Writing
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The Queen of Bryggan
She was one of the most adorable people I had ever seen, spreading a feeling of admiration and warmth that puckered at my lips in an unconscious smile. Her skin was a creamy mocha, her face decorated in freckles of… Continue reading
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How I Write my Characters
It depends, really. Sometimes the character writes itself and the story is written after and sometimes I have the story and the idea of a character and then need to work on fleshing them out. The Character Writes Themselves For… Continue reading
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What My Notes Look Like (Setting Structure) – I’ve Started Writing Something New… Again
A lot of the time I’ll start drafting systems/countries that will support one of the integral parts of a novel. In this case, I’ve started writing a story based on a dream I had that surrounds a magickal dictatorship. There… Continue reading
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The Journal in the Walls
Her bedroom was papered, covered in colourful sketches of flowers, fruits and herbs, each with little bits of details on the particular plant or food in small scrawly ink. The paper was wrinkled with oily stains, looking a messy upon… Continue reading
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When the Water is Blocked, it Goes Somewhere Else
I’ve recently noticed that my dreams often change depending on how much I write. Since starting to write a lot more, I’ve had less interesting dreams, sometimes not even one to remember when I wake up. Which is interesting considering… Continue reading
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Thinking About my Writing Project
For semester two, I have to do another writing project. Although the assessments are slightly different, in the end I’ll still have to have a 6,000 word manuscript to hand in. I’ve been thinking about what I want to do… Continue reading
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Writing Reflection: Week of the 6th July 2020
This week was really busy, meaning that my writing targets suffered for it but given what I was doing, I’m okay with that. If I just borrow some of the words I wrote last week, it somewhat evens out. This… Continue reading
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Myka & Gabriel: & the Herb Pots
This was written using my characters Myka and Gabriel from The Demon’s Secretary in mind. I have been practising using writing prompts to produce scenes for works that seem to come to mind while I’m writing them out. He had… Continue reading
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Writing Reflection: Week of the 29th June 2020
200th Post, Woohoo This week was a firecracker of a week. I stuck to the schedule I made before the start of the week for the most part, only drifting from it in the afternoon and on the weekend but… Continue reading
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Hotel of Jars
The trees in her backyard were filled with hanging jars, each with wreaths around their necks fitted with floral decorations such as small flowers and pretty ferns. It looked like a collection of strung up and decorated jars lit up… Continue reading
Hopfield is Writing 