#my friend bubblepunk99 has also been helping me for which i am extremely grateful!

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🗣️Talk about your favourite WIP

One of my favorites I got going on right now is a short story i'm working on (maybe even publish!! But it's coming along VERY slowly lol): takes place in the 70s, rez horror, main character is a fat gnc Cree residential school survivor, & there's supernatural shit going on with witches, ghosts, and bad spirits & some colonizer fuckery. There's revenge, trauma, anger, hippies, and murder, and more

Some of the events and places are inspired by real life (like especially the rez horror aspect & reservation life & trauma & shit) but aren't necessarily directly lifted: i kinda wanted the setting to feel authentic in the way that ndns will be able to instantly recognize & relate to, like it feels like it could have happened where you live or to someone you know. Cree will also be included.

Book/author & film influences/inspirations for my writing this I'd say are Silent Hill, Dance Me Outside, Annihilation, "Sharp Objects" by Gillian Flynn, "Monkey Beach" by Eden Robinson, "Indian Horse" by Richard Wagamese, "Beloved" by Toni Morrison, & Métis Maria Campbell.

I think it's my favorite because it came directly from my own brain & it's one I'm actually more confident in! Like I feel like despite my struggles with writing a coherent plot, this one I've actually managed to think up a pretty solid outline for, at least as a jumping off point. I don't want to reveal TOO much bc I'm scared of story theft (not that I'm super duper popular enough to steal from lol but still) & just in case of the event i make some drastic changes. Some of the slowness is due to me getting the details just right & doing more research on things i need to know more about (like Christianity. My family shielded me from it so successfully that I can barely tell apart the various denominations fvshfydh. Im straight up thinking of attenting a Bible study club specifically to do research).

#one song i use as inspo for tone setting is 'down the line' by Jose Gonzales #even if i never publish it I'll probably submit the story to a zine or post it online for people to read for free! ^^ #my attempts to write it have been rather halted however since ive got no laptop #my friend bubblepunk99 has also been helping me for which i am extremely grateful! #gitli #thank u friend <3