#project.videogameD&D

[quill-creates]

Writerblr Introduction (2024)

Intro to Me!

🪷 Hello all, I'm Quill and I've been writing since I could remember honestly. 

🌺 I'm currently 22 and I go by she/her pronouns. I'm in my undergraduate degree, about two semesters away from graduating with a BA in Biology. 

🪷 I met my husband playing D&D so I am constantly working on D&D stuff for our group to play - either for my husband to DM or for me to DM.

🌺 My main area of writing has been modern fantasy in recent years, with some sprinkles of sci-fi, romance, or high fantasy thrown into the mix. 

🪷 I have a couple of projects that causally work on, though that list fluctuates quite a bit sometimes lol. Most would be categorized as either YA or New Adult. 

🪷 I look forward to interacting with others and talking about our WIPs! 

🌺 My asks are open - always feel free to drop an ask or a comment or to start a chat!

🪷 I love sci-fi, fantasy (of all types!), worldbuilding, the found families trope (I might have this in several of my stories lol), supernatural fiction (like vampires, werewolves, witches, etc)

🌺 I have two other blogs - a witchcraft blog (+ a few random things), @mystics-scribes, and a bujo/planning blog, @quills-planning

My WIPs

project.ties

My main WIP and the first in a series of modern fantasy novels following a vampire woman from the viking age. Her family is being hunted and threatened, so she’s called to protect a family that forced her out just about two decades earlier. 

project.worldsD&D

My D&D campaign series, I'm currently working on Adventure 2 of 3 since we wrapped up Adventure 1 about two months ago. The PCs are going from the Steampunk fantasy world of Adventure 1 to the Science Fantasy world of Adventure 2 while following and investigating the Divines they encountered throughout Adventure 1.

project.survival

A science/high fantasy/political drama story, as either a pixel video game or a visual novel, following a group of young adults (that are aliens) attempting to survive a game their gods have divised in order to test if their species is still worthy of living - if they fail the game their entire race will be wiped from the face of their planet and all other planets they inhabit. 

project.videogameD&D

My Husband’s custom TTRPG system that’s based around some of the basics of D&D. It’s mostly all his, but I’ve been assisting him quite a bit - especially with typing things up so he has organized notes and things for himself and the nine players (!!!!). 

project.witchcastle

My on and off visual novel project that’s mostly for fun to learn different vn mechanics, especially since project.survival is going to at least have some vn mechanics (even if it is a pixel game)

What I’ll Blog About - Posts & Reblogs

🪷 project.ties updates on writing and worldbuilding

🌺 project.worldsD&D updates on outlining and prop creation

🪷 project.survival updates on writing and worldbuilding, with some artwork thrown in there

🌺 project.witchcastle updates on writing and worldbuilding, also with some artwork

🪷 Writing advice, my own and reblogged

🌺 Intro posts from others

🪷 Visual novel design guides and information

🌺 Game design guides and information

🪷 Book announcements from myself and others

🌺 Please let me know if you'd like to be on my tag list!!

[quill-plans]

Summer Term Gamified Life Goals

My Gamified Life Setup has gotten a bit tweaked and rearranged going from Fall to Summer. But this is my Phase Three Snippet of my goals for Summer. There is a lot, but I am home pretty much all day every day for the Summer Term.

Let me know if more a complete guide to use my Gamified Life Framework would be useful! Comments & reblogs are encouraged. Here's the link to my original Gamified Life Framework post.

Warning: This is a very, very long post but it outlines part of my system and how I break down my goals & plans.

Phase Three - Summer Term Actions

Step One - Focus Areas and Goals for Summer.

My focus areas are: 

Domus: I will organize and clean out the household.

Creare: I will work to progress my creative pursuits and reconnect with my creativity. 

Ego: I will improve my diet and work out in order to lose weight in fat. 

Artifex: I will work to launch my side hustle businesses in order to make extra income for my husband and I. 

My non-focus areas are: 

Pecuniam: My husband and I will continue to pay down debts and budget our money better. 

Praecantatio: I will read more of my witchcraft and spiritual practice books that I already own. 

Relationes: I will spend more time with my friends and family.

Schola & Curriculo: I will prepare myself for returning in for the Fall and Spring Semesters - and graduation at the end of Spring.

Step Two - Forming Main and Side Quests.

Note: Main Quests are main focus goals in focus life domains, they tend to have two or more projects under them. 

Note: Side Quests are side goals in non-focus life domains, they tend to have one to two projects under them or are single-off projects that are larger than a typical project. 

Domus

Main Quest: Routine Creation

Main Quest: Organize Apartment

Main Quest: Deep Clean Apartment

Creare

Main Quest: project.ties Advancement

Main Quest: project.worldsD&D Advancement

Main Quest: project.videogameD&D Advancement

Main Quest: Work on my Art Skills

Ego

Main Quest: Lose weight in fat 

Main Quest: Learn what my limits are for exercises

Artifex

Main Quest: YouTube Channel

Main Quest: Tumblr Blog

Main Quest: Etsy Shop

Main Quest: Twitch Streaming

Pecuniam

Side Quest: Create a better budgeting system per month

Side Quest: Create a plan to pay off all of our debts

Praecantatio

Side Quest: Take notes on my books

Side Quest: Create notes for lesson plans

Relationes

Side Quest: Spend more time with my family, immediate and extended

Side Quest: Spend more time with our friends

Schola & Curriculo

Side Quest: Prep for the Fall term

Side Quest: Prep for the Spring term

Side Quest: Prep for a Spring graduation

Step Three - Breaking Down Quests - Actionable Steps, Projects, and Milestones.

Note: Projects are one-off multi-step tasks that are structured; though similar to the GTD method of projects, not every multi-step task is labeled as a project, only the longer and more time-consuming noes are. 

Domus

Main Quest: Routine Creation

Create household routines for cleaning and organizing.

Create a home binder, including all household routines for cleaning and organizing.

Main Quest: Organize Apartment

Living room

Kitchen 

Bedroom

Bathroom

Closets

Main Quest: Deep Clean Apartment

Living room

Kitchen 

Bedroom

Bathroom

Closets

Creare

Main Quest: project.ties Advancement: Get the first draft through Act One

Write about 430 words a day, about 3K words a week or so

Character outlines & notes

Worldbuilding notes

Create a project.gunnach series binder that contains all overall worldbuilding and character information

Main Quest: project.worldsD&D Advancement: create the world and plan out all creative projects that align with Adventure 2

Outline the overview of events (plot and previous info)

Worldbuilding outline

Create an NPC guide/outline to keep track of the NPCs

Mechanics overview

Solar system overview

NPC Species overview

Outline creative projects

Main Quest: project.videogameD&D Advancement: help Hubby create the rest of his world and start playing in said world with our D&D group(s)

Finish races

Create one art piece a month (or so)

Finish player booklet

Main Quest: Work on my Art Skills

Ego

Main Quest: Lose weight in fat 

Workout regularly

Stretch regularly

Eat healthier

Main Quest: Learn what my limits are for exercises

Work with my husband to push myself while exercising, revisiting my limits each month to track my progress

Artifex

Main Quest: YouTube Channel

Set up my channel

Learn how to film and edit videos/set up a system

Create a content calendar

Start posting videos to my channel

Main Quest: Tumblr Blog

Organize my blog

Create a content calendar

Stick to uploading posts at a regular schedule

Main Quest: Etsy Shop

Set up my shop

Product creation

Create a shop launch guide for myself

Launch my shop

Main Quest: Twitch Streaming

Set up the channel

Plan a streaming schedule

Start streaming on a schedule that works for us

Pecuniam

Side Quest: Create a better budgeting system per month

Tweak and rework our budgets each month

Set goals for our monthly budgets at biweekly budget meetings

Side Quest: Create a plan to pay off all of our debts

Set a goal for paying off our debts

Pay toward debts each month

Praecantatio

Side Quest: Take notes on my books

Read and take notes on at least one book

Side Quest: Create notes for lesson plans

Brainstorm overall lesson plans and outline topics in each lesson

Relationes

Side Quest: Spend more time with my family, immediate and extended

Invite my cousins over to hang out at least once during the Summer

Invite my extended family over to visit the apartment once during the Summer

Side Quest: Spend more time with our friends

Have our friends over at least once a month to hang out 

Schola & Curriculo

Side Quest: Prep for the Fall term

Sign up for classes

Go through all my supplies needed

Review timeblocks and study times needed for each class

Review Syllabi

Create a my trackers and logs: Assignment Tracker, Semester Overview, and Study Log

Side Quest: Prep for the Spring term

Sign up for classes

Go through all my supplies needed

Review timeblocks and study times needed for each class

Review Syllabi

Create a my trackers and logs: Assignment Tracker, Semester Overview, and Study Log

Side Quest: Prep for a Spring graduation

Meet with the Biology Department Advisor to review my progress

Collect letter of recommendations for UF application

Step Four - Breaking Down Quests - XP Values, Gold Pieces, and Deadlines.

XP Values

One-off Domain Tasks: 10 to 20 XP

One-off Domain Project Tasks: 10 to 30 XP

Domain Project Completion: 50 to 100 XP

Domus: 10-15 XP per task

Creare: 10-20 XP per task

Ego: 5-20 XP per task

Artifex: 10-20 XP per task

Each SM Calendar = 15 XP

Pecuniam: 15 XP per task

Praecantatio: 10 XP per task

Relationes: 10-15 XP per task

Schola & Curriculo: 10-15 XP per task

Complete all tasks for quests during the week, gain XP per task + 25% bonus XP

Gold Pieces

THD Shift, 4 hrs = 3 GP per

THD Shift, 6 hrs = 5 GP per

THD Shift, 8 hrs = 8 GP per

Half of Domain Tasks Completed = 5-8 GP

All of Domain Tasks Completed = 10-16 GP

Complete all tasks for quests during the week, gain 15-20 GP

Deadlines

End of May: 

Domus: Routine Creation

Creare: project.videogameD&D Advancement

Ego: Learn what my limits are for exercises

Artifex: Start YouTube Channel

Pecuniam: Create a plan to pay off all of our debts

End of June: 

Domus: Deep Clean Apartment

Artifex: Start Streaming

Artifex: Launch Etsy Shop

Pecuniam: Create a better budgeting system per month

End of July: 

Schola: Prep Fall Term

Domus: Organize Apartment

End of Term/Before Fall Term Begins: 

Schola: Prep Spring Term

Schola: Prep for Graduation

Just Want Advancement:

Creare: project.worldsD&D Advancement

Creare: project.ties Advancement

Creare: Work on my Art Skills

Ego: Lose weight in fat

Artifex: Maintain Tumblr Blog

Praecantatio: Take notes on my books

Praecantatio: Create notes for lesson plans

Relationes: Spend more time with my family, immediate and extended

Relationes: Spend more time with our friends

Step Five - Outline Habits.

Instead of having habits this Summer term, I’m focused on building my “Daily Musts” since I do most of them semi-regularly and they shoulde be getting done daily/regularly. Before I add anything else to my routines or system, I need to get the “Daily Musts” set into my routine. 

Note: my “Daily Musts” section above is a mix of what would be my normal habits that I’ve already started implementing into my routine and what my true “Daily Musts” are.

Step Six - Tracking of HP, XP, and Gold Pieces (GP).

I will track my HP, XP, and GP mainly in my week’s daily section to keep track of it normally - but I will also track my overall trends over the weeks in monthly sections. 

I will have a recap over the Summer months in the Summer Term section of my planner.

Phase Four - Next Term

Step One - Review my Systems and Assessments 

Review Phase One, Step Four’s ‘Happiness Assessment’.

Review how the systems I’ve set in place work.

Step Two - Tweaking Systems

Based on the review, tweak the systems to set the next term up for success.