My Current Story Is Being Rewritten For The... I Have No Idea What Number It Is. My Favorite Part Of

My current story is being rewritten for the... I have no idea what number it is. My favorite part of writing this story is when the main character is just pronouns. Her original version took many, many paragraphs to get her name in. I have personal symbolism for doing this, and I can explain this later if anyone is curious.

For example, if I rewrite this story how it currently is, it takes two whole chapters to get her name. If it were up to me, she'd never be named. She'd just exist as pronouns. This would be intentionally done. Not because she doesn't have a name, but because that is how her narration is.

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1 month ago

DETAILS ABOUT OCS !

send an emoji/description of emoji to learn more about a writer's oc! many of these are taken from my munday asks meme, because i thought it would be fun to make a version for characters too! the prompts are categorized by emoji type and given descriptions in case anyone can't see the symbols. can be used for roleplayers and any general writers alike! for roleplayers, these can also be used for your interpretations of canon characters if you so desire as well!

๐Ž๐๐‰๐„๐‚๐“๐’. ๐Ÿ’ญ THOUGHT BALLOON โ€” what is your oc's MBTI, enneagram, and/or other personality aspects (if known/interested in)? ๐Ÿš— CAR โ€” does your oc have a driver's license? can they drive/operate any automobiles/machinery besides cars? โœˆ๏ธ AIRPLANE โ€” does your oc like traveling, or do they consider themselves a more homey person? ๐ŸŽฎ VIDEO GAME CONTROLLER โ€” what are three of your oc's favorite hobbies? ๐Ÿ’ RING โ€” does your oc have any piercings? do they want any (more) piercings? ๐Ÿ–Š๏ธ BALLPOINT PEN โ€” does your oc have any tattoos? do they want any (more) tattoos? ๐Ÿ“š BOOKS โ€” what level of education has your oc most recently completed/is currently in (GED, undergraduate, grad school, phd, etc)? ๐ŸŽป VIOLIN โ€” does your oc play any instruments? what is their skill level (beginner/intermediate/advanced/virtuoso/etc)? ๐Ÿฉน ADHESIVE BANDAGE โ€” does your oc have any physical and/or mental disabilities? ๐Ÿฉธ DROP OF BLOOD โ€” what is your oc's blood type?

๐’๐˜๐Œ๐๐Ž๐‹๐’. ๐ŸŽถ MUSICAL NOTES โ€” what type of music does your oc like? do they listen to music very often? ๐Ÿ’ฏ HUNDRED POINTS SYMBOL โ€” share three random facts about your oc that others may not know. ๐Ÿ’ค SLEEPING SIGN โ€” is your oc a light sleeper or a heavy sleeper? how are their sleeping habits? ๐Ÿ”ฑ TRIDENT EMBLEM โ€” can your oc swim? do they enjoy swimming? ๐Ÿ”บ RED TRIANGLE POINTED UP โ€” does your oc know how to use any weapons? ๐Ÿ”ถ LARGE ORANGE DIAMOND โ€” does your oc know cpr? do they have any other medical expertise? ๐Ÿšซ PROHIBITED โ€” does your oc drink/smoke? do they do it regularly, or is it more on occasion or for special events?

๐๐€๐“๐”๐‘๐„. ๐ŸŒˆ RAINBOW โ€” what is your oc's sexual orientation/gender identity? what pronouns do they use? ๐ŸŽ„ CHRISTMAS TREE โ€” what is your oc's favorite holiday? ๐Ÿถ DOG FACE โ€” does your oc have any pets? ๐Ÿˆ CAT โ€” does your oc prefer a wide circle of friends or a few close friends? ๐Ÿท PIG FACE โ€” what is your oc's favorite animal? ๐Ÿ‰ DRAGON โ€” what is your oc's favorite mythical creature? ๐Ÿƒ LEAVES FLUTTERING IN WIND โ€” what is/was your oc's favorite subject in school? ๐ŸŒด PALM TREE โ€” does your oc have a green thumb? do they enjoy gardening? ๐ŸŽ RED APPLE โ€” where was your oc born? do they still live in/around their place of birth or do they live somewhere else? how do they feel about their birthplace?

๐‡๐„๐€๐‘๐“๐’. โค๏ธ RED HEART โ€” what are three of your oc's positive traits? ๐Ÿค WHITE HEART โ€” what are three of your oc's neutral/questionable traits? ๐Ÿ’” BROKEN HEART โ€” what are three of your oc's negative traits? ๐Ÿ’˜ HEART WITH ARROW โ€” what and/or who do(es) your oc consider the most important to them? ๐Ÿงก ORANGE HEART โ€” does your oc tend to prioritize family or friends? ๐Ÿ’› YELLOW HEART โ€” how many languages does your oc speak? what language(s) are they learning, if any? ๐Ÿ’š GREEN HEART โ€” does your oc prefer being inside or outside? ๐Ÿ’™ BLUE HEART โ€” does your oc have any cool/special powers and/or abilities? how are they with magic, if it exists in their world? ๐Ÿ’œ PURPLE HEART โ€” what is your oc's ancestry/genetic background? ๐Ÿ–ค BLACK HEART โ€” has your oc killed or seriously wounded anyone before? have they broken someone's heart and/or broken someone's trust?

๐…๐Ž๐Ž๐ƒ๐’. ๐ŸŽ‚ BIRTHDAY CAKE โ€” when is your oc's birthday? how old are they? what are their sun, moon, & rising signs (if known)? what about their tarot card, ruling planet, & ruling number (if known)? do they fit the typical traits of these sun, moon, & rising signs? ๐Ÿ SPAGHETTI โ€” what is/are your oc's favorite food(s)? ๐Ÿฐ SHORTCAKE โ€” what is/are your oc's favorite sweet(s)/dessert(s)? ๐Ÿฆ SOFT ICE CREAM โ€” what is/are your oc's favorite ice cream flavor(s)? ๐Ÿ” HAMBURGER โ€” is your oc good at cooking? are they good at baking? which one do they prefer? ๐Ÿฅฏ BAGEL โ€” what does your oc's typical breakfast look like? do they usually eat breakfast? ๐Ÿฅช SANDWICH โ€” what does your oc's typical lunch look like? do they usually eat lunch? ๐Ÿ› CURRY AND RICE โ€” what does your oc's typical dinner look like? do they usually eat dinner? ๐Ÿธ COCKTAIL GLASS โ€” what is your oc's favorite alcoholic drink, if they can drink? โ˜•๏ธ HOT BEVERAGE โ€” does your oc prefer coffee, tea, hot chocolate, milk, water, or some other drink? how do they like to take this drink (ex. coffee with milk, hot chocolate with whipped cream, a specific kind of tea, etc)?

๐๐„๐Ž๐๐‹๐„. ๐Ÿ˜Š SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES โ€” what are your oc's career/general life desires? what do they want to get the most out of life? ๐Ÿ˜– CONFOUNDED FACE โ€” is your oc an introvert, an extrovert, or an ambivert? do they let people in easily, or are they more reserved? ๐Ÿค” THINKING FACE โ€” what are some of your oc's quirks/mannerisms? ๐Ÿง FACE WITH MONOCLE โ€” is your oc more logical or emotional? ๐Ÿค“ SMILING FACE WITH GLASSES โ€” is your oc chatty or quiet? are they at ease in social situations, or are they more shy? ๐Ÿคฉ FACE WITH STARRY EYES โ€” is your oc a planner, or are they more spontaneous in their actions? ๐Ÿ˜ฅ SAD BUT RELIEVED FACE โ€” is your oc prone to getting stressed out, or is it easy for them to keep their cool? ๐Ÿ˜“ DOWNCAST FACE WITH SWEAT โ€” is your oc open-minded or stubborn? are they inquisitive or do they prefer to keep to their bubble of knowledge? ๐Ÿ˜ž DISAPPOINTED FACE โ€” does your oc attract others, or do they tend to be left alone? ๐Ÿค’ FACE WITH THERMOMETER โ€” does your oc get sick easily? ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ FAMILY WITH MOTHER, FATHER, SON AND DAUGHTER โ€” how many people are in your oc's immediate family? how many people are in your oc's extended family? do they have aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, etc? who in their family are they closest with? are they close with their birth family, or do they have a found family?

1 month ago

fuck it, reblog to give the person you rb'ed this from a freshly baked buttery croissant.

3 months ago

I know her skin looks tan, but that's mostly because I hate trying to make skin color accurate.

I Know Her Skin Looks Tan, But That's Mostly Because I Hate Trying To Make Skin Color Accurate.
I Know Her Skin Looks Tan, But That's Mostly Because I Hate Trying To Make Skin Color Accurate.

Also, I made these years ago. The sitting pose was stolen, I think? Obviously, her design has changed slightly, but the overall look is there. One is cropped to hide her name because I can.

My main oc has me bsing my way through blacksmithing...

Anyway, she is a lovely, tall young woman who finds a passion in being aggressively protective of things, like her family or a village/community. Her narration reveals that she sees herself as disposable, which is also why I make a certain narration choice with her that becomes quite apparent initially. As her view of herself shifts from negative to positive, she starts seeing herself as a main character, which shows in the narration style.

She has a power she despises despite using it when she needs to--on animals, not people. She got traumatized the one time that happened. She covers her eyes due to her power, although she can still see. It's just that a thin cloth prevents her power from harming others. Anyway, her senses are extremely enhanced because of her power, leading to her narration mentioning her hearing sounds and such more often than not.

She got used by her birth world, which led to her fleeing and living in the woods for a year (which, in her world, is equivalent to two of our years). After which, she is brought to her chosen world. She's my little baby.

1 month ago

The main character is absurdly powerful even ignoring the magic thing, buuuuutttttt trauma does things ig. :>

From the behind the scenes game:

โ—"how many WIPs do you have?"

๐Ÿ–Š๏ธ"how does your magic system work?"

Thanks for the ask!

Currently, I have one primary WIP (Temporarily titled Stars Of The Sky) and in the upper end of twenty that I sometimes return to and add on to, but those are primarily fanfiction, aside from one.

I do have a secondary WIP that I return to, which has more of a magic system than my current primary, which is the one that I will talk about for the magic system.

In the world of Sightless, the WIP that I have a planned magic system for, people are born with a set amount of magic power. Everyone has some amount of it, but not everyone is given the same amount, and no one can increase the amount. Most people barely have enough to enchant an item, which is the majority of the populace. The next level are those who can enchant items but can't cast a spell. Then are those who can cast spells.

One can increase how efficient they are with their magic power through repeated use, but for those who cannot use it at all, as in, those who can't even enchant items, this route is not possible. Of course, there are limits to the use.

The first stage of magic overuse is blindness. For those with higher healing factors, this goes away, but for most mages, this is the end of their vision. This doesn't mean the permanently blind cannot cast magic at all, but they would be relegated to being healers and farming spells. The stage beyond blindness, if a mage ignores the blindness, is heart attacks. For the more resilient mages, or those with healers nearby, they live. For most, they don't.

There are exceptions to the rules, but not for reasons most would expect.

The main character, for example, wasn't born in the world with this magic system, but she has quite the large magic power pool. She is also fairly resistant to the drawbacks of magic overuse due to having quite the fast healing rate without magic. She's also one of few whose occupation doesn't match her magic pool, as she's a guard/blacksmith, not a mage. Guards and blacksmiths tend to fall in the enchant but not cast spell range, and she can fairly easily cast spells without giving it much thought.

Her twin brother, Astro, works as a merchant, but he has a relatively good magic pool, falling in the enchant but no spells range, and he has less reason to use magic than his sister.

Their adoptive brother completely lacks magic power. Which is unheard of.

As for magic types, there are quite a few. Enchants and spells have the same types, but the range of effect is limited for enchants.

There are

Cultivation spells, which increase yield in harvest and mining

Fire, which has everything to do with fire (including fireballs)

Water, which is everything to do with water, but not ice

Steam, which occurs when mages or enchanters use both fire and water spells/enchants at the same time

Ice, which is everything to do with ice, including different shapes and temperatures

Holy, which includes healing, undo curses, and light

Dark, which includes poison, curses, and darkness

Holy and dark also include incantations for either banishing the presence of dark gods or evoking a dark god

Earth, which works with rock and soil

Location, which involves teleportation, locating, and gravity related things.

And many others.

There can be blending, as noted with steam, but one has to be careful not to mix the wrong elements because things can go wrong. Extremely wrong.

Yeah, Sightless has a lot just in the magic. That is ignoring the possible classification of powers as magic, in which case... That would be too much to get into.

Hope that satisfies any curiosity. Might add a magic system to my current WIP, but I haven't yet.

3 weeks ago

Saw you liked my lastest post so I'm here to spread a little love and support! Love your work btw keep it up!!

Here you go! List 5 things that make you happy, then put this message in the askbox for the last 10 people who liked or reblogged something from you! ๐Ÿ’š

Oo positivity! Lovely!

I am going to overcomplicate the heck out of this just for fun.

Five things I like...

Off the top of my head, reading, writing, drawing, music, and being alone. But liking them doesn't necessarily mean they make me happy.

I like where I travel mentally when reading, and it makes me happy to be in fantasy land when I am reading. Away from the real world and the chaos.

I like creating a world when I write and draw, but the process is hard. Can't exactly get immediate results with either of them, and I will complain a ton, but the results make me happy.

Music ends up being another distraction from the real world and all the chaos, which I like. But listening to music doesn't necessarily make me happy. I just do it.

Being alone is another escape from life. There's something peaceful in it. But it makes me bored more than happy.

So there are two things that make me happy. Traveling to fantasy land while reading and the results of creating through drawing and writing.

I suppose I also love overcomplicating things, such as this response to such a simple question.

So there is three.

Getting compliments on my work or ideas makes me happy for a few moments, which I suppose counts.

Watching anime is fun. Unless it is a sad anime, then it makes me sad, or I don't enjoy it. I suppose watching anime I enjoy makes me happy.

So fantasy-land through reading, the results of creating through drawing and writing, overcomplicating things, compliments on my work or ideas, and anime make me happy.

There's five!


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1 month ago

Oo a tag

Uhm I don't have a lot of OC information out there so this would end up being the ultimate guessing game. So- Even I won't know the true answer or if the answer is canon to my own story.

Who is the most likely to be able to communicate with the Ancient God that they were named after?

Explanation: The Ancient Gods are not known to communicate with Named humans, as most Named do not do things that fall within the realm of the God's abilities that the Gods take as worshiping them. For example, if an Apollo became a doctor, he would be honoring Apollo (The God of Prophecy, Music, Healing, and Disease of the world of Stars of The Sky) because he would be healing, but an Apollo on a slaughter spree would not be. The things that fall within their realm of abilities are similar to what the Greek Gods' abilities control/lie in.

--God-named are not known to have the ability to commune with their Gods because the conditions are hard to meet--

God-named are those named after the Ancient Gods, and will be referred to as Named. Those who aren't named after the Ancient Gods are the Unnamed.

Hades - The protagonist with a strong opinion, raised to lead in her Clan. Her Personal God and the Ancient God (of her world, which I stole from the Greeks) is Hades, her Clan's believed-in God of Dead, Death, and the Underworld. She prays to her God daily, condemns those who wish to become immortal through rituals that would break the natural cycle of life and death, and she (for the sake of protecting others) puts people to death.

Ares - The main antagonist(Maybe) who believes in Named supremacy. Named after the Stars of the Sky God of War, Battlelust, Courage, and Civil order, Ares. He wants to incite a mass genocide of the Unnamed, unite all the Named, and get with Hades (That's his side quest).

Eros - A side character who has bedded more women and men than he has fingers and toes. He's named after the God of Lust, Attraction, and Sexual Desire. He's definitely slept with many people, he's gotten people together with other people, and he's a very natural flirt.

Tagging @aalinaaaaaa and @illarian-rambling

And anyone else who wishes to join.

Match the OC to their backstory!

This is an idea I had for a new tag game, and it's pretty self-explanatory. First, an event or backstory snippet is listed, then a list of characters and reasons why it could have happened to them, then you have to guess which oc it happened to. If you already know the correct answer, you may guess that, but you can't say anything like "oh, I know it's XYZ because of XYZ."

I'm starting off with characters from Sisters of Vipers with this one, but I would like to do another one with more of my other ocs!

Who was left orphaned after their wealthy parents died tragically when they were an infant?

Mola - a teenage girl who was adopted after being found, seemingly abandoned, on a beach when she was a baby. Everyone always talks about how she looks identical to a rich woman who died.

Serpent - The powerful leader of a mysterious secret trading ring. Negotiates with lords and ladies of the land and lives in a gigantic manor house.

Bahnkil- an anxiety prone man who had a strained relationship with his uncle. His uncle was very rich and influential.

Tagging @alinacapellabooks + @kiennwrites and anyone else who wants to do this!


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2 weeks ago

Please Reblog is Your Blog is Safe for Non-Binary People.

If my mutuals canโ€™t rb this then we canโ€™t be mutuals

2 weeks ago

a writing competition i was going to participate in again this year has announced that they now allow AI generated content to be submitted

their reasoning being that "we couldn't ban it even if we wanted to, every writer already uses it anyway"

"Every writer"?

come on

3 weeks ago

If you send ask from this, please include question and number/emoji. Save me the guessing game.

An ask game for writers to procrastinate working on you WIP(s)

I am also procrastinating actually writing. If youโ€™ve multiple works in progress you can give a different answer every time!

๐ŸฆˆTell us the name of your/ one of your WIP(s)

๐Ÿ„Decriscribe your wip/one of your wips in the format of โ€œ___ + ___ =___โ€ ย 

๐ŸŒWhat tags or warnings will your / one of your wip(s) need if you intend to share it?

๐ŸงญAn alternative title to your/ one of your WIP(s)?

โš ๏ธWhich wip your most likely to finish or update next?

๐Ÿ’พWhat is your document of your wip/ a wip called? (not the stories actual title but what youโ€™ve saved it as)

๐Ÿ–Post Any sentence from your wip

โ™ป๏ธA scrapped idea for your current WIP

๐Ÿค”Whatโ€™s a story youโ€™d love to write but havenโ€™t even started yet?

๐ŸคกHow many Wips are you actively working on?

๐Ÿ› Is there a scene or anything in the WIP you are struggling with right now?

โค๏ธNot a question, just a second kudos to send.

Enjoy!


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3 weeks ago

I have this habit of saving things I want to reblog to my drafts to reblog at a later date, sometimes because I want to write thoughts to reblog things with, sometimes because I see something interesting and want to save it where it wouldn't be buried in my likes. But then it gets lost in my drafts so I'm just juggling I guess.


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