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[adhd-n-me]

ADHD culture is

Either being able to read an entire book in a short amount of time because of Focus™ .. Or not being able to get through one page cuz Distraction™

[anotherwaywardsister-deactivate]

As an older timer.

Don’t except them not to come after sexually explicit fanfiction or stories once this goes into full swing. I remember when it happened on fanfiction.net and thus Archive of Our Own came to be. Quizlla too when yahoo bought it and it died. Just beware fanfiction authors. We are most likely next.

[scribbledwriting]

Writing a book:

[samrriegel]

Critical Role | Campaign 2, Episode 34

[necrophilofthefuture]

my cat figured out how to open the cabinets so he made a nest in his favorite one. he’ll only come out if he hears the fridge open.

[the-shortest-story]

oOH MY GOD

[accio-infinity-stone]

When people ask me about my writing

[stelmarias]

[marrymejasonsegel]

Audrey says “fuck your gender roles”

[there-was-a-girl]

This movie is super underrated.

[sailinginthetea]

Audrey is so underrated. How can you not love her?

[intersectionalfeminism]

I have a love-hate relationship with this movie. On one hand it’s got awesome PoC characters who defy racial and gender stereotypes. It also discusses colonialism and how people tend to destroy indigenous cultures to obtain land and resources (which is why the crew ultimately decided a to pretend they never found Atlantis because they don’t want anyone else to try and destroy the culture). But on the other hand, the whole plot is that Atlantis needs a white, cishet man to save it from extinction and for some reason he understand their culture and language better than they do.

[sun-spiral-deactivated20210109]

hEY FUCK YOU OKAY MILO WAS THE ANTITHESIS OF WHITE SAVIOR HE WAS A NERDY USELESS LITTLE SHIT WHO WAS COWARDLY UNTIL OTHERS FORCED HIM TO ACT HIS ONLY STRENGTHS WERE HIS MIND AND HIS ETHICS HE WAS THE PERFECT DUDE FOR THE JOB AND THE REASON HE KNEW BETTER WAS BECAUSE HE RIGOROUSLY STUDIED TEXTS THAT HAD BEEN LOST OR DESTROYED IN ATLANTIS BECAUSE KIDA’S FATHER INTENTIONALLY LET HIS KINGDOM LAPSE INTO DECAY AND OBSCURITY DO NOT PULL THAT WHITE SAVIOUR BULLSHIT BECAUSE MILO WAS A DAMN GOOD DUDE

[waltdisneyconfessionsrage]

I’ve been trying to tell people this for years. Also, what differentiates Milo’s experience from the white savior complex is his expectation and his attitude. When looking for Atlantis, the last thing Milo expects to find are people. He says the most they thought that they would find are carvings and pottery. And he would have been happy with just that.

And even when he finds the Atlanteans, he treats the culture and people with the utmost respect (peek the scene where the crew has their audience with the king). He never tries to interfere in the people’s way of life nor change them. He’s merely an observer fascinated with the culture/people and just wants to know more about them.

In most movies, the white savior comes into the situation with an attitude of superiority and only through his interactions with the native people (and a lot of times a beautiful native woman) is he humbled and then eventually brought in as an honorary member of the people. Milo never asks for thanks or wants to make a name for himself. He does what he does because he loves it and it’s a way to keep his grandfather’s legacy alive.

Yeah. Milo was a damn good dude.

[vanyel-or-just-van]

And another thing about Milo that’s made evidenced by this scene in particular? He’s got respect for women. He doesn’t ask why it’s a GIRL mechanic on the expedition, only why it’s a TEENAGER. Doesn’t question Kida’s leadership and knowledge when he meets her. (I can’t think of more examples off the top of my head but I’m sure they’re there).

Milo is a wonderful Disney protagonist, and this movie deserves the underground love it receives.

[scribbledwriting]

They ask then they should be prepared to get an earful 🤷‍♀️😂

[bluedoescritrole]

Nott using Mage Hand to give Caleb the potion of healing

[writeastorywhere]

Write a story where the main characters fuck up. Like, they let someone die because they were scared, or they reject a possible romantic interest out of snobbery and/or belief that nobody would have interest in them. Let your characters burn bridges, and let their mistakes have consequences. Some things are unforgivable, and it’s okay to have your main characters do these things. Everybody’s done something they regret. It’s hard (for me, personally) to do this because I love my characters so much, and I want them to succeed all the time, but it’s not realistic, and more importantly, it doesn’t make for as interesting as a story. 

[h-brook-writes]

If you’re looking for drama, you’ll squeeze a lot more out of a regretful sinner than you’ll ever find in a saint.

[sleepy-and-anxious]

WIP: GOOD FOR SOMETHING | INTRODUCTION  

“I ran out of second chances long ago.“ 

"You’ll never run out of chances so long as there are people still willing to give them.”

Genre: Mature YA Fantasy

Status: 1st Draft (130k currently) 

Summary:

A continent divided by tradition and innovation. A land ruled by six gods - one rejected, One forgotten. The four elemental deities left are the two countries only commonality. In the north holds Noble, a country that prides itself on high society and cursed abilities. In the south, Commons prefers its technology and violence.

In the streets of South Commons, after a failed murder attempt in which she experiences a bizarre magical encounter, Cato, a notorious young criminal, finds herself handcuffed to a table by a police officer and given a choice. One that start’s vibrations along a long dormant spider’s web.

Discovering friends and family born with abilities, boys who turn into monsters, and a mysterious drug she needs to get off the streets; she becomes trapped within a web of secrets and violence that threatens to lead her further north towards a dark place where student’s are treated like prisoners and Curses are status.  

Every step taken leads her further into the web that she has long since been running from and the dark man from her nightmares who controls it. 

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[goldenkid]

villains who could have been protagonists in different circumstances? I live for that shit

[gingerly-writing]

potential counterpoint: protagonists who could have been villains in different circumstances? I live for that shit too

[sudorm-rfslash]

Summary: Dynamic characters with complex internal struggles, trying to find a place where they feel like they belong? I die for that shit

[onlycosmere]

[sparatus]

bangs fists on the table this is a strictly ANTI-cringe culture blog!!! make ur shitty mary sues!!! shove them up against a canon character yelling for them to just kiss already!!! drop-kick urself into ur favorite story!!! do whatever makes u happy dammit!!! have fun u glorious bastards!!!

[reesewestonarchive-deactivated2]

all writers (all creators) ought to give themselves more credit. you are making something out of nothing! even if it still lives in your headspace, and you haven’t written it down, that is still neat as hell, and not something everyone can do. give yourself more credit, you’re doing something great.

[kogiopsis]

I just

Brandon ‘oops I accidentally this entire book’ Sanderson

[greywatch]

#oops I wrote a novella#oops I wrote a YA trilogy#oops I wrote a side story to a series that’s already going to be nine books long#perfect

[theravenchilde]

time to bring this post back brandon oops i wrote an extra book for what was supposed to be a trilogy sanderson

[creativityninjaderp-deactivated]

Brandon ‘Oops, finished books just come up out of nowhere’ Sanderson

[leapwriter]

The thing about the whole ‘this style is better than that style’ debate is that…writing is art. It’s ALL subjective. What you think is amazing and has moved you to tears is going to be someone else’s most hated story for the exact same reason.

Flowery prose isn’t inherently good or bad. Sparse, to the point prose isn’t inherently good or bad.

It all just comes down to personal preference. 

Don’t worry so much about making something everyone in the world will love and worry more about making something you love. 

[reesewestonarchive-deactivated2]

also: your writing is good. the goblin that lives in your head and tells you otherwise is wrong. the writing advice posts that tell you your writing is bad are wrong. writing is shaped by experience, preferences too, and whether or not what you write jives with ‘popular’ works means nothing.

you bring something to your work that no one else can. you shouldn’t give that up, whether you decide to stop sharing or not. keep writing, remember why /you/ started, and keep writing! screw the world needing your story; if you need it, that’s reason enough to keep writing.