As·pir·ing Writer

Someone trying to be something they've always dreamed of being. Ask me anything, I love getting messages!

[wyattwesleywriting]

It's like they looked as at her and thought, what a beautiful, fragile heart, how fun to be the one that breaks it.

KJS // Excerpt from the book I'll never write #126

[wyattwesleywriting]

Is love egoistic?

I think some love is. I think everyone experiences egotistical love, but I don’t think that’s the only way to love. There’s so many types of love and ways to express it. For instance if you see something in the store and think: my best friend will love this, I should get it for them. I don’t think it’s egoistical. I think you just love that person and thought of them. 

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Hiiii, I'm a super big fan of your writing. I actually have thr notifications on for your blog! Just wanted to let you know that

HI! I’m glad you like my writing! Sorry I haven’t been active. I have what seems like a million projects and things going on in my life so this blog tends to (unfortunately) get pushed to the back burner! 

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There's something out there. Something grand, something life changing. It's just within my grasp. I've just got to step over the ledge, into the unknown. I've never been much of a risk taker though.

KJS // Excerpt from the book I’ll never write #124

[wyattwesleywriting]

Ah, to fall in love with strangers, this must be what they mean by bittersweet.

KJS // Excerpt from the book I’ll never write #123

[wyattwesleywriting]

Can you miss someone you've never met? Long for something you've never had? Feel nostalgia for a place you've never lived? Regret a decision you've never made? Because I'd like to know what this is if you can't.

KJS // Excerpt from the book I’ll never write #122

[wyattwesleywriting]

It never leaves does it? That emptiness. I wish I could cut it out, but I'm not sure who'd be left if it were gone. Certainly not me. No, that's just who I am, who I've always been.

KJS // Excerpt from the book I’ll never write #121

[wyattwesleywriting]

I hope reincarnation is real, because one lifetime with you could never be enough.

KJS // Excerpt from the book I’ll never write #120

[wyattwesleywriting]

I don't believe in soulmates or matches made in heaven.  I don't believe in true love or that it can conquer all.  I don't believe in happily ever afters or honeymoon phases.  I don't. I really don.t I don't, because I know none of that is real.  But damn if you don't make me question everything I know.

KJS // Excerpt from the book I’ll never write #119

[wyattwesleywriting]

I've heard love makes you fearless. But if that's true, why am I so afraid to lose you?

KJS // Excerpt from the book I’ll never write #118

[wyattwesleywriting]

I hope you never have someone look at you as something that was. Like the stars you walked on are now just broken pieces of concrete. Like the music of your voice is now out of tune. Like the brightness of your smile is now common place.  I hope you're never treated like you're not enough. Like you make the day longer than it should be. Like there's something better waiting just around the corner. I hope you never feel the way you made me feel. Like I was supposed to rearrange the stars but made them go out instead. Like I made the butterflies in your stomach die with summer.  I hope you know you deserve the world and every good thing it contains, even you made it clear that didn't include me.

KJS // Excerpt from the book I’ll never write #117

[wyattwesleywriting]

I like being alone.  I like having no expectations. I like playing music too loud. I like dancing by myself while cooking dinner. I like forgetting the world.  But sometimes I get lost there. I don't like being gone without a guide. I don't like forgetting a dance step and having no one to remind me what it was. Because there's some voids music can't fill and there's emptiness that expectations chase away.  I like being alone, but being lonely, that terrifies me.

KJS // Excerpt from the book I’ll never write #116

[wyattwesleywriting]

Mental illness is a harlot and it looks like I’m the highest bidder.

KJS // Excerpt from the book I’ll never write #115

[wyattwesleywriting]

Memories, like wine, can get better with age. Oh, but I guess even fine wine can be poison.

KJS // Excerpt from the book I’ll never write #125

[wyattwesleywriting]

In my story, an aspiring stand-up comedian and singer/songwriter of humorous songs, who is bad at comedy, meets the right people & becomes a famous singer/songwriter of regular songs. My Q- So would the antagonist be the various obstacles and herself?

So I’m pretty sure this question came in a while ago and I am so, so sorry I haven’t responded until now! 

But the main character and the obstacles they face can be the antagonist! There’s a lot of ways to write antagonists. So your story would be more Man vs. Self or Man vs. Setting rather than a classic Man vs. Man. I definitely recommend looking into the different types of conflict. Knowing similar versions will help with writing blocks and knowing how to craft the story. 

[wyattwesleywriting]

How do you determine names for your characters?

Hey I haven’t been super active, so I’m sorry if you asked this a while ago!

Honestly, this is something I struggle with. Usually I just choose a random name I like and it changes throughout the story as the character develops. Maybe I start with a character and just name them something like Thomas but slowly the character morphs into Xavier. I’ve toyed with the idea of making the character names mean something based on other literature, but it never works out. 

I do love the website Nameberry because they have the name generator. So you can enter a bunch of names you have in your story and it’ll generator similar names. When I can’t find a name that works with the story, I usually rely on that!

[wyattwesleywriting]

Update + Apology

Hey Everyone! 

I just wanted to post something because I haven’t been active in a while (over half a year). When I started this blog I had a lot more time and motivation. While I appreciate everyone’s support and comments, I probably won’t be active in the near future. I doubt anyone is checking my blog everyday for new posts, but I wanted to post something in case someone tags me or sends a message. I’ll try and check every once and a while, but who knows. With work and other projects I’m working on (one of which is a podcast!), I might not have time. 

Thanks again!