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Welcome to my writing blog where (guess what) I post my little jots and tittles.

[wallflowerwriter]

The 30-Day Writing Challenge: An Alternative to NaNoWriMo for Writers Who Fear Commitment | Scribendi

Intense projects such as NaNoWriMo are not for everyone. Improve your writing without the stress by taking the 30-Day Writing Challenge instead.

[wallflowerwriter]

I don’t want to talk I don’t want advice I don’t want commiseration

I just want it out

[gr8writingtips]

writing tip #1232:

show, don’t tell. in fact, don’t tell anything. leave all the pages blank and let the reader figure everything out

[writeworld-blog]

by Leia Fee, with additions by Susannah Shepherd

Quick Contents

Introduction

General remarks

What’s  normal?

Reactions to injury - including emotional reactions, fainting and shock. 

Minor injuries - such as bruises, grazes and sprains

Head injuries - from  black eyes to severe concussions

Broken bones 

Dislocated joints

Cutting and Piercing - for various locations, including blood loss symptoms and figures.

Blunt trauma - getting hit, internal injuries.

Burns - including electrical burns

Hostile environments - such as extreme cold and heat, oxygen deprivation and exposure to vacuum.

References - useful websites.

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[ceruleancynic]

YES, GOOD. This is the kind of writing resource post we need more of. It covers the basics and gives you good jumping-off points to google more details on a specific condition, plus offers a bunch of great references at the end. 

[vialism-old]

@teeentyonepilots this sounds like Your Kind Of Content

[ratherunnecessary]

what’s up this is my band Comma Overload

[rcmclachlan]

We’re Em Dash Hell and we’ll be here all night!

[lindsayribar]

Give it up for…. Forest of Italics!

[seananmcguire]

Welcome to Whoops It’s A Series Now!

[nudityandnerdery]

Thanks, Houston, we’re Oh Your Porn Has Emotions Now and you’ve been great.

[pervocracy]

Hey guys, it’s Just Just Just and The Actuallys and this is our album “Italics”

[hazeldomain]

Opening tonight is Went Into Past Tense Somewhere. 

[brbtherescookies]

Yo, we’re Utter Lack of Dialogue. Hope you enjoyed us and Too Many Adjectives tonight!

[porcupine-girl]

Hey buddy, me and All Dialogue No Action here would like to challenge you to a Battle of the Bands.

[soyeahso]

I think Blocks of Tagless Dialogue will give you a run for your money.

[introspectivenavelgazer]

You know your wanna hear Excessive Dashes and Nodding!

[tygermama]

Long Lost Relatives for EVERYONE!!!

[cacchieressa]

I’d like to introduce my new band, The Ending Is Rushed

[undun-duz]

Hi we’re Work In Progress! Not sure how long we’ll be on stage tonight…

[telanu]

Y’all give it up for Dropped Jaws and Adverbs!

[plaidadder]

Hello everyone I know you’re here tonight to see Bad Acting but before they take the stage here’s a new band with a new sound you’re just gonna love, it’s like half new and half old and all around awkward…put your five-fingered appendages together for THESAURUS ABUSE!

[thelittleblackfox]

Give it up for It Was Only Supposed To Be 20k We’re gonna be here a lot longer than the set listing indicated

[radioactivepeasant]

Hey everyone, we’re Too Many Irons In The Fire and I just remembered that I am supposed to be at three other gigs literally right now

[pomrania]

Getting Distracted And Not Writing, and we’re here to make things loud! With special guest vocalist Wiki Crawl.

[drawnsnake]

I just started an indie band, wanna join? We need a vocalist. It’s called “He Said, She Said, They Said”

[systemic-dreams]

Get ready for… WHY IS EVERYONE RAISING THEIR EYEBROWS ALL THE TIME and their hit single CAN YOU BE A LITTLE LESS VAGUE?

[wrathetc]

HELLO TUMBLR WE ARE THE RUN ON SENTENCES!

[riajade01]

We’re WHAT, ARE COMMAS EVEN, FOR, ANYWAY and we’d like to perform a little ditty we wrote titled EVERYTHING’S AN ADVERB IF YOU TRY HARD ENOUGH

[icescrabblerjerky]

Hey there great to see you all at tonight’s performance of That Wasn’t In The First Draft and their back up band Now I’ll Have To Rewrite Everything Because of Continuity Errors!

[curiouslilbird]

Are y'all even ready for this new band?! I said, ARE YALL EVEN READY because they sure aren’t–please welcome No Damn Title, performing their freshest track “Irrelevant Side Plots!”

[esseastri]

This was Its Plus Apostrophe, and we’re glad you could make it tonight…

[ravencharm]

75% of writing is convincing yourself that your story is worth it

[wallflowerwriter]

Dalton, quietly: I love you.

Dru: You're not subtle.

Dalton: I'm not trying.

[eleanorrigby312]

Ten questions to ask a friend who just read your novel

Here are ten questions to ask that will not put your friend in a tough spot, but will still give you some useful input on your novel:

1. At what point did you feel like “Ah, now the story has really begun!”  2. What were the points where you found yourself skimming?  3. Which setting in the book was clearest to you as you were reading it? Which do you remember the best?  4. Which character would you most like to meet and get to know?  5. What was the most suspenseful moment in the book?  6. If you had to pick one character to get rid of, who would you axe?  7. Was there a situation in the novel that reminded you of something in your own life?  8. Where did you stop reading, the first time you cracked open the manuscript? (Can show you where your first dull part is, and help you fix your pacing.)  9. What was the last book you read, before this? And what did you think of it? (This can put their comments in context in surprising ways, when you find out what their general interests are. It might surprise you.)  10. Finish this sentence: “I kept reading because…”

Your friend is probably still going to tell you, “It was good!” However, if you can ask any specific questions, and read between the lines, you can still get some helpful information out of even the most well-meaning reader.

Source: Examiner

[incogneat-oh]

The Mechanics of a Hug

Written for kaciart. Sorry it took so long! Hope you like it;; Summary: “So,” Tim ventures. “It's… what, a cuddle pollen?” Bruce just shrugs. “Something like that.” Characters: Tim, Dick, Bruce, a bit of Damian. A brief warning. It’s hurt/comfort, and there is discussion of depression and a brief mention of suicidal thoughts. It’s, um, a lot fluffier than it sounds? –

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[incogneat-oh]

The Mechanics of a Hug

Written for kaciart. Sorry it took so long! Hope you like it;; Summary: “So,” Tim ventures. “It's… what, a cuddle pollen?” Bruce just shrugs. “Something like that.” Characters: Tim, Dick, Bruce, a bit of Damian. A brief warning. It’s hurt/comfort, and there is discussion of depression and a brief mention of suicidal thoughts. It’s, um, a lot fluffier than it sounds? –

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[incogneat-oh]

(One) Step Closer

The much-requested sequel to Tell-Tale. But this is the end! No more sequels/continuations etc. 

Characters: Bruce, Tim, Jason

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[incogneat-oh]

Tell-Tale [Drabble]

I had about six different requests for this headcanon. Here goes;; Characters: Dick, Jason, Tim, Damian. Bruce is the elephant in every room.

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[wallflowerwriter]

“I hate people.”

“...but you’re one?”

“I know.”

And he wished that he didn’t know what she meant.

[wallflowerwriter]

Okay, you know what. I have low self-esteem and the inherent desire to not-exist half the time, and it makes me a little illogical.

my OC probably

[sleepysprout]

just because you are delicate and fragile does not mean you are not powerful

[maxkirin]

[A novel is] a paper where your thesis is that these people are real, and you have to prove it.

Maggie Stiefvater (via maxkirin)

[wallflowerwriter]

It would take a lot of imagination to believe that my thoughts are stars. They're more like meteors - fleeting like dust but heavy like rocks - and nothing meaningful.

my poor main character I swear I am so mean to her