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đ đŁđ°đş đ´đľđ˘đłđŚđĽ đśđą đ˘đľ đŠđŞđŽ. đđľ đŠđ˘đĽ đľđ° đŁđŚ đ˘ đŁđ°đş. đđ˘đľđśđłđŚ đ¸đ°đśđđĽ đŻđ°đľ đŠđ˘đˇđŚ đŁđŚđŚđŻ đ´đ° đ¤đłđśđŚđ đ˘đ´ đľđ° đĽđ° đľđŠđ˘đľ đľđ° đ˘ đ¨đŞđłđ. đđ° đ´đŞđŻđ¨đđŚ đ§đŚđ˘đľđśđłđŚ đŞđŻ đŞđľđ´đŚđđ§ đ¸đ˘đ´ đŽđ°đłđŚ đľđŠđ˘đŻ đąđ˘đ´đ´đ˘đŁđđş đśđ¨đđş, đŁđśđľ đľđŠđŚ đ¤đ°đŽđŁđŞđŻđ˘đľđŞđ°đŻ đ¸đ˘đ´ đ¨đłđŚđ˘đľđŚđł đľđŠđ˘đŻ đľđŠđŚ đ´đśđŽ đ°đ§ đľđŠđŚ đąđ˘đłđľđ´. đđŠđŚđłđŚ đ¸đ˘đ´ đ˘đđ´đ° đľđŠđŚ đ´đŽđŚđđ. đđľ đ¸đ˘đ´đŻâđľ đŁđ˘đĽ, đ˘đ´ đ´đśđ¤đŠ. đđľ đŤđśđ´đľ đ¸đ˘đ´đŻâđľ đŚđŻđľđŞđłđŚđđş đŠđśđŽđ˘đŻ. đđŠđŚđłđŚ đ¸đ˘đ´ đ´đ°đŽđŚđľđŠđŞđŻđ¨ đ§đŚđłđ˘đ đ˘đŁđ°đśđľ đŞđľ.đđŠđŚ đ¤đłđŚđ˘đľđśđłđŚ đ¸đ˘đ´ đ¸đŚđ˘đłđŞđŻđ¨ đ˘đŻ đ°đˇđŚđłđ´đŞđťđŚ đŚđˇđŚđŻđŞđŻđ¨ đĽđłđŚđ´đ´ đŤđ˘đ¤đŹđŚđľ, đ´đŠđŞđŻđş đ¸đŞđľđŠ đ¨đłđŚđ˘đ´đŚ đ˘đŻđĽ đ¨đłđŚđŚđŻđŞđ´đŠ đ¸đŞđľđŠ đ˘đ¨đŚ, đ˘đŻđĽ đ˘ đľđ°đą đŠđ˘đľ đľđŠđ˘đľ đŽđśđ´đľ đ°đŻđ¤đŚ đŠđ˘đˇđŚ đŁđŚđŚđŻ đľđłđ°đĽđĽđŚđŻ đ°đŻ đŁđş đ˘ đŠđ°đłđ´đŚ. đđśđľ đľđŠđŚ đŁđŞđľđ´ đľđŠđ˘đľ đ¸đŚđłđŚ đˇđŞđ´đŞđŁđđŚ đŁđŚđľđ¸đŚđŚđŻ đľđŠđŚ đľđ¸đ° đ¸đŚđłđŚ đłđŚđ¨đłđŚđľđľđ˘đŁđđş đ§đ˘đŽđŞđđŞđ˘đł.- Night Watch, p. 173
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I feel so many feelings about Rocky during the first contact. He wants to connect SO BADLY. Do Eridians have horror stories about scary aliens? If they do, Rocky doesn't care. He wants this alien to be friendly. He does everything he can to accommodate. Here, a little gift I'm sending your way at the speed you're comfortable with. Please be there. Here, the next gift is going right into your airlock so that it's easier for you to catch. Please don't fly away. You made a strange gesture with your limb, I'll make my robot make that gesture back. Please belive that I'm friendly. Here's a tunnel to connect us, I'll make sure you can breathe in it. Please come meet me. I'll let you choose the material for the wall separating us; I'll rebuild the whole wall if it makes you more comfortable, no trouble, just please let's talk. You're all alone on your ship, I can hear it, please come sleep here where I can watch you, it's unsafe for you to be alone. I'm alone and scared, it's been 46 years since I felt safe while sleeping, please please please watch me sleep too. I'm very vulnerable when I sleep and I trust that you won't use it against me. I want to visit your ship, am allowed, question? I'm moving in with you. Let's save the stars.
I watched Project Hail Mary, because as of the last few years anything I watch comes from the recommendation from people here loving it and making fanart so... I feel curious and end up crying and saying... damn it guys its always a great recommendation that hits me right in the deepest part of the feels!!!
And of course I had to start reading ASAP.
I watched Project Hail Mary, because as of the last few years anything I watch comes from the recommendation from people here loving it and making fanart so... I feel curious and end up crying and saying... damn it guys its always a great recommendation that hits me right in the deepest part of the feels!!!
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writeblr resource: 5 ways to make your antagonist feel real
saving this for anyone writing villains, con artists, or morally complicated characters. stuff i've learned the hard way.
give them a logic that makes sense to THEM. your villain doesn't think they're the villain. they have a framework for why their actions are justified. figure out what it is.
2) let them be right about something. the scariest antagonists are the ones who see something true that the protagonist doesn't. give them one genuine insight.
3) give them a mundane habit. they make their bed every morning. they always order the same coffee. small details that make them a person instead of a plot device.
4) write the scene where they almost stop. every good antagonist has a moment where they could turn back. show it. then show why they don't.
5) research real people. not to copy them but to understand motivation. court transcripts, interviews, documentaries. real human behavior is weirder and more specific than anything you'd make up.
feel free to save/reblog this. writing good antagonists is one of the hardest parts of fiction and we don't talk about it enough.
Same exact playbook, down to the "but it was based on a lie."
It's kind of amazing how much this is the identical strategy. Focusing on the distress and harm of parents over the trans or autistic person themselves. Pathologizing the condition treating it as an epidemic, including calling it a social contagion causing a worrying "explosion" of diagnosis because it is "trendy."
Ignoring the experts on the subject while also appealing to "common sense" and dismissing all research that contradicts them while also appealing to "basic science."
Plus it's all the same quacks and actors behind previous medical and social moral panics saying them same things in the same ways and no one seems to acknowledge that.
she says in the article that she was inspired to think this way about autism after she started reporting on detransitioners. Her Twitter mentions are filled with prominent voices in the detrans terf movement. This isn't just similar, It is quite self-consciously an extension of the same movement.
things i wish someone told me before i started writing (and also things i ignored anyway)
okay. writers of tumblr. iâve compiled a list of things i desperately wish someone had sat me down and said before i started writing, not that i wouldâve listened, because i was 14 and powered entirely by hubris, iced coffee, and my wattpad era.
anyway. here we go:
1. stop rewriting chapter one. i know you think itâll fix everything. it wonât. itâs a hydra. you cut one head off, two Google Docs appear.
2. your first draft is not a treaty with god. it can be messy. it can be unhinged. it can have 47 placeholders named âidk something happens.â itâs fine.
3. perfectionism is just fear wearing a blazer. write badly on purpose. humiliate your draft. it builds character (yours).
4. word count culture is a scam. you are allowed to write 200 words and call it a day. you are allowed to write 5k and then disappear into the void for three business weeks.
5. google docs autosave WILL betray you. download backups. then back up your backups. then sacrifice a pen to the writing gods idk.
6. description is not pretty synonyms. itâs specificity. the torn movie ticket in their pocket. the buzzing light in the hallway. the chipped nail polish on their thumb. write the thing not the aesthetics around the thing.
7. dialogue isnât two Shakespeare ghosts monologuing at each other. interruptions. trailing off. people lying. people avoiding the truth. people saying âwhatever man.â let it get messy.
8. you donât need a whole map before you start. sometimes you just need one character with one problem and the stupidest idea imaginable.
9. reading your old writing will make you cringe but also cry a little because wow you cared so much. keep that version of you alive.
10. donât wait to âbe good.â you get good by writing the stuff you think is embarrassing.
11. also: nine out of ten times, your âbadâ idea is actually the one that goes feral and grows teeth and becomes your WIP.
12. hydrate. no further explanation.
ok thatâs it because if i keep going iâll start confessing things about the time i wrote a whole novel in 2017 that will never see daylight again.
reply if u relate or if u too have 87 abandoned document fragments in your google drive.
Everything I read about recovering from burnout is like âit takes months or even years to fully recoverâ and itâs like okayâŚ. I have a weekend before I gotta clock in on Monday
Been there, done that... collapsed eventually. You keep going, you can't do more than that, and more often than not there isn't a way to change the environment that is slowly eating your soul and your heart.