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Some writers: *meticulously plan out every plot point and the tone and meanings before they start writing*

Me:

#writing

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#writing #don't look behind the fancy door #there's even more stacked ceiling high and pressed precariously to the door #they WILL fall and you will succumb to the sins of my mind. the claws of the Forgotton and the Cold

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REVERSE TROPE WRITING PROMPTS

Too many beds

Accidentally kidnapping a mafia boss

Really nice guy who hates only you

Academic rivals except it’s two teachers who compete to have the best class

Divorce of convenience

Too much communication

True hate’s kiss (only kissing your enemy can break a curse)

Dating your enemy’s sibling

Lovers to enemies

Hate at first sight

Love triangle where the two love interests get together instead

Fake amnesia

Soulmates who are fated to kill each other

Strangers to enemies

Instead of fake dating, everyone is convinced that you aren’t actually dating

Too hot to cuddle

Love interest CEO is a himbo/bimbo who runs their company into the ground

Nursing home au

#writing #prompt

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Friendly reminder that Youth, Sunken's eBook is on sale this week!

#writing #books #OH I recognise this one! #I've only seen little snippets so far but they caught my attention immediately #i had no idea this was published! #pinky promise that I'm getting it after my dog's foot injury veredict in a couple days #please disregard the fact that I've never made a pinky promise and don't know how they work

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Text: Past the valley, you can’t trust the horizon. Mountains roll across the land like slow motion waves, breaking up otherwise clear skylines as they approach.

#writing #prompt

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“Extremely detailed character sheet template”

Character Chart Character’s full name: Reason or meaning of name: Character’s nickname: Reason for nickname: Birth date: Physical appearance Age: How old does he/she appear: Weight: Height: Body build: Shape of face: Eye color: Glasses or contacts: Skin tone: Distinguishing marks: Predominant features: Hair color: Type of hair: Hairstyle: Voice: Overall attractiveness: Physical disabilities: Usual fashion of dress: Favorite outfit: Jewelry or accessories: Personality Good personality traits: Bad personality traits: Mood character is most often in: Sense of humor: Character’s greatest joy in life: Character’s greatest fear: Why? What single event would most throw this character’s life into complete turmoil? Character is most at ease when: Most ill at ease when: Enraged when: Depressed or sad when: Priorities: Life philosophy: If granted one wish, it would be: Why? Character’s soft spot: Is this soft spot obvious to others? Greatest strength: Greatest vulnerability or weakness: Biggest regret: Minor regret: Biggest accomplishment: Minor accomplishment: Past failures he/she would be embarrassed to have people know about: Why? Character’s darkest secret: Does anyone else know? Goals Drives and motivations: Immediate goals: Long term goals: How the character plans to accomplish these goals: How other characters will be affected: Past Hometown: Type of childhood: Pets: First memory: Most important childhood memory: Why: Childhood hero: Dream job: Education: Religion: Finances: Present Current location: Currently living with: Pets: Religion: Occupation: Finances: Family Mother: Relationship with her: Father: Relationship with him: Siblings: Relationship with them: Spouse: Relationship with him/her: Children: Relationship with them: Other important family members: Favorites Color: Least favorite color: Music: Food: Literature: Form of entertainment: Expressions: Mode of transportation: Most prized possession: Habits Hobbies: Plays a musical instrument? Plays a sport? How he/she would spend a rainy day: Spending habits: Smokes: Drinks: Other drugs: What does he/she do too much of? What does he/she do too little of? Extremely skilled at: Extremely unskilled at: Nervous tics: Usual body posture: Mannerisms: Peculiarities: Traits Optimist or pessimist? Introvert or extrovert? Daredevil or cautious? Logical or emotional? Disorderly and messy or methodical and neat? Prefers working or relaxing? Confident or unsure of himself/herself? Animal lover? Self-perception How he/she feels about himself/herself: One word the character would use to describe self: One paragraph description of how the character would describe self: What does the character consider his/her best personality trait? What does the character consider his/her worst personality trait? What does the character consider his/her best physical characteristic? What does the character consider his/her worst physical characteristic? How does the character think others perceive him/her: What would the character most like to change about himself/herself: Relationships with others Opinion of other people in general: Does the character hide his/her true opinions and emotions from others? Person character most hates: Best friend(s): Love interest(s): Person character goes to for advice: Person character feels responsible for or takes care of: Person character feels shy or awkward around: Person character openly admires: Person character secretly admires: Most important person in character’s life before story starts: After story starts:

found here

#writing reference #not going to lie my brain did indeed short circuit a bit #but I can work with this! #it's that time where I regretfully have to go over my wips and compile the little details - conflicting and continuous - to keep track #it's come to my attention that when a character has at least three different recorded heights I ought to detail their information somewhere #that i can actually find it :p #it's going to be a delight when I figure out what two recurrent characters are actually named too #I think 'M' will love being referred to by his name instead of 'octopus' or just 'M' #it's always nice to have an actual recorded identity

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The best part of worldbuilding is making something that sucks. Magic schools with bullshit rules that don't work. Spaceships that are built stupid. My favourite thing to do is to make an inconvenient world that is full of stupid things for boring reasons, and then putting a character int here and making them live with that.

#writing #art #stunning sneak! #the most adorable of our waterborn friends!

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Heyy! Happy WBW! :D I hope your storm isn't bad >_<

So for your question for this week:

When you're building your world, are there any aspects that you tend to forget to think about? Are there any aspects you never really thought about until someone asked you about it - perhaps on WBW?

Thanks and have a great week! I'll see you again on Saturday ;)

So I’m going to do this specifically about The Chaos in Sunlight. I honestly forgot to answer whether or not people in the capital have noticed people acting Happy (yes) and how exactly the magic school system works (specifically the fact that Maya’s mind has been screwed up for a very long time and Solange twisted her parents’ arms so she could be the one teaching her).

#writing #other people's wips #writingamongther0ses #the sheer relief I felt when reading that someone else has forgotten how their magic system works -

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I feel like I'm going absolutely insane, but. Those stupid little wooden pencils that schools issue out or that you'd buy specifically because they're allowed, like the HB standard exam ones or whatever. It feels very wrong to write or draw with them unless all the paint is stripped from the exterior, right? Like it doesn't matter how sharp they are, it's all this stupid, glossy, blunt feeling graphite that doesn't make any of the marks right?

#not writing related #jasper strikes with their bullshit again #the context is that it's time for me to shift the pool of vocab I have to a semi-organised exercise book and it's HELL #admittedly I've also been book binding again - hand written words and guiding lines in pencil and THEN the words over in black ink #so I have room for error and shit and can play with the appearance #it's good entertainment and actually helps my handwriting + motor skills out a fair bit with legibility and ability since that kinda. ran #somewhere at some point and stuff #and the pencils I still have from a decade ago that're stripped of paint? the graphite is dry but crisp and goes down on the page EXACTLY #how i want it to and it's beautiful #but those stupid ones from a decade ago (and recently) that still have the paint are these glossy wet smudging little things that don't go #on the page right EVER and I dunno what it is about them but it makes me so so mad trying to write in cyrillic or making actual shapes with #the letters in my book binding pages instead of messy little squiggles #I mentioned how annoyed I'm getting with the painted pencils and my guy. I got looked at like I was absolutely mad. And apparently my #generalised descriptions of worldly impressions or associations make n o s e n s e to anyone that I know. they think I've lost it and - #well I might've actually if no one here gets it

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Spring omen.

#art

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Zoozve, my beloved

#not writing related #astronomy #!!! #you have NO IDEA how happy this makes my little space rat brain

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Writing about a child rapist did not make Vladimir Nabokov a child rapist.

Writing about an authoritarian theocracy did not make Margaret Atwood an authoritarian theocrat.

Writing about adultery did not make Leo Tolstoy an adulterer.

Writing about a ghost did not make Toni Morrison a ghost.

Writing about a murderer did not make Fyodor Dostoevsky a murderer.

Writing about a teenage addict did not make Isabel Allende a teenage addict.

Writing about dragons and ice zombies did not make George R.R. Martin either of those things.

Writing about rich heiresses, socially awkward bachelors, and cougar widows did not make Jane Austen any of those things.

Writing about people who can control earthquakes did not make N.K. Jemisin able to control earthquakes.

Writing about your favorite characters and/or ships in situations that you choose does not make you a bad person.

It’s a shame that in this day and age these things need to be said.

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Writing Tip #21

Every character is the main character of their own story. Write a scene from their perspective to flesh them out if needed.

{I’m posting a writing tip every day of NaNoWriMo}

#writing #the one reason why Riley Kolisnyk isn't continuing to be a slippery little worm boy in Pulse is cause of writing scenes in his view #interestingly one of the main characters Calleum has become a lot more solidified as a person because of Riley too #they just bounce of each other so well but think so damned different

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The thing about writing is that until you publish it there is 0 cost to fucking it up. You're not using up materials. You're not doing anything that can't be undone. You can fuck around endlessly to figure out what you want and it's free.

Like, yes, ok, you might waste your time

but would you rather waste your time writing or being too scared to write?

#writing #writing positivity

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Anyone: /reblogs my art or writing

Me: /fucking RUSHES OVER TO SEE IF ANYTHING IS IN THE TAGS

#hey i gotta drink in that sweet sweet thing called 'human socialisation' #apparently it's recommended for the brain box even if it can objectively get that it's creation isn't hated via having notes #but physical association is quite bad for the flesh cannister; case in point being having the flu 'cause someone stood in the yard :(