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Sorry about the recent radio silence. I got a few messages from...

Sorry about the recent radio silence. I got a few messages from people asking me if I was alright, or if there was a particular reason for my silence. Ironically, something very saddid happen today— but that was something out of my hands, and it happened around midday so it’s fairly recent.

I am sorry if I made a few of you worry :c I’ve just been a little busy with work (rent creeping up and all) and aside from that Writers Unite also has been taking some of my attention.

Again, I want to cl...

✶ DAILY CHARACTER QUESTION ✶OneWrite a scene where your...

✶DAILY CHARACTER QUESTION ✶

One

Write a scene where your Protagonist wakes up alone, abandoned by their companions. How do they react to this?

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"My perfect day is sitting in a room with some blank paper. That’s heaven. That’s gold and anything..."

“My perfect day is sitting in a room with some blank paper. That’s heaven. That’s gold and anything else is just a waste of time.”

- Cormac McCarthy

how long is a rough draft in comparison to the finished result?

Hello there, writerly friend~✿

Well, before I begin, allow me to preface this by saying that the following is what has worked forme.Everyone does revision differently. Ultimately, you are going to have to find what works for you. Please, don’t take my words as gospel, instead look at them as tools in a toolbox. Play with them, take the ones you need and leave the rest c;

Now with that out of the way, let’s look at your question:

"How long is a rough draft in comparison to the finished draft?"

Lon...

✐ DAILY WEIRD PROMPT ✐PHANTOMS OF THE PASTWrite a story from...

✐ DAILY WEIRD PROMPT✐

PHANTOMS OF THE PAST

Write a story from the point of view of a character returning to their hometown. The catch? This character soon comes face-to-face with their so called ‘high-school’ sweetheart. Double catch? This character has no memory of this ‘sweetheart’.

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"I don’t need an alarm clock. My ideas wake me."

“I don’t need an alarm clock. My ideas wake me.”

- Ray Bradbury

✶ DAILY CHARACTER QUESTION ✶Infinity GemPick one of your...

✶DAILY CHARACTER QUESTION ✶

Infinity Gem

Pick one of your secondary characters:

Write a scene where this character suddenly gains powers beyond imagining. What would they do with these powers?

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"Don’t let yourself slip and get any perfect characters… keep them people, people, people, and don’t..."

“Don’t let yourself slip and get any perfect characters… keep them people, people, people, and don’t let them get to be symbols.”

- Ernest Hemingway

✐ DAILY WEIRD PROMPT ✐ANYTHING BUT THAT!Write a story from...

✐ DAILY WEIRD PROMPT✐

ANYTHING BUT THAT!

Write a story from the point of view of a character who happens to be a powerful cosmic creature. The catch? This character failed their mission, and thus they have been punished by their elders. Double catch? The punishment is to be bound in a human body.

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"One wants to tell a story, like Scheherezade, in order not to die. It’s one of the oldest urges in..."

“One wants to tell a story, like Scheherezade, in order not to die. It’s one of the oldest urges in mankind. It’s a way of stalling death.”

- Carlos Fuentes