Writing Progress Log 1

Writing Progress Log 1

Seeing if maybe documenting my progress will help me keep writing/editing more consistently, even though no one will read this. Won't even try to pretend this is going to be daily or even weekly, LMAO. I've never found journaling appealing. But it's been suggested that I give it a shot.

So, into log 1:

Currently focusing on one particular WIP, which I'm calling "Traveling Bards" (official name TBD). Currently in the first revision round of the third chapter. My goal is to complete a general rough draft by the end of summer (because I will NOT be able to write as much while in school). Bit ambitious, but considering I'm not intending for this to be some massive saga (more like a light novel/novella tbh), I think it's doable.

It certainly won't be great, but it'll be done, which is when I can start focusing on REALLY editing it out. I generally re-read and edit the chapters after I write the first rough draft, but my main aim on those edits are centered more around the actual story; plot points, scene placements, etc. Things that I genuinely can't move forward from without fixing.

It'll likely need more plot revisions after that anyway, but it's easier to edit a story once it's already, y'know, written, than when you've got little more than a single paragraph and a string of concept notes. I've done that for years, it's yet to get me anywhere, so I'll be trying this method instead. I'll adjust accordingly as time goes.

For now, I can low-key feel writer's block already on the horizon; confused already about how to get from point A to point B (or I guess point C?) and I just know I'll be tearing my hair out about that soon. But for now, I'll focus on revising chapter 3 (and 2, because of a detail I added in 3). I can only hope an idea will come to me by then.

The next logs will probably not be nearly this long, lol.

OC Interview Tag 2

Thanks for the tag, @pandoras-comment-box! I'll be using Luna from Traveling Bards.

What are you most protective of?

Luna: "Dinner."

Can you be trusted with a pet? A house plant?

Luna: "Both, I'd say!"

Iris (from another room): "No the fuck you can't!"

Luna: "What?! Yes I can! I had loads of plants in our old world! The only reason I didn't have a pet was 'cause my apartment had a crazy high pet fee!"

Iris: "Yeah, but all your plants were dead! Mom had to take them from you because you kept forgetting to water them!"

Luna: "Shut up! I was just busy! My work hours sucked!"

Iris (now in the doorway): "Luna can't be trusted with anything that can't audibly communicate. Or punch her in the face."

Luna: *offended gasp*

Do you like sports? Which ones?

Luna: "Sports are alright, but I mean, I've never really been an athlete? I guess martial arts, if that counts. I also working out. Especially now that there's literal magic benefits involved!"

I hope I did this right!

Questions for you:

If you were to wake up in another universe, what's the one thing you would take with you?

What kind of person pisses you off the most?

How often do you dream? Are they usually dream-dreams, or nightmares?

Gently tagging: @mysticstarlightduck, @tailsbeth, @wingedcatastrophe

Looking for active writeblrs to follow!

I just realized that most of the writeblrs I follow aren't posting much anymore. A hazard of being on this site for so long, I guess. I'm particularly interested in:

Original fiction

Fantasy

Weird stuff that defies all categorization

... and everything else, because let's be honest I love all writing

I'm a writer and editor who mostly posts/reblogs writing advice and inspiration, although I occasionally share about my WIPs or recent publications/zines. Interact with this post, or follow me & I'll follow you back. Can't wait to fluff up my dash with new writers and writing! It's been dead much too long.

Find the Word Tag

Thanks for the tag, @mysticstarlightduck! I'll be using mostly Crown of Blood, but with the addition of one extra WIP because I didn't have all four words in a single WIP yet lol.

Rules: find the given words in your WIP and share the excerpt. Then tag others with a list of new words to find!

The words I got were: Glass, Teeth, Red, and Sky

Glass:

 All I could see was the blinding lights of the truck and the hurricane of metal and glass that came after.

Teeth:

I stumble through my routine in my half-awake haze. Teeth, face, hair, clothes. I’m downstairs before my eyes are fully open.

Red:

Aki perked up again at the sound of her name. She stared curiously at the screen as Rosie cooed. Then she decided the tiny redhead in the strange box must not have been a threat and started trying to lick the screen.

Sky:

The sky was overcast, but still bright. Perhaps if it rained, the mess would be easier to clean.

Words for you: Sour, role, blame, and door.

Gently tagging: @helloilovefanfiction, @words-after-midnight, @darkwizardyvamp, @starlitpage

@amaiguri, @paintedbutton, @danielleitloudernow-writes

I WILL NOT apologize for who I will inevitably become once Arcane season 2 drops. This is a warning in itself.

OC in 3

Thanks for the tag, @rivenantiqnerd!!! I'll be using the three sisters from my WIP Traveling Bards.

Luna:

Iris:

Claire:

Gently tagging: @mysticstarlightduck, @vellatra, @da-na-hae, @justnerdy15

@pandoras-comment-box, @kaylinalexanderbooks, @writernopal, and anyone else who wants in!