Polls For Writers

Yes, I should be writing right now They/he By @transendragon

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I’m bored and wordy, so I decided to make a poll blog! I’m an SFF writer and artist, I post my creations on @transcendragon and Transcendragons.Wordpress.com

Check out my writing, it’s free! https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/145331/mage-by-blood

Mage By Blood | Royal Road

When a government mission turns deadly, Mage Izak must face long-lost family members across violently opposing ideological lines. One hundre

This blog is just for fun. Don’t take it too seriously and be nice. Bigots not welcome.

I also run a discord for SFF/speculative writers: https://discord.gg/d4uJDY37 (let me know if you want to join but the invite link has expired)

A server for writers of any kind of speculative fiction / SFF to form community! There's particular emphasis in this server toward being inc

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FAQ

Anyone can submit questions but they should be writer or writing focused, you can only resubmit the same/very similar questions after 3 months, and no pro/anti polls. Making two diametrically opposed groups is an awful way of handling complex or nuanced discussions; it’s like trying to turn issues around sensitive topics in fiction into Team Edward vs Team Jacob. Feel free to submit questions about censorship, harassment, and sensitive subjects in media, just please don’t frame them in a binary Our Side vs Their Side.

Also, no questions about AI, I’m sick of hearing about it.

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See My Creations

The Golden Leaf - this is art of a magical object in the romance fantasy novel I’m currently writing, "To Claim a Prince". I really like how

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Writers: do you have any deep-seated fears?

Yes, many!

Yeah, some

A few

No, not really

Nope, not at all!

Unsure

Other answer

See results / not a writer

Voting ended onMay 18

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Writers: do you deal with insomnia?

Yes, all the time!

Yeah, often

Sure, sometimes

Occasionally / rarely

No, not really

Nope, never at all

Unsure

Other answer

See results / I don’t write

Voting ended onMay 17

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Writers, do you have particular settings that you often come back to?

Yes, a specific setting

There’s a type of setting I often come back to

No, not really

Other answer

See results / I don’t write

Voting ended onMay 16

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Writers: Do you believe in the supernatural?

Yes, definitely

Yeah, generally

Occasionally / with some stuff

I don’t know, but there’s at least some stuff I think is real

Not sure if any of it’s real, no belief either way

I don’t know, but I don’t think it’s real

No, I generally don’t

No, I definitely don’t

Other answer

See results / I don’t write

Voting ended onMay 15

[transcendragon]

My free to read queer fantasy novel “Mage By Blood” is ending with the epilogue posting to Royal Road this Friday! To celebrate I’m posting moodboards and playlists for the novel and characters. (The playlists will be informed by my music taste, for better or worse). There will be individual posts and a masterpost on my Wordpress,

I’m starting with a 12 track playlist for the whole project! Apple Music link: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/mage-by-blood-12-track/pl.u-kv9l2MaFJxrgYWd

Songs:

Control by Halsey

Kill All Your Friends by My Chemical Romance

Trouble by Imagine Dragons

Amsterdam by Imagine Dragons

C’Mon (with Fun.) by Panic! At the Disco

All These Things That I’ve Done by The Killers

I Stand Corrected by Vampire Weekend

The Fall by Imagine Dragons

Shake It Out by Florence and the Machine

Daniel In The Den by Bastille

Icarus by Bastille

“Mage By Blood” can be read for free here: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/145331/mage-by-blood

Mage By Blood | Royal Road

When a government mission turns deadly, Mage Izak must face long-lost family members across violently opposing ideological lines. One hundre

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Writers: do you make moodboards / aesthetic boards for your writing projects or characters?

Yes, for my overall writing projects

Yes, for my characters

Yes, for both

Yes, for some other part(s) of my writing

Not really / rarely

No, never

Other answer

See results / I don’t write

Voting ended onMay 13

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Writers: do you ever have “brain fog” preventing you from writing?

Yes, often

Yes, sometimes

Occasionally / rarely

No, never

Other answer

See results / I don’t write

Voting ended onMay 12

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Writers: have you ever written anything that you would never share with anyone else?

Yes

Kind of, I’ve written things I’d only share with one or two close trusted people

No

Unsure / depends on what you mean

Other answer / it’s complicated

See results / I don’t write

Voting ended onMay 7

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Writers: Do you identify as “weird” or a “weirdo”?

Yes

No

Sometimes

Unsure

Other answer / it’s complicated

See results / I don’t write

Voting ended onMay 6

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Writers: can you ever push yourself through writers block through sheer willpower / just forcing yourself to write?

Yes, often or all the time

Sometimes

No, never

Unsure / never tried

Other answer / nuance

See results / I don’t write

Voting ended onMay 5

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Writers: do you feel like writing has helped you be more flexible and understanding mentally?

Yes, definitely!

Yes, generally

Somewhat

No, not really

It’s done the opposite

Not sure / can’t tell

Other answer / it’s complicated

See results / I don’t write

Voting ended onMay 4

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Writers: if your writing were an animal, what type of animal would it be?

Mammal

Fish

Insect

Aquatic arthropod

Bird

Terrestrial reptile

Other animal type

My writing would not be an animal, but would be a plant or fungus or something

What???????????????

Other answer somehow

See results / I don’t write

Voting ended onMay 2

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Writers: does your mental health impact your writing?

Yes, very negatively

Yes, overall negatively

Yes, overall positively

Yes, very positively

Yes, in ways that can’t be clearly summed up as positive or negative

Not much, not really

No, not at all

Other answer / unsure

See results / I don’t write

Voting ended onMay 1

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Writers: how important are themes / deeper meaning to your writing?

Absolutely and deeply vital for all my writing

Very important for my writing in general

Fairly important to most of my writing

Somewhat important to some of my writing

Not very important to most of my writing

Generally unimportant to my writing overall

Not important for any of my writing

Other answer

See results / I don’t write

Voting ended onApr 29

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does being a writer make you more understanding of writing issues in other people's stories? (plot holes, unsteady characterization, pacing issues, what have you?)

-> yes, writing is hard! it's understandable that not everything is perfect!

-> i can feel empathy for the writer, while at the same time still be frustrated by the flaws

-> i'm neutral on this

-> writing has made me LESS understand of writing issues in other stories, sorry

Does being a writer make you more understanding of writing issues in other people's stories? (plot holes, unsteady characterization, pacing issues, what have you?)

Yes, writing is hard! It’s understandable that not everything is perfect!

I can feel empathy for the writer, while at the same time still being frustrated

I’m neutral on this

Writing has made me LESS understanding of writing issues in other stories, sorry

See results / I don’t write

Voting ended onApr 27

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do you find yourself noticing writing mechanics in other stories (books, tv shows, movies, etc.) that non-writers don't?

(think act structures, be it three act or nine act; foreshadowing clusters; meta-introductions, etc.)

yes, quite often

this has happened to me once or twice

no, that's never happened to me

i've been in the opposite situation

results

Do you find yourself noticing writing mechanics in other stories (books, tv shows, movies, etc.) that non-writers don't?

Yes, quite often

This has happened to me once or twice

No, that’s never happened to me

I’ve been in the opposite situation

Results or I don’t write

Voting ended onApr 26