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just casually looking at cool daggers for my book ;)
don’t mind me, im just casually creating a steampunk-ish world with a dark academia school with a sunshine, witty mystery boy and a grumpy, light mean girl <3
if you would like to learn more, feel free to send an ask!!!
the urge to find a way to incorporate dragons into my book
when he declares war to protect his arranged wife's honor>>>>>>
there's something about creating a whole language with it's own rules that just gets ya going
took the soldier, poet, king test as my characters:
kaz (the warrior prince):
wren (the foreign princess):
does anyone have any idea how to write (hand-to-hand AND weapon) sparring scenes?
didn't cry when i killed her. but i'm crying while writing about her grieving family????? how does that make sense?
y'alllllllllll i just accidentally foreshadowed smth in my book and it's going harddddddd
oh my gosh guys im almost to 16k words!!!!!
“This is the main juawim, which is the market,” I tell him. I glance over to see that he’s not looking at anything in the market. He’s looking at me. I feel my face get hot. “What?” I ask with a nervous laugh.
He shakes his head, trying to hold back a smile. “Nothing. Just listening to you talk.”
the chemistry she has with his dude who isn't who she's even gonna get with is crazy. why did i write them like this? (i know exactly why, i'm just playing innocent)
Oh wow, look at these very pretty apples. How pretty. Super pretty. Let’s focus on that and not the fact that I’m pretty sure he’s trying to flirt with me.
honestly so relatable
“I hope you realize, Queen Moriah, I am only doing this because my people are now mixed with your citizens and I have sworn to protect them until my last breath. That is the only reason.”
“I expect nothing less from you, Kazen. You’re doing your people and mine a great service.”
“Don’t mistake it for doing you a service,” I warn. I turn on my heel and, just before I exit the throne room, I glance over my shoulder. “I want a memorial service for my people. So they can mourn those you killed.”
“I did not kill them,” comes the Queen’s tight response.
Furious, I turn. “Maybe not personally, but you were the one to give the order. Not the General, certainly not Lord Deleon. You. Give me and my people a memorial service or I will personally ensure your entire kingdom turns their backs on you,” I snarl.
The Queen stands. “Is that a threat?” she demands.
“It’s not a threat. It’s a promise.”
With that, I leave the throne room.
this scene>>>>>>>
maybe i'm laying it on too thick. maybe (it'd be kinda funny) my readers are just gonna be like "*eye roll* this dude is such a suck up" idk. *i* know hes a suck up, but will my readers? i hope not. idk
that sounds soooo dead opposite. i hope they can't tell he's a suck up but they might be able to bc i may be laying it on too thick.
Y'ALL SHOULD I ADD GHOSTS TO MY STORY?
like not "you can see me?" kinda ghosts. the kinds that can like- blow out a candle to lyk they're there. the kind that everyone talks about having. no, you can't see them, but yk they're there
Jiro looks at me and coughs. “What- what, uh… happened to you?”
“My mother says I ‘look like the Prince I was born to be.’”
“You look like a swollen grape,” he snorts.
with or without context, this is still funny and iconic idc what you say
I have finished Part One of the second draft!!!!!!! we are just shy of 18k and going into Part Two
guys omg omg omg
i just found my first draft (it's hand written) and where i'm at in the second draft at SEVENTY pages, is where page TWENTY-EIGHT was in my first draft
just found this gem in my first draft and i'm sitting here with my mouth hanging open.
"Why are you the Heir?"
I don't have to ask what she means. "The first born of the Queen is the Heir, be it a bastard or retard."
LIKE WHAT. I DON'T REMEMBER SLIPPING THAT IN THERE AT ALL
having beta readers is so fun bc you're basically getting a view of how they would annotate your book