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I write sometimes | He/They | I'm 18+ but minors are welcome as long as you politely stay away from explicitly nsfw posts

[scramratz]

im always afraid someones gonna talk to me

[scramratz]

I think Elliot Page should be allowed to kill people

[gayvampyr]

i love when characters are just autistic and it’s not a plot device like the autism is just there

[maja-paja]

[birdplushie]

i love a morally grey ruthless woman who will do whatever it takes to achieve her goals (that she believes are for the greater good) and is also constantly wracked with guilt about what she's had to do but can't show it so she just comes across as cold and unfeeling to everyone

[legallybrunettedotcom]

what vibe does prev give off?

victorian gothic

roaring 20s

70s rockstar

y2k

90s grunge

distant future

Remaining time: 5 days 3 hours

stole it from here

[elle-thereafter]

These are important things I have learned about writing fiction. I know these things, but sometimes I need a reminder. So I am writing them here, both as a reminder for myself, and as a reminder for all those who, like me, sometimes forget.

Characters must make choices.

Characters should often make bad choices before they make good choices.

Character choices should drive the vast majority of the plot. Characters reacting to having random stuff thrown at them is far less interesting than characters reacting to the stuff they've thrown after it's ricocheted around and comes bouncing back toward them.

If a character refuses to make a choice, there better be consequences for that too, and you better have a damn clear way of showing those consequences to the reader and the character.

Nearly every time I'm struggling with writing something, taking a step back and thinking about these 4 things usually helps get me unstuck.

[vibrantstarfire]

more women whump. more women pushing themselves and passing out from sleep deprivation and exhaustion. more women training until their knuckles bleed and their legs give out from under them. more women being held prisoner and remaining stoic until the very end or perhaps when they’re rescued. more women under truth serum and terrifying hallucinogens. more women waking up in a pool of blood, their own and others’ and not knowing what happened but that something is terribly wrong with them. more women falling apart o ly when rescued. more women pushed to their breaking point. more women whump.

[anglaised]

Ariana Grande is wealthier than you in terms of looks and wealth 🤭

im having a delicious piece of cake now

[arianator-99]

The OP:

Ariana Grande-Butera:

I think we can see who is better 🤭 I think OP knows too, which is why they responded with cake instead of a ✨face card✨

[anglaised]

???????????????? u r insane

[arianator-99]

Am i? How about we let the audience decide then, troll.

Who has a better ✨face card✨

Ariana Grande-Butera

“Anglaised”

Voting ended onJul 26

[anglaised]

i really dont think this is gonna go the way u think it is 😭

[vampantheon]

on the topic of disabled characters, though, i think a LOT of artists give characters mobility aids that their character wouldn't actually benefit from using.

i'm sort of having a mild brain fog moment rn so i can't fully articulate what i'm on about, but i think a lot of able-bodied artists view things like canes and crutches as interchangeable. and they often don't know enough about the wide range of mobility aids to make an informed decision about what their character might actually use based on their disability

i also think that aids like walkers and rollators are sort of viewed as "cringe" on some level, and many people view them to be "just for old people," so many artists will opt for giving a character who has full-body pain and fatigue a cane (which, in many cases, can potentially WORSEN full-body pain) instead. and a lot of people don't realize that most wheelchair users are able to walk, so they don't consider it an option for characters with chronic pain

[vampantheon]

idk it's kind of frustrating. i've genuinely never, ever seen a character that uses a rollator before. not once. i cannot name a single one. i know of multiple ocs who are described to have full-body pain, dizziness, and fatigue that are drawn as cane users and are never shown with wheelchairs or walkers, though

[vampantheon]

it's also sort of sad? i've been diagnosed since i was twelve years old, and i only heard of rollators LAST YEAR. and that was only because i saw one irl and immediately asked what it was. i wonder how many disabled people out there don't even know it's an option solely because they're completely underrepresented online and in media

[vampantheon]

if you're a creative with a disabled oc, PLEASEEE check out this link. it's a very nice and detailed guide for telling which mobility aids suit someone's needs best. it's incredibly important to make the right choice for your character! mobility aids tell you a LOT about someone's lived experience. picking the right one will communicate to your audience #1 what your character goes through #2 that you UNDERSTAND what your character goes through!

[lightningcrashes]

matching lisa frankenstein pfps ₍ᐢ. ̫.ᐢ₎

[darkspaceboytoy]

Oh also you do have to read real books. Like you have to read the books. You can’t just read fanfic, those are not books. You can if you just want to write fanfic, but if you want to write books, you kinda gotta read books. No, posts do not count.

[get-more-transmasc]

Aromantic transmascs!! I'm so glad to be in a world with aromantic transmascs!!! If you're aromantic and transmasculine, you're literally the coolest person ever!!!

[lexdelioncourt]

I had to, I'm sorry

[rubysapphrald]

i feel so defensive and protective of people with ARFID like if i had a disorder that made my brain register 90% of food as poison for no reason and i had a bazillion people on the internet constantly calling me a manchild who needs to just grow up and stop being a picky eater i would start killing people

[rubysapphrald]

people with ARFID and people with very few autism safe foods and people with contamination OCD and people in ED recovery and everyone else with a complicated relationship with food that no one takes seriously GET BEHIND ME!!!!!!!

[chillyfeetsteak]

everyone come here and give me pat on the head. yay yay yay yay ya--okay too much overstimulated now everyone leave

[chillyfeetsteak]

BITINGBIITINGBITINGB ITING

[geyfrog]

Referring to someone as your “partner” sounds as if you are deliberately obscuring their gender and may subtly out you. “My ex”, however, is entirely unobtrusively gender-neutral. #breakupallrelationships