My Writing Attempt

She/Her, old, no older. Jumping back into this writing bandwagon. Runs on coffee and is forever exhausted. Fandoms include primarily: Murderbot Diaries, Gravity Falls, and Daredevil, secondary: Miraculous Ladybug, The Locked Tomb.

[delavegaaaaa]

“You can’t fix him” I don’t wanna fix him! I wanna FUCK him! I’m a pervert not a psychologist!

[malmor]

Bulma during the 3 year gap.

[memewhore]

[amberandonyx]

News just broke! Lindsey Graham is dead! 🎉 Bring out the dancing crabs!

[digitalkiddo]

If you're writing anything involving cons, scams, heists, or morally questionable characters who are very good at lying, here are some free resources I've been using for research. Saving you the "why is this in my search history" anxiety.

1. The FBI's Famous Cases & Criminals archive (fbi.gov/history/famous-cases) has detailed breakdowns of real fraud cases, Ponzi schemes, and confidence operations. The language they use is clinical and precise, which is perfect for getting the procedural details right.

2. The FTC Consumer Sentinel Network publishes annual reports on the most common fraud tactics in the US. Great for understanding how modern scams actually work and what makes people fall for them.

3. The Smithsonian's American Art Museum has a free digital collection of forgery case studies. If your character forges documents or art, this is gold.

4. Court Listener (courtlistener.com) is a free legal database where you can read actual court transcripts from fraud trials. Want to know how a real con artist talks under oath? This is where you find out.

5. The Internet Archive's collection of old newspaper crime sections. Search for "confidence man" or "swindle" in papers from the 1920s through 1960s and you'll find incredible real stories that would feel too dramatic for fiction.

Bonus: The Psychology of Fraud section on the Association for Psychological Science website has accessible articles about why people trust, how deception works cognitively, and what makes someone a convincing liar. Essential reading if you want your con artist characters to feel psychologically real.

Reblog to save for later. Your WIP will thank you.

[skeletomez]

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

[amberandonyx]

I wrote a thing! I'm tossing my hat in the ring for Murderbot Major and Minor Maladies 2026! This is for the Day 3 prompt.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/85593216/chapters/226144681

[amberandonyx]

Second chapter is now up! Come enjoy the major and minor maladies as we get to some of the more meaty tags.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/85593216/chapters/229428891#workskin

[canonkiller]

but you can't keep holding on like this.

[isabellebissonrouthier]

WRITE IT BADLY. FIX IT LATER. WRITE IT BADLY. FIX IT LATER. WRITE IT BADLY. FIX IT LATER. WRITE IT BADLY. FIX IT LATER. WRITE IT BADLY. FIX IT LATER. WRITE IT BADLY. FIX IT LATER. WRITE IT BADLY. FIX IT LATER.

[the-muse-of-animation]

The Magic of Animation~Scenery Seen through Gravity Falls

[amberandonyx]

I have a second (and 100% complete thing) to share! This was for the Murderbot major and minor maladies event. Enjoy!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/85652326/chapters/226323621

[amberandonyx]

Self reblog for @murderbot-maladies-event day 4. Thanks!

[amberandonyx]

I have a second (and 100% complete thing) to share! This was for the Murderbot major and minor maladies event. Enjoy!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/85652326/chapters/226323621

[amberandonyx]

I wrote a thing! I'm tossing my hat in the ring for Murderbot Major and Minor Maladies 2026! This is for the Day 3 prompt.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/85593216/chapters/226144681

[amberandonyx]

Self reblog to add @murderbot-maladies-event

Thank you for organizing such a fun event!

[amberandonyx]

I wrote a thing! I'm tossing my hat in the ring for Murderbot Major and Minor Maladies 2026! This is for the Day 3 prompt.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/85593216/chapters/226144681

[paperplateprose]

the phrases "holy shit two cakes," "fuck it we ball," and "perfect is the enemy of good" bounce around in my cavernous skull like ping pong pachinko. occasionally one of them will land on a big red button labeled "write" and that is when 1000 words emerge from me and splooge all over my document

[awesomebutunpractical]

"He wouldn't say that" has a beautiful cousin, and her name is "That's Not What This Story is About".

[elle-thereafter]

These are important things I have learned about writing fiction. I know these things, but sometimes I need a reminder. So I am writing them here, both as a reminder for myself, and as a reminder for all those who, like me, sometimes forget.

Characters must make choices.

Characters should often make bad choices before they make good choices.

Character choices should drive the vast majority of the plot. Characters reacting to having random stuff thrown at them is far less interesting than characters reacting to the stuff they've thrown after it's ricocheted around and comes bouncing back toward them.

If a character refuses to make a choice, there better be consequences for that too, and you better have a damn clear way of showing those consequences to the reader and the character.

Nearly every time I'm struggling with writing something, taking a step back and thinking about these 4 things usually helps get me unstuck.