#crwn's random writing rants

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I need the motivation, and i honestly don't think anyone is going to see this, so for every note, i will write 500 words of VH wip.

in fact, If i get enough notes, i will share one line of what I've written for every 1000 words i write.

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for Ryder:

Name one thing their parents taught them.

Do they like children?

Forgiveness or vengeance (or…)?

Thanks for the ask!! <3

Name one thing their parent taught them

This one was harder to answer than I thought. Ryder wasn't home that much (he was basically in boarding school), so he wasn't that close to his parents. But one thing he'll never forget is his father telling him to always stand up for what he believes, to take what he holds dear and keep it close.

2. Do they like children?

If you ask Ryder, he'll list countless reasons why him and children do not mix well. He's the kind of guy who talks to a one-year old like they're an adult. Hand him a child, and he'll have a brief panic but eventually enjoy having someone to share his latest antique find with, even if their responses come in babbles that he takes completely seriously.

And then despite all his grumbling, he goes and adopts Eryx (a child in his head) quicker than he'd ever admit.

3. Forgiveness or vengeance?

Vengeance. Ryder’s got a knack for holding onto grudges, letting them simmer and fester until he eventually explodes. Given the choice, he’ll always lean towards vengeance, no hesitation, even if it’s against his better judgment

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👋 and💬?

Thanks for the ask!

👋 would you choose to live in your world, if you could?

I would definitely choose to live in the Isles, even if I'm not part of the lucky few born with magic (otherwise called Essence). The main focus of the story is on the island Klysra, which is just off the coast of the main capital island. Klysra has rocky cliffs and sparse beaches scattered throughout the coastline, but the main center of the island, nicknamed the Labriynthe, is tightly-packed bustling place. My favorite part would be the wooden walkways built on the sides of houses to connect buildings and forms a network of elevated paths and communal spaces.

In other words, it would be a very cool place to live!

💬 - Dialogue or prose?

definitely dialogue! in fact, when writing a chapter, I usually write dialogue first and then force myself to fill in prose. The initial attempts at writing a chapter basically look like a movie script.

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Started re-writing VH wip (again).

Quite like this new beginning.

But everyone is so dense to see all that. Let's all just ooh and aww at their bravery; forget about the big picture. It's not our trouble, the people say, digging their necks down into the muddy grounds. It's not my trouble either. Not anymore. Let the world continue to be grey. Let the people worship their idols. Let them tear down the very heroes they put up on the pedestal. I'll watch.

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OC tag: Most likely to

Okay, Final season is almost over and I'm slowly seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Two more weeks and I am done. So, as a little treat thought I do this <3 . Thanks for the tag! @tildeathiwillwrite

Rules: answer with which of your OCs would be the most likely to do the statement, then give new statements for the next person.

Which of your ocs are most likely to:

Spontaneously adopt a child

well hands down, Ryder. It's basically what happens in VH, although it was far from Ryder's intentions. It's spontaneous in a sense because he didn't realize what was happening until it was too late

Have the loudest sneeze

Harder one, if the Ghost was alive, then it'd definitely be him. Though, even as a ghost, they'd probably sneeze really loud just to bother Ryder.

Be taken the least seriously

Definitely, Eryx. He may be the hero of the town but his babyface makes it a little difficult to be taken seriously. He just radiates sunshine energy.

Open Tag for anyone that sees this! Your statements are:

which of your ocs are most likely to:

commit arson

have on their person oddly specific items because what if they need it?

stay up all night because they got distracted

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Tag game: Personality through Quotes

Thanks @tildeathiwillwrite for the tag! These tag games are so much fun (definitely better than actually writing)

Rules: have your OCs respond to a given prompt then give the people you tagged a prompt

Prompt: a quote about night

Ryder: "Nothing goes the way I want it to at night. You would think the night would be peaceful, relaxing, a time wind down and hit the hay as they say, but nooo, not for me. For me, night means unexpected visitors like a hero who can't mind his own business and thinks I am a certified med. And if I get the lucky opportunity to have a night for myself, it wouldn't matter anyways because my mind (and let's not forget the Ghost that haunts me) will ensure that I don't get a good night's sleep."

Eryx: "The night is cool. I get to go out, fight crime, maybe get lucky and punch some bad guys, maybe get even luckier and pay Mr. Ryder a visit. His face when I show up never gets old. But I am soo not a night owl, would much prefer going to bed."

bonus:

Ghost: *waits for it to get very late at night* WAKIE WAKIE RY *starts banging cupboards open and shut*

open tag - Prompt: a quote about relaxing

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Writing Update

Re-wrote the first three chapters (11k words)

Edited up to chapter 12

Realized that the plot started to drag after that chapter. I think I just need something to break up the monotone vibe. The path I'm going to test out is starting the murder mystery subplot from chapter 13 instead of chapter 20

That's my next step to figure out how to incorporate the subplot seamlessly.

I am nowhere near the challenge goal yall set for me (don't even know how I'm going to) but I'm back on the bandwagon so woo!

Snippet from the chapter where Ryder and Eryx meet for the first time:

It's honestly ironic that the first time we met was when he tried to "save" me. Albeit, 'save' is an undoubtedly strong word for the whole thing; all he really did was just show up. I guess that's just what heroes do -- they stick their abnormally large heroic noses in places they don't belong.

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It's when you don't want the attention, that you get all of it. (I'm kidding! This is why I love the writing community; I got the push I needed to write!)

I now need to write, as of right now, around 15k. I plan on doing (hopefully) a big 10k writing session on Saturday!

Thank you for all the kind comments and motivation <3

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Summary: VH wip

Stage: first draft

Urban fantasy, Adult

First POV = Ryder

See tag #vh wip

Ryder just wants to spend whatever life he has left in the fragile solitude he has carved out for himself, surrounded by his ever-expanding collection of books and historic artifacts. But a newly appointed kid hero (Eryx) has other ideas, insisting on being friends.

With little choice, Ryder reluctantly pushes his tranquil life aside to shield the kid from his own impulsive notions. A task that becomes a lot more difficult when the kid just has to delve into a mystery better left untouched.

Ghosts and murders complicates the unlikely mentorship forming, and Ryder's haunted past rears its ugly head, this time refusing to retreat quietly.

Featuring

grump mentor x sunshine disaster child

Troublesome ghosts

front row seats to a murder investigation

Banter as love language

Found Family

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Happy STS! Just stopping but with a writing question for today :) How do you conceptualize a scene? What do you start with when trying to craft a scene?

Hello!

Dialogue always comes first for me. I usually either have a purpose for the scene (e.g. need to get from A to B) or I have a couple lines of dialogue that I feel would be perfect to elaborate into a scene.

Either way, I'll imagine the conversation in my head and write down all the dialogues of the scene with bare minimum description of whats going on.

I'll then go back in to fill all the details and "finish" the scene.

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Hello! Happy Sunday! Just dropping by with a writing question. How do you approach writing relationships? What are your favorite dynamics to write (in general or between specific characters)?

Ello!

I've noticed that I tend to gravitate towards platonic relationships; banter, shared camaraderie, mixed in with quiet moments of support. It comes more naturally to me.

When it comes to the occasional romantic relationships, I enjoy writing soft, gradual relationships that develop organically -- those where the boundary between companionship and 'something more' begins to blur more and more with each interaction.

I like focusing on the small quiet moments of characters just revolving in each other's orbits.

Favorite dynamic has got to be "grumpy x sunshine" hands down, especially with a little mix of "It's rotten work." x "Not to me. Not if it's you."

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DVD Player

Thanks for the ask!!! (from this)

I am currently going through the first half of VH wip, so here's one of my favorite interactions between Ryder and Eryx, from when Ryder was still a grump (he never stops fully being a grump but Eryx grows on him.)

“Yeah, but we haven’t talked that much and since we had that whole ‘i saved you, you saved me’ moment, I thought we should get to know each other better.” oh gods, no. The kid continued, “and also that whole breaking into my house thing. After all that, we have to be somewhere near being friends.”  “One: I didn't break into your house, the door was open. And two: we are not friends.” “Well after we get to know each other, then we will be friends!” Don’t murder him. don’t murder him. don’t murder him.

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I have roughly four months where I'm not packed with work: the perfect time to get back to writing!

Unfortunately, the dumpster fire that is that wip means that I need to surround myself with mother nature before I can even think of touching it.

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I've been "trying" to keep to the no editing till I finish writing rule. At most, I would let myself line edit while reading it.

But now I've realized that all it's doing is stopping me from writing. I think it's time to give this wip a whole new revamping.

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have been working on my magic system, where not everyone has magic and a person can only perform magic from one branch of power, and most can only do one special thing from that branch.

(e.g. if you have chaos magic, you can either be good at teleportation or astral projection, not both).

There's still some cinks i need to work over, but man this just makes me want to have more characters using magic. (I only have one mc that really shows off his abilities). Just gotta figure out how to incorporate it...

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I've been thinking...

A theme in my novel that is important to me is how love lingers, even after the person is 'gone', cause no one is truly ever 'gone'. Their impression is left in their loved ones lives, in their belongings, in the way that they loved. We tend to develop habits of those we spend the most time with, adopting characteristics that we might not realize for a long time. There's traits that are passed down generations, connecting us to our ancestors that we never met.

And I think that's beautiful. That even after losing someone, there's still a piece of them left. That you carry their legacy, albeit in a small way. that whole things said by Banksy that "they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time."

I don't remember where I was going with this, but it's an interesting concept to explore in my writing that I haven't really talked about, especially when paired with hauntings and ghosts to manifest that idea.