Tatiana

 For context, she’s using nicknames (Sunshine & Night) because she doesn’t know their names yet.

“She gives them doe eyes in an attempt to throw them off. she knows there is only one reason why she’s here. She hacked something she shouldn’t have and this is revenge. It was clear that Sunshine wasn’t expecting her to be a woman though and it has definitely made some complications for his gloomy friend. At least that was her bet.

Sunshine reaches for her face and it makes her jump before she realizes he’s reaching for the mouth guard that was there to keep her from biting her tongue. She sighs at the comfort of having the intrusive object removed and generously gulps down the bottle of water he hands her. She can’t help but wonder how many times he’s done this before. As she slowly lowered the bottle she looked at his hands and wondered if they were stained with blood she couldn’t see. If hers would touch them next. Or was that Night's job?“ 

-Project Dark

I saw a tweet about someone using an app to listen to their story when they edit and after some digging found out it was called Speechify. What a game changer. Fellow writers, give this a try. 

A tip is to use the UK English if you are writing in English because the voice because sounds much more realistic and less robotic than the US English for some reason. 

I figured I would start my first post with a small story about my writing past. 

When I started college I was fully invested in being an English major. My main interested being creative writing because I knew in my heart of hearts that one day I wanted to write a book.

During my first semester as an English major I took a creative writing class. Never has anything killed my enjoyment of writing more than that class. In the beginning, I was excited. I was finally going to be able to write and share my work with others like me. Instead I got a writer’s nightmare. The professor always found something wrong with my writing style and it was very discouraging. My classmates loved my work and I often got great feedback from then even if they disagreed with choices they loved my writing style and my ideas.

I tried really hard each assignment to conform to her standards but it was difficult. I was used to reading fantasy and she was rooted in realism it seemed. She wanted to put me in a box and I didn’t like the fit.

The following semester I dropped creative writing and switched to anthropology because I felt like a failure. My writing wasn’t good enough. Everyone that came before that professor was wrong. I wasn’t a good writer. Someone who taught creative writing would know if I was a worthy writer and I clearly wasn’t. 

I don’t regret my decision to switch majors. While it kept me from writing I got to learn a lot of interesting things about humanity. Ancient civilizations, culture, how we age and decompose, and the true stories behind vampires and zombies. I got to learn how to translate runes and hieroglyphics.

 I learned things that would be useful for a writer to know or so I told myself because writing was always at the back of my mind even though my ego had taken a huge hit.

After graduation I decided to continue to get my master’s in library and information science because I wanted to continue working in the field of anthropology in archiving. Whether with antique books or artifacts, I couldn’t think of a better way to spend my time at work. Other than writing, if I ever got around to that. 

I’m in my second semester of my master’s program now and after being diagnosed with a rare incurable but not deadly disease- a story for another day-  I have finally taken the time to sit and start the first draft of a story I am very excited for.