Me: *Furiously Googling about who knows what*
Also me: You write fantasy, you know that, right?
Me:
do you ever think of something when you’re trying to sleep and tell yourself “I can write it down in the morning”?
I have, and every time I do im just lying to myself again
I’m not crying, there’s onions
I am crying
no, i just hate writing sometimes
If anyone asks me what I’m writing, I will say nothing. But in a conversation that I can use to talk about my writing, I will take that opportunity.
Is really difficult. Give yourself a break every once in a while. I’ve been on break from starting writing my main wip for over a year, and I still procrastinate the hell out of it. Writing takes time. Let it happen on its own
Intro!
Hi! I’m not revealing my actual name on here, but y’all can call me Azre! I use they/them pronouns mainly, but am fine with anything that isn’t she/her.
I enjoy theatre, acting, drawing (mostly digital), Dungeons & Dragons, writing, singing (somewhat), and language learning.
My first language is English, but I do speak some Spanish and am learning French. (If anyone wants to talk in either of those but can still talk in English I’d enjoy that!)
When the normal brain says sleep but the neurodivergent brain says “okay, but…” and proceeds to give a fuck ton of ideas to fill in p(l)otholes in the book
they work half the time. It would also be useful if I could remember them. And which story they belong to out of the three I haven’t abandoned yet
Person I’m talking about my writing to: That’s so cool! Can I see it?
Me: the thing is…. It’s spread over ten documents that I haven’t touched in like, six months and I’ve been super focused on making the magic system work so some characters aren’t complete gods because of lucky family lineage.
Person: …
Me: And I haven’t actually started writing the plot.
"If I were orpheus I wouldn't look back"
But we look back everyday- rechecking emails, making sure a friend is still behind you, checking to see if you remebered to pick up your keys. It's second nature, a habit of care.
It was second nature for him too. He looked back, not out of weakness, but love. For what is love, if not to look back?
Something I love about writing fantasy that includes multiple nations/kingdoms/cultures is the small character interactions between people from different places
An example from my own work is the way two people from different kingdoms drink tea. One puts the leaves in the cup and pours the hot water over it, and the other steeps the leaves in the pot. The one who has the leaves in the cup always explained it as “if someone doesn’t want tea, they can have hot water instead.” And the other kind of just, watches thinking, “this is odd, but it’s genius”
So yeah, cultural differences lead to fun character interactions
(I deal with this irl through teaching my white friends how to eat Asian food)
it’s even worse if they have similar characteristics, like same hair color or smth similar.
I write a lot sibling scenes, it’s painful
„The hardest thing to write is heartbreak/the end/ect.“
Nah man, the hardest thing to write is a long scene about two people with same gender, without overusing their name. That is hardcore.
Writer, Queer, Artist, they/he, MinorToo. Many. God. Damn. FandomsI post on Mondays (mostly)
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