Vesyl

Words are my weapon...

[keyboardwhisperer]

Writing is like, type type type, clackity clack clack- and whoops im on social media now

[abiteofhoney-deactivated2025030]

i take physical and mental damage every time i see a writer outright say they hate writing

[rjkilroy]

I don't hate writing, I hate the process of writing. Why can't I just think a good story onto the page without having to do all the bullshit

[vesyl]

If only it were that easy.

[vesyl]

New character, and still working on her lore! Meet Vol, aka Volcanic.

[luna-azzurra]

Showing 'Jealousy' in Writing

Eyes narrowing with a sharp, intense stare.

Clenched jaw and pursed lips.

Crossing arms defensively.

Making snide or sarcastic remarks.

Glancing repeatedly at the object of jealousy.

Trying to outdo or one-up the rival.

Faking a smile that doesn’t reach the eyes.

Speaking in a tense, clipped tone.

Avoiding eye contact with the person they’re jealous of.

Drumming fingers impatiently on a surface.

Feeling a burning sensation in the chest.

Sighing loudly or rolling their eyes.

Gritting teeth and taking deep, forced breaths.

Biting their lower lip hard.

Tapping foot incessantly.

Passive-aggressively commenting on the situation.

Mimicking or mocking the rival’s behavior.

Frequently changing the subject away from the rival.

Feeling a knot tighten in their stomach.

Casting resentful, sidelong glances.

[luna-azzurra]

Showing 'Exhaustion' in Writing

Heavy eyelids, struggling to stay open.

Slumping shoulders, barely able to hold themselves up.

Dragging feet with each step.

Speaking in a slow, slurred manner.

Dark circles under the eyes.

Yawning frequently and deeply.

Head nodding forward, trying to stay awake.

Leaning heavily against walls or furniture.

Rubbing eyes and face with hands.

Deep, weary sighs escaping lips.

Wincing at bright lights or loud sounds.

Staring blankly ahead, unable to focus.

Weak, unsteady movements.

Muttering incoherently to themselves.

Falling asleep in unusual places.

Lack of response or delayed reactions.

Propping their head up with their hand.

Collapsing onto the nearest available surface.

Swaying slightly on their feet.

Barely lifting their head to speak or listen.

[sinistra-orlok]

[we-all-got-scars-again]

IT’S MARCH

[multifand0mtrash]

[magical-awesome-kid]

Uh… It’s still May…

[clowncare]

[normalstuffidk]

It’s august

[storm-driver]

[isabellebissonrouthier]

WRITER ASK GAME - Fantasy

PIRATE - Pick one! Pirates or Royals?

KINGDOM - How many named places are there in your WIP? How much have you developed them?

PHOENIX - Have you invented any fantasy creatures?

PRINCESS - Urban fantasy or high fantasy?

WIZARD - Who is your favourite character in this WIP? Describe them!

SHIP - How many pages of planning documents do you have, if any?

KING - How long have you been working on this WIP and its world?

KNIGHT - Pick one! Forbidden Love or Enemies-to-Lovers?

HERO - What makes someone a hero in this world?

VILLAIN - Do you prefer creating heroes or villains?

TREASURE - What is the best thing about the world of your WIP?

MAGIC - What is your magic system?

QUEEN - What is the earliest planned historical event in your WIP?

UNICORN - What makes your WIP and your writing stand out?

ISLAND - Have you created a language for your world?

POTION - If potions exist in your WIP, give me a potion recipe!

CAULDRON - Give me a fantasy food!

WITCH - What sparked the idea for this world?

DRAGON - Do you write about dragons?

GOD - Does your world have a religion? Is it, in this world, right?

[vesyl]

Feel free to ask me any of these!

Maybe it'll kickstart more activity from me and make my brain actually think and stop buffering.

[vesyl]

Hey. Been a while, yeah? I've been so preoccupied with life and games that I haven't even thought about doing much here.

Now, that doesn't mean I haven't been writing! Recently, I made the choice to redo The Hellkeep Legacy. I was far from happy about the previous version and was constantly getting stuck. It simply wasn't flowing as it should.

I'm much, much happier with the rewrite. I'm not very far (I wasn't in the first, either) and I'm slowly but surely chipping away at it. Usually in little creative bursts when my brain decides it's gonna come up with something to write, but it's getting worked on regardless.

Hopefully I can be a little more active on here, but we'll see if my brain lets me!

Until next time! - Ves

[concerningwolves]

Full offense but your writing style is for you and nobody else. Use the words you want to use; play with language, experiment, use said, use adverbs, use “unrealistic” writing patterns, slap words you don’t even know are words on the page. Language is a sandbox and you, as the author, are at liberty to shape it however you wish. Build castles. Build a hovel. Build a mountain on a mountain or make a tiny cottage on a hill. Whatever it is you want to do. Write.

[midwinterhunt]

hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

[narrettwist]

Homie gonna share this

[vesyl]

Character Voice Tag

Tagged by @rjcopeseethemald - Thank you! If I don't do this now, when I've seen it, I'm 100% gonna forget.

Rules: Rewrite the line given to you in the voice of your characters! Pass on the tag with a new line of dialogue. You may also include a bit of action to go along.

My line: "Woah, you scared me!"

Your line: "What... are you doing?"

Necrotia: (Jumps a bit and laughs.) "You startled me!" Vesyl: "...You managed to scare me, not smart. Don't do it again." (Grins dangerously with sharp teeth.) Valerie: "What the fuck?! Why would you scare me like that?" (Glares, hand on belted knife.)

I don't have many characters to add to this list at the moment, but here are a few of my favorites! All from different worlds.

I'ma leave this as an open tag for anyone that might wanna do it! <3

[cherribalm-deactivated20140609]

site that you can type in the definition of a word and get the word

site for when you can only remember part of a word/its definition 

site that gives you words that rhyme with a word

site that gives you synonyms and antonyms

[bumblebeebabie]

THAT FIRST SITE IS EVERY WRITER’S DREAM DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I’VE TRIED WRITING SOMETHING AND THOUGHT GOD DAMN IS THERE A SPECIFIC WORD FOR WHAT I’M USING TWO SENTENCES TO DESCRIBE AND JUST GETTING A BUNCH OF SHIT GOOGLE RESULTS

[archivestorystuff006]

OMG

[dduane]

This one’s an always-reblog, because who knows who needs it and hasn’t seen it yet?

[manorofshepard]

Say it with me folks: it counts as working on your wips if you're planning/outlining/researching. YOU DONT HAVE TO WRITE ALL THE TIME

[garthcelyn]

Does playing a video game picking an OCs choices count lmao?? I swear it's for character purposes

[manorofshepard]

I DO THAT ON MASS EFFECT ALL THE TIME

[garthcelyn]

Yo same! Mass Effect and Dragon Age are my favourites to do it in

[vesyl]

I love making my characters in games and playing based off their personality! I've done that in Guild Wars 2 and Skyrim.

[whumperfultime]

Hey idk what writer/artist/creative needs to hear this but: You can create the most garbage self-indulgent poorly made full-of-cliches awkward ugly piece of art on the entire planet and you're still allowed to be proud of it and share it with the world. In fact, I outright encourage you to be proud. You deserve it. I love you. Keep making things.

[agwitow]

A Writer’s Ask Game

Send me an ask with the number(s) you’d like me to answer!

The Basics 1.     Do you listen to music when you write? 2.     Are you a pantser or plotter? 3.     Computer or pen and paper? 4.     Have you ever been published, or do you want to be published? 5.     How much writing do you get done on an average day? 6.     Single or multiple POV? 7.     Standalone or series? 8.     Oldest WIP 9.     Current WIP 10.  Do you set yourself deadlines?

The Specifics 11.  Books and/or authors who influenced you the most 12.  Describe your perfect writing space 13.  Describe your writing process from idea to polished 14.  How do you deal with self-doubts? 15.  How do you deal with writer’s block? 16.  How many drafts do you need until you’re satisfied with a project? 17.  What writing habits or rituals do you have? 18.  If you could collaborate with anyone, who would it be, and what would you write about? 19.  How do you keep yourself motivated? 20.  How many WIPs and story ideas do you have?

The Favourites 21.  Who is/are your favourite character(s) to write? 22.  Who is/are your favourite pairing(s) to write? 23.  Favourite author 24.  Favourite genre to write and read 25.  Favourite part of writing 26.  Favourite writing program 27.  Favourite line/scene 28.  Favourite side character 29.  Favourite villain 30.  Favourite idea you haven’t started on yet

The Dark 31.  Least favourite part of writing 32.  Most difficult character to write 33.  Have you ever killed a main character? 34.  What was the hardest scene you ever had to write? 35.  What scene/story are you least looking forward to writing?

The Fun 36.  Last sentence you wrote 37.  First sentence or your current WIP 38.  Weirdest story idea you’ve ever had 39.  Weirdest character concept you’ve ever had 40.  Share some backstory for one of your characters

The Rest of It 41.  Any advice for new/beginning/young writers? 42.  How do you feel about love triangles? 43.  What do you do if/when characters don’t follow the outline? 44.  How much research do you do? 45.  How much world building do you do? 46.  Do you reread your own stories? 47.  Best way to procrastinate 48.  What’s the most self-insert character/scene you’ve ever written? 49.  Which character would you most want to be friends with, if they were real? 50.  [Other question—ask me anything]

[poohsources]

your writing does not have to be perfect! no matter if you keep it simple or use lots of prose, whether you prefer more dialogue or more descriptions, or if your sentences have few or many words, it doesn't need to be a literary masterpiece. do what feels right for you. do whatever you enjoy the most, and don't stress yourself too much about it because chances are, there will be people who like your writing regardless.

[hallowedfury-deactivated2024032]

i don’t like that poll bc there’s no sense in people choosing “no” and being hard on themselves so here’s a better one

Are you a good writer?

“good” is subjective

what’s good to one isn’t to another

find value in your talents

you’re a good writer

even if you make mistakes

even if you can improve

you’re still a good writer because you’re /writing/

keep going

you’re a good writer

Voting ended onMar 9, 2024