But of a cheat this FlyDay. It's a grasshopper. They don't really fly, but they jump real high so...yeah, that's what it has come to. Happy FlyDay. #nature #grasshopper #flyday

I have two that spring to mind one expected - Elara and Toren and one unexpected much later. Both are good news moments 😊 #AwesomeCharacters

🌱🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · last wk.

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters Let's talk about reunions! Do your characters get any specific moments where they reunite with someone from their past? Or someone they lost touch with earlier in the story? Is it a happy reunion or less so? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

I feel like we still have an advantage. AI is set up to be nice and not confrontational which makes it a boring storyteller. It doesn't 'think' it digests and repeats. A creative writer will out write AI. Volume issues aside. Don't panic, just write. AI is a tool, not a creator. #SummerOfStories

Kayleigh Diaz 🫜@kayleighdiaz.com · last wk.

29 | In an industry that is increasingly becoming saturated with AI-generated content, how do you feel about the importance of art & human creativity? (If this reads like an essay prompt, yes. Sorry. Teacher. 😅) Also, how do you fight against it? #SummerOfStories #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt

I have so many but they aren't published yet. You know who you are! Current recommendations: Gods of Atalantis by @professoremily.bsky.social At your Pace by @hopeengel.com and Poison and Opium @5feetofredfury.bsky.social All wonderful, all different, all by people you know here! #SummerOfStories

Kayleigh Diaz 🫜@kayleighdiaz.com · last wk.

28 | What are your most recent reading recs, what are you currently reading, and/or what's on your TBR? #SummerOfStories #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompt

Well I guess that'll have to be Toren 😂 he certainly does recur and help. #AwesomeCharacters

🌱🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 2w ago

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters Side Character Day! Who is your most helpful side character? One that gets your characters out of a big jam or gives them some really useful information! Do they only appear once, or is it a recurring role? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

If I'm being truly honest, I waste time on my phone. Sometimes I'll convince myself to play a video game. Rarely, I'll try playing keyboard 😬 but mostly I just stare at the doc waiting for it to make sense again 😂 #SummerOfStories

Kayleigh Diaz 🫜@kayleighdiaz.com · 2w ago

25 | When you juuust can't find the inspiration or motivation to write, what other creative endeavors do you turn to? Drawing, painting, knitting, photography, music? Other hobbies? #SummerOfStories #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompt

Nearly forgot to say Happy FlyDay! This colourful little git kept making a mockery out of my reaction times by opening and shutting their wings rapidly:

It's not inconceivable that the Tartarus crew started it. It's likely that they weren't there when it goes long. Caul launches a drink at a leering space, Alex steps into her defence. Elara punches the guy who shoves Alex, Toren drags them out of the door while the bar erupts 😂 #AwesomeCharacters

🌱🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 3w ago

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters Your characters' evening at a bar/tavern has been interrupted by a bar fight. How do they respond? Finish it quick to get back to their meal? Ignore it and casually dodge furniture? Flee? Did they start it? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Almost forgot it's FlyDay Here is a little one that was trying to find somewhere to lay eggs.

Snag this book! I just did! I was lucky enough to ARC this one and it's a real fun read with a fantastic voice and lovely cast. Hope has written something truly wonderful that will keep you turning pages. ❤️🔥🔥🔥

Hope Engel 📚@hopeengel.com · 3w ago

Okay friends I have decided it's the last day of the launch ebook sale Raising my eBook price to $4.99 like a lot of other indies to help assert our value :) But want it to be accessible, so snag it for $2.99 today if you would like! www.amazon.com/dp/B0GWXYD77J THANKS BYE #booksky #writesky

Take a break, even if for a while. Try writing something else. Go breathe the free air away from the problem for a bit and it'll process in the background then you'll have the breakthrough while sitting on the toilet. Works for me...uh, mostly 😂 #SummerOfStories

Kayleigh Diaz 🫜@kayleighdiaz.com · 3w ago

15 | Midpoint(ish)! Yesterday we talked about inspiration, so let's flip it. Best tips for writer’s block? #SummerOfStories #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompt

I'm gonna put Caul in charge. Those she can't intimidate into buying it, she will probably charm. She's squeezing me for 45% though! Damn! That's gonna hurt! Fun pick - Toren stood there with a book in one hand, a wrench in the other while no-hands smoking 😂 #AwesomeCharacters

🌱🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 3w ago

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters Your characters are suddenly in charge of all the marketing for your stories! Who do you hope is taking the job, and how is it going? Are they doing well enough you want to keep them at it? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#SummerOfStories Not sure if I'd call any of my characters lucky at all. But Elara is almost certainly catching the most strays. Here is one communal misery, slightly amplified for her

Kayleigh Diaz 🫜@kayleighdiaz.com · 3w ago

13 | Unlucky 1️⃣3️⃣… Who is your unluckiest character and whyyyy are you so mean to them, you terrible creator, you! 😭 (It's me. I'm the Terrible.) Bonus: Share a scene where a character is reaaallly going through it. #SummerOfStories #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompt

Gonna give this one to Alex! #AwesomeCharacters

Lord of the Rings: Where Are We Going?

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🌱🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 3w ago

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters Let's have a gif day! Please share with me a gif that shows how your character is feeling right now (interpret the timing of that as you wish). No other context! Are they having a good day? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Toren! No question. Although...technically the Rec, because it can turn the air off 😂 But i'll go with fisticuffs and give it to: Toren 🥇 #AwesomeCharacters

🌱🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 4w ago

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters Welcome to the Intermittent Character Award Ceremonies!👏 Where you choose, amongst all your characters, who gets the superlative? Today's award goes to: Most likely to win in a fight! Please award them! 🥇 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Happy birthday!!! 🎉🥳 Elara will be very 'me' about it. Smile, nod, try to hang out nearest the door, make excuses and slip out when nobody is looking 😂😂 Sadly for her, Toren is at the party and is always looking. He will drag her around for some drunken uncle dancing. #AwesomeCharacters

🌱🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 4w ago

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters Today, all of our characters are meeting up for a party! 🎉🎉🎉 What energy is your character bringing? Life of the party? Wallflower? Leaving early? How disastrous will this be? 😂 🔥 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Happy FlyDay again Another motherfly! Pretty little white with dark spots situation.

I probably just accidentally absorbed some things from the stuff I have read and married it to the Film Studies course I did 20 years ago (lots of crossover) then pantsed my way to...uh, glory? 😂 Resources: experience and a "if it's bad, it's bad" attitude. #SummerOfStories

Kayleigh Diaz 🫜@kayleighdiaz.com · 4w ago

10 | Do you have a resource that has helped you *most* with your writing? We've all prob heard of Save the Cat, On Writing, maybe Story Genius. Can you credit another resource? How about beta reading? Simple practice/trial and error? #SummerOfStories #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompt

Was chatting about this just a couple days ago. I like them. They are a good tool for shifting. I genuinely only learned what they were for last year when the "it's AI" fever started. Now I actually use them quite liberally 😂 Take one messed up AI to write my "style" 😂 #SummerOfStories

Kayleigh Diaz 🫜@kayleighdiaz.com · 4w ago

8 | July 8 = The Great Eight Em Dash Debate! (Idk it rhymes 😅) Purportedly a sign of AI is the overuse of the em dash, so much so that *human* writers have started to shy away from it. So, where do you stand? Delete & replace or keep ‘em (ha) close to your heart? #SummerOfStories #WritingPrompt

Newest character is hispanic - called James. He is flying the Smauler, a small hauler vehicle which is carrying Ben to his rendezvous with destiny on Ceres. James was literally born yesterday. Definitely a side character, brand new and I fear possibly never to be seen again. 😬 #AwesomeCharacters

🌱🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 4w ago

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters Yesterday, we talked about the first character you remember. Today let's talk about the last! (So far) Who's your newest character? Are they a side character? A main? Early in development or well established? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Pantser but.... I wrote a lot of Statues, then decided I should probably have a plan for silly things like arcs and acts. Then made a plan, didn't stick to the plan. Realised it's rubbish and needs a proper plan. Made plan, got bored don't want to write it 😂 TLDR: Pantser. #SummerOfStories

Kayleigh Diaz 🫜@kayleighdiaz.com · last mo.

7 | Describe your writing process. Plotter, pantser, plantser? Thrower-of-ink-blots onto a blank canvas hoping to Rorschach something into existence? 😅 #SummerOfStories #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompt

An angry little shit called Michael Grace. He was from a cough small seaside town in the UK and got caught up in a drug deal gone wrong. 😂 Mr Grace no longer exists in my work. Indirect influence - had to withdraw the author from the cast 😂 #AwesomeCharacters

🌱🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · last mo.

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters Who is the first character you ever remember writing? What were they like? Are they still a character you use? Or have they influenced other characters you currently write? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

For me it's staying attached to the story. I think about it more than I write and when I sit down, for months I can not write a solitary word because as much as the story lives in my mind I can't find the words for the page. #SummerOfStories

Kayleigh Diaz 🫜@kayleighdiaz.com · last mo.

6 | What's the most difficult part of writing for you? Finding motivation? Generating ideas? The technical aspects of writing? Editing? Reception? Rummaging the food cabinet for a satisfying caloric muse? 😅 #SummerOfStories #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompt

Fellow authors: Without any context, what's the first line of your current WIP? From Statues Erode: "Okay, watch your step. Eyes still closed?"

Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle)@kiraofthewind.com · last mo.

Fellow authors: Without any context, what's the first line of your current WIP? Welcome to the Good Thyme Inn: "More fucking ale!"

For Elara, she has been locked in by the Rec. No way she is spending that long alone and not feeling the itch. For Toren it's another normal week in Engineering. For Caul, she might be practicing chess solo or just listening to classical music or both 😀. #AwesomeCharacters

🌱🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · last mo.

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters Your character has spent several days indoors, not speaking to anyone. What is the most likely cause? Is this perfectly normal? A sign they are hiding away? Would only being held captive explain this? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Long winded, over cooked, boring, sometimes too brief. 😂😂 I don't know if I have a style that I can describe to be honest. I just see what comes out. #SummerOfStories

Kayleigh Diaz 🫜@kayleighdiaz.com · last mo.

5 | Describe your prose. Are you concise, sparing with your description? Lots of line breaks? Sprawling paragraphs? Are you "purple-y" 💜 with your prose? (Positive connotation 😅) A mixture? Expansive worldbuilding & scene setting? #SummerOfStories #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompt

Oh this one goes to Ben..doesn't matter which story version he is a happy chap with a helpful sunshine demeanor! Whatever you need, he will be there for it! 🥇Ben! #AwesomeCharacters

🌱🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · last mo.

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters Welcome to the Intermittent Character Award Ceremonies!👏 Where you choose amongst all your characters, who gets the superlative? Today's award goes to: Most Enthusiastic! Who's eager? Please award them! 🥇 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#SummerOfStories Don't have too many epic moments. This is from a rare action bit which certainly won't exist post edits. OConnell thought he was in control, until the Rec intervened.

Kayleigh Diaz 🫜@kayleighdiaz.com · last mo.

4 | July… Fourth Eorlingas!!! Sorry, sorry. 😅 But in honor, share your most goosebump-worthy, epic, monumental scene! #SummerOfStories #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompt

I wanna swap Elara and the Rec 😂 assuming that they quickly adapt to their new roles. Elara being a computer in control of everything could be fun. Just totally messing with everything and the Rec having to figure out how to fake being Elara and dealing with aches and discomfort! #AwesomeCharacters

🌱🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · last mo.

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters It's Freaky Friday! Today two of your characters are swapping roles! (Interpret the details however you wish) Who are you swapping for maximum hijinks, and what do you think the consequences would be? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#SummerOfStories I've written stories since I was on pen and paper but especially after we got the family computer, always badly of course, but it was always a release. Somewhere to put down my craziest dreams in a consequence free place. Always a hobby. 1/2

Kayleigh Diaz 🫜@kayleighdiaz.com · last mo.

3 | What has writing done for you? Is it cathartic? A necessity, or just a hobby? A blight upon your soul because editing is the bane of—*ahem.* All good things, all good things… #SummerOfStories #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompt