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[Vazchu]

I'm going to sound crazy and weird. But I really do enjoy writing from a demon's perspective, it's something I do in two of my stories. For some reason it's quite relaxing and like drawing demons, I somehow feel at ease with it (and I think my writing style suits them best). Most demons I write about is written in third person. One of them I write about in second person, he's the most fun and I enjoy him the most (and I to this day still love the comment I got from a classmate: "I love how you're forcing me to be a demon and even though I don't want to be one ... I enjoy it" - which was fun to hear). [/color][/size][/center]

My main non-human character is a demon as well. More of the anime-esque style that I picked up from things like Inuyasha and Yu Yu Hakusho way back in the olden days. My guy is definitely, "You humans say that we demons are strange all you want, but from my perspective, it's you all who have a few screws loose." I always enjoy writing the dynamic between him and the others.

I believe many of mine may be quite anime-inspired in a way as well. It's only a chosen few who's been more realistic in terms of their looks. (:
But indeed, I agree that it's truly enjoyable to see the dynamics between the demons and human characters.



Also, I received the results of the poetry competition I sent the first part of my collection of poetry to yesterday. Apparently mine made it quite far, I didn't win nor end up on the shared second place. And it was nearly 500 people that entered the competition, so honestly my main goal was simply to receive some feedback from people in the publishing industry .... Which I did receive ... They apparently liked my little project. To the point of them wanting to discuss publishing options as they believe my project would suit as a published book.

I'm still walking on clouds and haven't quite grasped it completely as of now. It feels somewhat like a distant dream suddenly being closer to reality.

So far I have only agreed to discuss the options more closely and to see what sort of contract they have to offer; since I'm new to this all.

[scmarshtacky]

Also, I received the results of the poetry competition I sent the first part of my collection of poetry to yesterday. Apparently mine made it quite far, I didn't win nor end up on the shared second place. And it was nearly 500 people that entered the competition, so honestly my main goal was simply to receive some feedback from people in the publishing industry .... Which I did receive ... They apparently liked my little project. To the point of them wanting to discuss publishing options as they believe my project would suit as a published book.

I'm still walking on clouds and haven't quite grasped it completely as of now. It feels somewhat like a distant dream suddenly being closer to reality.

So far I have only agreed to discuss the options more closely and to see what sort of contract they have to offer; since I'm new to this all.[/color][/size][/center]

Wow, that's huge! Congratulations!

Definitely explore your options as much as you can, but getting your foot in the door is incredible. I hope it goes well regardless of what you choose

[Khefri-Sun]

Hi again everyone!

So I have a question for people who have successfully written novels (especially if you have ADHD/autism, like me), how do you organize all your thoughts?
I have stories that stay in my head because I just can't seem to bang out that rough draft! I really want to write at least ONE novel in my lifetime, it's been a goal of mine since I was 15 (I'm an adult now, twice that age), I just don't know how to do more then write short stories?
Please, give me some tips and tricks! 💚

[Little Trickster]

Hi again everyone!

So I have a question for people who have successfully written novels (especially if you have ADHD/autism, like me), how do you organize all your thoughts?
I have stories that stay in my head because I just can't seem to bang out that rough draft! I really want to write at least ONE novel in my lifetime, it's been a goal of mine since I was 15 (I'm an adult now, twice that age), I just don't know how to do more then write short stories?
Please, give me some tips and tricks! 💚

Well, I haven't finished mine yet, but I've gotten some good work done so I'll tell you what I do! Plus I've been non-professionally diagnosed with ADD so I kind of relate?

First, I don't try to get everything perfect the first time. If I'm having trouble I just write out everything I want to happen in a very simple way. I. e. "They got a call about a murder, so they decided talk to some of the victim's relatives where they learned that the victim owed a lot of money to some people. A few days later they were driving down the highway, when a mysterious driver tried to run them off the road. Once they recovered and called the police they continued on the search, also looking for leads of who tried to crash their car." Etc. (sometimes I do it more detailed than that but there's the basic idea)
Then later I fill in all the blanks and details I need.

I don't know if you're a roleplay person but another thing I like to do is roleplay with myself as the characters, sometimes that gets my brain going.

Also, a good tip to remember, you don't need details for everything. If you have two characters driving somewhere, you don't need to describe the drive unless it's important to the story.

[Little Trickster]

Hey everyone, its Hazel! Due to Tenor not being able to be on as frequently, I've decided to help out and take over the Writer's Abode so I can continue the question of the week and keep this place alive! Don't fear, Tenor will still be around from what I hear!
If you need anything feel free to pm me here or on discord (littletrickster_wolf_51632)

Writer's Abode will still run the same way it did, I'm not making any big changes as of now.

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What inspired your book or whatever you may be writing? If you haven't written anything yet, what would you want to take as inspiration?

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[b]What inspired your book or whatever you may be writing? If you haven't written anything yet, what would you want to take as inspiration?[/b]

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Ill begin! Each book was inspired by something different, but my biggest project was inspired by Agatha Christy and Sherlock Holmes. I love mystery and I've always wanted to write one. So that exactly what I did! I'm only on chapter seven of the rough draft but I think its coming together pretty well!

[TheCrazyGiraffeLady]

What inspired your book or whatever you may be writing? If you haven't written anything yet, what would you want to take as inspiration?

My main storyline, which I started a long time ago when I was little and now I am redoing a lot of as I am now an adult, was inspired by climate change if Im honest. I dont know why, I am this odd passion into how the Earth would become if humans vanished/the impact humans are having on Earth itself (probably why my dissertation was on Climate Change impacting Tiger Habitats...). So Aftermath looks into Earth after humans; humans have 'vanished' and left everything behind so nature can reclaim.
I use a lot of landmarks close to where I live to base my shorts on, because they are local and I can visit them now to imagine how they would look in the distant future, but it also gives me the ability to travel the globe from the comfort of home.
And Flam, the main character of Aftermath? She's based on my toy giraffe from Flamingo land xD

So really the main inspirations: Climate Change & Human Impact, History (cause Flam seeks to preserve the history of the ancient civilisation that brought the world to its knees), Travelling the world, and a touch of nostalgia for when I pick a destination I visit a lot myself ^^

When I think about it, a lot of my stories stem around disasters and the aftermath behind it; sometimes I dig into the disasters, sometimes not:
- Aftermath looks into the human impact on the world and how nature recovers -> tries to be semi realistic in terms of what could happen
- Kirat looks into the spiral of a lovers quarrel turned civil war (I havent really thought of the after effects here...) -> semi realistic, but the cast are all cats so...
- Valara looks into how the loss of a species impacts an entire ecosystem (though magic is involved) - dragons, its not that realistic but I love trying to bring the laws of nature into a fantasy setting

[Little Trickster]

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[scmarshtacky]

What inspired your book or whatever you may be writing? If you haven't written anything yet, what would you want to take as inspiration?

All of my long novel WIPs save for one were actually inspired by my dreams! About once every three or four months I have a very vivid and fantasy-driven dream that I can form into a working plot when I wake up. I usually have 3-4 good scenes from the dream itself and then filling in the gaps isn't too difficult.

Fortis, The Black Magus, The Gods' Hand, Naught but a Will, Dev's Memoir and one unnamed are all things that I've dreamed up. XD

[Little Trickster]

What inspired your book or whatever you may be writing? If you haven't written anything yet, what would you want to take as inspiration?

All of my long novel WIPs save for one were actually inspired by my dreams! About once every three or four months I have a very vivid and fantasy-driven dream that I can form into a working plot when I wake up. I usually have 3-4 good scenes from the dream itself and then filling in the gaps isn't too difficult.

Fortis, The Black Magus, The Gods' Hand, Naught but a Will, Dev's Memoir and one unnamed are all things that I've dreamed up. XD

I have literally done the exact same thing XD
That's really cool though, I usually can only remember enough to get a rough idea, but I do have one that I got an entire plot for.

[Starwindrider]

i'm new to the writers' abode!

you can call me: Star, Indigo
my pronouns are: she/her
here's a bit about me/ my writing journey: I've been writing stories since I was pretty young, so I can't really imagine life without this hobby. I've learnt poetry under established writers and published in an anthology before! I forayed into fanfiction a few years ago but now I'm not really connected to the fandoms anymore, so I don't write that as much. I very much prefer writing my own original stories and am currently working on a Chinese fantasy novel (in English). At the side I'm also learning creative writing in Chinese.
anything else? Hyped to be here! The abode seems like a very cozy community I'm excited to be a part of :3