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WRITEBLR RE-INTRO;

"A moon addled, girl-shaped beast."

ABOUT ME;

My alias on this hellsite (affectionate) is king, I'm a queer writer and use she/they pronouns, I've lived twenty two years in this earth and I still know very little.

I almost exclusively write fantasy and all of my main characters are queer, often I will write a queer romance subplot in my stories, if all of my wips have a curly haired bisexual asshole that's just because I have taste. Found family is one of my favourite tropes (did I mention I'm queer), as well as deconstructing and subverting what is monstrous. If I want one word to come to mind when someone reads my writing I think it would be 'whimsical'.

I love to be tagged in writing games even if it takes me a little while to respond :)

MY WRITING;

HARROWMARK; sometimes a family could be a girl king denied her throne too long, an ex-communicated knight fulfilling his last oath, and a warlock of the old wood with a life-debt to pay // queer, found family, ghibli vibes & aesthetic

taglist (ask to be +/-); @piyawrites / @wickerring / @ladywithalamp / @samayla / @chariklos / @writeblrfantasy / @wizardfromthesea / @uppoffringar / @philocalizt

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A CURSE MADE OF TEETH; a monster stalks under moonlight and a young warrior catches her scent, old blood runs through both of their veins and neither of them are what the other expects // queer (wlw-centric), folklore & mythology inspiration, gothic adjacent

taglist (ask to be +/-); @piyawrites / @fiercely-raging-writer / @ladywithalamp / @whelanwrites / @uppoffringar / @philocalizt

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SONG OF THE RAVEN; there is a corruption in the song that hums in all living things, and it is spreading, a young sanctra (one who hears the song and knows the language of the divine) sets out of the temple to investigate // queer, magic system, polytheism

taglist (ask to be +/-); @piyawrites / @ladywithalamp / @chariklos / @writeblrfantasy / @wickerring / @thats-my-type-writer / @sunlightwriter / @teriwrites / @harinawa / @marimos / @uppoffringar / @philocalizt

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GENERAL TAGLIST; @ladywithalamp / @philocalizt

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"The magic system is never fully explained" yeah that's how life works. Imagine having a story set in modern day America and the characters have several pages of exposition on combustion engines and telecommunication networks before we get to the plot

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If you're reading this...

go write three sentences on your current writing project.

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i hate you endless quippage i hate you contrived dialogue i hate you "he's right behind me isn't he" i hate you undercutting emotional scenes with immature comedy i hate you media that is too insecure to take itself seriously i hate you disney i hate you joss whedon i hate you alienation of artist from artwork until the act of storytelling becomes an unfeeling assembly line

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I don’t know how to explain to some discourse damaged people on the unholy trinity of social-media-websites-whose-names-start-with-a-T that romantic subplots in non romance media are not put there with the sole purpose of giving the audience the warm fuzzies; that, like any other element in a story, a romantic subplot should serve the themes and central thesis statement of its larger narrative; and that sometimes the most adequate choice of a pairing or approach to romance for a given story is not necessarily the one you personally think would be the cutest / healthiest / most progressive      

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Physical characterizations that can make your characters more human

Irritated skin, red spots and stretch marks

Acne on forehead, cheeks and chin

Dark under eyes circles

Dry skin

Uncovered scars and birthmarks

Tattoos

Unshaped teeth

Unshaved body hair

Messy/ curly hairs that won't be managed no matter what you do to them

Chewed and unpolished finger nails

Spontaneous smile

Nervous tics

The sound of their footsteps

The way they stand/ posture

Weight loss/ weight gain due to emotional antecedents

Putting on make up or none at all

Wearing extravagant clothes

Wearing unmatchable but comfortable clothes

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…Do you ever see people critiquing specific word usage in novels and wonder if they know that language can be used in fun and figurative ways? And that this is half the joy of writing?

An example off the top of my head - if I say ‘He gave a whisper of a smile’, it does not mean that the smile is literally whispering; it means that the word ‘whisper’ invokes a sense of smallness, due perhaps to subtlety or shyness, and that is something I want connected to your mental envisioning of this dude’s smile. 

Saying ‘But that makes no sense; a smile and a whisper are two different things’ misses the point e n t i r e l y

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don't get me wrong I love unhinged feral disaster characters but may I submit: the calm, collected, master of resting nothing-fazes-me bitchface character gradually being pushed to their breaking point, slowly and agonizingly becoming more deranged as the foundation they've built their worldview, their entire identity, upon crumbles to pieces beneath them, until all that's left is blood and ash and the beast that's lied dormant within the darkest depths of their soul finally, gleefully awakens to unleash absolute fucking hell, mmm yeah that's the good stuff

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Pet peeve: post apocalyptic stuff where there's no more light pollution but the night sky still looks exactly the same as if there were

Hot take but if you're world doesn't have electricity let alone cities worth of light pollution then your night sky should look like this

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Writing is not about 'telling an epic story' or 'making something that will outlive you'. Writing is about going "You know what would be fucking awesome?" and then committing word crimes

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Me: *goes through a genuinely painful or difficult experience*

Me to me: You can use this in your writing

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Heya, I am trying to get back into writeblr but I don't know who I should tag since I've been home for an age. Please interact with the post if you'd like to be tagged in games/questions/basically the fun stuff.

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When you're in the zone and the words just flow but then someone interrupts.

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New to Writeblr

Hello, I'm Alex! I'm a queer writer in my twenties. This is my second attempt at a writing blog.

My current wips include a comicbook series, a script and a novel. I plan on making posts about it and would love to get writing mutuals!

Interact with this post if you're into:

queer stories

anti-establishment stories

art

writing memes

morally gray characters

found family

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A few words to describe Voices

Angelic (Light, soft, calm and considered very beautiful.)

Breathy (Speaking with a lot of audible breathing.)

Brittle (About to cry.)

Croaky (Sounds as if the one speaking has a sore throat.)

Dead (Showing absolutely no emotions.)

Flat (No tone, or in other words, not going up and down.)

Grating (Laughing, but in an annoying/unpleasant way.)

Honeyed (Nice sounding, but untrustworthy.)

Husky (Deep and hoarse in a positive sense.)

Low (Either used to describe quiet or deep voice.)

Monotonous (Boring and unpleasant voice. Changes neither tone, volume nor speed.)

Nasal (Speaking “through the nose”.)

Orotund (Loud and clear.)

Ringing (The same as orotund, loud and clear.)

Rough (Not soft, rasp/hoarse but usually in an unpleasant way compared to husky.)

Shrill (Very high, loud and unpleasant.)

Singsong (Rhythmic, melodic.)

Smoky (Rasp, usually used for a sexy and mysterious sounding voice.)

Thin (Very high, to an uncomfortable degree.)

Throaty (Deep voice and speaking “from the back of your throat” as the word says.)

Wheezy (Speaking while having trouble to breath.)

Wobbly (Nervous, frightened, not confident or about to cry.)

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Shout out to the people not doing Inktober, Flufftober, NaNoWriMo, etc. this year (or any year) for whatever reason.

Because they have prior work commitments (retail/service can be hell this time of year).

Because they’re too busy with school work or exam prep.

Because they’re dealing with chronic conditions and illnesses.

Because they have poor mental health and want to prioritise that.

Have other personal priorities and commitments.

Because they have no ideas or are between projects.

Because they don’t have energy.

Because they just don’t bloody well want to thank you very much.

You aren’t any less valid as an artist/writer/creator, and can’t/shouldn’t be pressured into doing anything you don’t want to do or made to feel bad about it.

This list is not intended to be exclusive or exhaustive, additions are welcomed.

P.S Not intended to be hate on anyone who does actually participate or enjoy these monthly challenges.

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i keep seeing arguments about various types of LGBT media that boil down to "there's too much of [one type of LGBT media], we need more of [other type of LGBT media]" and it's like.... there isn't 'too much' of any kind of lgbt stuff actually