Winvyre

[winvyre]

Welcome to the Winvyblr

I'm your resident mad god, Winvyre! (pronounced "win-vie-r") My pronouns are They/Them but my gender is whatever makes the joke funnier.

I mainly write fantasy with horror elements. My motto for writing is "if I can make it just a little bit more horrifying, then that's what I'm going to do." While I'm not opposed to romance, it's not something that shows up in my work very often. I like to write stories with more-than-humans: superpowers, werewolves, magic systems, etc. I also write the occassional poem and sometimes I post art on here.

>I DON'T DO COMMISSIONS<

Current Projects:

[Valerie's Story] (no title; WIP)- high fantasy epic/coming-of-age

Stories say that the Six Immortals vanished after Immortal Bellona's banishment to the Demon Realm ended the White War. One thousand years later, the stories have shifted and their worship is stronger than ever. But the seal between worlds is breaking. Now Valerie and her mother Oakley must recruit the Immortals' reincarnations and uncover the hidden truths of the past, and themselves, to save the world from the destruction of a second White War.

Hidnight (WIP)- urban fantasy/horror (heavy family, abuse, trauma, & religious themes)

Since moving to his new neighborhood, Connor has become close with the Ibarras, an isolated family of werewolves whom he likes way more than his own parents or the community at church. When the Werewolf Hunter's Association catches wind that there's a pack nearby, Connor gets wrapped up in their crazy, god-obsessed experiments puppeted by a mysterious cult who desperately want Connor on their side. Can he protect his chosen family and himself? Or will the cycles of abuse continue and doom them all?

Questions welcome!

[winvyre]

Level 1 Hyperfixation: must interact with source material

Level 2 Hyperfixation: must interact with/create fan content of source material

Level 3 Hyperfixation: must create original project inspired by the source material

[nondelphic]

writing is so fun when i’m not doing it

[nondelphic]

sorry i disappeared again. i was cosplaying as my writer alter ego.

[xann-z-the-artsy-enby]

Does anybody else get that really anxious feeling when a story FINALLY starts coming together?

Like this is actually starting to BE something

Its scary and exciting and wholesome all at the same time

[luna-azzurra]

A writer's confidence lives on a knife edge between i am the only person who could have written this and i should never be allowed to write again and both feelings can happen before lunch

[winvyre]

Project Hail Mary and Iron Lung are reviving my love of science fiction. I wanna start a sci-fi project soooo bad now!

If you didn't know this about me, back when I first formed aspirations of being an author, science fiction was the main thing I wrote. I lean more fantasy/horror now but it's nice to know that sci-fi-loving kid never died.

I absolutely have to read the book and play the game!

[winvyre]

Connor comes back to life.

[winvyre]

Writing Advice: Worldbuilding

How does one build a world? There's so much to think about. Where do you start?

The answer is... start with your interests!

Personally, I'm really into learning about religions. I love mythology and coming up with my own gods. So I created the Six Immortals. Let's look at Immortal Ved as an example:

Ved is the Craft Immortal. His domain lies with artisans and academics. -> He founded a magic school in the Snow Region. -> The headmaster and professors form the council that governs the region.

Draw from real life, other works, your imagination, whatever! Just remember to have fun with it. If you don't want to figure out what a kingdom's main export is or design a writing system for one of your languages, then don't. Follow your likes!

[winvyre]

Valerie grows up.

[winvyre]

Writing Advice: Act it Out!

Having trouble with dialogue (or just wording in general)? Try acting it out! I find that when I'm able to embody my characters, their scenes turn out much more impactful and I come up with lines I otherwise never would've thought of.

Example: The headmaster of the magic school was threatening a student into complying with his plan to forcefully assimilate their people. He was sounding generically evil and almost robotic until I started pretending to be him.

His final threat ended with the line "If you still want to throw my generosity in my face, then you can crawl your way home." ("home" being back to their tribe that they left in order to attend school in the city) which hits way harder than whatever I had before considering the two characters' relationship, especially since the student that the headmaster was threatening uses forearm crutches. That's how you know he's a bad guy: he takes away a disabled person's mobility aid.

[xiaq]

One of the best things about being a writer is thinking of something small you can add to your work that’s just. Devastating. Like you’re sitting there going. Oh. That would be diabolical. People would get really riled up about that. Exquisite. Let’s do it.

[winvyre]

Happy Omie's Festival Day!

The first day of spring is when the people of the Forest Region celebrate making it through the winter by eating fun foods, selling handmade goods, playing games, and wearing accessories made from hearthbloom flowers.

Be sure to light a candle and say a prayer to thank Immortal Omie for protecting your home from the bitter cold!

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

[moninils]

No one but writers can understand this feeling... ABSOLUTE RELIEF.

[sirobvious]

“Appeal to a wider audience” is corporate lingo for “strip more themes from a piece of media so it’s safer and more sanitized for investors”

[sirobvious]

I struck a nerve in the billionaire fandom with this one

[redstonedust]

the worst part about trying to put your OCs into any kind of actual comic/game/story is knowing theres no way you can fit in ALL the little quirks and trivia facts youve though up about them. how am i meant to fit in the fact that every character has a canonical birthday. how do i let readers know that ive named all of their grandparents. where do i allude to this side character's minature painting hobby and hatred of funko pops. girl we've got plot to focus on.