#startmondaywrite with a little cat nap and writing...🐱
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I've been outlining chapters like the dickens for #ataleofjoro book 2. After finishing off the aftermath of the battle, I swiftly barreled through and set up 6 more chapters and the goings on. It's crazy that my #writingflow seems to climax into a new major turning point every 10 chapters. I swear I don't plan it that way, it's just how it lays itself out.
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😁Not that I am complaining...
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❓Random question, for those who have multiple POV, do you announce what character is featured in each chapter❓
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I can see doing this for more than 2 POV, a lot how Martin did it, but for only 2, I don't think it's necessary. I rather like wondering who it's going to be, from a readers perspective.
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Let's take a lesson from my kitty Jayna and have a little siesta today 😴
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Me again... I'm sorry if you're tired of me 😞
Anyways today's #aestheticwipup was a free for all so I decided to create a collage of all the dragon born characters in #ataleofjoro 🐉 These are my half human/half dragon kids, called Drekkin, and there are only 9 left in all of Joro.
So from top left going clockwise, here they be:
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⛰️Amalya, one of my MCs, Daughter of Steina
🍃Talon, the forgotten son, no ties to any of the remaining 4 provinces
🔥Orrin, 2nd Son of Eldur, now servant of Steina
🔥Melik, 3rd Son of Eldur
🔥Varrin, 4th Son of Eldur
🔥Fir, 5th Son of Eldur
🌲Leves, last Son of Tren
🌊Voldin, 2nd Son of Vatni
🌊Dugu, 1st Son of Vatni
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Whew, doozie.😫
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Anyways I felt this tied in well with #fantasywipaugust #shipsunday prompt, bc while I only really give Arthur one love interest option (bc I could only create the perfect girl for him, he freaking deserves it) Amalya on the other hand has a lot... Like 5 or so. 3 of them being one of these handsome gents.
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As many as there are, I only dive into getting to know 3 of these fellows rather well, Orrin, Talon and Dugu. The rest are there, but only play a mild role as far as relationship building goes. But Amalya, being the little lost kitten that she is (more like a 🐅), finds herself pushing and pulling her love ties between those three, the piece of work Dragonslayer Ren and the witty Prince Josef. Whenever she bends one way, someone is pulling her another.
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So as far as who to ship, it's so hard, even or me to decide. All in all Talon is the perfect match for her, but then Josef comes in with his cheeky face and witty attitude, he's just fun and happy and come on! Who wouldn't want all of that forever? It's so hard to find a balance and I think that's what she's looking for, balance. Every one of these guys give a little of something that she wants and is attracted to, but is it what she needs? Only time will tell.
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Okay, so, based on looks ALONE, which of these guys would you want to get to know the most? 🥀
#sundaywrapup update: I FINALLY finished #dune by Frank Herbert. I'm a slow reader, so this one took me a while to get through, but I'm glad to have finally gotten through it.
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If you are thinking about reading this, one stretch of advice to you, FORGET EVERYTHING you know about Dune, whatever the extent of that may be. Just erase it from your mind. Start with a clean slate otherwise t he level of understanding will be so far removed.
No book has ever made me feel so completely off kilter as this book. Herbert doesn't hold your hand at all, he doesn't explain a lick of a thing, he just throws you into his world full force without so much as an hello.
I found myself having to stop at times, to try and wrap my head around what in tarnation was going on, or understand what a character just said or did.
Also, I never read a book that, as it progressed, I sympathized less and less with the main protagonist and more and more with the antagonist. I honestly don't think your meant to like Paul at all by the end. He changes so much and becomes so inhuman, it's hard to root for him at all.
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Overall, this book is fantastic. A completely different experience in reading that I have not experienced... probably ever. I'm proud of my kids namesakes now, being named after characters in this world, and will continue with the series in the future. Not right away though, seriously need a pallet cleanser after this one.
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✍️So i just wrote a pretty complicated scene, a battle...well more like a slaughter between man, dragon and witch.✍️
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When I first outlined this scene, Amalya was not in the least bit affected by it, but as I wrote it, depicting the carnage that was being stripped before her eyes, I couldn't just have her brush it off like it was nothing.
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💥I have never experienced PTSD, but I think it's something that seriously needs to be addressed more, especially in writing. If a character who has never seen war before and all the terrible things it carries with it... it needs to invoke a realistic response.💥
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Unless your character is all powerful or just someone who lives for death, whatever transformation they are going through, it needs to be witnessed in every single moment. Amalya experiencing PTSD after she bares witness to such terrible things, men bring ripped apart, burned alive and heads exploding from their bodies, it was difficult to imagine what she could be feeling, how she could even bring herself to stand at the pinnacle of what she created afterwards.
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⚡Knowing she was the one who made it possible, she was the one who directed it and she was the one who brought death upon these men...how would you feel?⚡
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I'd feel pretty shitty, pretty sick and probably want to run as far away as I possibly could.
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Just food for thought. What do you think about subjecting your characters to PTSD?
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A little Birdy told me it was #flirtyfriday for #fantasywipaugust ♥️♥️
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I had this scene all ready to go and, while it might not be flirty, it's a spark. I LOVE writing sparks, that first instant where love is possible. That if it keeps getting nurtured, it can become something more.
In this scene, Amalya is training with Talon and she experienced the first signs of her awakening, her ability to transform into her half-dragon form. She doesn't but it opens up a door that surprised her to say the least.
Can you imagine being somewhere for 4 months and NO ONE EVER calls you by your name? How demoralizing right? Suffice it to say, Amalya is taken aback and the first spark has ignited 🤗
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What scenes get you giddy when you write?
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