Work in Progress
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Rini on Butler
He’s kinda tall. Like a lot taller than the other kids and maybe even taller than Bromley. There’s something about the way his hair is combed and smoothed back that makes him look stupid. Even worse when he puts the… Continue reading
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Starting Pride with a Serial Project
Happy Pride! This month I will be starting to write the drafts for the first volume of Say Nope to the Trope. I wrote a little about this project in April: Writing a Serial?. I’ve made a lot of changes… Continue reading
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A Writvember Update
There are 10 days left of Writvember and I have written only 11,000 words since the writing retreat finished (ᵕ—ᴗ—). It’s so strange how the human body and mind works. I went from writing 43,000 words in about 5 days… Continue reading
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May’s Writing Retreat is Over
Dual Wielding: Blade’s Gauntlet is projected to have 3 arcs, 8 acts and 32 chapters. So far, I have the drafts for 13 chapters (Arc 1 and just starting Arc 2). I already know that I need to reshuffle and… Continue reading
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Writvember Begins: Writing Blade’s Gauntlet
Dual Wielding: Blade’s Gauntlet When a pair of brothers find a small child in the snowy border of Blade City, they aren’t sure what the bigger mystery is: how did she get there or why does her face have no… Continue reading
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Preptober Finished! Writvember Begins! And a Re-Introduction
Hi there! I’m Edald Hopfield ヾ(＾∇＾) I’ve just finished Preptober, preparing myself for a month of drafting Dual Wielding: Blade’s Gauntlet as the new cycle comes in. I am also running another “writing retreat” in my lounge room for the… Continue reading
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Writing Magic Systems
My favourite magic system is one that relies on exchange and utilises both innate power and complimentary conduits. I love love LOVE systems that allow individuals to find ways that best work for them. When it comes down to the… Continue reading
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Preptober Update: the Evolution of a WIP
At first, Dual Wielding was something of a love letter to the fantasy genre. It was almost a fan-fiction of a variety of books I’d read but with an original setting and characters (original really meaning my own but greatly… Continue reading
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2 Weeks into Preptober
I’m two weeks into Preptober and so far I’ve worked on outlining the novel (getting the skeleton down) and pulling together all of my character information. I have extensive worldbuilding for Dual Wielding that I’ve been working on since 2010… Continue reading
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Writing a Serial?
I will be writing a serial. Over the course of the wheel turn, I will be working on a serial. I’ve thought about starting a serial before but misunderstood what it was. That can account for a lot of my… Continue reading
