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[wincemag]

Create a whump scene.  Imagine them in pain, imagine them screaming and crying and shuddering.  Blood stains a dark shirt, a razor-sharp knife gleams in the light, electricity crackles, eyes slowly slide shut.

Tips on creating your own whump OC by @iwhumpyou here!

[shanastoryteller]

🌻🌻🌻 Happy birthday from Harry Potter! 🌻🌻🌻

a continuation of 1 2

Moony is waiting for them outside, and Snape sighs and taps his foot while Sirisu hugs him and apologizes and maybe cries a little bit. They pick up Harry from the Dursleys, who are more than happy to be rid of him, and then there goes the issue of where to bring him. Sirius doesn’t have a house anymore, and Moony’s shack and the Black House are unsuitable for a baby for different reasons. 

Snape sighs, rubbing a hand over his face. “You can bring him to mine until you get a place sorted out.” 

Sirius would rather got back to his cell. Before he can say that Moony smiles at Snape and says, “Thanks, Severus.” 

Bloody hell. 

He’s not sure what he’s expecting from Snape’s apartment - that it’s as dark and slimy as he is - but that’s not the case. 

It large and clean with a lot of light. The kitchen is fully stocked. There’s a vase of lilies on the kitchen table. He has a kitchen table. 

“Potions room is in the back and it has a locking charm on it,” he says. 

There’s a throw blanket on his very comfortable looking couch and it matches the hand towels in the kitchen. “What the fuck? Do you have a tea cozy too?” 

“Yes,” Severus says. Sirius is losing his mind. He sighs, glances around his apartment, and says, “Andromeda did it. She’d wanted a project, what with everything. And to get away from Nymphadora.”

“Andromeda,” Sirius repeats. “My cousin. Who married a muggle. And lives in the muggle world.” 

Snape shoots him an irritated glance. “I needed someone to verify your sanity to the courts who wouldn’t appear biased. I was raised in the muggle world, in case you’d forgotten.” 

“I hadn’t,” Sirius says. “I’d thought you had.” 

Snape scowls at him and snaps, “Don’t wreck the place, Andromeda will be pissed,” and apparates away. 

Moony is giving him a disapproving look that he has to look away from, busy readjusting Harry in his arms. “You know he’s the only reason you’re a free man, right?” 

Merlin, that stings. “Do you think he has any shampoo in his shower? Everything I know about him tells me otherwise, but he also has a tea cozy.” 

Moony sighs, but lets it go. 

[elsewhereuniversity]

Do not disturb the programming students hunched over their laptops. No, they will not eat you, but they're very stressed out and you may find yourself buried under a pile of frustrated tears as they - earnestly and with over-caffeinated jitters - explain each and every line of their code with an ever-increasing pitch as they fail to compile it. Again. And again. Seriously, don't disturb the programming students.

[aeligsido]

Mission

Thank you for the ask, darling!!

Lilith grinned as the man in front of her tripped yet again against the pavement. It was a simple battle — he was a wannabe magician who obviously had no idea what he was doing. She wasn’t alone in it — alongside her, Donna was restraining an amused smile, ready to use her lasso. Only the two of them had been deployed for this mission. Catching this guy wouldn’t take long, after all, and their dear leader hadn’t judged it necessary to add more people in their team. Lilith was actually kind of glad for it — if it was nice to have Titans Tower be full of people, she sometimes missed those months where it was only Dick, Garth, Roy, Wally, Donna, and her. It was a long time ago, and she had been the first to join them on their team, but it had a nostalgia she couldn’t shake off.

This is for Whumptober lmao (yes, the one i haven't finished. Yet.)

Send me an ask with a word (or more) and i'll show you where its appears in my WIP!!

[sableflynn]

Virgo + Cancer

Hello Envy my love!

Did virgo already, tl;dr yes I drag myself but it all works out in the end

cancer: how do you write emotional scenes? do you ever feel what the characters feel? - Ooh so I struggle a lot with the emotions even though they're one of my favorite things! I try really hard to get myself in the mindset of the character when I'm writing and idk, to really let myself feel how they would be feeling and what would be going through their mind, and how that might show in their body language and tone of voice. I think I tend to be a little too simplistic with them and I really admire authors who can dig deep into those emotions and explore all the different angles (and milk the maximum angst out of it all). also this isn't quite related to the question but whenever I'm reading/editing a scene that isn't like an intense action scene, I kind of act out the character's mannerisms and actions to see if they make sense. Like when it's just a conversation, I do the lil shrugs and touching the other person's hand or grabbing their face or whatever is going on. Big dramatic eyes and gasp staring at the villain. we love it lol

[blackkatmagic]

"I have ideas and a keyboard and I will make that everyone else's problem." - Kat's campaign slogan.

My life’s motto lbr. 

[the-whumpy-fangirl]

What is your absolute favorite whump scenario? What was your first fandom? Do you enjoy visual or written whump more?

What is your absolute favorite whump scenario? I have to say coughing up blood. You know something is seriously wrong, be it a stab wound, gunshot, or illness, but in any case it’s not good. Plus, the blood dripping from the mouth looks really good.

What was your first fandom? That depends on how you define it. The first fandom I looked up and browsed through was Supernatural because I thought Dean was the perfect whumpee. However, the first fandom I actively participated in was Criminal Minds (for Spencer Reid). 

Do you enjoy visual or written whump more? It’s close, but visual whump. I can’t be off-put by first person pov or bad description in a visual media. On the other hand, they always look just how I want them to and they can’t be bad at screaming in writing, so it’s close.

Thanks for the asks!

[whumphoarder]

36, 38, 42

36. Never use a verb other than ‘said’ to tag dialogue

Is that even real advice?? Strongly disagree. But at the same time, don’t overcomplicate it by having every tag NOT be “said”. Mix things up. Variety is the spice of life.

38. A new speaker always gets a new paragraph

Yes, yes, a thousand times yes. If I open a story and I see that there aren’t paragraph breaks in the dialogue, I honestly just close it again. The only exception is occasionally if you’re having two characters speaking over each other, but even then you have to be very clear. For example:

“No,” Peter blurts at the exact same time that Tony says, “Yes.”

^^but like, use it super sparingly. 

42. Write your first draft by hand

The last time I wrote a story by hand, it was for a high school writing exercise, so I’m gonna say no on this one. I’ve heard that it helps people, but personally I need that backspace key. Sometimes I do find it easier to get words out by typing on my phone (it feels like less pressure), but the vast majority of my writing is done on my laptop

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