Here's the cover I made for that Camp NaNoWriMo project I had last July in which I now decided to post on Wattpad (for now). I'm also posting the story description for this story. But honestly, I think I could add more to this. I just can't figure out how at the moment. π✌️
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On one supposedly ordinary morning, Risa's life turned upside-down upon finding herself in an extraordinary world that made her question a lot about the chain of events leading to this. Her effort to seek the answers she was looking for made her cross paths with several people capable of wielding magic. Including the second prince of the kingdom that she ended up with, whom she later found out was a dragon listener like her.
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However, it seemed that there was more to her sealed abilities in connection to the voice she heard often even before she ended up in the kingdom. One of which became the trigger for the world to be nearly annihilated 2,000 years ago. And that power appeared to be holding the answer about the real reason why she was summoned there in the first place...
More days had passed and before Risa knew it, a month had already gone by. Her days were uneventful by the standards of the residents of that world if she was to ask Jehan about it. The majority of what she kept on doing was learning potion making and harvesting herbs, doing household chores, and conversing with Qilrun and Frindall during her free time.
Even with that, she could tell that a strange feeling only made her feel uneasy the whole time. She was unsure where that feeling came from. But it seemed that the seal in her magic began to weaken.
Of course, it was what the dragons told her one time when Jehan left for the capital and she was left alone in the Master Mage's house.
The next days that followed after Risa went out of the house for the first time went well. As she wished, she was finally able to do household chores around the Master Mage's house without straining herself.
Though she wanted to do more concerning her sealed magic, no one would mention it to her, for some reason. But it wasn't because the mages didn't want to say anything about it. According to Jehan, the Master Mage and Lady Enlari were so busy with their duties at the Magic Academy that they couldn't pay attention to Risa at the moment.
Then again, it wasn't as if Risa was demanding it. Of course, she wanted to know more about her sealed magic. The dragons who had been accompanying her whenever Jehan would have to leave her to head to the capital could only say that they sensed strange energy in her. But they were sure that the energy wasn't dangerous or ominous at all.
Though Risa wanted to feel assured about it, there were mysteries about her arrival that still haven't been solved. She wanted to know how she ended up floating in the river, as the Master Mage and Jehan had claimed. Not that she doubted them. But the wound she sustained and the lack of knowledge about what really happened to her were only filling her head with more questions.
I rarely eat when I'm focused on writing. But once I could feel eating something just to make me forget I was frustrated or tired of what I was writing about (or even brainstorming about), these local snacks are my go-to. And yes, I went back to drinking coffee again. π✌️
I'm not really that picky when it comes to notebooks (at least, fiction writing-related). But not the same to journaling. Anyway, I'd be happy to use any notebooks for writing stories. Recently, I've purchased lots of composition notebooks like this one for that purpose. This composition notebook is unlike the thicker ones I'd find online from the US. Only it isn't readily available in our local store and even in Shopee. But it's still something I can write on, so I don't really mind. And yes, I can write comfortably because of the wide spaces of the ruled parts. They make it easier for me to practice having bigger handwriting. π ✌️
I have A LOT of pens in my case right now. Same goes to highlighters. Majority of them were for trial purposes to see which pen would go well for me and my writing pace. But this 0.7 HBW 2000 Ballpoint pen is my go to when I wanted something cheap and would write smooth. I like 0.7 tip pens the most, but I sometimes find 0.5 tip pens that also appeals to me and would add it to my collection.
Three of these songs actually talked about finding each other and love each other in their next life, which was one of the premise of LBTE. As for the rest, I just added them there in a spur of a moment since I still need to browse my playlist for more songs to use. But when I actually placed these songs on their own playlist, I smiled because they were actually perfect for the story. ππ✌️
Thursday, October 13, 2022
Day 13 of #instawrimo2022:
I was in the mood to try and find a Joseon era map (in consideration of the visuals that I used and also the original theme of the story). But I did decide to switch the names I thoughts of from Korean to English when I thought of participating in NaNoWriMo. So the map that I have in mind for the story taking place in the MC's memories 400 years ago (where it all started) resembles this. π✌️
This was more of a dream vacation placed at the back of the MC's mind when she decided to continue studying as she tried to find her father. But she'd like it if her (future) SO would go to these places (whichever was available at the moment) with her and they would just enjoy their time together. ππ❤️
Trust me, I have a lot of story topics that I've always wanted to read but couldn't find anything even remotely similar to the ideas that I have. And maybe I guess that's the reason why I don't get that much reads in some of the writing platforms I signed up to.
Majority of those books I wanted to write don't usually follow the trend, as I do say so myself. If you'd visited those writing sites, you'd know what I mean. Honestly, those genres don't make me feel happy even as a reader, for some reason. And so I've been writing stories that made me happy — even though it was a struggling to actually write them down. ππ
As you can see, they're pretty much similar to ours. Only except the story takes place in a fictional town that still has no name. Forgive me for that. But majority of the main scenes took place within one of the two famous universities in town, in which the FL attends to even though she was a little too old to even go to school. Then there was also her apartment and a forest which holds the truth about certain events starting from 400 years ago up to the present times.
Sunday, October 9, 2022
Day 9 of #instawrimo2022:
I headed straight to this and purposely skipped Day 8 because I don't have any NaNoWriMo swag or any other writing-related swag to show off. ππ But I'll make it a mission to find some after this.
By the way, I rarely dedicate an entire novel to someone. Normally, I'd do it for readers in general. But let's say I made an exception on this one, no matter how vague the last part turned out to be. π❤️✌️
800th days? Wow! Can you believe it? Okay, even I couldn't believe it. But yes, here we are. I mean, here I am with writing a blog entry to celebrate another journaling milestone. Not sure if it's a good thing that I'm able to write an entry only when another milestone happened. Even if it's a small one.
But if I'm going to be honest, since posting an entry on my 700th day of daily journaling, things hadn't gone well for me. A lot had happened during those last 100 days that, I guess, affected my journaling enthusiasm. Even writing on my 6-year journal became a daunting task for me. I don't like that feeling at all.
Thankfully, I have my dotted notepad and my phone's notepad. Even if I couldn't write on my physical notepad on that certain day, I couldn't jot down highlights either on my small notepad or on my phone's notepad γΌ depending on which was readily accessible at the certain moment. I just don't want to miss writing a journal entry on that day, that's all.
Along with this, I also got back to using my bullet journal. It's not entirely for writing-related anymore γΌ at least task-wise. But I guess I have to use it again at some point, even though it's not entirely about fiction writing anymore. I just love the feeling of crossing out tasks that I did for the day. That feeling of accomplishment, no matter how small.
And now, I should be using this for my Preptober since I decided to participate in NaNoWriMo this year. You know, I might be able to document my progress here once I started. Possibly an entry on my weekly progress and my daily ones on Twitter. Why not? It's a good plugging.
I actually miss documenting a lot of my feelings and my emotions on my journal in which I could fill up 3 pages of entry for that day alone. Or maybe I got caught up in the rush of emotions that I don't care if I rant all the way in my entries, as long as I get to release it in a way. There were times when I couldn't even write a short entry on my journal and it truly disappoints me, even now. But you know, I knew I had to force myself. I just needed to release it in a way. And journaling is the only option I had to do that.
I'm just glad I managed to reach this far. 200 more days and I'd be reaching my goal of journaling every day for 1,000 days. I owe that inspiration from Carrie Walker. After watching her video about it γΌ
γΌ it gave me the drive to do the same. Who knows? Maybe watching it would inspire you to do the same. π✌️
I posted two versions here as I would usually create covers for the novels I write A LOT of times. This writing project is no exception.
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One of them was in fact the cover I created when I was still debating whether or not I'd post it on Webnovel. The second version features my visual inspirations for the main characters.
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So yes, I might end up posting the novel online once NaNoWriMo is over... or not. π✌️
Still sticking with the Korean cast/visual, I ended up picking Hong Jong Hyun as the image I had for the villain after a long debate on who should I choose. I guess it's the portrayal of his character in Moon Lovers that made me decide to choose him, for some reason.
One thing is certain about his character in LBTE: He had already lived four lifetimes doing the same thing and achieving the same goal.
To kill more people to end a cycle.
So yes, he's the serial killer in the story. As to how I'm going to actually write that out, I know I should do my best to work that out.
By the way, a certain debate is going on in my mind with regards to LBTE. Should I write it in Taglish or mainly English? π€π€
I know I mentioned on Day 1 post that the concept for LBTE came about because of my frustration on the ending of a certain K-Drama. The original idea I ended up thinking for this story actually features Koreans. And if I'm going to be honest, I'm not sure if I'd be able to pull it off even if I create a different or alternate world or something.
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But yes, the visual that I have for the male lead have always been Lee Soo Hyuk. As for the female lead... I honestly didn't have a certain celebrity to use as a visual even when I was thinking of posting this. I was torn between her and Solar, even now, for some reason. I finally settled to using Son Na Eun because of birth year.
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I did decide to change their names to English ones when I chose LBTE to focus on for NaNoWriMo. Maybe I could retain the Korean surnames I thought of for them. But I couldn't pick a good Western visuals for them as I'm not that much familiar with Western actors except for those that people would normally talk about. Especially the really popular ones. So I'll stick with this for the meantime until I can find suitable ones to use as visuals and/or dream casts. ππ✌️
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Day 4 of #instawrimo2022:
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I know that this novel has nothing to do with what I'm planning to write for NaNoWriMo. But yes, this is what I'm currently reading γΌ and in a slow pace, at that. I actually have a novel that I've been trying to focus on a few months back that deals with letter writing to tell their story, as well. So you could say I needed a basis of some sort.
Monday, October 3, 2022
Day 3 of #instawrimo2022:
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It's messy. I know. These are my notes (or should I say the scenes that I need to remember) for both LBTE and one other story that I focused on last Camp NaNoWriMo July 2022. So yes, these notes were from before July. Not sure if it was May or June, though. π€π€
Saturday, October 1, 2022
Day 1 of #instawrimo2022:
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I know this is late and I was supposed to post this yesterday but didn't get to. So now, here it is. π✌️
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The idea for this story γΌ which is a combination of romance, fantasy (at least on the reincarnation aspect of it), mystery, and thriller γΌ actually came about because I got frustrated with the ending of a Korean drama I've watched before.
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Maybe I'll mention about what the story is about bit by bit here, depending on the prompts that will appear. Who knows? π✌️
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