For the last day of CCC, I’m really short on the premise so I’m just going to grab a novel idea that is not active, generated by ChatGPT, about two thieves who escaped an executioneer’s wagon and then was cursed to age differently. Ye (Night) Aspects: Approaches: Careful+3, Sneaky and Forceful+2, Clever and Quick+1 Stunts:Continue reading “CCC day 31- Thieving Friends (Fate Accelerated) “
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Writing plans for 2026
I don’t tend to create new year resolutions but I had an idea yesterday which was to create a new novel project besides the WIP. To be honest, I really think that I should let it go but for now, I’m giving it the slow fade approach that I use for personal relationships. Meanwhile, IContinue reading “Writing plans for 2026”
Character Creation Challenge 2026
I’ve decided to take part in the 2026 character creation challenge. And I’m not going to post up every day but would rather combine two days at least because otherwise the post would be too sparse. Days 1 and 2: Lan and Chi, twin sisters for my new novel project Day 3: Strong willed, JackContinue reading “Character Creation Challenge 2026”
I don’t know if other people feel….
The opening line is from Access Road by Alison Luterman. I don’t know if other people feel this way, feel the way I do. Yeah, that’s what a lot of people expressed, at some time. I don’t particularly feel anything right now. Sure, there is the ebb and flow of emotions. But it’s all underneathContinue reading “I don’t know if other people feel…. “
Moonalake’s Writing Updates- December 2025
I have officially moved onto draft 0.84, which is somewhat of a milestone since I’ve been stuck at draft 0.83 for three years and a little bit over now. One of the main takeaways (well, I’ve always known this but the Excel exercise gave me a much clearer idea of the difference between my maleContinue reading “Moonalake’s Writing Updates- December 2025”
You can’t have it all but there is this…
The opening line is from You Can’t Have it All by Barbara Ras. It wasn’t a prompt that I took well but I did manage to move into it after the first two paragraphs. I wrote this about one year or two years back. I had been moving away from Wild Writing because to beContinue reading “You can’t have it all but there is this…”
Gaming Approach to Character and Utilisation in Fiction
I mentioned previously that I took “some time off” from the WIP by converting all my main characters into FATE character sheets. What I didn’t explicitly mention was that I had a second go at this recently after I understood FATE myself better after watching a long Youtube video from FATE SRD in conjunction withContinue reading “Gaming Approach to Character and Utilisation in Fiction “
Scene by Scene breakdown- Reflections to date
I did feel like my amended version of the scene by scene breakdown was more easy to fill out compared to the original version. In particular, it is certainly more suitable for my needs due to my tendency to lose access to my characters. Or rather, I should say that I’m mostly in contact withContinue reading “Scene by Scene breakdown- Reflections to date “
Moonlake’s Writing Updates- September 2025
Due to an accidental hand injury which lasted for a week and the two changes in approach I made for this particular task (first changing from index card to Excel and then leveraging FATE scenario creation technique for my novel), I’m expecting that it would probably be closer to the end of this year thatContinue reading “Moonlake’s Writing Updates- September 2025”
I see the way…
The jump off lines is from Collecting Light by Deb Cooper and this is from a day when I’m not feeling the prompt: I see the way my fingers dip into the trough of hand cream and withdraw while leaving the shape intact. I see the way, or rather feel the way, this pen I’mContinue reading “I see the way…”