i am asked about my favorite color.
i am seven
and my reply is
pink
because i am a girl
and pink
is a princess color.
i am asked about my favorite color.
i am ten
and i like
green
because a boy told me that pink
is lame and girly.
i am asked about my favorite color.
i am thirteen
and i tell them
purple
it is unique and spunky
like i want to be.
i am asked about my favorite color.
i am seventeen
and i just say
red
i do not say
it is bright and angry at the world
as i am
i cannot form the words to express
all of my frustrations
so i paint my lips with
rage.
i am asked about my favorite color.
i am twenty
and it’s pink
i remember the joy
of being a child
i reclaim the freedom
of femininity
because i cannot remember
what my shoulders felt like
before the depression
hung from them.
i am asked about my favorite color.
i am twenty-six
and my answer is
brown
it confuses most people
they don’t see it
they may think of dirt
and dust
and dead things
but it is coffee with friends
and the chocolate chip cookies
my mom used to make.
it is my hair
and my eyes
amber and gold
in the sun
and i love myself
again
The first two years of writing a story is just Thinking™️
big fan of characters with abandonment + attachment issues so profound that they leave claw marks in everything they touch but would sooner gnaw off their own leg than admit they just want someone to stay for once. in a totally normal well adjusted and not at all projecting way of course.
My dash is a bit slow. I think only two people I follow ever post anymore.
If you’re an adult (18+) and you write original fiction, maybe like or reblog this so I can follow?
I can’t promise I’ll follow automatically, but chances are higher if you(’re)
⭐ Write and read something other than YA
⭐ Actually post about writing, or post your actual writing, rather than mainly posting fandom and shitposts
⭐ Write literary and/or experimental fiction (this includes literary genre fiction too, e.g., literary/experimental scifi)
⭐ Not an anti-intellectual (”Classics Bad! Books for adults are all boring and about divorce! YA and fanfic are superior!” - not interested in this mentality)
⭐ Keep social justice and current events posts to a minimum unless it’s relevant to writing (to be clear, I am a queer leftist. But I want a writing-centric dash and I get this kind of thing elsewhere)
Side note, I’m not a new writeblr. I used to be @inkvials
The Weekly Writing Update #4
08.27.22
Not much to update on this week. It’s been slow
⇨ I made a few slight changes to the plot, the protagonist’s journey being a much more direct result of what the villain is doing and now making them much more connected plot-wise, and not just through backstory
⇨ still only a few hundred words in, but I know where I’m going so hopefully I make more progress within the next few weeks
⇨ As I’ve said previously, I had a handful of details and a character that I didn’t know what to do with and so it didn’t overload the plot, but I think with the change I’ve made, everything fits and it’s not too much :) yay!
Hopefully this STICKS and I don’t keep overthinking and changing the plot every week.
XOXO~
The Weekly Writing Update #25
1.21.23
Apology post. From now on, I won’t be updating weekly on a schedule. I’ve thought about it and even though I made it my New Year’s resolution and I want to put in the effort, I still keep making no progress almost a whole month into the new year. And I promised to show progress and having to post updates where I continue to say I have nothing to show for myself is stressing me out and making my inability to write worse.
I will post updates, just not as frequently and not for awhile, until I have something at least. So until further notice, there will be no updates on my wip.
create! create! even if it’s been a while. even if you don’t know what to write or draw or sing. connect with what once brought you joy and you will remember how. create in a new way, knit or dance or crochet. try spoken word or painting. poetry or pottery. the freedom in creating… it’s liberating
If you’ve got an idea, write it down. Don’t overanalyze it. Just start writing and allow the plot to lead you.
ꜰɪꜰᴛʏ ᴛʏᴘᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ: [ꜰᴀɴᴛᴀꜱʏ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀꜱ]
Witch - an evil person depicted with magic powers
Faery - a small being that has magic powers, often with wings
Elf - a supernatural creature depicted with pointed ears and capricious nature
Ogre - a man-eating giant
Wizard - a person depicted with magic powers
Warlock - a practitioner of witchcraft
Knight - a mounted soldier in armour who serves the throne
King - the ruler of a country
Banshee - a spirit whose wailing warns of impending death
Gnome - a dwarfish creature who enjoys hoarding treasure
Nymph - a spirit of nature who lives in rivers and trees
Selkie - a person on land and seal in the water
Merperson - a half person, half fish who lives in the water
Leprechaun - a small, mischievous sprite
Crusader - a fighter in medieval crusades
Mage - a magician or practitioner of magic
Halfling - the offspring of a human and member of a magical race
Henchman - loyal supporter of a person
Witch hunter - a person who hunts witches (alternatively, fae)
Hunter - a person who hunts animals
Seer - a person who can see the future
Dwarf - a member of a race of short, humanlike creatures who typically live in underground mines
Archer - someone who shoots a bow
Necromancer - someone who can raise the dead; the practitioner of dark magic
Cleric - a priest or religious leader
Rogue - a character capable of sneaky and nimble tricks
Bard - a poet who typically recite epics or song
Demon - an evil spirit or devil
Dragons - an often fire-breathing giant winged reptile
Ghost - an apparition of a dead person
Werewolf - a human who transforms into a wolf under a full moon
Shifter - a human who can transform into an animal
Psychic - a human who can tell the future
Gods - a superhuman being with mythical (and often unlimited) powers
Angel - a spiritual being often represented as an attendant to a god
Troll - an ugly creature depicted as a giant or a dwarf
Vampire - a corpse who may transform into a bat and uses long, pointed teeth to suck the blood of humans in the night
Dark elf - an evil supernatural creature depicted with pointed ears and capricious nature
Undead / zombie - a corpse come alive
Orc - a member of an imaginary race of humanlike creatures, characterized as ugly, warlike, and malevolent
Golem - a clay figure brought to life by magic
Ghoul - an evil spirit or phantom
Goblin - a mischievous, ugly creature resembling a dwarf
Lich - an undead creature
Imp - a small, mischievous devil or sprite
Paladin - a knight renowned for heroism and chivalry
Thief - something who steals property, especially by stealth and without using force or violence.
Priest - an ordained minister of the church
Druid - a priest, magician, or soothsayer
Human - a species of primate characterized by bipedalism and a complex mindset
tag the OC who is a little sister