Darius Origin Part 8

He quickly wandered to the rail and put it on. Now equipped and confident, he boldly and proudly entered the night market. He looked around for the transformation scrolls. There weren’t that many sections, so it didn’t take him long, though he began to draw suspicious looks from the vendor, so he would have to hurry this up. 

He rummaged through the bin trying to find it. After what felt like infinity, he found the one that he was looking for. It was  originally a transformation curse, that could be reworded to be  permanent and more controllable. He picked it up gingerly and brought it to the table. The vendor looked at it and his face went aghast. “Is this what the youth are up to these days?” he sputtered. Trying his best to be perceived as an adult he said “The youth? Why bring them up?”. The vendor gave him a “are you serious look?” At which point Darius decided to drop the act. “Its for a special experiment, So i can win and become a coven head.” he said proudly. The vendor didn’t react at all like he expected him too, instead just shook his head softly and rung it up. It was quite expensive and took a lot of his chore savings and most of his spending money. 

The vendor also gave him a pouch, that he put the scroll and vial into. As darius turned to go, the vendor muttered something under his breath. “What was that?” he inquired. “It’s sad, what the youth have had to do, to get ahead, in this world. Try your best not to lose yourself young man, i’ve seen to many kids like you come here to gain an edge. I’m not proud of it, but sadly it does pay well. I just wish that-, he-. Someone should really say down with the-” he stopped as if realizing what he was about to say. “Nothing,'' He said quickly. It wasn't nothing and they both knew it. He had been about to say “down with the emperor”, Darius figured it would be better if he left. He quickly exited the shop and checked another item off his list. Now all that was left was the abomination eyes and the firebee honey and the fairy tooth. Lucky for him fairly loses a tooth quite regularly, so he should come across one soon enough. Furthermore, this type of night was when fairies lie to come out too, so double the score for him. He walked into a legit potion shop and he bought a small bottle of firebee honey. 

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NANOWRIMO DAY 16:

EN: "Writing is like a dance; the pen moves gracefully on the paper, following the rhythm of inspiration, the beating heart of the writer."

ITA: "La scrittura è come una danza; la penna sul foglio si muove leggiadra, seguendo il ritmo dell'ispirazione, che è il cuore pulsante dello scrittore."

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Writing with your Passions

If you are looking through Twitter or other social media accounts, you will see many agents list certain books as part of their manuscript wish list or #MSWL. There’s even a site dedicated to this collection of things agents want to see. This is quite helpful as you are looking to submit your work. But there is a caution here: don’t write a story just because agents are looking for it. 

Here’s the thing about the publishing world: the books that are submitted today won’t be published for usually two years if not more. And on top of that, it usually take about a year to write a book. So if you go on manuscript wish list today, select a topic and submit it in a year, there’s a good chance the agent whose list hole you were trying to fill was filled by someone else long ago. 

This is the same with following trends and writing about those books. Say you read Twilight and thought--I can write something better than that. One year later, you have your paranormal vampire romance ready to go--but so do three thousand other writers. Now the market is saturated with a novel like yours, and no one wants it. 

The problem with following trends is not just the saturation of the market, however. If you’re writing books solely for the purpose of appeasing an agent, your writing may be lacking the passion that it needs to turn heads. If the writer is not excited about the topic they are writing about, it WILL show in their writing. 

So what do you do with your zombie apocalypse dystopian story that you wrote during your flurry of passion? Because this happens--you grow passionate about a project that is out of trend. Are you just stuck with this novel no one wants?

Don’t look for the nearest waste basket just yet! Hold onto it, because sometimes trends that were out of style come back in five years later. Keep writing, and keep filling the pages with your passion. As you write, your technique will improve. This is a marathon game, not a sprint. Those who don’t give up and hold on until the finish line are the ones who will make it in the end! 

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I’d like to thank my English professor for being my inspiration to this post. Everyone in your life will have something to say about your life and what to do with it, make sure you never lose your voice. Make sure you never lose yourself.

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Are the answers we seek within us?

Are the answers we seek within us?

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I’ve always thought of myself as different, even though I have similar physical features with that of my siblings; tall, dark-skinned, and always have that grin. Still I felt I was different.

The things that made me happy as a kid were different from what other kids longed for. Those toys mama managed to get us every once in a while, never fulfilled me. Of course the games,…

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