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Elissa Marie

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#nope 2022 #jordan peele

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Motherboard Sword

#artists on tumblr #pink puffer #poc artist

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#art #black cats #comics #illustration #artists on tumblr

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#dave york coded #dave york #equalizer ii #pedro pascal #him and that slutty knee

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Whatever necessary, you say 👀👀👀 I love it 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

send me a made-up fic title and i'll tell you what i would write to go with it.....

"A Thousand Days With You"

I don’t know why but this is screaming immortal being, like a vampire who wants you for eternity (even though a thousand days is less than four years I think 😂). They’ll do whatever necessary to keep you with them 😈

#color me intrigued

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Nothing wrong with long sentences! Looking forward to this one 👀👀👀

WIP Last Sentence

I was tagged by: @chiriwritesstuff @ohforficsake @tinytinymenace @inept-the-magnificent

Rules: Post the last sentence you wrote (fanfic / original / anything) and tag as many people as there are words in the sentence.

This is from my untitled Javier Peña story. I have a title for chapter one, not chapter two and the fic itself has no title. 😅 It’s pretty though. 😆

A fresh start with someone who could just receive him as Javier Peña before learning about the stagnant waters that wear at his soul.

A bit pensive, Peña’s got range! (Again, this fits whichever pun you like, I can think of a few.) 😘

Twenty four words….for one sentence. 👀 I’m sorry 😢 So wordy… I will use ten words for three. 😆

NPT: @angelofsmalldeath-codeine @grogusmum @connectioneverywhere @pedroshotwifey @goodwithcheese

@rhoorl @laurfilijames @megamindsecretlair @soft-persephone @slippinninque

@morallyinept @avastrasposts @maggiemayhemnj @mysterious-moonstruck-musings @soft-girl-musings

@magpiepills @secretelephanttattoo @ramblers-lets-get-ramblin @julesonrecord @perotovar

@spacecowboyhotch @gasolinerainbowpuddles @djarinmuse @djarins-cyare

#wips #WIP last line #fanfiction #javier pena fanfiction #pedro pascal characters #pedro pascal fanfiction #pedro pascal #a nerdie fic

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Youre so sweet 😭😭 thank you!!!

you’re writing a book!! i love books!! and i love you!! can’t wait to support you on your writing journey!!

I am! Thank you so much 😌😌 and I LOVE YOU

Im excited for it. It's a special idea and I've already picked their names. Jasper and Zora 🥹🥹

It's going to be so tooth-rottingly cute, I'll be sick of myself by the end of it. 🤣🤣🤣 I appreciate you 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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No Such Thing As Filler

Okay, so yes, this is another post based on something I saw that irritated me, but it seems like this idea keeps coming up, so I need y'all to internalize this. There is no such thing as filler in good writing. None. Do not approach your work thinking you have to fill space in a story, I will beat you with this wiffle bat. Don't ask me where I got the wiffle bat. Don't even worry about it.

The idea of filler comes from a very particular place - when an anime or TV show has to fit in a certain number of episodes, but doesn't have enough content (hasn't caught up with the manga, the source material isn't long enough, etc) to cover those episodes. An episode has to be written, but the characters can't really progress, and so are given something else to do. Many a trope has come from these episodes, and they're sometimes necessary. Filler in this context is something that makes sense.

The dark side of filler is the idea that you need some space between Big Event 1 and Big Event 2 in your story, therefore you need throw anything in there to take up space and make your word count. This is a mistake I've made and I've seen plenty of other writers do it too, but it's a huge waste of your time. You do need something between those big action scenes, but you should always be writing to accomplish something.

Instead of thinking of that writing as filler, try to approach it with three things in mind:

Move Forward With Character Development and Backstory - Your characters barely survived a huge gunfight, and they won't encounter the big bad again for another few chapters. How do your characters decompress from that gunfight, and what does that say about them? Did a cocky character go in guns blazing, only to be deeply shaken by how a real fight works? Did that fight spark a moment of deep trauma for the main character that they have to reflect on afterwards?

Filling this space with meaningless scenes is a huge waste of opportunity. Think about how to dive deeper into your characters.

Move Forward With Plot and Subplot Development - The bad guy beat the heroes to the stolen gem, but they left behind a clue to why they want it. However that clue could reveal some painful truths about the protagonist's beloved great aunt... Carmen Sandiego???

A major goal following a big action scene is having the characters figure out what to do with what they've learned and what to do next. It's where romance subplots or secret relative subplots make progress, when truths are revealed and next steps are taken. You can absolutely do this in any setting - a flirty conversation while at the battling cages, a tense moment of feelings while hunting down a wayward chicken - but your main goal is making progress for both the characters and plot.

Move Forward With Worldbuilding - Worldbuilding has it challenges, believe me. You don't want to write a chapter on how an airship works only to have to cut it later. But you should still try to flesh out your world, and you should do so with the perspective of how to use that worldbuilding to your benefit. Maybe a critical scene hinges on the main characters knowing how that airship works, or that lake your main character often stares at is the setting of the big Act 3 Boat Battle. The weather can play into both perspective and emotions. Knowing what the main character's house and car looks like can reflect a lot on their personal character or backstory.

When you're struggling with a scene or a chapter, rather than writing filler, take a few steps back and think. What can you establish with your worldbuilding? What can you reveal about your characters through their dialogue and actions? What subplot could you explore or add in these between moments?

Filler from a fandom perspective - Now let me make this clear - if you're writing a fanfic just to have a cute moment between the characters you like, or you really want to force everyone to do that weird Twilight baseball scene, that's fine. You don't need a grand goal to achieve for every story, there's no need to justify your fanwork in any way other than you wanted to do it.

But I'd also argue fanwork doesn't fall under the filler label either - something you create, be it a character snapshot or a 'what if the gang meets Slenderman' parody, isn't taking up meaningless space. It's something fun you did that you and others enjoy, and there's nothing wasteful or pointless about that.

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you’re writing a book!! i love books!! and i love you!! can’t wait to support you on your writing journey!!

I am! Thank you so much 😌😌 and I LOVE YOU

Im excited for it. It's a special idea and I've already picked their names. Jasper and Zora 🥹🥹

It's going to be so tooth-rottingly cute, I'll be sick of myself by the end of it. 🤣🤣🤣 I appreciate you 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

#megaminds asks #thank you so much #i adore you #i cant wait to cross the finish line with yall

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May Writing Challenge

This May I want to get back into writing. I’m not at all consistent. I’m at a point where I don’t feel like I can work on bigger things, because I can’t guarantee myself to keep working on it in a week from now. So I will take this month as a training month to get back into the habit of writing. I will do this by writing (or trying to write) 200 words every day. Topic is irrelevant. How great my writing is that day is irrelevant. Just 200 words written down. A habit taking 21 days to form was debunked, it does take a lot longer, but 31 days are a start I would say. These are already 140 words, so 200 words every day are hopefully manageable. You're more than welcome to join me if you like 😊

#okay im gonna do this for the book ive been lovingly bullied into writing #only two ppl asked #but thats all the encouragement I needed 😌 #i already got names #send halp