Anna Writes

[bulkhummus]

calling that word document a draft by the way im dodging it haha

[primulaceas]

Sylvia Plath, from The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath; entry no. 102

[luna-azzurra]

An action scene isn’t about writing down every punch, kick, or swing of the sword. You’re not choreographing a fight for your reader, you’re throwing them into the moment, making them feel the intensity, the panic, the adrenaline. Focus on the emotions, the tension, the stakes. Show how the character’s thinking changes in the heat of the moment, how their survival instincts kick in, how their body reacts to the chaos. Make it fast, make it brutal, and don’t drag it out longer than it needs to be. Action is about urgency, not precision.

[ourladyamalthea]

must a book have ‘plot’ and ‘structure’ and ‘progression.’ is it not enough for characters to be in a place. and for that place to be really fucking weird.

[isabellaofparma]

‘don’t you want your favourite character to be happy???’ no? i want my favourite character to be interesting. i want me to be happy. which sometimes involves my favourite character being in exquisite agony

[llleighsmith]

“No writing is wasted. Did you know that sourdough from San Francisco is leavened partly by a bacteria called lactobacillus sanfrancisensis? It is native to the soil there, and does not do well elsewhere. But any kitchen can become an ecosystem. If you bake a lot, your kitchen will become a happy home to wild yeasts, and all your bread will taste better. Even a failed loaf is not wasted. Likewise, cheese makers wash the dairy floor with whey. Tomato gardeners compost with rotten tomatoes. No writing is wasted: the words you can’t put in your book can wash the floor, live in the soil, lurk around in the air. They will make the next words better.”

— ERIN BOW

[animentality]

[anais-ninja-bitch]

how write book?

[cargopantsman]

like that but more

[anais-ninja-bitch]

oh noooooo

[creating-with-words]

Writeblr Introduction

Hi!  I’m Jen, she/her, in my mid-thirties, and I live in the Midwest (US).  I work in healthcare to pay the bills, but in my free time (when I’m not chasing my kids around) I enjoy reading and writing.

I write contemporary fiction and dabble in poetry, but I enjoy reading all genres including literary, sci-fi, fantasy, thrillers, romance, etc.

I completed the first draft of my novel 4 years ago and since then I’ve been slogging through the editing process/not doing much with it (probably because I also had two kids during that time), but now I’m trying to get back at it.

I’m new to the writeblr community, and I’m hoping to find some friends/mutuals for support and commiseration (writing is hard).  I'm also up to answering any questions/fact checking for fellow writers with anything to do with injuries/illnesses/medical field/medical training. Feel free to DM me!

[borzoibabe]

you know what trope pisses me off the most? when the protag is pointing a gun at somebody and they’re like “you won’t do it. you’re too good” and the person holding the gun is like oh shit i am and they slowly lower the gun while the other person laughs. WHAT THE FUCK. if i were there, and somebody told me “you won’t do it” i would immediately shoot them dead without hesitating. who are you to tell me what i wont do. musty bitch

[k-lionheart-deactivated20171126]

[sam-winchester-cries-during-sex]

[kyraneko]

Keep in mind that there is almost always a third option, most especially when the person talking is vague about what, precisely, it is that you “won’t do.”

If it’s noodles, pour them on your sister instead of on her computer, or if the noodles are quite hot, pour them on her pillow or in a great spattering arc around her room.

If you have a supervillain at gunpoint and *they* say you’re “too good” and “won’t do it,” shoot them in the leg/foot or the shoulder. The former allows them to think they’re right while you lower the gun only to be confronted with sudden understanding and regret when you blow their metatarsals to kingdom come, while the latter is instant and avoids giving them even a moment’s satisfaction or any time to charge you while you’re lowering the gun to shoot them in the leg.

Door Number Three usually exists and is often your friend. Endeavor to cultivate awareness thereof.

[mixingmetaphorsoup]

Ethical dillemas are rarely reducible down to a clear binary.

[neurodivergent-crow]

Getting philosophical here

[ehentalix]

There are two rules when it comes to making threats:

1. Always follow through. If you make a threat, then don’t do it, whoever you’re threatening will literally never listen to you again. You won’t get what you want, and you’ll lose pretty much every ounce of respect. Not only that, but you’ll also telegraph to anyone around you that you can be walked over.

2. Never start at the top. If you’re threatening someone, always have a point to escalate to, in case you need to follow through a second time to get what you want. You can only kill someone once, and if you threaten to do so and then don’t, you’re breaking rule 1. You want to start at a level that matches your desires, and then step up each further threat until you either get it, or they’re dead. Usually you only have to threaten someone twice, because they’ll know from the first time that you’ll do it.

(For legal reasons, this is writing advice).

[valtsv]

controversial opinion but bringing characters back from the dead is fine and doesn't cheapen the existence of death and mortality if there are sufficient emotional and narrative consequences. i'm talking guilt, i'm talking lingering resentment and grief, i'm talking rejection from those who've already begun to move on, i'm talking complicated feelings about being returned to a life you departed from without grace or preparation without your consent and now have to deal with the fallout of, i'm talking repressed feelings that cannot be acknowledged without hurting everyone involved, because you can bring back what was lost but what happened cannot be undone. and that's why i could fight marvel studios and win.

[gr8writingtips]

writing tip #3394:

writing in third person is voyeurism

[captain-lovelace-deactivated202]

“Resources for writing realistic injuries” no. I want to beat my characters to shit and I don’t care where the blood they’re coughing up is coming from. Like in anime.

[reallycoolsoup]

All the punches give the character tuberculosis

[i-just-want-to-destroy]

*coughs up blood* How was that? Was I funny? Did everybody laugh?

[gaydelgard]

i hear a good lyric and start mentally holding up blorbos like im in the home depot paint aisle comparing swatches

[valtsv]

i'm such a huge fucking fan of having and using magic requiring effort. whether mental, physical, or both. i'm so fond of magic systems that make you sweat, bleed, cry and get your hands dirty when you use them. i love it when powers are earned, not inherent, through years of study and/or exercizing them like a muscle. and i love it when a seemingly effortless display of power is terrifying because of this.

[valtsv]

YES!!!!! MAGIC THAT REQUIRES MAINTENANCE! MAGIC THAT DRAINS! MAGIC THAT CORRUPTS BODY AND SOUL!

[valtsv]

i LOVE the idea of "i can't win, but you can lose" in fictional confrontations it is SO fucking tasty. the human nature to self destruct and the human nature to survive by any means necessary combined at its finest.