theprocrastinatingnovel
20🧸 | Coming out of hiatus
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I love making tortured boy characters with daddy issues
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Or I combine those two ideas into:
MC is arranged to be married to a prince from a neighboring kingdom, with the secret mission to steal and harness their source of magic. One night, she transforms into a bird monster, and is discovered by the Prince's loyal knight when transforming back. He keeps her secret and they grow close, but she continues with her mission behind his back. In this, she grows conflicted between her home and the people who have put their trust in her
Hey so.. I don't know if anyone still follows me. Or is interested in my writing. I completely abandoned my last major project that I used to post about--a while ago--and I've recently gotten back into writing. I'm starting a new WIP but I'm stuck between two plots, if anyone cares to share their opinions :)
A.) Knight finds a girl with amnesia who turns into a bird monster, and he just became a fugitive. So he takes her and they go into hiding, fighting shadow monsters and working to get her memory back.
B.) Noblewoman is set up to marry a prince from a neighboring kingdom, but is actually sent to steal the source of magic from their neighbors. Instead, she falls for the prince's knight. ...instead of the prince.
Unless these are both stupid/need to be workshopped, my DMs and Asks are open to anyone with constructive criticism!! Or any other writers wanting to talk (I need more writer friends) 😭
Hey so.. I don't know if anyone still follows me. Or is interested in my writing. I completely abandoned my last major project that I used to post about--a while ago--and I've recently gotten back into writing. I'm starting a new WIP but I'm stuck between two plots, if anyone cares to share their opinions :)
A.) Knight finds a girl with amnesia who turns into a bird monster, and he just became a fugitive. So he takes her and they go into hiding, fighting shadow monsters and working to get her memory back.
B.) Noblewoman is set up to marry a prince from a neighboring kingdom, but is actually sent to steal the source of magic from their neighbors. Instead, she falls for the prince's knight. ...instead of the prince.
Unless these are both stupid/need to be workshopped, my DMs and Asks are open to anyone with constructive criticism!! Or any other writers wanting to talk (I need more writer friends) 😭
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If you see this, spoil your WIP's biggest plot twist using ONLY ONE WORD
Here's mine!
Dying
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.
All of a sudden, death was fully present in the room and it couldn’t be ignored any longer.
John Burnside, from ‘The Dumb House’
I hope every writer who sees this writes LOADS the next few months. Like freetime opens up, no writers block, the ability to focus, etc etc you’re able to write loads & make lots of progress <3
@ fanfic authors: don’t apologise for writing filler chapters! i see this all the time!! filler chapters are so important to narrative pacing! a story needs downtime so the faster paced or denser elements have room to breathe! you’re writing a well balanced story!!! also, you’re giving me that filler for free! thats crazy!!! thats so kind of you!!! thank you for this gift!!!!!!
The first two years of writing a story is just Thinking™️
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We’ll find you Amanda.
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.
- Alex
The weekly writing update #24
1.14.23
No update this week.
The Weekly Writing Update #23
1.7.23
First update of the new year! And I actually have a bit of progress!
I’m in the process on deciding on a huge but slight change in the plot/character subplot, still deciding. But other than that, I actually did write a few hundred words of the first chapter! Which is a very good start. I need someone to harass me into keeping this one though, so I don’t chicken out and change this later. PLEASE (I’ll probably just get my boyfriendddd~~ to do it)
It’s slow progress this week but it’s progress, which is more than I can say for the past few weeks.
LOVE YOU ALL,
- Alex
The Weekly Writing Update #22
12.31.22
Last update of 2022! With work slowing down, I hope to make better progress starting this upcoming year. That is my new years resolution. I want to push myself to make more solid progress, to have more to show for myself.
I tried several times to sit down this week and write but my writers block gets worse the more I'm not writing. And thanks to writers block in the first place, I'm not writing. :(
End of the year though. For everyone struggling with writers block, lets all hope the new year brings change, lots of inspiration and motivation, and clears away the blockage! I wish you all luck in your writing endeavors this new year.
Lots of love,
Alex<3
The Weekly Writing Update #21
12.24.22
Last day before Christmas! Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone!!
This is hopefully the last week with no progress. Going into the new year, I will have more time and (please god) more inspiration.
Speaking on coming up on the new year, I’m coming up on my wip’s two year anniversary! Kinda sad that I don’t have a full chapter written for it yet, but it has changed so drastically from the original idea,,, it’s insane to see how far I’ve come and how far I still have to go.
~Much love,
Alex <3
The Weekly Writing Update #20
12.17.22
Blasting Lovers Rock and thinking of my bf <3
Also just had the worst day at work but I have a semi update: I didn’t get much writing done AGAIN this week, but I managed to write a couple hundred words in starting sentences. Which is a start. I’m just glad I have something to show for the last week, even if it’s lame.
This may be obvious to everyone else, but the Holiday season is kicking my ass at work right now. Which is why I haven’t been writing,,, pretty much at all. You can count on me picking it back up after the new year though. Thank you to everyone sticking around, even if you’re few and far between. :)
I will try and get out of this rut asap! Ive started this thing to try and help me write even while I’m busy as work, even if it’s just a couple sentences with a cool aesthetic. I want to post more progress for those of you who are watching my journey!
Lots of love, Alex
<3
The Weekly Writing Update #19
12.10.22
No update this week. I’ve been dealing with work and being sick. I have had absolutely no time to sit down and write or even brainstorm ideas, so I’ve decided to call this past week a blank week.
The Weekly Writing Update #18
12.03.22
OK UPDATE BEFORE MIDNIGHT BECAUSE I FORGOT TO DO IT EARLIER SHIT
⇨ I started to work on chapter one, but it’s still going VERY slowly. Like a-word-a-day slowly
⇨ slight plot adjustments again, but still generally the same
Other than that, not much. Ive still had little no progress in terms of actual writing because nothing comes to me when I sit down in front of a blank page. Also I’m working so much I don’t have time.
I'm a socially awkward creature, but I'd love to start interacting with more writers, so here's my offer:
Interact with this post if you'd be okay with me messaging you, and in return, I promise:
I am in no way, shape, or form a creep.
I can provide unlimited cat pictures.
I will hype you up and be your fan.
I'm friendly and non-judgemental.
DNI if:
You're a minor.
You're a creep.
You're a bigot of any kind.
The Weekly Writing Update #17
11.26.22
I’ve been so busy with work and binging Rick and Morty, however I still have an update because I’m that awesome.
I made MAJOR changes to the plot. Or idk if that’s the right wording,, I adjusted quite a few details that changes things quite a bit, so not small changes but not changes so massive that it makes this a completely different story
⇨ Magnus now has a set love interest now, along with a side romance that goes nowhere because right people wrong timing ykyk, so it’s set up for some pretty rad angst >:)
⇨ Zen is now Tomoe’s Problem, however he’s tied to both of them because he helps Magnus with [redacted] hehehe
⇨ Magnus’ mentor is no longer his grandmother, but instead just a caretaker who took him in. And instead of her dying right before the beginning of the story, she has a minute of screen time and then dies. Oops
Lots of other changes that I won’t mention for spoiler sake, but I’ve got it all in a journal and binder for safekeeping :)
Off topic for a second: but I feel like I’ve made big improvements this week. Not just with my writing but my life in general. I’ve been doing better at work, and just feel like I’m improving mentally. Thank you to all of you who have been following my journey.
This week has been good.
The Weekly Writing Update #16
11.19.22
Not much of an update other than the fact that I did end up going back on that idea for Alden and Tomoe. Ha ha.
Had a few ideas but everytime I sat down to write—which I didn’t do much because I’ve been so busy—nothing came to me. Truthfully, it’s been like this for a few weeks and it’s pissing me off. So this past week I wrote a total of one sentence.
ANYWAY that’s it
The Weekly Writing Update #15
11.12.22
Okay so I had major writers block this week, :( I kept sitting down to write but nothing came to me. but I worked on the plot a little bit so hopefully I write more SOMETIME when I’m not working or sleeping.
⇨ Alden is now introduced a little bit later, and how he’s introduced is also changed as well as his relationship to Tomoe. I think this can make their relationship a bit more interesting, but I also loved their old dynamic so don’t be surprised if next week I go back on this. But to be fair, I can still use their old dynamic and adapt it to this change… hmmm
⇨ Working on my villains and their motives. God I’m going to make them the sexiest bitches ever
I think that’s all. I’m really a lousy writer and always focus on the ‘planning’ and ‘ideas’ rather than actually writing, but I want to document my progress nonetheless.
:)
The Weekly Writing Update #14
11.5.22
oh my. god. I’ve been so busy I didn’t even notice it was Saturday. UPDATE DAY
ok so, I started writing chapter one (only a couple hundred words, but it’s something) and I really like this version so hopefully I stick to it, pray for me.
Other than that, not much. But I'm happy to have finally started WRITING again, instead of just staring at an empty google doc waiting for it to come to me. So this is good.
The Weekly Writing Update #13
10.29.22
Again, not much of an update this week. My (minuscule) progress was mostly ideas this week. And I hate that when I actually had free time this past week, when I sat down to write there were no words. Writers block is such a BITCH
But anyway, I’m glad to have had some new ideas.
⇨ I created the villain for the end of the series, the one at the end of everything. Even got a sick ass name, I just need to visualize their appearance using picrew. Because I can’t draw.
⇨ Got a cool idea for 1-2 (possibly 3??) chapters in the middle. Which is good, because right now the middle of the book is just a vague idea. I need more plot/chapters ideas for the middle but for now I’ll start here!