Stop what you’re doing right now and go write 3 sentences of your story.
Every time you see this, write 3 lines.
Reblog so other writers will do the same, let’s finish these damn stories.
Tag: writing meme
send an ask: get to know your author
1)
is there a story you’re holding off on writing for some reason?2)
what work of yours, if any, are you the most embarrassed about existing?3) what order do you write in? front of book to back? chronological? favorite scenes first? something else?
4) favorite character you’ve written
5) character you were most surprised to end up writing
6) something you would go back and change in your writing that it’s too late/complicated to change now
7) when asked, are you embarrassed or enthusiastic to tell people that you write?
8) favorite genre to write
9) what, if anything, do you do for inspiration?
10) write in silence or with background noise? with people or alone?
11) what aspect of your writing do you think has most improved since you started writing?
12) your weaknesses as an author
13) your strengths as an author
14) do you make playlists for your current wips?
15) why did you start writing?
16) are there any characters who haunt you?
17) if you could give your fledgling author self any advice, what would it be?
18) were there any works you read that affected you so much that it influenced your writing style? what were they?
19) when it comes to more complicated narratives, how do you keep track of outlines, characters, development, timeline, ect.?
20) do you write in long sit-down sessions or in little spurts?
21) what do you think when you read over your older work?
22) are there any subjects that make you uncomfortable to write?
23) any obscure life experiences that you feel have helped your writing?
24) have you ever become an expert on something you previously knew nothing about, in order to better a scene or a story?
25) copy/paste a few sentences or a short paragraph that you’re particularly proud of
THE RULE: Post the last sentence you wrote (fanfic/original/anything!) and tag as many people as there are words in the sentence
Thanks for tagging me @zedsdead1001! I’m gonna start a new thread ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
“I’m…,” she says, tugging the tie from his hair and letting it free, “remembering.”
@valisi-clark @aboutmikasa @alienheartattack @hedera-helixwriteseruri @hallow17 @shippingeruri @kittyboo8015 @stillmadaboutpetra @canon-rivamika @world-war-eruri @whispermethis @sugardaddyerwinsmith @k-lionheart @lostcauses-noregrets do the thing please
Thanks for tagging me @minxiebutt!
The latest sentence from the WIP chapter of TWP:
Then she fell to her hands and knees and, overcome by anger and pain and betrayal, she wept until she had no more tears to cry.
That is a SHIT ton of words, so I’m not gonna even try to tag that many people. But @die-forellex and @ackercums, if you wanna piggyback off of this, do the thing, and add some people, feel free!
Thank you for tag @whispermethis baeeeeee ❤ ❤ ❤
“That’s because they’re more fun,” he murmurs under his breath while he stabs another slice of pancake.
So light hearted for me…LOL.
Too many words to tag that many, how about @dangerandbeauty @jamietherainbowwriter @southsidestory ❤ ❤
Thanks @die-forellex! ❤
Nothing was going to come between them; he wouldn’t allow it.
@politicalmamaduck, @praximeter, @shirasade, @reylotrashcompactor, @mnemehoshiko, @xxlovendreamsxx yeah I’m tagging more folks lol but I’d love to hear from you guys!
The fact that she still had room for caring was a miracle that Rey cherished.
@lariren-shadow @futurerustfuture-dust @shelikespretties @chrysogenum @april-rainer @thewayofthetrashcompactor @kylo-wouldnt-like-those-chips @kylorenvevo and anyone else who’d like to play!
Thanks, @mnemehoshiko!
“I don’t see how smiling seductively at someone qualifies as getting under their skin,” she grumbled.
Tagging @reylorobyn2011 @somaybelikeno @seevikiifangirl @hihiyas @astoryinred @mollymatterrs @poemstheearthwrites @lucidlucy @marauders-groupie @pashastrelnikov @jeynedondarrion @textsfromumbridge @solikerez @nosferatu4ever @thewasabipea @aknightfornawt and whoever else wants to!
Thanks @kylorenvevo !
She left him by the building exit, confused as to why his heart was hurting as he watched her walk away.
Tagging @textsfromumbridge @poeticbibliophile @norationalthoughtrequired @teslatricity @youareiron-andyouarestrong and whoever wants to join!
Y I K E S, had to go back to July to find the last thing I’ve written. (Thanks @hihiyas!!)
She is Sif, Lady of War, she is well used to pain, and this is one she will endure, forever if she must.
I’ll tag @sparklemagpie, @psychoticgirl, @maniibear, @too-wise-to-woo-peaceably, @fallynleaf, @isisparker, and if anyone wants to join in the fun, please do! 😀
thanks, @norationalthoughtrequired! i have an easy one (courtesy of a rewrite of literally my very first finished story):
The cat has one eye.
tagging: @viterbofangirl @nocturnical @chaos-flare @courtofdolls @kinki-jiki
*virtual hugs @fallynleaf !* Thanks! ❤
Assuming this ask is for a brand new sentence, not just revising preexisting sentences, it would be from my She-Ra: Princess of Power redo, during the “Double Trouble” chapter…
“You don’t even care.”
Tagging @akamarykate, @themoonstarwarrior, @vr-trakowski, and @lauravanarendonkbaugh !
Thanks, @viterbofangirl!
“How did you know?”
Tagging @serricoj, @singinprincess, @amilynh, @isagrimorie
Ehhhhhh, what’s the last thing I wrote that’s not a cover letter for a job application…oh, here:
When we’re done, I’m going back.
Tagging @punkascas, @lightedwindows, @no-gorms, @clari-clyde, @drivingsideways33 and re-tagging @akamarykate because she mentioned First Draft Friday. 🙂
“Scratch away on me,” Jonah said.
As he took the next order ticket off the row and began to
read it, preparing to resume his shucking, her answering laughter reached his
ears, even across the noisy bustle of the mostly full dining room.There are 37 words in that damn sentence. I absolutely have to get better at editing/paring down. The wordz – sometimes I haz too many, sometimes they will not come at all. Ah well….on to the tagging. I’ll only hit up about 20 of you, because 37 (thirty-fricking-seven!!) is ridiculous. But it’s open to anyone else who wants to do it!!
(Thirty seven!! *shakes head*)
@aprylynn, @divergent338, @asthedayisfading, @captainstudmuffin, @startswithhope, @bleebug, @for-the-first-time-inforever, @trademarkblue, @godyoutalkpretty, @honouraryweasley12, @hencethebravery, @kittennharington, @lenfaz, @msgenevieve447, @notababoonbrandishingastick, @pocket-anon, @qqueenofhades, @raccoonsmate4life, @this-too-too-sullied-flesh, @thisisevenharderthannamingablog, @youblowuponesun
There’s pain, but beyond that there’s something else, something she’s never felt before, a deep, fiery desire.
I don’t have enough followers to tag even half of 17 so most y’all are getting retagged. #lonelygurl4lyfe 😂
@tryalittlejoytomorrow, @deeksinthewater, @divergent338, @aprylynn @belluvsmiami, @jeanetteisgod, @kavileighanna, @mrsdrhalstead, @notababoonbrandishingastick, @sgtmac7, @wildmind-disciplinedeye, @typingtess, (what is Cait’s name?)I FEEL ATTACKED RIGHT NOW!
“I miss you too,” he promises. “Every day.” (8)
@somanyfandomssolittletime @crazyshannonigans @eberbae @thewintersoldierdisaster @sharilynn87 @machiavelliinadress – I’m two short, but THAT’S FINE
Dammit! tagged right after I wrote a three word sentence lol
Tony growled, letting the ends of his untied bow tie flop uselessly against his shirt. (15)
@winter-is-ending @bananannabeth @rongasm @spoopy-son-of-rome @so-caffeinated @organanation @madame-alexandra @kate-dammit-run @fyeahwonderbat @etraytin @zivaballerina @fuckyeahalexjo @otterandterrier @yankeecountess @yespleasehawkeyee
‘Sorry. Want to go dip it in the ocean?’ (9)
@graciecatfamilyband @asmoonlightthroughthepines @aloemilk @lajulie24 @inelegantprose @jainadurron @organanation @aidanstein @corellian-smuggler
I will play along but I am writing a paper for an education class right now so…
“When
examining functional and content literacy, it is important to also consider
societal and familial functions within literacy.” (18)Yikes. I better get some good teasers out of this, people.
@graciecatfamilyband @mandatheginger @cicatrick @corellian-smuggler @knightedrogue @alderaanallday @lajulie24 @hanorganaas @hansoloorgana @erindarroch @jhgraham @all the rest of you that I can’t think of because I am writing a paper–do the thing.
“You’re on, Poe.
Get your money ready.”@alderaanallday @corellianblue @drinkupthesunrise @hansoloorgana @wishfulfanficing @mary-twig @phosphorescent-naidheachd
“You’re sure this was the meeting place?” he asked, stroking his beard.
@mswyrr, @beanarie, @jhaernyl, @poplitealqueen, @sixth-light, @stonefreeak, @mirandatam, @sanerontheinside, @melifair, @hamelin-born, @letslipthehounds, @alcalina
Part of it, of course, is that he didn’t really want to be calm. (14)
(no way I’m gonna be able to tag that many people – if you see this and I haven’t tagged you, consider yourself tagged if you want!)
@squirrelwrangler, @skymurdock, @magpiescholar, and again anyone else who wants to!
The garments could be used without the greater greensails, but no pilot could control the yards of greencloth without first unleashing a smaller item first.
Okay, I don’t tag specific followers for these normally, (and at 25, I don’t think I have that many mutuals who I interact with who are writers) so consider yourself tagged if you want….okay I italicized two words in this so, hmmm @heckofabecca and @swampdiamonds, you are the chosen victims!
first sentence meme
I was tagged by @heckofabecca, so I went through my entire list of works and picked out what I thought were the better opening sentences, starting from the oldest. Had to stop about one-third of the way through, so might come back and do more later. I pay more attention to my closing sentences, I think that’s obvious, and tend to think of my openers as opening paragraphs instead of just the opening sentence. So here’s a long list, borrowing her format:
1. Wall the Heart (The “Manchurian Agent in Menegroth” fic)
It is the scream that draws Elu’s attention, a scream that sounds like it should come from the throat of an injured animal rather than that of an elf.
Good horror opening, immediate action and set-up of the question: who is screaming and why. And that things are behaving as they shouldn’t.
2. family and wolves (Elu Thingol and Beren)
As the Great Wolf of Angband lunges toward Elu Thingol, King of Doriath, the fetid breath reeking of poison and blackened meat, thorn splinters and broken spears flying through the air and the screams of his soldiers and the baying of the Hound of Valinor overshadowing all, he has time for one frozen thought.
I like this entire fic, and yes, the opening is one of those long ‘heget sure loves her clauses‘ where I could have removed everything from after ‘Thingol’ to ‘he has time’, but I love my sensory imagery, and the contrast of all the chaos and movement and our main character still.
3. In the camps of the Bór (Easterling woman has second thoughts after the Third Kinslaying)
The camp is full of noise long before Kreka sees the red banners of her liege lord, the Bright Ones.
Setting and original main character established quickly, the use of The Bright Ones as this unfamiliar group term to highlight that this is a new perspective than one we get in The Silmarillion, but close enough to established terminology as to not feel too out of place. Red banners as a strong visual cue and one that a Tolkien fan should hopefully peg as either Fëanorian or from LotR maybe think of the Easterling army under Sauron.
4. Feasting with the Lions of Valmar (Vanyar royal family as the War of Wrath begins)
“Let me lead the armies of our people,” Ingwion petitioned to his father.
okay, I’m including the next line as well:
“Let me stand for you and command our people when we cross the sea and wage this final war against the renegade as the Valar have commanded.
Starting in the middle of dialogue. Getting directly to the point and conflict of this scene. We know exactly who the protagonist is and who the other important character is. Father-son drama, gonna make daddy proud of me, and the time period is firmly established. And this hooks the reader into wondering what Ingwë’s answer will be.
5. Grief is an Undertow (Falmari OC going back to Beleriand with a vengeance)
The ships that carried Ilsë from the shores of Middle-earth, parting her from her mother, father, sister, brother, uncles, was pulled by swans.
The dichotomy of ships leaving with the implied ships returning. Main character Ilsë. While not mentioning by name, the Swan-ships loom over. And most of all this cadence of listing out family. It is the drumbeat that pounds throughout this fic and drives everything.
6. The Brides of Death (Flower crowns)
Nóm has many questions, but he never asks about the wreath Andreth wears in her hair, the white berries of the mistletoe, the needles of the yew, the star-like purple nightshade flowers, and the white clusters of celery or carrot in place of the water dropwort.
I used this opening line- the fist part- as the summary of the fic because it was so good. Me and lists again. Andreth has knowledge but Finrod isn’t questioning her about this one thing. Mistletoe and nightshade – readers already know these are plants of death.
7. Neighborhood Watch (Don’t forget Fëanor’s xenophobic rhetoric)
Finrod tells Balan it is not wise, is not entirely safe, to stay in Ossiriand.
Short sentence opening! And the use of the clause to give these sense that Finrod is equivocating to Bëor, trying not to outright admit to the mortal or even himself what his real fears are. Plus, wise -Noldor- Nóm …I’m easily amused.
Fanfiction Work-In-Progress Guessing Game
Send me a word, if it’s in my wip document I’ll answer your ask with the sentence that it appears in
THIS IS AWESOME.
Reblog if you are a fanfiction author and would like your readers to put one of your fic titles in your ask + questions about it
1: What inspired you to write the fic this way?
2: What scene did you first put down?
3: What’s your favorite line of narration?
4: What’s your favorite line of dialogue?
5: What part was hardest to write?
6: What makes this fic special or different from all your other fics?
7: Where did the title come from?
8: Did any real people or events inspire any part of it?
9: Were there any alternate versions of this fic?
10: Why did you choose this pairing for this particular story?
11: What do you like best about this fic?
12: What do you like least about this fic?
13: What music did you listen to, if any, to get in the mood for writing this story? Or if you didn’t listen to anything, what do you think readers should listen to to accompany us while reading?
14: Is there anything you wanted readers to learn from reading this fic?
15: What did you learn from writing this fic?
no excuses writing meme, askbox version
(Nicked from iambickilometer):
drop one of these bad boys in my askbox and i will post, without editing
- FIRST — the first two sentences of my current project
- LAST — the most recently written two sentences of my current project
- NEXT — the next line. meaning i will finish the sentence I’m on and write a new one, which you’ll get.
- [insert prompt here] — you post a prompt, and i’ll write three sentences based on that prompt, set in the same time/setting as my current project
- THE END — i’ll make up an ending, or post the ending if i’ve written it
- BEFORE THE BEGINNING — three sentences (or more) about something that happened before the plot of my current project
- POV — something that’s already happened, retold from another character’s perspective
send an ask: get to know your author
1)
is there a story you’re holding off on writing for some reason?2)
what work of yours, if any, are you the most embarrassed about existing?3) what order do you write in? front of book to back? chronological? favorite scenes first? something else?
4) favorite character you’ve written
5) character you were most surprised to end up writing
6) something you would go back and change in your writing that it’s too late/complicated to change now
7) when asked, are you embarrassed or enthusiastic to tell people that you write?
8) favorite genre to write
9) what, if anything, do you do for inspiration?
10) write in silence or with background noise? with people or alone?
11) what aspect of your writing do you think has most improved since you started writing?
12) your weaknesses as an author
13) your strengths as an author
14) do you make playlists for your current wips?
15) why did you start writing?
16) are there any characters who haunt you?
17) if you could give your fledgling author self any advice, what would it be?
18) were there any works you read that affected you so much that it influenced your writing style? what were they?
19) when it comes to more complicated narratives, how do you keep track of outlines, characters, development, timeline, ect.?
20) do you write in long sit-down sessions or in little spurts?
21) what do you think when you read over your older work?
22) are there any subjects that make you uncomfortable to write?
23) any obscure life experiences that you feel have helped your writing?
24) have you ever become an expert on something you previously knew nothing about, in order to better a scene or a story?
25) copy/paste a few sentences or a short paragraph that you’re particularly proud of
fic author Never Have I Ever
Send me an ask about whether I’ve written a thing [ship, trope, dynamic, category of fandom, etc.] and if I’ve written it, I’ll link you. If I haven’t written it, I’ll tell you how I would write it if I did.
no excuses writing meme, askbox version
(Nicked from iambickilometer):
drop one of these bad boys in my askbox and i will post, without editing
- FIRST — the first two sentences of my current project
- LAST — the most recently written two sentences of my current project
- NEXT — the next line. meaning i will finish the sentence I’m on and write a new one, which you’ll get.
- [insert prompt here] — you post a prompt, and i’ll write three sentences based on that prompt, set in the same time/setting as my current project
- THE END — i’ll make up an ending, or post the ending if i’ve written it
- BEFORE THE BEGINNING — three sentences (or more) about something that happened before the plot of my current project
- POV — something that’s already happened, retold from another character’s perspective
I’ll do any of these except The End. 😉
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