this is a collection of unpolished, imperfect, messy snippets either from writing exercises or unfinished stories. I’m putting these here to document my progress as a writer, and to remind myself that writing is writing is writing — even if its not perfect.

currently working on my first interactive fiction.

Christina Ji 6/12/24 Christina Ji 6/12/24

acts of preservation

Two apprentice researchers, raised on opposite wings of the Palace, vie for the title of Royal Alchemist. Damian’s world collapses when his rival is nominated for the role instead of him.

Christina Ji 4/14/24 Christina Ji 4/14/24

finger food

In a world dying from starvation, the sidekick of an old, floundering vigilante realizes he's outgrown his mentor. Things come to a head during their annual Fundraising Gala.

Christina Ji 4/10/24 Christina Ji 4/10/24

finding fate

The outskirts village is a place where the Empire’s stories have no hold. The village’s apothecary apprentice turned accidental motivational speaker has to reconcile what it means to deal in fate when the Emperor’s youngest prince comes to visit.

Christina Ji 4/10/24 Christina Ji 4/10/24

residue

An undertaker shows her new prodigy the ropes, in a world where humanity has stopped aging, has ceased natural death.

wow! if you made it to the bottom of this, here’s my most unpolished but longest work (~53K words!): The Hall of Masks. This is a “zero draft” I wrote in 2019 - it is very, very unpolished and mostly word vomit, but it was my first time sticking with a full-length story until the end of the writing process. If I can do it once, I can do it again!