Writer things
Another sketching session with me for this week! This is my oc for the short film animation I’m working on for a college degree of 2 years.
Mystical town. Urban sketches. #6, set of 10.
Over the wall.
Mystical town. Urban sketches. #8, set of 10.
The crow.
I’ve been wanting to be a writer since I was nine, when I sat down and wrote my first story (I made drawings for it and was very excited haha).
Since then, I’ve evolved a lot, having up to 24+ novel ideas in my mind and written down that I want to write.
And now I’m taking the decision of writing one of them for real, starting with the 3rd story idea I ever had, the first idea I ever had with real potential to become a great thing.
I’ve decided to take it seriously now, because I realize I’m not getting younger. If I don’t do it now, when the hell am I going to? Just fantasizing about getting published or noticed by an editor but not doing anything to make that come true, WON’T make your dreams come true magically, with 0 effort from you.
So, I’m currently writing the first version of my first fantasy novel Initiation, in wattpad, with some illustrations! After I’ve finished it on there, I’ll self-publish it on kindle and ibooks with extra parts and the real illustrations with color and extra deets and quality!
I’d planned to participate in this year’s wattys, under the fantasy category. However, I revised the rules, checked the deadlines again, calculated how much time I had to work on my entry, and realized that it is wiser to wait until next year.
When it comes to something like the wattys, or any other serious competition you’d like to take part of, you mustn’t rush. I was going to rush to make it to the deadline. I realized that’d compromise the quality of my work and my chances of winning. I want to dish out the very best I can give of myself, by myself.
I cannot give my best if I rush to a deadline without having much time to revise. Sad, but the wattys will have to wait for me.
Again cuz I frikin love it.
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everyone: what's your goal in life?
me: to write a story so soul snatching, so gut wrenching and so devastatingly beautiful that it leaves you crying at 3am when you have a 8am lecture/shift and it inspires people to write entire essays, to write entire fanfics, mood boards and playlists based on it.
This is the fantasy novel I’m writing! I’ve been developing this story since it first came to me when I was 14. Now, I’m making the effort to make this dream a reality.
If you want to read a fantasy story with diversity, conflicts, lots of characters, emotional growth, amongst other things, go take a look!
Because we’re on the 2 chapter, and things are about to kick off for real!
Same and more. Overall writing was so dull. It lacked the complexity and depth of the original.
My views on the atla live action (6.8 out of 10)
What I liked about atla live action:
Zuko, aang, iroh, monk Gyasto and jets actors really knocked the ball out the park so far
I liked how they showed that there were people in the fire nation who fought back regarding resisting the war, and how azula went undercover to expose them. That scene showed not all fire benders were bad or agreed to the war due to the loss of lives
I liked how they portrayed monk gyasto and his bond with aang.
The scene with the earth kingdom soldier, iroh and the scene with Lieu ten was amazingly done. It really captured how loss happened on both sides, while showcasing more of who lieu ten was as a person and also Zuko’s kind nature towards Iroh
Iroh joining Zuko on the boat after his banishment was a beautiful scene
Issues
Aang meeting kyoshi too early and learning about the attack on the northern water tribe which he shouldn’t know
Suki and sokkas romance didn’t develop over sokka learning from his sexism. It takes away from their development
Azula didn’t bend or fight enough. Also Ozai hated Zuko and adored azula but here it seems azula is fighting for his approval? It takes away from her character. She had it ALL and Zuko didn’t. Also ozai did not care if zuko discovered aang he just wanted him to suffer. He hated his son but in this version they make it seem like he cares?
Aang isn’t training enough at all. We only see katara training on her waterbending but she trained with aang too. In the series it focuses more on aang going to the northern water tribe rather than learning the elements and helping others along the way.
Kataang needed more moments. So far they only had a few but I liked the one they shared in the final episode
Sokka seems to not like aang? It seems like he’s only there for his own benefit when in the original he warms up to aang.
Ozai learning of aangs existence too early on makes it less easy for aang to travel on his journey.
Aang and sokka didn’t meet Jet
The meaning of the cave of two lovers didn’t make sense. Also it didn’t help aang as he was not there to learn more about the badger moles and earth bending. Plus he kissed katara there, so that love development is gone.
Wan shi tong shouldn’t be there in book 1 and sokka and katara shouldn’t be in the spirit world
Where is Appa and momo? They barely are shown. If they were pets with zero presence I wouldn’t mind but in this series they are apart if the show but the live action doesn’t showcase them enough.
No Jeong Jeong ? he was a huge character regarding the use of fire plus aang had trauma fire bending. Will he still show up in the future if this is renewed?
Azula shouldn’t lose her cool she seems like she’s already cracking and that’s not her character. She is perfect and that breaks her in book 3. Not book 1. Also her fire is not blue.
Aang is a bit too focused on being the avatar i wish it wasn’t so strong at times
Why is the fog of lost souls showing up in atla?
Rokus erased as aangs guide isn’t the best change since he’s tied to the reason why the war happened. Also he links to zukos bloodline and struggle of good and evil.
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