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My son is chosen

To do list:

1. Finish chapter 49

2. Post writing snippet

Posting my list here to see if it’ll actually help me check these things off 😂

For me it’s kinda similar to yours. It’s especially hard because I have all of these characters and I have to make sure they all have their own unique perspectives/way of viewing the world. I think my issue comes from the fact that I started off with fanfic, so I’ve never really had OC’s before (not for an entire novel). So I’ve never had to worry about personal characterization and development.

so, writeblr, humor me:

we see a ton of writing advice here in this corner of tumblr, and i know we do take them with a grain of salt, but what advice do you wish you can follow but particularly have difficulty doing so?

let me start!

For me, I like the advice of "using your own voice into your writing". This was one of the first few pieces of advice I came across when I first started to write seriously, and I know it's more applicable when writing personal essays, but I feel like it's harder to apply on short stories or novels. It requires getting into your character's head and writing it down in a way that makes the voice theirs but also still yours. More so if you've decided to use third-person.

I for one particularly enjoy written works that have distinct voices and personalities, which is probably why I also want to emulate it in my writing.

The problem is that I think my personality itself is too boring (affectionately) to have its own voice. This dilemma is one of the many reasons why I often get stuck in chapters, because "the words aren't coming out right" or what-not.

So, if you have time, what's yours? Feel free to tell me in the replies / asks / reblogs!

I'm bored and procrastinating my own wips as well as schoolwork so if any writeblrs out there are okay with me making moodboards about their wips or oc's please reblog this post or send an ask