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Roast your OCs and make it into a title!

Thanks to @moonandris here, @drchenquill here, @mysticstarlightduck here, and @imsoveryveryconfusedatlife here!

Rules: reduce your OCs to the most basic, mundane, stereotypical/archetypal renditions of themselves and making it Fit Into a Title!

Popular Girl With Anxiety Unfortunately Gets Her Schedule Ruined

Autistic Tomboy Goes Through Her Vegetarian Arc

Friend-Cheating Bisexual Gets High On Telepathy And Grows Out Her Hair Which Is A Bad Sign

Sweet Book-Loving Introvert Unlocks Her Inner Badassery By Her Life Being Completely Ruined

Tall Logical Momma's Girl With Daddy Issues Faces Moral Conflict

Lesbian Artist With Mommy Issues Finally Realizes She Is Not Okay

Emo Tween Gets Scary Powers And Becomes More Emo

ADHD-Ridden Teen Is Overprotective And Overpowered

Single Braincell With Funny Chaos Streak Battles Self-Esteem Issues

Morally Gray Pathetic Man Cannot Argue With His Singular Friend Or He Will Dissolve

Diversity Win! This Grumpy Asshole Immoral Scientist Is A Woman!

Will stop there for now :)

Tagging @leahnardo-da-veggie @melpomene-grey @mk-writes-stuff @elsie-writes @cowboybrunch

@tabswrites @badluck990 @elizaellwrites @sarahlizziewrites @willowiswriting

@evilgabe29 @addicted2coke-theothercoke @dyrewrites @willtheweaver @i-can-even-burn-salad

@somethingclevermahogony @sleepywriter00

+ anyone else!

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TSP tag list (ask to be +/-): @thepeculiarbird @illarian-rambling @televisionjester @finchwrites

@nebula--nix @literarynecromancy

#the secret portal #teaspoon #tsp #roast your ocs #writing tag game #oc tag game #my ocs #writers on tumblr #writing community #writers of tumblr #writing on tumblr #writeblr #writeblr community

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Was tagged by @call-me-obsessed1755 to continue this long post. And also here and @badluck990 here!

Rules: list songs that start with the same letter of each of your url

I'm going through my main playlist and seeing what's there first

K - Kick it Up a Notch (Phineas and Ferb ft Slash)

A - All Star (Smash Mouth) (sue me)

Y - You Snuck Your Way Right Into My Heart (Phineas and Ferb) (play this at my wedding)

L - Land of Confusion (Disturbed)

I - I Could Fall In Love (Selena)

N -Not Evil (from The Lego Movie 2) (underrated movie underrated song) (this has no right to be even good)

A - Amen (Matthew West) (may not be going to church anymore but Christian rock is still kinda good)

L - Letters (Natasha Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812)

E - Epic III (Hadestown)

X - Xanadu (Rush) (the only X song I can think of)

A - Albuquerque (Weird Al) (I aspire to have this chaotic energy)

N - Never Gonna Give You Up (Rick Astley) (why not) (iconic meme and it's good)

D - Dancing Queen (ABBA)

E - Enter Sandman (Metallica)

R - Ride (Twenty One Pilots)

B - Best Day of My Life (American Authors)

O - Ooh Ooh Song (Pat Benatar)

O - On the Open Road (A Goofy Movie)

K - Keep the Faith (Bon Jovi)

S - Shut Up and Dance (WALK THE MOON)

Eh keeping the tag ✨OPEN✨

#not writing #tag game

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OC Interview Tag

Thank you to @phoenixradiant for the tag!

Rules: answer the following questions in the perspective of one of your OCs!

Last time I did Jesse and Reven. Continuing down the line of Forsaken characters (they won't leave my head), let's do my favourite (and currently only) blind boy, Zenith!

Are you named after anyone?

"...No..? I don't think so. It's not worth going back to my family just to ask them that. The dead gods know I already can't stand them as is."

When was the last time you cried?

"I don't think I could say the last... time... I've cried. But as much near-death experiences and hell we go through, I think I've always handled it the worst. Maybe because I can't see the threat, I hold this higher sense of danger, and it just sort of... eats away at me from time to time. So I cry from being overwhelmed sometimes."

Do you have kids?

"Eh, no. I don't think I plan too either, not as of now."

Do you use sarcasm a lot?

"Sometimes. Dusk and Dawn are always so serious. A strategist and a commander? If I don't crack a joke or use some sarcasm, they're gonna become heartless. Maybe not, but you know what I mean."

What’s the first thing you notice about people?

"Their voice. What did you expect me to say? 'Their eyes'? No, but really, I pay attention to people's voices a lot, tells me a lot about their character."

What’s your eye colour?

*5 straight minutes of laughter* "Oh, that's a good one... Oh, you're serious? I don't even know what colours look like! I've been told they're purple, and that purple is unnatural eye colour. But I don't know what purple is! Or what a normal eye colour is!"

Scary movies or happy endings?

*Another minute of laughter* "You must not have written these with the thought of asking a blind person, did you? While technically I can watch movies, it isn't really the same. But as for scary stories and happy endings... scary stories are way more fun."

Any special talents?

"Well, I'm blind--That's not the talent by the way--see, despite being blind I can kind of... I can sense gravity. It's hard to explain, but think of it like this: Dusk can make light, Dawn can... do whatever it is she does with shadows, I... can sense gravity. Along with a few other things of course. I guess I also a have good balance and hearing. But I don't know if its better than the average person."

Where were you born?

"North City. Okay... well... I wasn't born in my family home. Okay, so my family's house was very close to the Titan Family's main building (in north city at least). Because of this, there was a tunnel connecting them for medical emergencies. My mother went into labour and... didn't make it. So, technically, I was born in an underground tunnel between my home and the Titan Family's main building."

Do you have any pets?

"My family was on the border of being considered rich. So we did have a cat, a real cat, while I was growing up. I don't know how those things still exist today seeing how many other animals went extinct."

What sort of sports do you play?

"I didn't really play any sports."

How tall are you?

"I don't know, can't really check. I've only been told, but last that I remember... 180 centimetres? Somewhere around there if that's not it."

What was your favourite subject in school?

"Ooo... art. No, I'm joking, I'm joking. Uh... probably music. Oh, maybe history, but only when they talked about myths and legends and stuff like that. Mostly music. I can play a few instruments, should I have said that in the talents section? I probably should have."

What is your dream job?

"Dream job... hmmm... I'm not sure. Out of the main trio, between me, Dusk, and Dawn... I'm the odd one out. Both of them both want revenge and to take down the families, and I don't really. I just want to help people, but as for a dream job... ... ...I guess, if it can be anything, some kind of artist. Preferably also with the ability to see what I'm painting or sculpting, or whatever it is I would do."

A lot tamer, considering... last time... Anyway! Tags! @tildeathiwillwrite, @kaylinalexanderbooks, @mk-writes-stuff, and open tag! ❤

Here are the questions!

Are you named after anyone? When was the last time you cried? Do you have kids? Do you use sarcasm a lot? What’s the first thing you notice about people? What’s your eye colour? Scary movies or happy endings? Any special talents? Where were you born? Do you have any pets? What sort of sports do you play? How tall are you? What was your favourite subject in school? What is your dream job?

#totally get crying from being overwhelmed #listening intently to voices is an interesting character trait #laughing for five whole minutes when asking about the eyes is hilarious #and the movies #sensing gravity is pretty cool #cats don't exist?? or might not?? #liked learning about zenith :) #other writers #writing mutuals #other people's ocs #oc tag game #oc interview #writers on tumblr #writing community #writers of tumblr #writing on tumblr #writeblr #writeblr community #writing tag game

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OC Interview Tag

Rules: answer the questions as an OC

Thanks @pluppsauthor and @corinneglass for the tags! I’m in a Sel mood, so let’s do him! This is pre-story Sel btw, so it doesn’t cover anything that happens to him in the novel

CW for physical abuse and the depressing reality that is Sel’s life

Are you named after anyone?

“No. I don’t have a name. Clones aren’t people and aren’t permitted names.”

When was the last time you cried?

“Last week. I failed a delivery task for Lady Cassiopeia and was beaten as punishment. Clones aren’t permitted to cry, so I was punished for that as well.”

Do you have kids?

“No. I don’t want to, even if I was permitted.”.”

Do you use sarcasm a lot?

“No. Sarcasm and backtalk aren’t permitted.”

What’s the first thing you notice about people?

“I notice if they’re a clone or a guard or Lady Cassiopeia. Those are the only people I ever see. I’m lucky I’ve never been sent to Lord Stellaris, only the most poorly behaved clones are sent to him.”

What’s your eye colour?

“Purple. The same as my genetic donor, Lord Stellaris.”

Scary movies or happy endings?

“I’ve never seen a movie. Clones aren’t permitted such entertainment. I would want to see something with a happy ending, but I’m worried it would feel unrealistic. Scary movies would probably feel more familiar.”

Any special talents?

“No.”

Where were you born?

“I was grown on Sixth Station, like all clones of Lord Stellaris.”

Do you have any pets?

“I’m unfamiliar with the word, but clones aren’t permitted possessions, so no.”

What sort of sports do you play?

“Clones aren’t permitted recreation.”

How tall are you?

“I am 5’5”, the same as my genetic donor, Lord Stellaris.”

What was your favourite subject in school?

“Clones aren’t permitted education. We’re imprinted with everything we need to know.”

What is your dream job?

“Clones aren’t permitted decisions on their assignments.” He looks down at his hands and rocks back and forth, then very quietly adds, “But if I was, I’d like to study rocks.”

This turned out shockingly well I think. I decided halfway through that Sel tends to script a bit, so if you notice repeated phrases, they’re scripted bits he repeats a lot, it’s intentional

@elsie-writes @kaylinalexanderbooks @rkmoon want to play? Blanks are below the cut

Are you named after anyone?

When was the last time you cried?

Do you have kids?

Do you use sarcasm a lot?

What’s the first thing you notice about people?

What’s your eye colour?

Scary movies or happy endings?

Any special talents?

Where were you born?

Do you have any pets?

What sort of sports do you play?

How tall are you?

What was your favourite subject in school?

What is your dream job?

Are you named after anyone? When was the last time you cried? Do you have kids? Do you use sarcasm a lot? What’s the first thing you notice about people? What’s your eye colour? Scary movies or happy endings? Any special talents? Where were you born? Do you have any pets? What sort of sports do you play? How tall are you? What was your favourite subject in school? What is your dream job?

#the treatment of clones is so fucked up #jesus christ the crying section wtf??? #it just keeps getting worse #the scripted bits definitely seem intentional dont worry #what else is there to say #wtf #other writers #writing mutuals #other people's ocs #oc tag game #writing tag game #oc interview #writers on tumblr #writing community #writers of tumblr #writing on tumblr #writeblr #writeblr community

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Thanks for the tag @mk-writes-stuff!

OC Interview

Let's get funky, let's answer for Azhur! (For context, Azhur is Twenari’s father. He's been... alone for a very long time.)

Are you named after anyone?

"No, no, no one else. There's only one me, fortunately. Unless you're counting my family name. Then there's a lot of us. A whole pack of Devarises. Did you know the scientific term for a group of sorcerers is a conference? A conference of Devarises. Gods, I hated those."

When was the last time you cried?

"I couldn't say. Wasting moisture is a travesty in my hell, for rain is rare. Sometimes, when I do give in, I pretend I'm visiting the sea."

Do you have kids?

"Two, though one is gone, taken, dead. I haven't been around Twenari for long, but I see much potential in her. Dreams swim behind her eyes, as much as hands rein in reality. I cannot know her, yet I would like to learn to love her one day. As for Akani.... The soul is a funny thing, made of magic and miracle. It presents on a scale of Tamm units, visible through a sorcerer’s arcane awareness, which draws upon the Veil at a rate, a rage, a relay of 8.5×10^5 ODR volts per second, equivalent to 1 standard Blösten unit, from which can be derived both magi-potential and spell friction by way of the Klaston-Daphon equation and-"

Do you use sarcasm a lot?

"Huh? Do I? I think I do. I make myself laugh all the time!"

What’s the first thing you notice about people?

"How loudly he shouts around them."

What’s your eye colour?

"A pale brown, lighter than my skin. Very distinctive."

Scary movies or happy endings?

"Uh, happy? Happy is good. Fear is evil."

Any special talents?

"My magic, obviously, but saying a Devaris is talented at magic is like saying a fish is talented at swimming. I've gotten quite good at survival here in my hell too. But my best talent, I think.... Ah fuck, I forgot already. Damm, anyways, my second best talent is making soup."

Where were you born?

"The Devaris island, which hovers approximately 200 meters above the city of Unity."

Do you have any pets?

"If I had, I'd have eaten the poor thing already. Spiders and tree sap get quite tiresome after a while."

What sort of sports do you play?

"I'm a dab hand at solitaire, though I think if I play one more round, I'll smash my head into a rock. I did track when I was young, I suppose. Ma always wanted me to go out for wrestling because of how big I was, but I couldn't stand fighting."

How tall are you?

"6'8". Yes, the weather's nice."

What was your favourite subject in school?

"It should've been magic. I love magic. It's my blood, my purpose, my curse and my blessing. But, I always found my mind craving literature, even so. I wanted stories, as frivolous as they are. Were? Are. They were real then."

What is your dream job?

"I don't care what I spend my days with, I want to get out. I want to be free, absolved, forgiven. I want to leave my hell. I want him to stop screaming. I know he's not real - right? - but that doesn't stop the noise. But to do that, I need a bridge. By use of the bottle method, it's theorized that a mage could shift the frequency of one strain of magic to match another. Harmonic magi-radial frequencies can initiate a Naldervon cascade, similar to the effect of a teleportarion ritual. If gravitational drift is factored in, then by taking the derivative of the Naldervon cascade number, found by way of a Tamm reading and plugging the value into Fendessi's equation-"

Anyways, love that guy. He's like if Castaway was way more fucked up. I'll tag @finickyfelix @ettawritesnstudies @elsie-writes @inky-duchess and anyone else who wants in :)

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Are you named after anyone? When was the last time you cried? Do you have kids? Do you use sarcasm a lot? What’s the first thing you notice about people? What’s your eye colour? Scary movies or happy endings? Any special talents? Where were you born? Do you have any pets? What sort of sports do you play? How tall are you? What was your favourite subject in school? What is your dream job?

#a group of sorcerers is a conference? #interesting #the crying bit damn #gonna be honest the magicbabble in the kids question lost me #but i think that was the point lol #would like to try his soup #the pet one is dark #oh my god the sports section #damn he is fucked up #poor guy #other writers #writing mutuals #other people's ocs #oc tag game #oc interview #writers on tumblr #writing community #writers of tumblr #writing on tumblr #writeblr #writeblr community #writing tag game

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Character Voice (tag game)

Thanks for the tag @theeccentricraven (tagged in this post) !! My line: I didn't do it!

For my Liminal Bird-Dogs duo:

Mary-Ella: I swear to you, it wasn't me. I'm as surprised as you are about it... Cal: You think I would do that? Sheesh.

And for my unnamed-fantasy-wip trio:

Boots (who I might be renaming lol): Me?! I didn't do that! Nyssa: Dude, I would never. I promise. Florian: *scoffs* As if.

Tagging: @kaylinalexanderbooks @faeriecinna @theeccentricraven + an open tag! Your line: I really don't mind.

#cal has a good response #personal offense that they thought that #these are all good! #thanks for the tag! #other writers #writing mutuals #writing tag game #oc tag game #character voice #writers of tumblr #writers on tumblr #writing community #writing on tumblr #writeblr #writeblr community

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Character Voice Tag

Rules: rewrite the line in the voices of your OCs, then make a new line for the next people

Thanks @elsie-writes for the tag! My line is, “The recipe says to add milk next!”

Belladonna: “What are you doing? It says to add milk next, it has to go in the right order!”

Cassie: “Eh, whatever, throw it all in a bowl and shove it in the microwave, good enough for me.”

Nellie: “Well, I know the recipe says to add milk next, but I’ve made this recipe a lot, and if you do half and half milk and heavy cream, the dish is going to come out way smoother and creamier.”

Narcissus: “What are you doing? It says milk next! Are you trying to make me look bad? Are you trying to poison me?!”

Ricinus: “It says milk. Can you not follow basic directions?”

Goldenrod: “Darling, I told you. Milk next. Do you want me to go without a treat?”

Cassiopeia: “Yes, yes, it says milk. Why am I reading this out for you?”

Stellaris: “No, it says milk. You have to add milk next. No, not like that! Now it’s all wrong and it’s not going to taste the same!”

Rhys: “You, uh, you should put in milk next. If you get it wrong, the nobles will be very mad.”

Sel: “Milk? Um, okay, I know what that is!”

This one was fun, thank you!

@kaylinalexanderbooks @rkmoon @illarian-rambling want to play? Your line is, “I’ve been waiting here all day.”

#cassie no do not microwave everything #narcissus no #oh stellaris #i feel that tho #sel XD #other writers #writing mutuals #character voice #oc tag game #other people's ocs #writing tag game #seven station chronicles #writers on tumblr #writing community #writers of tumblr #writing on tumblr #writeblr #writeblr community

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Personality through quote tag

TY for the tag @kaylinalexanderbooks

My prompt: what is the worst place you have been stuck in for a long time?

(Note: as [spoilers] happens between the prologue and the main story of A Feather in the Forest, I am assuming these quotes are taken at different times)

Fen: “The worst place would probably be the deepest, darkest corner of my mind. And I’m not kidding you when I say this; my mind can really go to some dark places when I am at my lowest.”

Playa: “It was when I was stuck in the house for three weeks due to a blizzard. Was absolutely BORED out of my mind.”

Sorrel: “I would have to say that the worst place I’ve been was near the wall. There’s something creepy about that place. Everything’s so quiet, and the warning stones…whenever I have to go near that place, I get shivers down my spine.”

Reed: “The worst place to be is the one I’m in. That Lord Halley is SO overbearing, wonder how us workers find any time to rest.”

Dirge: “If you’re looking for the worst place, it’s right here. Loftperch Lookout is somewhere I would not recommend to anybody. Can’t decide who is worse, the Roost Lord or his guard captain.”

Tagging @late-to-the-fandom @fourwingedwriter @mk-writes-stuff @whatwewrotepodcast @phoenixradiant @corinneglass @eccaiia @tabswrites @leahnardo-da-veggie @winglesswriter plus open tag for anyone who wants to play along

Your prompt: If you could live anywhere, where would you like to be?

#damn fen #getting a little dark there #also poor reed #hope reed gets out of that place #dirge too #other writers #writing tag game #oc tag game #other people's ocs #personality through quotes #writers on tumblr #writing community #writers of tumblr #writing on tumblr #writeblr #writeblr community

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Palette: list four of your character's primary skills, then share at least two ways these skills might blend or overlap

Marker: what's one thing your character would never tattoo on their body, even if they were paid a million dollars for it?

Oooooh these are fun!

(From this ask game)

Palette:

This one was honestly surprisingly hard. I rarely think about skill lists for my characters so this took me a while

Cassiopeia’s four primary skills, in no particular order, are planning, manipulation, reading people, and etiquette. She combines all of them to devastating effect. Etiquette might seem out of place, but what better way to manipulate the other nobles than by being perfect at being one of them? And what better way to know exactly what they’re looking for with the subtlest hint?

Belladonna’s primary skills are observation, planning, improvisation, and also etiquette. The planning and improvisation usually go together - she’s shockingly good at pulling out another backup plan. And the observation helps too, when she’s not pointing it at everything she could be doing wrong.

Marker:

Well, both Cassie and Nellie have the same answer for this one. Neither of them would ever, for any amount of money or profit, tattoo their former clone designation or similar marker of their former enslavement (such as “Property of Third/Sixth Station”) on their bodies. Ever. The difference between them is that Nellie would think carefully and plan out any other tattoos whereas Cassie would get basically anything not offensive tattooed on her body if you dared her. Honestly she might already have a stupid tattoo somewhere hidden under her uniform.

Thank you for the asks! I very much enjoyed them :)

#cassiopeia is interesting but intensr #*intense #in a cold way #pulling a plan out of nowhere for belladonna is impressive #id love if cassie actually had a tattoo #other writers #writing mutuals #other people's ocs #oc tag game #writing ask game #writers of tumblr #writers on tumblr #writing community #writing on tumblr #writeblr #writeblr community #seven stations chronicles

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Pen and graphite for the art asks?

Hm, who to answer for? I'm gonna do a random number generator and assign a number for the usual order I put my main ocs in, 1 to 9

I got... Mashal!

Pen: what's one minor moment your character regrets? A small mistake, but something they "can't erase"?

Mashal regrets a lot of things. He's the type to lay awake at night, replaying his top ten most cringefail moments. Probably his biggest 'little' regret was taking a boring solo guard assignment, the aftereffects of which butterfly effected into everything that happens to him in the story.

A smaller minor moment would be just about any conversation with Elsind. He feels like if he could've talked them into leaving the palace early, things might not have gone so badly at the Feast of Erani. If he'd have been a little more bold, a touch less ignorant, maybe things would've gone better.

Graphite: what's something decently common that your character does in a unique or different way? (like how graphite is present in all pencils, but not everyone uses pure graphite)

I mean, by sheer virtue of being a robot(ish), Mashal does a lot of mundane things very differently. Case in point, he always taps a chair to make sure it can hold his weight before sitting down. In addition, I feel like he holds his charcoal pencils in some insane sort of grip. That has nothing to do with being made of metal though - all artists just have weird pen postures.

Thanks for the ask!

#oof mashal i relate to the cringefail compilation #im also curious about what happened with elsinf #*elsind #the holding a pencil weird is great #i knew someone who just clasped it in a fist #best handwriting ever unironically somehow #love hearing more about mashal :) #other writers #writing mutuals #writing ask game #oc ask game #other people's ocs #writers of tumblr #writers on tumblr #writing community #writing on tumblr #writeblr #writeblr community

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Writing Share Tag

Tagged by: @acertainmoshke here and @kaylinalexanderbooks here!

Tagging: @bee-barnes-author @mysticstarlightduck @ahordeofwasps @illarian-rambling @thatndginger

@finickyfelix @willtheweaver and an open tag!

To hell with it, here’s the opening scene from The Forest’s Embrace!

CW: blood, violence

His prey evaded him, for now.

He hovered behind a misshapen boulder, watching fat droplets of blood leave a crimson trail in the fresh coat of powdery snow. The youngling’s frantic breathing sent white clouds floating into the morning air. Wide brown eyes scanned the trees, searching for him, the hunter. Comforted by the silent forest behind him, the youngling wobbled on his spindly legs and made a desperate dash for the clearing straight ahead. He freed himself from the talons of a twisted branch and emerged on the opposite side of the boulder where the hunter waited. The youngling’s small, quivering body relaxed ever so slightly as he was greeted by an expanse of melting snow and brown grass.

The hunter struck from behind with a knife grasped tightly in his hand. It flashed in front of the youngling’s eyes, sending him skittering back into the hunter’s waiting arms. The blade sliced a curved line across the delicate flesh of his neck, silencing his plea mid-breath.

“Rest easy. I am saving you from a fate far worse than death,” the hunter whispered to his prey.

TFE tag list: @cilly-the-writer @writernopal @writingrosesonneptune (please ask to be +/)

#oooh #reeally love your style #very descriptive #other writers #writing share #writing tag game #wip excerpt #the forest's embrace #writers on tumblr #writing community #writers of tumblr #writing on tumblr #writeblr #writeblr community

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Aww thank you! Back at ya ;)

Has this been made yet /hj

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I know I keep not doing tag games, I WILL get to them all this summer I SWEAR. I am in the midst/end of finals week and am so burnt out and tired so I'll get there when I get there but in the mean time:

I want to plan a character but I can't decide if I should do Cutthroat from Project R.S or Apricity from Project H.A, and it's killing meeeee. I want to do two projects at a time because I love them both but I can never decide which one to work on :( Leaning towards Apricity, though. We see.

Also, a fun fact: I've decided that the underwater people (sirens, selkies, mermaids, etc.) have to deal with "Ice Fingers" which is literally equivalent to a tornado, but it's an icicle. And that's a real thing that happens in real life underwater. So Selkie Girl grew up in a very tornado-y area, so she had to deal with that a lot because I think it's cool. And it's a bit of worldbuilding I really want to share but I don't know if it'll hardly come up again.

Hope everyone's doing good, writing wise and otherwise. :)

#i agree it's super interesting! #also i say follow your impulses #for character planning #if you truly cannot decide flip a coin #if you are unsatisfied with the result #then pick the other one :) #other writers #writing mutuals #writers on tumblr #writing community #writers of tumblr #writing on tumblr #writeblr #writeblr community

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So here's a question I've been wondering about for a while

Please explain the reasoning behind your choice, I'm so curious. For the purposes of this quiz, a hater will be defined as someone who's comes off as bitchy, holds grudges, dislikes people for little to no reason, and is willing to go to great lengths to fuck with or disparage the target of their ire

Let the hate off begin >:D

(Tag list besties: @amandacanwrite @elsie-writes @riveriafalll @kosmic-kore @kaylinalexanderbooks

@bard-coded @carrotsinnovember @patternwelded-quill @somethingclevermahogony @whatwewrotepodcast

@goldxdarkness @the-angriest-author @mk-writes-stuff @frostedlemonwriter @vyuntspakhkite-l-darling

@thebejeweledwatercat @leahnardo-da-veggie)

#going with ivander but almost chose sepo #mainly because ivander goes out of his way to be a hater #sepo i feel like is just a hater because hes Like That #but ivander is a hater by conscious choice #from what i can gather? #other writers #writing mutuals #other people's ocs #oc poll #honor's outcasts #mystery of the mortal god #writers on tumblr #writing community #writers of tumblr #writing on tumblr #writeblr #writeblr community #writing poll

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Followup question - animation (if so, what style) or live action? For both

Film: Which one of your fics do you think would work best if turned into a movie? Who would direct it?

Oh Mortal God for sure. With all the strange arc pacing, Honor's Outcasts would work way better as a TV series. Mortal God has a more consise structure that would work better as a movie.

As for the director, that's a tough one. On one hand, I'd want the fight intensity of The Raid (directed by Gareth Evans) and the dismal atmosphere of the apartment complex in that movie would fit Vermir's demiplane perfectly. On the other hand, Damien Chazelle (La La Land and Whiplash) has the perfect sense of lighting and beautiful scores. Big disconnect between those two, maybe. So yeah, I guess I don't really know. I'm not knowledgeable about directors, so I had to look this all up anyways :P

Thanks for the ask!

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No problem!

I don't know why I have my biggest writing thoughts between 11 and 12 on school nights, but I do lol. But tonight I'm thinking about book endings.

I've been listening to the Magnus Archives over the weekend, which lead me to thinking about my WIP inspired by it, Project H.A. And I realized I don't know how I want the book or series to end up.

I'm like 20k words in and it's definitely not super important right now that I figure it out, but I realized I don't know how I want the story to end and what I want to happen.

I know a lot of writers swear by the "know your ending before you start so you can work towards it rule", and I'm starting to understand why the more I write. I've never picked an ending for a story before I get there, except for short stories, but the only things I've ever finished have been short stories. I've always psyched myself out by thinking that I don't want to decide an ending when I just want the story to go on forever, but I know that if it goes on forever it gets boring without all the conflict working towards the end goal brings.

But I can't bring myself to think about endings for full-length novels that I'm writing, it feels to sad.

But when I'm sitting here tonight thinking about my WIP and how I don't know how I want it to end, so I don't know what to do to work towards the end goal that I don't know, that's kinda a problem.

I'm afraid once it ends, I'll be too sad and want to write more on my story, but I won't be able to. I'm afraid it'll feel like I'll never be able to go back to the vibes my world and characters have. Like I said, I've finished short stories before and have always felt fine and no desire to change things or write more, except for some thoughts that some of them could have a sequel story someday, but I haven't gotten around to or felt too pressed to write it yet.

So I guess I'm kinda just ranting, but I also like to hear people's thoughts. How do you know when to end your story? How do you have the willpower to end your story and don't you feel devastated that you're leaving your characters and world behind if you do? And when do you know how and when your story will end, before you even start writing?

[kaylinalexanderbooks]

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