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Hot take, but if I see “english is not my first language” in the authors note of a fic you better believe imma read every single chapter of that fic because it’ll be better than Shakespeare.

Never has better literature been written than when the author only has partial understanding of the language they are writing in

#ao3 #Shakespeare is being out done #by #english not my first language #writers

kira-ani-mcgrath

#the truth #fanfiction #writing #meme

tsukithewolf

Not enough is said about just how interesting it is that the 4th Wall causes KDJ to be able to witness The Horrors with the calm of a person who is simply reading them instead of actually being present in it. Really give yourself a moment to remember how you physically felt when you were reading. Picture the simple act of breathing, an elevated heart rate from excitement maybe, while reading about Kim Dokja coming across the farm of bodies for the cannibals and the werewolves. Imagine facing down someone trying to kill you and heads exploding around you, blood in the air. Imagine that muffled, simple reaction. And then imagine actually being there and feeling exactly like that. Crazy.

#artfully explained #he still has FeelsTM but it’s muted #orv

nondelphic

the five stages of grief: writer's edition

denial: "this draft is amazing. no need for edits. it’s practically perfect as is." you’re so confident that you close the document for the day, smiling like you’ve just discovered the next great american novel (or swedish, or british, whatever). plot hole? who is she?

anger: "why did i ever think this was good? this is garbage. i am garbage. my characters are flat, my dialogue is cringe, and my prose sounds like a robot swallowed a thesaurus and threw up on the page." rage-quit the doc and go aggressively scroll pinterest for "writing inspiration" that you will never use.

bargaining: "if i fix this one scene, the whole thing will click into place. i just need to write one more subplot, maybe five more chapters, a quick rewrite of the entire ending, and then it'll be fine. totally manageable." queue up 17 youtube videos on "how to fix your plot" that you play in the background while staring at your ceiling.

depression: "i will never finish this book. it’s doomed. i’m doomed. why do i even write? who let me have ideas?!" lay dramatically on your bed, considering taking up knitting or rock collecting instead. cry a little over how your characters deserve a better writer.

acceptance: "this is the best i can do right now, and that’s okay. i’ll take a break, come back with fresh eyes, and remember why i love this stupid, broken story." suddenly, your MC whispers something brilliant, and you're like wait… maybe i'm a genius after all.

and the cycle begins again. writing is a joy.

#im a writer i say #as i go through each and every stage #before writing the first paragraph

literaryvein-reblogs

Some Food Poisoning Terminology

Botulism—Life-threatening paralytic food poisoning caused by botulinum toxin from the bacterium Clostridium botulinum.

Campylobacter—A genus of bacteria that can cause food poisoning and are found in almost all raw poultry.

Clostridium perfringens—A bacterium that is a common cause of food poisoning.

Dehydration—The abnormal depletion of body fluids, as from vomiting and diarrhea.

Diuretic—Medication that increases the urine output of the body.

Electrolytes—Ions—such as sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, chloride, phosphate, bicarbonate, and sulfate—that are dissolved in bodily fluids and regulate or affect most metabolic processes.

Gastroenteritis—Inflammation of the lining of the stomach and intestines.

Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)—Kidney failure, usually in infants and young children, that can be caused by food poisoning with bacteria such as Escherichia coli or Shigella.

Lactobacillus acidophilus—This bacterium is found in yogurt and changes the balance of the bacteria in the intestine in a beneficial way.

Listeriosis—A usually mild illness caused by food poisoning with Listeria monocytogenes, but which can be serious or fatal in newborns, the elderly, and the immunocompromised and which can cause miscarriage, stillbirth, or premature birth if contracted during pregnancy.

Norovirus—Norwalk virus; a large family of RNA viruses that is the most common cause of food poisoning.

Salmonellosis—Food poisoning by bacteria of the genus Salmonella, which usually causes severe diarrhea and may be transmitted to the fetus.

Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC)—Strains of the common, normally harmless, intestinal bacteria Escherichia coli that produce Shiga toxin, causing serious food poisoning; E. coli O157:H7 is the most commonly identified STEC in North America.

Staphylococcus aureus—A bacterium that causes food poisoning.

Toxoplasma gondii—A very common parasite that can cause toxoplasmosis and is a leading cause of death from food poisoning; although it infects large numbers of people, T. gondii is usually dangerous only in immunocompromised patients and in newly infected pregnant women.

Source ⚜ More: Writing Notes & References ⚜ Poison ⚜ Fictional Poisons

#writing reference #poison

stingrachelmha

Hello, Toshination. Follow for more Dad Might truthing

stingrachelmha

The answer is… yeah, basically and also at over 6 ft

#this definitely happened #gran torino needs a raise #he was very pleased toshi got his very own problem child to deal with

16woodsequ

BREAKING NEWS: Writer discovers for the millionth time that they can write whatever they want. Join us now to see if the lesson will stick.

#proceeds to stare down a blank page #I swear I can write whatever I want #but the words won’t word #all I’m left with is pain

bisexualchaosdemon

Quick psa for new ao3 authors because I had to Google this shit:

If you want to link something in your fic or chapter notes (like another fic, tumblr post, etc) you just need to do it like this:

It makes it much neater and allows readers to just click to follow the link without the need for fiddly copy and paste 😊

It should look like this if done correctly:

#reblog to save an ao3 author

threewhiskeylunch

How to post images within a story on AO3

Not definitive. Not the ultimate. But it works for me. And I’m not a code monkey, so don’t ask me detailed questions (or you can ask if you want to watch me go “buh buh buh…). This is just what I’ve managed to patch together from other people’s instructions. I wanted it all in one place. And I wanted to share.

Step 1: Open your AO3 account. You’re going to create a skin that you’ll be able to reuse. On the left side menu, choose ‘Skins’. Click on ‘My Work Skins’. And then click on ‘Create Work Skin’. Paste this into the CSS box exactly as is:

#workskin img { max-width: 100%; height: auto; }

The reason for this skin is to keep the image within the borders of whatever device the reader is on. So if they’re using a smart phone, the image will fit the smaller screen and they won’t have to scan over to see the entire thing. If they’re on their computer, the image will fit within the borders of that screen too. Technically you wouldn’t have to use this skin at all, but I find it annoying to have a large image on a small phone and not to be able to see it in its entirety. This is just something nice to do for your reader.

Give it a unique title (mine, for example, is ‘Whiskey image’, but you can call it whatever the hell you’d like). Save it.

Step 2: If you don’t have DropBox, get DropBox. It’s a free app. The reason you want DropBox is to host the image and DropBox provides a static IP address, unlike tumblr. Create your account in DropBox and upload the image/s you want to host. There are other hosting apps you can use. I don’t use them. If you think whatever you use is better, use that. As long as the IP is static, I don’t care. Just for gods sake, don’t use tumblr to host your image. Their IP addresses are subject to change and that will break your image link. (NB: Step 4 probably won’t apply if you use something other than DropBox.)

While you’re in DropBox on the website, notice that when you highlight the image you want to insert, there’s a ‘Share’ button. This will give you the permanent link you’ll be using soon.

Step 3: Create your story in AO3 (or, for an existing story, click on ‘Edit’). In the 3rd box down, called ‘Associations’, select the skin you saved in Step 1 from the drop down menu. This will apply to the entire story, so you won’t have to do it for each chapter if you’re posting multiple images.

When you go to copy and paste your story into the chapter text box, be sure to click 'Rich Text’ before doing so. Then paste your story in.

Place your curser where you want the image. Go back to DropBox, click 'Share’ and create a link, then copy the image IP address. Or, if you’re working off the app on your computer, right click the image and select ‘Copy DropBox Link’. Go back to AO3 and click on 'Insert/edit image’ from the menu across the top of the text box. Copy the link into the 'Source’ box.

This next step is very important! Do not skip this part!

Step 4: At the end of the IP address, delete dl=0 and replace with raw=1. If you don’t do this bit, all the other stuff is for naught and it won’t work.

So say it with me now. Delete dl=0 and replace with raw=1.

Right. Almost done, boy-o.

Fill in an image description if you’d like.

Leave the dimensions alone.

Click 'ok’.

The image should appear like magic. Preview it just to be sure. Celebrate your genius with the beverage of your choice.

the-lone-witch-and-secret-room

This is so insanely helpful, and there’s not enough people that are aware of this. Especially the automatic formatting part is amazing – art in stories is awesome, but reading on a phone or tablet and having to scroll to the side because you can’t see the entire picture can be kind of annoying.

I‘ve used this for one of my stories before, and it works perfectly.

Also, yay for helping me finally figure out how adding pictures to Ao3 works!

i-just-love-spop

Reblogging this over here as well because it’s really helpful!

ehc-on-ao3

Reblogging for my personal notes. I might try this in the future.

worldofwyverns

Reblogging cause I’m def gonna use this in the future.

candyskiez

Y'know I want in a story. I want someone to tell a character "this isn't you!" or "You're not [name] anymore. [Name] never would've done this." And the character they say it to is furious.

Because how dare they tell them what's so different that they're suddenly not themself anymore? How dare they decide for them that they aren't themself just because they can't understand why they'd do that? Maybe it's something they absolutely would've done before, they just don't know them. Maybe it's something they wouldn't have done before, but they've changed. They're still themselves. How dare they try to decide what defines them?

I know this makes no sense but like. I want to see a character take it as being denied their own identity. "I'm still me. I'm just different. You don't get to tell me I'm not the same person. I am still [name.] You don't get to make that decision for me." I wanna put that in a story so bad dude you don't even know.

worldofwyverns

Hang on I gotta reblog so I don’t lose this. This is a seriously cool trope. Like I’ve got sooo many ideas now

#writing #writing inspo #so many ideas so little time #creative ideas above my skill level #if y'all know any stories like this send them my way now

bi-files

I’m a patron of the arts (I leave nice comments on aO3).

byler-alarmist

I'm a patron of the arts (I reblog on Tumblr dot com)

smartbutdumbblonde

I'm a patron of the arts (I save fanart to my boards on Pinterest)

worldofwyverns

I’m a patron of the arts (I get my friends and family invested too)

queersona

therapist: cunt dracula is not real and cannot fuck you.

cunt dracula:

queersona

[jojo pose] count dracula. [different jojo pose] nice to meet you. [jojo walk cycle] alexa, turn down the music! [the obnoxious music doesn't change volume] mr harker

virtualgirladvance

Cuntula

mysticalalleycat

worldofwyverns

how many souls must I sell to see this!!?

celestial-fang

3 components of worldbuilding:

1. The author’s kinks

2. The author’s power fantasy

3. The author’s political agenda

Plot and logic optional

lttrsfrmlnrrgby

4. The author's formative trauma(s), unrecognized until after they hit post and then reread it for typos, only to blink in shock and say, "Oh. Oh. Oh fuck."

moniquill

5. The author's personal grievances with other works in the same genre. (May relate to #3 but not always)

baddywronglegs

6. The author's favourite bit of historical, cultural or scientific trivia or other academic obsession that they only stop talking about to eat and maybe breathe in if they can't get circular breathing down

When things get better are we supposed to forget and move on

Pretend the hell we lived never happened

Pretend the past is nothing more than the past

Yet I still bear the scars that you gave me

A tangible link to the bad

And can I forget the child I killed

In order to put on this mask

#original poem #sad poetry #sorry for being depressing

prokopetz

Referencing obscure Internet memes in mainstream media almost invariably falls flat, but if movie!Deadpool walked into the aftermath of a scene of gratuitous carnage and quipped "wow, it looks like a children's hospital in here" it would totally work. To those who don't catch the reference it would come off as generic edgy bullshit, and to those in the know, Deadpool having a Tumblr account is completely believable.

lee-jahahaha

don't just leave this in the tags

#deadpool def has a tumblr #this is cannon now #deadpool #tumblr #color theory #if you know you know

k009

thefreshprinceofevangelion

this gets funnier every year

itstooch

The year is 2042. Your daughter is awkwardly silent as she eats her dinner. “Something wrong sweetie?” She sighs and puts down her fork. “I was digging really deep in AO3 last night…Why didn’t you finish that coffee shop au?” It happened. Your past has come back to haunt you. Nay, it never truly left.

thefingerfuckingfemalefury

U CANNOT OUTRUN UR CRIME

leafquake23-deactivated20191022

OKAY BUT WAIT. This has happened to me. Recently. Because I am old and I have things out there from previous fandoms with previous pseuds and one day my teenager begins a rant at me about people never finishing any WIPs on the pit of voles (which he does not call the pit of voles because he has No Knowledge of such a thing but yet he still reads on which I didn’t think anyone did any longer) and he points out an example to me of something I WROTE AND LEFT WIPing for ages and he has NO IDEA #1 that his mom wrote this and #2 How much it still haunts me to this day that it will. sit. there. for. eternity. because I am too lazy to pull it down.