hiding_sparrow

So, this year, I'm joining ONC again. This time I'm presenting Indonesian (Javanese) folklore.
          	
          	Jailangkung is an Indonesian folk ritual to communicate with a dead spirit. It can be done with various tools, but in this story, I'm going to pick what was popular in my childhood: a drawing compass. We (including me) used to play it at school with my schoolmates just for fun. However, things could go wrong, and...you don't want to know the rest :))
          	
          	Two chapters are up, and I will let it sit until I hear the news about whether it passes the first round. 
          	
          	Enjoy!
          	
          	https://www.wattpad.com/story/362836324

hiding_sparrow

@pixelmum Thank you! Not having high hopes I can finish it on time, given my other writing targets, but I'm having fun!
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pixelmum

@hiding_sparrow wow that sounds fascinating!
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hiding_sparrow

So, this year, I'm joining ONC again. This time I'm presenting Indonesian (Javanese) folklore.
          
          Jailangkung is an Indonesian folk ritual to communicate with a dead spirit. It can be done with various tools, but in this story, I'm going to pick what was popular in my childhood: a drawing compass. We (including me) used to play it at school with my schoolmates just for fun. However, things could go wrong, and...you don't want to know the rest :))
          
          Two chapters are up, and I will let it sit until I hear the news about whether it passes the first round. 
          
          Enjoy!
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/362836324

hiding_sparrow

@pixelmum Thank you! Not having high hopes I can finish it on time, given my other writing targets, but I'm having fun!
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pixelmum

@hiding_sparrow wow that sounds fascinating!
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hiding_sparrow

Sorry, guys, for the back-to-back new-story uploads!
          
          We Are Us is an old story I wrote for ONC 2022 (so it's nothing new), while The Innocent Deal and Glumrest Hills are my ongoing projects for other platforms. However, I'm going to post the unedited first drafts here to gain some feedback, before I take it down again for the big editing. 
          
          Feel free to read and leave any comments!
          
          Love,
          Pip

misfitlee

Hey there!
          
          I'm the host for The Misfits Awards. Just wanted to inform you that I'll be starting the Misfits Community right after we draw the curtains on the awards. 
          
          If you'd like to know more about this initiative and hopefully join, kindly slide into my DM. I'd be happy to provide answers to your questions there. 
          
          Regards,
          Kek.

hiding_sparrow

Here is the thing.
          
          If you want to be different and be praised by the universe because of it, it's not wrong. But once you step on other people's choices just to make your choice look better, that's not okay.
          
          That goes for writing.
          
          You want to be the next J.K Rowlings or a writer who brings something different yet manages to get attentions? Go agead! I'm rooting for you if you want to pursue that. But do not trash other tropes your fellow writers choose. Because instead of going forward, you'd be just busy criticizing other works and forget to work on your skills. Instead of busy avoiding what is popular and overused because you're too uptight for that, why can't you just be you?
          
          Focus on your own works. Not the works of others. Period.
          
          Rant over.

hiding_sparrow

@may_the_reader Yeah. But that's not what we need as writers, sadly.
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hiding_sparrow

@Miss8Fifteen I'm in 11 writing communities XD. Wattpad and non-Wattpad.
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hiding_sparrow

Finally it's completed and I can submit it to the round 3 ONC!
          
          My original plan was exactly 20k words, but alas, the book is now wrapped up in 26.248 words. A little longer than I wanted it to be. Anyway, if you're interested in psychological thriller stroller which leaves you more questions than answers XD, go and check this out!
          
          Happy Reading!
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/301185964