…the Ice Beast Tale is waiting for me to start editing it, I decided to switch my attention to another story.
Spent almost 8 hours yesterday writing first draft of Titan – the second part of #Chimera story. James Bristol started his first year at a university and found new friends. As well as enemies.
It still needs tons for editing and, first of all, my inner powers to perform that editing. But that will be tomorrow. Today I am celebrating. As The Ice Beast Tale is a story I’ve been trying to embody since I was eleven years old, I guess. And my dream has finally come true!
I almost remember the day when it all started with a word OraolΡ that came up to my mind. And here we are, decades later. Extraordinary feeling.
It is not the end of a story though, but a beginning. Which joys me most of all. As I am stuck with the characters I’ve been loving for years.
And as a New Year bonus to myself, I decided to duplicate my blog notes in Ukrainian. I never felt more connected to my people story than I am now. So let it be.
It is the most wonderful time of a year, according to some sources. Well, the year we’ve left behind wasn’t too easy or too happy. Or any other kind of ‘too’. Pretty hard, pretty interesting, pretty exhausting. Though, I spent it with my family staying safe – it is more than some people have.
But I do want to get more out of it. So I won’t pretend I am content with what I currently have. I am grateful that I am alive and I have work and my loved ones near. But it is always more out there, isn’t it?
So Happy Holidays everyone! Never stop seeking more for yourself! And may happiness and success pursuit you next year!
Yesterday Canada celebrated Thanksgiving Day. My second Thanksgiving celebration since I moved to Canada. However, last time, I didn’t feel the spirit of the holiday, I was horrified of being moved to another country.
This time it was way way better. We asked our friends to come by, we cooked so many tasty things, we watched movies and talked. That was heartwarming for real.
We also played some board games, and one was called Nonsense. You answer a question, right down the answer on a piece of paper, fold it and hand it over to a person next to you so they could answer a following question, but they couldn’t see what you answer before, and so on, so you get a little story in the end. A little random story, to be honest.
The weirder answers you put, the more interesting it gets in the end. More drama, said I yesterday π
And it helped me with kind of a block in my head. All this overthinking and doubting bring you to an understandable end. You stuck. So I am glad I unstuck myself in such a pleasant way.
Have a great week everyone! And hope you’d feel joy out of this Autumn.
…failed! I promised myself I will have finished the 2nd draft of The Ice Beast Tale until the end of this Summer. But I didn’t. Still have 3 chapters to write π
Such a Tragedy! With a capital letter T.
But who cares π I don’t.
Still, lately I’ve been reading Max Frei books:
“Labyrinths of Echo” “Chronicles of Echo” “Dreams of Echo”
Highly recommend ^^
As stories come to an end I am a bit sad. But I am about to find another stories to dive into.
I’ve watched some movies about writers before. But kept denying that all that happened – had actually affected them.
How wrong was I. Isn’t it obvious that every word they put to a piece of paper is autobiographical? With dragons and mermaids, with rockets and far-far-far away planets. But all about what happened to them.
People write stories, as well as they read ones for different reasons. But no matter you read or you write – you have a common thing with others, a tiny secret key – you want to find someone who is capable to understand your feelings. If you love someone and you lose someone – isn’t it the most natural thing to want that feeling to be shared with someone? Share it with a book when you have no other options. Or no willing.
I rewatched some of moves dedicated to writers today. And have been thinking whole evening about what happened to them and to each other person brave enough to tell their story to the world.
A very thoughtful evening I had. And I hope it made me a bit stronger. Stronger enough to move on. Maybe you’d like to watch them too. Or maybe you have already watched them. And I hope you liked them as I did.
Thanks toΒ #calgaryexpo2023Β we met so many wonderful people today! β€οΈ my dreams literally came true this evening!
I have hardly ever imagined that I would be able to stand near Bonnie Wright or Andy Serkis. Ever. And more than that – to share it with my family. Amazing evening, amazing people.
Thank you Calgary for this possibility!
Today was a great day indeed. Let’s hope for more coming!
P.S. We’ve also met so many nice people cosplaying. Among them I want to highlight Kratos and Hagrid, that was awesome to take a pic with them!
Discovered a couple of books that keep helping me with building the story plot. Definitely recommend if you are a new to story storucture and character’s build up.
Katie Marie (KM) Wayland: Architecture of the plot. How to Create a Memorable StoryΒ
Blake Snyder: Save the Cat!: The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need
Jessica Brody: Save the Cat! Writes a novel
and a cutiepie that MidJourney generated for me recently:
Gemella 