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Kate✨

Kate✨

@ksummerfield.bsky.social

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Artist, writer, photographer and maker. Freckle cartographer. Chaotic Panther. Tender as hell. 🔗 linktr.ee/ksummerfield Fascists/bigots/bots will be reported and blocked. 🚫 Eh, aye!

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Kate✨ @ksummerfield.bsky.social · 1h

Yes! It sucks! Sorry you're going through that.

Kate✨ @ksummerfield.bsky.social · 12h

I love this. It's such an intimate experience to be trusted to do this for someone.

Kate✨ @ksummerfield.bsky.social · 18h

I'm not saying that this vaccine is currently kicking my ass but I will say that, based on how hot my eyeballs feel each time I blink, it seems as if my immune system is going to be *hella* prepared for any nonsense! 🥴

elmo from sesame street is on fire with his eyes glowing

Alt: Elmo from sesame street is raising his hands and his eyes are glowing. There is fire behind him.

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Kate✨ @ksummerfield.bsky.social · 20h

😁 You know me too well.

Kate✨ @ksummerfield.bsky.social · 20h

Yes! Luckily I have my handy-dandy light box. (10k lumens, bay-bee!) Between that and melatonin I should be set.

Failing that, there's always (insert sleep aid name here) and, Stephen the sleep paralysis demon. He is a great motivator to get back on track! 😣

Kate✨ @ksummerfield.bsky.social · 20h

One of them might make it! (If they stop being such a self-centered schmuck.) #WeeknightWriters

Kate✨ @ksummerfield.bsky.social · 20h

A5:
The best thing for me to focus on right now is getting my circadian rhythm on track as soon as humanly possible. Sleep is the key to everything, it seems!
#FirstDraftFall
#WeeknightWriters

Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 21h

Q5: What steps can you take in the next week to prepare for #FirstDraftFall? #WeeknightWriters

Notepad that says “#WeeknightWriters: What steps can you take in the next week to prepare for #FirstDraftFall?"

Kate✨ @ksummerfield.bsky.social · 20h

😂 Exactly!

Kate✨ @ksummerfield.bsky.social · 20h

A4:
I'm deciding the fates of a few characters who repeatedly put the rest of the group in a dangerous position by refusing to try to learn how to communicate clearly and effectively without falling back on maladaptive patterns or needlessly burning others.
#FirstDraftFall
#WeeknightWriters

Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 21h

Q4: Are there any story aspects or plot points you're still trying to figure out before #FirstDraftFall? #WeeknightWriters

Notepad that says “#WeeknightWriters: Are there any story aspects or plot points you're still trying to figure out before #FirstDraftFall?"

Kate✨ @ksummerfield.bsky.social · 21h

App, have you eaten anything lately? You keep crashing out and spiraling like an unfed, overstimulated toddler on the verge of a meltdown.

Have a snack or something.

Kate✨ @ksummerfield.bsky.social · 21h

A3: (take 4, ffs...)
No, I'm not using a structured outline method and yes, I absolutely know where this is going and how we are going to get there. Sadly, the details of the falling society expand with the revelation of each new horror in our own crumbling reality.
#FirstDraftFall
#WeeknightWriters

Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 21h

Q3: Are you using a structured outline method for your #FirstDraftFall story? If your pantsing, do you have a general sense of direction of where your story will be going? #WeeknightWriters

Notepad that says “#WeeknightWriters: Are you using a structured outline method for your #FirstDraftFall story?"

Kate✨ @ksummerfield.bsky.social · 21h

I appreciate it and wish that I could take credit. It's a line from of the song "Easily" by Bruno Major, who is a brilliant songwriter and musician.
#FirstDraftFall
#WeeknightWriters

Kate✨ @ksummerfield.bsky.social · 21h

Thank you!

Kate✨ @ksummerfield.bsky.social · 21h

A2:
Doesn't Mean We Shouldn't Try is about a group of people working to find community, connection, and healthy ways to navigate interpersonal relationships while traveling to safety through the ruins of a crumbling society and evading the mysterious uile-bhèist.
#FirstDraftFall
#WeeknightWriters

Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 22h

Q2: What is your #FirstDraftFall story about? Share a little or as much as you feel like! #WeeknightWriters

Notepad that says “#WeeknightWriters: What is your #FirstDraftFall story about? Share a little/as much as you feel like!"

Kate✨ @ksummerfield.bsky.social · 21h

Wow, I didn't catch that! If you're going to be a panther, might as well be a chaotic panther!
#WeeknightWriters

Kate✨ @ksummerfield.bsky.social · 21h

The Fankendrafting IS real and incredibly intimidating!

Kate✨ @ksummerfield.bsky.social · 21h

A1:
My plotting/writing style alignment is currently True Plantser. When I began writing in earnest I was recovering from a concussion and started out at a Chaotic Panther, but as I healed I became a Neutral Pantser and wrote in order. I aspire to ascend to being a Neutral Plotter.
#WeeknightWriters

Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 22h

Q1: Since we're talking about plot, we figured it would be fun to see how you plot! Based on this nifty chart, what is your plotting/writing style alignment? #WeeknightWriters

A white tic-tac-toe graphic entitled "Writing Style Alignment" with 9 categories: Lawful Pantser, Neutral Pantser, Chaotic Pantser, Lawful Plantser, True Plantser, Chaotic Plantser, Lawful Plotter, Neutral Plotter, and Chaotic Plotter

Kate✨ @ksummerfield.bsky.social · 22h

Hello, #WeeknightWriters!
I'm Kate.

My #FirstDraftFall WIP is called Doesn't Mean We Shouldn't Try. It's about a growing group of people working together to find community and safety amidst a crumbling society.

I attempted to plot things out but decided to rely on an outline and notes, instead.

Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 22h

Hello #WeeknightWriters! Come on in, introduce yourself and your WIP, and let us know how your #FirstDraftFall planning is going! Are you plotting anything? Pantsing? Somewhere in between?

Notepad that reads: #WeeknightWriters Introduce yourself and your WIP, and let us know how your writing week is going!”

Kate✨ @ksummerfield.bsky.social · 23h

*Always* have a pair of sturdy, sharp safety shears on-hand.

Picture of a pair of sturdy safety shears.

Kate✨ @ksummerfield.bsky.social · 1d

That character may or may not be a real nightmare customer of the past, who got kicked tf out for that ish repeatedly- hypothetically and allegedly of course.

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Foxes In Love @foxes-in-love.bsky.social · 7d

A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Blue and Green are walking. Blue listens intently as Green goes on talking as he talks, leading the way.
Green: Once we get home, I'll read a book, weave two baskets, re-arrange the pantry, learn esperanto-

Blue interrupts Green, who turns to listen.
Blue: That's quite a list. Are you sure you're being completely realistic?

Green takes a momentary pause from being cartoonish, being now depicted as a painstakingly detailed and shaded painting of a fox, with fur texture, whiskers and all.
Extremely realistic Green: Of course.

Returning back to normal, Green keeps walking. Blue follows, looking at Green with suspicion.
Blue: How long did it take you to draw that gag?
Green: A lot longer than I am willing to admit.

Kate✨ @ksummerfield.bsky.social · 1d

It really is. He's usually a various strait-laced character with a dry sense of humor, but is bounding with glee in this scene. He gradually loosens up once he gains a bit of perspective and actual humility upon meeting someone who he allows himself to really know and who genuinely cares for him.

Kate✨ @ksummerfield.bsky.social · 1d

Very nice! Is that a djembe I spy in the corner?

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Mx. D. D. Ward (they/them) @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 1d

Looking for a new read? Try Daughters of the Digital Empire at ddwardiswriting.blogspot.com. the whole thing is free to read and the first chapter takes just 4 minutes to read!
Sapphic Victorian romantasy with Werewolves!

D.D. Ward is Writing

[email protected]

ddwardiswriting.blogspot.com

Kate✨ @ksummerfield.bsky.social · 1d

I was going to dress down as Lady Godiva! However, that's a costume best shared privately and, things being such as they are, I will have to come up with something else this year. Failing that, I might just borrow your idea! 😁