sarnai

nocturnal suburbs

[maxkirin]

Writing the dramatic death scene

In your head:

In paper:

[captainmera]

trying to get your story together like:

[captainmera]

Explaining your story to a willing ear:

[captainmera]

“I really like your story! is there more?”

[captainmera]

“I like this character, is there more about them?”

[fishmotif]

[rogha]

it’s even better when it’s like..

Oh.

Oh.

[i-preen-for-oikawa]

That’s the best shit and you can pry it out of my cold, dead hands

[ao3commentoftheday]

Bonus points if that’s followed by Oh no.

[promptful]

50 Reasons to Share a Bed

I am SO SOFT for this. Call me basic, but it's my favorite trope. I love it so much. I will take any excuse to write it. DO NOT ADD.

WARNINGS: Illness. Kidnapping mentions. Injuries. Death/dying mentions. Vague spice.

1) Because you’re sick. 

2) Because there’s only one bed, and it feels wrong to let you sleep on the floor. 

3) Because I have the thicker blanket out of the two of us. 

4) Because you won’t stop clinging to me on the couch. 

5) Because you have a broken leg, and I don’t want the guilt of leaving you here all by yourself. 

6) Because your health is deteriorating, and I don’t want to miss your final breaths. 

7) Because you’re crying as if I’m about to disappear. 

8) Because this is what we’ve done since we were kids, regardless of the adult implications now.

9) Because it’s so cold that I can see my breath, and tangling together is the best way to warm up. 

10) Because your house was broken into. 

11) Because you fear the dark, or what’s in the dark. 

12) Because you’re scared to lose me. 

13) Because your room is flooded. 

14) Because I would rather you sleep here than with someone else. 

15) Because you can’t afford a hotel room. 

16) Because I prefer your heartbeat as my sound-soother. 

17) Because I prefer your phone as my night light. 

18) Because I prefer your weight to my weighted blanket. 

19) Because you were kidnapped, and I won’t let anyone else get to you again. 

20) Because I don’t trust anyone else to take care of you like I can. 

21) Because you feel most protected with me. 

22) Because what’s the difference between snuggling and hugging? (A lot.) 

23) Because you’re visiting and need a place to stay. 

24) Because we’re too caught up in the past to remember that we broke up. 

25) Because we drank too much last night. 

26) Because you fell asleep on my shoulder, and I carried you to bed. 

27) Because my bed is the most comfortable. 

28) Because you keep the nightmares away. 

29) Because we’ve just married and we’re taking things slowly. 

30) Because this is an arranged marriage. 

31) Because I have nowhere else to go.

32) Because we don’t trust each other, we have no option than to keep one another close. 

33) Because I’m dying, and I don’t want to leave any regrets. 

34) Because I’ve been kicked out, and you’re the only safe place to go. 

35) Because you’ve let me crash so many times before. 

36) Because I love the way you wrap around me. 

39) Because the little hums you make against my ear to send me to sleep also send warmth down my body. 

40) Because your fingertips over my muscles send me to sleep. 

41) Because your cat sleeps on my chest. (I’m not here for you… of course.) 

42) Because it’s between you and the outdoors. 

43) Because we’re making a mistake. 

44) Because your breakfast is my favorite thing. 

45) Because we’re best friends. 

46) Because this is the first time I’ve ever seen you cry. 

47) Because everyone else left you. 

48) Because I’ll always be the one to patch you up. 

49) Because there’s nowhere else I’d rather be. 

50) Because I love you.

[lyralit]

ꜱᴏꜰᴛ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴍᴇ ꜱᴄʀᴇᴀᴍ (a romantic's list)

hands clenching

like asdfghjkjhgfds

specifically *that* one

reaching for each other in the dark

pulling them close for a hug

hugs just hit harder than kisses 97% of the time

*knowing* they are behind you and feeling their every move

defending one another (healthy)

leaving little notes

HANDWRITTEN LETTERS.

running back for a last kiss

huddled together under an umbrella

falling asleep on their lap

people watching on the train

staying up late talking

"this made me think of you"

looking for their opinion first

rings rings rings

HANDS.

those soft smiles where the corners of their eyes crinkle up

EYES.

and the quirk of lips.

squeezing hands to let them know they're there

looking at them when something reminds of you of them and they're looking right back smiling

impromptu meetings

stifling each other's laugh while laughing

knowing looks

pulling them closer when the heart pangs

rubbing circles on your skin with their thumb

long conversations even after they should have left

when your heart squeezes when you see them

they holding you back after you try to leave

laughing in your ear

SOFT LAUGHS.

falling asleep to a movie flickering over your faces

lipstick kisses

[ghostflowerdreams]

Awesome Sites and Links for Writers

Just about every writer out there has several go-to websites that they use when it comes to their writing. Be it for creativity, writer’s block, to put you in the mood or general writing help. These are mine and I listed them in hopes that you’ll find something that you’ll like or will find something useful for you. I’ve also included some websites that sound interesting.

Spelling & Grammar

Grammar Girl — Grammar Girl’s famous Quick and Dirty Tips (delivered via blog or podcast) will help you keep your creative writing error free.

The Owl — is Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL) it’s a great resource for grammar guides, style tips and other information that can help with your writing, especially academics.

Tip of My Tongue — have you ever had trouble of thinking of a specific word that you can’t remember what it is? Well, this site will help you narrow down your thoughts and find that word you’ve been looking for. It can be extremely frustrating when you have to stop writing because you get a stuck on a word, so this should help cut that down. 

Free Rice – is a great way to test your vocabulary knowledge. What’s even better about this site is that with every correct answer, they donate 10 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program. So, please disable your adblock since they use the ads on the site to generate the money to buy the rice.

HyperGrammar — the University of Ottawa offers up a one-stop guide for proper spelling, structure, and punctuation on this site.

AutoCrit — the AutoCrit Editing Wizard can check writing for grammar errors, clichés and other no-no’s. It also provides a number of other writing resources as well.

Writer’s Digest — learn how to improve your writing, find an agent, and even get published with the help of the varied blogs on this site.

Syntaxis — it allows you to test your knowledge of grammar with a ten-question quiz. The questions change every time you take the quiz so users are sure to be challenged each time around. It definitely helps writers know if there’s something that they need to brush up on.

Word Frequency Counter — this counter allows you to count the frequency usage of each word in your text.

Tools

Copyscape — is a free service that you can use to learn if anyone has plagiarized your work. It’s pretty useful for those that want to check for fanfiction plagiarism.

Write or Die —  is an application for Windows, Mac and Linux which aims to eliminate writer’s block by providing consequences for procrastination.

Written? Kitten! — is just like Write of Die, but it’s a kinder version. They use positive reinforcement, so everytime you reach a goal they reward you with an adorable picture of a kitten.

Information & Data

RefDesk — it has an enormous collection of reference materials, searchable databases and other great resources that can’t be found anywhere else. It’s great to use when you need to find something and check your facts.

Bib Me — it makes it easy to create citations, build bibliographies and acknowledge other people’s work. This is definitely something that academics will love. It’s basically a bibliography generator that automatically fills in a works cited page in MLA, APA, Chicago or Turbian formats.

Internet Public Library — this online library is full of resources that are free for anyone to use, from newspaper and magazine articles to special collections.

The Library of Congress — if you’re looking for primary documents and information, the Library of Congress is a great place to start. It has millions of items in its archives, many of which are accessible right from the website.

Social Security Administration: Popular Baby Names — is the most accurate list of popular names from 1879 to the present. If your character is from America and you need a name for them, this gives you a accurate list of names, just pick the state or decade that your character is from.

WebMD — is a handy medical database loaded with information. It’s not a substitute for a doctor, but can give you a lot of good information on diseases, symptoms, treatments, etc.

Google Scholar - is an online, freely accessible search engine that lets users look for both physical and digital copies of articles. It searches a wide variety of sources, including academic publishers, universities, and preprint depositories and so on. While Google Scholar does search for print and online scholarly information, it is important to understand that the resource is not a database.

The Old Farmer’s Almanac — this classic almanac offers yearly information on astronomical events, weather conditions and forecasts, recipes, and gardening tips.

State Health Facts — Kaiser Family Foundation provides this database, full of health facts on a state-by-state basis that address everything from medicare to women’s health.

U.S. Census Bureau — Learn more about the trends and demographics of America with information drawn from the Census Bureau’s online site.

Wikipedia — this shouldn’t be used as your sole source, but it can be a great way to get basic information and find out where to look for additional references.

Finding Data on the Internet — a great site that list links that can tell you where you can find the inflation rate, crime statistics, and other data.

Word References

RhymeZone — whether you’re writing poetry, songs, or something else entirely, you can get help rhyming words with this site.

Acronym Finder — with more than 565,000 human-edited entries, Acronym Finder is the world’s largest and most comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations, and initials.

Symbols.com — is a unique online encyclopedia that contains everything about symbols, signs, flags and glyphs arranged by categories such as culture, country, religion, and more. 

OneLook Reverse Dictionary — is a dictionary that lets you describe a concept and get back a list of words and phrases related to that concept. Your description can be a few words, a sentence, a question, or even just a single word. 

The Alternative Dictionaries — is a site that you can look up slang words in all types of languages, including Egyptian Arabic, Cherokee, Cantonese, Norwegian and many, many others.

Online Etymology Dictionary — it gives you the history and derivation of any word. Etymologies are not definitions; they’re explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago.

MediLexicon — is a comprehensive dictionary of medical, pharmaceutical, biomedical, and health care abbreviations and acronyms.

Merriam Webster Online – the online version of the classic dictionary also provides a thesaurus and a medical dictionary.

Multilingual Dictionary – that translate whatever you need from 30 different languages with this easy-to-use site.

Writing Software

Open Office — why pay for Microsoft products when you can create free documents with Open Office? This open source software provides similar tools to the Microsoft Office Suite, including spreadsheets, a word processor, the ability to create multimedia presentations, and more.

LibreOffice — is a free and open source office suite. It was forked from OpenOffice.org in 2010, which was an open-sourced version of the earlier StarOffice. The LibreOffice suite comprises programs to do word processing, spreadsheets, slideshows, diagrams and drawings, maintain databases, and compose math formula.

Scrivener — is not a free program, but it’s certainly a very popular one. It’s great for organizing research, planning drafts, and writing novels, articles, short stories, and even screenplays.

OmmWriter — is a free simple text processor that gives you a distraction free environment. So you can focus only on your writing without being tempted or distracted by other programs on your computer.

Evernote — is a free app for your smartphone and computer that stores everything you could possibly imagine losing track of, like a boarding pass, receipt, article you want to read, to do list, or even a simple typed note. The app works brilliantly, keeping everything in sync between your computer, smartphone, or tablet. It’s definitely a useful app for writers when you have ideas on the go.

Storybook — this open source software can make it easier to manage your plotlines, characters, data, and other critical information while penning a novel.

Script Frenzy — scriptwriters will appreciate this software. It offers an easy layout that helps outline plots as well as providing storyboard features, index cards, and even sound and photo integration.

Creativity, Fun & Miscellaneous

National Novel Writing Month — is one of the most well-known writing challenges in the writing community, National Novel Writing Month pushes you to write 50,000 words in 30 days (for the whole month of November).

WritingFix — a fun site that creates writing prompts on the spot. The site currently has several options—prompts for right-brained people, for left-brained people, for kids—and is working to add prompts on classic literature, music and more.

Creative Writing Prompts — the site is exactly what it says. They have 100+ and more, of prompts that you can choose from.

My Fonts — is the world’s largest collection of fonts. You can even upload an image containing a font that you like, and this tells you what it is.

Story Starters — this website offers over one trillion randomly generated story starters for creative writers.

The Gutenberg Project — this site is perfect for those who like to read and/or have an ereader. There’s over 33,000 ebooks you can download for free. 

The Imagination Prompt Generator — Click through the prompts to generate different ideas in response to questions like “Is there a God?” and “If your tears could speak to you, what would they say?”

The Phrase Finder – this handy site helps you hunt down famous phrases, along with their origins. It also offers a phrase thesaurus that can help you create headlines, lyrics, and much more.

Storybird – this site allows you to write a picture book. They provided the gorgeous artwork and you create the story for it, or just read the stories that others have created.

Language Is a Virus — the automatic prompt generator on this site can provide writers with an endless number of creative writing prompts. Other resources include writing exercises and information on dozens of different authors.

Background Noise/Music

SimplyNoise — a free white noise sounds that you can use to drown out everything around you and help you focus on your writing.

Rainy Mood — from the same founders of Simply Noise, this website offers the pleasant sound of rain and thunderstorms. There’s a slide volume control, which you can increase the intensity of the noise (gentle shower to heavy storm), thunder mode (often, few, rare), oscillation button, and a sleep timer. 

Coffitivity — a site that provides three background noises: Morning Murmur (a gentle hum), Lunchtime Lounge (bustling chatter), and University Undertones (campus cafe). A pause button is provided whenever you need a bladder break, and a sliding volume control to give you the freedom to find the perfect level for your needs and moods. It’s also available as an android app, iOS app, and for Mac desktop.

Rainy Cafe — it provides background chatter in coffee shops (similar to Coffitivity) AND the sound of rain (similar to Simply Rain). There’s also individual volume and on/off control for each sound category.

8tracks — is an internet radio website and everyone can listen for free. Unlike other music oriented social network such as Pandora or Spotify, 8tracks does’t have commercial interruption. Users create free accounts and can either browse the site and listen to other user-created mixes, and/or they can create their own mixes. It’s a perfect place to listen to other writer’s playlist, share yours or find music for specific characters or moods.

[sowhotalksfirst]

Romantic Tropes I’m an absolute sucker for:

The slow burn where they both love each other but think the other person doesn’t feel the same way but literally everyone in the world knows how they feel about each other.

They absolutely loathe each other but everyone around them knows that they actually totally love each other.

Royalty/Commoner ESPECIALLY when the commoner didn’t know they were royalty and feel so betrayed when they find out.

I mean really, any version of the Person A is hiding something about their identity for decentish reasons and Person B eventually finds out and is just so betrayed and Person A has some version of the “I didn’t mean for it to happen, but it did. I fell in love with you.” (Chasing Liberty is my favorite, okay?)

Also the “we’re from different worlds” version, too.

And of course Person A is trying to rescue/find/reunite with they significant other and Person B gets enlisted to help but then totally falls in love but thinks Person A really loves sigo, but when they finally are reunited they realize they really love Person B.

FAKE ENGAGEMENT!!!!!!!!

[whumprat-blog]

good shit: when a character with a reputation for being selfish and uncaring gets injured while doing something to protect others

good shit: when they pretend they’re not injured and did nothing to protect anyone, because they want to keep up that selfish reputation

good shit: when the characters they were protecting only find out about any of this when the character collapses from the injuries they’re trying to hide

[snogfairy]

wholesome domestic prompts

i brought you home flowers just for the hell of it, no it doesn’t matter that we’ve been together for three years and i’ve never done this before, they are pretty (and so are you i love you)

we, the blankets and the pet have tangled into an irreversible knot on the couch and if no one comes save us this might be our end 

we wanted to cook but now we are dramatically singing a duet with kitchen utensils in our hands, this is quality Performance™ 

i’ve had a horrible week and you just brought me home my favourite treat

no, when i said i wanted you to help clean the house i did NOT mean you should do it wearing only, exclusively stockings, you insolent FOOL

one of us has to get out of bed to make pancakes and it’s not going to be me ok just go and bring me nourishment

it’s been TEN YEARS and you STILL don’t know how to properly tidy up the dishes!!!! these plates go here, but these almost identical ones go there, is it that hard??!? what, no, they look nothing alike!

you can’t go to work because i need cuddles

i’m sick but no don’t worry about me, go to work, no really i can handle myself, love, it’s…. ok that sounds wonderful i’m giving up pls stay

we have guests over…do you really think it’s an appropriate time to affectionately grab my butt and kiss my neck… in front of the entire table….ok

‘i know we both don’t believe in marriage but let’s get married for tax benefits’… ‘listen i know i said that but if you don’t even try to be romantic about proposing so help me god. try. again.’

it’s raining but we’re sitting sheltered on the veranda, cuddled side by side, reading our books, and if you ask me then the weather and the moment can stay like this forever

sometimes i just can’t stop kissing your stupid face

[nocturbia]

[rosedaughter-deactivated2023101]

when the lover takes the beloved’s hand and presses it against their chest where their heart is. or when the beloved takes the lover’s hand and presses it against their cheek.. i was going somewhere with this

[wayfaring----stranger]

Fluff Prompt List

Send in a number/s and a person, plus an AU if you want, and I'll write it.

Request List

Just because it's a fluff prompt list, doesn't mean you can't request it to be a bit angsty

Dialogue

1. "I really want to kiss you right now"

2. "Stay with me.. please?"

3. "I am so madly in love with you"

4. "As long as I'm alive, I will do everything I can to protect you"

5. "I've never felt so strongly about someone before. I'm terrified"

6. "I can't stop thinking about you. No matter how hard I try, you're always on my mind"

7. "Don't go on that date" "Why?" "Because it will kill me if you do"

8. "Just say the words, and I'm yours" "I love you"

9. "You're the best thing that's ever happened to me"

10. "Please tell me you want to kiss me as much as I want to kiss you"

11. "Is this okay?" "It's perfect"

12. "It's okay, you're okay, I've got you now"

13. "Seeing you this riled up really makes me want to kiss you"

14. "Shut up" "Make me"

15. "You're the most beautiful person in the room"

16. "I've waited too long to do this"

17. "Part of me wants to keep the promise I made to myself.. the other half wants to say 'screw it'" "Which half is winning?" "The latter"

18. "Why don't we just stay here a bit longer? In our little cocoon"

19. "Were you jealous?" "No... maybe..."

20. "As if I'm going to let go of you that easily"

Types of kisses

1. Slow and hesitant

2. Neck kisses

3. Small peck, pause, then a passionate kiss

4. Against the wall/door kiss

5. Slow but passionate/full of love

6. Jealous kiss

7. A kiss to shut them up

8. Longing kiss

9. Continued kiss, even after the director yells "cut!"

10. Sweet forehead/temple kiss

Feel free to reblog if you want people to send you prompts

[snogfairy]

wholesome domestic prompts

i brought you home flowers just for the hell of it, no it doesn’t matter that we’ve been together for three years and i’ve never done this before, they are pretty (and so are you i love you)

we, the blankets and the pet have tangled into an irreversible knot on the couch and if no one comes save us this might be our end 

we wanted to cook but now we are dramatically singing a duet with kitchen utensils in our hands, this is quality Performance™ 

i’ve had a horrible week and you just brought me home my favourite treat

no, when i said i wanted you to help clean the house i did NOT mean you should do it wearing only, exclusively stockings, you insolent FOOL

one of us has to get out of bed to make pancakes and it’s not going to be me ok just go and bring me nourishment

it’s been TEN YEARS and you STILL don’t know how to properly tidy up the dishes!!!! these plates go here, but these almost identical ones go there, is it that hard??!? what, no, they look nothing alike!

you can’t go to work because i need cuddles

i’m sick but no don’t worry about me, go to work, no really i can handle myself, love, it’s…. ok that sounds wonderful i’m giving up pls stay

we have guests over…do you really think it’s an appropriate time to affectionately grab my butt and kiss my neck… in front of the entire table….ok

‘i know we both don’t believe in marriage but let’s get married for tax benefits’… ‘listen i know i said that but if you don’t even try to be romantic about proposing so help me god. try. again.’

it’s raining but we’re sitting sheltered on the veranda, cuddled side by side, reading our books, and if you ask me then the weather and the moment can stay like this forever

sometimes i just can’t stop kissing your stupid face

[killmybadthoughts]

Current Prompt List

Angst

1. “We’ll get through this, I promise.”

2. “You make me feel. You make me feel and I hate it.”

3. “Why are you so jealous?”

4. “Please don’t cry. I can’t stand seeing you cry.”

5. “If I leave now, I won’t come back.”

6. “I would honestly die before I let anything happen to you.”

7. “Don’t fucking touch me.”

8. “I’m sorry I’m not what you signed up for.” 

9. “I know for a fact that you’re not ‘fine’.” 

10. “You absolute fucking… I’m so angry I can’t even insult you!”

11. “You are the worst thing that has ever happened to me.”

12. “I don’t know what’s wrong, okay? I’m just… really tired.”

13. “You didn’t call. You didn’t text. Nothing.”

14. “I’ve never hated you, you just make me feel things I don’t understand.”

15. “I would never do this to you if I didn’t have to. You know that right?”

16. “You love me like I’m the person who actually deserves your love.” 

17. “Calm down! You’re scaring me!”

18. “Hey, I know you’re hurting… but, you’re not alone, okay?”

19. “Why do you run away from your problems all the time?”

20. “Please talk to me about it.”

21. “Shh, it was just a bad dream. Just a dream, okay? None of it was reality.”

22. “It’s not bad to cry. In fact, I think it makes a person stronger.”

23. “I’m not going to leave you. You’re never going to have to suffer by yourself again, I promise.”

24. “Why are your eyes so red?”

25. “We’re not just friends and you fucking know it.”

26. “I don’t know who you are anymore”

27. “Can you at least promise me that?” - “I don’t think I can, not this time”

28. “Do you even still love me?”  

29. “Get out. I am done with you.”  

30. “I can’t sleep when you’re not beside me.”

31. “You hurt me.”

32. “I don’t know how to exist in a world without you.”

33. “You make me feel alive. For the first time ever, I feel like I can breathe”

34. “I don’t want to feel this way anymore.”

35. “Holding everything in doesn’t help, you know.”

36. “Nobody’s seen you in days.”

37. “Don’t cry.”

38. “You haven’t lost me.”  

39. “Why are you crying?”

Fluff

40. “We could…take a nap together?” 

41. “Nothing is wrong with you.”

42. “You keep that photo of us in your wallet?”

43. “Ssh. Stop fussing. I’m just braiding your hair.”

44. “You’re comfy.”

45. “Not only am I deeply in love with you, you’re my best friend.”

46. “Sleeping with you was the best sleep I’ve gotten in years.”

47. “You smell really nice.”

48. “It was a joke, baby. I swear.”

49. “You’re the best part of me”

50. “No, like… It’s just, I can’t believe you’re actually wearing my clothes.”

51. “Aw, you’re blushing.”

52. “You’re hair is really soft.”

53. “I promise I will never let anything bad happen to you.”

54. “Can we just lie here for a moment?”

55. “I don’t care if you’re sick, catching a cold from kissing you is worth it.”

56. “I think you might be my soulmate.”

57. “Can we stay like this forever?”

58. “I don’t want to be your partner either, but we have to get this assignment done.”

59. “I’ve got you.”

60. “I can’t sleep, can I stay here?”

61. “You’ve been pouting ever since I went out on that date, what’s up?”

62. “I’m not sure when it happened, but I fell in love with you, and it was the best thing I’ve ever done.”

63. “I can’t sleep.” 

64. “Sometimes I really don’t like you.”

65. “Can I hold your hand?”

66. “You look like you could use a hug.”

67. “You make me feel safe.”

Smut

70. “Are you sure that’s what you want? I could really hurt you.”

71. “Mine. Only mine.”

72. “We’re in public, you know.”

73. “Can I touch you?”

74. “Bite me.” - “Where?”

75. “I love hearing you moan.” 

76. “You’re so turned on already? That was fast.” 

77. “And just WHERE do you think you’re putting your hands?”

78. “You’re so fucking hot when you’re mad.”

79. “Could he make you feel as good as I do?”

80. “Make me.”

81. “Do you like it when I touch you like that?”

82. “I’ve wanted this for so long.”

83. “Good girl/boy.”

84. “Already? Do I really have that much of an effect on you?”

[valtsv]

"accidental co-parents of the found family group to lovers" is an underrated trope that i really want to see more of

[valtsv]

bonus points if they're both utter morons who are woefully underqualified for any leadership position but everyone else in the group is even more incompetent so they're the voices of reason by default

[shieldmaidenofsherwood]

I will never ever ever ever EVER be over Character A barely surviving something and Character B being so overcome with relief they just have to clutch A and bury their face in A’s neck while A tells them it’s okay.

[skulandcrossbones]

WHEN PERSON A GENTLY TOUCHES PERSON B’S SCARS  (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

[skulandcrossbones]

when person b is so accustomed to violence that they don’t know how to react to gentle touch (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

[astromechovess-deactivated20211]

-voice cracks- scars and affection