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[sabrecrane]

Character Creation

Creating characters can sometimes be difficult. Not only do you have to connect to the characters personally so their personalities shine in your work but you also have to think about their goals, their likes, dislikes and what would make your readers want them to have a happy ending. So how do you do it?

Well I make a brief template first of all;

Name:

Age:

Gender:

Powers:

Personality:

Description:

Likes:

Dislikes:

Fears:

Backstory:

From there I think about the kind of world I want to put them in and what dangers they will face and how they will handle said danger. Throughout the book you want your character to grow as a person, allowing more and more readers to relate to them so are they starting off the book already strong willed or will they be a coward?

If you're still struggling look at meanings of names and see if you can create your character around the meaning of that. For example Kaizen's name means 'good change' and 'continuous improvement'. Hope this helps!

[mika0318]

Check out my novel! Genre is Action, Fantasy, Romance.

It is free on Tapas, Inkitt, and Wattpad.

Please enjoy ♥️

[maynestarlit]

YeS, YES, the characters are taking shape!! *I say as I vaguely outline them after already starting the story and posting the chapters*

[anne-is-ominous]

An even more belated Phoenix Reignited 2.20: The Most Wonderful Time

I. Suck.

This was supposed to be Thursday's chapter, and I'm only an hour away from not getting it posted in time for Saturday's release window. The last few weeks have continued to be amazingly hectic - the last few days in particular - but it has been amazingly good stuff. My life has been turning for the better in almost every conceivable way - and it's just been eating up a lot of time to do it.

With the Bad Times in October through December eating through all of my chapter backlog, and things still being insanely busy here in Anneworld, it hasn't been a great time to need to write whole-cloth chapters weekly for Book XIII and a four-chapter, fifteen thousand word brand-new arc for Book II of Reignited simultaneously. That arc now concludes, and I am so very proud of it. As soon as I get this chapter posted, I'm going to grab a quick bite and set about reigniting the chapter that was supposed to come out today, and with any luck, get that out either tonight or in the morning as well to get back on track.

It's becoming clear to me that at some point soon - the most logical point being the end of Reignited book II in a few more chapters - I'm going to need to pause for a few days to catch my breath and rebuild a backlog. I didn't want to have to do that, but when I set this schedule - and the even more ambitious one I've already scaled back from - I was not counting on the total and complete life upheaval I have experienced since October. Things are good now - better than I can recall them ever being - but I am just now starting to clear away the debris of the stability I had to bulldoze to create space for something new and improved, and thinking about what new palace is going up in its place. It's exciting, and terrifying, and very, very time-consuming.

Anyway. Enough rambling. Enjoy some belated Christmas fluff! I'm so sorry again for the delay, I appreciate everyone who has reached out with support (and insistence that I should look out for myself first and the story second, if that), and I promise I'm evaluating ways to do this that I can reliably deliver without continuing to fry my brain six ways from Sunday. I love you all, my wonderful Firebirds.

~ Anne

Ranko beamed, stealing a quick, victorious glance at Ayako. Toldja she’d like it. “Well, I thought, you keep dropping your Game Boy in the bar, and one of these days, it’s gonna break if you don’t have something better than your purse to carry it in.”

With an emphatic nod that sent the red bows in her long blue pigtails bobbing, Mei reached for the shabby yellow cloth drawstring bag that served as her daily driver purse. “I mean, this is the third one I’ve had as it is, so, you’re totally right!” She pulled the grayish device from her purse, tucking it into the padded main compartment before beginning to connect the periwinkle plastic clips of the shoulder strap to the matching loops on either side of the bag.

“At least she only cracked the screen on the second one,” Izumi said, giggling as she sidled back to her spot on the couch between her boyfriend and son, handing Kaito a disposable plastic cup full of eggnog that smelled strongly of cinnamon and rum. “The first one ended up in the freakin’ fryer.”

“Proof,” Yui said with a grin at Mei, “that not everything is better deep-fried. Most things, I’ll grant, but…”

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[lilymooreauthor]

"Ghost, Can I please see your face?” I purr, leaning forward, resting my hands on his knees, he lifts a hand to cup my chin rubbing his calloused thumb over my bottom lip. I part my lips and he pushes his thumb into my mouth and I lick the tip. Slowly he pushes more into my mouth and I moan as I suck his thumb into my mouth before biting down gently.

“That’s better love, much better” and without a seconds warning, he loops his arms under my underarms and lifts me to straddle on his lap. Our faces are millimeters away from each other, I can feel his cock harden underneath my ass and I take the opportunity to move forward grinding

against him. Simon’s head tips backwards and his Adam’s apple bobs and his hands lower to grab my ass.

He leans forward whispering into my ear, “Love, if you’re going to start grinding those sexy little hips against my cock, don’t stop”.

I grind myself against his length again and we moan in unison as his head falls back again. I take the opportunity to slide my hands up his bare chest, tracing over his shoulders before hooking my thumbs under the base of his mask under his chin. I feel his heart rate pick up as he uses his hands on my ass to firmly grind my hips back and forth on his lap.

“Don’t be scared love, lift the mask but once you do, there’s no going back. You’ll be mine, I’ll own you, all of you, just like you’ll own me, there won’t be a place on this earth that I cannot find you, there’s not a part of you that won’t belong to me.”

Simon reaches up, grabbing my wrists but not pulling me away, “I’m serious Sam, you lift that mask, and you’re mine,” he breaths into my ear. He removes his hands from my wrists, placing them firmly back on my hips. He squeezes my ass, hard enough to bruise tomorrow, hard enough to be intoxicating. My breath hitches as I begin to lift the mask.

I’m all in.

The dried blood has stuck the mask to Simon’s face so I try to be gentle not forgetting the reason he came to me in the first place was a huge laceration to his side, multiple broken ribs, a swollen eye and a possible concussion with a side of internal bleeding. In all the lust I have completely forgotten that this man just came back from a three month mission in complete and utter pain, yet here I am grinding myself on his rock hard cock desperately hoping he’ll fuck me to oblivion before the sun rises.

“Sam, just take off the mask baby, I’ve endured worse pain than you tearing this off. You’ve seen most of me already,” he winks.

[theverumproject]

Yesterday, I got an Inkitt notification, somebody reviewed by book. My heart was pounding and I was getting slightly nauseous. I feared that it's gonna be a bad one, perhaps even hate. But...

You see that up there? 0 Chapters read.

It's either a fucking bot or a scammer. They left this exact same review on other stories too.

Man fuck you. I hope you and your family have a nice christmas.

At least it's not hate. And I guess a good rating, though not deserved, is still good!

[sabrecrane]

Battling Writer's Block

Believe it or not there are people out there who believe that writer's block isn't a thing. Nope, I'm not kidding, that is what my lecturer said last year and I just want to assure anyone that may believe it doesn't exist/ or are thinking of giving up on their work, don't. It is a very real thing and is very common to experience especially if you've written so much that you've managed to burn yourself out. Also, nobody in my class liked that lecturer for the rest of the year after making that comment so if you don't believe it's real...I wish you luck is all I'm gonna say lol.

So how do you prevent this?

Well first of all, you can't, but you can decrease how likely it is to happen.

Organisation

First thing is first, get your notes and your characters down somewhere you can look at them. Organisation will help a ton. Personally I have notes scattered all over the place both physical and on a folder on my laptop. Ideas come at random so I jot them down and then always forgot to put the physical notes somewhere. This meant I got stressed because I knew I had a good idea but couldn't remember exactly what it was. I did end up finding the notes and have now bought a folder to store my papers in. But this disorganisation meant I spent a lot of time overthinking my skills as a writer which then affected my confidence and ultimately resulted in writer's block.

Create

The next thing you can do is relax and create. Plots will come in time, focus on creating -- that's the fun bit especially if you're working in the fantasy or sci-fi genre! Don't create your plots first because as soon as you create your characters you might realise those plots won't work with those characters anymore. While this may not directly contribute to writer's block it definitely could affect your confidence so if you already have a good plot idea but find your characters don't fit then store away the idea for later to use with characters that will work for it.

Also I know I only focused on the writing aspect of creation but if you want to create other things then do that, too! Draw, make models, maybe a small mistake you make might give you inspiration!

Take a walk

This is common advice I see and that is taking a walk. If you can't find the inspiration to work on your current project but want to write something, grab your laptop or notebook and just wander around in a park and focus on your senses. What can you hear? What are the conversations people are having? What can you see? Try and show it instead of telling. Is there wind, can you feel it?

Create Your Own Definition For Your Favourite Words

If you don't want to write something too complicated and can feel your motivation disappearing but want to try and regain it, search for words and show your meanings for it instead of what the official definition is. For example the word 'love', the official definition is generalised and always straight to the point but the word means different things for different people. So what is love to you?

Poetry

Adding onto the previous paragraph, maybe try poetry! Last year I was dreading my poetry module but I have actually enjoyed it so far. I never thought I would but at 3am I find myself drafting up a poem to work on the next day. I do have old notes somewhere so when I find them I'll post them here so you have a sort of visual for how some poetry forms work. My favourite type of poetry is freeverse so if you're wanting to create a story without necessarily rhyming but keeping within the poetry theme, that would be a great way to start!

Relax

Finally, read. Sit down somewhere with a cup of hot chocolate or your favourite drink and read. Take some time for yourself, your writing isn't going anywhere and either way it takes time. Writing is a skill to develop not something to rush. Rushing will result in confusion and you may miss out some minor plot points you wanted to add. Reading helps you learn so pick out pieces that you enjoy from the book and see if you can incorporate it into your own work somehow.

To all my fellow writers out there, take a breath. Everything will come to you in time.

[jouceras]

11 chapters until static touch finish line. PAATSOD (prince arthur and the sorrows of death) is next.

[s-soulwriter]

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[jourquet]

with the speed i'm writing, static touch should finish by early february. if i get busy or slowed down, maybe march. which means ... the merthur fanfic is right around the corner.

[venusdian]

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[anne-is-ominous]

Phoenix Reignited 2.16: Pillow Talk

I am so very sorry that today's chapter is late! New Year's really... hit me hard in a lot of ways. But, I'm back - and we'll have a regular chapter drop tomorrow, too. With today's (well, yesterday's technically) chapter, Royal Road is now caught up with the other 12 platforms where Phoenix: Reignited Edition posts, which means we'll be cutting back to a Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday release schedule in line with those platforms. Thanks so much for all of your support as we got Reignited off the ground on Royal Road!

Ranko blinked her eyes open, reacclimating to her surroundings after a blissful few hours of sleep. Man, my dreams were freakin’ crazy last night. I could have sworn that Akane… She rubbed the sleep from her eyes, and when they opened again, they fell on her bedroll, still rolled up tightly on the floor. Wait. Why would that be there, unless…

She started to move her arm tentatively, but found she couldn’t, as it was being pinned down by the left arm of the person holding her from behind. Her eyes jolted open, and she rolled over on her back to look behind her. 

Holy shit. It was real. 

Her mind raced through her memories of the evening. After the show, Akane… kissed me. She just helped me out of my outfit, we blushed and stammered at each other for twenty minutes, and we went to bed. I was gonna sleep on the floor, but she invited me to share the bed. We were both girls, so it’s okay, right? Nothing else happened. It’s not like we had sex or anything… hell, how would two girls even… Ranko shook her head, careful not to let her ponytail fly back and strike the sleeping Akane’s face. Yui would know. She swallowed hard enough for her gulp to be audible. Not like I need to know! Not thinking about that! Nope! She’d never want to…

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[caseylynnxo]

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[imoonblaze]

Bad news with wattpad ; m ;

Hello guys….how have you been?…I'm fine, but a little worried about something that has happened.

In case you heard the news, Wattpad has added new guidelines regarding its content and function of its platform.

The truth is that I am quite hurt by how things are working out and how it affects many writers, especially writers who write fanfics and AUs…

This means that it may no longer be possible to write on Wattpad and that many now run the risk of having their accounts and stories deleted for no reason…regardless of whether your story is your own, is a fanfic or is an AU.

That's why I'm writing this to let you know that I may have to move to another platform…maybe AO3, Fanfiction, or Inkitt…and move my stories and AUs to one of those sites, however, since I've I've been on Wattpad for several years, I don't know if they will be useful to me.

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I would like you to give me your suggestions and recommendations on what platforms I can use to continue writing my AUs and fanfics.

You can give your recommendations in the comments box (if possible I also want to know about advantages and disadvantages)

I appreciate your attention and understanding and we will see you soon if possible.

[avaseofpeonies]

A Drink Before Battle ~ Intro

Genres: Fantasy, Romance, LGBTQ+, BL, Yaoi, Drama

Age rating: 18+ (violence, strong language, sexual content)

Status: Main story complete (70,000 words/ 47 chapters), One extra chapter (more coming someday)

Availability: Free to read on Scribblehub, Wattpad, AO3, Inkitt

Story Tag: #adbb avp

Summary:

General Sevei is of the firm opinion that Nobles are shady and Alchemists even shadier. Noble Alchemists are the absolute worst. He is not looking forward to partnering with one to guard the border. Upon their introduction, though, it would seem they have already met... under very intimate circumstances.

Oh...,****

Set in the same world as Salvage, but we're going back in time for some Medieval sword and sorcery!

This wholesome, happy-endings-all-around, smutty queer fantasy romance features an M/M main couple along with a host of supporting characters bringing some trans rep, some pan rep, some sex worker positivity, and even a straight ally who tries his darndest, bless his little puppy heart.

Plenty of fluff, plenty of sexy times, a few funny bits, and our gang do all make it through the Horrors - but there is a war on, so there's also plenty of angst and a bit of bloody violence along the way.

More details below!

MC: General Zarayan Sevei, 31, brown hair, brown eyes, regular guy

ML: General Yeresym Urskatha, 28, platinum blonde, green eyes, Alchemist (magic user)

Couple Dynamics: Enthusiastic MC x reluctant ML, normal x paranormal, sunshine x grumpy, outgoing x reserved (dog/cat), experienced x inexperienced, vers couple

POV: MC only, 3rd person past

Setting: Fantasy World, Medieval, Military camp

Magic system ~ Qi-type innate spiritual energy (called Ethereal Energy in story). Can be wielded physically, harnessed to fuel technologies, or (more rarely) combined with ritual practices for more esoteric applications.

Themes: individual vs. self, individual vs. society, LGBTQ+ themes, identity, self image, love, sexuality, friendship, loyalty, courage, cooperation, guilt, mental health, empowerment, sex worker positivity, social class/privilege, change vs. tradition, violence, war, prejudice

Tropes: western fantasy influenced by xianxia danmei, enemies (antagonists) to lovers, secret identities, mistaken assumptions, forced proximity, workplace romance, brothel scenes, outdoor bathing, magical sex, opposites attract, side couples, (almost) everyone is queer, found family, band of misfits, fluff, comedic undertone, humor as a coping mechanism, danger/rescue, hurt/comfort, traumatic past, toxic family, angst w/HE, avenging dead loved ones, damsel in distress, magic battles, overpowered villain, aristocracy/nobility, handsome prince

Vibes/Mood: plot with smut, varies from fluffy and comedic to sexy to dark and angsty, but with a happy ending

Content Warnings: Genre typical violence, explicit sexual content, homophobic society, internalized homophobia, internalized transphobia (supporting character), war veteran ptsd, slavery (supporting character – no mistreatment of this character is depicted and sentiments are anti-slavery).