Izzy. 28. White. She/they/he. Blog to help me develop my writing. It's kind of a mix between writing inspiration, writing tips, and my own writing. My projects are still in development (I've posted like. One excerpt). Originally was just focused on my story, Wanderer (hence, the name), but I expanded it.
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Me:chosen One Plots Are Lame And Overdone. I Can Be More Creative Than This
me: ‘chosen one’ plots are lame and overdone. i can be more creative than this
my brain: i hear you, but consider this: every society has their own ‘chosen one’ and nobody knows who the real ‘chosen one’ is so it’s just a bunch of idiots trying to solve a problem they’re not even sure they’re destined for
me:
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//Absurdly helpful for people writing royal characters and/or characters who interact with royalty and members of the nobility.
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A couple notes on eye color descriptions:
First, eyes are small. If someone is more than a few feet away, there’s very little chance they will notice someone else’s eye color. Same is true if it’s dark or if they’re wearing glasses.
Second, people don’t pay that much attention to eye color. Most people don’t think of others (I don’t think) in terms of eye color. I’m not actually sure of the eye color of most of my relatives or friends
Third, this is in no way a useful descriptor unless it plays an important role in the story. Harry Potter’s eye color mattered because of his mother. Hermione’s eye color didn’t.
I know eye-color hair-color skin-color is a common descriptor for people when they’re first being introduced, but try something else, and stop relying on a thing that doesn’t matter. And, especially if the story is in first person or close third person, stop having people be able to tell eye colors from unrealistic distances or in unrealistic situations, or when they wouldn’t have any reason to pay attention to them.
I’ve done some Twitter threads on this topic, so thought it might be nice to do a Tumblr post too. One of my pet peeves is when people act like adult fantasy (or sci-fi for that matter) is just a straight white dude thing and that diversity only exists in young adult fantasy. That’s such a disservice to all the authors of marginalized identities currently writing adult fantasy!
Authors and books below the cut, including links to Goodreads. I’m not providing trigger warnings (if I make the post too long Tumblr starts freaking out about it), but you can use the search function on Goodreads reviews to find more specifics.
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