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pspspsps writeblr friens!! if you were to choose one song to describe your wip what would it be and why

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Writing tool for your fight scenes.

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explanations welcome in the comments/reblogs/etc 😊

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too many stories about turning yourself into a monster as a metaphor for pretending to be something you aren't and losing yourself in the process. not enough stories about turning yourself into a monster as a metaphor for choosing to openly embrace yourself even if it's strange to other people

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Today’s thought: the vampire as liberation. Films as early as Dracula portray vampirism as something terrifying to the human and beloved to the vampire. Once turned, nobody wants to go back– but if their master is killed and they are returned to human form, they’re endlessly thankful to their ‘saviors’. Women, once vampirized, often turn up in beautiful clothing and a more sultry attitude. Men tend to completely remove themselves from society after the turn. 

I’m not surprised that the vampire is such a romantic figure nowadays. There’s something freeing in forever leaving the realm of normal human ways: you can never go back, sure, but it also means you have to stop striving for it. You no longer feel the need to fit into polite society. Now that there’s no chance of being respected, the idea of earning respect no longer matters. You are free to be who you are.

No wonder fictional women look for that ‘excuse’ to be freely sexual. No wonder LGBT people feel so drawn to the idea of the permanent and happy monster. No wonder people of color enjoy the idea of a ‘high society’ totally removed from the existing, accepted world. 

I don’t assume that every early vampire film was some kind of deep feminist text. The point is that these poor women are (gasp) sluts! and must be saved from their tight-fitting gowns. Nonetheless I find this ‘liberated vampire’ fascinating. To be unabashedly ‘evil’, to be strange, to be an outcast– what a story.

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ren WOULD say "i have crossed oceans of time to find you" however he is 20 years old and has been a vampire for all of two weeks. this does not stop him from saying it

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Writing Notes: Style Sheet

Style Sheet - helps you keep track of what’s going on in your novel.

Who’s who, what’s where, and when X, Y and Z happens.

Record your preferences for the micro elements of your book ... things like spelling, punctuation, the rules about the way your fictional world works, and how you treat the various elements of the text (from paragraphs and headings to narrative, speech and thoughts).

Parts of a Style Sheet

You can include anything you want but a solid, usable style sheet that'll really help you keep an eye on what's going on will include at least the following:

character names, histories and traits

how you’re going to handle point of view

hyphenation and capitalization

key geographical locations

building names and layouts

language choice

punctuation style

spelling preference

tense choice

timeline information

treatment of dialogue and thoughts

world-building rules

Different Style Sheets

Some writers like to have everything in one place; others prefer to have several documents, each of which records different types of decisions, and toggle from one to another.

It’s your choice – whatever helps you work most productively.

So, for example, you might create different sheets for the following:

the main character names and features, and the organizational, family or time-frame groupings they belong to

a record of key events in the timeline (particularly useful if your novel covers multiple discrete time frames)

geography: environments and buildings (especially important measurements, such as distances, heights, number of storeys, that if nonsensical could impair clarity)

spelling and formatting preferences

Source ⚜ More: Writing Notes & References

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4, 5, 10 for the EOY asks!

4. what is your favourite line you wrote this year?

That was a tough one for me 'cause I'm not entirely sure which passages I wrote in 2024 (I mostly revised the past year), but I do remember this one from my revision!

As the bards struck their chorus, Sorcha the ladies’ maid pulled one of the Edelian soldiers into a waltz, and oh, how they glided across the dance floor, laughing and prancing. With her light hair and his black, I imagined them as Prince Renwick and Eleanor themselves, twirling hand in hand under the light of a thousand candles. Surrounding the prince and princess were their friends and courtiers, all wearing their grandest of finery. The music swelled and the leaders lifted their partners with the grace of swans. I closed my eyes and instead of Sorcha and her soldier it was me waltzing, myself and my vampiric savior. The soft blue velvet of his frock coat was near tangible, and I swayed to the melody of the ballad as I imagined a dance with Vince Lockwood. The Vince of my dreams dipped me and smiled as our faces near touched, those periwinkle eyes of his sparkling beneath golden lashes. “You’re more of a scoundrel than I realized,” he purred in a voice that was very much not his own.

5. what is your favourite book/story/poem you read this year?

Again, another tough one cause I'm not sure which books I read in 2024. I said a Tempest of Tea somewhere else but apparently I read that book in 2023 according to Goodreads? Anyway I enjoyed Most Ardently a lot, and the Phoenix Keeper. Also shoutout to my Song of Ice and Fire reread

10. which character(s) turned out differently from what you had planned? how so?

Oh, my villain for sure. He was originally supposed to be a kooky funnyguy villain, but as the series grew darker in tone, so did he. Now his relationship to Ren is a lot more personal and I find their interactions SO gut-wrenching

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end of the year - writeblr ask game ✨

anyone else in the mood to become chatty? feel free to send a number (or two) from the list below to the person who reblogged this! and then reblog yourself if you want to get some asks ^^

what was your writing-highlight this year? what made it special and how will you reflect on it next year?

what did not go so well this year? how do you feel about it and what is a positive thing you learnt from it?

did you achieve everything you wanted to this year? if not, how will you go about it?

what is your favourite line you wrote this year?

what is your favourite book/story/poem you read this year?

did you make any new writeblr friends? give a shout-out! if not, it's time to praise one of your old besties <3

what are three songs you put on your WIP-playlist this year?

what are three things you're looking forward to next year?

create a meme or moodboard that captures your past writing-year!

which character(s) turned out differently from what you had planned? how so?

which scene was harder/easier to write than anticipated? why?

if your character(s) had their own new years resolutions, what would those be?

how did you change as a writer? did you learn anything new? started to plan instead of pants? share your wisdom!

time for writing wrapped! what would be your top three used sentences?

time for shameless self-promotion! answer with a piece of writing you want others to see/read! (if you have nothing posted/published this year, any other year is fine too ^^)

wishing you all all the best and may your writing-wishes for next year all come true <3 ✨

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Obsessed with vampires but specifically when they're really pathetic

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not my dad mansplaining the publishing industry to me using standards that may have been true when he was in college but certainly arent true now 💀

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Your wip’s villain is pulled into a world that follows the rules of Dungeons & Dragons.

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finished draft 2 yaaaay!!

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literally what is the point of writing fantasy if you don't include luscious, evocative descriptions of banquet spreads