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#me considering writing an outsider pov one shot with danika & terov #theres no need for it #but also... what if...

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Gotta say, BG3 really knocked it out of the park on murderous, evil, bastards with the biggest, wettest, saddest, eyes

#bg3 #that one sc of gortash holding the netherstones where he looks like 🥺 #haunts me

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just wanna say i absolutely love lsdl it's so goood it's so good it's so good it's so good i'm so obsessed forever these people are ABNORMAL!!!!!!!!

hi anon!!!! thank u so much!!!!<3 i'm so so normal about these horrible guys im glad you are enjoying it <3<3<3

(throwing rue and gortash in a blender because i cant keep living with them in my brain!!!!!)

#; tea time #anon #thank u sweet anon<3 #maybe... new chapter by the end of the week... we'll see #i have most of the next one written up 🤭 #hehehoho

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Some Gortash coded unhinged textposts I made recently.

There’s more but I hit the image limit 💔💔

Thought Y’all would enjoy them teehee 🫶

#bg3 #enver gortash

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reblog for your followers to anonymously tell you what characters you remind them of

#hello 👀

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telling myself it isnt too late to explore rue & ketheric dynamics... just write a one shot. i can do that.

also im still. not sure about their dynamic lol. idk what i want out of them. lsdl is rue&gortash so i dont need to worry about it but hm.

#delete later t!! #thinking about her (rue)

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so rude that fantasizing about writing alone is not enough to actually get the fic done. you have to actually sit down and write it. insane.

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no matter the struggles there is always ao3 in bed

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does anyone understand my curse

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Writing tips for long fics that helped me that no one asked for.

1.) Don't actually delete content from your WIP unless it is minor editing - instead cut it and put it in a secondary document. If you're omitting paragraphs of content, dialog, a whole scene you might find a better place for it later and having it readily available can really save time. Sometimes your idea was fantastic, but it just wasn't in the right spot.

2.) Stuck with wording the action? Just write the dialog then revisit it later.

3.) Stuck on the whole scene? Skip it and write the next one.

4.) Write on literally any other color than a white background. It just works. (I use black)

5.) If you have a beta, while they are beta-ing have them read your fic out loud. Yes, I know a lot of betas/writers do not have the luxury of face-timing or have the opportunity to do this due to time constraints etc but reading your fic out loud can catch some very awkward phrasing that otherwise might be missed. If you don't have a beta, you read it out loud to yourself. Throw some passion into your dialog, you might find a better way to word it if it sounds stuffy or weird.

6.) The moment you have an idea, write it down. If you don't have paper or a pen, EMAIL it to yourself or put it in a draft etc etc. I have sent myself dozens of ideas while laying down before sleep that I 10/10 forgot the next morning but had emailed them to myself and got to implement them.

7.) Remember - hits/likes/kudos/comments are not reflective of the quality of your fic or your ability to write. Most people just don't comment - even if they say they do, they don't, even if they preach all day about commenting, they don't, even if they are a very popular blog that passionately reminds people to comment - they don't comment (I know this personally). Even if your fic brought tears to their eyes and it haunted them for weeks and they printed it out and sent it to their friends they just don't comment. You just have to accept it. That being said - comment on the fic you're reading now, just do it, if you're 'shy' and that's why you don't comment the more you comment the better you'll get at it. Just do it.

8.) Remove unrealistic daily word count goals from your routine. I've seen people stress 1500 - 2000 words a day and if they don't reach that they feel like a failure and they get discouraged. This is ridiculous. Write when you can, but remove absurd goals. My average is 500 words a day in combination with a 40 hour a week job and I have written over 200k words from 2022-2023.

9.) There are dozens of ways to do an outline from precise analytical deconstruction that goes scene by scene to the minimalist bullet point list - it doesn't matter which one you use just have some sort of direction. A partial outline is better than no outline.

10.) Write for yourself, not for others. Write the fic you know no one is going to read. Write the fic that sounds ridiculous. You will be so happy you put it out in the world and there will be people who will be glad it exists.

#i have so much cut content from lsdl thats just. in other documents #gortashs birthday for one. a trip to the theatre. some others that i cant remember off the top of my head #also i read each chapter out loud when i edit it. i do voices 🤭 #rues voice is tav 4 & easy to mimic for me

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in a drawing slump which sucks because i want to draw ruetash.

pushing through writing because i need to get them out of my brain.

i think once i get the next few chapters out i may bounce back to political affairs. something silly to deal with the fact that the ending to sleeping dogs isnt going to be happy (i cant. i cant do it. every ending with gortash staying alive means rue is alone with him and sad. im a found family girlie. he needs to die)

#delete later t!! #trying to keep the next few chapters short. we'll see how that goes #im always in two minds about my usual chapter length #on the one hand. its enough to get across what im trying to say #splitting it up into smaller chunks doesnt make sense because they share themes #on the other hand... 10k-13k is a lot for one chapter #my brain is constantly going “is it ever that serious” #which. no. its not. but also... #idk #wah #in a weird mindset today

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#bg3 #enver gortash #mwah mwah mwah #barking at him

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*Wyrm Rock, a few seconds before be throwed from the tower's edge*

#bg3 #enver gortash #woah

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Gortdumping💅✨

Very questionable choice of "favorite character" if be honest

#bg3 #enver gortash

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Watch as he wraps his jaws around anything, can swallow anything

Gort time

#bg3 #enver gortash #woaaah this is so cool

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LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE

CH. 16: BEFORE THE STORM

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Cracks begin to form in their alliance.

It’s lonely.

Her room is cold and unwelcoming. It has been for the entire tenday. Telling herself to stay at the temple has been harder than Rumour anticipated, especially when it would be so easy to slip out and make the trek up to the Upper City to stay with Gortash. But people are glad to see her around again and she needs to keep a firm grip on her position to prevent any ambitious people from challenging her birthright. She already had to deal with one attempt at a coup earlier today and that’s enough for the rest of the year.

CONTINUE ON AO3

content warnings for this chapter: durge typical violence / sexual content / mentions of animal death

#self reblogging #in case u missed it #sleeping dogs updated 👉👈

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Also uploading it here for my Tumblr ones.

Gortash as a priest will be my freaking downfall.. 🤌👁️👄👁️

#bg3 #enver gortash #barking so respectfully right now #woof woof woof #also this is SO COOL