ChubbyHippo

writing blog ~ currently: Genshin Impact

[ghiblifanzine]

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[quinnedleson]

Writing a historical novel means knowing how far they can travel on a horse, This is good info right here.

(via Pinterest)

[lurkinglurkerwholurks]

ICYMI, there was fear that companies were scraping public AO3 fics to train their AI without the consent of AO3 or its users. That fear has been confirmed.

AO3 has written about what they’re doing (and what they’re not able to do), and they recommend restricting your work to AO3 registered users only. [Instructions here]

This gross misuse of the archive by techbros is why I’ve locked down my fics for the foreseeable future. I recommend the rest of you do the same.

[hottestthingalive]

someday i will post this fic and then its all over for you fools. i mean not now. or any time soon. but someday it will happen

[germany1900]

Berlin 1910

[hiddenlookingglass]

I sometimes get emotional thinking about how some cities would be completely unrecognizable to visitors from even the fairly recent past, while others still contain routes that people from hundreds of years ago would know by heart - and I don’t know which one is more moving.

Can you imagine the heartache a time traveller from the 1910s would feel if you told them what happened to Berlin? Or the sense of melancholy overcoming a shoemaker from the 1400s when they walk around the Old City of Jerusalem, realizing that things have remained the same, even though they’ve irrevocably changed?

I sometimes get amused about the thought of telling my great grandfather that the ‘bad part’ of the city we were both born in now contains mostly luxury stores, and that the factory he started working in when he was just a child has been rebuilt to contain an art school, student housing and movie theatres.

But then I wonder how a Roman citizen from the first century BCE must feel when looking at today’s Forum Romanum - would they be horrified by the decline of their city’s heart, or would they be proud to still be remembered?

How would the inhabitants of rural villages feel to learn that their former homes have been absorbed by large cities in just a few decades? What does it mean to realise that an ancient holy site has been built over and forgotten completely by people who never realized its significance?

Sometimes, I wonder if it’s worse to see the marks of an unknown battle on walls you’ve know all your life, or to learn that they’ve been torn down and replaced, and you’re the only one left to remember what came before.

[resumespeak]

How to put “wrote fan-fiction” on your résumé:

Leveraged an inventory of established fictional character and setting elements to generate a disruptive custom-curated narrative entertainment asset.

[xeno-lalia]

I worked in HR, handling applications and interviews, and if someone turned in that string of techno babble nonsense, I would have rejected them out of hand.

A resume doesn’t need to sound fancy or overly technical, it needs to tell us why we should hire you.

“Independent novelist/writer” is more than sufficient here. If you want to express the skills that fan fiction taught you, something like, “creative writing, editing, and publication,” will get you a lot further than… Whatever that just was.

A resume should be tailored to the position, if you can afford the time and energy for that. But if not, then just think about what writing got fandom taught you. How to respond to criticism, how to present a professional pubic face, how to correct punished mistakes, creative thinking, project planning, persuasion via emotional leverage, html formatting, office suite fluency.

There are a lot of actual, marketable skills that go into fan fiction.

[fivewrites]

How to put “I was in a zine” on your resume

Writer:

Published short fiction stories for anthology collection

Able to write short fiction within a designated word count for layout purposes (900-1500 words, 1500-2000, 3000-5000)

Wrote short articles for independent publication

Assisted with editing short stories for publication

Able to reduce or expand written content based on layout needs

Able to check for basic spelling, grammar and syntax

Familiar with Microsoft Office and Google docs

Able to convert text styles such as bold and italics across platforms, including rich text and HTML

Able to communicate with project members over multiple platforms such as email, twitter, Discord chat and Google docs

Artist:

Produced full-colour digital illustration for independent magazine

Able to produce digital illustrations optimized for both online and print display

Produced full-colour 2-page spread for art anthology

Published 4-page short comic in anthology collection for charity

Able to transfer traditional art to digital illustration

Illustrated the cover (always brag if you’re on the cover) of an independent art publication

Familiar with professional illustration tools such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Clip Studio Paint and stylus tablet

Able to communicate with project members over multiple platforms such as email, twitter, Discord chat and Google docs

Merch artist / graphic designer:

Designed 2″ clear decorative double-sided keychain charm as bonus sale item

Designed 5″ x 6″ sheet of graphic stickers included in art anthology

Able to design bold graphics that are measured for laser cutting production

Designed layouts for 65-page art and writing magazine, focusing on (art placement, text layout, etc)

Able to keep layout design simple and in accordance with the project director’s chosen theme

Created promotional art, icons and banners tailored for social media sites like Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, etc

Familiar with professional layout and design software such as Adobe Illustrator and InDesign

Able to communicate with project members over multiple platforms such as email, twitter, Discord chat and Google docs

Running a zine

Produced an independent art and writing collection for sale / for charity

Managed (10, 20, 30) independent artists and writers out of over 500 applicants to create a short-run independent magazine

Worked in online sales and social media promotion selling an independent comics anthology

If it’s really spectacular you can brag about specific numbers

Our book raised over $4,000 for charity in under six months of production

We sold over 750 copies in two weeks of online sales

Produced a digital PDF and printed version of anthology, mailing to recipients all over the world

Communicated with printers and manufacturers of plastic accessories and paper goods, assembling professional packages of our merchandise for mailing.

Built a custom digital storefront and navigated professional market and payment systems including Paypal and Tictail / Bigcartel / Wix etc

Created promotional events to boost sales, including raffles and giveaways over social media

Organized participants through mass emails and use of social media posts on tumblr and twitter

Created private Discord chat channels to keep participants up to date on production

Familiar with organizational software such as Microsoft Excel, Google spreadsheets, Trello and Discord

[a-ratt]

Hey, kids! Just remember, your hobbies are also your skillsets!

[akirametalent]

how other people see my enthusiasm in writing fics: passion

how it really is:

[letswritesomenovels]

How to Steal: Good Writers Borrow

Good writers borrow. Great writers steal. -T.S. Eliot *

This is great writing advice, but many people are wary about following it because they misunderstand what the terms “borrowing” and “stealing” mean in this context. 

I’m here to clarify. 

Borrowing is using something of someone else’s. Stealing is making something your own. 

This advice means two things:

1. Don’t be afraid of reusing elements from books you love.

I’ve spoken before about stealing in How to Steal: Know Your Tropes. When you see story elements** in a book you love, don’t think that they’re now off-limits to you forever. Just because you love The Great Gatsby and it’s set in 1920s New York doesn’t mean that you can now never write a story set in 1920s New York. Just because you love I Capture the Castle and it’s written as the protagonist’s journal, doesn’t mean you can never write a novel that takes the form of the protagonist’s journal. Just because Scooby-Doo… you get my point by now, don’t you? 

Take note of what you love in other stories.*** Remember those elements–the plot twists, character arcs, tropes, settings, etc.–and then use them to write a story full of things you love. 

2. Make the things you steal your own.

Borrowing, in this definition, would be writing about a 1920s bootlegger in love with the girl across the way, trying desperately to impress her with his wealth. You’re stealing from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby… and making it no less F. Scott Fitzgerald’s story. 

This example steals too much from one place. It’s too timid in it’s approach. it’s too afraid to take anything from the story, so it keeps everything the same. Anything that tries to be like Gatsby, but better is destined to fail. (Maybe a little like Gatsby himself. Just throw a bigger party, old sport! That’ll do the trick!) 

The key to stealing is stealing from multiple things at once until it looks like your very own thing. Stealing is writing a novel about a gang of mystery solving teenagers in 1920s New York, told in the form of a journal the group takes turns writing in. (Because we’re going to add a splash of Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants here.) 

Stealing is saying: these story elements are mine now and I’m going to use them the way I like, combined with my interests. And you know what? By stealing bits and pieces from all of the things you love, you’re creating something unique and new and wonderful. 

So go out there. And steal. Never borrow. 

*****

*This is commonly attributed to him at least. The internet tells me he definitely said something close to it. 

**Obviously, this doesn’t apply to the words themselves. Never steal somebody else’s words. Basically everything else is up for grabs, though. 

***You’re not limited to stealing from books. Steal from movies. From TV shows. From plays. From epic poetry. From that anecdote your neighbor told you last week. 

[chubbyhippo]

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[writerlyn]

[weltenwellen]

Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

[dramas-vs-novels]

“All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be the blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king.”

↪ “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” by J.R.R. Tolkien 

[darklesmylove]

me: i’ll just do a little research for this part of my fic, shouldn’t be too bad

me hours later at 5am still researching and becoming an expert on a useless subject for two lines of dialogue:

[stilleatingoranges]

The significance of plot without conflict

In the West, plot is commonly thought to revolve around conflict: a confrontation between two or more elements, in which one ultimately dominates the other. The standard three- and five-act plot structures–which permeate Western media–have conflict written into their very foundations. A “problem” appears near the end of the first act; and, in the second act, the conflict generated by this problem takes center stage. Conflict is used to create reader involvement even by many post-modern writers, whose work otherwise defies traditional structure.

The necessity of conflict is preached as a kind of dogma by contemporary writers’ workshops and Internet “guides” to writing. A plot without conflict is considered dull; some even go so far as to call it impossible. This has influenced not only fiction, but writing in general–arguably even philosophy. Yet, is there any truth to this belief? Does plot necessarily hinge on conflict? No. Such claims are a product of the West’s insularity. For countless centuries, Chinese and Japanese writers have used a plot structure that does not have conflict “built in”, so to speak. Rather, it relies on exposition and contrast to generate interest. This structure is known as kishōtenketsu.

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[icantgetanythingdone]

Amazing Cloud Recesses Cake

I am in awe at this? The painting on the top of the cake?? The skill to write Gusu’s rules that tiny on the side of the cake???

那个喊蓝式家规的你给我出来，真的是魔鬼……#魔道祖师 #生日 #蛋糕

[chubbyhippo]

imagine being loved by me

Fandom: Boku no Hero Academia

Pairing: Bakugou Katsuki/Todoroki Shouto

Warnings: Todoroki family (child abuse)

“What’re you supposed to be, candy cane asshole?”

“Excuse me?” Todoroki frowns at the voice behind him.

“I said,” Bakugou rolls his eyes, “what’re you supposed to be, half ‘n’ half.” He leans forward just a tad. “Actually half ‘n’ half? You’re colder on one side.”

Todoroki stills.

“Tch, not gonna say?” Shrugging, Bakugou turns to leave. “Hope you’re strong enough to get in,” he throws over his shoulder with a sneer as he heads into the testing site.

Blinking, Todoroki furrows his brow at the boy’s back. Raising his right hand, he looks down at his palm and sees no sign of his quirk.

I wonder if…

Read here

For the TDBK Big Bang on Twitter!

The artist I worked with is @/sodatank on Twitter! Here is the post of the art~~

[dinomight]