Hershey

drifting in a passionate world; forever lost. literature junkie; anime enthusiast; word whore; frustrated writer; shit

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If your plot feels flat, STUDY it! Your story might be lacking...

Stakes - What would happen if the protagonist failed? Would it really be such a bad thing if it happened?

Thematic relevance - Do the events of the story speak to a greater emotional or moral message? Is the conflict resolved in a way that befits the theme?

Urgency - How much time does the protagonist have to complete their goal? Are there multiple factors complicating the situation?

Drive - What motivates the protagonist? Are they an active player in the story, or are they repeatedly getting pushed around by external forces? Could you swap them out for a different character with no impact on the plot? On the flip side, do the other characters have sensible motivations of their own?

Yield - Is there foreshadowing? Do the protagonist's choices have unforeseen consequences down the road? Do they use knowledge or clues from the beginning, to help them in the end? Do they learn things about the other characters that weren't immediately obvious?

[mishkatelwarriorgoddess]

Thank you so much for this!

[sourdough-seal]

“omg you’re so creative. how do you get your ideas” i hallucinate a single scene in the taco bell drive thru and then spend 13 months trying to write it

[hershehers]

The creative process

[homeboygirl]

my evil chalice came in but its so fucking small. goddamnit. they're going to make fun of me at the wizards circle tonight

[copycatgirl36]

loser

[homeboygirl]

FUUUUUUUCK !!

[nixcraft]

[beesmygod]

also at the end when they ask you "any questions?" and you can't think of anything: ask about parking. even if you don't have a car.

[homeschooledangel]

I have an interview today in a couple hours, how did the algorithm know I needed this

[faunlord]

Btw when they ask if you have questions some actual good options are stuff like “what’s a typical day like in this role” or “is this job open because someone is leaving or is this a new position”

[sequintial]

Another good question I stole from a reddit post that has really impressed all interviewers (two job offers!) is: "let's say you hire me and in a year you're thinking you made a really great choice. What will I have done to make you think that?"

It gets them talking about what they're looking for in the role, thinking about how you could fit it, and lets you end the interview getting to reiterate how good you would be for the role and how enthusiastic you are for it.

[vampirecorleone]

"I know. I've been really naughty, haven't I? Maybe a good spanking's in order?" | "Is that all you ever think about? Do you think everything is about sex?" | "No, of course not! I mean, there's greed, gluttony, sloth, anger, vanity, envy..." Elizabeth Hurley as The Devil in Bedazzled (2000) dir. Harold Ramis

[kuj0goth]

Tw blood, light eye trauma

I completely forgot to post this my baaad

This is tweening practice and something to help me get used to capcut haha

[hershehers]

This deserves more reblogs!!!!!

[sweet-cider]

[body-stims]

welcome to night vale stimboard for @a-heist-of-words !! stimboard requests are open

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[marciaillust]

a comic about getting older

[hy-d-ra]

[nalufiction]

Christmas Themed Nalu Fanfictions:

Christmas Wish by Layna Panda

T, Romance & Humor, chapters: 1 (complete)

Summary: "You know what I want for Christmas? I want a—uh—a boyfriend! A boyfriend with... err, pink hair! Yeah, cause, you know, pink hair is the bomb. And a cute grin and an awesome personality! I want him to be obsessed dragons and fighting and eating! He'll be almost six foot and he'll be built and tan and he'll be the best out there. Yeah, that's what I want for Christmas." —Natsu&Lucy

Big Tree Dreams by LoneStorm

T, Humor & Romance, chapters: 1 (complete)

Summary: In which little and ridiculously ginormous Christmas dreams come true. Nalu Christmas tree farm AU. For joannya in the Secret Santa Fairy Tail fic exchange.

One Night by HawkofNavarre

T, Romance & Friendship, chapters: 1 (complete)

Summary: If you fail to catch that train on Christmas Eve, it was probably the dragon slayer's fault. Natsu x Lucy (Dedicated to all my readers.)

Miss Santa by Layna Panda

M, Romance & Humor, chapters: 1 (complete)

Summary: On Christmas, Natsu writes to Santa as a joke that he wants Miss Santa to take his virginity away but, when Christmas night comes and somebody claiming to be Miss Santa comes visit him to fulfill his wish, he knew he was going to be writing to Santa every year. —Natsu&Lucy

Strangers before Christmas by Aky-san

K, Romance & Hurt/Comfort, chapters: 1 (complete)

Summary: Two strangers go out shopping for presents, unaware that their lives are about to merge. Follow along a story about two different people trying to find their own gifts, but finding something else instead. Two people, two lives, two stories, and one look in the eyes that forever changes strangers to lovers. A story about a very special Christmas - NaLu Christmas Story Oneshot

Deck the Halls, Bitches by Rivendell101

M, Romance & Humor, chapters: 8 (complete)

Summary: One week before Christmas Lucy realizes she has a problem. In her frustration, she may or may not have told her entire extended family she was bringing a date to Christmas. She lied. Cana's solution? A Craigslist Ad posted by one Natsu Dragneel. Too much whiskey, crazy family members, and a multitude of awkward situations only serve as obstacles. There will be casualties.

The Twelve Days of Fairy Tail by riverofmemories

T, chapters: 1 (complete)

Summary: "Every year, we do a little Christmas tradition that we call the Twelve Days of Fairy Tail. From the fourteenth of December until the twenty-fifth, one person will get on the nearest table at around ten in the morning and blurt out the song lyrics they've made for the song as well as the last set." In which Lucy experiences her first real Christmas in years and a guild tradition.

A Very Fairy Christmas by CalaveraCandiedSkull

T, Humor & Romance, chapters: 2 (complete)

Summary: AU. In which the high school secretary, Mirajane Strauss, decides that the only way to see her co-workers together in time for Christmas is the employment of dirty tricks. Or in this case, Secret Santa. /Christmas fic! Lots of pairings! No, really. NaLu, GaLe, Gruvia, Jerza, MiFri, ElfEver, Bixanna, Baccana, RoWen, AlBi.

A Lucy Doll For Christmas by HoneyFlower15

K+, Romance & Humor, chapters: 1 (complete)

Summary: It's Christmas time at Fairy Tail and while everyone is enjoying the holiday Lucy is stuck inside a doll. The girls try to help her but Happy steals the doll and gives it to Natsu. Lucy soon learns a few interest things about Natsu on this Christmas. Nalu

The Twelve Days of Christmas by Grizzly98

T, Romance & Humor, chapters: 12 (complete)

Summary: It's twelve days until Christmas eve and Lucy finds a package. In the package is a bracelet and a note signed by a Secret Santa. Lucy must take the twelve days, notes, and gifts and find out who it is. Will she figure it out or will she lose the one person who loves her more than all the stars in the sky? Co-op with XSteleAliniax. Loosely based on the movie.

[faelucy]

lucy making natsu blush appreciation post

[cringefailprincess]

ok so I just finished listening to the howl’s moving castle and it was the GREATEST THING like I don’t even need to gay it up that’s how great it was but then there was the difference in character in howl between the movie and the book and @ibijau said the movie howl is how howl probably think he is which led to the GREATEST IDEA that the movie is how howl tells the story to his kids when sophie isn’t here like

other women ??, what other women I have never courted a single other woman than your mom ha ha hhhaaa

I was so smooth tbh i was the smoothest tall and handsome

ok there was the green slime incident ok but like it was TOTALLY not about another girl not finding me hot enough to drop at my feet n o i was never LIKE THAT

btw I saw through sophie’s curse straight away haha

oh yeah I think sophie had a sister ??? y e a h i think i remember she was named lettie I remember because I’m very careful about remembering stuff about sophie like the number of her sisters or their name.

“oh god, michael was like, a baby at the time. Like. He was probably eight or something.” “I was fifteen” “were you ? im probably thinking of some other child idk maybe it was marco” “there never w… whatever”

my room was full of cool shit so much cool shit don’t touch my room

oh yeah we… totally befriended the witch of the waste y e a h nobody died or nothing also I did cool stuff to stop a war like cool shit like full body transformation !!! and never into a dog I WOULD NEVER

nobody was ginger ever ginger is terrible

nobody ever had pink hair either

and I NEVER WAS DRUNK A DAY IN MY LIFE I SWEAR

family what family ha watchamean i never had a family

I NEVER TOOK POSES

AND I SEDUCED YOUR MOM ON THE FIRST TIME I MET HER OK BY BEING REALLY COOL AND TOTALLY NOT HOLDING A GUITAR I DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO PLAY

yeah and yeah I’m the only wizard in the family, yeah sophie does some shady stuff sometimes but. I’m the wizard ok. is she called sorceress sophie ??? no she’s called mommy sophie there’s a reason I’M THE WIZARD OK KIDS

I think.. we had a dog… at some point…

i never relied on a charmed suit to seduce anyone, ever

*sobbing* my beloved teacher never died it was a lie

[jovaline]

WHOO! Finally! My book interpretation of Sophie Hatter for the Ladies of Literature zine I’m organizing!

I have so many feelings about the book Howl’s Moving Castle and specifically Sophie’s character arc. When she breaks the spell, it’s not just some generic good triumphs over evil or happily-ever-after plot construct. It means so much more than that. She doesn’t free herself from an evil witch; she frees herself from her own self-destructive inclinations. Now that’s a story.

[mafuyuh]

so who’s gonna tell him?

[hershehers]

"Howl! Howl, you're beautiful!"

[noonlight-stims]

Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)

[hershehers]

Too beautiful.

[hershehers]

"...take me home"