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[badgerette]

List of ask games/prompts stuff/shenanigans

If you feel like hitting me up with an ask or a prompt, here’s some I’ve reblogged so far.

Ask games

writer questions!!

soft asks to get to know people

#random get-to-know-me ask game

#authortarotchallenge questions!

an ask meme for when you are stuck on a writing project

wip ask game

Prompts stuff

Send me a Ship and a Number and I will Write a Kiss

64 Sensory Prompts

Send me a number and I’ll write a micro story using the word or phrase

Kiss Roulette

SENSUALITY & PASSION ~ ONE-WORD SMUT PROMPTS

Also if you want to just hello in an ask that’s really nice too! Promise I’ll say hello back. Possibly hi and hullo as well, being the maverick I am.

I’ll pin this post and try to keep it up to date as best I can.

[creativepromptsforwriting]

Flower Shop AUs 💐

Person A owns a flower shop and Person B comes in so many times to buy flowers that Person A thinks they must be quite the Casanova.

Most people come in without having any clue on what they actually want. And some people know exactly what they want.

Flowers are often used for photo shoots and Person A gets hired to arrange the flowers for one, but they can’t help getting nervous around the model, Person B.

The employees had a fun game to pass the time. If someone bought a big bouquet and it wasn’t around Valentine’s Day, they love to come up with ideas on how that person messed up, to warrant an apology like this.

Person A is definitely petty enough to use the language of flowers to mess with rude and ignorant customers by giving them the absolute wrong flowers for the occasion.

Person A’s flower shop has a small café in it and it has become the meeting point for the locals to drink tea and gossip.

Person A is very good at making flower arrangements and they love their small shop. But they’re not a natural business person and so they hire Person B to help them keep their shop open.

Giving flowers to someone who owns a flower shop is not that easy.

At the market, they always have their stalls right next to each other. Person A sells beautiful flowers and Person B sells delicious fruits. And sometimes they sneak a small gift over to the seller next door.

Person A loves to help their customers out, but when Person B drops in more than once a week to ask questions about the plants they have and new ones they want to buy and they don’t seem to know a lot about botany, Person A feels like they soon have to ask Person B where they live, so that they can do a wellness check on their plants.

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[cloakedpress]

how to weave subplots into your story without getting tangled in the mess

Subplots: the spicy side quests of your main narrative. They deepen your world, flesh out your characters, and keep things interesting. But if you’ve ever added one and ended up with a story that feels like it’s running in six directions at once… yeah. Let’s fix that.

1. your subplot should serve the main plot

Don’t just throw in a romance arc or a secret sibling reveal because it’s fun (though it is fun). Ask:  

- Does this subplot challenge the main character’s goals?  

- Does it echo or contrast the main theme?  

- Does it change something by the end?

If it’s just a cute side quest with no real impact, it’s fanfic material for your own story. Cool, but maybe not plot-essential.

2. intertwine, don’t parallel

Bad: your subplot exists in a bubble, running beside the plot but never touching it.  

Better: your subplot interacts with the main plot. Maybe it complicates things. Maybe it supports the MC in a moment of crisis. Maybe it explodes everything.

Example: your MC is hunting a killer, and the subplot is their failing marriage. Good subplotting means the stress of the hunt affects the marriage, and the marriage affects the hunt.

3. stagger your arcs

Your main plot might hit its midpoint twist at chapter 10. Have a subplot hit a *smaller* emotional beat around chapter 7 or 13. It keeps pacing dynamic and gives your readers something to chew on between big moments.

4. use subplots to develop side characters

Side characters are more than background noise. Give them wants. Give them stakes. Let their stories *collide* with your MC’s. That’s when the magic happens.

5. know when to shut it down 

Not every subplot needs a 3-act structure and a dramatic finale. Some are small. Some fade out naturally. Some just shift the perspective enough to reframe the main plot. If you’re tying up subplot #6 with a bow in the epilogue, maybe ask yourself if it really needed to be there.

6. outline the spiderweb 

It helps to map out how every subplot connects to the main story. Literally. Draw lines. Make a chaos diagram. It doesn’t have to be neat—just make sure those threads touch.

TL;DR:

Subplots are great. Subplots are juicy. But they’re not decoration—they’re infrastructure. Weave them into the story’s bones or risk writing 3 novels in one.

[badgerette]

WIP Wednesday

Tagged by @idyllic-idioms ! <3 I know it isn’t Wednesday, but what is time in this dystopian era that we find ourselves living in.

(Also hi, long time no posting.)

This is from the vampire and portraitist story I’ve tried to write for a few years now, just some observation from the portraitist’s POV.

The man must be vain, if he wanted to throw money around commissioning artists every few years.  Then again, looking like he did, one had reason to be vain. Henry observed him across the table, trying to find equilibrium by cataloguing the man’s features. He looked for the imperfections, for the natural asymmetry that every face was comprised of be it beautiful, hideous or plain. There was little of it in Mr Chaucer’s—the left eye opened up a touch wider than the right, the slightest tilt to the right at the bottom of the nasal bone. It must have been broken at some point, in early childhood. An image of a fist came to Henry’s mind. He shook it off. The man sat across him had never been hit in his life. No one who had could sit with such untouchable ease. The pale lips twitched in amusement, as if to reassure him of this observation. The movement made Henry’s eye catch on something. There, falling under the the curved shadow of the lower lip. The faintest of scars. He barely could make it out against Chaucer’s pale complexion.

[badgerette]

tag your moots and tell them something random about yourself

Tagged by @brigdh ! <3

I have already seen three foxes in the wild (in urban conditions) this year! One the previous 38 years the annual count has been pretty much zero.

Tagging @popunicorns @samhausenn @idyllic-idioms @bzedan @vampyrefagss in case you are in the random fact sharing mood!

[badgerette]

mother-of-pearl

I ask if there’s anything I can do. I don’t know. Your voice is small, like a child’s who’s not sure if they’re allowed to ask for what they need. I gather you in my arms. There’s no sigh, no shuddering relief. Only the coolness of a hard shell against my cheek. You’ve closed yourself off again so no-one can get at the most vulnerable parts, where you grow all your treasures. I hold on because that’s what I need. It’s okay if you don’t know. Maybe not knowing together is enough for now, I whisper, fearing that it’s not.

[seanconneraille]

BAN ON CONVERSION PRACTICES IN THE EU. GO SIGN IT. DEADLINE IS FUCKING MAY 17. WE'RE STILL MISSING 800.000 signatures. FUCKING DO IT.

European Citizens' Initiative

Give your support !

[petruswine]

Please sign this if you are a citizen of an eu country

[prideknights]

Everyone(!) please also reblog this so we can reach as many EU citizens as possible!

[glassfrogforest]

[octoswan]

I made these as a way to compile all the geographical vocabulary that I thought was useful and interesting for writers. Some descriptors share categories, and some are simplified, but for the most part everything is in its proper place. Not all the words are as useable as others, and some might take tricky wording to pull off, but I hope these prove useful to all you writers out there!

(save the images to zoom in on the pics)

[firelightinferno]

Oh, that’s very helpful indeed!

[writing-prompt-s]

!!!

[nosebleedclub]

Is there a god here?

[samhausenn]

i don’t know.

we build communities and monuments, cults and towers, to try and find out.

[badgerette]

chilly autumn evening

He came to me that cold autumn evening already close to unraveling. On my porch he stood, this threadbare man, every glaring emotion seeping through his unspooling face. He couldn’t speak—his lips had gone by this point—so I did it for him, wrapped his wavering shape with soothing words like a mother coddling a child. That was all it took. He clung to me, yielding to the form my words gave him with pitiable gratitude. He could not see that I was just another thoughtless hand with its claws out, ready to pick him apart at the seams.

[badgerette]

Questions for you as well 🤗 6, 15, 29

Thanks for the asks dear <3 <3 <3

6. 5 male celebrity crushes

Mads Mikkelsen. Self-explanatory.

Ben Whishaw. I whishaw there was a better, more current gif.

Pedro Pascal. You agree.

Jack Lowden. A new-ish sort of blorbo, but with the frequency he gets beaten up and put into situations in his body of work, he's clearly understood the assignment.

Oscar Isaac. Mmm yes.

29. Favorite song lyrics right now?

One of current faves, London Grammar Fakest Bitch:

You always point at me and dance When we're alone, you hold my hand

People don't change, people stay the same We are what we are, when you're falling apart Don't turn to me with the driest, with the driest tears That you've been fakin', fakin' for years

And you're at the bar with my boyfriend behind my back You'll say that you were bonding over your panic attacks And I know you get a kick if I react So I'll never react

15. Describe yourself in one sentence.

A tired not-so-little guy trying their best.

[badgerette]

Ask meme! 20, 29, and 33?

Thanks for the asks friend <3 <3 <3 

20. What's a totally random and useless fact that you know?

That it took 300 years for the giant tortoise to get its scientific name because it was too delicious to get to London alive to be named. Thanks to QI, I think about this way more than I should.

29. Favorite song lyrics right now?

One of current faves, London Grammar Fakest Bitch:

You always point at me and dance When we're alone, you hold my hand

People don't change, people stay the same We are what we are, when you're falling apart Don't turn to me with the driest, with the driest tears That you've been fakin', fakin' for years

And you're at the bar with my boyfriend behind my back You'll say that you were bonding over your panic attacks And I know you get a kick if I react So I'll never react

33. What’s a pet peeve you have? 

I guess not emptying a dishwasher or a drying cupboard and putting stuff in its place. Not that I don’t like procrastinating by tidying up, but if I’m the only one doing it, it gets annoying.

[blue-slxt]

Question Game

Are we tired of these yet?

What is your nickname?

When is your birthday?

What was your longest relationship?

What is your favorite book?

What is something you're insecure about?

5 Male celebrity crushes

5 Female celebrity crushes

What is your dream job?

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment?

What is a fact about you that nobody would believe?

What were your highs and lows for this last month?

Where is somewhere you'd like to visit?

How do you de-stress?

What are your favorite apps besides tumblr?

Describe yourself in one sentence.

What do you think makes you attractive?

What is something you're really good at?

What is something you're really bad at?

A time that you told a lie.

What's a totally random and useless fact that you know?

Who knows you the best?

What is your most prized possession?

What is your longest friendship?

When did you first feel like an adult?

Do you/ Have you played any sports?

How are you feeling right now?

Are you an early bird or a night owl?

Do you believe in love at first sight?

Favorite song lyrics right now?

What does self care look like for you?

Describe yourself with 3 singers.

What makes you nervous?

What’s a pet peeve you have?

What will always make you cry?

What kind of first impression do you think you make on people?

Free Pass! (Ask any question you want that's not on the list)

[babygorewhore-deactivated202412]

🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤

[badgerette]

It’s raining. I feel like I’ve just stopped crying eyes puffy from it, hot and crusty mine is a face that’s been baked at Gregg’s suppose it is like a bleeding this feeling like physicians had when they let blood do what it does best better out than in like some hack with a blunt knife expelling my excess humors along with my sense of humor excising it like a tumor it had grown in the wrong place anyway where a sense of outrage should have been.

It’s raining. There is both weight and lightness to it a grounding that lets me float just above the ground toes brushing gravel kissing blades of grass I must trust my own buoyancy to carry me across the expanse to keep my head above water for one more day.

It’s raining. There’s a yellow tint to the sky the promise of a charge about to land four teenagers were struck by lightning in Stockholm last week they are in critical condition now, that is all the article said what does it look like when lightning strikes four Swedish teenagers critically how bad is it really bad enough not to be described in a news article I suppose.

It’s raining. Again.

I better put a raincoat on and the wellies before heading out.

[i-will-write]

writing takes so long and its so tiring but if i dont write for the rest of my life ill die

[novella-november]

Hate AI, but love writing challenges?

Want to take part in a global, fun project to write a Novella in one month?

Grab some friends, and take part in Novella November, by writing 1,000 words a day for the month of November, ending with a 30,000 word Novella to test and stretch your novel-writing skills!

Your goal is not perfection, but merely getting into the habit of writing a litte bit every single day :D

No website, no sign-ups -- Just a community initiative to write using only your own word!

What are the rules? Just Three so far!

#1 - No AI

#2 - No Plagiarizing

#3 - Wordcount for the month should only come from what you write during the month.

What does that mean?

Only words written during November should go towards your Wordcount for the month... but! Feel free to use your 30k words as a continuation of previous writing, or just make it the first 30k words in a longer novel!

Don't think you can write a whole entire 30k word story? Write a series of short stories that total up to 30k!

Not ready to write original works yet? Write a 30k word fanfiction that you can post after the end of the month!

Share your writing experience, tips, encouragement, and questions in the #Novella November tag!

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EDIT, from the tags: Want a progress tracker? Track your progress with TrackBear!

https://trackbear.app/

Don't have a word processor? Use LibreOffice , the free and open-source alternative to Microsoft Word!

Want to organize/storyboard your Novel and don't want to pay a subscription? Try 7writer by Simon Haynes!

Want to be able to listen to your story aloud for proofreading using TTS (text to speech)? Try Balabolka!

Or, create some custom progress / Goal Cards in advance you can fill out as you reach word goals! For ideas and templates, search this blog for "goal cards" :D

Want to do a writing challenge in more than just November? Check out my ideas here for year round challenges to keep you writing consistently! Got feedback? Send it in, I'd love to see everyone's ideas!

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EDIT 2: I almost forgot to mention, if you are unable to write/type your story, you can also narrate/dictate your story to your preferred recording device!

If you're doing a Recording only and it doesn't automatically generate a transcript, it would obviously be hard to judge the word count -- but you're also working with a lot of obstacles, so I'd say if you're able to complete your story via voice recording from start to finish, you've definitely achieved the goal!