Media Musings & Literal Truths

Aspiring YA fantasy writer as well as a reviewer of books and movies. Hope you enjoy! Check out my writing blog here at wordpress.com

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Dear Writing Diary Entry #1

In regards to my last announcement post, here’s a little teaser of what I’ll be sharing on Substack, which you can find here.

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Moving to Substack!

Hi everyone! Hope you all have been well! It’s been quite some time since I’ve checked in, but I’m still writing these days and have recently started blogging again, which leads me to the purpose of this post: I will now be sharing my writing adventures through Substack, so if you are still interested in following along with my daily writing musings, please subscribe here! While I loved doing…

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My Musings: Violet Evergarden

My Musings: Violet Evergarden

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Hello, everyone! Today I wanted to talk about one of the most recent TV shows I started watching: Violet Evergarden. As I mentioned before, I have lately really started loving nearly everything anime (both television series and movies) and this series is no different. Set in a fictional world resembling victorian-era England,…

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“The creation of a single world comes from a huge number of fragments and chaos.” ― Hayao Miyazaki

“The creation of a single world comes from a huge number of fragments and chaos.” ― Hayao Miyazaki

“The creation of a single world comes from a huge number of fragments and chaos.”

-Hayao Miyazaki

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The Power of Ambience

The Power of Ambience

Hello, everyone! Today I would like to share with you my latest discovery and obsession with soundscapes. While writing I often listen to movie soundtracks or instrumental pieces to get me focused on my story. However, this last week when I was browsing YouTube I came across some amazing and wonderful soundscapes! Now for those who aren’t sure what soundscapes are, they are basically the…

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Ingredients for Storytelling: Details

Ingredients for Storytelling: Details

Welcome back to my Ingredients for Storytelling series where I will be talking about some of my favorite elements of great stories both on the page and onscreen. As you can see from the title, today’s post will be dedicated to discussing how details can often enrich an already strong storyline. Why do details matter in the first place? 1. Setting: In my experience as an avid reader and viewer,…

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"Lilac and star and bird twined with the chant of my soul." -Walt Whitman

“Lilac and star and bird twined with the chant of my soul.” -Walt Whitman

“Lilac and star and  bird twined with  the chant of my soul.  There in the fragrant  pines and the cedars dusk and dim.” -Walt Whitman

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Writing Playlist Spotlight: Hayao Miyazaki Film Soundtracks

Writing Playlist Spotlight: Hayao Miyazaki Film Soundtracks

  Lately, some of the major inspirations and influences on my writing have stemmed from anime, especially movies by the famous Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki. The stunning visuals of his films combined with his trademark unique and touching storytelling not only stretches the imagination but the accompanying soundtracks also provide great music to write to. Below, I thought I would list some of…

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“This world is but a canvas to our imagination.” -Henry David Thoreau "This world is but a canvas to our imagination."  -Henry David Thoreau

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Does anybody else get this thing where they have a new idea for a story except that its not really a whole idea? Just like, a picture or a scene from a movie unfolding in front of you? Only its so clear, so sharp and strong that you know its going to be a story. It burns inside you, making you replay it again and again, from a new angle each time because you want to know, need to know, how this fits in a narrative.

Like, you see the characters and how they look, you know the setting, you know the motivations (but not the context), and every minute detail and nuance of expression or shadows or well, everything. 

You even know what sounds the characters can hear, what sensations they are feeling. You know what music would be playing if this was really a movie. 

You just… don’t know how it fits into a plot yet.

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Absolutely love this post from @theinkstainsblog! So true and relatable! 

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Ingredients for Storytelling: Tension

Hello, everyone! I hope your holidays were well and relaxing! To start off this new year of 2018, I decided to create a writing-centered series called Ingredients for Storytelling! In each of these posts, I will discuss an element I find makes a story all the more intriguing and why. As you can see from the title, today’s spotlight will be on tension and how creating this between characters can…

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Happy Holidays and Hiatus Alert!

Hello, everyone! I’m sorry I haven’t been posting as frequently for awhile, but this will serve as both a Christmas aesthetic and announcement that I will be a taking a hiatus until the new year. In the meantime have a wonderful holiday, and I wish you all an awesome incoming year full of reading and writing!   The Fantastic and Mundane Chronicles of an Aspiring Writer

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My Musings: Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire

Synopsis in a sentence: A half-human, half-fae woman must solve the murder of a fae countess and in doing so, is pulled back into the very world of dark magic and danger she has been trying to avoid for most of her life. As a fan of Ilona Andrew’s Kate Daniels series, I have been looking for another good urban fantasy world to delve into and after hearing so many interesting things about…

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My Musings: The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo

Favorite Quote: “Love speaks in flowers. Truth Requires thorns.”  This was one of my favorite reads of the whole year! While usually, I’m not a huge fan of short stories, Bardugo’s writing had me hooked from the very first page. Styled in the tradition of Grimm’s Fairy Tales, The Language of Thorns contains six fantasy tales and retellings that spark the imagination and re-illustrate some of the…

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On we drove through the darkening storm...

On we drove through the darkening storm…

On we drove through the darkening storm  until without warning a bright light tore through  the thick endless blanket of clouds above revealing a…   The Fantastic and Mundane Chronicles of an Aspiring Writer

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Happy Halloween!

When witches go riding  And black cats are seen, The moon laughs and whispers ‘Tis near Halloween.  -unknown  The Fantastic and Mundane Chronicles of an Aspiring Writer  

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My Musings: The Summer Dragon by Todd Lockwood

My Musings: The Summer Dragon by Todd Lockwood

  Synopsis in a sentence:  An ordinary girl uncovers a conspiracy involving the dragon empire in her homeland. This novel was a unique and interesting read. The beginning started out strong with the introduction of a terrifying enemy and an all new perspective on dragons as massive pets and honored steeds that I had never encountered before. Within the initial hundred pages, however, the plot…

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