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Greetings and salutations, everyone! I’ve kinda been lurking in the community for a little while and just finally decided to come out the shadows! Guess I should get to the introduction, huh?

about me

my name’s (allegedly) osana but it’s not like i was there when my birth certificate was being authenticated so who really knows?

i’m 18 and therefore legally an adult but please don’t expect me to be that mature that’s not really how i roll fam

i like to read and write particularly fantasy but i do branch off often enough

i’m a hufflepuff and that’s not necessarily relevant but i had to show my house some love (let’s go badgers!)

i (re-)made this blog mostly because the thing i struggle with most when writing is staying committed and i hoped that surrounding myself with other motivated creators would encourage me to keep writing

my current projects (under the cut)

Hollow Origins series

Genre: YA/NA Fantasy

Trigger Warning: blood & violence, more to be added

This is my main wip. It’s currently in the early outlining stages and I plan for it to be a trilogy but plans are for people the universe likes. It follows Akira, a very curious girl who’s aversion to sweets, supernatural heritage, and inability to stay put leads her to rediscovering a world that, for her sake, was better left alone.

In short, it’s kind of like the unasked for love child of TLoTR, Charmed, and OUAT.

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“what you know isn’t real and what you don’t is a nightmare.”

The Lotus Eaters’ Guide to Freedom

Genre: YA Fiction

Trigger Warning: vulgar language, reference/depiction of “drug” use and addiction, more to be added

Synopsis:  Time waits for no Soul and Life goes on whether one likes it or not. High school seniors: Mara, Asra, Damien, and Jae know this all too well. With the Future approaching too quick for comfort these four teens stumble upon the answer to all their prayers: the Lotus Flower.

Basically, these four teens, all with problems of their own, find an easy escape in a glowing flower that turns out to be more trouble than it’s worth in the end. 

Inspired by the tale of Odysseus and the Lotus Eaters.

It’s technically a stand alone, although I (might) plan to expand it into a series of loosely connected stories.

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“The issue here isn’t that I tricked you! No… No! The issue here is I told you the Lotus Flower was back and you all came running like moths to a flame. Tell me why that is! Huh?”

that concludes my little intro. if you wanna talk or tell me about your own wip, i’d love to hear about it as i’m always looking for new friends and motivation. if you’re shy and just wanna tag me in your wip, i’m fine with that too! i can’t promise you me reblogging will do you any good in exposure but i can promise i’ll bring the positivity!

so uh reblog so i can check you out too!

Bye! Thanks!

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THE LOTUS EATERS’ GUIDE TO FREEDOM

Bountiful flower with beauty diverse do all that touch know of your curse?

GENRE: ya contemporary

POV: third person omniscient

TRIGGER WARNING : use of vulgar language, violence, metaphorical reference/depiction of drug use and addiction, homophobia

SYNOPSIS:  Time waits for no Soul and Life goes on whether one likes it or not. High school seniors: Mara, Asra, Damien, and Jae know this all too well. With the Future approaching too quick for comfort these four teens stumble upon the answer to all their prayers: the Lotus Flower.

CONFIRMED CHARACTERS

Asra Adams—the dreamer

Jaehyung Lee—the nerd

Damien Smith—the false god

Mara Williams—the loner

INSPIRED BY THE TALE OF ODYSSEUS AND THE LOTUS EATERS

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Resource: Writing a Character with Magical Powers

So you want to write a magical character, but you can’t decide on a power, or you’re not sure of the “laws of magic” and how they apply to your specific story. There are many different magical realms in literature, each with a few different qualifications and “rules,” but when it comes to writing your own, here are some basic guides and outlines to forming your magical world, your magical character, and their powerful capabilities; 

General Advice:

Writing Realistically About Magic

How to Create a Unique Magic System For Your Book

How to Write a Character Using Supernatural Powers

Creative Uses of Magic In Your Fantasy Story

Writing Magical Powers

How to Include Magic In Your Story

About Magical and Mythical Creatures

So You Want to Write a Magical Girl Series

The Definite Rules For Writing Magic 

Sanderson’s Laws of Magic

Monsters and Magic: A Sample Character

A Guide to Writing Magic

How to Write Magic

Choosing a Power:

Tips and Ideas to Make Better More Interesting Powers

The Top 5 Magical Powers in Fantasy Fiction

Magic and Powers

List of Supernatural Powers and Magic

The 30 Coolest Superhero Powers

What Magical Ability Should My Character Have?

Remember, even witches and wizards are human, so you’ll need to spend just as much time developing their internal characterization as you’ll do creating their powers. 

Tips for developing mythologies in your stories:

Find something that naturally occurs in your story. Every myth has a basis in nature. Some cultures create myths to explain the occurrence of something that happen in everyday life. 

Not all myths are religious based. They can be as simple as a Just-So Story in which something is created just by someone doing an everyday thing and it becomes a sensation.

It becomes more relatable if told by word of mouth. Many cultures have a colorful oral history. Most cultures even have a professional storytellers, many of which sing and perform the myths of the cultures they represent.

Many myths involve strange creatures. These creatures almost always have different symbolic meanings in every culture. Usually these creature are based on the fauna of the culture.

Myths have a grain of truth somewhere inside them. However ridiculous they may seem, they are almost always rooted in history.

As annoying as it may seem, myths can be political. Kings, queens, and political leaders are sometimes seen as avatars of gods and goddesses. The more powerful, divine, and immortal they look the better.

Myths have a lesson to teach. They often are cautious tales told to protect people from themselves or from thing they would not understand. That is why many locals avoid haunted places. They know the myths by heart.

Myths can be a way to control. Mythologies have a way of convincing humans to do things based on their emotions, most notably fear, death, pain, love and sex.

Some mythologies represent the everyday person. There almost always has to be a comparison between extremes to show the weakness of mankind.

Myths do overlap with religions and legends. A diverse culture should have a healthy mix of all three to keep it interesting.

Don’t forget the rituals involved in the myths. Myths are tricky and can be as superstitious as throwing salt over your shoulder. Even the little details are important.

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