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Writing and Naruto blog, NO POLITICS ALLOWED. I'm a multishipper. World’s #1 B*ruto hater but Sarada, Himawari and Sumire are my daughters. Matsuoka Koudai is a god and Yuri Lowenthal can still get it.

[dawsonskyelar]

Hello! I'm Skyelar Dawson and I'm an author! Please don't hesitate to hit me up, ask me questions, anything!

My first novel, The Spaces Between Us, is finally out in web ebook and physical formats! I recommend the web for the best experience, but would be very happy if you decided to get it from Amazon or your favourite retailer! I'll be publishing the first nine chapters on Tumblr, and you can read the rest on my blog!

My novel is inspired by the characters Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke from the manga Naruto. @fangirlandiknowit101 gave me the idea for the alternate dimensions storyline. Thank you so so much, I couldn't have written this without you!

Special thanks go to my artist Liu Liu. Their art is so so beautiful and they're so accommodating of my nagging! Please commission them and tell them I say hi!

Summary:

Depressed Sebastian Powell and outgoing Nick Hayes are flatmates and best friends. Sebastian is also in love with Nick, but he can’t admit it because Nick’s amazing and Sebastian’s a nobody. He thinks it’s going to be this way forever, but one day he and Nick are transported to another dimension.

And not just any other dimension. Seb and Nichole, their alternate selves, are married and seemingly have everything Sebastian wants. It’s overwhelming enough to learn that other dimensions exist, but seeing his other self living his best life is enough to make Sebastian think he has it the worst. In addition, his and Nick’s ugly pasts have reared their heads.

Sebastian and Nick must learn to navigate this strange new world. But can they do that without losing their identities? And can Sebastian make the choice between Nick’s affection and the destruction of all the dimensions before it’s too late?

(Warning: This is not a story for sensitive readers. It portrays multiple dark issues and has sexual content. Specific trigger warnings are located under the Read More to prevent readers from being spoiled.)

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Trigger warnings (MAJOR SPOILERS):

Depression

Suicide/ideation of suicide

PTSD

Alcoholism

Minor character deaths

Physical violence

Gore (mild)

Familial/spousal abuse

Sexual content (mild)

Biphobia (mild)

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[xmonday-mintx]

"I want to be just like you, dad"

[uwillneverknowwho]

Favorite Friends to Lovers trope is Person Who Just Discovered Their Crush And Is Freaking Out Full Force x Person Who Has Been Deeply In Love And Dealing With It For Years And Therefore Not Showing Any Signs Of Having A Crush Whatsoever. The person who's Just Realized is looking for any signs that their crush is reciprocated and they're getting NOTHING. The other person is sooo nonchalant. But really it's because being in love with this person is like breathing at that point. It just goes so hard

[elumish]

If you want to write original fiction that you hope to publish, you should read published original fiction (within the genre you are writing).

[elumish]

There are a lot of reasons you should be reading original books in the genre you are writing, but here are a few:

You should understand the pacing and structure of not only an original book but specifically an original book in your genre. Some genres (e.g., litfic) have much looser pacing/structure expectations than others (e.g., romance), but original books tend to be constrained by relatively narrow word count ranges (e.g., for most adult genres, a debut book should generally be between 80-100k words), and you have to understand how books work within that range.

You should understand the genre expectations. A mystery is expected to include certain things. A romance by definition has a happy ending. Science fiction or fantasy mean certain things to a reader picking them up, and if you call something one of those genres and then do something totally different readers will get rightfully annoyed at you.

You should understand the genre norms. What are the things that have been done a thousand times before, what are the things that a reader of that genre would be familiar with, what are the things that are viewed as overdone. If you're writing a romantasy and mention a dead king/queen or lost princess, the FMC is in 95% of cases that lost princess. So if you want to write a lost princess story, you need to understand how it's been done so your book doesn't read like every book that came before it.

You should understand how to introduce characters and worldbuilding. In original fiction, the reader only knows exactly as much as the author tells us about the characters and the world. Reading original fiction will help you understand how to make that work.

[tlbodine]

Also, like, if you don't enjoy reading books, why would you expect anyone to read your book? Why are you trying to win a game you don't even enjoy?

A lot of times I find people with a story to tell who struggle a lot with writing and publishing and a lot of times the problem is that they don't want to write a novel. They actually want (a movie, a game, a comic, an open world TTRPG sandbox, some other thing) but feel like writing a book is necessary, or has a lower barrier of entry, or is just their only option for some reason or another.

That's setting you up for disappointment. Some mediums are harder to break into than others, it's true. But if you routinely love [type of thing] and primarily consume that thing, you'll be a lot more likely to enjoy creating [that type of thing].

[kanobarlowe]

Also adding that you should also read other books outside your genre too! OP is right that you should definitely be reading books within your genre to study that genre and learn patterns.m, conventions, and more, but once you've done that for a while, make sure to expand your reading as well.

The reason you want to do this is because many genres have overlap, many books are multi-genre, or have a very important subgenre or secondary genre. You will also learn about how different genres inform the writing style and conventions and how you can even learn new skills, ideas, or tools to add to your own work that can cross over genre lines.

[painwithoutplot]

you gotta love a character with a purpose and you gotta love it when that purpose is "sword" or "shield" or "stress toy"

[letsbelonelytogetherr]

I want to throw you against a wall, wrap your legs around my waist and kiss you. Kiss you until we have to stop to catch our breaths. I want you and only you. I want to take you on road trips that lead us to pulling over on the side of the road because we can’t keep our hands off each other. I want you and your flaws. I want your messy makeup from teary eyes as I hold you and talk to you about life. I want the 3am phone calls because you can’t sleep at night. I want to be yours and only yours. I want to taste all your cooking, even if it’s not good, even if it’s experimenting I’d have you cook every meal for the rest of my life. I want you. I want my trembling hands to grab your waist and dance with you in the middle of an empty room. I want to struggle on days when I can’t see you. I want to fight about meaningless stuff that will lead to meaningful sex. I want you. I want your hand to rest on my forearm as we enter a party, so I can reassure you that you are safe with me. I want to sing to you in the shower and have you shut me up with kisses because we both know I’m no singer. I want the ups and downs, the winter and summer days. I want you and only you

[honeyfaer]

"theyll hate you for this" "but theyll be alive" is THE juiciest thing to me

[honeyfaer]

i will ensure you stay alive above all else. even if what i do to make it happen is horrendous. even if it violates all your wishes or moral principles. even if you can never look at me the same way again, even if you hate me for it. because at least if you hate me it means youre alive

[jun-draws]

[kalgalen]

"i want them to make each other worse" i want them to have an impact on each other that's hard to define as objectively good or bad but is still sure to change the trajectory of their lives and alter their very being on a fundamental level forever

[virtualgirladvance]

⚠️ Warning: Super gay thing ⚠️

You 🫵

[cookingwithroxy]

@diogenesofsin

[thejournaluser]

i have been seeing patterns in my OCs

[adesenhiza]

Hi! I'm new to Tumblr, but I've been making Naruto fanart for a while now and decided to share it here. I made this artwork inspired by a photo of Paramore, I hope you like it.

[cepheusgalaxy]

Best thing a character can do ☝️ is feel overwhelming amounts of soul-crushing guilt. In my humble but objectively correct opinion.

[socra-time]

[cubezart]

ship dynamic i really like

[fondofcowboys]

my addition to this post with a ship dynamic i enjoy that stems from op's.

[pathos-logical]

[ID: A simple comic showing someone shouting in all caps, bold, and italics, "What's your fucking problem". The person they're shouting at smirks back, "oooh you want me so baddd <3", and the first person is labeled "(does, in fact, want them badly)".

Image two is the same comic, but now both people are shouting "what's your problem" and labeled as wanting the other badly. End ID]

[biscuitsandspices]

Encouragment for writers that I know seems discouraging at first but I promise it’s motivational-

• Those emotional scenes you’ve planned will never be as good on page as they are in your head. To YOU. Your audience, however, is eating it up. Just because you can’t articulate the emotion of a scene to your satisfaction doesn’t mean it’s not impacting the reader. 

• Sometimes a sentence, a paragraph, or even a whole scene will not be salvagable. Either it wasn’t necessary to the story to begin with, or you can put it to the side and re-write it later, but for now it’s gotta go. It doesn’t make you a bad writer to have to trim, it makes you a good writer to know to trim.

• There are several stories just like yours. And that’s okay, there’s no story in existence of completely original concepts. What makes your story “original” is that it’s yours. No one else can write your story the way you can.

• You have writing weaknesses. Everyone does. But don’t accept your writing weaknesses as unchanging facts about yourself. Don’t be content with being crap at description, dialogue, world building, etc. Writers that are comfortable being crap at things won’t improve, and that’s not you. It’s going to burn, but work that muscle. I promise you’ll like the outcome.

[heyitsmetonid]

For any writers that need encouragement

[eseninkit-blog]

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