hey if you're the type of writer that's like me where you tend to write specific scenes first that vaguely weave together into a plot, you might like using obsidian as a writing app.
my frustration with other writing applications is that i will write my scenes out of order and it's hard to move things around and rearrange them on a regular document.
but with obsidian there's this canvas feature where you can just write all your scenes and plot moments on these little cards that you can freely rearrange. you can color code them and connect them too.
here's the canvas i've created for my current multi-chapter fic: (if you zoom in you can see all the text in each card this what it looks like zoomed out)
as you can see, i color code them based off chapters and will group them next to a document card with the working title of the chapter. anything not color-coded are scenes that don't have a proper place quite yet or it's just world building references. this app can also be good for note-taking and collecting research!
best of all, it's FREE!!! the only downside is that if you want your stuff to sync across devices, you do have to pay for that. i constantly hop between my laptop and desktop so i pay for the syncing. but if you write on only one device it's completely free! EDIT: some reblogs have mentioned that you can apparently link your own personal cloud storage (dropbox, gdrive, icloud, etc.) to obsidian for free! that way you can access your obsidian vaults across multiple devices without the extra fee. i don't mind supporting the devs but just something to look into if costs is a concern.
i typically use it for organizing my thoughts for a first draft. once i get all the scenes arranged and mostly written out, i will copy and paste them into ellipsus (also free & highly recommended as a google doc alternative) so that they're all in one document that i can edit.
– Song of lost secrets
"What the hell are you so busy with now anyways that i cant be a part of it?"
hey when you make posts, i just want you to know, thou/thee/thy/thine/ye are like he/you(object)/your/yours/you(subject) okay? "thou art wearing shoes," "i will wear shoes for thee," okay?
you say thine if the next word starts with a vowel and thy if the next word starts with a consonant and they both mean "your" so "thine own shoes," "thy shoes," okay?
and ye means you and refers to the subject of a sentence, "ye members of the brotherhood of shoes," okay? you need this information to create better knight yaoi. i'm personally more interested in nun yuri but we are a community
okay yes kaz doesn't care about anything blah blah blah but have you ever considered that he remembers absolutely everything and not only the stuff he can one day use against the people in his life. he remembers how jesper puts cinnamon into his coffee so it doesn't keep him awake all day so kaz keeps cinnamon sticks behind the bar at the crow club for him. he remembers how wylan tucks flowers into his messenger bag so he waits beside a flower patch when they meet to discuss demo plans. he remembers how nina hates how her only pair of boots dig into her heels so he leaves a new pair on her bed without a word. he remembers how matthias is soothed at the sound of bird chirping so he tells him to walk down by the east harbor for "no other reason" than to "pick up a shipment" and NOT because seagulls and ospreys cluster there. and yes. his wife. inej. he remembers how pious and devote she is so he carves symbols of the saints into the wood of her ship with his knife to remind her he adores her faith despite all that he's said before and he would remember even in death how her raven hair flows down her back and how her nimble fingers stroke around her whiskey glass because he loves her GODDAMNIT.
Rules: askers can send a bird, and receive the corresponding thing. If you don't have something that corresponds to whatever bird it is, or you don't want to share the only thing that fits (I'm not telling!) then either share a matching quote from a published work and link it, or share a random quote from your wips of your choice. :)
Just remembered how many things need to happen in my story in order for it to be a full novel. I am no longer having a good day
Kid wanted to remind you guys
perceiving books differently than non writers
finishing a piece
designing characters
choosing chapter titles
finally figuring out how to fix a plot hole
when writing just becomes so smooth and rolls from your brain like an old film strip
writing romantic scenes of my fave ship
sharing my writing with people
those random top tier ideas you have to jot down before they go away in 10 seconds
thinking about people loving your story in the future
developing villains
making playlists & moodboards for my wips
writing desperation (for some reason ??)
describe the setting correctly
coming up with a cover
the first draft.
"so which ending would make the most sense'
share my writing with people
killing my fave character (i do it anyways)
trying to remember a word i cant even describe
make the side character parents well rounded
that one super cool idea you get 3/4 way through the story that doesn't actually fit anywhere
actually having to fix plot holes
writing.
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author who writes for fun x reader who's dying for something new
enemies, but lovers
*explains everything simply but in detail* x "..huh ?"
mute/rarely talks x never shuts up
takes care if siblings a lot x doesnt know how to handle kids
enemy goes to mc for help bc they didnt know what else to do
insanely fucked up woman that no one actually suspects x "what the fuck did you do to him ?!" only one who knows about it guy
academic rivals
found family ofc
*literally has a knife to their throat* "wait, youre kinda cute"
I havent been called lia in 10 years. only she did that. "You said i'd never go through that again so what the fuck happened," she snapped, stopping to catch her breath, "And are you okay."
Genres; romance, YA
setting; a currently unnamed kingdom
themes of; royalty, lgbt relationships, forbidden love, classism, religeous trauma
POV; 1st person
status; character development
target length; novel duology
tag; #wip: more than royalty
CW's; religious trauma, homophobia, kidnapping,
Masterlist
Not great with summaries, be nice.
a princess in line to a monarchy that feels outlandish escapes her palace the week before her crowning, going to look for her childhood best friend, whom she was forbidden to see for many years. In leaving, has to leave her little brother behind to be the next king, hoping she can find her girl and be free. She knows that if she doesnt go back, her people will be ruled by cruel leaders; but if she does, she'll never get the life or people she wants.
Alia Vallence
Willow Marwah
Marian Vallence
Desmond Vallence
Wade Vallence
Navya Marwah
They're made out of metal. he/him🕷️2010s (active) sideblog: obscuremelodies
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