The story I’m currently working on for Camp NaNo is a mystery/ghost story and it’s actually exciting in a different way than coming up with a new story is cause I’ve got no idea what the solution actually is so this is going to be a mystery for all of us uwu ^^

:’D everything i wrote today is lost because apparently when google drive says it saved your progress it actually means “hey, fuck you!”

writtenhastily:

juliawritesbooks:

When you have a new idea for a story, what do you tend to develop first? Characters, plot or the world/premise?

Usually vague ideas of world and character to start, then heavy plot for outlining

ive always found that characters first work best for me!! when characters are sticky (ie they dont leave my head and leave comments in everyday life) i know i have a keeper so i figure out their story, which gives me plot

It starts with a huge blob of vague new ideas mixed with bits from cannibalised old ideas I never used and would never even fit together. I probably have names I want to use before characters, and solid lines before I even know when a story takes place let alone what the story is. It’s like a puzzle of madness and I fill the missing pieces with my tears of confusion until it resembles something coherent that could possibly be described with words that start with real letters and not just vague noises of confusion. Which is when I open a Word document that always starts with “okay so” and write a ten-page wall of text that involves at least seventeen “I don’t know this part yet but something will happen"s and several times more ”(???)“s then I decide everything I’ve ever written is crap, have a twitter meltdown where I shame myself for being weak and a bad writer for at least three days, then I put my entire writings folder in the recycle bin and play 2048 frantically for another two hours while crying hysterically before going to bed and waking up in a bed made of shame under a pillow of regrets.

Then I flesh out a rough plot while on the toilet before work.

notlostonanadventure:

Every month is knife month if you’re not a lil bitch

alyxrae:

universalfanfic:

writing advice: never italicize words to show emphasis! if you’re writing well then the reader will know and you don’t need them!

me: oh really??? listen up, pal, you can just try an pull italics from my cold, dead fingers

I feel this on a spiritual level.

I’m trying to figure out the plot of my story (lol) and it’s now changed so much it’s barely recognisable from the first version and I realise that’s not a bad thing but I always think it’s like different versions of reality that I’m abandoning, versions that could be good but never happen because I never write them. Though if we assume the multiverse theory is correct then I guess those stories exist somewhere out there so you know what scratch this post, good luck for the alternate Tia’s who stuck with previous versions.

Dear Brain,

if I try to story plan for Camp NaNo, will you promise not to literally throw up on yourself?

Thank you!

Love,

Now I want to write a monster story but since I found out the new Tokyo Ghoul airs in April all of my ideas are Tokyo Ghoul.

listening to anime soundtrack for inspiration is both good and bad because i have a million ideas but theyre all different versions of fullmetal alchemist

70, 77, 82, 90, and erm…. I can’t remember numbers! 3, 22, 35, 38, 54. I hope those aren’t weird!

3. Lucky number

I don’t believe in luck. #edgy

22. Do you have any hobbies/activities you like doing?

Everything I enjoy doing I already do as my job #blessed #murder #assassination #weapons #blood

35. Would you sacrifice yourself for the good of everyone else?

Absolutely not, what has “everyone else” ever done for me? I don’t owe them shit.

38. Have you ever gotten sheer joy out of hurting someone else (physically or mentally)? If so, who and why? Did it scare you?

Most of the time I’m paid to kill people I don’t even know but sometimes I get to kill people that owe me money and then that makes me really happy ^^

54. Is there a saying you ascribe to? Is there a saying you think is stupid?

Every saying is stupid, just stop talking altogether.

70. What would be the best possible way you could die?

Huge explosion I didn’t know was going to happen but then it turns out the whole building is rigged by someone who outsmarted me somehow and there’s no way I can get out in time so I just sit down and put up my feet on a table and smirk to myself and then HUGE EXPLOSION

77. What is your idea of paradise?

Chilling with Morlene.

82. Do you like children? Why or why not? How do you react to bratty children? How do you react to children who constantly ask ‘why’? Do you want children? Do you already have children?

I only know one child personally and while they’re cool, my general reaction to other, unknown children is the same as my reaction to most unknown grownups which is removing myself from their vicinity. No thanks. You’re all very annoying and I don’t want to be here.

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