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This is where I post whatever I want about writing š¤š¼ (also some art)25 - pronoun indifferent - a queer writer and an author working on a trilogy - sideblog of whumppromptsCheck out my book! Message Of Tomorrow by Elia Emory
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Characters from my fantasy-cyberpunk WIP
They are Pinkeye and Slim-Bob, the two guards of the Reverends, a commune living off the grid in the desert. Both are side characters.
The Reverends have taken a stance against capitalism and overconsumption by moving to the Preetian Flats, where they live in a half-naked commune and build, grow, and fix everything they need by using whatever they can find in Preet, the abandoned (and ghoul-infested) megalopolis near their camp.
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Look at my beautiful protagonists šš»
In order: Jacob, Noa, Jade, Tara, Emma
#i accidentally made jade like so fn hot#and she deserves it so its all good but like#man am i gay#also simping for noa like always#ok i simp for them all just for different reasons#i hc jacob with a little bit of soft tummy#and I LOVE it#and like tara is just ajdjshshdhfhjsjdhf she can bring kings to their knees and lead revolutions#emma is too sweet for me to say anything like that but i love her#writeblr#digital art#fantasy books#art#original character#mot#oc
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Book two betareader info package
Title: Promise Me Tomorrow
Word count: ~146 500
Synopsis of book one: HERE (google docs)
Sneak peek of the first two chapters: HERE (google docs again)
Blurb draft:
Arabella was supposed to be a fresh start, their saving grace. Instead, Noa is stuck in his past, plagued by memories of blood and death, while Jacob struggles to hold on to his fading future in a city he loathes. Jacob wants more, but Noa has made himself clear: their safety is all that matters, even at the cost of happiness.
After a powerful group attacks Jacob and Emma for the magic inside them, the boys finally clash. Jacob leaves to find a goddess who promises him life, unaware of the danger waiting for him. Refusing to let the past repeat itself for the third time, Noa scrambles to get to Jacob before the worst can happen.
Only, it might already be too late.
Torn apart and haunted by their bloodied pasts, Jacob and Noa have to decide if their lives are worth fighting for. Is safety really worth more than happiness?
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Coming on September 15th!
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Years of agony have left Jacob Matts angry and hopeless. Now, he only has one goal: to kill the High Priest and die.
This simple quest for revenge changes when Jacob absorbs a magical being and becomes the only one capable of stopping the apocalypse. He would gladly let it happen, but thereās an issue. If the world burns down, the High Priest will burn with it, and Jacobās sworn to personally end that monsterās life.
That is until Noa Boyle, a man made of smiles and love, walks into Jacobās life and threatens to overturn everything he thought he knew.
Stuck between a whisper of hope and the violent wills of two powers capable of endless destruction, Jacob faces a choice between dying with his past and fighting for his futureā¦ But when the battle seems fated to end in tragedy, itād be easier to let hope stay dead. How do you even begin to fight something thatās inside you?
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If youāre a fan of fantasy, morally gray protagonists, plenty of action, found family, big character arcs full of big emotions, and queer characters, this might be the book for you. ;)
Coming to Amazon on September 15th.
#bookblr#writeblr#my writing#booksbooksbooks#indie writer#queer fiction#fantasy books#new adult#action adventure#found family#morally grey characters#just putting in tags that represent the book for some further info#probably donāt read if youāre super religious#no real world religions here but like#yeah this is not for you if you donāt like religions shown in a negative light#my protagonist has Opinions
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the way I finished reading a very popular book for the supposed "good disability rep" and just ended up looking into a non-existent camera like I'm in The Office
#this is so important#iām slowly starting to add more disabled characters and protagonists and I loved reading this#itās so important to do it right#like shit rep is not any better than no rep#and we need truthful portrayals of different kinds of people#iāll leave the stories about disability to disabled writers#but I donāt want my worlds to seem as if disability doesnāt exist#and i promise to keep listening and learning and doing my best
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Absolutely. "Every word has to advance the plot" is just plain bad advice because thereās so much more to a story than plot.
Characterisation is one thing, and characters donāt always show themselves hand in hand with the plot. Setting the mood/scene is another one. A storm is only going to add tension to the scene if we can feel the icy rain hammering the character while the wind howls in the alleys, drowning the yells of their pursuers. There are also breathers, moments that donāt really contribute to the plot but allow the reader to relax for a while and get ready for more stakes. Thereās also worldbuilding and/or grounding the reader in a time and place.
A story where every line adds to the plot and nothing but the plot isnāt going to be as fun a read as it could be if we just slowed down sometimes and appreciated all those other things that exist in a story. Let the protagonist stop and smell a rose or enjoy a drink with a friend; let the rain be heard and the sunshine to warm the characterās skin. Let them be people in a world that has more to it than the plot.
Donāt forget the plot, absolutely donāt do that, but at least Iām writing my characters to be real people with real lives in a real world, not simply narrative tools to help the reader from the inciting incident to the climax.
The advice of "every word has to advance the plot" is so wild like why are you starving it. If story is craving some good scene that doesn't advance the plot but it's cool and you want it to happen, do it. Feed your story so it can grow strong.
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this show has taken over my mind and heart so I had to draw them
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Art dump!
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my OCs
blorbo alignment chart where one axis is "doesn't need much therapy" vs "needs SO MUCH therapy". and the other axis is "would willingly attend therapy" vs "needs to be dragged, kicking and screaming, to therapy"
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After voting, do you mind reblogging so the sample size could increase as well? Thank you so much.
#combo because it is both super satisfying when the angst is resolved and everyone is happy at the end#and because I like seeing the characters cry ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½#and because I find it easy to write big emotions like that#angst for me is big emotions
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My characters be like, "I wish someone loved me."
Then someone comes along and is like, "I love you."
And the first character goes like, HOW DARE YOU LOVE ME I AM AN UNLOVABLE MONSTER >:( -threatens with a knife and runs away-
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Planning stories: yaaas
Planning dialogue: YAAAAAS
Actually writing: No
Editing: please kill me
#yes except I love editing#it is so much fun#to take the pile of hot garbage and make it into a diamond#or like#at least less garbage#if weāre being realistic#but it is an amazing feeling to see the book go from :/ to :O to :D to <3 slowly
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my OCs enjoying a bit of domestic happiness
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"I don't walk away from family."
"I promise you, I'm not leaving you."
"But there you are."
#just some of my favorite pieces of dialogue#theyāre such dumbasses for real#but theyāre adorable and dedicated to each other#and what else could you ever ask for?#mot#the last one especially#it goes kinda like#āI never thought I could be happy like that with anyone again. but there you are.ā#and excuse me while I scream#that poor tortured boi deserves love#and iām glad he found it
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Foreheads touching. A forehead kiss. Laughing into the otherās shoulder. Sleeping close to each other. Tracing fingers over the otherās.
Thatās it. Thatās the post.
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