bruh this one week writing challenge is gonna end up being 5 days bc i didnt write yesterday or today oh god
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bruh this one week writing challenge is gonna end up being 5 days bc i didnt write yesterday or today oh god
I can’t tell if i want this story to be a romance or a tragedy yet. i have a scene in mind. Elliot leans in towards matthew. matthew opens his mouth for a moment, and Eli says “shh. don’t break the facade.” Matt says, “what facade?” “This facade that you love me, and I love you, and we’re going to have a happy ending. Don’t ruin that right now. Can’t we just enjoy each other’s company for now?” And then Matthew either says “Okay.” or he says, “Who said it was a facade? If you’re lying here, then you’re only one who’s lying.”
so far—main character one is in the hospital, his sister was in a car accident, he’s waiting to hear from the doctor. idk if shes gna die dskjdsjk but hes gonna meet mc2 there
i think i want to start a writing project thats just like. start from scratch and see how much i can write within a full week. does anyone think this could be a good idea and/or would like to try this with me?
my goals so far are: try to get as many words written as possible, get a full, well rounded story out and push myself to leave my perfectionism behind. what do yall think
if i did it i’d totally release it for yall to read lol
intro post
hiya, i’m hayden, i like writing and here’s a rundown of my wip.
edit: i forgot to say like… what it’s about. so hi, ghfty is about a home and specifically a group of kids that live there who have unnatural powers and use them to fight off unnatural creatures. ronnie movies in and ends up falling for one of the boys in the group and is trying to figure out what they’re even doing.
geraldine’s home for troubled youth (working title, subject to change)
characters:
geraldine: runs the home with her husband, richard. put the group together and finds people for them to help. 35
richard: a lawyer, not home much. 41
annie: their legally adopted daughter. 13
ronnie/mikey: new to the home, 18, gay, a sex worker, leaving an abusive home, mean and closed off but softer underneath that exterior. mixed. possibly has a gift like the group’s.
callie: a background character so far. ronnie’s best friend. he left her behind in her own abusive situation for the home. does not live at the home. 17
jared: pansexual, cis and white. a big jerk. only interested in sex and what he deems his (aka ronnie). does not live at the home. 19
the group™:
brian: trans boy, soft, he’s an energy-based telekinetic, but he’s admittedly not very good at it (yet?). 17
silhouette/sil: brian’s best friend. she’s a lesbian (or feminine-attracted) and she likes knives. she can turn invisible. she’d been going by sil before she realized she could turn invisible, but isaac started calling her silhouette when he found out, so she uses it as a nickname for silhouette. 18.
kelly: agender kiddo, has a Big Fat Crush™ on sil. they’re a mega empath, to the point where it affects them negatively sometimes, but they’re good at tracking and recognizing energy paths because of it. 17 (they/she, either is cool)
isaac: leader of the group and has been there longest of all of them. he’s psychic and uninterested in anything but his power, the group and helping people. 19
adam: kelly’s best friend. he’s a pyromancer. hetero trans boy. he, ironically, calms everyone down whenever they’re angry.
a divine halloween
the sun was setting. aster’s excitement was buzzing through the room—quite literally; mika had to reset the circuit breakers twice because aster got so excited, he shut off the electricity. getting his powers back was both a blessing and a curse. a blessing, because mika didn’t have to hear him whine about how he might as well be human at this point, and a curse because aster kept underestimating his power. he said it felt like it was leaking out of him, and mika told him that sounded disgusting.
reading eliza and her monsters has given me some much-needed inspiration for my wip. here goes nothing let’s try for the millionth time to get somewhere with my writing
Chapter 1: Dreamhunter
Emery’s favorite nightmares were the ones that didn’t know they were nightmares. They shuffled along on ungainly limbs like puppies learning to walk, urged forward by a treat, oblivious to the waking world around them. As they became more corporeal, they bumped into lamp posts and mailboxes, stumbled over their own feet, even sometimes made little hiccupping noises of surprise. Some barfed blood or sang horrible banshee songs or accidentally queued up in line at the ATM.
Cute. They were kind of cute.
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Every time I think I’ve followed all the writers I can there’s always more out there
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So I’m doing another writeblr boost.
Please reblog this if you’re a writeblr, particularly if you post about your original work and/or writing references!
a handful of (probably) unpopular opinions on writing:
a kiss scene doesn’t have to lead to sex. it can, ofc, but it doesn’t have to. your characters can kiss for the sake of kissing and nothing more. kissing is hella enjoyable in and of itself, so it doesn’t always have to be a means to an end
a story doesn’t have to be steeped, marinated, and executed with tragedy to be a Real Story. obviously you can and should put your characters through the wringer, but if you don’t tell a story with hope and happiness it’s not really a story worth telling. be brutal but don’t be 100% dismal and bleak
a fantasy doesn’t have to be centered on a war, especially if you don’t feel fully capable of writing about war. they’re tricky and unruly beasts, and if you aren’t willing to give them the proper treatment (read: not romanticizing them), you’re better off not writing about war in the first place
your royal character can be fine with arranged marriages. they don’t always have to run away to escape them only to fall in love with the betrothed they were running from in the first place
on the note of romances, your story A. doesn’t need a romance if it doesn’t fit and B. doesn’t necessitate every character getting into a relationship by the end. for some people, romance isn’t their idea of a happily ever after, so you don’t have to force that into your book
perhaps the most unpopular, but it needs to be said: your female character should not slap your male character. ofc there are times when a slap is warranted, but if he’s just being a dick he doesn’t need to be slapped. that’s physical assault and abuse, which should never be acceptable, even if it makes some people laugh (it shouldn’t and yet it always does 🙄)
your female character A. doesn’t have to be thin, B. doesn’t have to be a Strong Female Character, and C. doesn’t have to go through nauseating hardships (read: sexual assault or physical abuse) for her story to be worth telling
these are all i can think of off the top of my head. feel free to add on if you think of any!
just because a story has “literary merit” doesn’t mean it’s actually good. there are no superior genres.
just like fantasy doesn’t need to be centered on war, it also doesn’t need to be centered on medieval england. fantasy can happen at any time in any region of the world with any level of technology.
traditionally feminine values/traits in characters of all genders doesn’t mean they’re an inferior or weak character.
a female character can want power or have a desire to rule and not be evil.
poc and lgbtq+ characters deserve to be in genre fiction, and there doesn’t need to be a “reason” to justify their existence.
Oh my God I love thisss!
The tea for today
if i may, disabled and/or chronically ill characters also don’t need a reason to be in your story. we just kinda happen to exist.
enjoy my new boy. im finally writing again!
facts to know before u read this: aster is an angel who was sent 2 earth cause he’s a lil asshole and he needs to learn empathy. he’s also an insomniac.
“Nope,” I whisper as I exit out of a fic with no paragraph breaks.
No excuses, folks! Change paragraphs when:
- the “camera” moves - a new character shows up - someone speaks - someone else speaks - a new idea, subject, or topic is introduced - time passes or reverts to an earlier point - the setting changes - the mood shifts - you want to create dramatic effect
me: okay time to jump into the action scene
me: don’t say it
me: don’t say it
me: don’t say it
me: don’t say it
me: don’t say it
me: don’t say it
me: don’t say it
me: don’t say it
me: … “SUDDENLY”
My go-to fixes for this:
but before [Character] could [verb], ACTION!
[Character] was about to [verb] when ACTION!
but no sooner had [something] than ACTION!
but just as [something boring], ACTION!
BANG!/CRASH!/BOOM! ACTION!
“Character dialogue starting some sentence about–” ACTION!
Character’s internal monologue starting some sent– ACTION!
Narrator starting some– ACTION!
… ACTION!
Why extend your readers the courtesy of a ‘suddenly’ except to vary sentence structure?
List of gender neutral names with meanings and origins:
So, I was going to send this as a message to @oabuckvu, but instead I thought I’d post this here since others may also find it helpful!
A:
Addison- child of Adam- English Adina- slender- Hebrew Alby- from Alba- Latin Ally- friend- English Ash- ash tree clearing- English Azra- pure- Israeli Asa- physician- Hebrew Arin- enlightened- Hebrew Arlo- army, hill- old English or barberry tree- Spanish Avery- elf ruler- English Alex- defender of mankind- Greek Arlen- promise, oath- Irish Ambrose- immortal- Latin Aspen- tree- English August- dignity, vulnerable- German
B:
Blaine- yellow- Scottish Blake- blonde, dark- English Bryce- swift- Celtic Brooklyn- broken land- English Bradley- clearing in a woods- English Bailey- bailiff- English Beck- brook, stream- Norse
C:
Chyler- beloved- English Cody- child of cuidightheach- English Charlie- charles- English Chris- christ- English Coby- supplanter- Latin Casey- brave- Gaelic Corin- spear bearer- Irish Cameron- crooked nose- Scottish Colby- town, dark- Norse
D:
Dakota- friend- Native American Devon- poet- Irish Delaney- descendent of the challenger- Irish Drew- manly- English Denham- habitation- English Dael- knowledge of God- Hebrew Danny- God has judged- Scottish
E:
Ellis- Jehova is God- Greek Ellery- from the elder tree island- English Evan- youth warrior- Irish Emery- brave, powerful- German Eden- delight- Hebrew Ellison- child of elder- English
F:
Farron- iron grey- Anglo Saxon Freddie- peaceful ruler- German Frankie- free one- French Fynn- river in Ghana- African Finch- bird- English Flynn- child of red hair- Irish
G:
Gene- well born- English Gale- cheerful, pleasant- English Glade- shining- English Glen- valley- Gaelic
H:
Hollis- Holly tree dweller- English Harlow- rock, army, hill- English Halley- lived near a grove- English Hadley- Heather field- English
I:
Isa- devoted to God- Teutonic Ives- archers bow- English Iggy- firey one- English
J:
Juniper- youth producing, evergreen- Latin Jesse- gift- Hebrew Jo- God is gracious- English/German/French Joey- may Jehova add- Hebrew Jordan- river flow- Macedonian Jet- black gemstone- German
K:
Kellam- at the ridges- Norse Kelsey- from the ships island- English Kendall- royal valley- English Kai- sea- Hawaii
L:
Logan- hollow- Scottish Leslie- garden of holly- Scottish Lee- dweller near the wood- English Lane- path- English Luca- bringer of light- Italy Lirit- poetic- Hebrew Lex- defender- Greek Lakota- friends- Siouan
M:
Mattie- strength in battle- German Morgan- sea defender- English Misha- God live- Russia Max- greatest- Latin Mattise- gift of god- French Monroe- from the mouth of the river Roe- Irish
N:
Newlyn- from the new spring- Celtic Noel- Christmas- French Nicky- victory- English Nat- gift of god- English Nova- chases butterfly- Native American
O:
Oakley- from the oak tree meadow- English Oak- tree- English
P:
Perry- dwells by the pear tree- English Piper- one who plays the pipe- Scandinavian Pema- lotus- Tibetan Puck- unknown meaning- Dutch Parker- park keeper- English
Q:
Quinn- fifth- Irish Quinta- fifth- Spanish
R:
Reese- firey- Welsh Rey- king- Spanish Reed- red, clearing- English Rune- secret- Norse Rue- herb, regret- English Rain- blessings- American Riley- dweller by the Rye field- English River- river- English Rowan- red- Gaelic Rory- red king- Gaelic Ronson- child of ron- English
S:
Sawyer- cuts timber- Celtic Stevie- crown- English Shiloh- owner- Hebrew Sage- wise one- French Saxon- knife- Teutonic Sammy- bright sun- Finnish Scout- to listen- French Shane- gift from God- Irish
T:
Tex- texas- American Toni- worthy of praise- Latin Theo- God given- Greek Taylor- to cut- French Tyne- a river in england- English Tyler- maker of tiles- English Terry- powerful ruler- English
U:
Umber- shade- French
W:
Wyatt- guide- English Willow- graceful- English Wynne- fair- English Wren- song bird- English
X:
Xen- religious- Japanese
Y:
Yael- mountain goat- Hebrew
Z:
Zen- meditative state- Japanese
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yes thanks for colouring it I had a hard time reading that
“I should really take notes while I write,” I grumble as I search through the entire first half of my manuscript, trying to find a single mention of the time lapse between two random events in history.
“I should really take notes while I write,” I command myself as I search through every scene which includes a certain side character, attempting to find the descriptor I used for their skin tone.
“I SHOULD REALLY TAKE NOTES WHILE I WRITE,” I scream while pounding my head into my keyboard, hoping desperately that somehow I will magically stumble upon that one scene where a side character mentioned the full name of someone who doesn’t even appear until the third book.
“Taking notes while writing has helped me so much,” I never ever say, because I never actually do it.