Clair Writes

Aspiring fantasy author. Currently reading: His Majesty's Dragon

[point-two-two]

yeah

[theflightofapollo]

controversial opinion, but characters are so much more interesting when you are able to forget about shipping them for a moment and actually appreciate their unrelated personal plot/arc. if the most interesting thing you can think of about a character is the ship you like them with, then I don't think you actually like that character very much

[wiltkingart]

from the bottom of my heart: just because something makes you uncomfortable doesn't mean it shouldn't be allowed to exist

[ischleepzzz]

"But what about <thing that literally kills people>?"

[firedragon1321]

This was on a non rebloggable post so I'm setting it free.

[carolsturka]

i think it's a little disturbing that some people's responses to a fictional character's actions are like "oh i wouldn't do/like that". oh well okay but that isn't you? that's someone else. so like instead of trying to understand why The Character would do/like such a thing, their first reaction is to think of themselves? it feels like a giant gap in empathy to not be able to put yourself in someone else's shoes even for pretend idk

[wosp-reactivated]

I can smell the poison in my goblet but I lowkey don't even care anymore

[prokopetz]

Creating an OC who's fucked up because of their parents might seem harmless at first, but unless you're very careful about avoiding certain topics, at some point you're going to have to think about what their parents actually did to make them so fucked up, and now your OC's fucked up parents are also your OCs.

[human-pet-they]

when the author describes someone dying and you can just tell they’ve never actually died by the way it’s written

[damnfandomproblems]

Fandom Problem #13,931:

Worst thing about liking a side character is seeing the hundreds of fanfics on AO3 where they're just barely there but get put in the tags anyway. They may not even have ANY line and basically act as a prop, but the writer still list them as part of the cast

[eclairbrun]

I so wish AO3 had spate tags for main and supporting characters to mitigate this. People would still tag everyone as main to try and get more eyes on their story, but it would really cut down on this. Same for ship tags.

[ghosthorse-tracks]

Lesser-known steps of the writing process:

Finding all the paragraphs where you used some hyper-specific word more than once

Rearranging paragraphs that you swear you wrote in the right order but turned out to be totally backwards

Going for a walk, coming up with the perfect line, and forgetting it as soon as you get home and open your laptop

Creating a separate document where you can dump all of those nice sentences that no longer fit in anywhere

Waking up in a cold sweat because so-and-so was supposed to be barefoot but never actually took his shoes off

[paperplateprose]

my book is tailor made for the very niche audience of anyone who wants to read it

[eclairbrun]

I made the sagacious decision to include a scene I wasn't thrilled to write and needed to do research for in chapter 1 of a WIP, and ended up also writing a bunch of notes of future plot events as they came to me. So I've now finished chapter 1 and can move on to chapter 2 and this draft is only 95,160 words this far.

[duckbunny]

some fandom disagreements are like "I see your point but I think this other aspect of the narrative is more significant," and some are like "I don't think you can read."

[byoldervine]

Pros: My family want to hear about what I’m writing

Cons: My family want to hear about what I’m writing

[heyhoneyfox]

"I'm lying to you but this sentence is technically the truth without context" is such a good trope. Like yes the way that I am spinning these words forms a lies but if you squint I'm actually not lying.

[strawberry-crocodile]

the curse is lifted! you are no a beast no more! congratulations! but you'll never forget the way they looked at you, will you.

[tedthetalk]

I actually do think it’s better for abusers and abusive characters to realize the harm their past actions caused and seek to do better than be literally or metaphorically executed for their crimes

[tedthetalk]

I think it’s better for abusers and abusive characters to realize the harm their past actions caused and seek to do better than be literally or metaphorically executed for their crimes.

[tedthetalk]

I think it’s better for abusers and abusive characters to realize the harm their past actions caused and seek to do better than be literally or metaphorically executed for their crimes.

[shitpostingkats]

Shoutouts to characters that don't know the facade isn't their real self. Shoutouts to characters who put up a front so long ago that they have now forgotten it's all an act. Shoutouts to characters who no longer know who they are because they think they're being sincere. Shoutouts to performers so good they fool even themselves. Shoutouts to characters who fall for their own lies.