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WOULD YOU RATHER…
tagged by @xiyais , thank you! not tagging anyone but consider yourself tagged if you’d like to do it <3
rules: would you rather write…
historical or futuristic / the opening or closing chapter / light + fluffy or dark + gritty / animal companion or found family / horror or romance / standalone or series / one project at a time or always juggling 2+ / one award winner or one bestseller / fantasy or sci-fi / character or setting description / first or final draft / literary or "commercial" genre / love triangle in everything or no romantic arcs / constant sandstorm or rainstorm
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#THEWRITEBLRHIVE — STORY DRAFTERS IS LOOKING FOR MORE WRITERS!
Hi! Hello! #TWH Drafters is returning again for another bout of strenuous writer-scouting. Please apply if you want to join our sprint-oriented little sub server for writers who are dead-serious about drafting.
More info under the cut below.
In case you missed out the last time this came around, #TWH — STORY DRAFTERS or DRAFTERS is a writing server designed to function a little like a game. You go in, break down your goals for the year and lay them out into milestones, then get rewarded when you knock 'em over. We keep track of your milestones throughout the year. Every now and then we also do events and stuff - like camp nano and weekly competitions. There's also a new addition that whoever wants to socialize can socialize via writing discussions (and those only, like qotw etc.) but we're not mainly about that.
Over the course of the last few months, I've decided to keep the server small for productivity-reasons so only 6 writing-crazed applicants will be approved to join! And that's it. Until people peace-out because I've made them sick of writing or quit because of IRL reasons, the server will no longer open.
( But don't worry!! If you don't make this round, there's a chance I'll open a second group in the future!! )
Please use this google form to apply. I will be choosing members mostly through a first come, first serve basis. But it’s important to note that the more serious I know you are, the more you’ll likely be let in. Applications close on June 29.
Please reblog this after you’ve applied for a boost. Feel free to also boost this even if you aren’t interested in joining. Thank you!
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[1/2] you know, my favourite thing about reading your poetry is that every time i do there's something new that i fixate on and it's amazing how little details pass you by on the first, second, or third reread and how reading your poetry again after x amount of time has passed makes me focus on a different aspect of it each time? your poetry doesn't haunt me everyday like other pieces do but yours is probably the only one that i can read a thousand times
[2/2] - that i can memorize - and still be shocked by and still adore with everything in me because it gets better with time and i don't know your phone call transmit poetry came up on my dash again and i thought it was a completely new piece because everything i remembered about that seemed different but it's still the same piece it's just me that's changed isn't that wild
i’m so so sorry this response is so late because i haven’t checked my inbox in awhile. but…anon? omg? reading this made me so soft on the inside. it means the world to me that my writing can have this kind of impact 🥺 sending you all the love and hugs <33
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if anyone wants to keep up with my writing follow me on my writertwt @ graceswritings !
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Tag the OC that doesn't have a good relationship with their parents
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“I make my bed every morning. / I don’t know where to start / so I start with the bed. / Then I fall to my knees against it.”
— Katie Ford, If You Have To Go: Poems; “The Addresses”
(via luthienne)
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song of the fox, margaret atwood
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“He’d never cared much for strawberries, but that summer her lips were so stained with the juices that they were all he tasted. And he’d never had a favourite fruit, but two years later, a new girl is sat in front of him, laughing at his jokes. “If you could only eat one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be?” She asks playfully. And he remembers how her hands traced the veins in his neck and made their way across his chest. He remembers her soft breathing and limbs draped across his shoulders. “Strawberries.” He tells her. “I could live a life on nothing but strawberries.””
— S.Z. // Excerpt from a book I’ll never write #54 -“Strawberries” (via blossomfully)
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Already having lived longer than she should’ve, Hendricks did not know life. She’d read about it, seen plays and played roles of humans so lively the saccharine still burnt her tongue―but she did not know it. She’d stopped living so long ago, so very long ago, that the idea of surviving was now foreign to her. All she remembered was death and then rebirth, not humanity. Never humanity.
TITLE: intrinsic
GENRE: dystopian academia + sci-fi
CONTENT WARNING: oppression, bleak mental state and disorders, death, gore, multiple beliefs with or against religion, idealisation of death
NARRATION: third-person multiple povs
HENDRICKS: as per deaths will, she is declared a storyteller. having lived for longer than she can remember, hendricks has spent the last centuries documenting the stories of every soul the collectors bring to her. her house in silvering, pennsylvania is on the foothills of mount pierre and overlooks the town from the clock tower to the lake. it stores more than a million documents of the story of each forgotten life in the town and all the surrounding ones. she lives with blythe, who is a collector.
ANDREY: considers himself to be a normal fourth year woodsburg student. his parents are divorced and he lives with his father, the mayor. he is the captain of the football team and extremely admired to the point of nausea as his peers are willing to do everything he does. this fact not only annoys or irks him, but almost forces him to run to his death when one of his team-mates goes too far. when half in death, he meets blythe and his life changes.
BLYTHE: is a collector, someone who brings all the lost souls to the doors of death. he has a cynical scheming personality and is prone to change teams with the one who can handle the most profit. despite this, he can never turn his back on hendricks which most of his colleagues find rather odd. he is the ace collector of his team and no soul has ever run away on his watch…until, andrey.
MALISSA: a fourth year woodsburg student and daniella’s best friend, malissa considers herself to be the luckiest girl alive. daughter to loving parents and popular at school, there isn’t a thing that malissa can’t get if she wants. but there’s more to her pretty blonde persona than what it seems, apparently, when hendricks finds out that malissa can see her in the cloak that hides her from all mortal eyes―that malissa can see the dead.
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“With such a hell in your heart and your head, how can you live? How can you love?”
— Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
(via theliteraryjournals)
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WELCOME TO WRITEBLR WILL BE HAVING OUR TWELFTH EVENT SOON!
IMAGE ID: Welcome to Writeblr will be hosting out fourth Nano event for April Camp Nano! Our theme for this month is going to be based on the Tinkerbell movies. Participants will be able to choose their Fairy Talent which will separate them into different teams that will work together to support each other to complete their goals!
Born of laughter, clothed in cheer. Happiness has brought you here. Welcome to Pixie Hollow! The event will begin on April 1st and end April 30th. Join the server here!
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Creating a Distinct World
@kaulayauwrites said:
what is, in your opinion, the best way to world build? how can you avoid writing a bland, archetypal universe or copying an already existing one? sorry if I’m not being clear, haha, and thanks so much!
Hey there, thanks so much for your ask! I honestly love talking about the world-building process, so I’m really glad you sent this; let’s dive right in!
Best Way to World-Build?
In my opinion, there isn’t a best way to world-build. The “best” process depends on what is needed and what you’ll actually need to know for your writing. What follows isn’t necessarily what I would call the best way, but it’s a good way to cover your bases and opens up a lot of options for going in-depth with details. (It’ll be a bit of a long list, but definitely worth it in the long run.)
For each country you’re going to include or mention in your story, think about:
Name
Capital and major cities, and locations
Border shape
3 most common landforms
Historical sites or places that mean a great deal to the people living there
General economic scheme (ex. capitalist, Communist, Socialist, etc)
Most important laws
Major differences from the character’s homeland
Military setup (different branches, enlistment age, etc)
Climate
Relations with surrounding countries
Societal norms (gender roles, public & professional behavior, etc)
Stance on LGBT+ rights, and treatment of LGBT+ people
Most and least respected professions
Common religions
Stereotypes about this country (any and all)
Common pastimes and hobbies
Popularity of sports, movies, and other forms of entertainment
Genres of music (and possibly stereotypes of people who listen to them)
Language(s) spoken
Beauty standards and the commercialization of them
Commercialization that feeds off of the peoples’ insecurities
For each city you’re going to include or mention in your story, think about:
The “aesthetic” (think of it the way NYC’s aesthetic is taxis, skyscrapers, and nightlife)
Public opinion of street performers
Any recreational centers and common activities
Popularity of a town counsel or the idea of opening to the public for improvement ideas
How well-known the city is by everyone around it, or how much of a tourist attraction it might be
State of educational buildings
Percentage of unemployment versus those who are actively searching for jobs, and how this affects the city’s reputation
3+ popular businesses, maybe food or clothing stores
The way business is generally conducted
Opportunities for nightlife (etc. bars, night clubs, etc)
Usual daytime attire, usual nighttime attire
Any sort of tradition (ex. sharing dreams in the morning, praying before meals, etc)
Stance on more advanced technology
Treatment of different age groups
Again, cliches and stereotypes that might exist of people who live there
Most common architectural style (ex. modern, Victorian, etc)
Commonly seen colors
Any inflation that might exist, local economic troubles
People’s opinion on the government as a whole (then in-depth, if you want)
As you can see, these two lists are very open-ended. I can’t go too far in-depth with world-building ideas and explaining, because it’s all up to you to create this world. Every single item on this list here can be expanded into tons of different things, but if your goal is just to cover your bases and explore needed details then I think this would be a good place to start.
Making Your World Distinct
This can be pretty tough, honestly. There’s (almost) always a world themed around something out there that’s probably more well-known, famous even. Let’s start with everyone’s favorite wizarding world, that of the Harry Potter books. Your world can be as interesting and different as it gets but because it includes wizards, someone out there is always going to relate it to Harry Potter. So how can we avoid this?
There’s one proven way to this this, especially if you don’t want to change your world. Accentuate any and all differences that would set your story apart from a more well-known world. Maybe our wizards’ spells depend on a material transaction, or they won’t work. Maybe there’s some sort of wizarding god who must be pleased to cast a successful spell. Not so much like HP anymore, huh?
Just remember, there’s a huge difference between world-building through details and world-building through exposition. Both are acceptable, but both have their own appropriate time to be utilized. Take a break from telling the reader flat-out how this thing works, and instead reveal it through the world’s details. Not only does this help treat your readers like the competent individuals they are, it also immerses them so much in the world that there isn’t much of a chance to compare your world to others.
Tl;dr—World-building isn’t really something that can be explained for you by someone else. There are certainly questions that exist to help you, but following a guide that works for someone else might not work for you. Explore the details! (And let the reader explore them, too!)
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Everything is more beautiful because we are doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again
HOMER, THE ILIAD.
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How many times can the same thing break your heart?
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last line tag + wip line challenge
thank you @ccorpsidious and @empiricallyy for tagging me for the last line tag and @xiyais for tagging me for the wip line challenge! going to include a few extra lines for funsies <3
Xueying whirls around toward her. “There’s a library here?”
“Of course,” Yufei laughs. The sounds is so unguarded that it twists the knot in Xueying’s stomach again. There was a time when she could laugh so freely, too, before the white room broke her. Not broken, the voices in her mind counter. Never broken. But the only laugh she gives is at those voices, a silent, half-hearted attempt. No one survives the white room unbroken.
tagging: @rapunzelle , @agnosthesias , and @etoilesvp ( for whichever tag game you want to do, or both )
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