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[acmartin]

It's my 10 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

My blog used to be just me being dumb in my middle school years and now it’s my writing blog where I post things about my book and the work that I am doing

I can’t believe it’s been ten years, here’s to ten more

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CALLING ACTIVE WRITEBLRS

Hi hello. My dashboard as been feeling sparse the last few weeks and I want to get some more writers on my feed. I made one of these a few months back that introduced me to so many new people so I'm back again to find new writers

My main genres/tropes/yada yada are:

Fantasy - Dark, High, Low stakes whatever just give me that mythical feeling and I'm yours bbg

Sci-fi - I've been trying to get more into it

Literally any romances - Slow burn, meet cute, meet ugly, they fell first they fell harder, star crossed lovers, whatever. give me it all

I'm a dragon fiend

Please interact with this so I can check out all your beautiful blogs and devour your writing. I offer you a tutter mouse for your time thank you

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Alright it's day like 80...

that I have been working on Chapter two of my book. In reality it's been like a week. I am just struggling and have been procrastinating that it feels like 80. im gonna open the docs now and actually try to work today on the story other than having it opened and then getting distracted by a twitch stream or youtube. I should also fix my sleep schedule but maybe another time.

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I was scrolling through my blog reminiscing instead of writing and I realized I never made an update post last year about my cat. I have had Maple for almost exactly a year and two months after I made this post she had kittens. We didn't know she was pregnant but like I said in this post I was becoming a writer who owns a cat... I own three cats now because we kept her kittens.

I disappeared there for a bit but for good reason. I have become a cat mom and she is not supposed to be on the bed but a few days ago I woke up to her like this. Her name is Maple and is precious and a menace. Anywho I am now becoming a writer who owns a cat. I am starting to fit into more of the stereotypes, I already had procrastinating my WIP by starting new WIPs on my list, and now I have this.

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Since I made this post I have moved to a new state and... I am not entirely sure where this notebook is. I remembered that I wrote notes somewhere I just didn't remember where and I just came across this post on my blog and remembered. Hopefully I can find it sooner rather than later.

All my life I have said I am unorganized but last week over three days I read through my entire first draft and took notes in the notebook you see in front of you. I color-coded what the tabs meant, I posted post-it notes on top of my notes to remind me of things I want to be reminded of. This notebook is my cheat sheet for my book and is now my most prized possession because it is not only proof of my organizational skills but also proof that I can do it. This is something I am capable of and something I will do.

[acmartin]

A conversation had in the final chapter of my book, Tainted

“I don’t know what you want from me?”

“A conversation?”

“I wasn’t aware we knew how to have one of those.”

“Funny, Cassandra. Come on, keep me from having a panic attack about meeting my family.”

“On one condition.”

“Which is?”

“Keep me from having one.”

Um…

“What?”

“I am a Lieutenant to the Rebellion, which is a group that has been unofficially working for the King and Queen, your parents.”

“Thanks for reminding me who my parents are, I forgot.”

“I am serious, no one outside of the Rebel leaders stationed in the Capital have ever met with your parents. They don’t trust anyone outside of their inner circle enough to meet with them. I will be the first to.

I have to make a good first impression.”

“ I am their daughter that they haven’t seen in over fifteen years and you are one of the people escorting me back to them. Something tells me that no matter what, you will be making a great first impression.”

“And you are returning after over fifteen years to your family, something tells me that they will be happy to see you regardless of anything else.”  

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I have had my first draft of book opened for the last half hour and instead of working on the second draft I have been looking for the right music to get me into the mood to write. I just found the Kingdom Dance from Tangled with the best part looped for an hour I no longer want to write I want to dance in circles, but I should write. I should look for other music tho cuz this one is making me want to daydream and is too distracting send me luck

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I am Actually Doing it

Yesterday I made a post that I was going to do a writing stream where I do an AMA, but also I work on the second draft of my novel simultaneously. I will have music playing and it will all be chill vibes. If you want to come in and maybe write while I write, then press on the link https://www.twitch.tv/cmart0913

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I might be doing one of these streams tonight at midnight. Let's see how it goes. Will post here if I end up actually doing it. Real talk if I do it, should I make a playlist for the music playing in background or use some of the Youtube Adventure/fantasy vids

If the answer is playlist, give me some recs

Maybe a Dumb Question

If I do a stream where I just have instrumental music playing and I am writing my book and have it open to me answering questions about my book or the process or anything like that, would people show up? Like come in and ask me questions and we can have discussions and then when it's quiet I'll be writing or brainstorming. I feel like this is a way to keep me accountable for a certain amount of time and I'd actually sit down and write my shit and do the work. You lmk tho I want to know an outside opinion. Like tell me if this is dumb, politely. Please keep it politely lol.

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Only day you can reblog this

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Maybe a Dumb Question

If I do a stream where I just have instrumental music playing and I am writing my book and have it open to me answering questions about my book or the process or anything like that, would people show up? Like come in and ask me questions and we can have discussions and then when it's quiet I'll be writing or brainstorming. I feel like this is a way to keep me accountable for a certain amount of time and I'd actually sit down and write my shit and do the work. You lmk tho I want to know an outside opinion. Like tell me if this is dumb, politely. Please keep it politely lol.

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Reading this at 3:27 AM is just a cruel joke from Tumblr and not a sign that I should go to bed, right?

Pros of going to sleep: I will stop being sleepy, it will be easier to wake in the morning, I will feel better in general kinda, will get a better grasp on anything I try to do or integrate (learn/read/listen to) in the morning

Cons: it feels like the thing I’m supposed to do and I don’t wanna commit to being good cause that’s hard

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Something Funny

I love that I am writing dialogue, internal and external, and I am trying to keep it informal because it's the dialogue of a 23-year-old who is not being grammatically correct in her head or in casual conversation with her peers, but Grammarly and spell check is telling me I am wrong.

I want to be wrong it's important to show the humanity in your characters, they have flaws, they mess up when speaking, they have random thoughts pop into their heads, and most importantly they speak colloquially. They are not grammar teachers or people who have PhDs in English or anything like that and I feel like this is something that people forget about.

I want my character to be a person who is in no way perfect so why should the way they think or perceive things be that way. When writing a story from the characters point of view, it is important that the perspective is unique and spellcheck is a constant reminder that I am doing that and it is technically wrong, but I refuse to change that part of my writing, especially at the part of the story for the character.

Being grammatically correct isn't the top of my MC's priority list so she is gonna say random crap that doesn't always makes sense but that makes her a character that can be related to. Anyways I can keep going but I have to get back to writing. This was just a little rant because the squiggles under my writing is distracting me.

If you read to this point thanks for reading the rant.

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Guys one of my chapters is 37 pages and I am going at a turtle's pace revising it for my second draft. It's been thirty minutes, and I have done two pages of the 37. This chapter is going to take me forever (especially if I keep getting distracted and come here to make posts)

Send help lol

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Chapter 1/28 (For now)

I have decided to document my progress with my second draft and give little updates or things that I have learned during the process of completing my second draft.

By the title, you can see that I have completed the first chapter of my second draft, and I have to say it went splendidly. Except for one fact, it's 4:15 AM as I am typing this because I just finished writing. I have ruined my sleep schedule these last few days working on my story but I am also so fucking proud of myself for the work I have done.

Always be proud even if you don't think it's a lot or good. It is something you created, and that should be appreciated!

I compared the word count of the chapter in the first and second draft and in the second draft, I managed to add 1,000 more words of descriptions and explanations for things that just didn't make sense in the first draft. I also managed to make everything in the first chapter flow a lot better now because I knew what the intended message was and all I had to do was organize it better.

I want to keep writing about my experience, but I am falling asleep, and I am struggling to be coherent (I used all my writing skills in the chapter). I may do a part two to this post tomorrow but for now, Good night/ Good Morning

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I do both and also just re-read cuz like I don't believe I actually wrote something of this magnitude and reading it reminds me:

Shit, I actually did that!

Reblog if you're a writer who re-reads their own work for funsies.

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It's Deceitful

You wanna know what's deceiving, I thought after writing my first draft that the second draft wouldn't take as long as it is. BUT... I have been doing my second draft pretty consecutively these last few days, and I feel like it's taking me ages to see the progress on it (It might be because I am dissecting every word I have written, but my proofreading skills from AP Lang/Lit are hard to deviate from even though it's been years).

Anyways, hi how are you all doing in the New Year? I haven't checked in in a hot minute.