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@denali-christianson

This is gonna break y’all’s hearts…

 

But you see I have to do some development on Niarok’s character that I really wasn’t expecting and um…

DENALI NO!!!! DON’T HURT HIM!!!! 😭😭

@irishcelticredflowercrown

Thanks!! I think the research module is probably my favourite because I get to pick a thesis topic that I’m actually  interested in, and if you like the topic that’s half the work ya know? I only picked the class because all the other ones weren’t available so I’m happy with how things worked out so far

Ohhh, that’s so cool! Have you picked a thesis topic yet? What is it?

I love how you just wouldn’t see that straight away with her character, because she comes off as sassy and a bit arrogant. Like – I mean – you saw how she was with Lorcan XD. Lorcan usually can sort of tell what someone is thinking, but not even he would have figured out Liorah’s true feelings about herself!!

Liorah is so immensely complicated, all her sass and arrogance comes from that deep insecurity. She’s really interesting and odd that way XD It’s fun but also hard to write.

Yooo thats class! You’ve gotten so far, that’s brilliant. I’m so envious that you’ve figured out the plots for the first three books XD, I’m the total opposite! Do you use Microsoft Word for writing your novels? I do but I’m so tempted to spend money on Scrivener instead…

DO IT Scrivener is awesome!!!! I’ve been using it for more than a year (I got it for my birthday) and it’s just the best! It’s so easy to overview and organize, I love how it works!

Yeah I like that, mix it up with the POVs a bit XD. Do you write in first person or third? Mayra is my main character but I’m planning on introducing another POV in Book 3.

I write in first person, with a few chapters from side characters in third person! Book 2 and 3 are dual POV, with Liorah as one, and Faye in the second book and Aydin in the third. In both cases they have seperate plotlines that tie in together.

I really like dual POV, ngl, but there’s always one that’s more fun to write XD

So – you don’t have to tell me of course, its totally cool, but – do you plan on making Liorah and Aydin a couple by any chance? I sort of get that vibe from them

Okay, SO, I seriously considered it, and that was even the plan at first, but Liorah told me that one of them wasn’t going to survive that and Aydin looked more disgusted than I’ve ever seen him, so… no XD

I reconsidered because they’re just a bit too similar. They generally just don’t get along, it’s just a clash of personalities. There’s a lot of emotional baggage between them, and it’s messy, personal and irreversable. Like, even now they don’t completely like or trust each other.

It takes Liorah a l o n g time to really forgive him, but I think they end up in a sibling-like friendship.

However they both get love interests! Liorah and Ferran end up as a couple, and Aydin and Faye went and fell in love without my permission.

It was hilarious, I was writing him and Faye as completely platonic and it suddenly turned into “Aydin, why do you keep describing her in that much detail? What are you doing!?” And then “Faye, n o, stop falling in love, this isn’t the plan”

And then I just gave up completely because they’re actually very cute together and they deserve each other XD

Thanks! Tbh I find it difficult to get into her head sometimes cause of the way she is and what she has gone through. I kinda wonder sometimes am I giving her too much truama? I think I’m so used to seeing characters with tragic backstories that it has imprinted itself on my mind. What do you think?

Honestly any backstory that sufficiently motivates the character and explains their actions is good with me! I think as long as the trauma directly impacts her worldview it isn’t unnecessary!

Soo I have technically written the draft in bits and pieces but I’m having a hard time trying to actually write a solid draft. I have about 3/4 of Book 1 figured out and maybe half of it written. But most of it has been cutting out chapters tbh. Its less to do with lack of motivation and more to do with my obsession of getting my characters right before I put them down on paper. I’m a bit of a perfectionist…

Well that’s a mood XD I’ve been there too! But sometimes you just have to think “I will write a terrible draft and make it everyone else’s problem” and then just write trash wholeheartedly! (That’s just how I draft, it’s barely intelligable with occasional flashes of genius XD)

I find that once you have the first draft down it’s much easier to figure out your characters for the second draft! But yeah, you love your characters so much and you really want to do them justice! I totally get that!

I also spend sometime doing character art for my characters, which actually helped me with story ideas. So yeah….

LOL SAME XD I draw my characters more than anything else, they just make me so happy!!! I’ve drawn Liorah S O often XD

@emily-waldorf

I have been AWAL for so long here it’ll be hard to get back in! Actually, it’s possible I won’t get back in…I mean, if someone’s waiting on me, maybe just move on and pretend my characters aren’t there; then if I get time later I can just catch up. Does that work?

That’s cool, I get when that happens! 🙂

Over here we could use spring any time now, lol. 7-12 foot snowdrifts in my backyard! (2.1-3.7 meters).

Good yikes y’all have the worst weather!!

And hey, folks! Check out the SE blog on Thursday! A poem of mine is getting published!!!!

THAT’S AWESOME I’M SO PROUD OF YOU!!!! Well done!!! 😀

Also, I’m doing a Sleeping Beauty re-write. Maybe someday (if I ever get done with Quin and Qatar, lol) I’ll drop some of those characters in here. that wouldn’t be even close to fantasy anymore, but whatever I guess.

Oohh, that’s so cool! I love that idea! I’d love to have you drop them in eventually!

I’ve actually been working on a new story idea… or well, two XD I think I might drop some characters in from them! One is a contemporary/dark academia murder mystery and the other is a 16th-17th century pirate novel XD

I think I might drop in from the mystery, just because I have two interesting characters for there. I think I want to finish this challenge with Liorah and Aydin, I pretty much have them figured out anyway, and then I might add in Athena and Ophelia! (Temporary names, they named themselves XD)

LOL, I kinda want to see them interact though… Athena and Liorah will hate each other and Athena is going to scare the life out of Aydin. I think Liorah won’t like Ophelia either, and Liorah will scare her. Ophelia and Aydin might like each other a bit though XD

How’s y’all’s writing been going?

Chaotic XD Too many ideas not enough time XD