Drowned Rat™

Resident Sad Drow Boy | He/Him | FTM | i write good sometimes

[midnightskywrites]

writers really will spend twenty minutes pacing around the kitchen thinking “this scene is genius” and then sit down to type and suddenly remember approximately three words and one emotional vibe

[anonymous-scribbler]

This literally just happened to me. I had a full-blown dialogue between two characters locked and loaded, and then I sat down to open a word doc, and the whole scene is just gone.

[luna-azzurra]

Writers have two modes and they are "i haven't written in three weeks and i am rotting from the inside and everything feels wrong and i don't know who i am anymore" and "i wrote for four hours straight and forgot to eat and it's dark outside and when did that happen and i feel like a god" and there is nothing in between. no chill. no medium setting. just famine or feast and a very confused nervous system.

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

[thememedaddy]

[anonymous-scribbler]

Slowly coming to terms with the fact that I'm going to have to rewrite a character's backstory for the third time, and I really don't want to.

[my-dailydreams]

[anonymous-scribbler]

**This was in my drafts from last November, but I think now is a good time to post this:

I only very recently acknowledged the fact that since I started my transition, I have been the happiest I have been, probably in my entire life. I am more confident in the way I look and present, more willing to take care of my mind and my body, and no longer trapped in an endless cycle of misery.

I also realized that anyone in my life who has stated any level of displeasure at my decision to transition has basically stated that they would prefer that I be miserable rather than happy because it fits better into their desired perception of me.

And that's really not my problem. If they would prefer that I be miserable, then so be it. I will continue doing what I need and want, and they can fucking deal.

[anonymous-scribbler]

If anyone is curious about how I am spending my Pride Month, I'm spending it writing horrible softcore crackship yaoi between my friend's D&D character and my character.

Facts about the characters:

There is a 100+ year age gap between these characters. (His character ≈ 200+ yo - My character ≈ 105 yo)

We've established that these two characters will eventually have a father/son dynamic.

At present, my character is terrified of his character and is the only member in the party who sees him for the villain he is

His character is evil!!! (vile, horrible elven man - potentially redeemable)

His character has seemingly made it his mission to mess with my character (he does it for the love of the game)

Facts about the yoai:

THIS SHOULD NOT EXIST

It started as a joke about the two of them playing seven minutes in heaven because they were locked in a warehouse together at the end of the last session.

I made an attempt to do an actual true to character Seven Minutes In Heaven interaction between the two and only got 146 words in before I had to give up.

HE was disappointed that I didn't write actual smut. So now I am.

It's actually kind of good.

Facts about US:

This is not the first time I have written smut/yoai between my character and one of his characters (character from a previous campaign that showed up as an NPC in our current campaign)

That yoai was 2 K+ words long and was some of the best I've written to date. (very nsfw)

The homoeroticism between us is bordering on criminal levels.

We are actively in a sexual arms race (as he called it) in which we flirt back and forth until one of us breaks. This has been going on for months.

We no longer know if this is a bit anymore.

I'm visiting him in person next month.

The yoai is actually turning out good, and I'm only 573 words in. Our whole party is invested in me finishing this. I don't even claim to be good at writing smut, but apparently, everyone is obsessed with it.

Please send help.

Happy Pride Month!!

[anonymous-scribbler]

Update on this:

I finished the yoai, it’s 1073 words long and everyone loved it - including my friend.

[anonymous-scribbler]

Second Update, 1 year later....

The D&D campaign fell apart. The friend and I are now dating.

[anonymous-scribbler]

Celebrating Pride Month by remembering the self-insert smut my ex generated through ChatGPT that erased my transness and gave me a penis. (circumcised btw, it specified).

[nondelphic]

writing is all fun and games until the scene requires a location

[luxfuxxvii]

not now kitten, mommy needs to get up off her ass and overcome her fear of writing poorly because it's better than not writing at all.

[luxfuxxvii]

not now kitten. daddy only planned the first half of his wip, and now he has to figure out what the fuck to do for the other half.

[nondelphic]

the feminine urge to abandon the novel and start a newer, hotter, less emotionally demanding novel

[thememedaddy]

[mournfulroses]

Marina Tsvetaeva, from a letter to Boris Pasternak featured in Letters, Summer 1926

[vermin-01]

Milanote Template Masterlist

Given this is a work in progress, here's how to add this to your board... Open template >Add to home > exit to home > drag template to home board > right click > convert to template (very bottom)

1-1 Roleplay Planning

Group Roleplay Planning

Simple Character Profile

Complex Character Profile

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[literaryvein-templates]

Writing Worksheets & Templates

will update this every few weeks/months. alternatively, here are all my tagged Writing Worksheets & Templates

Chapter Outline ⚜ Character- or Plot-Driven Story

Death & Sacrifice ⚜ Magic & Rituals ⚜ Plot-Planning

Editing: Sentence Check ⚜ Writing Your Novel: 20 Questions

Tension ⚜ Thought Distortions ⚜ What's at Stake

Character Development

50 Questions ⚜ Backstory ⚜ Character Creation

Antagonist; Villain; Fighting ⚜ Protagonist & Antagonist

Character: Change; Adding Action; Conflict

Character: Creator; Name; Quirks; Flaws; Motivation

Character Profile (by Rick Riordan) ⚜ Character Sheet Template

Character Sketch & Bible ⚜ Interview your Character

Story-Worthy Hero ⚜ "Well-Rounded" Character Worksheet

Worldbuilding

20 Questions ⚜ Decisions & Categories ⚜ Worksheet

Setting ⚜ Dystopian World ⚜ Magic System (AALC Method)

Templates: Geography; World History; City; Fictional Plant

References: Worldbuilding ⚜ Plot ⚜ Character ⚜ Writing Resources PDFs

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