Random thoughts

[Brian Scott Allen]

I just had a dream I was explaining how Moana was a hero's journey type of story to my two year old and he was responding with cogent questions as to why I was and what elements it was missing and how that enhanced the story. In real life he just talks about the fire monster monster fire (curse that claymation video for making him think all villains reverse their names) and how big the monster was.

 

[Writeking]

I just started working on the second draft of my first novel. Wish me luck.

 

[DragonOfTheAerie]

I just started working on the second draft of my first novel. Wish me luck.

Consider luck wished.

 

[DragonOfTheAerie]

Am I the only one who sorts all my characters into Hogwarts houses...?

 

[spectre]

Am I the only one who sorts all my characters into Hogwarts houses...?

millenials...lol

"The eye that sees cannot see itself."

 

[Ireth]

Am I the only one who sorts all my characters into Hogwarts houses...?

Nope! XD I've done that with several of mine.

 

[FifthView]

So I called a snow day for myself. Woke up to an unexpected heavy snow, and I live in a rural area that doesn't get bladed quickly. Will trade today for Saturday as a "make-up" day for myself. Freedom. For now.

 

[Tom]

Why do my worldbuilding notes read like an anthropology textbook?!

(Complete with "this item was used ceremonially because we haven't figured out what it was actually used for" and "we're calling this a fertility idol but really it was probably a sex toy")

 

[Svrtnsse]

The barista at the cafe I'm writing at is wearing a dress that makes her look like a real life version of a character from one of my favourite books, but she's not a reader so the reference would be lost on her. - First world writer problems.

Edit: Kinda like this - complete with the bun on the head.

 

[Chessie]

I seriously can't stop giggling my way through this scene, which can be referred to as "Good Vibrations" (wassup Marky Mark!).

Ugh. Geesh.

 

[FifthView]

Lazy days. During this holiday season I bought myself a decent but inexpensive laptop, and on Friday I received the simple but decent adjustable laptop table I'd ordered, so I'm now sitting in bed writing rather than crouched over my desk. I could get very used to this.

 

[ThinkerX]

Well, I have reached the 'just three more chapters' phase in the WIP. I tell myself: 'just three more chapters. 5000 words tops. I can knock this out in a week.'

Of course, one week, eight thousand words, and three chapters later, I am still telling myself 'just three more chapters.'

But maybe this time will be different. It's the climactic finale. I have to go a bit slow, because of the complexities.

 

[DragonOfTheAerie]

The more time I spend on this site, the more I regret that I don't write medieval-era fantasy and that I'm bored by swords. So many resources that are useless to me...

 

[Ireth]

The more time I spend on this site, the more I regret that I don't write medieval-era fantasy and that I'm bored by swords. So many resources that are useless to me...

The obvious solution, imo, is to stretch your comfort zone a little, and write a medieval fantasy without swords. I'm sure it can be done.

 

[TheCrystallineEntity]

Why use swords when you can use herrings?

 

[Ireth]

Why use swords when you can use herrings?

I hear those are very good for chopping down trees.

 

[DragonOfTheAerie]

The obvious solution, imo, is to stretch your comfort zone a little, and write a medieval fantasy without swords. I'm sure it can be done.

I'm bored by both but I might try it someday...

 

[TheCrystallineEntity]

My fantasy books are probably going to be impossible to categorize. Is it fantasy, but in space? Is it romance? Is it a story about families? Is it a story about stories? What about the slight horror elements?
The only thing my books aren't? Cowboy stories!

 

[DragonOfTheAerie]

My fantasy books are probably going to be impossible to categorize. Is it fantasy, but in space? Is it romance? Is it a story about families? Is it a story about stories? What about the slight horror elements?
The only thing my books aren't? Cowboy stories!

I relate to this. SO. MUCH.

I was writing what I thought was a dystopian/post apocalyptic type tale about an all-girls school for assassins. Now there are immortal wizards and the assassin thing has more or less fallen to the wayside. There are also other random fantasy elements and now I'm taking an unanticipated dive into steampunk. Crud. I should have planned.

The other one is a historical-inspired fantasy that's kinda based on the Lewis and Clark expedition but there are dragons and the native peoples are practitioners of magic. There's a random talking cat.

I feel like I'll end up a Weird Fiction/New Weird author. I always veer toward the surreal and strange and border on horror, and I tend to blend sci-fi and fantasy.

I don't know what I am now...

 

[TheCrystallineEntity]

^I'm a crystal rainbow fairy star angel kitten. There's always at least one cat or cat-like being in every one of my stories, by the way. The horror elements are rather subtle, but there are definitely some creepy parts. For the dark force in Book II, I combined everything that scares me: androids [for her mannerisms], puppets [for her movements], masks [for her blank face], dolls [for her posture and floppy limbs], clocks [for her heartbeat, which the main character can hear], and so forth.