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love books. because it’s like what if something happened

The biggest compliment ever is when someone sees your creative work and says that they’re now inspired to go out and create something, too

#positivity

valtsv

writing dialogue is some of the most fun a writer can have. but then there is also the agony suffering torment and woe that is writing dialogue.

valtsv

actually i fixed it

#humour

trankinstein

Less magic schools. More magic universities. Unlearn the simplified models of your secondary education. Discover how to reference scrolls written by a wizard possessed by a different wizard. Identify bias in the voices that whisper from beyond the veil. Have your institution be accused of promoting a Merlinist agenda. Become addicted to energy potions.

#genres

airplanned

We all agree, right?

AI to write your novel is wrong

A bargain with a demon to write your novel is okay

derinthescarletpescatarian

Only if you specify in the contract that the demon can't use chat-GPT

athenadark

I've been thinking about this - and why asking the demon is also a bad idea

Tartini was a composer and violin teacher and no one respected him, he was generally broke, and he started having weird dreams in which the devil asked him to teach him violin

despite being catholic tartini agreed - although everything told him this was a bad idea

so he taught the devil violin in his dreams and when he had taught him everything he knew the devil offered him payment, he played an original composition in his dream

Tartini woke up weeping and struggled to write it down

we have a historical version of "couldn't remember the greatest song in the world, this is just its tribute", and the song he wrote down made him "Sonata in G Minor, aka the devil's trill" it's usually played by 2 violinists because it's evil difficult,

now imagine you make a deal with the devil to write your novel, he writes it but only lets you read it in a dream and you have to transcribe it from memory the next day.... 150k of the best prose and plot you've ever seen in your life and you have to remember it

chatgpt is evil, but that's just mean

derinthescarletpescatarian

Yeah that's what writing a novel is already like

earhartsease

to write a novel you make a deal with a demon and the demon is you

does anyone know how to stop the body from keeping score? i have shit to do

#not writing

vampy-campy

*struggles while writing* i suck and writing is hard

*remembers some ppl use ai* i am a creative force. i am uncorrupted by theft and indolence. i am on a journey to excellence. it is my duty to keep taking joy in creating.

#humour #positivity

mearchy

my favorite genre of fictional character is like "i am terrifying to almost everyone, i'm very good at killing, i can endure anything, i've become exceptionally good at playing into my reputation, and if you try to give me positive social interaction i will react with confusion and cower in a corner like an abused animal. and i may try to shoot you. but there is also a chance i may imprint on you like a feral dog receiving its first loving touch! good luck."

#tropes

deadghostgirl12345

*writes a sentence or two after writing nothing for days*

#humour #memes

teddywesworl

i do write for attention, actually, because that's a normal reason to create art

teddywesworl

did you hear about that actor performing a play in front of a crowd? clearly only doing it for attention

teddywesworl

im trying to say something and im not gonna say it in an empty room

lizmitches

you can be peeling a boiled egg and think to yourself wow. that was so simple. and then you peel another one and it’s like being in the throes of war. shell everywhere. egg mangled. tears in your eyes. that’s how god keeps you humble

narwa

#humour

writeouswriter

I’m at the tragedy.

I’m at the comedy.

I’m at the combination tragicomedy.

#humour #genres

prophetic-writer

Writing is all fun and games until you have to describe a room.

bonnibelleangelica

Tip: describe it based on how the character is feeling. Are they noticing how warm and inviting it is because they just found love, or is it cramped and freezing because they got rejected?

forthesanityofstorytellers

Did they just get in from somewhere and need to sit down because they're tired? Describe the seating. Not the layout, but the couch that they can just drop their stuff at the foot of and sink into the soft pillows and cushions.

Did they have a party last night? Ooh, hangover, the lights are too bright in this room. And make that annoying firecracker creaking stop, for the love of all things holy.

Weird stuff been happening? Well there's a coat closet- no, wait, too confined. Behind the couch? Too open. Ah! The pair of knitting needles in the basket by the fireplace. Perfect!

They wake up from a weird dream, and...wait, they were sure they lived here, but why is all the furniture in the wrong place? And didn't that carpet used to be yellow? Why is it blue? And where did that stain come from?

Visiting a place for the first time? Well that's an odd place for a hanging lamp. And they personally wouldn't dare to put a floor to ceiling bookshelf in an apartment like this, and why are the paintings so big here? It's all making the room feel a bit cramped. Anybody got any water? Or vodka?

#tips & tricks

squeakitties

i finished reading your story and i must say that, while it's alright, there's so many plot holes because the characters made irrational decisions and didn't think logically 100% of the time. consider fixing this next time please

ehksidian

also, the fact your characters weren’t able to overcome their internal struggles is a massive plot hole. everyone knows emotions are very easy to understand and sort, and the fact your characters acted on them was such a massive story contrivance it broke my sense of belief. please fix this.

#humour