I’m actually on top of things for once and I don’t know what to do with myself 
Since I dropped Magpie Black, I would like to start a second draft of one of my horrors. But it’s probably best to wait until after my practicum assignment. I don’t know what it is yet so I don’t know how time consuming it will be. Plus I’m still drafting my Mysterious New Project, that can occupy my free time for a while… I’d probably get it done faster if I got off social media though, ciaos
This is a share, slightly spoil, daily progress thing 
Also my brainstorming and stuff going on.
So, okay, I figured out why Pinti goes out alone to save her clan. Before, I was trying to figure out why she would leave the other survivors to embark on this journey.
Well. What if she was alone from the start?
Some magick blossoming happens and she attracts or somehow causes the attack to happen (she didn’t cause it, but that’s how she sees it). Then everyone is afraid of her. Then many Kattalunae die. And her loved ones.
I’m debating on what to do with Tendri, her sister. She was actually, maybe, born to balance out Pinti, potentially. So, when Pinti’s other powers explodes, Tendri kind of…explodes? She kind of dies? Not really. I think maybe she’s, like, a manifestation of magick or something like that, so her physical body would die, sort of. Originally, I killed her off because…feels 
I think her death has more meaning this way. And it makes sense with the lore of Elgana being all about balance.
To fix this problem, she thinks she needs to destroy the shadow beasts. They are the problem. But to destroy them, she needs a moonstone to enhance her powers.
There’s also another moonstone that she wants to use to wish that the shadow beasts never existed as a last resort kind of thing because for one, she doesn’t know where it is (or if it’s real) and it might be too late when she finds it. Two, she doesn’t know what it would do to her and how her life came to be. She might end up destroying herself, too. dunno.
Anyway, that’s why she goes out alone.
My problem, my fault, I’ll fix, I’ll save them, savior complex a little? and hero complex a little? also I want to destroy an entire race… and I don’t trust anyone but myself.
That’s Pinti. So, instead of being angry at the world all the time like I previously had her, I made her more complex and meaningful. I think she’s smart enough to use others for her own gains. She’s been trying to run a clan for the past few months and has become quite successful. You can imagine then when others see her supposedly setting the beasts on them the shock and betrayal they feel. Reminds me a bit of Elsa when the people first discover she has magic, the duke of whatever says “Sorcery!”
Nothing new with Red Reign, since I discard the story and idea for good.
UPDATE: I did plan for a new planet that is similar to Alagossia in size, but overall very different.
Of couese. The brain is malleable enough to make it work.
hi i just learned that according to my own book, my mc can lift 5800lbs, not 2900lbs like i intended.
because apparently 1 ton is 2000lbs and not 1000lbs like i assumed, and i never looked it up to confirm 
it doesn’t matter in the long run, but it does make this even funnier
I have an idea for a female character who is a combination of what I desire in a fiction.
No name for the character yet since I just thought her up.
That is all I got for my female MC of my unnamed story.
I’ve been feeling like my writing is just so bad lately. And like, I know when I’m in that “zone”, I’m capable of better. When I re-read stuff that I wrote when I was super inspired, the words just came out naturally and sound great but when writing as a “habit” so I can achieve the goal of completing a story? It’s just…not good. So I ended up finding this thread and found it encouraging:
https://www.reddit.com/r/writing/comments/4u5dn6/my_writing_is_getting_worse_is_it_normal/
The two key takeaways for me were:
Your inner editor is becoming more refined, which makes your writing look worse even though it hasn’t dramatically shifted in quality.
Also, since you previously only wrote when inspiration struck- which will never get you anywhere, but feels really nice- writing daily feels like more of a chore, which also casts the work in a more negative light.
Writing every day on its own isn’t going to make you a better writer.
These stories you’re writing - are you going back and editing them? Or just re-reading?
Because first drafts don’t just magically get better. A lot of our best writing happens in the re-write.
In between writing sessions are you reading a lot? (we learn by osmosis). Are you looking up writing techniques and tips and applying them to your own writing?
‘Just write’ is a great way to build a writing habit. But like everything, just doing it isn’t enough.
You wouldn’t get better at the piano by just bashing the keys every day. At some point you’d have to learn to read music before you progressed.
Writing is the same.
This was a good reminder that I need to read more. I try to use whatever free time I can grab to write but I’m realizing now that might be hurting me more than helping. That I need to still take some time to “hone” my craft by reading. It’s just what to read that overwhelms me. (sigh)
✧･ﾟ: * ✧･ﾟ:* “Everybody else” is not your responsibility. Remember to take care of yourself first.✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ: *
Aww, thanks mascot. I’ll try. 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
anyways.
Same. 
Want to write, but don’t know where to begin with this “story”.
I haven’t written since I deleted Red Reign and buried Alagossia.
I got ideas and I don’t.
I know I want to focus on pirates sailing in the sky amongst the clouds and space amongst the stars.
Still pondering.
just finished writing the worst chapter known to man 
wow can’t wait to edit that. well, time to write the second worst chapter known to man now. and then the third.
maybe if i squeeze in enough chapters today they will start being less awful. and also i won’t feel as bad about procrastinating these surprise days off away.
rage brain solidarity 
oh maybe i can help with that, if you want. making book recs is part of my (future) career.
Finally wrote after some months
Some 350 words so far!
My thesis is due next week and I’m nowhere close to finishing 
Like omg my career depends on it! My entire department and two professors in the doctoral college say they can’t wait to read it. And I’ve promised to share my outcomes with the public archives. No pressure… no pressure at all.
Quick! Somebody push me off a cliff!
Lol bye
It’s gone from bad to worse! I ran into the chairperson of the local Pride (and THE authority on my research topic) who wants me to present my thesis to the committee a day before submission! I foolishly said yes. If the stress doesn’t kill me, my hubris will.
Gah! I need a title for my sky pirate story!
I like this one greatly!
I’ve made a thread to get help and I am STRUGGLING to come up with a good title.
