#indigowriting

[indigowriting]

very sparse wip intro for [REDACTED] wip (i really have to come up with a better name.............)! i've been working on this a couple of days now and am 6k out of my minimum goal of 30k. this is very much a self-indulgent project but i really want to finish it, and i'm very hopeful i'll be able to!

[moonandris]

✨NEW WRITEBLR TAG GAME JUST DROPPED✨

If you're struggling with breathing life into your OC's, try this funny yet stupidly simple trick/writeblr tag game I just came up with. I call it the 'Roast Your OCS and Make It Into a Title' tag game. 🤣

So, we've all heard of fictional character archetypes and stereotypes that are often present in fiction, right? We all know it's not good to have shallow, surface level characters that have no complexity or nuance to their personalities, because real life humans contain multitudes, contradictions, and are in general very complicated beings.

Throw all that shit out for this exercise and toss it into the trash! 🗑️ In this tag game, we're gonna be reducing all our OC's to the most basic, mundane, stereotypical/archetypal renditions of themselves and making it Fit Into a Title!

Here's an example of my main character + his besties from my Science Fantasy WIP:

Cold and Stoic Pretty Boy Loaner With Social Anxiety and Unhealed Trauma Tries to Save His Sister

Disowned Goth Femme Fatale With Bitchy Yet Gentle Attitude Is Socially Neglected and Cries A Lot

Occasionally Serious Himbo City Boy Cop Tries and Fails to Fight Crime With Therapy and Rehabilitation

Snobby Know-It-All Imperial Man Who Somehow Has Both A Superiority and Inferiority Complex

Protective Amazonian Lesbian Sadist Who Will Absolutely Step On You and Ruin Your Life Forever

Gifted Slutty Bisexual Boy Genius Is Hiding a Dark Secret and Is Very Zesty (Rude) About It

For this tag game I'm gonna be tagging A LOT of people but mainly people who've interacted with me recently. Free to reblog if you see this on your dash, even if you're not tagged. I find this shit HILARIOUS and I would love to see what everyone manages to come up with! No pressure at all if you don't wanna participate, this is all just for fun. ❤️😊

@in-heavens-trenches @revenantlore @cupandquillcafe @fattybattysblog @eames-with-a-rose

@gailynovelry @kestalsblog @dru-reads-writeblr @druidx @indigowriting

@diabolical-blue @writercoracain @tildeathiwillwrite @craig-h-stuart @illarian-rambling

@coarsely @rjcopeseethemald @jackiezenauthor @squarebracket-trickster @kaylinalexanderbooks

@pen-of-roses @flock-from-the-void @sarandipitywrites @buffythevampirelover @imsaanvikhanna

@songsofsomnia @shadow-of-tea-and-tea @owlsandwich @faeriecinna @hauntedluminarybbq

@sarahlizziewrites @ayzrules @rickie-the-storyteller @janec23

If you want some extra help you can also look up character stereotypes/archetypes like I did. There's hundreds of blog posts about this topic but here's some helpful links so you can judge/roast your OC's to your heart's content:

[mer-acle]

just wanted to say again that I really love your writing and how you do the dynamics between the Olympians and your art is so nice too!! your Athena centric fics are easily my favorites from what I've read so far, and I was wondering if you have any recs for fics about her?

Oh, hi (so sorry I didn't see the ask sooner I'm still learning about Tumblr)

Thank you so much, first of all, that means a lot to me!

Here are some fics I really enjoyed:

Idk looking for fitting fics is kinda difficult in this fandom ngl XD

Hope this helps a bit

[zmwrites]

tag: heads up seven up LXXI

I was tagged by @writingamongther0ses! Thank you!

Have another bit from Open Seas, aka the only WIP where the words are wording:

As The Allegiance passed through the harbour mouth, Idalah exchanged words with a man working the nets in a language Tess didn’t recognize, gesturing towards the berths ahead. The conversation ended with Idalah shaking her head and waving the man off, earning a laugh from him. She joined them by the helm. “Berth twenty-seven, Raleigh. The bastards raised their fees again.” “They know this is the only safe place to resupply in this part of the ocean,” Dorian said. “Which means they’re getting enough of our money without gouging us on the berthing fees,” she replied sourly.

One thing is universal, and that is overpriced parking.

I tag @leah-yasmin-writes, @indigowriting, @drabbleitout, and anyone else who wants to play! As always, no pressure!

[theroseempress]

everyone meet Sir Wilbur, Guardian Of the Stairs

yes, he is properly a Sir, I knighted him.

@ettawritesnstudies @enne-uni @wackus-bonkus-maximus @indigowriting @hallwriteblr @thatndginger @the-stray-storyteller @writernopal @daisywords hey guys look at my little man

[indigostudies]

hi! you can call me jiayi (家宜)(i was born and raised in china, hence having a chinese name—i'm west asian ethnically). i'm a long-time tumblr-user, first time studyblr creator. i hope to use this blog as a study-aid and i'd love to meet new people and make friends!

my main interests are languages, linguistics, and applied mathematics, and that's what i am studying in college!

i also have a writeblr sideblog at @indigowriting, where i will hopefully finally start creating original works :)

HOUSEKEEPING:

my study posts resources chinese german korean

[kaylinalexanderbooks]

Get to know me tag

I've been tagged so many times oh my God. Thanks to @songsofsomnia here, @spitefulbull here, @awritingcaitlin here, @sleepywriter00 here and here, @mikathewriter here, and @indigowriting here.

Last song I listened to: We Don't Believe What's On TV (Twenty One Pilots)

Favorite color: teal 🩵💚

Currently watching: Star Trek Voyager (partial rewatch), Phineas and Ferb (rewatch), MythBusters, Whose Line is it Anyway

Sweet/Spicy/Savory: still savory

Relationship status: dating ❤️💜🩷

Current obsession: actively doing more TSP (my WIP) but I can't get PnF off the brain sorry

Tagging (gonna be honest I forgot who I've done so if you see this and haven't done this go for it but I'll tag some newcomers in the meantime): @kbwritesstuff @addicted2coke-theothercoke @metalaniac @jmhwritesstuff @pluttskutt @lyraoctavia @ladytamris @duxinteritio @bargainbincheese @somethingclevermahogony @laureleavess

[bluberimufim]

Two Truths and a Lie

Helloooo I was tagged here by @fleurtygurl (check out her post!) and thought it sounded super fun! So here we are!

Rules: From your current wip, post a poll with two truths and a lie for people to guess which option is false

I'm gonna do this for B&W bc it's that one WIP of mine that has the most random things:

There's definitely lots of other random things, but I think these kinda clash with the general vibes of the story in really funny ways.

Tagging: @olliexwrites, @delusionisaplace, @indigowriting, and @macabremoons and anyone else who wants to join!

[televisionjester]

nine people i'd like to know better

rules: answer the questions and tag nine people you'd like to know better

i was tagged by @morgayz (thank you so much!)

last song i listened to: suzerainty by polite fiction

favorite color: pink! any version of it really

currently watching: the x-files, i'm still on season one but really enjoying it (also glad to know it's good enough to rewatch a few episodes now and then)

spicy/savory/sweet: spicy!! if something isn't spicy on it's own, i'm usually adding something to make it hotter

relationship status: single

current obsession: spy fiction! i'm really obsessed with that kind of plot right now, so i'm looking for tons of things to read or watch that have it

tagging: @mjjune @bard-coded @friendlyshaped @annakayy @revenantlore @kelpie-writes @indigowriting @mikathewriter @winterandwords and open tag to anyone else who sees this and wants to join!

[lady-grace-pens]

Telephone Tag Game

Original

Rules: Describe this snippet in your own words! You may add or remove one detail if you wish, otherwise try to simply rephrase things.

Once tagged, do not look back on the posts before the one you were tagged in. The point is to see how the snippet changes from the original post (just like a game of telephone).

Once written, tag the original creator (me!) and include a link to the original post (this one) so everyone may see the changes.

Tagging: @isabellebissonrouthier @spuddlespud @alinacapellabooks @littleredhatwriting @flowerprose @indigowriting @owilder + open tag!!

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The captain leered at his crew on the deck through a pair of glassy eyes that not once left the memory of the blood they spilt. A gruff coal mustache framed his pealing lips, cleverly tapered to disguise his sins.

The wind whistled to his ears threats of mutiny, tapered by the siren-like harmonies of a shanty. He didn’t allow this to scratch nor tar him, not even carve a new line in the cavernous depths of his wrinkles. Instead, he looked unto the bleak white horizon and grinned.

[livums]

Incorrect Quotes Tag

Hello 💜! I was tagged by @writernopal (see her post here!), @bluberimufim (See her post here!), and @writinglittlebeasts (see his post here!). Thank you all very much! I’m working my way through my notifs and this game seemed very very fun!

Rules: use this generator to make some incorrect quotes with your characters.

Tagging (if you haven’t done it already... 💜) : @sarahlizziewrites @yedithwrites @ink-flavored @oh-no-another-idea @indigowriting @heymacareyna @ae-park @sapphos-scientist @sergeantnarwhalwrites @jasperygrace​ @mysticstarlightduck​ @acertainmoshke​ @welcome-to-the-atmosphere​ @words-after-midnight​

THE ROMANCE OF THE DEMIGODS (click for character visuals)

Kesh: If I didn't know any better, I'd say you're impressed. Eve: But you do know better.

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Nysa: That shirt looks great, Kesh. Kesh: Thanks. Nysa: But I bet it would look even better on Eve's floor. Eve: Are you hitting on Kesh... for me?

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Nysa: You don't think I can fight because of my gender! Eve: I don't think you can fight because you're in a wedding dress. For what it's worth, I don't think Irial can fight in that dress either. Irial: Perhaps not. But I would make a radiant bride.

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Nysa: If you get in trouble, I'm gonna be like... a lawyer to you. Ok? Kesh: Okay. *later* Eve: Kesh! Sit down on the chair, you're in trouble. Nysa, whispering: Deny everything. Kesh, loudly: That isn't a chair.

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*talking on the phone* Kesh: Remember how I said that Eve and I were gonna have a calm night out for once? Nysa: Yeah… Kesh: Well, we’re in jail. Nysa: *hangs up*

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Kesh: What do we think of Eve? *pause* Nysa: *sighs* Nice pal. Irial: I think she’s gay.

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Kesh: Hi, sorry I’m late. I was doing a couple of things and got distracted. Eve: I’m “a couple of things”. Irial: I’m “got distracted”.

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Kesh, throwing her head into Eve lap: Tell me I'm pretty! Eve, lovingly stroking her hair: You're pretty fucking annoying, that's what you are.

THE MARKING BLOOD (click for character visuals)

Zova, about Sonea: She’s covered in blood again. Why is it she’s always covered in blood? Sylah: Well, it looks like it's her own blood this time.

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Zova: Anyone else feel good when their brain releases a bunch of endorphins? Sylah: Can't relate. Sonea: Why would my brain release a bunch of dolphins?

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Sylah: Where are my fucking keys? Zova: Sylah, Nieve is around, can you say it a little nicer? Sylah: May I ascertain the whereabouts of my FUCKING KEYS?!

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Sylah: Zova, I know you love Sonea. I mean, we all do, she’s a very nice person and I respect her immensely. Sylah: But I think she might be a fucking idiot.

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Zova: Sonea, I beg of you. Please, PLEASE go to the doctor. Sonea: Hey, I'm sorry. Is this OUR stab wound?

[indigowriting]

heads up, seven up

tagged by @zmwrites (thank you! you can find her excerpt here)

i only early have one wip that has had any progress recently, so here’s a bit from orioles:

Tally doesn’t usually go down to the relay room; actually, almost no one does, because there’s no one beyond the generation ship to communicate with—the last vestiges of intelligent life, as far as the Firstborn could tell ten centuries ago, are contained on this generation ship, the final, dying gasp of hope from a crumbling world, bound for what they had determined to be a viable planet for settlement—, but it’s not far away from the cryo chamber, and sometimes if you’re working in there, your comms’ll pick up whatever interference the open relay channels are receiving. It always amounts to nothing more than some dying star’s emissions or the crackling reception of some probe sent out long ago that is still, somehow, not dead in the black reaches of space, but investigating them, even if they turn out to be nothing, is one of the few diversions acceptable during work hours, and one of the only ones with anything actually interesting involved.

The corridors grow wide and opulent the closer they grow to the cryo chamber, no longer the labyrinthine warrens of passages barely tall enough to stand in, cleaned religiously of any rust or other aesthetic blemishes, and it’s precisely that cleanliness that makes them unsettling—they’re relics of a past time, a past people, and they feel just as suspended in time as the hundred-odd people held in cryopods in the cryo chamber proper. Without meaning to, Tally shivers.

“Hang in there,” Bismah mutters, keeping her voice habitually low in the way all maintenance workers do when in this part of the ship. Tally has no idea when it started—it’s as old as their grandparents’ generation, at least, and probably older still. As much as their lives are in service of the Firstborn, there’s also a degree of trepidation towards them—they’re a people who no one knows much about, beyond the duty they have towards them.

featuring: my inability to end sentences without tacking on like ten clauses </3

tagging: @mjjune @saturnine-saturneight @maiawritten and anyone else who sees this! (no pressure though!)

[winterandwords]

First and last line tag

@moonluringfrost, @sergeantnarwhalwrites and @pandoras-comment-box all tagged me in this on the same day, so the universe really wanted me to do this one. Thanks, lovelies!

These are from Project Darwin...

📝 First line

The last stubborn leaves clung desperately to the trees against tearing November winds when Darwin Eaves arrived home for the first time in almost a decade.

📝 Last line (so far)

And we ran hand in hand to my front door, not looking back to where we knew Mrs Eaves would be standing, watching after us, waiting until we were out of sight and she couldn't put off going inside any longer.

Tagging @indecentpause, @indigowriting, @isabellebissonrouthier and @junypr-camus if you'd like to do it, with an open tag for anyone else who wants to join in 💜

[edensinking]

I was tagged by the lovely @indigowriting ages ago and I forgot to write this! I am so sorry and thank you so much for tagging me. This got too long and I had to put it under a cut.

Tagging: I am going to tag @esta-elavaris because I love their writing!

rules: use this headcanon generator to make headcanons for your ocs! then talk about how accurate they are.

— Audrey fucked your mom.

Audrey most likely fucked your dad. She's oddly enough the only straight character I've written in the history of ever.

— Milo screams like an anime girl.

[ Steve Harvey voice ] YESSSS!!

— Julia was forced to eat cement as a child.

With Benjamin as her older brother? Absolutely.

— Rafael is afraid to close their eyes in the shower.

Yes cuz he's a little BETCH.

— Kathryn shops exclusively at Hot Topic.

Wrong. Everyone knows she shops at Lululemon and Patagonia exclusively.

— Adrian watches My Little Pony.

I cannot confirm nor deny. I can only hope he does it in the most normal way possible.

— Demetria is smart but also very stupid.

Absolutely.

— Matthew voted Reigen in the tumblr sexyman poll.

Duh.

— Sadie wakes up on November 1st and starts decorating for Christmas.

Bold of you to assume she's not with the shits August 31st at the LATEST.

— Dakota uses two-in-one shampoo and conditioner.

In high school? Absolutely. In the present time? You would have to force him.

— Nellie is unemployed.

I mean, technically. She's a retired teacher.

— Cece doesn't own a single pair of matching socks.

How dare you.

— Noah is a top.

I feel bad for bringing peepaw into this conversation.

— Jude is great with kids.

Of course he is. I am stopping now because I just made myself sad.

[zestymimblo]

Last Sentence - Tag Game

I was tagged by @the-down-upside-finch, and you can find her post here.

Rules: post the last sentence you wrote in your WIP and tag as many of your followers as there are words in the sentence.

The following sentence is from 'The Strings of Willis Manor'. Enjoy!!

It just quietly rotated slowly as it matched the rotation of the moon in the sky.

Decently-sized sentence, 16 words... I may or may not have 16 people to tag lmao

Tagging: @charlesjosephwrites, @avi-why, @baroquesse, @mayawritesfantasy, @thewardenofwinter, @regalserpent, @indigowriting, @sam-glade, @acertainmoshke, @gummybugg, @subtlefires, @surroundedbypearls, @trancetales, @isabellebissonrouthier, @deanwax and @imslowlydisintegrating

whoa holy shit I made it!!!!

[gummybugg]

Find the Word Tag

Thanks for the tags, @writernopal, @lena-rambles, and @digitalsatyr23! It took me a Hot second to get Around to this, unfortunately. Check out each of their posts here, here, and here, respectively!

<<Check Warnings in the tags!>>

I'm going to pick 5 words Between all 3 tags: scream, candle, faint, blood, and heart.

scream (The Mice Come Out at Night)

Honestly, Morgana had grown used to tuning out screaming by now, only deciding to tune back in just in case he missed something incriminating about himself like how he always records the highlights of his day each night before bed or that he was technically still on parole.

candle (IBT)

“Once you complete your task, are you then transported back?” Jemmah asked.

“Yeah, I suppose I could hitch a ride back using a few cheap candles and salt packets. I go back on my own terms,” Silas repeated. “Hell doesn’t offer you a free ride unless you’ve earned it, I suppose…”

faint (Crater City, Elijah’s POV)

“You ask too many questions. You should be resting right now.”

“I fainted, didn't I, Blair?” I caught his gaze.

He hesitated a moment before responding, “Yeah.”

blood & heart (Crater City, Blair’s POV)

I fumbled to unlock his ribcage. Once I was granted entry, I reached deep inside his chest. His heart beat, alive, and I stroked it, wiping away the excess blood.

Out of Comfort, I will Not reveal any more than this :')

✨Under the Break we have our (optional) Tagees & their prompt!✨

@sabels-small-sphere, @sender-paulson, @moonluringfrost, @acertainmoshke, @indigowriting, @sergeantnarwhalwrites, @zestymimblo, @rhikasa, @frostedlemonwriter, @aether-wasteland-s, @charlesjosephwrites, @new-royston-cursebreakers, @jasmineinthenight, @boundedsea, @wildswrites, @sam-glade, @detectiveashthemfer, @airic-fenn, @aberooski, @lalalovezfrenchfriez, @lyutenw, @faelanvance, and anyone else who wants to Hop on in because this is an Open tag!

Your words to find are mean, close, lead, minute, lie, and object