#writing rambles

[dyrewrites]

"This character is insignificant to the story, but literally helps drive the plot, so he should have a little more development."

Brain: turns character into an absolute lunatic that is a blast to write and creates more scenes just for them.

I am never going to finish this book.

#revision is for fleshing out and clearing up #getting rid of scenes we don't need #not adding more of them #stupid brain #writing rambles

[chrollohearttags]

remember dear writers,

your writing is a privilege, not a right. It is shared with others and not for them.

write what makes you happy + not what everybody else claims they want because their minds change like the wind. That fic is still just as perfect with or without smut and thousands of notes.

people’s reading comprehension or lack thereof is not your problem. If they can’t understand your art, it’s not for them, period. Don’t let it discourage you. You are also not responsible for anyone else’s perception of your work.

POST YOUR WORK! Stop being scared and share that shit because the right audience will find you.

you are not a content machine. If these ‘readers’ can’t be vexed to care about your well-being and wanna unfollow bc you’re not pumping out fics everyday, FUCK EM. and I mean that wholeheartedly.

lastly, you are in competition with nobody. This is for fun and nothing else. Find your tribe, enjoy your fandom/fixation and leave the other shit to the birds. This is not high school, this is not Mean Girls + we’re all adults (I hope). We’re all a bunch of weirdos simping for drawings.

#a lil PSA #cherry chats 🍒 #writing rant #writing ramblings #writing rambles #cause I’m tired of seeing my favs leave #and so many good writers not want to write anymore #this isn’t fucking tiktok #and this app has just been on bullshit the past few days idgi #ppl work hard on their stuff and the only thing y’all can comment is ‘p2 🤪’ #imagine how tired we are #exactly why I’m not moving my stuff back to WattPad #stop asking

[deoidesign]

Any tips for a newbie trying to write a comic?

maybe...

Start now!!! Perfect will never come. A year from now you'll have learned more than you ever would have by waiting to be good enough to let yourself start in the first place.

Starting small is generally good advice, but really you should start with the story you're actually excited to make.

Every scene is there to accomplish a specific goal, and that goal CAN be accomplished in more than one way. Don't go ahead with a scene you don't love because you "need" it. Plan ahead, and edit with a machete.

If you don't love a scene, your readers won't love it either.

You have to be your number one fan, keep your number one critic to yourself. Putting yourself down doesn't make anyone want to read your comic.

The process that works for you is NOT what will work for others! Be patient with yourself as you figure out what does work, it takes a long time.

Clarity is far more important than anything else. Your comic doesn't need to be gorgeous, what it NEEDS to be is clear, direct, and effectively show the reader what they need to know.

Characters need to show their emotions and actions

Backgrounds need to tell us where we are

Paneling needs to show us which order to read things in

Using photos, 3d models, or copy/pasted assets is all perfectly fine and acceptable. As long as you own the rights to use the images or models, you're allowed to use them however you see fit. It's not cheating.

Do not start making comics for money

Don't start making comics for fame

Comics aren't a stepping stone to adaptations. If you want an animation, make an animation.

Get into comics because you love comics and you've got a story that you simply can't go another day without telling.

Make comics!

#writing advice #tips #writing tips #comic advice #I love talking about this stuff. I've got plenty more tips but this is getting long already lol #there's so much to comics #theyre so wonderful #make them #learn #and in a year you'll have something wonderful #comics changed my life. #make comics!!! #asks #writing rambles

[kindlingkeen]

WAIT jason's murder world tour?! FROM THE EYES OF THE BATS?!??? hell YES

i feel like a lot of people just forget about his travel training, like just go Pit → Gotham so i'm always excited to see stuff about what he got up to!! and from the bats' perspective is such mwah DELICIOUS

(in response to this and this, and maybe this, from the wip title ask game)

Wow, this is getting a lot more interest than I anticipated. And here I was worried that Incident Review was going to come across as boring.

One of the things I love about the world murder tour is that it’s canon (or it used to be - for the love of god dc, get your shit together) but it’s so vague and open-ended. So you can do anything with it. Makes my little fanfic writer brain squeal with joy.

Thanks for the ask, anon!!! 🩵

#keen converses #wip title ask game #my fic #wip #asymmetrical warfare #incident review #jason’s murder world tour #objectively the best gap year ever #jason todd #red hood #utrh au #writing rambles

[the-ellia-west]

I want somewhere to rant all my incoherent ideas, but I want someone to ask me first, and then let me rant to them continuously whenever I feel like it

But y'all have lives.

How dare you.

How dare you have a good time living in the real world.

Lol

I should come up with a few personal tags or something like Ellia's Rambles or some shit, idk

#creative writing #fiction writing #writing community #writer things #writerscommunity #writers on tumblr #writeblr #writing #writers #writer #writing rant #writing rambles #writing ramblings #writbelr #writblur #writblr #writbr

[sneebl]

desert duo florist au dropped!!!!

#fanfiction #desert duo au #writers of tumblr #writers on tumblr #writing rambles #wildflowers #giving it its own tag <3 #bc i'll probably be posting about it a bit #hermitcraft au #hermitcraft grian #hermitblr #hermitcraft #grian #grianmc #goodtimeswithscar #scarian #ao3 #ao3 writer #ao3fic

[alorhna]

DOL RAMBLES of the Day!

Okay so I’ve recently been told of a thing that ivory does specifically because of Sydney and now I have so many ideas running through my head and I need to write them down before I go crazy lol.

So ivory wraith and Sydney are connected right?

And if you have the promise with Sydney the ivory wraith states this

“You are wedded to calamity” which is ivory talking about your relationship with Sydney.

But what if, Ivory and Sydney have the same soul?

We don’t know what the Ivory wraiths “true” name is, or who they really are besides what we know from when they became a wraith after their death due to the schism that happened a long time ago in the part of the forest behind the town before it sunk and became a lake

And a “wraith” is basically the vengeful piece of someone’s soul that remains on earth after their death continuing to lurk and basically be angry at their death and general situation.

But- ivory isn’t like that, (unless you take their necklace that is) ivory in general is a very calm and sometimes even playful, ghost which leaves the idea to believe that they don’t have regrets regarding their death but rather something else and that’s why they became a wraith.

Now then, we know that ivory had a lover in the past, but besides that we don’t know anything about said lover besides the fact it’s heavily implied that the PC is the ivorys past lover reborn.

Also regardless of whom takes the necklace, PC, winter etc Ivory will ALWAYS direct their rage or obsession towards the PC, which leads me to believe that Pc is the second most valued possession or being that Ivory has.

The necklace brought ivory peace of mind during the schism and the tragedy they faced, but PC was their lover who brought them joy and light during their time alive

And ivory still considers themselves “Forever as one” with the PC despite the fact PC has no idea why this ghost is obsessed with them.

Now then onto Sydney, no matter if Sydney is corrupt or Pure, his loyalty and devotion to the temple remains intact, he may become more aware of the darkness in the temple but he won’t ever actually abandon the temple despite this.

The only other thing Sydney is this loyal to is PC, but Sydney isn’t just loyal to Pc, he slowly develops a hint of obession over Pc, it doesn’t quite reach Ivorys level of obession nor Kylars but it’s still there, in the way that Sydney is possieve over Pc.

But here’s another matter, perhaps it’s due to the temple and it’s teachings but both ivory and Sydney can hum a familiar tune to Pc

A song that PC has never once heard before in the game but feels that it’s familiar the minute one of them sings it to her. Sydney says he learned the tune from Jordan but I have never heard Jordan sing that tune before (unless it’s in a future update) but for now I’d like to believe that Sydney just naturally knows the song and thinks he must’ve learned it from Jordan since Jordan is someone they deeply admire similar to how ivory admired their own Cardinal in their past.

But another thing I find interesting this may be just something that can happen but, the game always starts on a Sunday. And you know whose at the temple on sundays? Sydney.

When I first started my new game as “Alorhna” that Sunday morning the first place I went to was the temple to take the chastity test for the chastity belt, and the person who I met afterwards in the temple was Sydney.

And in the game my character already recognized Sydney from school as being a good student and helper etc, giving the air that the two new each other, post-game timeline aka in the past.

In the ivorys memories they also recall meeting the “new initate” the day of their chastity test. However in ivorys memories it says how they hugged the initate and how they were happy that they passed their test which leaves the mark to be believed that ivory met the initate before they took their test as well.

But yes you can meet Sydney in the same way as ivory meets their own initiatie, almost as if history is repeating itself

And if you go through the rite of defilement quest with Sydney and go to the prayer room, Sydney acts in the same madness as ivory when they have sex with you, also just like ivory Sydney won’t let you escape until after he’s satisfied (so you have to do it with him around 4 times) and it’s the same thing with ivory they only let you go after their done. (This is also implied by the fact that ivory may be the one possessing Sydney but Sydney can still be rough with the PC sometimes outside of the prayer room if their agitated enough)

So both ivory and Sydney share a blind devotion to their faith (Sydney to the temple, ivory to their necklace) a growing obsession with you the player that seems to stem much longer than we are aware of. And a familiar song that only the three of you know.

I deeply believe that Sydney is ivorys soul reborn, just as PC’s soul was reborn. but due to the tragedy that ivory faced, their regrets broke off from the original soul and became a wraith.

That’s why this line “You are wedded to calamity” is still my absolute favorite.

for me the line insinuates that ivory is warning PC , that their repeating history by loving Sydney, by loving another piece of ivorys soul. And that Sydney has the potential to become just as bad if not even worse than ivory is now.

“You are wedded to calamity.”

#dol #alorhna the songbird #oc #sydney the faithful #sydney the fallen #ivory wraith #dol love interest #dol writing #dol theories #writing rambles #theories #degrees of lewdity ivory wraith #degrees of lewdity sydney

[twilightstarr-zinnia]

I've had the pretty image of Barbatos and Morax in disguise dancing at a ball or something in the back of my brain for a while but without enough solid thoughts to turn it into a piece of writing but I think I might have something now...

#genshin impact #zhongven #writing rambles

[brothermoth]

Arthur and Micah as Character Foils

"In any narrative, a foil is a character who contrasts with another character, typically, a character who contrasts with the protagonist, in order to better highlight or differentiate certain qualities of the protagonist. A foil to the protagonist may also be the antagonist of the plot" (Foils, Wikipedia).

We hate one, we love the other. We love to hate the former. Micah Bell was written blatantly as an opposing force to our beloved big boy. What makes him an interesting narrative device is not only the differences between Micah and Arthur, but rather their similarities. A foil must be opposing in personality as well as role in the story, but not necessarily in their background as a character. In fact, this is a tactic to make a more heavy handed moral message within the plot.

What we know of Micah's life prior to joining the gang comes in sparse snippets, blink and you miss it details that only fanfiction writers have committed to memory (guilty). We know he grew up alongside his brother Amos, who assumedly is younger considering traditionally only the oldest son is named after a father and grandfather. We know they have likely always had a strained relationship because of their differences, and that at some point there was a falling out between them. Considering his father brought a 17 year old Micah along on a bonding murder trip, it's fair to say his childhood environment was less than ideal.

Arthur was raised in a similar environment, with an abusive outlaw father and a lack of proper guidance in life. He, too, has a younger brother with whom he shares a strained relationship. The difference is that Arthur has always rejected the violence that is present around him. Micah does not see his father as abusive, instead sounding almost reverent in his recollection of childhood. Their nurture was similar but their nature is vastly different. Arthur has love in his life. He has friendships, familial relationships and he chooses to participate in these. Micah intentionally severs any possible friendships, keeping others at arm's length and insisting he is content with that. They are both clearly deeply insecure men, though the key aspects of their personalities show in how they manage their insecurities.

Micah makes his problems everyone else's problems, where Arthur is shown to be helpful and kind, not wanting to burden others with his own shortcomings. He enjoys his friendships, is fair and friendly toward the women in camp, abhors the common sentiments of racism at the time. Some of this can be attributed to Dutch's influence, but I think it's more to do with Arthur's inherent personality.

It is Micah's antagonistic interactions that help players to better understand Arthur. That contrast is necessary. It outlines a core theme of the game: we are only as good as we try to be.

#rdr2 #red dead redemption 2 #red dead redemption #arthur morgan #micah bell #Writing rambles #Character foil

[ghostr0tz]

setting my pen down for NOW,,,, so i can FINSIH THIS CHAPTER -

not to jinx anything but fellas it MIGHT be ready to update today,.. .. .

#i need someoen to smack me with the Writing Motivation Stick until i concuss #writing rambles #personal

[dyrewrites]

If you ever feel silly for missing things while revising, I want you to know that I have revised this novel at least three times before this edit.

And I forgot.

That one of the main characters.

HAS WINGS.

#my poor tree baby #how i have wronged you #in so many ways...but especially this #writeblr #writing rambles

[erraticprocrastinator]

Can I just say that, as someone who has been writing for several years, sometimes it's so hard not to compare myself to and confuse myself with the writer I used to be. Sometimes I'll be looking at a fic that's around two thousand words off being finished and be like, "sweet", I'll finish that tomorrow", because, yeah, my fourteen year old self could knock out two thousand words a day like it was nothing. I often forget that those days are long gone, and whilst I'm still capable of writing two thousand words or more in a day, it's not my normal anymore, and it's much more likely that that fic will be finished in several four hundred word sessions in between my social life, work, and, (mostly) crippling neurodivergent procrastination. But, on the flip side, I also often forget how bad some of my writing used to be, and although it now usually takes me weeks to complete a story that used to take me days to finish, the words I use now are chosen with much more care, understood much more clearly, and utlised much more effectively. It can be hard to remember how productive I used to be, but knowing how I've bloomed in other ways definitely helps.

#but like I'll totally finish that fic tomorrow #totally #definitely #writeblr #writing community #writers #erraticprocrastinator #writing #writers of tumblr #writing mood #writing rambles #writing ramblings #writer #writer thoughts #writer things

[sneak-a-cat]

fucking. miraculous au where chloe got sent to a damned private school. like that shit fucks you up - speaking from experience - and is where she should have fucking gone like girly is the mayors child why is she there. why. it makes no sense. not saying that children of people of import cannot be sent to public schools but judging by the Everything about Andre and Audrey she shouldn't have ended up in a public school.

like i'm sorry but i truly believe she and some of the other characters should have gone to private schools and then there would be that fucked up rivalry between schools that happens - [redacted] die please. your not better at hockey or rugby than us. your rancid (not really but its funny to get so heated) - and like the friendships people have across schools... fr they are so funny.

bonus points if they go to an all girls school paired with an all boys school. wdym i'm speaking from experience and projecting? of course i am.

but back to the original point. WHY IS SHE THERE. people explain it in fics like her dad was making a public statement being like "wow guys the public school system i fund and help organise is so good i sent my daughter to it" BUT NO ONE WITH HIS MONEY WOULD DO THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE UNDERFUNDED

like i get that thomas astruc was just wanting to put "bitchy rich girl with powerful parents" in there as a trope but like.. buddy please... think it through.... i know thats asking a lot when talking about this man but pls

miraculous would be ten times funnier if they were all at a private school and were forced to wear uniforms and got weird fucking assemblies about breaking the uniform "individuality is for after school girls!" - quote directly from my old headmistress

like genuinely with fashion as a core theme in miraculous it would be so much funnier if they had to wear uniforms, and on non uniform day - generally charity work, pay to not wear uniform money goes somewhere good, it works well - everyone would go buck wild except for Adrien who in my heart he would escape in a hoodie and joggers

Alix would have the exact same hair and probably more piercings, i'm sorry i don't make the rules every year has at least one person who looks like that and we love them for that (yes she would go to the private school IN THE WIKI IT SAYS SHE LIVES IN THE LOUVRE WHY DOES SHE LIVE THERE THATS A FUCKING MUSEUM)

wait. never mind. Juleka and Alix are dyed hair solidarity girlies for realsies, plus in my head Juleka has fire makeup and nails which are amazing for the goth aestehtic but don't really go with the uniform but She Sticks To It. she is committed

oh and Luka my beloved weirdo who doesn't seem to go to school, yess they would be there Jagged pays child support in droves for Luka which is also used to pay for Juleka to go (they aren't twins to me don't talk to me. Luka is older and they are half siblings ok. )

maybe i'll just fucking write this who knows. idk how the french school system works, never mind the private school one but i damn well could figure it out

plus from my experience, private schools have extensive grounds with just enough upkeep to be fancy but not enough to block the view of the fucking road like so its kind of funny like what were you going for

which could be a banger place for an akuma attack which isnt - yknow - the Eiffel tower. again.

objectively sending a bunch of them to poncy schools would do fuck all, however, its a really funny alternate universe to create... this minor change would fuck up the timeline because i'm in charge and bored

i don't know what this turned into. to be frank with you i think this idea is just actually so fucking funny so i'm going to stick with it who knows where that will take me

also, objectively, this is the funniest continuity error to focus on in miraculous

#note to regular followeres: idk what the fuck happened to me but this is being written in my head now so like ignore this IG #i may never mention this again tho so #rambles #writing rambles #miraculous ladybug #chloe bourgeois #adrien agreste #alix kubdel #juleka couffaine #luka couffaine #fuck it we ball this is happening #no one wil llike this but thats ok its for me only

[kindlingkeen]

I understand the angst of your immortal Jason 1st resurrection nexus point au but I think the real horror would be having to relive his later teenage years over and over again. if that was me I'd avoid dying as best I could because the thought of being 16 again is actual hell 😶

cool that he gets to keep his memories and therefore his training tho! 🥷⚔️💣🔫 …even if that means he no longer has a relationship with Talia 😰

(in response to this post from the wip title ask game)

Oh definitely, it’s like the worst groundhog day ever.

Just a couple thoughts … yes, he’d have his memories of training, but he’d also be back in his 15 year old body again, pre- LoA training time and world tour. So he’d be missing a lot of musculature and muscle memory. Sounds infuriating af to me. Also, he might not have a relationship with Talia yet, but who’s to say what the future would hold. 👀

I have a hard time imagining Jason sticking around Gotham with Bruce (who, you know, not only didn’t avenge him, but now murdered him on top of everything). So where would he go? Talia? Dick? Portland?

Thanks for the ask, anon!!! 🩵

#keen converses #my fic #wip #writing rambles #immortal jason todd #resurrection nexus point au #jason todd #bruce wayne #under the red hood

[the-ellia-west]

I am so glad that the posts where I tell people I love them at the end are my most popular posts.

I'm glad the world knows I love them.

I want everyone to know I love them.

I want everyone to know that God Loves you no matter what.

I love you.

Very much. I want all of you to go to heaven! I'm just one tiny writer ghost, but I value all of you so much and I want to hear what you have to say. Tag me in rambling, Tag me in writing. AND PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY TAG ME IN ART

Please?

I love you allllll, have fantastic day! Love yourself, take care of yourself, drink some water, and take a moment to relax for yourself :]

<33333

And Christians, please pass this message along and do the same. It is our job in this world. Not to judge people, that is God's job. It is our job to represent God and show everyone how much he loves through us.

#creative writing #fiction writing #writing community #writer things #writerscommunity #writers on tumblr #writeblr #writing #writers #writer #writblur #writblr #writbelr #writbr #artists #art #artist #artists on tumblr #writing rambles #rambles #ramblings #love you #love yourself #love you all #love you guys #love your curves #i love you #love your body #love yall #love me

[moremysteriesthantragedies]

I want more characters that are "mature", serious, and "dark" personality wise that like childish things without it being viewed as removing or going against the previous traits. (And without it being the trope of "a traumatized person is just like a child, isn't that creepy?" that ultimately just infantilizes individuals and contributes to showing the mentally unwell as evil).

I want a dark and scary necromancer that still plays with dolls because it helps them process their emotions and is a fun past time, I want an assassin that carries a stuffed animal everywhere when not on the job because, they may be a great assassin, but they have terrible social anxiety, I want a savvy business person who still plays games from their childhood to unwind from the stresses of work, and so on and so forth.

I want more representation that it's okay for adults to be interested in these things, and that not all adults that are interested in these things are the bubbly and super energetic types like I feel we always see.

#essie🐈 #writing stuff #writing rambles