Karama9's Blog

Snippet from a story that's going to be a mini pre-story for my WIP The Masked Rogue.

I keep playing with the idea of redoing it, my coloring skills have improved a fair bit since I drew this.

Thank you for the ask @miadearden!

15 favorite weather for writing

I'm not overly picky on that, basically whenever it's not so nice out that I want to be outside. We don't have particularly good overall weather where I live, so on most days there are no issues with that. XD

26 are you able to write with other people around?

It depends... It's not so much the people as what they're doing. Assuming we're excluding times where the people are actively talking to me, because I definitely can't write then, I also have some trouble if they're talking to each other or reacting to what they're watching or reading because any noise coming from them feels like something I'm meant to do something about. I also sometimes have trouble tuning out the TV if it's in a language I understand, or music of almost any kind.

27 your favorite part of the writing process

Thank you for the ask @doubtfulloser!

Story Idea I haven't written yet

The next one I'm going to tackle after Rogue is the Locked Land AU. The idea is that Link literally goes out of bounds by escaping the locked land that is Hyrule and ending up in the wider world, as part of some intense speed running shenanigans. They've reset time and are trying to get their quest done faster than they did the first time around. I did write an introductory one-shot on this one, but the bulk of the ideas aren't written yet! The main character, as per current plan, is not Link but a person from the outside world that ends up helping them out.

Sequel?

I've actually been toying with the idea of trying to do a sequel for Hero again. With various one-shots, I'm up to a third quest for my poor scaredy-cat Link, it seems like it would be fitting to write at least the second one. I had one started years ago, but abandoned it because I got too bothered by the fact my made up timeline didn't make sense with the newly released (at the time) official timeline. Not a very good reason, but I was so so on the plot anyway so it was the last straw. I think I could make it work with some adjustments... maybe.

Writing and Editing Process

I always start with a detailed summary, and adjacent notes for specific things I'll need to refer to more often or keep close track of like character lists and story timeline.

Then the draft, which I write mostly in order but not entirely - I write some key scenes or scenes I just feel like poking at whenever the mood strikes and just save them for when they'll be needed.

I review twice: the first one is a quick re-read to check for consistency and clarity, the second is for phrasing, spelling and grammar. I always try to post chapters with no errors. I always post chapters with errors I missed lol. But not as many as were in the first draft so that's something.

Thank you for the ask @hurricane105!

14 Where do I get inspiration from?

I think mostly from books I've read months or years before, or stories I've known for a long time. They start contaminating my brains with adjacent ideas when they've been cooking in there long enough... sometimes also just tropes and themes. And then I end up mashing a bunch of all that together. For the Masked Rogue for instance, I'm drawing inspiration from Robin Hood, but also from Nobody's Boy (Sans Famille by Hector Malot) because it's my comfort anime and novel, a bit from the Princess Bride, and then I decided to just go for it in terms of French inspiration and I allowed myself to make Link's hero outfit patterned after The Three Musketeers, to pattern all the contemporary clothing on late 18th century France, and some Cyrano for good measure. As for tropes and themes, we got arranged royal marriages in there too, plus the whole commoner saving the princess and they fall in love trope.

23 Pick Three keywords that describe your writing

My current WIPS are actually either a bit out of my usual comfort zone (A Link Against the Dark) or WAY out of it (The Masked Rogue). This is on purpose, I'm trying to broaden my skills. So, these don't necessarily apply right now, but for maybe 80% of my writing, it would be: darkness, violence and trauma.