In An Effort To Write More, I've Made A Plan For April. I'll Write A Short Story/drabble With A Word

In an effort to write more, I've made a plan for April. I'll write a short story/drabble with a word and at least one of my characters every day. If anyone has any specific OCs for a word/day you can send in an ask or reply in a post that I will make so it doesn't spam this post

tl;dr I'm writing using these words and one of my characters everyday for April

April Prompts 🐞

Word prompts to use for doodling or writing

ladybug

basket

pastels

easter egg

sunlit

berry red

river

nature

kitchen table

basil

seeds

fireflies

windmill

smiling

daisy

art supplies

nest

caterpillar

skyline

dessert

bicycle

vegetable garden

friends

clouds

hot-air balloon

games

soft breeze

dates

mushrooms

teasing

Ohh these look so cool!

okay, so I’m trying out the @cecilsstorycorner​ method of drawing fake screenshots for your wip, and I’m-

I’m freaking out over here, I love it-

(will keep adding to this post as I set up more roughs)

Hii! Your WIP is very cool, and I've been enjoying your poetry too so... A, N, and Y for the ask game?

thank you and hello to you too!

A: Does writing energize or exhaust you?

i like to think it energizes me? i really get into it and do nothing else for days, but then i get a creative drought afterwards so... a bit of both!

N: Do you hide secrets/easter eggs in your books?

sort of! it’s a little more like “if this one specific person happens to read this, they will know what i’m talking about” or “if the reader has really been paying attention, then they’ll see that this is similar to that” or things like that.

Y: Are your characters based off of people you know? Yourself? Or no one at all?

they’re mostly based off of vibes, and then i throw a bit of me or someone i know to add some depth. in an older wip i got this idea for a person who is really shy and sweet and suffers a tragic loss, but they way he deals with it is a bit like myself. and i guess one of them came to me in a dream :)

in response to this ask game

A, F and L And I'm not sure if I've explicitly mentioned this before, but I adore Over Land and Sea, or at least what I've sean of it(pun :D)

Thank you for the ask Eve! And I am so glad that you’re liking Over Land and Sea, I’m having so much fun with it and yeah, I’m glad you like it!!

A: Does writing energize or exhaust you?

Normally writing energizes me! I’ve written for a long period and then I walk out of my room and I’m shaking in excitement for what I just wrote. One time, I had to stop writing for dinner and I had been so engrossed with what I was writing that I could hardly eat cause I was so on edge to get back to it. 

Lately, though, it’s been exhausting cause I just haven’t been able to find the motivation and time seems to drag on with every word I type, but that’s not a normal thing so let’s hope it goes away soon!

F: Do you prefer to write stand-alones or series?

Normally I like to write stand-alones, but sometimes I just have way too many ideas that I just have to make it a series to fit everything. So it all depends on the story.

L: How do you select the names of your characters?

Name generators and baby naming websites. 

Boring, I know. But I go through lists of 100 names and I’ll quickly read through and only one name will stick with me. The name that does is the name I pick. Then I go to a different list and do the same thing. 

The thing with relying on my memory is that my mind is focusing on the personality of the character and then the name the stands out is the name that gives the vibe of the character and thus become the character. 

The one thing I don’t do is giving my characters names of people I know in real life. If I do, my mind won’t think of the character, it’ll think of the real person. And that’s not what I want. 

In response to this ask game!!

Oh they're so cute!! I love them

[ID: a happy person with brown skin, vivid green eyes, and dark curly hair poses in an oversized wolf onesie. A jack-o-lantern-shaped bucket of Halloween candy hangs off their arm. end ID]

Every time I draw my beloved gentlethem Aspen, their hair gets longer, and I’m okay with that.

Anywhere, here- have a Halloween-ready Aspen for your evening, loves!

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