#im currently outlining 2 books

[selkies-world]

Hey great news! I'm writing an adult dark fantasy book which has an immortal who loved 1 human, but because another god (who was in love with the immortal but he had 0 interest in her) got jealous, she cursed any human X god &/or human X immortal relationship, so the human would die if the god stayed in their life. The human in question decided she'd rather stay with the god than live, so to save her from a slow, painful death courtesy of the curse, the god took her to the Daeva (gods of gods in this book-iverse) and asked for them to please place her in the river of creation / river of chaos in the stars. Only the Daeva can survive that river (bc it's what they were born from), so the god knows that the human will die instantly upon entering it. The Daeva take mercy and allow it, and this turns the river into the one which all souls go to upon death in order to swim through the cosmos for eternity.

The human died, her soul went into the river, and the immortal stayed loyal to her through millenia. Her descendents have a part of his name in their surname, and are considered a sacred family. He visits her riverbed every day to talk to the flowers and stars and water, and to spend a little bit of time with her, even if her soul can never breach the water or talk to him. He has vowed to protect the city she is from because it's her home, and her descendents as he sees them as little fragments of her, regardless of how many thousands of years have passed, and he is still seen as the guardian angel* of that family. He's the patron saint* of the city and is seen as its protector. At the end of the world, he will fight in the great war to protect the city because it's her homeland, and so it's important to her, and it's important to him because those are all her descendents. When he is finally killed in that battle, he'll be able to rejoin her at last as his soul will be allowed into the river to search for hers and reunite.

There is a large statue of the god and human erected in the city square, of him looking noble and brave, and her being a source of strength for him at his side, pushed just behind him so that he is the one protecting her; but in the gardens, there is a smaller one in stone, of him kneeling, weak and grieving, crying over her body in his arms; but standing at his side is a glass statue of her, with a hand reaching out to his face but stopping inches away from touching his cheek, to symbolise the fact she is still (& always will be) waiting on him.

it's always "immortals always lose the ones they love!" and never "this family has had this incredible, powerful, loving figure present through generations of their lineage, all because they are descended from someone the immortal loved long ago" and i think that's a shame!!

[aritany]

I'm sorry your writing strategy is WHAT?? I'm going to need a thorough explanation of this because I'm FASCINATED

[brian murphy voice] I DIDNT SAY ANYTHING WEIRD!!!

okay i did. but also! if it ain’t broke…

here’s how this crumbles cookie-wise. sometimes (as is currently the case) i feel like i am trying to hold onto a whole novel in my brain at once. this does not feel particularly good because the novel doesn’t belong in my brain it belongs Out There. so i make a very detailed outline and then i start at chapter 1, and i write to 100 words (give or take a few). then i move on to chapter 2 and write to 100 words. then to chapter 3 and so on until i have at least 100 words in each chapter. then once i’ve run through the whole book, i go back to the beginning and make sure each chapter is up to 200. then i’m usually in the Meat of each scene so i’ll get everything up to 500, then 1000, then 1500 and then usually i clock out of chapters around or just under the 2k mark.

this appeases the hyperactive part of my brain by making sure i’m never bored, and helps the project manager in my brain so i can keep track of many moving parts in the novel and also ensures that scenes at the end speak to scenes at the beginning since i’m (sort of) writing the whole book at once.

NOTE: sometimes i get lost in the sauce and write way past 100 or wherever im at, and that’s fine. it just means i probably skip that chapter during my next pass since it’ll be past my goal wc for each chapter of the run.

that is all. try it, if you want. i honestly don’t know how to write books any other way

[justmeinatree]

please please please (NO PRESSURE BUT) (IM BEGGING YA)

something extremely smutty where like niall is working out: (literally need nothing else completely go ham its up to you but just like LOOK:)

the little jerk as he lifts up yk what im talking aboutt lets not pretend we're not *respectfully* looking.

as if i could say no to this 😅 it’s not the smuttiest thing, but if we’re open to a part 2, there’s a lot of room to play 😏

Word Count : 1.3k

it was the breathy grunts that first got your attention. 

you’d never cared much for niall’s workouts, always preferring to have the quiet time, enjoying a cuppa, maybe a book or tv show. but as you were just getting cozy with your tea, pulling the blanket over your legs, you could hear him from down the hall.

it piqued your interest, the sounds he was making having reached your ears, and for some reason, shooting down to your centre, leaving a little tingle of interest.

and for that same reason, you were now leaving your warmth and comfort, flinging the blanket back over the arm of the couch, trudging down the hall. 

once you pop head around the doorframe though, eyes coming into contact with your boyfriend, the tingle of interest in your cunt quickly turned to a dribble of excitement.

because fuck, was this the scene you’d been missing out on all these years ? you’ll have to remember to scold yourself for that one later, but for now, your brain was short wiring. niall was currently laying on his exercise mat, legs bent up at the knees, slightly spread, his arms straight up above his head, doing some sit ups with an exercise ball in his hands. and, since the universe wanted to punish you even more, with every flex of his abs, his hips would thrust up just a bit with the force of the movement. 

he was glistening, a sheen of sweat all over his skin, torso bare for your eyes to ogle. and when did your drip of excitement turn into a full fledged puddle of arousal ? how long had you been watching ? why are you quite literally feeling yourself leaking down your inner thighs ? 

it’s once he lays back down, taking a moment to breathe between sets, that you make your presence known. you weren’t exactly trying to, but a small whimper managed to escape your throat without permission. but really, his entire body was stretched out, muscles flexed, and if you look really closely, you can see the outline of his cock through his shorts. you really can’t be blamed.

niall’s eyes flick over to the door, noticing you, quirking his eyebrow, “what is it, love ?”

you bite your lip, heat rising on your cheeks at the prospect of being caught. however, niall was your boyfriend, had been for a long time, and moments like this don’t much embarrass you anymore, “d’you always look this good while you workout ?”

a loud breathy chuckle erupts from niall, echoing through the room, “gonna start joining me, sweet girl ?”

you squint at him, tilting your head to the side, looking at him with a playfully untrusting look, “was this your plan all along ?”

and so maybe he wanted to see if being a little louder than usual, a little more grunty than usual, would make you come over. and maybe he chose to forego his shirt, and maybe he spread his legs a tiny bit more than usual, in an effort to keep you around. “does it really matter now ?” he smiles innocently, “can see how wet your thighs are getting.”

“i hope you plan on doing something about that,” you smirk, shaking your head at your boyfriend’s antics.

“can’t do anything from way over there,” he hums, nodding his head in a come hither motion, “c’m’ere.”

as you finally step into the room, waltzing over to niall, he quickly reaches out for your ankles, his sheer strength taking over your moment of weakness, making you stop with your feet spread on either side of his head, eyes locked straight up between your thighs.

it was still early enough in the day, you hadn’t changed from your sleep shorts, tiny piece of fabric without any panties, something niall typically likes to tease you about, “why even wear anything if you’re gonna put those on,” he always drones on before bed.

but for now, he’s not complaining a bit, a fairly good view of your sopping cunt, peaking through the drenched fabric, arousal coating your inner thighs, “s’a good thing i’m parched,” he groans, hands gliding up your calves, stopping behind your knee, abruptly giving a tug, making your legs buckle. you squeak loudly, echoing through the room, as you were caught off guard, knees colliding with the mat underneath niall.

with your cunt sitting right above his face, niall groans, feeling the hot hot heat radiating off of you, “christ, and i thought i was warm,” he mumbles, his tongue darting out to lick along your skin.

he swirls around your thigh, taking his sweet time, lapping up any bit of arousal that’s made it way past your shorts, before moving onto the other thigh.

your legs were trembling, head tipped back, as your breathing accelerates. he was avoiding any area near your pussy, every ounce of your being aching for more. more tongue, more touches, more niall. more, more, more.

but once your skin was cleaned up, he pats your legs, groaning, “perfect post workout snack. think m’gonna jump into the shower now, baby.”

your eyebrows furrow immediately, because absolutely the fuck not, “like hell you are,” you quip, shuffling yourself until your centre is hovering right above his stiffening member. “you clean me, i clean you,” you murmur, leaning down over him.

and just like he did for you, your tongue slowly laps up the beads of sweat over his stomach and chest, feeling the ridges of his abs with every stroke. 

your eyes flutter shut, the musky, heady scent of sweaty man wafting through the air, the salty taste on your tongue, it was doing things you never could have imagined. not once had you really given workout niall a chance like this, something he always does much too early in the morning for your liking. but the more you were delving into it, the more your brain was swirling with want. with need.

you couldn’t stop, too caught up in licking as much of him as you could, tongue flicking over his nipples, mouth attaching to his pulse point. 

and it was working. you were teasing him right back. his telltale little breathy pants huffing against your ear whenever you were close to his neck, fingernails indenting your hips, his cock now painfully hard.

you’re not even sure niall’s noticed that his hips have started rolling, searching for any sort of relief, something you’re not too keen on giving into quite yet. 

so a moment later, you pull away, coming to a stand, “better get that shower going, we have some things to do today.”

niall scrubs his face in his hands, groaning loudly for a moment, before getting up with you. and as quick as a flash, he’s got you scooped up in his arms, running off.

you squeal again, laughing loudly, as he whips down the hall, around the corners, and into the washroom. he quickly closes the door behind himself, setting you down on your feet, pinning you against the wall, “can forget about all those things you have planned today. gonna be too busy.”

you hum, your body melting against the wall, as niall’s mouth leaves a trail of open mouth kisses over your shoulder and neck, teeth nibbling on the shell of your ear, “hmm tell me. tell me what we’re gonna do.”

“gonna start by showering with me,” he murmurs against your ear, “and if you’re a good girl, i might use the shower head on you.”

you whimper, nodding quickly, “please, fuck. what else ?”

niall tuts, shaking his head, “depends how good you are for me. now how about stripping down and washing me off in the shower ?”

“yes, yes anything. m’a good girl, i promise.”

……

Masterlist

[shepardstales]

Writeblr Interview Tag!

Thank you to @dearunreliablenarrator for the tag

I tag @waltzshouldbewriting @violetcancerian @watermeezer @cherrybombfangirlwrites and anyone who wants to do this

Short stories, novels, or poems?

All of them. Its fun and good to practise having a variety

What genre do you prefer reading?

I love fantasy as my main, but my second favourite is crime/ true crime and things like Agatha Christie

Are you a planner or a write as I go kind of person?

Both. I like to have a variety so I can get stuff done and not stress about some fun projects whilst outlining the serious ones that need a lot of work

What music do you listen to while writing?

Mostly musicals, right now its Wait For Me/Reprise from Hadestown, and then there's things like Linkin Park New Divide and Numb

Favorite books/movies?

Favourite books: Any Agatha Christie, Skulduggery Pleasant or A Good Girls Guide To Murder the trilogy

Favourite movies: Lilo and Stitch, Monsters Inc, Pirates of the Carribbean, Inside Out 1 and 2, Shrek 1 and 2

Any current WIPs?

Keep The Peace is part of my series Amongst The Chaos, an adult fantasy slice-of-life supernatural series where its a bunch of characters living in the city of Nottingham, and meeting up at various places to get together and talk about events that have happened in their lives as they live amongst the supernatural - e.g Angels. Demons, Ghosts and the like and their reactions to the chaos.

If someone were to make a cartoon out of you what would your standard outfit be?

jogging bottoms and a lilo and stitch t-shirt or a game of thrones t-shirt, stich trainers, a stitch handbag and a sunflower lanyard.

Create a character description of yourself: 

Fat non-binary person really into eating and crafting and loves to dye hair different colours, cannot see for shit without glasses and cannot drive.

Do you like incorporating actual people you know into your writing?

Yes and no. All my characters are original, but sometimes my mother will suggest 'oh, write about our family, your nephews, the cats' ect and to be honest with you, ive never figured out how to fit them in, so i dont.

Are you kill happy with your characters?

Oh yeah, absolutely. I will kill whoever I want to, whenever I want to. I'm not afraid to get violent with the deaths, but I gotta do it justice

Coffee or Tea while writing?

Tea, Hot Chocolate or different juices, depending what's in my reach and i'm interested in.

Slow or fast writer?

It depends on how motivated i am, when im not in writers block i can write 2k within like 2 hours

Where/who/what do you draw inspiration from?

Everything - the books i read, the games i play, the music i listen to.Bad writing pisses me off real bad and I know I can do better

If you were in a fantasy world, what would you be?

A librarian or writer completely done wih the city being destroyed by the supernatural but being really intrigued and trying not to die.

Most fav book cliche:

I cannot answer.

Least favorite cliche:

curing disabilities. like fuck off with that shit, give them their aids back and we dont need to cure autism, we're fine the way we are

Favorite scene to write?

all of them, i just cannot pick one thing i love. Its just... the whole process of writing that I love and I wouldn't change it fot the world

Reason for writing?

Because its a part of what makes me, me and i wouldnt have it any other way. I am a writer, its in my blood. I enjoy the creation, the creativity, the uniqueness of my own voice

[mayakern]

ppl keep asking what fandom this is from. it is from a fandom of one (1) and that one is me. it is from my brain. my heart. my very gay and horny soul.

chase me if you must, but i’ll be the one to capture you

[wearethekingdom]

Im back I like doing these posts so I'm going to keep doing them yippee everyone cheers and gives me a standing ovation. This is the best news given ever

Latest topic of discussion I LOVE MOVIES!!!!! And what I like is I've seen videos lately talking about movies with good cinematography and I've been so proud because they don't just have the same 4 movies on them (fight club, call me by your name etc. And I love fight club but we all either know it or have seen it, no need to reccomend) I have not been watching a lot but its all for the love of film right? Hell yeah

As we speak I have no particular books that I am reading, I just finished Moonrise by Sarah Crossan and it was so good that another book cannot satisfy me right now. I'm currently leaning towards reading We Are All Made Of Molecules by Sarah Nielsen or rereading C.G Moore's books. Movie wise I don't have major plans just outlines. Lots of outlines. My poor poor copies of the great gatsby,, I've lost them all. All 3.. even the one from the 90s like I have never finished the damn book cuz I keep losing it

As many of you know I have been going through a really fun break up with the world's shittiest man, remember everyone when they tell you "one a cheater always a cheater" it is very true. Moving on from that I have way too much free time on my hands meaning more time to collect trinkets and watch movies on youtube. Might even pick up baking who knows

finally I love nice people, especially those you don't know. I went to a cafe today to read because it's been an awful past 2 weeks so something like that is nice. I got a yogurt thing and a smoothie and once I sat down and opened my yogurt the guy working behind the counter walked over and handed me a spoon. He said "I know there's one in it but it's tiny, here, you can always ask us in future it's no problem" and when i tell you that singular gesture was the best thing

[richardsphere]

Fic Research Sucks

So im currently doing a rough outline for a Persona/Miraculous crossover fic. And while trying to mesh the universes, i needed to do some research. i dont like where it took me. So below the cut, a peek behind the curtain of a Fic that im still not certain will ever see the light of day. TW: mentioned Christianity, and the works of HP Lovecraft.

My fic kind of needs Plagg (and Tiki in the background) to have at least a vague, aproximate knowledge of Personae, like he needs to know roughly how it works and who Igor, Nyarl and Phil are. That's about it. No expertise, but given their immortality and multiversal-conciousness it makes no sense to paint Plagg as entirely ignorant on this stuff. As such, i decided to see if I could do the classic "historic figure was actually magic in this fic"-trope using figures that Persona cannonically alludes to having been involved with Persona-related stuff. to get the obvious three public domain figures out the way: I felt that inserting a reference to Plagg having either met Carl Jung himself was too cliche, or interacted with Nyarl and Phil during their 0-35 AD adventure would be a bit gauché. Option 1 felt too on the nose (and overdone) and option 2 is downright sacrilegious. Which im not normally against but saying "Plagg caused the black sun and the earthquake when Oily Josh got crowned to death" feels in bad taste... even for me. It's one thing to say "Plagg sank Atlantis and killed the dinosaurs" , its another for my fic to even remotely imply "Plagg killed Jesus of Nazareth". Third option: Go for Mary Shelley/Frankenstein references that come from the Velvet Room... there is potential there, but it would pretty much require I rewrite Adrien's persona-progression list. ("The Creature" is currently drafted as his phase-2 when he finds out about the Senti-thing. And the progression between Adam-Creature-Final Battle Super-Persona is actually very nice and thematic in my current draft. I dont want to overturn all of that so i can make a single, one-off handwave explanation work) So you might understand why I was kind of desperate trying to find another historical reference in Persona i could use... and then I remembered there are references to that Lovecraft book with the talking cat in P2, and I thought "maybe there could be references to black cats specifically in that Lovecraft book..." and I jotted that down to research later. Well later arrived: The book was called the Cats of Ulthar, and before i could even research that specific book in-depth I found that there is at least one, explicitly black cat in another book: The Rats in the Wall, a prospect that excited me for all of 0.5 seconds before I realized: It was his actual cat. The one that was infamously named for its black coloration. and the timelines add up there. Fu was born in 1829 and was at most 20 when the temple was destroyed. Lovecraft was born in 1890 so he could easily be a post-temple wielder... Maybe Fu gave it to HP's father then the father ran away with Plagg (explaining the infamous but cannonically vague alusion to Fu having "gotten it wrong" once before) and left the ring with HP, where Fu eventually recovered Plagg. It all adds up, it is an entirely plausible thing to write into my story (and with the way he grew less racist later in life... actually apropriate for the "people can change"-theme in my fic) and would also shore up some holes in the ML canon in the process, and I do not want it to... but it seems to be the best option. And I am really struggling to find a fifth public domain figure, but P3-5 are extremely light on the historic references (or at least the ones that alude to persona's being involved), so i either need to dig through the entirity of P2 (way too much effort for a single-line handwave explanation), or just swallow the bile and say: "Plagg was N-man"

[diodellet]

*slides in*

How about 3, 16, 17 and 29 for the fic writer asks?

omg i didnt think id ramble this much (thank u for enabling me ner 🤧💕💕)

3. how you feel about your current WIP

tbh i'm not super confident about my writing any time i come out from from a long long hiatus of not posting anything. also like… i'm not super confident writing other charas aside from jamil since i don't really think ab them as much… (sorry leona-natics* whenever this drabble gets posted, but like fingers crossed the sitch will hopefully be exciting enough)

*i think it might have to do with the fact that i kinda hc leona on the grayspec++have more vv specific hc characterizations i like of him, but ig i do see his appeal (one of m'oomfs is a leona-natic and well ahu her propaganda might've been subconsciously assimilated)

but ahaha i tend to write things that i'm very personally interested in so i'll find a way to have fun with it, i'll be gucci i just get too into my head, it's a vicious cycle as a writer.

16. favorite place to write

uhhh im a very sedentary person, probably a result from the pandemic, and being a thorough homebody even after that

hmm i would say id like a nice ambient public place with coffeeeee my blood my life force Some amount of people engrossed in their own work, but like in the ph, esp in a place populated by a lot of uni students, cafes end up being hella cold (im skin and bones the cold is Evil)++noisy (which i don't see as a big bad thing esp since i like socializing with my friends...at the cost of putting off my own writing oops HAHAHA)

17. talk about your writing and editing process

oh boy. here we go. one thing to note throughout all this: my only consistent practice as a writer is inconsistency. (and ig, if i try hard enough, i can usually put out a passable 200-300 words in one sitting)

sometimes i can outline a fic and take forever chipping away at it

^^(case in point: that sebek x vampire!reader x silver fic... i joked abt waiting until book 7 would drop on EN but it has been Stuck. i wanna write bi-disaster sebek so bad though 🤧🤧)

other times my actual writing veers waaaaay into a diff plotpoint instead of what i have plotted out

^^(there're these 2 now-removed bullet points in wcidfy's outline for ch 3 that went: "do i have the balls to write a fever scene… gaguhan anhirap nito pag walang ob [tl: fuck this is hard (to write) without overblots]" and "i also keep thinking of a scene in the (scarabia) gardens…and lying about bees…weird")

and sometimes i can just shit out 1k-ish words unprompted.

^^though this last example leads to my most rough writing++editing ('ily but leave me tf alone' and 'no id rather pretend'), i only look over for immediate errors, but keep iffy-phrasings and repeated words, but sometimes i still miss incomplete sentences that i jus quickly fix after posting ahahaha.

in terms of my more "polished" writing, i edit as i write (<- i do Not recommend this style. it's very unsustainable if ur planning to do more conventional writing/publishing and it's very easy to get trapped in your writer's block)

and after finishing 80% of it, i try to get a second pair of eyes on it (thanks @jessamine-rose mwaps) because validation of works in progress feels good it also helps to have a trusted outside person look at the work with fresher eyes. also smtimes we get into bouncing ideas back nd forth that we spawn new brainrot lmao like this👇

i like to call my writing a "semi-polished first draft" partly out of self-defense and self-criticism. but really, i think i'd rather have "good enough" writing posted than "my best" because i could spend forever hoarding my wips. i think i'll always have regrets over not fleshing out certain beats/using certain phrasings and references, but i also enjoy looking back on my writing and seeing the incremental, microscopic progress. it makes the process more enjoyable than self-flagellating.

on a personal note, the writing workshop scene can be brutal. with some criticism being needlessly harsh, sure it produced some of my "best" writing but the process was Not Fun. while i get that being able to revise meaningfully is an important thing, i think the endgoal of feedback (from my short exp of betaing for friends) shud always be aimed towards uplifting the writer's aim to create/improving the writer's vision of what they wanna achieve, especially in a craft that is as solitary as writing. wait ill rb a post about making ur shitty pots, very in-line with making art in general

29. how easy is it for you to come up with titles?

very hard. i hate thinking of titles, thats why i yoink lines from songs (who cares if the vibe doesnt fit im adding layers of interpretation or sumn🥴🥴). ACTUALLY wcidfy had like 3 other possible names (it was either *rolls out list* hairtie, nonequivalent exchange, or ben franklin effect* wcidfy was the most bearable one.) *i tried to look up how to distill the psychological phenomenon of someone probably liking u more after u do a small favor for them into 2-3 words, but it had to be a WHITE MAN'S NAME 🤢🤢NAW!!!!

for few other examples:

'say what you mean' was initially titled 'oh how the tables turn'

'roommates? more like roomfoes' was first titled 'pet peeves'

'hypothermia' was first titled 'frigid' but then i thought of paradoxical undressing nd stuff and da pseudo-warmth

i've also moved a bunch of other plot beats from wcidfy's main document into a file called "part 45678 of wcidfy"

as u can see i prioritize making myself laugh wid my wip titles. i wanna put the illusion that my writing's not that serious. unless it is? idk i'm not sure how to describe my writing in terms of its vibes.

(list of fic writer asks, ahaha bug me ab my wips)

[americanrecord]

Good morning, Kelsey!! How was yesterday? I hope today is wonderful!!

hi, ashley!! happy wednesday!

yesterday was fine. i didn’t really do anything productive, but that’s okay! i also just have nothing to report on. laid around!!

today, i’m currently in the waiting room at the dentist, yayyy…🙄 and after that, i’m not super sure. i might do some job searching, we’ll see!! i finished my book 2 outline so now im in need of another new project, so i’ll have to figure out what that will be!

how are you? how was yesterday? i hope today is great!!

[crows-murder]

Ask game: 2, 5, 16, 20 ✨️

2. talk about a notable time a narrative or character has looked you dead in the eyes and said “fuck your plan, here’s what we’re actually doing.”

when i first outlined my fic all the ashes in my wake i had a basic idea of where the story would go and who the main villains would be, etc etc

and then.

AND THEN!!

i wrote chapter 5 and i as like "hey it would be cool actually if the cursed mystic amulet had fallen into the hands of Big Mama" and i went with it. i mean, it's a fun lil twist and it was fun to write. except now i'm on chapter 7 and i have to rewrite a good chunk of my outline bc it doesn't WORK anymore now that big mama came along and became an important bit of the plot!!!

and thats only one instance in this fic where this happened actually. casey was not supposed to be in this fic as much as she currently is. (im not complaining about that one though bc i absolutely love her with my whole entire heart)

5. have you ever made a playlist about something you were writing as an elaborate means to procrastinate when you could have been actually writing and if yes drop a link, son

one thing about me is that i love making playlists for my fics and characters. i ABSOLUTELY made a playlist while procrastinating writing said fic.

HERE IT IS: fic playlist for ataimw

16. where is your favorite place to write?

either my university library or this little coffee shop in town. those are both very ideal writing locations for me because they include my favorite things: cozy vibes, coffee, books.

20. what is your favorite trope to write?

found family all the way. i'm sure it says a lot about me but its just so!!!! wonderful!!!! ON PURPOSE!!! I'LL STAY WITH YOU AND I'LL LOVE YOU ON PURPOSE!!!

if u look at all the media i've hyperfixated on, the common denominator is usually found family lmao

thank you for the ask!! <333

ask game

[mollish-art]

hehe hello again, i have tiny question. so im currently working on a little story abt elves and dragons and the more i work on plots it just goes all over and i just wanna know how you can pace a story with mixed species and a rather large amount of world building, and also how to have proper transitions to different character povs as i have 3 main povs that i wanna try 2 being elves and 1 being a dragons. :)

That's a really cool story concept you have there! I've actually been developing my own fantasy universe for the past 7-ish years called "Draka Imperium", which is all centered around dragons and such.

Funnily enough, I've been struggling with the exact same problems that you have laid out here (complex worldbuilding, story pacing, multiple character POVs, etc), and I've been wrestling for the past few years with rewrites in order to make things work the way that I want.

One of my friends who is a published author (Fennah - you may recognize his youtube animations or his book, Amygdala), gave me some really good advice recently about writing in general, and it's given me some direction to help with my own rewrites. One of the things that stuck with me the most was about letting your characters speak for themselves. Don't try to put your own words or ideologies into the mouths of your characters - let them live and breathe in the world that you've created!

As for my own personal advice, at least when it comes to POV alternating, I'll let you know what I did with Unperson, as I am alternating between 2 POVs for that story. I planned out (roughly) what story beats I wanted to hit for each chapter and made notes for each POV in a different color - this just helped with organizing. But what helped the most with writing was to keep the environmental/story beats in mind from my outline, but to simply allow the characters to react to them. I never had dialogue pre-composed before I started writing; all of my chapters so far have mostly been written like a stream of consciousness. I merely led the characters to interact with certain things in their environments, and then wrote their dialogue and mannerisms as if I were an actor and improvising their lines/movements without making them stick to the 'script', if that makes any sense. In other words, in the process of writing a scene, if it felt more natural for the character to react in a different way than I had originally planned it in my head, I would simply allow the character to act in that way rather than trying to shoehorn them into a box that I had created for them.

Idk if that makes any sense, but I hope it helps somewhat!

[sootspiders]

and i almost forgot on day 1, so far so good uhh so anyway i've been spinning my wheels about an outline for like. over a year. idk. i cant tell you how many "FOOL PROOF WAY TO OUTLINE YOUR NOVEL" method craft books, blog posts, podcasts, youtube videos, downloadable-template-when-you-subscribe-o-my-mailing-list's i've tried, and I never really completed a clear outline that I could work with. but i also Can Not improvise a story, I can't hold and organize information like that on the go. i want direction during the short bursts of time I have to write, but for whatever reason it just. Isn’t happening.

i have 2 seperate google docs labeled "outline attempt #" and thats just the new 2024 version, it goes up to 9 new outline attempts, at some point i always get lost and the notes are disconnected and don't lead into eachother and are too detailed to be outline bullet points bc i have the adhd that makes information organizing really really hard. idk whats important and where the most efficient place to put it is.

i certainly have been writing stuff. sometimes scene fragments, mostly just broad ideas. my note/idea doc is 80,000 words and i cannot bring myself to look at or organize any of it, thus i can't even use it.

anyway. where was i going with this.

or right. anyway, after bashing my head against this outline wall for nearly 2 years (multiple breaks where i got annoyed about being stuck and worked on something else for a while) and constantly being like "i want to actually write so bad write now" but saying no i cant every time i start i immediatley get stuck bc i dont have an OUTLINE and the concept of "ok just do a really short simple outline, just a loose guide to be tied to, just think of like 4 turning points to anchor the rest of it to, just do this small thing" seems like a reasonable goal and instruction, i kept telling myself all i have to do is that One Thing and then I can start. but at a certain point (9 new attempts from summer until now) regardless of how simple the task is, there is only the reality of "if this was going to work, it would have worked by now."

uhh so i remembered that, now that i think of it, most of my better ideas happened while writing, not before it. but i still can't improvise as I go, i'll just get paralyzed without a path, and much like my 80,000 word black hole of a "just write down every idea you have!" note doc that i physcially cannot make myself read through...i'm sure i could certainly write something with that method, and id probably end up with 300,000 pages that i'd rather eat a bowl of thumb tacts then try to edit and organize. and then i'd start over instead.

i'm starting to realize one of my biggest problems is that i'm so inefficient at organizing information that i'd rather start a task over from scratch 50 times then try to sort and edit a massive overwhelming pile. surely THIS TIME if i start fresh i will keep it organized as i go and the unmanageable rat nest of info won't happen this time. surely.

im writing from my phone in bed rn and im not cohesive this was supposed to be a 3 sentence update

so about draft 2 electric boogaloo, i know i was just getting at a problem about preferring to start over rather than edit, but last year i DID actually manage to write a chapter summary of draft 1 and i do (mostly) know what is at the heart of the structure pacing issue, so I don’t think i'm starting official draft 2 in bad faith. draft 1's biggest problem is the protag is really inactive and the plot just kind of happens around her bc she doesn't know anything and has no clear reason to be doing anything. hence why its so confused and meander-y (is that a word idk)

current method is instead of trying to do a whole outline (bc apparently i can't, i just can't actually envision the story until its written so i don't know how to conceive of act 2).. im going to outline just a little, like an "episode" at a time and then write it and then outline the next chunk

ANYWAY (how mny times have i said that) I wrote like 100~ ish words of chapter 1 today yipeee

also i bought a calendar to give myself stickers for word count goals bc it makes it look more tangible and also. ✨️stikcers✨️

[tismcosmology]

ive been reading a book on human and primate evolution called the first idea (by greenspan and shanker), specifically about the evolution from a non-sentient animal to an animal thats capable of like, going to the moon, and i figured id brain dump some of my thoughts about it here because. theres a lot

im pretty sure this book is about as old as I am which is WILD bc i was baffled by how much shit in here i just did not know about. idk how much of that is because i never researched super deep into some of these topics, and how much is just bc this wasnt scientifically accepted fully when it was published, but still.

The heart of the book really is the authors model of the development/evolution of intelligence, as thats the bit that is constantly pulled up and referenced as you work your way through human development, psychology, (paleo)anthropology, sociology, etc etc. They hypothesize that while humans are born with the genetic and biological capability for things like language and logical thought, its not inherent, and are instead developed slowly over the first years of a childs life through sustained emotional regulation with their caregiver. I could never explain it as well as they do, but the jist is that the first step to developing intelligence is symbol formation (being able to seperate the concept of "mom" from the person "mom"), and the dual coding of experiences (a baby experiences a sound as both loud and frightening, or soft and soothing. both objective and subjective).

Theres 3 parts, the authors walk you through a shiiit load of stuff.

Early human development, focusing on the role of emotions and caregiving in healthy neurological development. They focus a lot on ages 0-2, but do discuss neurological health and stages of development from birth til death. The main point put across here is an argument against determinism in regards to human evolution. ie that the process of a child developing language and logical thinking is not coded in their genes, but rather a dynamic learning process between a child and its caregivers using emotional signaling (conveying emotional states using non-verbal communication), as well as generally outlining their model, the different stages of development, and how it works. Theres also a few chapters on their model applied to autism spectrum disorder development

Primate evolution (mostly). There was a large focus on the bonobo ape Kanzi (who, if you know anything about ape language studies, uses a lexigram board to communicate quite well) as one of the authors had worked with Kanzi at some point and was able to learn from him. Theres a Lot of really cool personal accounts from the author that were incredible to read. Of course also touching on chimp hunting practices and other primate behaviours, and then connecting it all back to the same model of a dynamic learning process between child and caregiver, and showing that all primates have a developed intelligence that can be placed at a level roughly corresponding with various ages of human children. insane. ofc they then go through and argue their case against the many other hypothesis for human evolution. very engaging read

(2.5.) theres also a lot of information in this part about ASD, coming from one of the authors who worked extensively with high support autistic kids, particularly in teaching them how to form and use symbolic ideas, and how to use those as a basis for learning language. They use their model and explain ASD as a breakdown of the ability for a child to engage in this dynamic emotional process that is required for functional development.

Group cohesion and the social structure. to be fair, im only about 3 chapters into this part, but the segments I have read have done an incredible job at both describing the current understanding of why and how social groups form and work (or dont work), and then applying everything previously stated to much more 'current' political groups. This part seems to be leaning away from anthropology and more towards sociology and political science oddly enough, but im very excited to finish it

[kikithefox231]

HI KIKI!!! For the askgame: 1 3 13 and 23 if you're up for it!! 💖💖💖

AAAAAAAA THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE ASK!!!!! I’ve been writing more recently and I’m so happy to talk about it and all my thoughts haha :DDD

1.

Q: Last sentence you wrote?

A: “…So uh. Do you want that 50 dollars in cash or credit?”

This is from a crack fluffy fic I’m writing for Infinity Train!!! Featuring Lake and Jesse who I absolutely adore <333 they are the idiots ever!!!! Half a brain cell shared between them lmao

I titled it “Jesse and Lake’s Disastrous Table Building Fiasco (Or How Jesse and Lake got banned from IKEA)” which explains itself LOL

I’m very excited to finish it ^^ SOON!!!!

3.

Q: how you feel about your current WIP?

A: Great!!!! @mell0bee was really supportive of me while I was writing and gave me feedback as I wrote it! It definitely helped me not immediately lose motivation haha

Also I’m happy to do something crack and fluffy!! I rarely ever do that and I really missed doing something really silly :DDD

13.

Q: a fandom you’re thinking about writing for?

A: SOOOOOO MANY!!!! But at the moment I’d like to write more for infinity train!! I’d like to write something for each book and make it a series of character studies!! Also the show has so much angst and I THRIVE off of angst LOL so I must write more for it!!! I’ve really been appreciating it a lot after rewatching more of it recently (esp book 2 & 4!!! I love all of them tho!!!!)

I’d also like to write a canon divergence/au ficlet for The Dragon Prince as well!! The new season gave me some brainworms 👀👀👀 (it’s super angsty as well LOL)

I’m ALSO working on a longfic for glitch techs!!!! I’ve been stuck on a part of the first chapter DX BUT IM GETTING THERE!!!! The notes doc for it is 24 pages long and the outline doc is 4 (atm) LOL so it’s very thorough!!! I’m really excited to release it since this show doesn’t have as big of fanbase as it used to back when it was airing so I thought doing a big project like this could bring back some more fans again and get some more support for the show! But anyways, I just really adore the show I got a canon divergent idea back in February and I’ve been developing it into a longfic since!!!! I even have a cover for it ready :DDDD

23:

Q: pick three keywords that describe your writing?

A: OOF this one is so hard :’) I think I’d go with “short but impactful” since lots of my works don’t go past 1K but I’ve learned to pack a bunch of emotions into every word and scene! I think it’s sometimes a hit or miss but I really like writing emotional scenes that are really hard hitting and dramatic haha

If it’s just keywords and not a phrase then I’d go with “emotional, dramatic, personal”

Personal because a lot of my work is me projecting onto characters and expressing a lot of my own emotions and thoughts through them

Thank you so much for asking again!!! It means so much to me and I really appreciate it!! ^^

[the-dying-star]

• My favorite line I have written so far? That's pretty difficult. I have to go with two;

"If you are a monster, then you are the most exquisite monster I have ever known."

And

"That's just a fancy word for slut."

Im leaving them both out of context here.

• I honestly can't think of anything right now. I typically enjoy the characters as they are.

• I have no comments yet. Lol sooooo none.

• I don't think I have any wild ones

° I write anywhere since I typically just write in my phone's notepad app for now. Although I prefer to be at home instead of work, but I'm not picky.

• I have a rough outline but I typically add the majority as I go.

• I'll share the Prologue to my WIP below the bullets.

• I have actually only read two fandoms of fanfics. TMNT and My Chemical Romance.

• I post at random

• Silence...lol

• Probably my current one honestly, If Not For Me, the one this Blog centers around.

• Myself honestly. If others like it. Cool.

• I was honestly bored and couldn't find any other fanfica to read. So I started writing my own .

• I love writing my OCs. But I enjoy TMNT 2k3 Donatello and 2K3 Raphael.

• Dude....Rise Donnie and Rise Leo and also 2K3 Leo...I feel like I write them terribly but I stopped caring lol. 2K3 Donnie is so much easier for me.

• I have only written TMNT fanfics so far. But they are also both crossovers with one of my fav book series.

• Often since I have to proof read a few times and I often reread chapters to see how they flow and if anything needs added or taken out.

• Nope.

• I would pick INFM but I have never thought of casting honestly.

• Sometimes art but mostly music!

• I do some research yes. With my current work I have deep dived into different demons and angels from mythology.

• If the scale is 1 for wildly original and 10 for canon compliant I like a aolid 2-3 lol

• Relationship. I pretty much only write romance. Can't help it. Sorry not sorry. Lol

• Yesss. I have. So honestly they are both easy and difficult. The difficulty comes in finding tactful ways to describe things. And dialogue. The easy part is knowing how they flow.

• I can write fluff. All day. Angst. Oof

• I like a happy ending. But also I live for a cliff hanger. Because it typically means a sequel lol

• Three.

• Nope

• I realllyyy have enjoyed Dark Underwold on fanfic . net. Her Morningstar trilogy and accompanying works inspired some of the imagery and mythology in my own fic. And I have been really enjoying All Roads Lead Home by @spirit-of-the-westao3 (shameless shoutout! Go read it)

• My older brother loved the 87 TMNT and got me into it. And then I was heavily into the 2k3 TMNT as a kid, like, would come home from school and would turn on Nick at the exact time I needed to watch it. I was hooked from there. And at least one of my friends loves them too so I had someone to geek out with.

• Nope lol

• Life lesson? Do it for yourself.

• long fics

• Not exactly.

• I have no advice... I'm in it right now. It sucks lol I'm sorry.

• Nah.

• I am spare parts...If trope means what I think it means then Romance. Lol

• Ohhhhhh man If Not For Me. 100% if you ever want to. Do it. Please. Bring it to life. Lol i need to see it how you see it.

• The Prologue to INFM •

𝕴𝖋 𝕹𝖔𝖙 𝕱𝖔𝖗 𝕸𝖊

𝕻𝖗𝖔𝖑𝖔𝖌𝖚𝖊

He didn't remember a time when he had felt this at peace. He didn't remember much of anything really.

Weird.

Everything was wonderful here.

Everything was perfect here.

He didn't need to remember.

𝘚𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨? 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨? 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.

He stretched his arms up toward the sunshine and smiled at the steady warmth that he absorbed from it as he wandered the large expanse of tall glittering green grass. It felt good on his pebbly textured green skin.

𝘓𝘦𝘰 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦. 𝘛𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨.

Leo?

He stopped and furrowed his brow.

Who was Leo?

He shrugged again and continued walking. He walked the same path everyday now for.....

"Huh....I don't even know how long." He smiled serenely to himself as he crested a large hill and looked down at the field below.

It was covered in fluffy pink, magenta, coral and white flowers for as far as he could see really. He descended the hill and wandered through the field slowly. The green foliage under the heavy heads of the blooms brushed against his clothed legs.

His three fingered hands brushed against the soft petals as he passed by.

Every time he moved through them and disturbed them by touching the silky soft petals they released their intoxicating perfume into the air.

𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘬𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘴. 𝘌𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵.

He laid down within the field of flowers and pulled a deep breath in through his nose. He wasn't sure why he came here every day. It felt...right....or familiar. Something like that.

𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘱 𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥. 𝘌𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘺.

He shook his head. Barely able to dislodge the strange images that kept bombarding him.

He looked up at the brilliant blue sky and watched as giant fluffy white clouds floated by slowly. He watched the massive flower heads bob in a lazy breeze and he reached up to brush his fingers over them again. Hmmm

What were they called again?

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩. 𝘚𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨?

Poppies? Hmm no. That wasn't it.

𝘓𝘦𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨.

Pansies? No no. Not it.

𝘏𝘪𝘮 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘓𝘦𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦. 𝘈 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘺. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨.

Petunias?.... Absolutely not.

𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘶𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦s 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳. 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘓𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘴. 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘴. 𝘏𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨.

Primroses?...Still nope.

𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘏𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘏𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥. 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘓𝘦𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨.

He furrowed his brow again and stared intently at one of the soft pink blooms. Something about them felt so familiar. So safe.

They felt like.

Home.

But where was home?

"𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘥." 𝘏𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥. "𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘪𝘵, 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵!"

"𝘕𝘰!"

"𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦...𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘦."

"P𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴! 𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘨ă, 𝘵𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘨. 𝘕𝘶 𝘱𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘳ă�� 𝘧ă𝘳ă 𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦." 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴. 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦.

"𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯."

𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯.

"𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘪𝘵."

He rubs at his temples as a steady searing pain blossoms there. Something warm trickles from his tympanum. He lifts his fingers to touch it, bringing them in front of his face. Something metallic and gold is there on his finger tips.

Home. Where is home?

"𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴." 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘱.

"𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶...𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯...𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦." 𝘏𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺.

"𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦. 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴." 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘬. 𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴. 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘦𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴.

"𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦......𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭....𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦......𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦." 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘏𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘍𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨.

He sat bolt upright as pain speared his temples again.

"Peonies!" He nearly screamed. The pain throbbed again and he had to grit his teeth.

"Peonies. Feel like home. You...are home. I said I would find you." The turtle wiped at the golden liquid that trickled from his nostrils and shifted to his knees. He squeezed his eyes shut.

He had to remember.

He had to remember everything.

He reached up to his neck where he had just noticed the light weight of something hanging there.

His fingers delicately brushed against the slim silver chain necklace and he wrapped them around it and tugged. The chain snapped off and he held it in his palm. He gazed at it and watched as it pulsed with a golden glow and morphed into the shinmering image of a silver and gold elongated eight pointed star, hovering over his open palm.

He had to remember. Remember home.

He grasped at the star and pulled it back towards him, pushing it into his plastron, right over his heart.

Remember.

His heart was hammering in his chest. Tattooing a rapid beat there.

Home.

Memories flickered over his closed eyelids. Pain kept a steady throb in his temples.

His brothers.

He had to grit his teeth as the pain turned to an agonizing burn.

His family.

He cried out in pain, doubling over, holding his hands against his head as if it were splitting in two and he had to hold the pieces together.

Luciana.

The pain suddenly stopped along with the flashing memories. He took in a deep, shaking breath and looked around. Thankfully he was alone.

Or so he thought.

Where was he?

"Oh fuck." He remembered now. He remembered everything. He was dead. Very dead. Super dead.

He lifted his hands to wipe the ichor off his face and on his-

He looked down and noticed he was wearing only a pair of white slacks and a white tunic.

"Shit. There's no fucking way. Not with all the crimes I committed. Assault. Assault with a deadly wrapon. Blackmail. Cyber crimes, Harboring a wanted criminal, Illegal possession of firearms, the list can keep going..." He was muttering to himself as he stood up and started walking out of the field.

"There's no way they'd let me in here. And I thought I was supposed to go wherever the Hamato clan is." He narrowed his eyes in contemplation as he crested the hill again and looked around.

Yup. There was no denying what he was seeing. Glittering white city. Sunshine. Feilds of flowers. Golden gates off in the distance.

"Fucking Heaven." He growled lowly, clenching his hands into fists at his sides.

He was in Heaven. And he definitely did not belong there.

• Thanks for reading if you made it this far I'm super nervous about posting this here hahaha 😅•

Fanfic Writer Ask Game

These are always fun so I wanted to make one! Reblog this and let others send you an ask based on any of these emojis/questions:

❤️ What is your favorite line that you’ve written in a fic?

💥 What is one canon thing that you wish you could change?

✨️ Out of the comments you’ve received on your fics, what are two or three of your favorites?

👻 What is your wildest headcanon?

✍️ What’s your ideal writing setup?

🚀 Do you like to outline your fic first or create as you go?

🎁 Have a piece of a WIP you want to share?

🏷 Is there a tag you like to search for when looking for fanfics to read?

⏰️ Do you like to post fics on a schedule or at random?

👓 What helps you focus when you write?

💕 What is your favorite fic that you’ve written?

🐇 Do you write for yourself, for others, or both?

🥳 Why did you start writing fanfic?

🦋 Which character is your favorite to write?

🦈 Which character is the toughest to write?

🍬 Do you write for multiple fandoms? If yes, what is your favorite fic of yours for each fandom?

🌻 How often do you read your own fics?

📗 Do you want to write something outside of fanfiction? If so, what about?

🎬 If a movie or show were based on your fic, which fic would you choose and who would you fancast?

💭 What inspires you and your writing?

🧪 Do you research for your fics?

😎 What fics do you prefer on a scale of canon compliant to wildly original?

💎 Do you often write about a relationship or focus on an individual?

🔥 Have you included any sexy scenes in your fics? If yes, do you find them easy or difficult to write?

💘 Is it easier to write angst or fluff?

🚦What sort of endings do you prefer to write: ambiguous, bad, happily ever after, etc.?

💡How many WIPs do you currently have?

🔎 Does anyone beta read or edit your fics?

📚 Is there a fanfic or fanfic writer you recommend?

🤩 What led to your interest in the fandom?

🤖 Are non-fandom friends aware that you write fanfic?

💛 What is the most impactful lesson you’ve learned about writing?

👑 Do you like writing short fics or long fics?

🎯 Do you have a writing milestone you’re working towards?

�� Any advice for writers working through burnout or writer’s block?

🤔 Would you ever want to write something canon if you got the opportunity?

💌 Is there a favorite trope you like to write?

🎨 If someone were to make fanart of your work, what fic or scene would you hope to see?

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@itsjustalark Continues:

My writing: I've three stories that i want to write in the future but only one im currently working on. That story is still very young and in its beta stages. I have a light idea of the plot and world but nothing sharpened to perfection yet. It's a character focused adult fantasy which focuses of two friends(Alex and Kel) whose relationship evolves to something far deeper than a romantic one. It explores a relationship that could have been beautiful in a perfect world but because of the corrupt and rotten world they live in and the different roles they have to play in it and their own inherent flaws, their relationship is always at risk of succumbing to that darkness and turning toxic. And the first book (yes there are more than one books that cause i got carried away) is really them fighting against their respective destinies and denying the roles the world has already decided for them and trying to stay together throughout it all even though they come from different worlds. And there is so much more details about the world it is set in and and the magic system which is so inyegral to the story but this post is alreqdy long enough so ill stop here. Let me know if you wanna here about it and ill go off. [[I cut your snippets here because it feels strange posting other writer's writing without it being innately linked to them and I'm not sure you'd want me to do so. But I did read them]] Ill stop now cause otherwise ill just keep going and this post will never end. This project is really close to my heart and im really proud of what ive written so far. It originated from the merging together of a playlist and the fanfic of a fanfiction so now im trying tor write scenes based on the songs of a separate playlist i created for the story (sorry if i sound unhinged). Mostly cause i tried writing the story cronologically and it just wasnt working out. For some reason my mind cant think staright. Instead it thinks in fragments of quotes, flashes of certain imagery and vibes. So that was fun. Thank you giving me the time of youre day. I really enjoyed it.

Ahahaha, it sounds like you took a lot of inspiration from Sherliam and/or a lot of very specific Dynamics in fiction that I can certainly think of but not necessarily name. Of course, Sherliam started and ended quite cute and wholesome for how it seemed to go, and I'm not sure that's what you're intending with your stuff.

I tend to be a very chronological writer because if I don't, I don't really end up with anything written that makes any sense; I sometimes will write various bits of scenes or make notes about future things out of order and inevitably by the time I get there, it doesn't work anymore.

Outlines hate me. But a lot of stories are non-linear even by the time they're finished. I'm not sure if that's what you're doing, but it could be.

Anyway, Kel and Alex seem cute and the orphanage-y thing Kel is in is fascinating from your snippets. Am a little interested in when most of the story takes place, though, because they seem to be smallish kids but the writing doesn't seem like a story for/about smallish kids. Hmmmm.

Part 2 of 2.