12:01 Has Me Like , I Want To Know More!

12:01 has me like 👀, I want to know more!

i'm glad (young me would be proud lmao).

the short version of it is: about a teen who has recurring nightmares about her father's death a minute after midnight, the time the accident happened

the longer explanation: young me had no idea what to do. i had an interesting premise and ran with it for like 50k words, then got stuck, then never went back.

maybe future me knows better than to follow through with a shiny idea when it won't go very far? 😂

AHHHHH IM SENDING ASKS @sweetieguk. also replying because I am so, so behind on everything in life. also love these titles ??? you can tell i'm all over the place pfft.

𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 : post the names of all the files in your wip folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous they are. let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have wips. (you can make your own post or reblog this one!)

here are mine:

❥ 12:01 ❥ Live Again ❥ Destination Seoul ❥ Korean Myths - Abandoned Princess ❥ Scenic Route | knj ❥ What Fate Decides | kth ❥ Random Drabbles ❥ Messy Conversations

basically I have random things strewn together and a lot of half started wips that are under 10k lmao

tagging: @mschvs @pixelw0rds @thetruearchmagos @writingbyricochet @catharticallysarcastic @orphicpoieses @araavib @anjaspace

⏤𝐰𝐢𝐩 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞

thanks for the tag, @apotatomashedbybts & @jimilter ♡︎♥︎♡︎

𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 : post the names of all the files in your wip folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous they are. let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have wips. (you can make your own post or reblog this one!)

here are a few wip’s that i’m super excited to (hopefully) share one day :

❥ the code ; jjk | hockey au ❥ ephemeral eternity ; knj | soulmate au ❥ easy lover ; pjm | hanahaki au ❥ stigma ; myg | college au ❥ thirty nine ; ksj | middle age romance au ❥ tutu’s & tiara’s ; knj | single dad au ❥ wildfire ; kth | first love au ❥ body & soul ; jjk | rockstar au ❥ for old times’ sake ; myg | holiday au

tagging: @go1denjeon @xpeachesncream @caelesjjk @joonscypher @rkivian @pshychives @moonlitinks @ssaboala @monvante @sugarwithtea @chryblossomjjk @haliiimede @moccahobi + anyone else!!

Beyond this, consider how these professions might vary depending on who the customers are - nobles, or lower class. Are they good at their job or just scraping by? Do they work with lots of other people or on their own? City or village?

For younger characters:

Apprentice to any of the above

Messenger/runner

Page/squire

Pickpocket

Shop assistant

Student

Looks after younger siblings

(Images all from Wikimedia Commons)

ways you can further develop your main character

give them a misbelief

no characters have a personality when the plot starts. all of them have backstories, a past, and a mindset that they grew up with!

basically, a misbelief is the wrong mindset that they grew up with, and is also a belief that will be restructured by the end of your novel.

this not only shows character growth and development as their mind is "restructured" or they learn their life lesson, but also drives the internal plot of your story, which differs from the external (or action) plot that most people seem to read.

+ this gives readers a deeper insight to your character!

give them a goal

every character has a goal, or something they want in their lives. having them strive for it would essentially drive your plot, and may also help you dig deeper into your character's motivations!

this goal doesn't always need to be achieved, or may be impossible to (for example, someone wanting to meet a loved one who turns out to be dead; they may have not reached their goal, but it took them on a journey)

this goal should also be concrete if possible! vague ones like "they want to be happy," isn't very helpful. what do they think will make them happy?

(side note: wanting everything to be the way that it is can also be a goal, cause they're striving to make things go back to the way they were!)

more notes / explanations here! most of these notes in this post are taken from story genius by lisa cron, and i thought they might help. please take all this information with a grain of salt, and maybe use it in a way that'll work best for you! <3

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30 DAYS, 30 LINES CHALLENGE

Day 10, 7/31/22

From Where Paradise Died and Lived:

Her life ran on autopilot now. The continuous relay of six hour shifts, rotating between night and day, seemed to be the strongest sense of time she understood. Her off days swung variously between feeling interminable and fleeting. 

honestly if you haven't read a magic steeped in poison you have to read it now the way i'm STILL reeling from the ending just brings my love for fantasy and east asian mythology back and i can't believe that this is judy lin's debut novel-

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