I'm toying with the idea of writing a story about a busker. So I'm jotting plot ideas and undertaking research.
What are you working on?
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Maybe a dystopian setting where music is outlawed.
Working on "Seeing Stella" - an Occult Realist Horror story about a guy who gets vaguely involved and obsessed with a woman name Stella. He end's up seeing her in various parts of the city he lives in, ends up having this strange and hideous version of her break into his house. I've got an ending line which I like:
I'm still settling into it. I did some non-fiction tonight, which I'm happy with. I intend to write some tomorrow. I'm in a "restless insomnia" sort of mood rn though.
I want to eventually work up to a novel but it's a struggle. I want to write longer and longer short fiction until I can handle a Novellete or a Novella, and then do a Novel.
The last I heard from Stella was a scratching at my window. My friends say it was “just the wind rustling against the trees” but I know better. Stella is in all of us, in me, in everything — and that’s why I know I’ll see her again.
I'm still settling into it. I did some non-fiction tonight, which I'm happy with. I intend to write some tomorrow. I'm in a "restless insomnia" sort of mood rn though.
I want to eventually work up to a novel but it's a struggle. I want to write longer and longer short fiction until I can handle a Novellete or a Novella, and then do a Novel.
I'm in the research and plot development stage of a historical Southern Gothic novel with overtones of magical realism. That's a fancy way of saying I'm reading papers, daydreaming, and making disorganized notes.
BeastBlood1885
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Right now, I have three projects going.
The first and main one is The Frozen Forest, a story about an undead dragon entity named Drekar (whose name always gets me humming the Svartsot song of the same name) who preys not on flesh but on minds; his influence is so bad the entire forest he haunts has simply given up and let the cold take it.
The second one is a short story, Wanderer, where one of my main characters finds a wounded bird and heals its wounds. That's it. Just a fun little vignette showing what that character is about.
The third is technically several projects - reworking the info/stats pages for the main barbarian floofs I write for. Given that I prefer showing over telling how they act and what they're capable of, I have trouble staying focused on these.
The first and main one is The Frozen Forest, a story about an undead dragon entity named Drekar (whose name always gets me humming the Svartsot song of the same name) who preys not on flesh but on minds; his influence is so bad the entire forest he haunts has simply given up and let the cold take it.
The second one is a short story, Wanderer, where one of my main characters finds a wounded bird and heals its wounds. That's it. Just a fun little vignette showing what that character is about.
The third is technically several projects - reworking the info/stats pages for the main barbarian floofs I write for. Given that I prefer showing over telling how they act and what they're capable of, I have trouble staying focused on these.
I’m rewriting an old short story, “Dusk and Dawn at Laufenden”.
It’s an origin story of sorts for my main recurring heroine, so there’s no way I could leave it out of the collection about her that I’m putting together, but I’ve come a long way as an author since 2017. The text itself needs a facelift if it’s going to stand alongside my more recent work.
So far, I’m pretty happy with the new version. It’s more vivid, with better tension, and I’m looking forward to what’s in store.
It’s an origin story of sorts for my main recurring heroine, so there’s no way I could leave it out of the collection about her that I’m putting together, but I’ve come a long way as an author since 2017. The text itself needs a facelift if it’s going to stand alongside my more recent work.
So far, I’m pretty happy with the new version. It’s more vivid, with better tension, and I’m looking forward to what’s in store.
Tbaron1756
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Right now I have two projects going. Zombietown Population 0 and Dead Fire which is the origin of the Zombie virus in my Zombietown world. Though I am toying with the idea of starting a 3rd project this week.
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