#fiction author

[weltato]

Writers of Tumblr, listen up! This has probably been said before but I'mma say it again:

Do you feel like you're procrastinating on your current fic by writing down another one because an idea struck you at 2am? No you're not.

Do you feel like you're procrastinating on your current fic because you've been doing school/uni/job work? No you're not, that stuff is more important than how many socks Deku wears on any given day.

Do you feel like you've been procrastinating on your current fic because you just haven't had the energy and all you want to do is binge YouTube videos and eat ice cream? No, you're not, take care of yourself!

Are you down because you've got three WIPs open and can't think of how to fit some scenes together? Don't bother, just keep writing the fun and interesting scenes.

If writing is a fun hobby for you, don't make your fun hobby into a chore.

If writing is your job, don't turn your job into a chore.

We as humans work better when we're enjoying what we're doing - just think back to when you were in school: what lessons do you remember the most of and which ones did you enjoy?

As Star Trek keeps telling us: time isn't linear, it's relative. So why do we have to write things in linear order? No one ever really told us to do that, school systems just assumed it. They said "write a beginning, middle and end, in that order" because it was the easiest and most streamlined approach.

But this is your fic or your book or your assignment, you don't have to write it that way. Write it in the way that the ideas come.

If the opening is hard, write the big fight at the climax. If the connection is eluding you, write the scenes it's supposed to connect between and see what happens. You'll get there, I believe in you <3

At the end of the day, please enjoy writing! Enjoy reading too! If you have kids or know kids, encourage them to read! Little kids especially have a tendency to copy what older people do, so show them books you love.

Don't feel bad because you haven't updated a fic in months. You've been letting the ideas cook and they just have a really long cooking time. Re-read some stuff and maybe some ideas will come up. Listen to music, watch your shows and films, read other books and fics. Go for a walk, even - you can get inspiration from anything.

WIP owners: I believe in you. You can do this! They might sit there and taunt you, or beg to be finished, but if you can't do it right now then you can't do it right now and you should take a break. Save it, close it, do something else. Come back to it when you're ready.

💜💜💜

[viktor-ravencrest]

Got the concept art for the book covers done. Now I just have to find an artist who can do the Arcane style to make them pretty for me when I get closer to publishing. I'm so excited.

[melbatron5000]

I just finished the plot edits to my latest novel, and it's not Good Omens related at all, but I'm really happy and proud and I wanted to tell someone about it.

I sent it to my alpha reader tonight to make sure the story works and I'm so pleased and excited to hear what she says.

[lockandkeynovel]

Silas Gardiner's Dossier File

Got his little stamp of approval from the Royal Service Academy 🥺

Bio:

Silas Gardiner always wanted to serve the kingdom he grew up in, so when enrolling in the Royal Service Academy, it only made sense that he request his assignment be in the Moonlight Kingdom, serving the Étoile Royal Estate.

Having been a service member for ten years, he's known Selene since she was only a child, and as her personal bodyguard, he's sworn to protect her at all costs.

Author's note: My face-casting for Silas, (Marc who still needs a name), and Jake is...you guessed it, Oscar bb. It's just that this is what I'm imagining while writing. Saw this pic and said...that looks like (Steven) as a bodyguard if I've ever seen it.

[valentina-paul]

Hey Tumblr, Let’s Create a Story Together.

I’m a content writer who loves crafting stories, and I want *YOU* to help me create one! Here’s how it works:

I’ll start with a pitch:

“In a world where memories can be bought and sold, a young thief stumbles upon a memory that could change everything. But there’s one problem it’s not hers.”

Your turn

Choose ONE element to add to the story:

A:The memory belongs to a powerful politician.

B: The memory reveals a hidden magical ability.

C: The memory is a warning about an impending disaster.

Comment or reblog with your choice (A, B, or C).

I’ll tally the votes and write the next part of the story based on the most popular choice.

Bonus: If you have a wild idea for what happens next, drop it in the tags or comments! I might just use it in the story.

Let’s create something amazing together.

#ContentWriter #InteractivePost #WriteWithMe #Storytime #WritingCommunity #ChooseYourAdventure #LetsCreate #TumblrWriters

[dar-almg]

Writing Silence

Trying to convey silence in prose can be difficult. Whenever they are reading, the reader is “talking” in their head. Having the phrase, “it was as silent as a graveyard” is still saying something and removing the atmosphere of the scene being “silent”. And it’s a little overdone to say “this was silent” or “they sat in silence.”

Unlike visual or audio media, written prose can’t just turn off the volume for a couple paragraphs then continue. At least, not unless you make an interesting to have a big wad of blank space on the page. Check with your editor about that option.

Instead, you can describe something. This can be describing a physical thing the character is focusing on amidst the silence, describing an action a character is doing, or going inward and describing a character’s thoughts, or a mix of them all. These usually have to do with what caused the silence or someone’s reaction to the thing or who caused the silence. There is, however, one other option: describing the silence.

Silence, true silence, doesn’t really exist as long as you can hear, and maybe even then. Maybe in space it exists. Ask an astronaut about that. There is, however, what silence gives way to. In the quietest room in the world™️, it’s always described in what it causes: someone being completely aware of themselves - most notably, the sound of your heartbeat in your ears, the sound of you breathing, etc. Silence makes you notice other things in your brain’s constant pursuit of stimulus. It’s visceral now you can latch onto things.

So, how can you covey silence that is so visceral that there’s no way to describe it? Describe things you hear through the silence. The buzz of a fly’s wings is an obvious one, the heavy or labored breathing of someone in the room, the creak of a person’s neck as they awkwardly stretch for something to do, hell, even the motor of the AC sounding more like the roar of a jet plane.

If the silence is occurring between two people, maybe as a result of a stressful conversation or a moment of grief shared between them, turn up the detail (and volume) of something else. Get the reader invested in how the gurgling and swishing of the dishwasher in the next room is, or what’s being said in a muffled phone call on the other side of the paper thin walls. Then, when the conversation begins again, whether that’s through dialogue or someone suddenly getting up or moving, it will snap the reader back to the immediate scene along with the character. It will remind the reader how deep the silence was that even they had to get focused on something else.

TV shows and movies have the same thing, except they have added advantage of a visual to fill in the gaps during silence. They can paint the picture of silence while a writer has to be the one describing that painting to someone who can’t see it. But them having that visual is still them emphasizing what isn’t the audio silence. It makes the viewer focus on the visuals of the scene, the expressions of the actors, the set design, even the dust moats in the air. Or when illustrating hearing damage (that whiny tinnitus they overlay over extremely muffled conversation) there is still an emphasis on what comes to accompany in the silence.

Silence is a tool that writers may not think to use more in depth than when it is obvious. It’s like how taste or smell are underutilized when describing things or settings with sensory details. But, when done well using such specific details and actions, it becomes one of the most memorable parts of the story. A lot can be said when no one is speaking at all.

[elejah-verse]

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I wish I could tell you how much I want to speak to you, to know you, to breathe in all of you, to tell you how I would paint my sky with the stardust of your soul.

I wish I could tell you how much I want to wash away all your frozen tears and choking words and give you all my light just to see a smile on your heart.

I wish I could tell you how much I want to hold you in my arms and together we could melt in our own world of dreams.

I wish I could tell you how much you mean to me, in this mad world of harrowing voices I love your soulful silences that keep comforting me in so many ways.

And even when you are always the listener while I am the outspoken one, I wish I could tell you all of this and yet I find no word good enough to pour my soul out only to find that you know it already.

_Debatrayee Banerjee

[strawberryfairi]

Writer's Vent (Nothing bad just my thoughts)

So, the more I write and especially put out all the stories just sitting in my inventory, I'm starting to realize just how much I actually love doing this😭

That might sound dumb but just hear me out....

I spend so much time focused on getting my career as a musician and composer together that I never really think about my other hobbies because music is my life, you know?

I love writing because it's something I can do where i don't have to be pressed thinking about "Is this gonna be a hit?" and deadlines, and just everything that artists constantly get shoved down our throats when it comes to releasing music.

Writing is my thing, all for me. But lately I've started to really think about "What if I tried to pursue this also?"

I get nervous because like I said before writing is like my peaceful place, and it's already been an uphill grind to rebuild my relationship with music again. I was really heartbroken through college when my passion for making music had gradually slipped away. Like, I wouldn't even touch my keyboard or piano in general for a LOONGGG time.

But even though I feel that way, I can't help but wonder what would happen if I took this thing further, really practiced better writing, and potentially even released a book.

My major was film scoring and songwriting, so I truly love movies, and it would be so cool to one day have one of my books turn into a movie that I scored the music for!!!

But yeah I just wanted to get that thought out. I'm going to start putting out my other stories (non-fanfiction stories), and just see what happens from there.

I hope you guys will end up liking/loving my non-fanfiction stories as much as the fanfics!!!🩵

[melodygatesauthor]

Lock & Key - Moodboard

This moodboard tells a story...

But what does it say?

[theauthorpaula]

(via Writing About Mental Health in Fiction: My Approach)

[bookishpro]

[viktor-ravencrest]

Hello, my name is Viktor. I'm an author, artist, and gamer, among other things. I'm currently working on a story called "Sanctum" that I hope to publish some day and talk about on this blog a bit. I'd love to talk about it with you. I'm working on a playlist for it as well, if you'd like to give it a listen below.

Sanctum is a story about a young scientist named Jayce who is stuck in a house with an abusive, hyper-religious father, and a demon named Ambrose, who lives on Earth, constantly in fear of being found out, forced to hide his true nature. They meet in Jayce's room on a freezing winter night, when Ambrose sneaks in to warm up, and become friends over talks of humans and demons, their similarities and differences, their lives, history, and cultures. And then Jayce gets sick and is given a grim prognosis, spurring them to seek out an ancient demon relic in order to save his life. Only problem? They'll have to open a demon gate and search the Hells in order to find it, and Jayce may not be well enough or have enough time. Oh, and the impending demon invasion that seeks to take advantage of the newly opened gate. That, too.

[lockandkeynovel]

Welcome to the Lock & Key Novel Blog masterlist!

Hi Everyone! My name is Melody Gates, but you can call me Mel or Melly!

This blog was created for the purpose of sharing insights and details about my original fiction novel - Lock & Key.

As the novel is in development, I'll be sharing non-spoiler details as I write it!

Below is the masterlist for all of those things so I can keep it all organized! Looking forward to working through this process with you all!

Love, Melly <3

About the Author

About the Novel

Novel Summary Character Biographies/Details Mood Boards Locations and Maps World Building and Extras Excerpts Author's Music Playlist

Reader Participation

Fan Art Polls

Melody's Fanfiction Blog - Melody's Art Blog

[verses-of-the-broken]

This is a series I've worked on. I plan on updating it soon, but it's on Kindle Vella if you want to read it.

I'd really appreciate it if anyone interacted with it.

[isheamonster]

Tiana

"Tiana ain't lookin' for trouble --trouble finds her! But so long as she's in her favorite pink cashmere sweater and drinking a cup of Lady Grey, surely, she'll be alright."

Tiana is the main protagonist of IHAM/"Is He a Monster?"!

It's been a while since I first drew her, but if I remember right, she was the very first character to be drawn --but Casper was the first character to actually exist in the story as said storyline for IHAM naturally developed in my head. I don't know why, but when I first started drawing her, I just couldn't stop drawing her in various hues of pink, and I couldn't keep from drawing her in sweaters with a warm drink! As a result, it was only natural, I suppose, that I'd end up writing the setting to take place sometime in early to mid-fall. It's the time of the year when the warm air finally starts to cool, and now you're wearing light jackets and loosely crocheted sweaters with jeans and boots... plus, the fall includes Halloween, and both Tiana and Casper love that holiday the most, I bet!