wants and challenges all in a single (albeit rather long) sentence. 

After writing my one line summary, I began to understand my plot in a much clearer light. I understand my theme, my focus and it allows me to ground my plot as I edit my manuscript. I only wish I’d known to do it before!

Whatever stage your at—drafting, editing, querying—I highly recommend you give this a try. Feel free to drop a one sentence summary of your WIP below as getting feedback is always really helpful! I’m there much could be done to improve the one line summary I’ve given above, so feel free to improve on that too. 

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[icouldbeawritermaybe]

[prokopetz]

“All right, so the vampire’s gravestone is–”

“Cenotaph.”

“What?”

“It’s only a gravestone if it marks the location of a body. A monument honouring someone whose body isn’t present is a cenotaph.”

“I’m… not sure that’s how it works if the body gets up and walks away on its own.“

“There’s precedent for gravestones being reclassified as cenotaphs if the body is later removed and reinterred elsewhere. There’s no rule that says the body itself can’t do the removing.“

“Okay, but the body very much is coming back. That’s kind of what we’re here to accomplish.”

“So it’s a temporary cenotaph.”

“And naturally our greatest concern here is avoiding semantic ambiguity.“

“Semantic ambiguity is how vampires get you.”

[housetohalf]

Sometimes I think the best thing about Shakespeare is that it didn’t spring from a brain to a dollar bin edition in one go.

It was specifically written, hastily performed, partially remembered and compiled like the gospels, copied and edited, new endings written to please different audiences, casting expanded, settings changed, and all along the way are the fingerprints of hundreds, thousands of humans. I don’t mind finding out that a whole character/act/monologue exists in one edition and not in another. Or that it’s clear that someone added or cut or changed. That’s human nature. In fact it delights me more that we have always been a little irreverent and that we have the technology to identify these things.

Shakespeare remains not just because of what it started as but because of what it has become. The canon is an ever sharpening sword, a mutable sculpture, and an ever rising mountain. It endures because we’ve decided it shall endure. Everyone who has ever performed a play or written an analysis have added a layer of sediment.

“That the powerful play goes on , and you may contribute a verse.”

[myjetpack]

for the @guardian review

[moldstars-deactivated20230721]

writing is simple. i put my characters into a situation that i, the author, cannot figure out how to get them out of and i close the document

[moskaisley]

spark !! your !! joy!!

[creativepromptsforwriting]

Do you have any good dragon x human AU prompts for writing?

Hi :)

Unfortunately not. I’m starting to realise I don’t know a lot about dragons.

- Jana

[creativepromptsforwriting]

welcome-tothe-mystery-shack helped out with this one! All credit goes to them! Thanks 😊

Dragon x Human AU prompts

It depends on what kind of dragon you wanna go for and its abilities, also the level of relationship.

Dragon/Human where human is chosen to be a sacrifice to appease a dragon that just appeared near a village, the dragon takes pity & instead takes the human to live with it.

Shapeshifting Dragon/Dragon Hunter Human where human is in training but meets human form dragon who teaches them about its kind.

A human child is lost in the mountains and taken in by a mother dragon to be raised as her own. Years later the Human goes off on their own to seek out a mate, having all but forgotten their humanity. They meet a Dragon that has an affinity towards humans and they proceed to court. However locals think that the Dragon kidnapped the Human and are seeking out hunters.

A Human is travelling crosscountry and finds themselves stranded on a road in the middle of the woods when their vehicle runs out of gas. On their way to find help, they fall in a hole and lose consciousness. When they wake, they find themselves in an enormous throne room and sitting upon the throne was a dragon.

Dragons and humans have been at war for generations with no end in sight. One dragon decides to seek out a way to end the war and uses a potion to make them human for a time. Then they meet a human who also wishes to end the war, so they agree to work together.

A young child is cursed by a religious leader to become a dragon. The only way to lift the curse is for them to find their soulmate. But the religious leader binds them in chains and imprisons them for many years until one day someone frees them, allowing them to escape into the wilds. Now they must seek their soulmate so they can finally be free of the curse.

Everyone has a second form that they can take in moments of stress. Most of the time its a normal animal, but in rare cases it’s a mythical animal. Even more rarely, someone is born without a second form or they’re born in their second form and can’t take on their human form. They’re usually kicked out of communities because of this. One day, someone without a second form meets someone who’s a dragon and can’t take their human form. They decide to work together to find a way to become normal.

[creativepromptsforwriting]

Thank you welcome-tothe-mystery-shack for even more great prompts!

[ghostlywriterr]

Castelul Peleş, Romania.

[headspace-hotel]

me, writing

Me: I actually don’t hate this chapter. The writing is good, there are no plot holes, the dialogue is crisp and funny…

Me: *glares in suspicion* …what have I missed 

[mellorocket]

reminder that it’s okay for writers to have chapters that are ten pages long

reminder that it’s okay if your chapter is only one page long

reminder that it’s okay if your chapter is only one sentence long

as long as you can get across the point of your chapter, be it with ten thousand words, or just ten, then you do it. 

your book is yours to write. there is no set formula.

[incandescent-creativity]

Reminder that it’s okay for the chapter length that is best for your wip to change.

I wrote in bite sized chapters 800 words long in my first draft. Now I’m writing 1200 word long ones and it works better.

One of the benefits if there being no set formula is you are free to change things up and experiment.

[grumpytrans]

i am, as the critics say, a disaster

[since-the-900s-deactivated20190]

You know whats one of my favorite aesthetics? 

Nature taking over abandoned places 

Hauntingly beautiful

[katywritesbooks]

I love her.

[writing-ideas-inc]

Writing Prompt

It’s exam week. You have thirteen assignments due, four papers to write, and you’re stressing over what to get your friends for the holidays.

Oh yeah, and there’s a giant mob of people after you for an invention that you created that may or may not have ruined the most beautiful moment in a very important person’s life.

Just a small problem, right?

- Mod Jess @theblueandthegreensblog

[witchyautumns]

💕 johnmurrayjnr 💕

*autumn in Scotland*