#ciaranmacken

Rules: repost and tag 10 followers you want to know better.

Name: Lillian Nickname: Senpai [most common in real life], Univ, Tree Birthday: November 2 Star Sign: Scorpio Gender: Female Height: 5′3″  

Sexual orientation: A shaky hetero for now. [leaning gradually towards bi] Romantic orientation: Hetero too I guess.  Favorite color: Red. Time and Date: May 14th, 7:50 PM PST Average hours of sleep: 7 First word that comes to my mind:  One place that makes me happy: Neighborhood pond.  How many blankets: 2 Favorite fictional character: Sakura Kinomoto [Cardcaptor Sakura] Favorite famous person: Don’t have one.

Favorite Books: the Mistborn series, Good Omens Favorite TV shows: Cardfight!! Vanguard, Wixoss [well it ended], F/SN Unlimited Blade Works Favorite musicians: none come to mind in particular Favorite games: Wixoss, CF Vanguard, Pokemon [the video games], floor hockey, Tales of the Abyss Last movie watched: Cinderella [nice costumes] Dream Holiday: Going back to Japan when I’m not super ill.  Dream Job: I can’t even decide what I want to do. 

MY GODDESSMY QUEEN

Name: Ian/Ainsley

Average hours of sleep: 7 or so on weekdays, 4 on weekends

Last thing I Googled: google translate bc my english-german dictionary is Not The Best but neither is google translate oh w e l l

Nicknames: 'ains' i guess but like 2 people are allowed to use that. idk i don;t like nicknames on me hhaha.

Gender: *large shrugging motion* i use he/him/his pronouns though

Sexual Orientation: ace. im also aro

Height: 5'3"

Favourite colour(s): puRPLE AND ORANGE and the variations of each color (like brown!!!1and lavender!!!! gosh!!!!)

One place that makes you happy: flfpflp ummm malls i guess. as long as im with a friend!! 

surprisingly im usually okay with malls. i think it's bc i can;t pick out anything at all and it;s just one large noise?? that and im usually in the state of mind to go outside haha


How many blankets I sleep under: like 4-5. one of them is a down comforter. i am c o l d.

Favourite movie: ummm pprrrrobably pprororbably Planet of the Apes?? idk. that or the Fantastic Voyage. a lot of stuff with Vincent Price in it. g osh this is hard. The Book of Life was vvvvv good too. Auagh so was into the Woods and The Producers aihahughggg tHIS IS HARD

What are you wearing rn: a t-shirt, a sweater, some socks, and some bright blue jeans. i am cold and need a nother sweater but i need to keep my arms clear.


Last book you read: fflpflp ummm mmumum The Mark of Athena. i read some of the DLTP updates too but i havent caught up completely yet....

I Tag: crispsockfresh, ciaranmacken, aveysauce, breezepelts-spookyhole, carlashawofficial, ummmmm anyone who sees this!! im probably forgetting people sorry!! 

EDIT 1:'hOW DID I FORGET xxhiphopangelxx aaUGHG sorry DDDDD:

EDIT 2: mORE PEOPLE to tag auagh

skinned-skeletons, lin-rinku

I would get started on your own first. Don't try to bolster a fandom without content to serve as the dangled carrot. Once you have a starting point established so people know what they're getting into, then look for things to submit your story to. Make boost posts. Talk in all caps about how awesome it is. Don't wait for the fandom to come for you to start getting your feedback.

Funnily enough, I've recently gone through the same thing with my own WIP. 

Generally speaking, action oriented beginnings do more to grab the reader. However, these quieter beginnings do have a place. I think it's up to you to make the decision regarding whether or not the beginning you have in mind is important enough to your story's atmosphere, your plot, and the characters you've created to start things there. 

If your instincts are saying that's the right beginning, then don't hold back. However, be sure it's your instincts talking and it's not just that you like this particular scene so much you find yourself compelled to use it. 

No story should begin with a heap of backstory. Get right into the heart of the problem and the heart of the action, and weave in the backstory as you go (where it's relevant to do so, of course). 

There are plenty of ways to develop any sort of magic system. The important thing is to have something that unifies it, rather than just throwing in anything and everything.

J. K. Rowling's magic system in HP had distinct rules that she didn't break, even for more complex types of magic. She also had a very distinct way of bastardizing Latin (and other) words in order to create her spells.