Hello everyone, my name's Alina (Twenties, female), and if I'm not studying I'm likely on here (or writing, lol). I've had this account for a while now, I use it for posting my stuff as well as the lovely writings of others.
I now have an Ao3 page too! As of writing, I'm fairly new, and I'll be gradually uploading my works onto there as well :D
And here's what can be found on my blog:
- My writing (see below)
- Other people's writing
- Writeblr things I think are neat
- Eurovision posts (lol)
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Hello! Thank you so much for the ask!! (And also the follow :D)
So A Healing for the Birds concerns the theft of a divine relic capable of producing healing water (the Allaitri Chalice). It was missing for over 3,000 years, until two acolytes show up and unearth it for their religious group, which catches the ire of the faerie politicians they stole it from.
The two protagonists are Alycja, a quick-witted teen who was trying to complete her coming of age ceremony when it got gatecrashed for Chalice-related reasons, and Eshani, one of said politicians who's after the Chalice for not just obligation, but also for her freedom.
Here's the first two chapters I've posted so far (and I also have a number of flash fiction pieces surrounding the wip too, some more spoilery than others 😉)
Oh no! In all of this confusion, I've tripped and genres have spilled out of my pockets!
🚀science fiction
👻horror
🍰cooking show
😭tragedy
🤣comedy
🗺️adventure
🎭theatrical play
👑historical
🏀sports
🧸children's animation
💖romance
🎶musical
You're probably missing some genres now too, right? Don't worry! Reblog this post and let people send you some genres! Then tell us what your main story would look like if it was THIS genre!
Thanks for the ask! So this line was something that made me pull a lot of strings in Chapter One just to have it be the first one (to the point that Alycja's perspective got omitted entirely until the next chapter 🤣😭)
That line would be none other than the opener:
“How fortunate are you not to land in the court of crows?” Eshani presided over a noble trembling before her, awaiting her divine judgment.
🍿Do you think your story would work best as a TV series, a live-action movie, an animated movie, or a mini series?
Hi, thanks for the ask!!
It would have to be an animated series, for sure. I would pay my soul twice over for A Healing for the Birds to get a show done by Fortiche (their art style is immaculate 😍). If it ever transpired, I would hope for a long-ish season (like about 15-18 episodes, depending on how the chapters get converted into tv pacing), so that I can add extra point-of-view characters whose perspectives I couldn’t include in the book (Cheyoria, Jersk and Desemir would be the most likely candidates).
If it got a second season, that would cover the sequel :D
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That would be Unethical — Faouzia, and the way I envision it is that the part of the song up to the second chorus plays during the last scene (I will give one hint, I relate the song to both Eshani and Desemir 👀).
The second chorus starts with the credits, and mid-way through the bridge is where the names start flowing vertically.
(The last notes could accompany one last scene 👀😉)
TW: these are my opinions. If they or my tone offends anyone or comes out wrong, I am truly sorry and will be more than happy to discuss or be corrected. Thank you.
Why is everyone trying to write a book? I don't want to be mean—if you genuinely want to write a book, go for it, I'm just saying why aren't other forms of writing also acknowledged? Like why are my short story girlies? My poetry babes? Screenwriters? Playwrights? Video game writers? Hello? For anyone who needs to hear this: you're still a writer even if you're not writing a book.
For the teenage writing community...I'm sorry but why do all our ideas sound the same? I'm genuinely fearing we are going to become the next booktok generation but instead of smutty romatasy, it's just an overproduction of ambiguous medieval fantasy books with strong female characters and assassins pretending to be morally grey and (spoiler) the world is super dark and everyone is dying and oh no I definitely did not see that plot twist coming.
Again, this is a request for the writing community to be more inclusive to different types of writers, like hobby writers. A lot of writing content is like targeted to those who want to publish (not surprised) but I do feel hobbyists should also be acknowledged and appreciated more.
Speaking of things that should be acknowledged and appreciated more...CAN WE HAVE MORE GENRES THAN FANTASY? So sorry, really needed to get that off my chest. This is not a bad thing or surprising. Fantasy is VERY VERY VERY popular for a reason but...there are other genres guys. Where are my sci-fi writers? Mystery? Contemporary? How about those whose ideas don't even fit into one genre??? Even other subgenres of fantasy aren't nearly talked enough about. Urban Fantasy? Cozy Fantasy? Hello? You alive?
And this probably the hottest take: I don't think teenagers should publish their books. Hear me out: writing and publishing are two very different beasts. By no means am I saying teenage writers should stop writing. Please keep writing. Keep writing, share your works and get feedback, that's amazing. But...the publishing industry is more """easier""" to navigate with a bit more experience and skills at the craft. Even those in the publishing industry say that your debut novel should probably not be the first novel you have ever written. Again, to teen writers, please don't stop writing but just put a small pin in that publishing dream.
Something that popped into my mind for the fantasy one is that I find the internet, especially places like Tumblr, AO3 and Wattpad, is a lot more oriented for fantasy versus other genres. A big reason for this could be the great deal of anonymity these platforms offer, so this could make people feel more free to express these ideas versus in real life, where one might feel the need to be amongst like-minded people to talk about fantasy and/or other forms of genre fiction. And unless you live in a city, and/or attend a university which has a writing group, that may not be possible for some people, especially if they're below 18/legal adult age.
This leads into my point about the writing scene in real life. Go to any open mic (at least where I live, an artsy city in Ireland), and the predominant crowd of people with pieces to read are those who write poetry or short fiction, often in the literary genre. Most of the pieces on show are subtly or overtly rooted in real life experiences, and that's a reflection of the actual mainstream writing scene.
While the bookshops nowadays will have a decently sized fantasy section, sometimes split from the sci-fi, and sometimes even with a separate horror section, the vast majority of the fiction section is real-life based fiction.
If one is in conversation on the topic of books, ones that are literary, classic, real-life based or otherwise concern more intellectual topics will usually garner more of a positive/expected response than a book from genre fiction will.
And I'm saying this as an observation of reality, not a condemnation of literary or real-life fiction. Part of the reason I enjoy going to open mics is because I get exposed to different styles of writing, as well as different topics and perspectives. Something I keep meaning to do is dip into poetry more frequently, and it's because the open mics are an incentive to do so.
So because fantasy doesn't have as much of a niche in real life, people have took to using the internet for it. And that's probably why there's so many fantasy writers. I have no doubt the people doing other genres are there too, I've come across some here on Tumblr, it's more that they might have a niche somewhere else, including open mics and real life writing groups.
Daydream-style ask game? Yeah, I thought that would be fun too. Let's take a look at the questions!
🍿Do you think your story would work best as a TV series, a live-action movie, an animated movie, or a mini series?
🎥What would the soundtrack for your book-turned-movie sound like?
🎞️ Do you have actor face claims for any of your characters? What about one actor you absolutely just do not want anywhere near this pretend movie?
💭Quick! One fact about your movie has been leaked. What is it?
🌜If it gets an animated adaption, what animation style could you picture this story being shown through?
✨Make or describe a fake poster for this movie!
🔚What song plays during the credits?
🤡Write a short scene describing the blooper reel for your wip!
Remember, if you want to take part in this game, other people do too! It's important to send asks to other people. That will help encourage them to send asks your way as well!
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Around and around and around we go, over and over and over again...let's play pretend and see if we can break the cycle.
Write a short story or excerpt or explanation about what would happen if your characters get stuck in a time loop! Make it cheesy, and schlocky, and just have all kinds of fun with it!
Don't want to make an AU of your current story? Make up a totally new one to play with here!
I'm going to reblog this again later with an actual short story, but for now here's a link to a piece on this topic I wrote a few weeks ago :D
Should This Rift Arise Anew
This piece was inspired by that week's Flash Fiction Friday prompt, and it concerns the idea of Eshani getting thrown back to that night, except with the twist that she didn't become a High Councillor by the end of it. Instead, she gets to be with her daughter again and has to figure out how to escape the loop and return to her timeline before her memories get overwritten :D
We've had a busy few days and we're all getting a little tired. We'll need to find somewhere to nap first. And...with everything in the air, we might have some weird dreams.
We should probably know each other very closely, right? Like...in case something happens once it gets dark.
I know! Let's play two truths and a lie!
Reblog this post and share two truths and one lie about your main character! Remember to play the game with other people, too!
I don't think it's going to be easy finding Gertrude's friends. We're going to need to be extra careful and make sure no one gets separated from the group.
I have an idea!
Let's start with our most social travelers! Do you have...
A newsletter?
Writing based social media?
Somewhere people can follow you?
Reblog this post and let people know how to find you!
First off is my main blog, which is here! A lot of my writing can be found under the tags for 'writing', 'flash fiction friday' and/or one of my wip tags.
I also have a blog on ao3, that's where my flash fiction/side projects are getting uploaded (eventually) :D
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🤡 What would your main character look like if they were on a child's cartoon?
🎶What is your main character's theme song?
🎠What kind of repetition or repeated motifs are visible in your wip?
Yay, thank you as always for the ask!! <333
🤡 What would your main character look like if they were on a child's cartoon?
I think the best way to describe this would be a style reminiscent of early 2000's animation, a cross between 2D animation and Fortiche's current painterly style (like their style for Arcane and some of their modern music videos for League of Legends, for example).
So my main characters would have some exaggerated proportions, but their clothes would have a certain level of detail. Not quite Arcane-detailed, but more detailed than a typical cartoon. Almost anime-esque, in a way.
🎶What is your main character's theme song?
For Eshani, this was a hard one to decide. I have a number of songs on my playlist that suit her, but they all encapsulate different aspects of her and her relationships. So I'm going to break the rules a bit and list two
^^ This was the song that inspired part of the core essence of her character, back eons ago when she first came into my mind (yes, she appeared in a dream!). The reason red is Eshani's signature colour is because of the music video xD
In terms of the sound and intensity of this song, I attributed it to Eshani instantly. The reality? The translation of the lyrics shows that it relates to Cerigo's feelings about Eshani! He's conflicted because he does have feelings for her, somewhere, yet he's afraid of what she has become. He struggles to reconcile the two sides, especially if Eshani is in his presence.
As for Alycja, I found a pretty strong pick just a few days ago. This one strongly resonates with the disillusionment that Alycja feels with her religion and her community, as she's being condemned for doing the right thing (using the Chalice to stop the skeleton).
The bridge of it even reminds me of the conflict that Alycja feels, as she knows who she's meant to be loyal to, and what she has to do, but she realises she's living her dream of becoming a(n apprentice) mage, and maybe doesn't want that to end yet.
🎠What kind of repetition or repeated motifs are visible in your wip?
The repetition of certain numbers comes up a lot in A Healing for the Birds, as a nod to mythology doing the same. Typically, at least in Irish mythology, it would be 3 that appears a lot, but in this wip, I picked 7.
Seven is the number of provincial courts that founded Helinda, as is the number of nymphs which once guarded the Chalice.
Most notably, seven is the number of High Councillors. A decent number of facets tied to them are split 4/3, such that if the meeting scene between them at the beginning-ish of A Healing for the Birds (preview here) ever got made into something animated with music, the score for that would have a 4/3 signature.
Some of the 4/3 facets are major spoilers for A Healing for the Birds (and This Blood-Stained Charcuterie), so I'll only list some 👀😉 (sorted by surname)
Four women (Faison, Emar, Varesh, Sarivauke), three men (Ailkouri, Melaushe, Darüven)
Four born outside of Helinda/Morilaste (Faison, Emar, Varesh, Darüven), three born within (Melaushe, Ailkouri, Sarivauke)
The 'foreigners' are also the majority voting group (barring the odd deviation, usually on Darüven's part 👀)
Four wear bright colours (Faison, Varesh, Melaushe, Sarivauke), three wear dark ones (Emar, Darüven, Ailkouri)
Three hold parallels with the original founders (Faison, Emar, Sarivauke), four don't (Darüven, Varesh, Ailkouri, Melaushe)
Three are known for some form of magical (re: unethical!) experimentation (Varesh, Sarivauke, Ailkouri), four are not (Faison, Emar, Darüven, Melaushe)
Four have been High Councillors for more than 100 years (Emar, Varesh, Ailkouri, Melaushe), three have been for less than that (Faison, Darüven, Sarivauke)
Okay first off, all of these songs are bangerrrr. I might look at the first and third ones fully, because (Trader oc talk whoopsies) the vibes of In The Name of Love gave Ryan and Ruby after Ryan's secret is revealed and things are tense and broken between them... and I looked at the lyrics of Void and it seems very much like a Sam Allen song 👀
The numbers importance like mythology does is super cool! I do like that the 4/3 facets aren't all just like, the same 4/3 people each time, and they tend to mix! That's very neat!
I love messing with numbers too lol, some numbers are super important in Souls of Black 👀:)
The thing about the 4/3 split is that most of them are an accident! I never really intended it that way and yet, at some point in the past few years I first noticed it and I was like "wait a minute..." :0 🤣🤣🤣
