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Writing Prompt: Dialogue

“Love is a poison that kills you slowly.”

warmfigure

i am massively overdue for a very very good week where not a single bad thing happens and everything is easy

unlettered-heathen

reblog to give prev a very good week where not a single bad thing happens and everything is easy

existennialmemes

Not to sound like a decrepit, rambling corpse about it, but back in my day Word used to be a pre installed program that came with your computer, if you were running Windows.

No subscription. Just program.

On your computer. You got to use it forever and ever and never had to worry about it going away.

Because it was physically on your computer. As a program. That you actually owned. Not because you got it separately, but because it was a standard inclusion with your computer.

I'm sorry but I'll just never get over it. I remember when companies cared about their products being usable out of the box. I remember when our things belonged to us.

Old man shaking fist at cloud, wherein the cloud is the background of the Windows 98 logo.

owa-tagoo-siam

mumblingsage

This was a kind of sweet dashboard coincidence.

allthingswhumpyandangsty

ao3 turns 16 today.

reblog if you’re older than archive of our own

allthingswhumpyandangsty

"this fic uses em dashes, so it must be ai-generated" real humans use em dashes.

"this fic has long paragraphs with overly described details and scenes, so it must be ai-generated" real humans can write like this.

"this fic has inconsistencies, so it must be ai-generated" real humans make errors and mistakes. that's why we have this thing called plot holes. sometimes writers are tired and they don't remember what they wrote in the last sentences or paragraphs, let alone chapters.

"this fic sounds robotic and unnatural, so it must be ai-generated" not every writer writes in their native language. sometimes they can sound 'robotic and unnatural' if they wrote in their second or third or fourth language (and kudos to them).

"this fic has a prompt left in it that the author forgot to delete, so it must be ai-generated" the 'prompt' the author accidentally left in their fic could actually be a part of an outline that was meant only for them, so they could keep track of what they would write.

"this author posts too often, no human writes this fast, so they must use ai" 1.) you don't know how fast someone can or can't write, how much time a person has in a day or how motivated/skilled they are. 2.) the frequent updates you see could be something that has already been finished and sitting in the author's drafts for god knows how long. just because it's recently posted doesn't always mean it's recently written.

my point? no, you can never know if a fanfic is 'ai-generated'. unless the author says they use ai, you're just assuming, suspecting and witch hunting. chances are that you're not going to 'stop ai fics from being created', you're just going to wrongly accuse genuine writers of using ai and ruin their day at best, make them want to quit writing or sharing their works at worst.

#I've started using em dashes cause I finally figured them out #I'm also figuring out how to use ellipses and semi colons properly so they get used a lot in my writing #I tend to use stuff I learn about more frequently #it's a style choice

prophetic-writer

Becoming a writer is great because now you have a hobby that haunts you whenever you don’t have time to do it

matchacakedragon

once i master my adhd and stop believing that i’m waiting for my life to begin and accept what i cannot change and finish cleaning my room and stick to a productive schedule and drink enough water and meditate and organize all the important papers in the paper pile and start being consistent and say the nice things to myself and gain confidence its OVER for you bitches

fevermuffin

Gimme, that writing of yours

novelconcepts

Hey, man, c'mere. Listen. Get in real close, this is important.

You're gonna make stuff again. You're gonna make stuff you're proud of. You're gonna make stuff you're excited to share. You're going to feel that overwhelming drive to create, not just the frantic I want to want to you're stuck in now. You're going to have awesome ideas, and you're going to make them into reality. You're going to create again. You're still an artist. You're still a writer. You're still home to the same passion you had before. You'll find it again. It's not gone. It's just resting. Let it rest. You're going to make stuff again. I promise.

I listened for 70,202 minutes in 2024. What about you? #SpotifyWrapped

2024 Wrapped

Slightly shocked Screaming Jets is still on my top artist list

wordscount

This was in my head and I had to make it.

thalkon

I'm not on very often, so I doubt this will do anything, and I don't expect a lot either, but I figured if anyone was interested, my 8th grader is fundraising to go on a trip to Washington DC for their school. If anyone is willing to help out, and/or buy anything, I have the link below. It all goes to your own address so we don't have to meet or deliver the items. I believe only US would be able to buy, but I don't actually know (not that I think my follower group has a whole lot of people overseas).

If nothing interests you, I'd appreciate a share just to move the post around. The fundraiser is open until November 17th. We appreciate any looks or buys.

8th Grade DC Fundraiser

I'm not on very often, so I doubt this will do anything, and I don't expect a lot either, but I figured if anyone was interested, my 8th grader is fundraising to go on a trip to Washington DC for their school. If anyone is willing to help out, and/or buy anything, I have the link below. It all goes to your own address so we don't have to meet or deliver the items. I believe only US would be able to buy, but I don't actually know (not that I think my follower group has a whole lot of people overseas).

If nothing interests you, I'd appreciate a share just to move the post around. The fundraiser is open until November 17th. We appreciate any looks or buys.

8th Grade DC Fundraiser

#8th grade #washington dc #school fundraiser #appreciate shares #thank you!

tilthat

TIL “Yankee Doodle” was written by the British to mock americans. “Doodle” is thought to come from the German “dödel”, meaning “fool” or “simpleton” and “macaroni,” a flamboyantly stylish type of dress, painting the Yankees as morons who thought placing a feather in one’s cap made them a “dandy.”

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