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[thegoddesswater]

Blorbo Blursday! Among your characters, what letter is favored to start the name with?

Thanks!

I did a quick-ish brainstorm of as many characters as I could remember and, like the dork that I am, put them all in a spreadsheet so I could count. I knew there would be trends and that it would almost definitely be "A" or "R" as the most common first initial for my characters. (And then NEITHER WAS) I figured "J" was going to have a much stronger showing, but apparently not... Maybe I just feel like there's more Js because they tend to congregate when they're in the same story...

Top 5 initials were:

C - 20 entries (10.7%)

A - 18 entries (9.6%)

R - 16 entries (8.6%)

K - 13 entries (6.9%)

S - 11 entries (5.8%)

Also, I am legitimately surprised that I have used each letter at least once for everyone I came up with.

[jay-avian]

hi zima

random ask!

when you read back through your own work, what are the things that stand out the most to you - in a positive way? (please tag #the write collective asks so I can reblog later)

I definitely think I like my dialogue a lot more than anything else. I love creating unique characters and trying to portray them in ways that just fit. I may not talk a whole lot, but I listen to people. Everyone has different mannerisms and ways of speaking and it's very interesting. I've also been pretty good at world building. Not the best, but it's a lot of fun

[elkieselkiewrites]

Worldbuilding Wednesday evening! What are some your-world-specific organizations (or other collective) that your characters interact with?

Hi! Happy WBWTh! This is a great question, thank you!

The most important organisation for Postmaster WIP is, of course, the Imperial Mail Service! The Imperial Mail Service was founded by Emperor Gaspard, and was an initiative by the Rappenrath Empire to unify the countries within the Empire, and make communication and traversal easier and more efficient (also to establish Imperial permanence to make secession or rebellion more difficult). Gaspard built the Postal Roads; long, straight roads that joined all of the main cities in the Empire, and in each of those cities a main Imperial Mail Office was established too. The IMS subsumed the regional postal services, though, so despite it being great infrastructure, there were certainly pockets of postal discontent.

Other collectives/organisations our characters interact with in the story include, but are not limited to:

The Bradness Clothier's Guild (or their full title: The Master and Wardens and Brethren and Sisters of the Honourable Guild or Fraternity of the Clothiers of the City of Bradness) the Weterlands' main trade guild for weavers, haberdashers, drapers, and miscellaneous cloth merchants.

The Bradness Tailor's Guild (or their full title: The Master and Wardens and Brethren and Sisters of the Honourable Guild or Fraternity of the Tailors of the City of Bradness)

The Dead Weald Traversal and Sightseeing Company (DWTSC) - a slightly predatory collection of "guides" who lead people through the dangers of the Dead Weald, for an exorbitant fee.

The Northern Pirate Association - a semi-democratic organisation of pirates who stalk the Everode Sea under the guidance of the self-proclaimed "Pirate Queen" known as The Silver Storm (not to be confused with the Association of Northern Pirates, which is a different thing entirely)

The Rappenrath Imperial University - the main university in Thedenfast; prestigious and well-funded, with a wide variety of fields of study supported so long as the student has the money (or a wealthy enough patron) to pay for it.

The Thedenfast Society for Resonance Study - an academic research body at the Rappenrath Imperial University dedicated to the study of resonant magic, both theoretical and practical.

The Silent Court - an anti-Imperial resistance movement based out of Thedenfast looking to bring down Emperor Ansgar and restore autonomy to the individual Imperial states.

[did-i-do-this-write]

Storyteller Saturday! Do you have any kind of cadence to your writing? Like, does it tend to read fast and choppy, or unravel like a cat playing with yarn, or ?

Hey, Sleepy friend!!! This is a great question, I love it!

If I had to describe my writing in this way I would say that my style is more like water flowing through a river. At least, I hope it is. I want paragraphs to lead seemlessly into each other, I want the pace to speed up and slow down depending on the circumstances, and I want there to be a pleasant sound to it.

Whether or not I succeed in that is up to those who decide to go for a swim :)

[vsnotresponding]

hi radio

random ask!

when you read back through your own work, what are the things that stand out the most to you - in a positive way? (please tag #the write collective asks so I can reblog later)

hi sleepy !!!

by far the most common occurrence is me going "wait this is actually good?" (mainly because i get flashbacks to the weeks i spent trying to make the one paragraph make sense lol). one other positive thing (also related to the previous one) is that i get to enjoy my guys and story and because i enjoy it so much i'm able to tell myself that there's people out there that will too :]

[ghostcaterwaul-doesnt-write]

Blorbo Blursday! Among your characters, what letter is favored to start the name with?

After quickly looking over my OC list, it looks like A and L are tied, both at 6 characters each.

[erasde]

Worldbuilding Wednesday! What is the first piece of infrastructure you put in your world, and was it because you wanted it or because the plot needed it? Or both, I guess.

Hi ! Happy Worldbuilding Wednesday and thanks a lot for the nice ask !

I went to do some gravedigging on the Discord server where I started my worldbuilding four years ago and just as I thought, the first real piece of infrastructure in Erasde was actually the main setting of most of the current action, the Academy-City of Terenta Mari.

It was just called The Academy back then, until I found a suitable name halfway of its creation. Said creation was mostly prompted by the fact I was still in the middle of my own studies, deeply ingrained in the world of academia and always surrounded by scholars and researchers. I wanted to write something easy then, something I knew and could describe at leisure and what a better option than taking inspiration from what surrounded me on a daily basis ?

I was also in an old private and somewhat posh university, something founded in 1875. It had also the particularity to be home of one of the rare theological faculty left in the country, meaning it wasn't a rare occurrence to cross paths with priests and nuns. One of my professors was actually an exorcist priest.

That's the main reason why Terenta Mari was created as a university for aristocrats, bourgeois and people lucky enough to get a state scholarship. The fact that I was so often surrounded by religion also tilted my Worldbuilding to include Deities in addition to Magic. I liked the idea of the main setting being a university, as it could be a melting pot of cultures, as well as a focus point for innovation and research.

So in the end, even if it was for the plot, I'd say it was more wanted than needed. I needed a familiar place to start everything and a university was the first thing that came to my mind.

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[thegoddesswater]

random ask!

when you read back through your own work, what are the things that stand out the most to you - in a positive way? (please tag #the write collective asks so I can reblog later)

Thanks, friend!

Positive things that stand out to me about my own writing? Personally one of my favourite things is when I'm rereading through something and I come across a bit that I just straight up forgot writing - it's like a surprise present from past me! (This is not the kind of answer that I think I was supposed to give, but it IS something I love.)

I also like the moments when I can gut-punch myself. That sounds bad, but when I can come back to something months after writing it and go "Yep, that emotion still tracks here" - I love it. It doesn't come up a ton, but when it works? *chefs kiss*

[tc-doherty]

random ask!

when you read back through your own work, what are the things that stand out the most to you - in a positive way? (please tag #the write collective asks so I can reblog later)

I love my own work and reread it frequently just because, so I'm always finding things that stand out to me!

Usually dialogue related, while I generally remember overarching stuff I might forget specific conversations so I'm often pleasantly surprised by something that I find very funny or emotional or what have you!

I know my sense of humor is…interesting, to say the least, but I think that I'm hilarious. So I'm always finding stuff in my work that I forgot about that makes me laugh when I reread it.

[overdecorated-furniture]

Storyteller Saturday! It's there an element of story building that you leave to work on last?

Probably transitions. I write most of a chapter, and then end up leaving how the characters got from point A to point B in square brackets to come back to later. I'm far more interested in the action than the buildup...

[did-i-do-this-write]

Storyteller Saturday! It's there an element of story building that you leave to work on last?

Happy Storyteller Saturday, Sleepy friend!!!

The last thing I ever think about when writing is visual description. Character design, details of a room, visuals of a building or outside setting.

The first thing I pin down is action, flow of a scene from one section to the next, and dialogue (not always the exact wording of the dialogue, but the vibes and purpose of a conversation).

Thank you for the ask, dear friend :)

[jay-avian]

Storyteller Saturday! It's there an element of story building that you leave to work on last?

I tend to leave the "filler" bits until last. And by filler, I don't necessarily mean the stuff that's not important to the plot, but rather how they get from one major plot point to the next. For example, in my pirate story, I want there to be some time where Caspian and Harelan go on some smaller adventures and change each other's character (for better or worse). What does said adventure entail? No idea, haven't gotten there yet. Or like, I want to show what Harelan's time was like when he was sailing with merchants. Where do they go? No idea

[ghostcaterwaul-doesnt-write]

Worldbuilding Wednesday! What is the first piece of infrastructure you put in your world, and was it because you wanted it or because the plot needed it? Or both, I guess.

I’m pretty sure my world’s train system was the first that I knew for sure was going to be in my world! I don’t want to give too much detail because I plan to basically debut it in my next tarot prompt which I’ll hopefully write and get posted either tonight or tomorrow, but I will tell you that the train tracks and fare are a bit unconventional in a whimsical way!

It’s just there because I wanted it. I randomly came up with the idea when I was half asleep and said to myself, ��Yes! I’m making that a thing!”

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