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That ‘comment on your a03 work’ email hits like a line of cocaine every time. unmatched dopamine increase. shoutout to everyone who leaves a comment on fics. you deserve the world

wingkink

btw it's so fucking stupid you can be anxious physically in your body even after you've decided mentally you don't care. I'm supposed to be in charge here

unheardoracle

Your dialogue is stiff because everyone is being too honest

Great dialogue can come from radical emotional honesty. But in most real conversations, people

dodge questions

answer indirectly

lie (badly)

change the subject

crack jokes to avoid serious answers

lie (convincingly)

say half of what they mean

tell the truth but get so anxious/angry/defensive others now think they're lying

If your dialogue feels unnatural, it might be because everyone is saying exactly what they think, or articulating their thoughts too well. Try letting characters hide things instead.

Subtext is where tension lives.

jhoomwrites

which do you prefer?

ebook

paperback

hardcover

audiobook

Remaining time: 2 days 18 hours

#audiobooks all the wayyyy babey #unless I am in the Zone? actually sitting down to read is so hard #if I manage to get there it’s like a meditative state #but most of the time I’m squirming in my seat trying to get through 50 word chunks

Dinner is a takeaway because everything I could make with what I had seemed completely inedible. Lamb/beef shawarma and lentil soup 😌 thank you, $12 meal deal!

Not pictured: bbq potato chips because this took forever to get here

#the real recovery tag #foodpics

kekflo4

I WANT KARL HEISENBERG BACK

I

WANT HIM

BACK

BAAACK

I ARGHHH I

I

BRING HIM BACK CAPCOM YOU FFFF

I.WANT.HEISENBERG.BACK.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

kekflo4

ARGRGRGRHHH PLEASE

houseofcatwic

Shawn Braley Illustration

kitsnicket

I don’t like this actually

kitsnicket

This is depressing does anyone else find this depressing

mikkeneko

I would actually make the argument that the heart of the problem here is not either about fans, as the article claims, or production companies being exploitative cowards, as some of the comments are claiming. The heart of the problem is the increasingly eroding privacy we are seeing in the modern age.

There's some people in the comments saying "fandoms have always been like this" and others saying "No, it's worse than it was." And both are to some extent right. Fans (or at least a small percentage of fans, and the larger a fanbase gets the larger a group this will describe) have always been Like That; but they did not always have the level of access to creators and actors that they have now.

The notion that a performer needs to be constantly available to public scrutiny, that their personal information should by default be available to any rando with google, is pretty new. It used to be that actors would only be expected to engage with the public on limited, specific, and controlled occasions, usually with security provided. Now they're being asked to rawdog exposure to the mob 24/7 on their own.

(Also, production companies have always always always been exploitative cowards, just to get that straight; reading the biographies of literally any actress from golden Hollywood years makes that clear. It's just, again, more public now.)

There has also been a negative feedback loop as fandoms come to realize that the constant access they have to creatives increases their leverage and power. It did not use to be the case that this was so; fandoms pre-internet largely worked under the assumption that they didn't really have any meaningful way to contact or influence the publication houses. Even if they sent a letter or a campaign of letters, they wouldn't even know whether the letters were being received or read unless the publishing house chose to respond. So, without that expectation of access, the drama usually stayed internal. Nowadays, with constant immediate feedback from creators and publishers, fans are ever more incentivized to act out to try to push an agenda, get attention, or just vent whatever is going on in their lives onto a face contractually obliged to be friendly to them.

scorpionlafemme

Every version of you was necessary. Even the ones you’re ashamed of.

#biting and violence

cogslys

she is red for an AMAZING reason

Snack 😌 featuring my little moon-shaped baby

Not pictured: probably a popsicle

#the real recovery tag #foodpics

r2x2

The Amnesty International report that JK Rowling is trying to censor through legal threats.

It can also be found on Google Drive here and on Bluesky here.

cbarc

Please save and share this info where possible. This report has since been removed by Amnesty International due to legal threats of libel from JK Rowling. This information is no longer easily accessible.