alexandra roma || #firstdraftfall 🍂
@thetomatowriter.bsky.social
She/her. Asexual fantasy author, freelance blogger, and lover of bad musicals. Moth House 👐. THE WOUNDS OF WISDOM out now! https://books2read.com/u/mqYLv2
Well I started the week by rewriting my outline with the Save the Cat beats. And then most of the rest of the week I'll spend working on other project so when November comes around, I can shove those to the side and work on just Luminhaven. #FirstDraftFall
Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 20h agoMonday #FirstDraftFall Check-In: What aspects of story planning are you going to work on this week? Do you have a specific goal?
When I describe sprites in Fox Eyes, this is what I'm picturing.
It depends on the story. But typically what the character wants and the journey they need to go on, and what stands in their way. Which sounds like the basics but I usually have an outline that's around 2,000-3,000 words so...that too! #FirstDraftFall
Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · yesterday#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall What do you need to understand about your WIP before you can feel comfortable starting your first draft? These questions are from our First Draft Fall worksheets! For the full worksheets, join our membership program at ko-fi.com/weeknightw...
MY BEST FRIEND FINISHED THEIR FIRST FIRST DRAFT! I'M SO PROUD OF THEM I CANNOT CONTAIN MYSELF!
Daphne M. | FINISHED THEIR FIRST DRAFT!!!@daphnemwrites.bsky.social · 3d agoI FINALLY FINISHED MY FIRST DRAFT!!!!!!!! #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #amwriting
No Questions Asked is a standalone novel. I eventually want to write 2 interconnected trilogies but they'll still all be standalone books. I've obviously seen romances go more than one book but I don't think I have the skill or patience to pull it off. 😅 #FirstDraftFall #WeeknightWriters
Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 4d ago#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall Is your project a standalone or part of a series or a larger body of work? Let us know! And if you haven't yet, check out our full First Draft Fall schedule to find out about our programming for the next couple of months! weeknightwriters.com...
This is a semi-standalone book in that there's a clear resolution, but as a magic school book there's always next year! AKA if a publisher bit off on 6 books it's gonna be 6 books. I could be so lucky! #FirstDraftFall #WeeknightWriters
Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 4d ago#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall Is your project a standalone or part of a series or a larger body of work? Let us know! And if you haven't yet, check out our full First Draft Fall schedule to find out about our programming for the next couple of months! weeknightwriters.com...
The Luminhaven Chronicles will be a 6 book series. I have the remaining five books roughly plotted out already. It's spiritually a bit of a sister series to @alliecampbell.bsky.social 's WIP this fall (in that we branched off of the same TTRPG campaign and we're aiming for 6 books). #FirstDraftFall
Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 4d ago#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall Is your project a standalone or part of a series or a larger body of work? Let us know! And if you haven't yet, check out our full First Draft Fall schedule to find out about our programming for the next couple of months! weeknightwriters.com...
At the start of Luminhaven Chronicles #1, Auri lives in Ardyl, a small town in Scaunia, where her family runs a tea shop. She's bored to tears with everything about Ardyl except for its naturally occurring windpool, which is her happy place. She can't wait to escape to Luminhaven. #FirstDraftFall
Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 5d ago#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall Where does your MC live at the beginning of the story? These questions are from our First Draft Fall worksheets! For the full worksheets, join our membership program at ko-fi.com/weeknightw...
A5. Going to Luminhaven is Auri's lifelong dream, and her cousin Damián's living nightmare. #WeeknightWriters
Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 5d agoQ5: Share a one-sentence pitch, a collection of tropes you want to work with, or something fun about your main character. #WeeknightWriters
A4. I'm excited to get back into writing intensively, which I've really missed. I've had a pretty spotty year writingwise but I think I'm ready. #WeeknightWriters
Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 5d agoQ4: What part of #FirstDraftFall are you most excited for? #WeeknightWriters
A3. Definitely wordcount. @daphnemwrites.bsky.social and I have a leaderboard set up for the next three months to track our progress. #WeeknightWriters
Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 5d agoQ3: Will you be measuring your progress in word count, page count, or hours spent working on your #FirstDraftFall project? #WeeknightWriters
A2. Definitely fantasy adventure. Not quite a magic school book but yes a fantasy school (they do teach magic there, it's just not exclusively magic). #WeeknightWriters
Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 5d agoQ2: What genre(s) will you be writing in for #FirstDraftFall? Feel free to include subgenres if applicable. #WeeknightWriters
A1. I'm going to be working on the first in a 6 book YA fantasy series featuring two cousins: Auri, who is 13 and just starting at Luminhaven Preparatory School for Legends; and Damián, who is 18 and in his final year, but investigating the disappearance of his best friend. #WeeknightWriters
Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 5d agoQ1: What kind of project are you working on for #FirstDraftFall? #WeeknightWriters
Hi, #WeeknightWriters! I'm Alex. I'm currently rereading my last draft of Time's Sacrifice Book 2 and doing some worldbuilding so I can lock in for November with Luminhaven Chronicles.
Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 5d agoHello #WeeknightWriters! Come on in, introduce yourself and your WIP, and let us know how your #FirstDraftFall planning is going!
For October, I'm working on my usual projects (Time's Sacrifice Book #2, Luminhaven Chronicles #1 and Fox Eyes). Mostly getting everything to a good place so I can lock in in November. In November, I'm going to be drafting Luminhaven solely, because I CANNOT get out of the brain rot. #FirstDraftFall
Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 5d ago#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall #WritingCommunity Tell us about your project and why you decided to work on it for this event! And if you haven't yet, check out our full schedule of First Draft Fall programming - including all the extras you'll get in our pro community weeknightwriters.com...
i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko.
I love how the dems that want to throw trans people under the bus are all like "we need to win moderates outside the coasts" Meanwhile the biggest defenders of trans people are the governors of Kentucky, Minnesota, and Illinois
Ok don’t let’s get carried away but I found something genuinely good on Threads.
Yeah, no, I've literally never heard of this song. To the point other people are making, you kinda don't have to listen to anything you don't want to at this point.
Denny Carter@dennycarter.bsky.social · last wk.This kind of take made a Rolling Stone writer so mad they wrote a whole piece about it.
I was watching some older TV shows like Murder She Wrote and realized we've lost a lot of that "cozy, lived in" vibe in modern TV shows. Everything looks like an HGTV show home instead of grandma's cozy pad with shit from all her adventures
Gail Marsella@gbcmars.bsky.social · last wk.Love that term...cozy maximalism. Perfect for my place, too.
Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
I can only imagine how much discussion and behind-the-scenes labor this took, but this is absolutely the right thing to do.
Julia Carrie Wong@joolia.bsky.social · 2w agor/crafts has banned all Harry Potter-related crafts due to JK Rowling’s anti-trans bigotry, after a 53-41 vote
Who could ever *not* pause to watch this magic. 🙂
Michael Warburton@michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 2w agoA 70yr old FRED ASTAIRE — that's SEVENTY — gets his stylish groove on at the 1970 Academy Awards.
“You need to integrate AI because while it will degrade your abilities and make your job less interesting and more shitty, at least you will retain employment” is not the sell AI proponents think it is.
