radioactive creative sludge

writer/artist, 19, I've got a shit ton of wip ideas in my head and would like to get them out of my head

[jays-quills]

Welcome to my bullshitery<3

Hello y'all, I'm julian (he/him), bisexual and trans, i love comics and movies and books obviously.

This blog is primarily to just throw out all my wip stuff, so it'll be made of different works and not just one. I have huge commitment issues and often bounce between each of my wips.

Here are the ones I'm currently working on (these are working titles):

-Tales Undone: a story taking place in the fairy tale world, where your classic bad guys might not actually be the villains of their stories

-City of Daivas: a story taking place in a cyberpunk mumbai, based on indian deities known as Daivas, and follows an orphan as he discovers just how much power he holds

-Residents: short scripts about residents of a particular apartment building in mumbai

-Gameify: this one is mostly world building, there's no plot yet, but the provinces are based on different indian cultures so you might find it interesting to go through

You can search up the titles for the relevant posts on my blog, and they'll also have colour coded titles for your convenience.

Anyways, have fun reading about all my wip bullshitery!!

[random-questions-fairy]

Oh my gosh. I just found this website that walks you though creating a believable society. It breaks each facet down into individual questions and makes it so simple! It seems really helpful for worldbuilding!

[theredscreech]

Heads up that this is a very extensive questionnaire and might be daunting to a lot of writers (myself included). That being said, it is also an amazing questionnaire and I will definitely be using it (or at the very least, some of it).

[heroineimages]

Bookmarking this…

[punkboyjuul]

So I cosplayed Vi for comicon!!

There's a little cosplay contest being held and it'd be very rad if y'all could vote for me, contestant #152

(btw the gauntlet is functional, the fingers move hehe and everyone was fawning over it at the con)

(hopefully the link works but here's the insta that's hosting the contest too)

tagging some moots for help⬇️

@yes-i-exist-shutup @fantasticcollectorkitten @knickersbar @a-chaotic-business @heckingturtles @transwerewolfgirlfriend @vileviale @imaginealpha @artisfox @cheddartreets @deathgonewrong

[ashlovesfiction-deactivated2024]

I saw a very blunt Instagram comment today that told a writer, "AI is going to steal your job soon. You may want to choose something else." It was so nonchalant and casual, like what was just said wasn't heartbreaking to hear.

Can we writers just make a pact just to... not quit? Can we not give in so easily? Can we actually fight to keep our professions and continue to share our own original work? I will never expect writing to be my main source of income, but that does not mean I'm so willing to give it up for the sake of some robot.

[charliejaneanders]

I seriously would not worry... First of all, in order for AI to steal anything from anyone, we'd have to develop AI first, and we're nowhere near doing that. (What we have now is basically what Ted Chiang calls "applied statistics," or what others call "enhanced autocomplete.") And writing, as a practice, contains hundreds of tasks that require human creativity. Seriously, don't believe the hype.

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[defnotmadie]

the one thing i want to be able to do as a writer is make people come back to something ive written. i want that piece of text to haunt them, i want their thoughts to be briefly consumed by this. i want this to be something they remember long after its time. thats the one thing i want to do

[thecaffeinebookwarrior-deactiva]

Resources For Writing Deaf, Mute, or Blind Characters

Despite the fact that I am not deaf, mute, or blind myself, one of the most common questions I receive is how to portray characters with these disabilities in fiction.

As such, I’ve compiled the resources I’ve accumulated (from real life deaf, mute, or blind people) into a handy masterlist.

Deaf Characters:

Deaf characters masterpost

Deaf dialogue thread

Dialogue with signing characters (also applies to mute characters.)

A deaf author’s advice on deaf characters

Dialogue between deaf characters

Mute Characters

Life as a Mute

My Silent Summer:  Life as a Mute

What It’s Like Being Mute

21 People Reveal What It’s Really Like To Be Mute

I am a 20 year old Mute, ask me anything at all!

Blind Characters:

The 33 Worst Mistakes Writers Make About Blind Characters.

@referenceforwriters masterpost of resources for writing/playing blind characters.

The youtube channel of the wonderful Tommy Edison, a man blind from birth with great insight into the depiction of blind people and their lives.

An Absolute Write thread on the depiction of blind characters, with lots of different viewpoints and some great tips.

And finally, this short, handy masterpost of resources for writing blind characters.

Characters Who Are Blind in One Eye

4 Ways Life Looks Shockingly Different With One Eye

Learning to Live With One Eye

Adapting to the Loss of an Eye

Adapting to Eye Loss and Monocular Vision

Monocular Depth Perception

Deaf-Blind Characters

What Is It Like To Be Deafblind?

Going Deaf and Blind in a City of Noise and Lights

Deaf and Blind by 30

Sarita is Blind, Deaf, and Employed (video)

Born Deaf and Blind, This Eritrean American Graduated Harvard Law School (video)

A Day of a Deaf Blind Person

Lesser Known Things About Being Deafblind

How the Deaf-Blind Communicate

Early Interactions With Children Who Are Deaf-Blind

Raising a DeafBlind Baby

If you have any more resources to add, let me know!  I’ll be adding to this post as I find more resources.

I hope this helps, and happy writing!  <3

[punkboyjuul]

gave one of my ocs bullet wounds where i have my acne scars

[jays-quills]

I'd like you to meet the main characters of one of my WIPs

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[spookberry]

You ever wanna talk about your ocs but you dont have anything to say really you just kinda

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how it feels "trusting the process" as a writer/artist

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[captainoftheargonauts]

A piece of writing advice I've always fucking hated is "only add things that further the plot." Because no. Add stuff for fun. Give your mom a cameo. Have these characters be in love because. And yes, have characters die because. There doesn't have to be a reason for everything. The universe doesn't give a reason for everything. Why should you? And if you never add stuff for fun, you're never going to have fun.

[thewritingumbrellas]

Writing advice from my uni teachers:

If your dialog feels flat, rewrite the scene pretending the characters cannot at any cost say exactly what they mean. No one says “I’m mad” but they can say it in 100 other ways.

Wrote a chapter but you dislike it? Rewrite it again from memory. That way you’re only remembering the main parts and can fill in extra details. My teacher who was a playwright literally writes every single script twice because of this.

Don’t overuse metaphors, or they lose their potency. Limit yourself.

Before you write your novel, write a page of anything from your characters POV so you can get their voice right. Do this for every main character introduced.

[writerlyn]

This is legit good writing advice, especially the first bullet point! In playwriting class we did a bit where every bit of dialogue had to be an accusatory question and it was glorious.

[heminpatel]

If reincarnation is real I wonder how many people stare at their own art in museums, listen to their own music they made in a different life and read books they don't remember writing