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Things You Should Know About Your Characters: Part 4

1. Is your character good at whispering?

2. Would your character ever do karaoke?

3. Is your character religious? (How religious are they and what is their religion if they have one?)

4. What is a food crime that your character commits?

5. What is your characters tell(s) when lying?

6. Has your character ever had their heartbroken?

7. How easily and how often does your character get brain freeze?

8. How does your character get themself out of awkward situations?

9. Is your character happy with who they are?

10. How easily does your character cry?

11. What is your characters favorite junk foods?

12. How does your character feel about social media?

13. Is your character naturally athletic?

14. Is your character happy with how they look?

15. Does your character normally see the glass as half empty or half full?

16. What words or phrases does your character overuse?

17. What is your characters biggest pet peeve?

18. How long does it take your character to make a decision? (Are they quick on their feet?)

19. How easily does your character get angry?

20. Does your character drink alcohol?

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Things You Should Know About Your Characters: Part 1

1. Who or what would your character die for?

2. What is the best gift to give your character?

3. Does your character want kids?

4. How does your character take criticism?

5. What is the best way to calm your character down?

6. Who or what does your character have a soft spot for?

7. How easily does your character admit to their mistakes?

8. What would break your character?

9. How does your character react to death?

10. How is your character with money?

11. How does your character respond to compliments?

12. How forgetful is your character?

13. What is a false belief that your character has?

14. What would push your character to murder?

15. What is the dumbest thing your character has ever done?

16. How does your character react to bugs?

17. How does your character avoid uncomfortable topics?

18. What does your character define beauty as?

19. How touch starved is your character?

20. How does your character do with public speaking?

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Prompt #1

"They're coming, I'm saved!" I cried out in relief as I watched the screen in front of me. The villain tsked before replying, "You put a lot of faith in them, don't you? But you should be more patient with coming to conclusions like those..." I looked up at the villain with scrunched eyebrows, "What do you mean?" I asked. The only response I got was a pointed look at the screen while they replied, "Just watch." And so I did. I watched as my friends seemingly made their way to save me, to finally bring me home. But soon I realized the villain was right, I was too quick with my judgement. I had put too much faith in them, especially when they didn't know I could see them make the choice to leave me. They all thought I wouldn't know they came and left without me, they all thought they could just leave me without any consequences. As I watched them leave and my cheeks became wet with my despair and betrayal, there was something else I realized they didn't know. What it was, was that it was the villain who came to me. It was them who wiped my tears and it was them who chose to untie my bindings and it was then I was given a choice that they didn't even knew existed.

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July is disability pride month & I wanted to post a poem I wrote two weeks ago about some of my experiences as someone who is disabled. I also wanted to shed some light on some of the ableism I’ve experienced, how it’s affected me, & my struggle with disability pride. I have an incredibly deep shame & guilt about my experiences of being discriminated against & about being disabled in general. I and many others have suffered in silence and that is why disability pride is needed.

To my fellow disabled people you deserve to talk about your experiences, you don’t deserve the shame and guilt others have given you. You deserve to love yourself and define your experiences for yourself without others' unsolicited input. You deserve much more than what others have given you.

And to the nondisabled people, this is why you need to listen to those of us that experience these things. Those of us who are disabled live a life you have never seen or experienced and most of you never will. It doesn't matter if you have a disabled family member or friend or coworker, etc. You have not and probably never will experience what they have. You will never truly be able to understand their experiences on the same level as other disabled people can. You will never be that eleven-year-old. Think before you speak and educate yourself on our issues(and by educate I mean get your education from disabled people only, not those speaking over us or "on our behalf"). We fucking matter and we deserve to be proud and live a life without suffering. Stop contributing to the problem.

Also mobility aids aren't a bad thing, stop treating them like they are.

Happy disability pride month, even though it can still be hard to feel proud.

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Things You Should Know About Your Characters: Part 3

1. How does your character deal with hard emotions?

2. How does your character feel about drama?

3. What color would your character dye their hair?

4. What makes your character feel vulnerable?

5. How does your character do with public speaking?

6. Does your character get freckles from being in the sun?

7: Does your character have trust issues?

8. What song will your character always dance to no matter what?

9. Does your character fall asleep during long car rides?

10. What is your characters favorite hobby?

11. What does your character hate the most?

12. What is your characters favorite season?

13. Would your character have voted for Trump or Biden?

14. What is your characters favorite type of weather?

15. What is your characters top goal?

16. What would your character be like as a candle?

17. What would push your character to the good/evil side?

18. What kind of vibe does your character give off?

19. How does your character react to bugs?

20. What is something that hurt your character so badly that it still hurts to think about to this day?