arley ellis 🐇

it/its || 18, trans + queer || writing account

[arleyellis]

Being a writer means googling the definition of words that you already know the definition of to make sure you have it right

[so-many-ocs]

no dude it's so cool how attached you are to that character who is singled out and ostracized due to the external monstrousness that clashes with their internal spark of humanity. and i love how drawn you are to themes of horror and love, nature versus nurture, otherness, isolation, and the abject. i bet you have normal feelings about your own personhood

[arleyellis]

[dateamonster]

tbh im not entirely immune to a villain with a tragic backstory but i do think villain origins are a lot more interesting when the focus is less "here is the original sin, the first big bad thing that happened to them that made them who they are" and more "here is the first time a person who maybe otherwise felt powerless in their life realized that they could hurt someone and get away with it"

[dateamonster]

you can get a lot more mileage out of analyzing a truly abhorrent character through the lens of like. what sort of conditions would allow or even incentivize this kind of cruelty? what kind of person benefits from those conditions and how? over the more typical who hurt them type analysis. imo.

[arleyellis]

i was just so locked in on my writing. then i misspelled aliens as alience and it violently snapped me out of focus

[hiveswap]

big fan of when you peel back all layers of a character and at the bottom of it there's love

[hiveswap]

why are they doing this? because they loved someone so much it caused the plot to happen. Grief counts btw

[hiveswap]

ESPECIALLY a big fan of when this isn't enough to make them a good person

[arleyellis]

I'm not about to gatekeep these to one app so any time I use this app to warm up before writing/plotting, I'll post it here too.

when I remember to.

[arleyellis]

o my body

o my body, cruel and unyielding, so beautiful, yet you still choose to hide that which i truly am, and concealing he who is of equal beauty inside.

you suffocate the boy, that he may die alone, mourning what he might have been if he believed in god enough to pray, for the body their god won’t give to him.

but he is not trapped, no, we can help him and you, once so miserable with me can help, for your sorrow too we can mend as now, both he and you can be happy.

o my body, do not resist, we will become one again, and our cracks will fill.

[marypsue]

Can I

PLEASE

finish that final 1/3rd-1/8th of even ONE of my writing projects. Please.

[prettyboykatsuki-moved]

its so freeing when you realize you can literally write whatever you want 

[prettyboykatsuki-moved]

it doesnt have to be good or anything you can just write things and post them and it doesnt matter at all

[prettyboykatsuki-moved]

“your story sucks” what are you going to do? refund the money u didn’t pay? you are a bozo

[cupcakesandtv]

Absolutely a sucker for the “ARE YOU HURT” once over. The wandering hands, frantically checking for blood or pain just SOMETHING. ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED of what they might find while searching. The panicked look on the face of the person doing the checking, the glossy, confused “I’m fine” from the person being checked. HOO BOY just inject that shit right into my veins

[wordfather]

nice character i've created................ it'd be a shame if something happened to them............... thankfully nothing will :) i'm finally letting a character be happSYKE TRAUMA BOMB💥💢🩸⚠️🔥🚨❗️⛓️🚨💥🖕💥‼️🔪🔥💔☄️🚨💥💥💥💥🗡💔🔥🔥🌪🛠🦴💥🚨🔥💥🔥🔥🔥🚨🚨

[sourdough-seal]

“do you write for work or just for fun” none of the above. this activity is neither profitable nor enjoyable

[absurdlyinaccurate]

me, the motherfucker with over 50 abandoned works in progress: i have an idea

[arleyellis]

i'm writing my characters and planning them out with a little questionnaire and i'm realizing just how much i project onto them.

[arleyellis]

Being a writer means googling the definition of words that you already know the definition of to make sure you have it right

[argusthecat]

Me : I know words

Also me : hoard and horde have gotta be interchangeable right? One of them is probably just the American spelling.

[arleyellis]

random idea/snippet recording

"You could be a surgeon!" [Arden's mom] exclaimed. Fynley laughed nervously.

"I absolutely could not," he said, his voice a bit shakey.

"But you have all of these ointments and creams and medicines - and look how clean you cut that plant open!" She gestured to a thick, aloe-like plant, secreting a yellowish liquid. Fynley paled.