skull_bearer | Apr. 13th, 2018

Apr. 13th, 2018

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Hey DL fans! We’ve got our own Discord server!

(If you don’t use Discord or know what it is, not to worry! Directions can be found below!)

If you’re new, hop on over here! You’ll want to download the app to your desktop (or Mac) and create an account. Discord is free to use and you can jump into any server you have an open link for. It’s also available as an app in both Google Play and the Mac App Store (also free, but you’ll want to log out to conserve battery when you’re not using it).

Once you register a new account, you’ll be on the homepage of the Discord App. From there, you’ll want to click [this].

Boom, you’re in!

(If you don’t want to download the app, you can simply click on the bracketed link above and join with a nickname in Discord’s browser option, but this method isn’t quite as stable. You might lose the room and your username if you clear your cache or browsing history!)

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moiracolleenodell:

wtffundiefamilies:

hymnsofheresy:

mysticismmess:

frislander:

@mysticismmess @hymnsofheresy this is us right here, isn’t it?

I only spread minor trinitarian heresies 💅🏻💅🏻💅🏻

I mean…….those plot points aren’t even THAT heretical fjsbsbdhdhxhxj.

This Catholic approves.

@vaspider

I envy your rabbi.

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promptsforthestrugglingauthor:

rmeisel:

1. Favorite place to write.
2. Favorite part of writing.
3. Least favorite part of writing.
4. Do you have writing habits or rituals?
5. Books or authors that influenced your style the most.
6. Favorite character you ever created.
7. Favorite author.
8. Favorite trope to write.
9. Least favorite trope to write.
10. Pick a writer to co-write a book with and tell us what you’d write about.
11. Describe your writing process from scratch to finish.
12. How do you deal with self-doubts?
13. How do you deal with writers block?
14. What’s the most research you ever put into a book?
15. Where does your inspiration come from?
16. Where do you take your motivation from?
17. On avarage, how much writing do you get done in a day?
18. What’s your revision or rewriting process like?
19. First line of a WIP you’re working on.
20. Post a snippet of a WIP you’re working on.
21. Post the last sentence you wrote in one of your WIP’s.
22. How many drafts do you need until you’re satisfied and a project is ultimately done for you?
23. Single or multi POV, and why?
24. Poetry or prose, and why?
25. Linear or non-linear, and why?
26. Standalone or series, and why?
27. Do you share rough drafts or do you wait until it’s all polished? 28. And who do you share them with?
29. Who do you write for?
30. Favorite line you’ve ever written.
31. Hardest character to write.
32. Easiest character to write.
33. Do you listen to music when you’re writing?
34. Handwritten notes or typed notes?
35. Tell some backstory details about one of your characters in your story ________.
36. A spoiler for story _________.
37. Most inspirational quote you’ve ever read or heard that’s still important to you.
38. Have you shared your outline of your story ________ with someone? If so, what did they think of it?
39. Do you base your characters of real people or not? If so, tell us about one.
40. Original Fiction or Fanfiction, and why?
41. How many stories do you work on at one time?
42. How do you figure out your characters looks, personality, etc.
43. Are you an avid reader?
44. Best piece of feedback you’ve ever gotten.
45. Worst piece of feedback you’ve ever gotten.
46. What would your story _______ look like as a tv show or movie? 47. Do you start with characters or plot when working on a new story?
48. Favorite genre to write in.
49. What do you find the hardest to write in a story, the beginning, the middle or the end?
50. Weirdest story idea you’ve ever had.
51. Describe the aesthetic of your story _______ in 5 sentences or words.
52. How did writing change you?
53. What does writing mean to you?
54. Any writing advice you want to share?

Anyone who reblogs this from me, I’ll send a question to in return! I know we all share these sort of things from time to time, and it’s pretty disappointing when no one asks.

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25. Linear or non-linear, and why? Linear. I sometimes go back and do a prelude to a fic, but usually fics come out in the order in which the events happen.

30. Favorite line you’ve ever written. I have no idea. There are so many. I do reread a lot of my fics to enjoy the bits I got really really right. I could give you my favourite line per fic, or maybe per chapter.

44. Best piece of feedback you’ve ever gotten. The massive essay Greenedera sent me over Ivory, Blood and Ebony. Blame her for getting my writing that fic again, that and the person who sent me the link to the DL discord :p

50. Weirdest story idea you’ve ever had. A weird ass Harry Potter fic based on the dream I had in which Voldemort fought a blue goblin. I wrote it, posted it for a while on ff.nt, and eventually took it down since it made no sense at all.

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1. Favorite place to write. On my beanbag opposite my computer. I write on my laptop while I have something easy to watch in the background.

3. Least favorite part of writing. Getting started. Once I have an ‘in’ the story’s fine, but getting in is the hard part.

5. Books or authors that influenced your style the most. One book. The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I gave it to the head of my Creative Writing course saying ‘this book makes you write better after you read it!’ the next year it was part of the course material. What a book.

7. Favorite author. Cormac McCarthy. Terry Pratchett, Roald Dahl, Dianne Wynn Jones, JK Rowling, Nick Harkaway (dear gods that man makes me laugh).

9. Least favorite trope to write. Het. Slow burn. Will-they-won’t-they. I think my characters gay and in a relationship asap. I think Anteverse Refugee is the only pairing series I wrote where they didn’t hook up by the end of part 1.

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17. On average, how much writing do you get done in a day? Oh man, it varies. I get on writing kicks for a while where I can churn out 2,000 words or more in one sitting. I think I managed 6,000 once. NaNoWriMo has to be at least 60,000 words for it to be a challenge and I nearly hit 70,000 for the last one.

Then again, sometimes I’m just not feeling it (at the moment, for example) and play endless games of Baldur’s Gate with the characters.

22. How many drafts do you need until you’re satisfied and a project is ultimately done for you? Pretty much one, then it’s off to the beta reader. I reread my fics a lot so do a lot of the fiddling around there, but unless the fic is being particularly difficult (King of the Night was an effing nightmare and went through about eight drafts) I can usually get it how I want it first time around.

37. Most inspirational quote you’ve ever read or heard that’s still important to you. A little feedback from one of my poor, long-suffering Creative Writing teachers, telling my that my story on the London Blitz through the POV of a Luftwaffe Pilot (the less said about my WW2/Nazi Germany phase, the better) was very dynamic and really came alive.

The only book I had about writing while growing up was a small chapter in Roald Dahl’s ‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Other Stories’, where the author writes a few tips about how to write and he says ‘The ability to make a scene come to life is a gift, you either have it or you don’t.’

I don’t exactly agree with that line any more, but you can bet your balls that when my teacher agreed that yes, I did have this vital gift to be a writer, it made my feel about ten feet tall.

Also when Farah Mendelsohn told me to put my hand down because ‘we all know you’re going to have no trouble writing M******, we need to focus on the people who are struggling here.’