Y’all Want To See Something Wild?

An ultimate favourite fanfic of mine!

Now we know why Eliza “misinterpreted” the Clexa sexa scene…

It’s giveaway time!

As you may already be aware, Team Niylah’s Nik Naks will be raffling three copies of the extremely limited edition ‘don’t wanna be your girl’ book at Clexacon 2018. We know that some of you are unable to attend the convention but would still like to be in with a chance of winning this odyssey of Clexa filth in paperback form.

So… we are giving away ONE FREE copy to a lucky Tumblerite.

The rules are simple:

Reblog this post. You can like the post too/reblog multiple times if you wish but only one reblog per user will be entered into the draw.

The competition closes at midnight GMT on Wednesday March 28th and a winner will be chosen at random the following day.

The winner will be notified via Tumblr chat so we can arrange shipping of the book.

This prize draw is only open to those over the age of 18. Please do not enter if you don’t meet the age requirements. 

There are only 15 copies of the book in existence and they aren’t for sale, so don’t miss out if you’d like the opportunity to have a smut-filled slice of Clexa fandom memorabilia in your possession!

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I’m going to try this!

how to make a story file

As I am preparing for Camp NaNo*, I have been working on my story file. It occurred to me this might not be common or popular practice. “Story File” is a name I gave it and maybe some of y’all have a different name with the same contents. 

*There’s still time to apply to join my Camp NaNo cabin!

My Story File contains everything about my story that doesn’t go in the outline.

It’s broken up into major categories and specific templates. So without further ado, here is how I structure my Story File. 

Intro

Title

Logline

Synopsis

Genre

Estimated Total Length (word count)

Draft Length Goal (word count)

Character Bank

Main characters and brief, one-sentence descriptions with ages

Themes and Character Development

Central Question

The Yes/No question that is being asked through the whole story

Should have objective qualities, rather than subjective

i.e. “Will they fall in love?” (subjective) vs. “Will they leave their partners and become a couple?” (objective)

Thematic Questions

These are the internal conflict questions that reside in your character(s) and your story

ex. “Can there really be a successful government?”

ex. “Does grief excuse bad actions?”

Themes at a Glance

Words or phrases that relate to the themes of the story

ex. person vs. nature

ex. isolation

ex. grief

ex. first love

Motivation / Stasis State / Final State

for each main character, you should write a sentence or two pertaining to these three things

Motivation: What is the drive behind this character and their past, present, and future actions? What part of their background makes them the way that they are? What are they looking for? What do they want out of this/a situation?

Stasis State: What are they like before the inciting incident? What problems and questions do they have?

Final State: What has changed about them and their outlook? What questions have they resolved? What has happened to their internal conflict?

Relationships

I usually make a little web of the MCs and their relationship to one another. One for the stasis and one for final.

Stasis: How do these characters see each other? How do they act toward the other? (All before the inciting incident)

Final: How do these characters see each other now? How has their idea of one another shifted? 

Even if a character dies before the end, include the most recent relationship status in the Final web.

ex. this is how I organize it, using the Draw feature of Google Docs

Character Bank

This is just a very preliminary character bank. If you prefer a more in-depth one, check out my 6 Box Method.

Per (relevant/important) character:

Name

Nickname/preferred name

Age

Field/Occupation

Physical Description

Personality

Personal History

Education/Occupation History

Extra Notes:

Worldbuilding Bank

(Check out my worldbuilding posts on Categories Pt. 1 and 2 for better context)

Seasons and Climate

Languages

Other Cultural Pockets

Folklore and Legends

Fine Arts

Dress and Modesty

Classes

Jobs

Currency and Economics

Shopping

Agriculture and Livestock

Imports and Exports

Literature, Pop Culture, and Entertainment

Food and Water

Holidays and Festivals

Family and Parenting

Relationships

Housing

Religion and Beliefs

Government

Health and Medicine

Technology and Communication

Death

Transportation

Plants, Animals, and Human-environment Interaction

Education

Beauty Standards

Gender and Sexuality

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I hope this helps y’all and supplements what you’re probably already doing. I know it’s helped me tons to have everything in a central place.

Best of luck!

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not a meme but i think it would be pretty fuckin cool if we all did this. and not just for a month, but until we start getting what we deserve. they only profit off of us. they don’t deserve our attention. eat the rich.

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Day Thirty-six

of @the-wip-project‘s challenge

Q36: The relationships you write, what kind of power-dynamics do they tend to have?

A36: In a romantic pairing, one character is 100% smitten and the other is not. (Unfortunately, I experienced this quite a bit before I met someone who was equally into me as I am in them. I guess this trope is a bit of a loose tooth for me that I like to wiggle from time to time.) By the end of the story, though, this pairing is over.

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omg! This looks amazing!

“The Switch” is the first transgender sitcom in history starring trans/non-binary lead cast, this is EVERYTHING

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no one:

me: here’s a flow chart of 41 lgbtq+ book recommendations, have fun!

disclaimer: this is a very non-comprehensive list since I’m only including books that I’ve read

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moleskine = bad

Day Forty-four

of @the-wip-project

Q44: Share a cool phrase from a WIP.

A44: They wanted to eat me but not in the fun kind of way.

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I realize that the purpose of the writing challenge was to write every day for a 100 days.  Life, the universe and everything has rendered my schedule this summer very tight. But now I have time (guess who just got childcare?) and I like these questions.

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