Getting Better

I’m an amateur writer who’s really just trying to get better at it and have fun creating along the way. Follow my art account here : https://instagram.com/sleepy.girl.art?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

[storiesbybean]

I’m back fuckers

22 and still just as down bad for these fictional characters

Now— who wants to see me forget to update again

[writing-prompt-s]

The bad news is that you have been abducted by aliens. The good news is that you've been abducted by the alien equivalent of Steve Irwin, who has decided to make you the subject of an alien nature documentary.

[storiesbybean]

I want to write the book i am making for my brother but the fear it will never be perfect enough is making it hard to start.

[freshlydelivereddarce]

“huh looks like theyre writing a one shot!”

“well they got their one shot at writing good fanfiction….AND THEY BLEW IT!”

“DOHOHOHOHOHO”

[out-of-jams]

REVERSE TROPE WRITING PROMPTS

Too many beds

Accidentally kidnapping a mafia boss

Really nice guy who hates only you

Academic rivals except it’s two teachers who compete to have the best class

Divorce of convenience

Too much communication

True hate’s kiss (only kissing your enemy can break a curse)

Dating your enemy’s sibling

Lovers to enemies

Hate at first sight

Love triangle where the two love interests get together instead

Fake amnesia

Soulmates who are fated to kill each other

Strangers to enemies

Instead of fake dating, everyone is convinced that you aren’t actually dating

Too hot to cuddle

Love interest CEO is a himbo/bimbo who runs their company into the ground

Nursing home au

[piratefishmama]

Merman Steve falling hopelessly in love with the wild-haired human that makes music along the shore, enraptured, mesmerized by the melodies the human makes like some kind of Siren, luring him to the shallows as if Steve were a sailor, blindly following beautiful song through the fog to jagged rocks and a watery grave.

[moonsbean]

Some of you may know that my brother is the most important person in my life. Every memory I have he’s been with me. As a thank you I’ve decided to write an adventure story about us. Now that we’re all up to speed help me figure out what to name it.

Synopsis: Magnolia and Arhan find out her meek brother is the chosen one and has to go on a journey to save their world. None of his prophecy says he has to do it alone and some parts are very vague so Mag and her two friends go with Arhan to complete the quest.

Name for sibling fantasy adventure

Across the Ocean Sky

Where You Go

Package Deal

Voting ended onApr 12, 2023

[toastbutteregg]

[rocket-sith]

Reblog if you write fic and people can inbox you random-ass questions about your stories, itemized number lists be damned.

[bodhimcbodeface]

Do u ever read a friend’s fic and it’s like holy shit how do you consider me qualified to talk to you?

[wanderbythewayside]

No

Y’all need better self-esteem

[wanderbythewayside]

Alright I have been enabled so I’m gonna say somethings.

Fatalistic sarcasm is a thing, however, it usually hides deep feelings of insecurity, and whether you consciously recognize this or not, it validates them. Seriously, I used to constantly make jokes about how other people’s work was better than mine, and it did nothing for my self-esteem, it was a tool to deflect from my own feelings of inferiority and it actively worked against me thinking critically about my own and other people’s work. If it was a joke I could put myself down instead of analyzing why someone’s work was better and trying to incorporate that into my own

As someone who took creative writing courses I was constantly surrounded by other brilliant people, if I hung my head in shame every time I read something as good or better than mine I never would have lifted it. 

As someone who has watched a lot of writers with very good idea’s crash and burn I mean it when I say you either develop a healthy sense of respect for your own work or you stop writing. 

There’s three things I really wish more people consider

1. Do you think their work is better because it’s a different style, one that you like? There’s an element to ‘the grass is greener on the other side’, I have seen people work in some amazing styles that I wished to god I could replicate, some I managed, some I never did, but there’s nothing wrong with either. having a different style Is Not the same as having a bad style, each has their own strengths and you can admire one without putting yours down

2. Knowing someone who is a better writer is a blessing and if they knew you were using their work to bring yourself down they would not be happy, mooch off that friend, analyze their work, ask them to edit your shit, as long as you’re not annoying them be shameless about it. the best thing creative writing did for me was give me the confidence to ask people to critic my work and shamelessly better each other for that sharing 

3. People need to normalize being confident in their work, the quality of your work has literally nothing to do with your worth as a person, the quality of your work has nothing to do with your worth as a writer. You can write something really shitty and the only thing I’d say to you is that your trying and I respect you for that

[khunfounded]

Literally every writer I know needs to read this. 

The entire reason I started writing fic was because I was too sick to be anxious about it, and after that, whenever I would get down on myself my work would stagnate, so I learned to follow sick Magpie’s lead and just say fuck it.

I write because I enjoy it. I write because I love it. And I write because I want to share a piece of myself with the world and say this is me, take it or leave it.

Learn to give yourself grace. Learn to get better at writing because you love it, not because you hate what you create. And most of all, learn that no one is able to write exactly like you do, and that is amazing.

<3

[neet0]

[the-pen-pot]

Hey everyone. There's another app on the Google playstore. Pretty sure it's not official and it's making money from in-app ads.

I think the AO3's latest post about apps is here:

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[7-percent]

I don’t access Ao3 on my phone, but for those of you who do. wise words of warning.

[madenthusiasms]

Last time I looked, my best bet to use AO3 safely and free was to go straight to AO3.

[vulgarweed]

I don’t understand the appeal of this. Has anyone ever thought “you know what would make AO3 better? Ads!”

[willhavetheirtrinkets]

Semi-regular reminder to my readers that AO3 does not have an app and every time you login through one of them, you are potentially comprising your account/password. AO3 has an effective design for mobile use and you can always add to home screen, if you really need an "app" icon.

[gm-nekoromancer]

I found a new way to generate landmasses for your dnd games and trpgs or whatever else, fantasy series, etc.

Now you may be familiar with the bean or d20 method, and its a nice method, but I find it sometimes can be odd with its landmassed and the beans can scatter too randomly.

So I present you the tangerine method:

Peel a tangerine then use the pieces how they peel off and arrange them into landmasses of your choosing as above and voila here's your new campaign world.

Bonus you get to eat tasty tangerine foing it too.

[pwbi]

Nice method op

[mzminola]

Oh man this is real nice because the pieces fit together so if you don’t scramble it too much you can keep the lines for continental splits.

[professorsparklepants]

#tangerine pangea

Pangerine? Tangea? Tangerea?

[phoenixyfriend]

Reblog if you write fanfic and would be totally down with your followers coming into you askbox and talking to you about your fic

[wintersongstress]

wilf (wip i’d like to finish)

[alazic02]

didn’t think I had to say this but “Don’t Repost” means don’t save the image and upload it on a different blog or site; it’s not the same as reblogging!! please reblog, it’s how art and fics get around

[metalheadsagainstfascism]

Public service announcement.

Blue/purple lips and fingernails is a symptom of low oxygen in lighter skin tones.

In darker skin tones you're looking for grey or white lips and fingernails. Other places where this may be not evidence is the tongue and gums.

Figured since everyone gets taught what low oxygen looks like on lighter skin. Everyone should know what it looks like on dark skin too.

-fae