Just wreyeder tryna write

I make words happen here ig. check my pinned post if ya want. sometimes I do something original, but usually I'm circulating the wisdom of others (help I probably have writers block)

[wreyeder-wreyedine]

My masterpost

Hi! I'm a poet and writer! Old wips are "the ghost is trying to tell me something" "equilibrium" "unmarked" and "ilian (or thoi)" and you can check those out by clicking the tags below!

To see my poems, click #poem!

Everything else is prompts, tips, etc❤

*Want to see my other blogs/content?

I have a quene-run blog titled @poetryseeds that's just my random thoughts meant to prompt poetry (it's mostly dead now but there's some old stuff)

Non-writing content (everything else) is @wreyeder

[writing-prompt-s]

In the new house you found a secret door with a staircase going deep down, which physically could not be there. And a note: "DO NOT GO DOWN." Fifty years later, living out a lonely and sad old age, you decided that you had nothing left to lose anyway.

[writing-prompt-s]

They called the two of you the Power Couple of the Light when you were the church's highest cleric and strongest paladin. But now, even though you're just as devoted as you always had been, only because of a little bit of death, they call you the Lich King Warlock and the Deathknight Revenant.

[writing-prompt-s]

You shamefully utter your cowardly wish as silently as you can while still being audible, feeling immensely guilty. Suddenly, you hear a voice whisper in your ear "OK, I know I'm supposed to grant whatever you wish for, but fuck that we're doing this instead."

[walmart-the-official]

Hey, don’t cry. Free online database of Japanese folk lore

[bleu-guacamole]

Might I add, free database of mostly European folklore and myths

[bogleech]

A Book of Creatures by @a-book-of-creatures doesn't update these days but is another thing along these lines, really huge, fully illustrated all by the author and cites all sources

[st-dionysus]

Free database of Native American folklore, sorted by tribe.

[queerwyrd]

Hours upon hours of animated Hungarian fairy tales on Youtube.

[spiderbitesandvampirevenom]

Don't use A Book of Creatures lmao. it's full of colonial primitivizing bullshit and @a-book-of-creatures blocked me forever ago for criticizing their appropriation and misrepresentation of many, many, indigenous american cultural beliefs & traditions.

[wreyeder-wreyedine]

3000 posts!

[luna-azzurra]

Instead of "Looked"!!

[whatagrump]

Apparently a lot of people get dialogue punctuation wrong despite having an otherwise solid grasp of grammar, possibly because they’re used to writing essays rather than prose. I don’t wanna be the asshole who complains about writing errors and then doesn’t offer to help, so here are the basics summarized as simply as I could manage on my phone (“dialogue tag” just refers to phrases like “he said,” “she whispered,” “they asked”):

“For most dialogue, use a comma after the sentence and don’t capitalize the next word after the quotation mark,” she said.

“But what if you’re using a question mark rather than a period?” they asked.

“When using a dialogue tag, you never capitalize the word after the quotation mark unless it’s a proper noun!” she snapped.

“When breaking up a single sentence with a dialogue tag,” she said, “use commas.”

“This is a single sentence,” she said. “Now, this is a second stand-alone sentence, so there’s no comma after ‘she said.’”

“There’s no dialogue tag after this sentence, so end it with a period rather than a comma.” She frowned, suddenly concerned that the entire post was as unasked for as it was sanctimonious.

[theradiantemperor]

Make all your ocs a little aspec, makes things more fun

[succubusboyfriend]

you have permission to pick that 2 year old "abandoned" project back up. it's not mad at you for setting it aside. and maybe time and distance have helped ease or erase the things that made you put it down in the first place.

[specterthief]

humbling

[specterthief]

people saying "write what you want to see in the world!" and that's always a good sentiment but this post isn't really about "oh no there's no content for my ship", more the feeling of "i looked up something that i thought was so obvious that surely plenty of more seasoned ao3 perverts would have thought of it already, but apparently i'm the weird one"

[xenosaurus]

heavily considering doing a whole worldbuilding project to accommodate a character concept because it’s entertaining me so much

the concept is “a cryptid/forest god that has the whole uncanny valley human shape but with a deer’s head vibe, but he just acts like an actual deer so he’s stupid as hell and keeps eating your garden plants”

[xenosaurus]

he can talk but he only cares about Deer Things such as foliage, salt lick availability, the location of nearby does, and standing motionless in the middle of the freeway

[orteil42]

everyone needs a creative outlet to stick a creative fork into

[netherworldpost]

;)

[jamjamjubilee]

RAHH🗣️🗣️🗣️

[periodicallypurple]

Thought this might help others who struggle when writing. I know I get in my head too much.

[sycamorality]

"why is the character like that" >look inside character >it's the author's subconscious attempt to love themself

[sycamorality]

this is meant positively by the way. sometimes you love the character so much you end up putting a piece of yourself in it to learn how it is to love yourself without realising and thats ok.

[sycamorality]

its jsut my superpower

[queen-of-the-merry-men]

When writing always remember… a character flaw is only a flaw until becomes useful. 

Is your protagonist manipulative? Well that’s awful… until they manipulate the antagonist into making a decision that saves the lives of their friends. 

Is your protagonist a skeptic? Well that’s not good… until someone tries to lie to them. 

Is your protagonist overprotective? That sucks… until someone they love is in danger. 

Is your protagonist remorseless? Well that makes them pretty unlikeable… until a hard decision has to be made. 

[saeronovace]

[susiephone]

The flipside is also true!

Your protagonist is honest? That’s good… until their survival depends on them being able to lie convincingly.

Your protagonist is brave? That’s good… until they foolishly run headlong into danger without a thought for the consequences.

Your protagonist is forgiving and able to see good in everyone? That’s good… until they continually forgive someone who doesn’t deserve it, and get taken advantage of because they can’t fathom that some people just suck.

Your protagonist is funny? That’s good… until they piss off everyone around them because they don’t seem to be taking the situation seriously, and they keep avoiding dealing with their problems by hiding behind humor.

Most personality traits aren’t inherently good or bad. It’s all about context, and how far they go.