it doesn't have to be perfect

i miss writing so I made this writeblr to write random things ✨ bea • 25 yo • follows back from runpinnochio

[bexism]

the pitt | i got soul but i'm not a soldier

[m-im-s]

When I first read aftg, I thought the reason Neil was so avoidant of Kevin was because he was his ex-boyfriend and tbh, its really not far off

[writing-prompt-s]

After the hundredth child showed up on their doorstep claiming they were the hero destined to slay you, you decided to take matters into your own hands and visit the bastard who keeps sending orphans to kill you.

[writing-prompt-s]

You've always been able to understand what animals are saying, but never bothered to tell anyone because it's usually something boring like "Danger!" or "Food!" Except for today. Snorkeling in the middle of the ocean, you hear a deep rumbling "Hello human."

[writing-prompt-s]

The aliens arrived on Earth. The takeover was slow, but inevitable. It came, not through military force, nor through lies and propaganda. It came through the democratic process and the will of the people, because the aliens offered better pay and benefits than late stage capitalism.

[writing-prompt-s]

When we entered the fantasy world, we found light works differently, carrying magical properties of healing, cleansing and protection. Radios now provide a faint shield, x-ray machines cure wounds, and the nuclear bomb, far from incinerating the atmosphere, is now the ultimate healing item.

[tenderwatches]

sometimes you need dialogue tags and don't want to use the same four

[prompts-in-a-barrel]

"That's the problem with you heroes. All you ever do is react. You fight the symptoms of disease and act as though that's the same as treating it's source."

"Spare me the speech, alright?"

[writing-prompt-s]

You have the power to place really small, permanent curses on people. Things like never winning bingo or having them suddenly dislike a food they use to love. One day, someone nearly kills you cutting you off in traffic, and you curse them. Little do you know, you just ruined their life.

[novelbear]

"babe, i beg you let's go back to the day we loved" - exes to lovers dialogue

prompt list by @novelbear

"you haven't changed." "...do you mean that in a good way or bad way?"

"do you want to give us another chance?" "i'd like that."

"come back to my place."

"let's start over."

"i don't want to start over."

"do you realize how long i've been looking for this sweater? you've had it this whole time?!"

"i don't care what others say, i trust you."

"you better not screw this up."

"i thought you left..."

"i regret everything."

"....i trust you."

"god i missed you so much..."

"my mom asked about you the other day."

"i've been thinking about you lately."

"you've never left my mind."

"i thought i was doing the right thing. i had no idea...im sorry."

"i made the biggest mistake of my life and losing you was it's price."

"i should still hate you. why can't i hate you?"

"please don't make me regret this.."

"i can't believe we're really doing this."

"is this still your favorite place?" "you know it is..."

"we still got it." "hell yeah we do."

"you get one more date...one more chance."

"everything felt so empty without you."

"i still love you." "i know, you couldn't have gotten rid of me that easily."

[writing-prompt-s]

“This person sold their soul to you fair and square,” said the incredulous angel to the demon. “Why are you petitioning for them to enter heaven?” “Because after everything they did with what I gave them, they deserve to.”

[wordsnstuff]

Resources For Writing Sketchy Topics

Medicine

A Study In Physical Injury

Comas

Medical Facts And Tips For Your Writing Needs

Broken Bones

Burns

Unconsciousness & Head Trauma

Blood Loss

Stab Wounds

Pain & Shock

All About Mechanical Injuries (Injuries Caused By Violence)

Writing Specific Characters

Portraying a kleptomaniac.

Playing a character with cancer.

How to portray a power driven character.

Playing the manipulative character.

Portraying a character with borderline personality disorder.

Playing a character with Orthorexia Nervosa.

Writing a character who lost someone important.

Playing the bullies.

Portraying the drug dealer.

Playing a rebellious character.

How to portray a sociopath.

How to write characters with PTSD.

Playing characters with memory loss.

Playing a pyromaniac.

How to write a mute character.

How to write a character with an OCD.

How to play a stoner.

Playing a character with an eating disorder.

Portraying a character who is anti-social.

Portraying a character who is depressed.

How to portray someone with dyslexia.

How to portray a character with bipolar disorder.

Portraying a character with severe depression.

How to play a serial killer.

Writing insane characters.

Playing a character under the influence of marijuana.

Tips on writing a drug addict.

How to write a character with HPD.

Writing a character with Nymphomania.

Writing a character with schizophrenia.

Writing a character with Dissociative Identity Disorder.

Writing a character with depression.

Writing a character who suffers from night terrors.

Writing a character with paranoid personality disorder.

How to play a victim of rape.

How to play a mentally ill/insane character.

Writing a character who self-harms.

Writing a character who is high on amphetamines.

How to play the stalker.

How to portray a character high on cocaine.

Playing a character with ADHD.

How to play a sexual assault victim.

Writing a compulsive gambler.

Playing a character who is faking a disorder.

Playing a prisoner.

Portraying an emotionally detached character.

How to play a character with social anxiety.

Portraying a character who is high.

Portraying characters who have secrets.

Portraying a recovering alcoholic.

Portraying a sex addict.

How to play someone creepy.

Portraying sexually/emotionally abused characters.

Playing a character under the influence of drugs.

Playing a character who struggles with Bulimia.

Illegal Activity

Examining Mob Mentality

How Street Gangs Work

Domestic Abuse

Torture

Assault

Murder

Terrorism

Internet Fraud

Cyberwarfare

Computer Viruses

Corporate Crime

Political Corruption

Drug Trafficking

Human Trafficking

Sex Trafficking

Illegal Immigration

Contemporary Slavery 

Black Market Prices & Profits

AK-47 prices on the black market

Bribes

Computer Hackers and Online Fraud

Contract Killing

Exotic Animals

Fake Diplomas

Fake ID Cards, Passports and Other Identity Documents

Human Smuggling Fees

Human Traffickers Prices

Kidney and Organ Trafficking Prices

Prostitution Prices

Cocaine Prices

Ecstasy Pills Prices

Heroin Prices

Marijuana Prices

Meth Prices

Earnings From Illegal Jobs

Countries In Order Of Largest To Smallest Risk

Forensics

arson

Asphyxia

Blood Analysis

Book Review

Cause & Manner of Death

Chemistry/Physics

Computers/Cell Phones/Electronics

Cool & Odd-Mostly Odd

Corpse Identification

Corpse Location

Crime and Science Radio

crime lab

Crime Scene

Cults and Religions

DNA

Document Examination

Fingerprints/Patterned Evidence

Firearms Analysis

Forensic Anthropology

Forensic Art

Forensic Dentistry

Forensic History

Forensic Psychiatry

General Forensics

Guest Blogger

High Tech Forensics

Interesting Cases

Interesting Places

Interviews

Medical History

Medical Issues

Misc

Multiple Murderers

On This Day

Poisons & Drugs

Police Procedure

Q&A

serial killers

Space Program

Stupid Criminals

Theft

Time of Death

Toxicology

Trauma

[babyboyoonie]

Excellent

[neil-gaiman]

Hi Mr. Gaiman!

I hope you're happy and well.

A part of me hopes this ask gets lost, while another really strongly hopes you answer (not a good beginning, but fuck it).

Okay, so here goes *deep breaths*

My parents have some connections in the publishing industry (they know publishers, dad is an author, etc), and they want me to give them something, anything, that they will then get published. Because I write relatively frequently, stories, poems, research articles, and they know it, they keep telling me to create a book out of my written stuff. But I honestly don't want to, primary reason being that I really don't want to get published because of contacts and stuff. My first book was published that way, and while it holds a special place in my heart, I still feel it shouldn't have been published (some stuff is practice, and some maybe needs the right time - is what I feel). I want to do this on my own, and even if I fail, I'm good with it; but I don't want to get published like this, even if it's for initial books that might help me career-wise. But the parents say that time is running out (I'm 22 btw, and sometimes I do get scared that it's really running out), why not use opportunities when they're coming to you on a plate, doesn't matter if the quality is bad, nobody really reads, only the CV is read, etc. And while the idealistic part of me is strongly against it, another more sensitive part of me really gets affected and scared and just...fucked. When I decline, the parents get angry, say I'm stupid, idealistic, don't know what's good for me; and I get sad seeing them disappointed.

Could you please give some advice on this? Should I give in? Should I keep walking the idealistic path and keep trying on my own? I absolutely love the act of writing itself, and honestly, a lot of the time, finishing a piece of work and polishing it is usually enough for me. I can wait for however long, to first find a proper place(s) and then send it, and even then, rejection won't hurt. I'm already working on some stuff, short story collection, etc. but these talks (lectures and scoldings rather) really scare me. Am I doing the right thing, going against them, at least as far as my own writing is concerned (coz I'm usually pretty passive)?

Thanks for reading so much of my crap, and sorry if your time was wasted. It's perfectly fine if you don't answer.

PS really really love your works, and The Sandman (along with Discworld & Good Omens) honestly really saved my life in one of the darker parts - so thank you for that.

Hope you're happy!

Time is not running out. Don’t let anyone rush you. Write a book you are happy with first, and then see if you can get it published.

[ao3commentoftheday]

you know that expression, "dance like no one is watching you?"

try writing like no one is going to read it

it's easier to let yourself go and just enjoy the process of creation when you aren't also playing 6 dimensional chess with your insecurities and anxieties

write because you have fun writing and if you never post it anywhere that's totally fine because you enjoyed your time with the process

[inconveniently-discorporated]

My mantras include:

No one has to read this if I don't want them to.

I've gotten through crap before and turned it into something I really enjoyed.

People have enjoyed what I've already published.

I don't have to write it perfectly I just have to write something.

Even Neil Gaiman struggles to write sometimes. (Insert anyone you want here, I guarantee everyone does.)

[prokopetz]

More favourite mad science tropes:

Flashy explosions as a result of errors in procedures that have no conceivable reason to involve any explosive substance  

Lab coats in non-laboratory settings  

All mad scientists being versed in mad psychology regardless of their ostensible mad field of study  

“It comes to life and starts eating people” being a potential failure mode of literally every experiment  

WIldly unethical ways of accomplishing goal that could have been achieved more easily without the crimes against humanity  

[noun] reaction/inversion/overload, where [noun] is something that one would not customarily regard as being capable of reacting/inverting/overloading  

The way that you can pinpoint the popular anxieties of the era of the story’s publication by looking at the form factor of the thing that turns people into face-eating monsters (e.g., weird potion versus nuclear radiation versus psychiatric fuckery, etc.)  

QuAnTum  

World-ending superweapons that are also people even though being a person has no bearing on the world-ending part  

“What in God’s name?” “God had nothing to do with it!”

[sugarplumfairys-deactivated2025]

AU ASK MEME: me mande um ship + um número da lista e eu vou criar um AU para os nossos personagens!

hogwarts AU;

fairytale/disney AU (escolha um conto de fadas);

shakespeare AU;

supernatural AU (vampiros, lobisomens, demônios, etc);

zombie apocalypse AU;

cyberpunk AU;

dystopian AU;

fantasy AU (elfos, fadas, sereias, etc);

medieval AU;

royalty AU;

road trip AU;

80s AU;

50s AU;

mafia AU;

urban fantasy AU;

time travel AU;

sci-fi AU;

pirates AU;

spies AU;

hades & persephone AU;

superhero/supervillain AU;

body swap AU;

soulmates AU;

celebrity AU;

high school AU;

college AU;

teachers AU;

demon/angel AU;

musical AU;

arranged marriage AU;

neighbors AU;

exes AU;

artist & muse AU;

astronaut/space AU;

movie AU (especificar o filme);

tv show AU (especificar a série);

book AU (especificar o livro);

[randomwritingsblog]

“We're not the lost boys and you're not Peter fucking Pan. We're just a bunch of down on our lucks that accidentally got pushed together into a makeshift family. We're nothing. You're nothing, so stop pretending you know what the hell is going on.”

Nibs never talked like that to him, to anyone. No one did anything but stare at the young man as he stomped his way out of the hideout. They knew that he'd be back with bloodied knuckles and an apology on his lips as soon as he punched a few walls to calm himself. At least he didn't punch Peter this time, even if the man deserved it.