WelcomeToWriteblr brings you another prompt event, this one themed around the planets of our solar system! Like our last prompt event, this month is a redux of an older event that we’d once again like to bring to the community!
From MAY 25TH TO MAY 31ST create something in response to that day’s prompt and post it. You’re welcome to do absolutely anything for the prompt of the day, whether it be a drawing, an excerpt, a playlist, or a moodboard. This event is aimed to get everyone involved and we will accept all submissions!
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
Tag your posts as #WTWEVENT and #WTWCOMMUNITY
Format your posts like this: WTW PLANET PROMPTS - PLANET NAME: CHOSEN PROMPT
Wait for your post to be added to the queue.
NSFW content will not be posted to the blog.
OPTIONAL: Join our discord server if you would like to ensure your post makes it onto the blog! Tumblr’s tagging system can be unreliable and we want to make sure everyone’s creations are shared! Please note, you must be 15 OR OLDER to enter our server!
PROMPT LIST
Day 1 - Mercury - Locations or Travel
Day 2 - Venus - Politics
Day 3 - Earth - Nature
Day 4 - Mars - War or Conflict
Day 5 - Jupiter - Religion or Commerce
Day 6 - Saturn - Luxury or Cuisine
Day 7 - Uranus - History or Science
Day 8 - Neptune - Lore or Mythology
Day 9 - Pluto - Death
GO BEYOND THE STARS, JOIN OUR SERVER HERE! (discord.gg/earlgrey)
If a scene feels flat and you can't figure it out, ask yourself:
• What can MC smell? Is there an ocean breeze, sweat, a cinnamon roll fresh out the oven?
• What can MC hear, besides the dialogue? Is a bird singing, river flowing, a car speeding, clock ticking?
• Can they taste something, even if they're not eating? Previously drunk alcohol or juice, aftertaste of a cigarette, smog, too instense perfume?
• Can they feel something on their skin? Rough clothes or delicate material, blowing wind, an allergy or a rash, grass that theyre laying on?
• What does the character see, besides other characters? Is the room dark or is sunlight coming in nicely? Are the colours vibrant or dull? Are there any plants?
• What's the weather? Is it snowing and the cold is making goosebumps appear on their arms? Is it hot and sweaty and clothes are clinging to their body?
• HOW DOES IT MAKE THEM FEEL? To any of the above.
Do they like the smell of cinnamon rolls or are they weirdos (I'm a weirdo, I don't fit in).
Does the clock ticking calm them down or annoy them?
Do they enjoy the aftertaste of a cig and like how dirty it makes them feel?
Are they sensitive to touch and how their clothing feels on their skin or are they indifferent?
Would they enjoy the scenery more if it was more sunny out, because they're afraid of the darkness?
Do they like it snowy or are they always cold and hate winter?
Come on, give them persoanlity, likes and dislikes, don't be scared to make them people and not only likeable characters.
Some pages created after messing around with overlay + background. All redirect page with some nice effect and animation. Let me know if I… forgot something or in case glitches occur here.
"Don't use Libby because it costs libraries too much, pirate instead" is such a weird, anti-patron, anti-author take that somehow manages to also be anti-library, in my professional librarian-ass opinion.
It's well documented that pirating books negatively affects authors directly* in a way that pirating movies or TV shows doesn't affect actors or writers, so I will likely always be anti-book piracy unless there's absolutely, positively no other option (i.e. the book simply doesn't exist outside of online archives at all, or in a particular language).
Also, yeah, Libby and Hoopla licenses are really expensive, but libraries buy them SO THAT PATRONS CAN USE THEM. If you're gonna be pissed at anybody about this shitty state of affairs, be pissed at publishing companies and continue to use Libby or Hoopla at your library so we can continue to justify having it to our funding bodies.
One of the best ways to support your library having services you like is to USE THOSE SERVICES. Yes, even if they are expensive.
*Yes, this is a blog post, but it's a blog post filled with links to news articles. If you can click one link, you can click another.
B R A N D O F T H E S E R V A T O R ; kesair la nevetine
❝Remember this well, Cadet Dantaries: the one thing standing between death and justice is me.❞
date of birth ; twenty-first of veneralia, imperial year 3276 in the sovereign state of archaia
occupation ; cadet at the imperial syrassi military academy
rank ; lady, praetor, officer cadet, ARMOR pilot
profile ; raised in the shadow of her noble mother and honored father, kesair has seen the path of her DESTINY since childhood. she will join her father amongst the decorated ranks of the imperial syrassid's military, she will marry the SERVATOR, she will keep the academy's newest cadet in line by any means necessary. and, if required, she will give her life to the CRYSTALLUM.
This was supposed to be posted yesterday but considering I posted like 2 wip things that day + the april fools boopfest, I thought it'd be better to hold off till today lol
THE STATISTICS
the draft → 39,251 words
words written this month → 8,008 words
total words written this year → 28,943 words
hours spent writing this month → 12 hours
STORY NOTES
my struggles this month were centered around 2 major and somewhat lengthy scenes: the poisoning scene at the banquet and Sola's introduction
Reworked the poisoning scene. Changed the route of the poison, and instead of Fenice noticing and successfully avoiding the assassination attempt, she notices the poison a second too late
Aspects of Sola's introduction were also changed. Instead of Sola successfully escaping Fenice and Leda at the banquet and necessitating his search to have a second meeting, Leda prevents Sola from escaping allowing Fenice to make a deal with him then and there
Added an interlude between Dantalion and Andras!
Rethinking some stuff about my current magic system. No concrete changes just yet, but I know that I definitely want to change it
EXCERPTS
BLOG STUFF
I'll be participating in camp nano! You can find my powerpoint wip intro here
Camp nano updates will be weekly and tagged with #event.camp nano april 2024 It'll be posted along side my usual weekly progress updates
Aretos had his birthday on April 1st! You can find the post here