a work in progress @writer-somewhat - Tumblr Blog

Hello Writblr!

I’m Alex, a 30 something year old writer struggling with a consistent sleep schedule. On the side, I read, draw, and form character or story playlists for myself that I later utilize when I write. I’m a fan of video games, particularly game with a strong story. My favourites being Mass Effect, The Last of Us, and Life is Strange.

I’ve primarily spent my Tumblr career reblogging things that amuse me on a separate account. Thanks to covid though, I decided to create and dedicate a new page to use solely for my writing projects. I will welcome any like-minded people and support, and hope to return the favour.

I currently have six project stewing, but at the moment I’ll be focusing on three specific stories:

The Young Reign – A fantasy court intrigue which I’ve had in my mind the longest, I already know how it’s supposed to end, I was just having trouble with how to get there. But I’ve been reworking the story, worlds, and people. My newest girl is Erys.

Memento Mori – This is my supernatural thriller, which is at capacity for drama, sarcasm, and attractive babes. This story is told primarily from Lucie’s first person perspective. She is easily my favourite character of all my projects, and she helped me find my writer’s voice. She’s gonna go thru hell, so allow me to make an official apology. Luce, I’m so very sorry for what I’m gonna put you through. I will make it up to you, I promise!

The Things We Do – Is my only standalone. I had starting something of the like years ago, before abandoning it. But fall of 2019 I came across the old file, and it sparked a new tale of survival in a world killed. I broke the story down by chapters on paper in my downtime at work. It’s an experiment of the human condition, and the cost of living. I anticipating Kyra being really hated for the actions she’ll commit, but then again that means I’ve done what I wanted. This one is already being written. I’ll be formatting my character intros for this one soon.

As you can see, all are very different from one another. I find I get stuck or bored easily, so I like rotating, and this way I find focusing short term keeps me invested! In addition to writing, I’m fairly avid on Pinterest, where I keep boards to inspire me. If you are interested you can find the boards of my projects here. I’m active on both Tumblr and discord if anyone want to talk shop, or complain about disobedient characters.

#writeblr #writeblr community #writing community #writer introduction #writeblr introduction #ficton #fantasy fiction #thriller fiction #supernatural fiction #horror ficiton #suspense fiction #welcome wagon

katestewartt

"Try our new AI tool", "Use ChatGPT", "Our AI assistant can help"

concentfortea

#memes

the-wreck-of-1852

[Image ID: A flow chart with two branches. The starting point reads "does this character have problems." One branch leads to "yes" then "make them worse," while the other branch leads to "no" then "give them some." End ID.]

awfulwhumpsideblog

Some of my favorite magic side effects:

-Nosebleeds. Never gets old.

-Coughing up blood. The good ol’ “cough into your hand and pull it back to see blood” also never gets old.

-Headaches. You keep fighting as your head pounds, desperately telling you to take a break. At first they fade within minutes when you stop using magic, but overtime, they become chronic.

-Fatigue. After a big battle, you stand triumphant, and then just fall asleep on the spot.

-In a similar vein, overuse causing you to straight up faint rather than just fall asleep. Darkness begins to overtake your vision in the middle of battle, unconsciousness abruptly looming over you.

-Any of the side effects happening to another person. Maybe two close characters are connected, and whatever side effects character A would normally endure are transferred to character B. When A uses a blast of magic B screams loudly because holy shit that hurt.

-Magic gradually deteriorating your mind. Using it too much eventually caused hallucinations and an inability to retain memories, or even larger scale memory loss.

Feel free to add more, I’m looking for some to steal

liesmyth

#personally im a huge fan of magic that burns you up#magic that causes fevers and ravages your flesh until you waste away#magic that holding onto is like trying to contain the power of the sun

crimeronan

oh look, it’s my wheelhouse!

magic as autoimmune disease. a force needed to sustain you that nonetheless is attacking your tissues/organs and will not stop

magic as necrosis and sepsis. an infection you have to cut out of you before it takes hold and bleeds through your major organ systems

magic as parasite. it needs a host. you need a body. it is growing inside you. eventually you will be formed around it instead of it around you. and then you’re its plaything forever

magic as electric current. fucking ouch!

magic as one of the worst things that can happen to you. magic as a death sentence.

i want to see more chronically ill and wasted magic users. give me people who have no choice in their deterioration, who are trying to slow the process or to burn themselves out as fast as they can. magic as an inescapable curse. magic as destiny (horror edition).

This is an index of the many, many guides created by the Fountain Of Knowledge also widely known as @inky-duchess. However I decided to organize and revise to share, after seeing one ask about whether or not there was a compilation.

Full disclosure: I very well may have missed a post or two, but do you know how many guides Inky has??? I spent a few hours scrolling (and re-scrolling when I enviably clicked a post, and had to go back) so let me know if I missed one. I'll also edit and add to the list as more guides are published.

Also, I had to breakdown the list over multiple posts due to Tumblr's constraints, so I have added a handy list with each part.

Table of Contents

Part One ⬅ You Are Here Part Two Part Three

#inky duchess #writing resources #writing reference #writing masterlist

This is an index of the many, many guides created by the Fountain Of Knowledge also widely known as @inky-duchess. However I decided to organize and revise to share, after seeing one ask about whether or not there was a compilation.

Also, I had to breakdown the list over multiple posts due to Tumblr's constraints, so I have added a handy list with each part.

Table of Contents

Part One Part Two ⬅ You Are Here Part Three

#inky duchess #writing resources #writing reference #writing masterlist

This is an index of the many, many guides created by the Fountain Of Knowledge also widely known as @inky-duchess. However I decided to organize and revise to share, after seeing one ask about whether or not there was a compilation.

Also, I had to breakdown the list over multiple posts due to Tumblr's constraints, so I have added a handy list with each part.

Table of Contents

Part One Part Two Part Three ⬅ You Are Here

#inky duchess #writing resources #writing reference #writing masterlist

the-overanalyst

it's always so fascinating and heartbreaking when a character in a story is simultaneously idolized and abused. a chosen prophet destined for martyrdom. a child prodigy forced to grow up too fast. a powerful warrior raised as nothing but a weapon. there's just something so uniquely messed up about singing someone's praises whilst destroying them.

worldbuildng

THE ARTIFICE OF ETERNITY : a wip intro

"O sages standing in God's holy fire As in the gold mosaic of a wall, Come from the holy fire, perne in a gyre, And be the singing-masters of my soul. Consume my heart away; sick with desire And fastened to a dying animal It knows not what it is; and gather me Into the artifice of eternity." --W. B. Yeats, “Sailing to Byzantium”

genre

high fantasy adventure

summary

Disgraced solider Galen Maadawi finds himself in possession of a forbidden ancient power, and suddenly every eye in the empire (and more than one sword point) turns towards him. With the brunt of two royal families bearing down on him and the threat of inescapable change nipping at his heels, Galen is desperate to get rid of this strange magic before the fate of the continent comes crashing into his hands.

He learns two things very quickly, however: that some wheels have been turning far too long to be stopped now, and that it isn’t always the heroes who get to go on adventures.

pov characters

GALEN MAADAWI is an exiled imperial soldier resigned to fade into obscurity. A chance encounter puts him at the center of a bitter struggle that spans centuries and begins to dredge up ghosts he'd meant to keep buried forever.

BEHROZ LAKHANI has spent more than half of his life as a political hostage in the imperial capital. His desire for the empire's downfall is challenged as dangers both internal and external threaten to upend everything he's ever known. (absolutely stunning portrait of behroz by @kittensartswriting !!)

ASENOTH LAKHANI roams her ravaged country repairing the damage caused by decades of war. When her brother the king is found dead, it falls to her to face the consequences of not only her family's past wrongdoings, but her own as well.

info

status: editing draft 1 excerpts tag: #writing:aoe content warnings: graphic violence, war, mentions of corpses and bones, tba

i'll be posting bits and bobs as i work through edits, lemme know you want to be on the taglist!

eluari

BORN TO THE SEA - A long overdue update

Hi there, apologies because you may not remember me, or how you´ve ended up on this taglist. But I still remember you. 2019 you were by my side when I wrote the very first draft of my fantasy novel "Born to the Sea". Until 2021, when I finished my final draft tumblr felt very much like home to me. I shared my thoughts on writing, met new friends, and I’m forever grateful for all the encouragement, interest and love towards what has become an experience of a lifetime ...

#eluari #exciting news #born to the sea

bloodraven55

it never fails to surprise me how some people will simply take every single thing in a story at face value and assume that what the characters are saying or doing or thinking must always be true even when all of the context clues are screaming the opposite

bloodraven55

writerswritecompany

#writing humour #nanowrimo2022 #nanowrimo #nanowrimo 2022 #I am 3/4 of these

evermore-fashion

Frieda Lepold ‘Black Tulle Skeleton’ Gown [x]

#frieda lepold #memento more inspo #lucie vibes

inky-duchess

How did the tiaras in medival times look like?

Tiaras were popular centuries after the medieval era however women wore circlets and crowns. Here are the famous examples, belonging to Anne of Bohemia and Margaret of York respectively.