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Petition to add more disabled magical creatures in fantasy

Like picture a mermaid. When they have to be on land their tail turns to legs, but because their body is used to lower gravity their joints tire easily and are chronically in pain.

Also depending on how deep in the ocean they live, it’s likely they have circulation problems because their body is used to the water pressure holding everything where it needs to be and now their blood is always fucking pooling in their legs and they have to wear compression socks everywhere.

Wheelchair user mermaids. Partially/fully blind mermaids because who needs to see when there’s no light at the bottom of the ocean?

Mermaids with sensory issues who have to wear headphones all the time because sound is so much louder up here on land and they are constantly overstimulated. And also the sun is simply Too Bright™.

Mermaids who have POTS because in the water postural changes make no difference and their bodies don’t know how to stabilize with so much gravity.

I’m really fixated on the mermaids rn but PLEASE feel more than welcome to add more!!!! I wanna hear about disabled dragons

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worldbuilding holidays; possible traditions for holidays based on historical events:

commemorating victims of the historical event

parades

mass lighting candles

displaying art related to the event

cooking traditional dishes

organizing discussions and lectures to educate the public

planting commemorative trees

family trips to museums

discussions with people who lived through the event

reenacting the event

family reunions

wearing awareness accessories (ribbons, etc.)

political figures giving commemorative speeches

fundraisers for victims of the event

workshops to educate children in schools

building monuments/statues

feel free to add more!

#love me some fantastical holidays!! #worldbuilding #writing #writeblr #queued

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That post that's like "stop writing characters who talk like they're trying to get a good grade in therapy" really blew the door wide open for me about how common it's become for a character's emotional intelligence to not be taken into consideration when writing conflict. I remember the first time I went to therapy I had such a hard time even identifying what I was feeling, let alone had the language to explain it to someone else. Of course there are plenty of people who've never been to therapy a day in their life who are in tune to their emotions. But even they would have some trouble expressing themselves sometimes. You have to take into account there are plenty of people who are uncomfortable expressing themselves and people who think they're not allowed to feel certain ways. It also makes for more interesting conflict to have characters with different levels of understanding.

#I wrote a character a whole back with was basically a pathological liar #it was fascinating #she was the main character too #so the reader always knew she was lying #if nothing else it was a fun experiment lol #character building #writeblr #writing #queued

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#also power failures lol #writing #writers #writeblr #queued

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Filler??? In MY story?!

You'd better believe it. :)

Filling can have its own way of progressing the story -if not the plot, then the understanding of the characters when they're not buried in a plot-alanche.

Moments of rest are necessary for both the characters and the reader.

Moments of softness are necessary for both the characters and the reader.

Moments of 'slice of life' are necessary for both the characters and the reader.

It comes down to one simple to say, yet complicated piece of advice that I keep as a golden rule:

Bring it inward to make it bigger.

#‘filler’ my beloved #writing #writeblr #queued

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#so true lol #writing #writing memes #writeblr #writers on tumblr

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you know what i'm gonna get sappy for a second bear with me

there are a lot of posts and memes for writers about how hard writing is and how annoying it can be and how dispiriting it can feel when we don't make progress the way we'd like to. and those are true, and relatable, and funny! i've been there!

but maybe it doesn't get said enough in the other direction, so I'm gonna say it: I love writing. i love the process of putting phrases together and testing them for cadence and flow; i love knowing that there is a word for exactly the thing I want to convey, even if I just can't think of it right now, and going onto a thesaurus and being like there she is, that's the one!

but more than anything, I love the ritual of constantly asking myself "okay, and then what happens?" and feeling the same sense of delighted surprise every single time when somehow, a part of me I wasn't consciously aware of knows the answer. that experience, where my brain provides me solutions I didn't know it was working on, feels like a miracle every time. and getting into a productivity groove where I keep knowing the answers is one of the best feelings on the planet.

and sure, sometimes I don't know the answer, and it's hard and unsatisfying and see above about how easy it is to joke about how writing's the pits, but... that just makes it even more special when I'm firing on all cylinders, you know?

anyway, yeah. w r i t i n g.

#listen sometimes we need to remember that writing is good and fun actually #writing is wondrous and joyful and cathartic and- #you get the idea lol #writeblr #queued

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Deep Water Prompt #3266

The courtroom is the judge. A medium sits on the bench and cedes control, eyes growing black, shadow growing long. The courtroom has seen everything. It is supposed to be incorruptible. 

#oohhhhh interesting! #writing prompt #creative writing #writing #writeblr #queued

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What are some chronic illnesses that can only occur in a fantasy setting?

#love these #magical healing shenanigans are 1000% my JAM #writing #writeblr #queued

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characters in their 30's and older exploring their sexuality and discovering themselves beyond their teens and twenties is so important and beautiful and worth telling

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the classic trope of "what if you went to a town and it was weird" never fails

#so true honestly #it always slaps #writeblr #writing #queued

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i love this character so much......i hope they get seriously injured and almost die

#truth #writing #writeblr #queued

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Girl help I'm having ideas beyond my level of free time

#huge mood lol #there is no help for us #writing #writing humor #writeblr #queued

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DRAGONSONG: draft 2 update: 03/04

previous word count: 51,126

current word count: 51,537 (411 words added)

notes: small update today, plus some planning/scene shuffling work. i'm sick and my brain got tired, so i'm quitting while i'm ahead.

snippet: (tw death mention, specifically murder)

“How could you have known?” said Robin quietly behind her. Isi swallowed. “I would like to think I have always known better than violence.” She had been given clear orders, and Bedelia had been lunging for Robin when Isi had killed her. There were a million explanations she might use to justify what she had done. None of them sufficed. She had found it in her to disobey her orders when it came to sparing Enya. Bedelia would have been no threat if Isi had not attacked first. She had found the compassion to hold back, but she had found it too late.

#ZOE STOP HURTING THE BEST GIRL #Isi my beloved #akindofmagictoo #other’s writing #queued

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Hello writing friend! I'm glad you are reading this. Your writing is amazing and I hope you keep going. The world needs your words: an obvious fact.

A lesser known fact: you need your words too. Don't stop <3

#beautiful facts #writing #writeblr #queued

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The trope I appreciate very much

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I LOVE IT WHEN ENDINGS CIRCLE BACK TO THE BEGINNING!!!

I LOVE IT WHEN CHARACTERS MIRROR EACH OTHER!!!!!

I LOVE IT WHEN CHARACTERS SEAL THEIR FATES IN THEIR FIRST SCENES!!!!

I LOVE IT WHEN CHARACTERS' GREATEST TRAITS ARE ALSO WHAT DOOM THEM IN THE END!!!!!

#yes yes yes yes #yes to all of this I love it all #writeblr #writer #writing #queued