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THE LEGEND IS REAL! THE ENTIRE DRAFTS FOR WIP: BOOK I AND WIP: BOOK II EXIST! I FOUND THE MYSTERIOUS FOLDER AGAIN!

NOTHING CAN STOP ME NOW!

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How foolish I was back in 2018��� we have 2025 and it’s still not done

Master of Procrastination

After almost 9 years of writing I think I know how to write about procrastination.

I’ve always been thinking about how I could write my own story. What direction it would go in. What would happen. I planed every detail out in my head. But I never got it on paper.

Whenever I pick up my W.I.P. project I get reminded that it’s still unfinished after almost 9 years. In school in 8th grade I began to write on it. Since then it changed a lot of times. I was rewriting it more often than making progress on it. Thinking about different ways I could write a scene.

I also just sat in front of the PC or paper. Believe it or not my first drafts were made with a pen and paper. I did research for hours, getting distracted by other things. Before I finally got 1 to 2 lines down, closed the document and moved on to something different.

What helped me over that was to have a goal. A set date that I wanted it to be finished. So I made a little list of chapters in a spreadsheet. Filled in the number of words into it. And set a maximum word count that I want to reach. Then to get me to work hard on it I added a calculation that showed me how many days are left till I finally have a complete first draft of my book in my hands.

It’s not pretty or anything but it works. The number of days shows how many it would still be if I got 300 words down per day (unrealistic for me but still a little bit of an incentive). The different colors show me what stages the chapters are in.

The hard part about writing a book is not finding the end. But it’s about finding the beginning of it. I already have my end set in stone but the beginning of the story is still unfinished.

Now go and write your own story!

Start it however you want it to start. But write it. Don’t procrastinate too long and much like I did. Get it out there. Somebody will always read it.

- alias: Chris the Dragonslayer

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Unreleased headcanon for WIP: Book II

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Actually thats pretty accurate for a "incorrect quotes generator".

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How can you hide this in the tags? @pheita

i know vitamin c basically neutralizes adhd meds but lemonade good

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11

Any number can be an arbitrary number if you don't care enough

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List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox for the last 10 people who liked or reblogged something from you! Get to know your mutuals, followers and all the wonderful people on here! No pressure to do this though, just a fun suggestion. :)

Thanks for the ask @writingamongther0ses

- photography

- nature

- flowers

- reading books

- writing (stories and blog posts)

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Ah yes. Getting a ping by @writingamongther0ses

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Chinese witch hazel

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Last plant standing!

(We had some snow and cold weather since yesterday)

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the MEATBALLS menu????? wtaf tumblr

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Oh interesting!

In an earlier draft I had the backstories of my characters almost fully complete. Just not their names.

So there’s Lena (from my other reply). Did you know that her dad is spanish and her mom is swiss? (I switched that around a couple of times)

I couldn’t decide how I should name her.

I thought: her dad would want a spanish first name. But her mom is into greek mythology and would like to name her after one of the goddesses. So there’s that conflict of interests.

Long story short. Her full name is Helena Penelope Díaz-Zaugg.

(Greek first name - Helena - daughter of Zeus)

(Spanish first name - Penelope)

(Díaz - Spanish surname)

(Zaugg - Common Swiss surname)

In Germany, Austria and Switzerland it’s not to uncommon to have a double surname, first the one surname of the father and then the one of the mother, if they chose to combine them at marriage).

Trick or treat!

(oh boy i sure hope it's a treat!)

Treat time!

Did you know that in early Rival Most Vial exploration, Sherry was an orc, not a human? There's actually an early exploratory drabble somewhere that describes her as an orc. I ended up switching her around as I was fleshing out the other street friends (I really wanted Grim to be an orc).

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trick or treat!!

Treat!

Did you know that Marie can‘t dance. Not one bit. But she tries anyway together with Lena. (First seen in a dance scene at a high society gala)

It doesn‘t go well but at least they had fun.

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Trick or Treat? 🦇

Treat! Here take the entire bowl

*hands over the entire bowl of candies 🍭*

There’s a playlist about the “WIP: Book II”

- https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQAqysw5pou6GjSMetCNnnAc6Jg1Ec2QU

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Something for all halloween lovers. A spooky chinese lantern plant!

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Beware there's a danger ahead or a cop or a speed camera or the person knows you.

And if someone raises their hand from the steering wheel, it's a sign to say thanks towards another driver (at least in germany)

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Trick or treat!

Treat! first come, first served.

In WIP Book II Michael is the brain, Max is the brawn :) But if they work together nothing can go wrong... mostly.

If something goes wrong there's always Marie. She will try to fix what those two break.