God Bless

"should autism exist in my fantasy story?" yes. "should psychosis exist in my fantasy story?" yes. "should personality disorders exist in my fantasy story?" yes. "should ADHD exist in my fantasy story? should intellectual disabilities exist in my fantasy story? should dissociative disorders exist in my fantasy story? should trauma disorders exist in my fantasy story? should anxiety disorders exist in my fantasy story? should mood disorders exist in my fantasy story? should--"

yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

you don't have to include their real actual names and you don't have to have main characters with every single one of these things. But neurodivergent and mentally ill people should EXIST in fantasy stories and fantasy societies, because we exist in real life. We deserve to be acknowledged.

All of a sudden, death was fully present in the room and it couldn’t be ignored any longer. 

John Burnside, from ‘The Dumb House’

The Weekly Writing Update #6

09.10.22

This past week has been and this next week will be spent outlining the plot down to each chapter. Up till now, it’s been a bunch of ideas all vaguely spread out between beginning, middle, and end. But it’s caused a lot of chaos and I’ve changed and rewritten the plot many times, so a chapter-by-chapter layout of the plot will do me MUCH good :)

The past week, I got the chart set up and started a little bit. But this next week I plan to work on it way more and hopefully complete it!

Here is the chart layout btw if anyone wants it use it!

XOXO~

The Weekly Writing Update #17

11.26.22

I’ve been so busy with work and binging Rick and Morty, however I still have an update because I’m that awesome.

I made MAJOR changes to the plot. Or idk if that’s the right wording,, I adjusted quite a few details that changes things quite a bit, so not small changes but not changes so massive that it makes this a completely different story

⇨ Magnus now has a set love interest now, along with a side romance that goes nowhere because right people wrong timing ykyk, so it’s set up for some pretty rad angst >:)

⇨ Zen is now Tomoe’s Problem, however he’s tied to both of them because he helps Magnus with [redacted] hehehe

⇨ Magnus’ mentor is no longer his grandmother, but instead just a caretaker who took him in. And instead of her dying right before the beginning of the story, she has a minute of screen time and then dies. Oops

Lots of other changes that I won’t mention for spoiler sake, but I’ve got it all in a journal and binder for safekeeping :)

Off topic for a second: but I feel like I’ve made big improvements this week. Not just with my writing but my life in general. I’ve been doing better at work, and just feel like I’m improving mentally. Thank you to all of you who have been following my journey.

This week has been good.

Sometimes I open tumblr and it takes me a full 10 minutes to realize I’m scrolling on the for you page.

The Weekly Writing Update #4

08.27.22

Not much to update on this week. It’s been slow

⇨ I made a few slight changes to the plot, the protagonist’s journey being a much more direct result of what the villain is doing and now making them much more connected plot-wise, and not just through backstory

⇨ still only a few hundred words in, but I know where I’m going so hopefully I make more progress within the next few weeks

⇨ As I’ve said previously, I had a handful of details and a character that I didn’t know what to do with and so it didn’t overload the plot, but I think with the change I’ve made, everything fits and it’s not too much :) yay!

Hopefully this STICKS and I don’t keep overthinking and changing the plot every week.

XOXO~

watching characters try to fight the narrative like i'm a roman senator at the coliseum

I hope every writer who sees this writes LOADS the next few months. Like freetime opens up, no writers block, the ability to focus, etc etc you’re able to write loads & make lots of progress <3

The Weekly Writing Update #22

12.31.22

Last update of 2022! With work slowing down, I hope to make better progress starting this upcoming year. That is my new years resolution. I want to push myself to make more solid progress, to have more to show for myself.

I tried several times to sit down this week and write but my writers block gets worse the more I'm not writing. And thanks to writers block in the first place, I'm not writing. :(

End of the year though. For everyone struggling with writers block, lets all hope the new year brings change, lots of inspiration and motivation, and clears away the blockage! I wish you all luck in your writing endeavors this new year.

Lots of love,

Alex<3

ok in the tags, where were you/what were you doing when the queen died