Denali Christianson

@gracie-j @devastate-lasting

These questions tho!!

ok. Let’s see.

Ara: Singing in opera

November: Spoon on nose

Jocelyn: spoon on nose

all 3: Ice cream bathing  mmm peanut butter.

Ara: Mistletoe

November: Mistletoe

Jocelyn: MistleFOE

Ara: Soooooo she’d hate the first choice, but if we’re talking main villain she’s a girl. But if we’re…[Read more]

@gracie-j Cool cool. I might stop soon as well.

So for whoever happens to venture here next:

Would your character rather be in the country or the city?

@godlyfantasy12 Ahaha I hate myself for what I make me do  but thank you. It’s nice to have a lot of writing practice. Makes way for bigger and better things.

Yo, I’m sure that the more you write, the better you get! It’s not all about the word count, but logging it sure does help!

@gracie-j Ahem. I feel like I owe an explanation, lol.

It’s not one book. If it was one book I would die. No, it’s 52 volumes divided into 13 series. I started out with the 13 series idea and then decided to keep adding volumes. But 52 is a bit too daunting, so maybe I’ll advertise it as 13 volumes XD.

@gracie-j

So longest I’ve written is a little over 50,000 words (in a first draft of a series I’m not currently working on. And some of those words we me just trying to make the word count so I’d add things 😂😂)

@devastate-lasting

Goodness!!! 3 million?! And 10 years?! Wow!! You are definitely committed!

and nice synopses!

I hope this next…[Read more]

@gracie-j Oh boy. Oh boy. That second one is, uh, a very tempting situation, but as of right now I can’t think of any pairings of hero/villain that aren’t two guys or related. Well, maybe for my other project, where I kinda ship my lawful evil with my chaotic good…

Like, I’m sure that most of my characters are prepared to be rejected by their…[Read more]

@kathleenramm Recently I was looking at a really pretty piece of art and I wanted to write a story off of it but I couldn’t think of one so I set it as my desktop wallpaper and then last week I woke up in the middle of the night with an epiphany of the story I wanted to tell…

But art, watching movies, and listening to music are all probably…[Read more]

@gracie-j So far as I’ve calculated if I’m writing in a 200 pg wide ruled 8.5×11 inch notebook it usually ends up being maybe 60,000, 65,000? But since I’m switching to college ruled next year I can probably get more in, so…maybe over 70,000. Thirteen Ways is currently calculated as going to have over 3 million words, and Mafia is probably g…[Read more]

@gracie-j Both those options sound quite horrendous. I don’t recall if I’ve ever made any character of mine take a bath before either. Hmm, I wonder if they do… Your questions make me add to my world-building. Thank you.

Anyway, probably coffee. It’s hot, anyway. Also Rolo would sell his soul for coffee. Well, maybe not his soul. But…[Read more]

@gracie-j Whoa, those are historical novels that I’d read.

I might have given synopsizes for my things, maybe not. But here goes nothing. (I’ll make up new stuff as the old ones are outdated. Let’s see how well I can do when put on the spot.)

Thirteen Ways to Infinity:

Magic Users. The most blessed and most cursed of all those created…blessed…[Read more]

@gracie-j

Nice and awesome summary!!

Goodness your writing just in that is incredible!!

I have a summary for my standalone (or synopsis. Whatever lol.) and a logline. They aren’t perfect obviously.

I have a sorta logline for the first series book too, and a working series name (just so I can call it something other then #SecretProject, which i…[Read more]

@gracie-j James would babysit two kids, Christopher would rather housesit for a hoarder, Ghost would rather change her full name.

Would your character rather be best at balancing a spoon on their nose or the best at high opera singing?

@gracie-j @leon-fleming

XD!!

I think Jocelyn and Ara would babysit two toddlers but November might choose the house sitting (although he’d do whatever Ara wants to do or wants him to do lol)

And none of them would change their name. Well. Maybe November 😂

@princessmk Aw, he’s really cute! I hope you have a great time together.

I used to write a lot of poetry, but I haven’t really found any inspiration nowadays…mainly sticking to song lyrics now. Do you like free-verse or any special format?

Ooh, a magic elevator! I really like the sound of that. The world sounds really interesting, too. I also…[Read more]

@gh24682468999 Let’s see…tips…I’ve tried doing NaNo once or twice before last time, but always failed. You gotta make yourself and sit and finish the word count every day, otherwise you fall behind really easily. I stayed up a lot at night trying to finish. Also utilize your weekends and free time. Don’t worry about plot/grammar/characters.…[Read more]

@lewilliams

Hiya! And thx, but no thx on the green tea *holds up hot cocoa*. Personally I prefer peppermint (with lots of sugar and cream!)

As for how long….oof.

Since I was little I know. But I may not have ever actually called it fantasy. Idk 😂 I know I used to draw stories in my notebooks when I was little and then started actually wanting…[Read more]

@devastate-lasting

I like watching Authortube (YouTube but Author or writer videos lol) it gets me inspired and motivated. Also music sometimes.

I was pantsing for the one series, and got to the 2nd draft and was like “I’m a bit sick of this”

So now I’m trying to outline. It seems have to have helped some for my standalone. But that could j…[Read more]

@godlyfantasy12 It’s been a while since I’ve world-built…for my fantasy one I basically came up with things I liked, I think, and as my story progressed I added on. I’m very much in the “make up everything as you go along” group.

For my mafia one, though, as I’m currently plotting, I ask myself questions about the plot and add in different…[Read more]

Hey, so does anyone have any worldbuilding tips? I’ve got a Scrivener template I’m using for worldbuilding but it’s just….not the most fun thing in the world.

im such a procrastinator 🤦🏻‍♀️ I’m also working on a sorta long summary for the first book. I wanna get that done, worldbuilding done, and finish the first draft of my standalone before…[Read more]

@godlyfantasy12 Ooh, sounds a little bit like the Pendragon series.

Ah, my own world also has different worlds which are connected in various ways. Thirteen of them, to be exact, hence the name.

Let me see if I can remember all of them…