#my goal is to finish a first draft
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In non-boop related life updates, I have fully finished an outline for a book and have actually written 3400 words in a first draft and that is a huge deal for me, because I've never gotten this far with original fiction before.
#i'm actually very proud of myself#my goal is to finish a first draft#i don't really care what happens after that i just don't want to be one of those people that is always talking about writing a book#and never doing it#so yeah#that's what i've been up to so far this year#also i'm trying sock curls tonight for the first time and i'm sure it'll be a disaster but here's to trying new stuff
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okok let me finally do my analysis on kusuke and makoto parallels like ive talked about a thousand times (obvious warning that im gonna talk about incest, and also that im gonna be talking about a gag manga in a serious light so if that upsets you just go away ✌️)... yippee, perverted older brothers with unhealthy dynamics with their powerful younger siblings analysis!!
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the most obvious parallel is in their interactions with the others sibling. they literally have the same exact meeting, they both go from being fake nice to "my sibling is special and youre not worthy of them"
not included in pictures but also note that kusuo got rid of makoto by calling on kokomi and kokomi got rid of kusuke by calling on her fans
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"the second hes distracted, LETS GO"
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"we're the only ones who can match up to each other"
kusukes idea of kusuo being inhuman also influences the way this is treated i think- he tells kokomi that marrying a beautiful man will suit her best and that kusuo is above that kind of thing (aka actual romantic and aesthetic attraction), and it seems that being the only ones who can measure up to each other is probably the closest, in his eyes, that kusuo can get to love (confirmed in my opinion by the marriage/engagement symbolism a few pictures down⬇️). thats why he thinks theyre the only ones worthy of each other even if he doesnt see kusuo in the exact same way as makoto sees kokomi. if that makes any sense :p these are obviously already parallel on surface level, but id say theyre even more similar if you look deeply into it
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"i know everything youre thinking" and "everyone else looks like monkeys to me"
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associating their sibling with heaven/god
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a certain fixation on their sibling's body... top two are specifically them trying to see their sibling naked without consent
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? not sure how to describe this. implications of engagement/marriage? this use of an explicitly romantic symbol actually confuses me in kusukes case but thats not really relevant here...
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theyre the reason their sibling cant relax or be themself even at home... also note that kusuo specifically says that kusuos masochism (which i guess in some contexts masochism can be non-sexual but in this situation, since kusuke is canonically a pervert and there are several implications and allusions to sexual pleasure, it obviously means he gets SEXUAL pleasure from pain/humiliation) is the main reason he doesnt like him. likewise, kokomi is bothered by makotos overprotective and overbearing nature, though unfortunately she doesnt seem to be aware of his sister complex and thinks hes just being an annoying big brother.
not necessarily something that can be captured in a picture but theres also the fact that they both have pretty perfect lives but are still obsessed with their sibling and only their sibling, its all they really care about and their entire lives depend on them.
makoto is extremely attractive, charming when hes trying to be, and is a famous actor... he clearly gets girls. but he doesnt want any of them because hes stuck in his obsession with kokomi, shes the only girl he wants and its ruined his perception of other girls. he believes hes the only one that can be right for kokomi and touch her, and that likewise kokomi is the only girl he can be with. her presence dictates his life, he skips work just to follow her around and prevent her from getting involved with other guys. we only see maybe a few sentences from him where he isnt talking about kokomi, even when hes on tv.
kusuke is an attractive and charming genius, easily pulls girls, cambridge graduate, and is the favorite child in his family. but none of that matters, it only sets him apart from other humans and gives him a skewed perspective of anyone who isnt kusuo. he believes kusuo is the only person he can get that sadomasochistic pleasure from, and kusuo is the reason he developed it in the first place and he specifically seeks him out and coerces him into it. he really only cares about his family, theyre the only people in the world that are worth anything in his eyes, and his only interactions with anyone else have been using them as tools to get to kusuo. his life goal is (or was, before the end of cat tank arc) defeating kusuo. he has cameras in his familys house that hes presumably constantly watching, implied by him being ALREADY watching before his parents even called him about kusuos limiter.
#this was one of the most obviously intentional things i noticed when watching for the first time#so i was shocked that people dont see it#'stop comparing kusuke and makoto theyre nothing alike!!' my brother in christ theyre literally written to be compared#the main difference i think is that kusuke sees kusuo more sexually and makoto sees kokomi more romantically#obviously theres both in each but one outweighs the other#yeahhhhhhhhhhh#i actually really would like to know what kusuke planned to do after failing in cat tank arc before kusuo gave him another chance that he-#wasnt expecting. like he failed at his life goal and didnt even expect kusuo to still want him around. but thats a whole other conversation#anyway idk if im missing stuff this was half finished in my drafts for a long time and i kept forgetting about it#ok thats all#saiki k#tdlosk#the disastrous life of saiki k.#saiki kusuo#saiki kusuke#teruhashi kokomi#teruhashi makoto#meows post#incest cw#meownalysis
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Delighted to announce that my story has officially reached novella length! I truly didn't think it would get this far, and didn't think I would be able to stick with it to get it this long. According to Wikipedia, a novella is 17,500-40,000 words, and I'm currently at 17,714. And I'm going to keep writing for awhile tonight. I'm just super proud of this
#the goal was always for it to be a novella so i looked up how long a novella is#i didnt think id make it. i didnt think id get half as far as i have#but i might actually finish this#to be clear. its just a first draft. its rough and i need to polish it#and bring in more detail#work on the intricacies of the magic#change some names. i dont like my main character's name but i didnt want that to hold me up so i gave her a placeholder#and there are three other prominent characters. i just named them on the spot#for some reason it ended up being the name of my old roommate's gf. the name of my gf. and the name of a friend's crush#so i need to change that up. but mostly i didnt want to get hung up on names. i can change them later#really need to change the mc's name though. i dont like it and it doesnt fit her#and thats not even a main priority considering the magic system and the notes that are just (speaks some language. maybe latin)#or (ritual happens)#whoch is fine for a first draft. which im fairly close to being done with actually#i got the idea from the ttrpg Unknown Armies. specifically the campaign im in#as well as babylove and honeybloods by i.s. belle#and honeybloods is based off of Jennifer's Body so we're all just taking inspiration from others and making it our own#anyway im done yapping for now. gonna go see about performing another ritual that will just be written as (exorcism happens)
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going to try a new writing technique / strategy tonight i think. being very mysterious here but i will report how it goes <3
#i am challenging myself to finish a 1-2k piece by mello's birthday#i've been having a lot of trouble recently with sufficiently defining direction and limiting scope#which is making it difficult to finish things. because they end up feeling incohesive / incoherent and too-long#because i start out trying to write one thing and then end up writing another#so i am trying to more aggressively structure the feeling & goals & length of this piece ahead of time#going to take notes and have a Real Outline and then write my first draft in a way i maybe wouldn't usually#<- that's the part i'm being mysterious about
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getting an iced pumpkin chai in the morning and then my personal goal is to spend the whole day writing and i hope i can come back to this post tomorrow and rb w how much progress i’ve made!!!
#i have a love/hate relationship w this fic and i’m gonna rant to myself bc hehe it’s almost midnight so why not :>#okay SO. i for some reason just didn’t create any proper outline for this story and i think that’s why it’s taken me so long to write it#because i don’t necessarily have a why/a REASON for this story or plot… like even thinking abt doing the dialogue and trying to find flow +#cohesion is making me so 😐 and also honestly… i’m terrible at doing drafts in the first place#i don’t write linearly i jump all over the place while writing and SOMETIMES i can connect things but this time i could NOT#and i would focus on one tiny part for SO long and make no progress anywhere else like GIRL……… ENOUGH#but hmmmm yeah i also for some reason feel like esp w my writing it’s super robotic and doesn’t have emotion#like i’m not writing w suguru’s voice and instead i’m writing as the author and it’s kinda irking me#if that makes sense… hmmmm……….. also i might be doing dual pov so hopefully it doesn’t look too wonky#but yeah 😭 i need to work on scene setting & describing things effectively + doing show not tell#like i just made a mini outline rn and wow . it’s Not it at all 😭😭😭 there’s no WHY to the story and it’s making it hard to write#okay not necessarily a ‘why’ but like . What’s The Point of the story#sigh. i need to figure that out#also there’s so much stuff i want to add but i feel like it’ll be clunky + it’ll move fast or be weird#but my goal for tomorrow is truly and honestly write the meat and bones of it and then i can edit ruthlessly later on#i was thinking of getting it out this week but i forgot election week/don’t have anything really written either 😭#but hopefully next week if i try hard enough! the goal is before december bc i want this to be a november fic#but yeah that’s my mini vent @ me i’m glad to just talk abt in the tags#feels like for this story specifically it’s been a lot of looking at my docs instead of writing which is WHACK 🤨#also i don’t like my writing style + i want to write better in GENERAL#that’ll come w practice & doing it often though 😭#ALSO . SIDENOTE but why does tumblr not let me link things anymore like NDNDNDND SO STUPID#OOOOH AND . i need to start/finish selfship moodboards & also create wip lists for geto/gojo/toji but for REAL#as in wipe i’ll actually plan to write next not just ones i like the sound of 😭#ANYWAYS I’M SO SLEEBY……… honk shoo mimimi cult leader geto please pat my head to sleep and be kind to me#GIRL THIS IS LONG AS HELL OMFG . silence @ me 🤫 what a YAPPER#personal
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*vibrates excitedly*
happy new year everyone. I FINISHED MY FUCKING ROUGH DRAFT.
#kit talks#kit writes#you have no idea how proud I am that I Actually Finished A Goal#i mean. yeah. it's the day before the end of the year. that may be pushing it A Bit#but I don't care. i finished my rough draft by the end of the year. i'm so fucking happy#now to do editing then see if anyone is interested in reading hte first draft when it's done
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btw the masters project is going very well actually! i'm at around 1.5k words and pandoc is outputing in the proper expected format. still plan on writing a bit more about the theory side of things because i haven't read shit and wanna make clear that i intend to find something to read. bataille will be unavoidable i fear.
#my academic writing is very dry and economical wish i could be just a bit more prolix tbh#but it's presentable and that's enough for now#my goal is to have a finished first draft by sunday and i'm well on track in that regard#next week is all about emailing my intended advisor and acting on new information i might have from him#as well as prepping other things for the submission like my portfolio and documents#if all fails i'm still gonna apply the day before the window closes no matter what bc that's the goal#and that's september 5
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HA I'm 100% not making this camp nanowrimo goal
#I have written: 800 words so far wITH THE GOAL TO WRITE 10K?? HAHHAA#what's funny is I wrote 10k in February#about 20k in Jan#couple thousand in Dec#50k in nov#SO TELL ME WHY I'M DISAPPOINTED BY THE IDEA OF NOT HITTING THIS GOAL#listen... not making the goal doesn't make me feel sad because I'm not making the goal#makes me feel sad because idk! I love writing! I want to do that! I love living IN it#and for me living in it is soooo in the drafting process#and I feel like I've done a really... wonderful job at prioritizing writing & now I'm realizing I need to be#gentle with myself LOL#I'm moving this month after thinking I'd be moving in june#OBVIOUSLY I just finished my degree#I'll be moving into my own room (FIRST TIME EVER!! HAVING MY OWN ROOM!! A CONCEPT!!) when I get back home#lots of change haha#I think the mental strain of all of that has just made me tired#but it's not like I don't want to write ! I do! but I'm tired and that's what makes me sad#not being able to do the thing because I'm tired!#anyway I don't usually care this much about progress but I guess#since nano it's been nice to see the “progress” not because it's progress but because#to me it shows that I'm doing this thing I love very much#anyway proud of me for all I do!#I actually think this is why write every day works better for me than word count goals#(THE HORRORS THAT I ACTUALLY FOLLOW THIS ADVICE NOW HAHAHA)#but I liked that better cuz it was like... oh if I literally write ONE word I hit that goal LMAO#think I'll pivot my goal to that and whatever I write I write!#also writing frequently is kind of a must for me considering my short term memory is just awful#I find I get confused and flustered and overwhelmed when I don't write for a couple days#but yeah one word a day??? i can do that!
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I...I think I might be able to finish draft 1 of Jade Torch book 2 by the end of the month...if not sooner 👀
#i think i wrote nearly 3k today#it's been kinda great to get up early almost every day and crank out 1.5k or more#and get back on track to where i wanted to be#my initial goal during the summer was to be finished by vacation on the first week of october#but then life imploded in august and derailed everything#but it's looking good for a draft by the end of october#dragonanne writes a thing#jade torch book 2
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i finished chapter eight of the absolution of father greene : )
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Contemplating whether to finish the six Anthony Lockwood fics I already started or actually finish the rest of my 1989 TV themed fics because my initial plan was to release all the fics the same time as the album 🤔
#I've only finished the first draft for two of the 1989 TV songfics#help#what did I do to myself?#do I have enough time to do both?#I'm tempted to mix energy drink and coffee to power through my goals#not to mention my life might be changing in the near future#I'm rambling now#sorry to anyone who comes across this
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i rly want to finish this next chapter of sage advice by the end of the month
#i've rewritten most of this chapter because i didn't like how the first draft came out.#well. that's part of it#i'm also trying to give myself permission to write slower without feeling bad about it in general#i graduate soon so i've been focused on finishing my requirements and applying for jobs#it's already april??#fucked up tbh#anyway my goal is still one chapter per month b/c i rly would like to finish this fic this yr#at current pace i think i'll be done by sept.#ani.txt#fic updates
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the sheer amount of thought and mental effort I'm putting into what is fundamentally just self indulgent written fap material WHY AM I LIKE THIS
#far fetched#if I can finish the first draft tonight I get to watch the wesley willis documentary#my goal/reward system is odd but fuck you it works
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why is this fic so fucking long
have I lost the ability to write anything of a digestible length
#it's not like the old cliche of the oneshot becoming a three-novel epic#I knew it would be kinda long but I was thinking like maybe 50k#I'm 96k in and about 70% of the way through the outline#my weird goal is to finish the first draft and post ch1 before the sag-aftra strike ends#hard to measure since we don't know when it's gonna end
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Goals for before I leave for college this weekend:
Obtain edibles (this afternoon)
Walk to the library and get a library card so I can listen to audiobooks for free
Clean my room (least fun but I will thank myself later)
Oh my god I NEED to send that email I've put it off for literally 3 months. send that email!!!!
Not a goal BUT after my last session of Physical Therapy this Thursday I get to take myself to the bookstore as a treat >:^)
#k talsk#my big summer goals were 1. get knee surgery (complete) and 2. finish first draft of my book (complete) so now it's the little stuff!#weed mention#weed tw#not fun enough to make it onto the list is two more dr's appointments. and packing.
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WIP Word Search Tag Game
Tagged by @sctirs! Thank you so much for letting me play!!
Rules: Search for the words given by whomever tagged you within your wip(s) and post them for us to see! Then tag as many people as you want and give them five words to find in their works.
pour
No wips found for this one:(
shiver
He doesn’t know, and the fact sends chills shivering down his bones.
“Kim Dokja?” Yoo Joonghyuk’s voice is faint. He turns to find the prince scanning him. “What is it, Kim Dokja?”
sweet
Something bubbles within him. It’s sweet. It’s like something easing up in him, just knowing that he’s here, with his brother. Loved.
attempt
Han Yoojin nearly smacks his face against the annoyingly clean bathroom wall in his attempt to get to his feet. He needs to see Yoohyun—even if it’s just his name. He needs to see him beyond ink and bright lights projected behind a screen.
snap
His brother cups his cheek, his fingers splayed on his skin. He treats him like he’s fragile, but all Han Yoohyun feels is dangerous. He knows he can snap that wrist in two if he tried.
Han Yoohyun looks into his brother’s eyes—stares at his reflection in the clear sight of them—and then closes his own.
Unfortunately, I think everybody I wanted to tag has already been tagged, but I did love looking for these words! For anyone who wants to do this, or just wants to see whether these words are in your wips, here are the five I’ve chosen: curb, quibble, question, ponder and happier.
#i have and will write several drafts of a wip until i'm satisfied with it#so we'll see whether any of these see the light of day#or if these pieces here actually make it into the final draft#none of these shall be named until they're finished#my writing#ideally i'd like to get at least one of these wips done. eventually. hopefully before the year is over#...which is secondary to my goal of rereading the webnovels#s class#orv#once again i just wanted to thank you for tagging me!! i'm so honoured and grateful and this was so so fun#it's my first time doing this kind of thing so i'm a little nervous in posting this aaaaa#tag game#wip show and tell
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