I Have Finally Decided To Have A Fixed Theme For My Blog. For The Foreseeable Future, And Whenever I

I have finally decided to have a fixed theme for my blog. For the foreseeable future, and whenever I feel like it, I shall post updates and quotes from the books I am writing. Currently there is only one book being made, but if people like it, two sequels are already planned out. The book I’m working on is a fantasy novel called Alterra: The Fall of Lord Valthoraxe.

The entire reason I named my account Valthoraxe was to discuss, and improve on my book, but I got distracted very quickly by a combination of adhd, school, and memes. I’m about halfway done with my book, sitting at nearly 45 thousand words currently. I haven’t found much time to work on it recently, but I’m getting back into it. Preemptive warning, this book is not meant for kids. There is absolutely no actual sexually explicit content in the book, but there are moments of extreme violent brutality, as well as occasional depictions of abuse, cross-species racism, swearing, and child death. If you are uncomfortable with any of the above, this book is not for you.

I shall keep the particularly violent and spoiler heavy parts out of this blog until the book it fully complete. Criticism and suggestions are always appreciated. I will attempt to post an update at least once a week, if I ever forget, just scream at me, I keep notifications on. I shall leave you with the first quote of this blog, the very first scene past the starting prologue.

“Our story begins with two young heroes named Max and Lilly, twins that shall venture out on a quest to right as many wrongs as possible, starting with the biggest of all…”

Progress update; I’m a lazy fuck with adhd, I’ll keep you posted.

Instead of a quote from my book this week, I’ll be explaining how time works on the planet of Alterra.

Alterra data;

-each Noctidial is 48 hours

-there are 438,5 days in a year (every other year is a leap year)

-there are 15 months in a year

-there are 5 seasons to the year; spring, summer, fall, winter, and pre-blossom

-pn(post-nightfall) is between 32:00 and 16:00

-pm(post-morning) is between 16:00 and 32:00

This thing caught me so off guard.

Like it’s not even that funny, but just..

This is true to an extent, this will not work for every writer. Depending on the complexity or length of the first draft, it might be easier or faster to rewrite only certain parts. When you make it to the end of that draft with changes, wait a few days and read through it again. Each time you revise your story, it will get closer and closer to a finished story and greatly decreases the chances of inconsistencies. The more time you spend revising the same draft, the more you will understand the characters you created. Note that this is in no way the best to write, everyone has their own methods, I’m just saying that there are other options out there, and you should spend the time finding out which one works with you the best. :)

The Truth About First Drafts

First drafts are not great quality. Some lines might be fantastic, but overall, it probably won’t be amazing. And that’s totally fine, it’s normal, it’s exactly what you want.

Our silly writer brains expect perfection on the first go for some reason?? Which makes no sense. 

They’re meant to be terrible, just thoughts spewing onto paper, really. Just get the dialogue out, get the story into a tangible, clear sequence of events that’s actually a readable story, not just an outline. You can fix it later <3

Think of it as the “zero draft” instead of the first draft. “Garbage draft” works too.

Write it out on paper with pen, or add messy notes to your documents everywhere to really reinforce the idea that there’s no pressure or expectation for perfection.

Don’t look at any of the draft as you write it until you’re done the draft. Looking back at bad writing while working on the same project can be really discouraging, so just don’t look. 

Once you finish the draft, wait a couple weeks. Long enough to distance yourself from it, so you can come back to fix it with a clear head. 

Don’t compare your first draft to published books. Ever. Those books might be on their tenth, twentieth, thirtieth draft. It’s unfair. Don’t bully yourself or your project.

Set yourself a goal, x words per day, x minutes spent writing, whatever you want. Just make sure it’s achievable. Don’t set yourself up for failure unless you’re asking for discouragement.

You got this <33 Just get that draft down. 

When you finish the draft, rewrite the whole thing, using the original draft as a reference if you like. There will almost certainly be countless details you want to change, so rewriting the story will be easier than fixing the original. 

Farewell online privacy