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Fall AUs
My dog yanked on its leash and now I’m lying in a giant pile of leaves and you stand there and laugh and STOP TAKING PICTURES!
I’m babysitting for the neighbors and the kid’s kite is stuck in a tree, can you please help us?
There is a competition for carving a pumpkin at the market and you think you can win against me. The Game is on!
It’s a torrential downpour and we both have to wait for the bus without shelter in sight but I have a small umbrella.
You told me you like spring better and now I have to convince you that fall is the best season.
You think it’s funny to scare me with your Halloween costume, now I’m going to show you how funny that is.
Our school has a strict “Do not throw with leaves” rule and we’re sitting in front of the principal with leaves stuck in our hair and other unfortunate places.
I have to take pictures of the colorful trees in the park for a project but somehow you always end up in all of them.
You can find more prompts at my sideblog: creativepromptsforwriting
“The air is silver and pearl, for the night is liquid with moonlight.”
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Amy Lowell, from Sword Blades and Poppy Seeds; The Basket.
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5 Tips for Creating Intimidating Antagonists
Antagonists, whether people, the world, an object, or something else are integral to giving your story stakes and enough conflict to challenge your character enough to change them. Today I’m just going to focus on people antagonists because they are the easiest to do this with!
1. Your antagonist is still a character
While sure, antagonists exist in the story to combat your MC and make their lives and quest difficult, they are still characters in the story—they are still people in the world.
Antagonists lacking in this humanity may land flat or uninteresting, and it’s more likely they’ll fall into trope territory.
You should treat your antagonists like any other character. They should have goals, objectives, flaws, backstories, etc. (check out my character creation stuff here). They may even go through their own character arc, even if that doesn’t necessarily lead them to the ‘good’ side.
Really effective antagonists are human enough for us to see ourselves in them—in another universe, we could even be them.
2. They’re… antagonistic
There’s two types of antagonist. Type A and Type B. Type A antagonist’s have a goal that is opposite the MC’s. Type B’s goal is the same as the MC’s, but their objectives contradict each other.
For example, in Type A, your MC wants to win the contest, your antagonist wants them to lose.
In Type B, your MC wants to win the contest, and your antagonist wants to win the same contest. They can’t both win, so the way they get to their goal goes against each other.
A is where you get your Draco Malfoy’s, other school bullies, or President Snow’s (they don’t necessarily want what the MC does, they just don’t want them to have it.)
B is where you get the other Hunger Games contestants, or any adventure movie where the villain wants the secret treasure that the MCs are also hunting down. They want the same thing.
3. They have well-formed motivations
While we as the writers know that your antagonist was conceptualized to get in the way of the MC, they don’t know that. To them, they exist separate from the MC, and have their own reasons for doing what they do.
In Type A antagonists, whatever the MC wants would be bad for them in some way—so they can’t let them have it. For example, your MC wants to destroy Amazon, Jeff Bezos wants them not to do that. Why not? He wants to continue making money. To him, the MC getting what they want would take away something he has.
Other motivations could be: MC’s success would take away an opportunity they want, lose them power or fame or money or love, it could reveal something harmful about them—harming their reputation. It could even, in some cases, cause them physical harm.
This doesn’t necessarily have to be true, but the antagonist has to believe it’s true. Such as, if MC wins the competition, my wife will leave me for them. Maybe she absolutely wouldn’t, but your antagonist isn’t going to take that chance anyway.
In Type B antagonists, they want the same thing as the MC. In this case, their motivations could be literally anything. They want to win the competition to have enough money to save their family farm, or to prove to their family that they can succeed at something, or to bring them fame so that they won’t die a ‘nobody’.
They have a motivation separate from the MC, but that pesky protagonist keeps getting in their way.
4. They have power over the MC
Antagonists that aren’t able to combat the MC very well aren’t very interesting. Their job is to set the MC back, so they should be able to impact their journey and lives. They need some sort of advantage, privilege, or power over the MC.
President Snow has armies and the force of his system to squash Katniss. She’s able to survive through political tension and her own army of rebels, but he looms an incredibly formidable foe.
Your antagonist may be more wealthy, powerful, influential, intelligent, or skilled. They may have more people on their side. They are superior in some way to the protagonist.
5. And sometimes they win
Leading from the last point, your antagonists need wins. They need to get their way sometimes, which means your protagonist has to lose. You can do a bit of a trade off that allows your protagonist to lose enough to make a formidable foe out of their antagonist, but still allows them some progress using Fortunately, Unfortunately.
It goes like… Fortunately, MC gets accepted into the competition. Unfortunately, the antagonist convinces the rest of the competitors to hate them. Fortunately, they make one friend. Unfortunately, their first entry into the competition gets sabotaged. Fortunately, they make it through the first round anyway, etc. etc.
An antagonist that doesn’t do any antagonizing isn’t very interesting, and is completely pointless in their purpose to heighten stakes and create conflict for your protagonist to overcome. We’ll probably be talking about antagonists more soon!
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[ Angry + Frustrated ]
Red face
Tensing up jaw/body
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When you see this post, add one sentence to your current WIP.
(I need to work on my thesis, so I’ll add a sentence per note as long as that’s sustainable. We can do this together 🧡🧡)
Fresh air, he thinks, despite it coming from within hard wood walls and beige carpet; he shrugs, Beats steel corridors, alright.
The inherent homoeroticism of killing your enemy and immediately regretting it
It’s about rage, it’s about obsession, it’s about making that two-person war your entire raison d’être. It’s about loving and mistaking it for hatred and loving and loving and loving to the point of destruction. His or yours, it doesn’t matter. And you think seeing him dead at your feet will make you feel better, but all you feel is a whole lot of nothing.
i have such a love for characters who descend into madness or villainy out of deep, deep empathy. characters who fundamentally cannot cope with the cruel realities they find themselves in and blow up about it in spectacular fashion. fallen angel type characters with tears of outrage in their eyes. characters who break before they bend, and break so badly they splatter blood all over their noble ideals. every variation on it gets me so good
3.1.24 - writing resources for the new year
isn't lovely to feel like you have the opportunity to start fresh again? here are some fo the resources I'm using going into the new year!
flocus is a pomodoro app with pretty backgrounds, availability to be customized, and it also tracks your productivity streaks, which is definitely a motivational booster
in addition to this, flocus' newsletter, the flow, is a weekly email on how to be more productive! it's one of the things I like to tuck away in my inbox and read.
calmly is a blank page. all you need to do is bring the words.
medium doesn't necessarily focus on creative writing, but it's an interesting place to find similarly interested people and all kinds of articles
characterhub is a website community that promotes interaction among OCs (and is great for artists also!)
poetry foundation has an enormous collection of writing that's great to read for fun, or inspiration, or if you're in a slump
and not necessarily writing related, but here are other things that I've been trying out:
via li's youtube channel. something about it radiates warmth and I listen to her videos like podcasts.
baking! it's so comforting and I love seeing the results. smitten kitchen has the best recipes.
also knitting. not necessarily specific sites, but I have these ideas of all the things I want to make.
and that's all for now. however I did up my wordcount! I hit 15k today, so hopefully by next monday I'll have everything I need done. I'm working on deadlines for the first time for a project, and I can definitely feel the pressure.
tag any other websites below and I'll be sure to reblog them!
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Okay so I want to add on-
Descriptionary - a website that helps with describing stuff in writing (appearance, emotions, mental health, etc). It also has writing tips like show don't tell and stuff in the foundational knowledge section. It gets pretty detailed and Im not sure if my explanation does it justice so do check it out - link
Reedsy - This website has a LOT of useful writer stuff like weekly writing prompts, a character name generator, and stuff about publishing. There is literally so much - link
For writing YouTubers I would recommend Brandon Sanderson who has awesome books but also awesome writing tips on his youtube channel, especially for world-building and fantasy writers
Also Study Bunny is a super cute pomodoro ish timer where the more you study the more clothes and stuff you can buy your bunny :)
Anyways
oc asks: character design edition
FACE & FEATURES
glance: At first glance, what stands out most about your OC's appearance? What's their distinguishing feature?
face: Describe your OC's face. What's their smile like? Are their orbs cerulean? What would someone notice first when looking at them?
stature: What's your OC's body type? How tall are they? Do they wear clothing to accentuate their look or do they try to mask it?
motion: How does your OC move? How does their clothing help or hinder their range of motion? Are they flexible, coordinated, clumsy?
stillness: How does your OC act while still? Are they fidgety? Do they have any common gestures or tics? Does their clothing affect how they hold themselves while at rest?
canvas: Does your OC have any scars, piercings, tattoos, or other markings? Do they display or cover them up at all?
CUT & CLOTHES
night: What does your OC wear to sleep? Do they have a favorite pair of PJs, or are they more the birthday suit type?
day: What does your OC wear on a normal day? Why do they default to those clothes? Do they wear similar things, or do they change it up?
formal: What's your OC's formal look? Do they like dressing up? Do they have different looks for different occasions?
informal: What's your OC's lazy-day look? How do they like to dress when they're winding down?
outerwear: What's your OC's outerwear situation? Jacket, sweater, cloak? What sort of weather do they deal with most and how do they protect themselves?
footwear: What does your OC wear on their feet?
road: What does your OC wear while traveling? Do they have high-quality equipment, or are they making do? What does their gear look like?
armor: What kind of armor does your OC wear? Is it well kept? Bonus: where does it come from? Is there a story behind it?
arms: Does your OC have any weapons? What weapons do they carry, and how do they wear them when they're not fighting?
roots: Is your OC's look inspired by any specific style of clothing or fashion trend? What are the roots and/or inspiration for their look?
texture: Does your OC favor any specific kinds of cloth or textures? Is there anything they can't wear or don't like? What sort of fabrics do they prefer?
wardrobe: How big is your character's wardrobe? Do they wear things threadbare, or can they afford new clothes often? Are they any good at mending and repairing their own clothing?
ACCESSORIES & ACCENTS
bling: What jewelry does your OC wear? Does it have any meaning?
hair: How does your OC wear their hair? Does it have some kind of meaning?
makeup: Does your OC wear makeup? How often? What kind? Why do they wear makeup, and do they like it?
favorite: Does your OC have a favorite article of clothing or accessory? What is it? What's the meaning behind it? Do they wear it all the time or do they wear it sparingly to keep it safe?
change: Has your OC ever drastically changed their appearance? Significant haircuts, big tattoos, complete wardrobe swap, etc? Why? How do they feel about the change?
alternate: What would your OC's alternate universe look be? If they're a fantasy character, what's their modern look? If they're sci-fi, what's their fantasy look? What AU would you want to see your OC in, and how would they dress themself? Bonus: Prompt an AU!
Max Mayfield flipping people the bird
btw, i'm planning on being more active this summer, and i'm looking for new writeblrs to follow! please rb this post if you:
are a writeblr
write horror/gothic/fantasy
are active at the moment
and i'll check you out!
Tanzanite Skies [drabble]
A/N: Written for my most recent oc, Tyra Lacadviatta, a twenty-six year old woman set in a high fantasy world. Highly emotionally-charged by recent (*ahem*) and unedited yet. I will be polishing this up at a later time, and the official story post will come after that, but for now I need the cathartic release of getting this drabble out in the air, so enjoy. :)
TW // explicit mention of suicidal thought (disclaimer: that is the character’s mentality, not mine)
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Hatred searing through her veins like fire.
Wrists smarting against the iron shackles they’re surrounded by.
A rogue finally caught – a renegade finally brought to justice –
A woman, finally stopped.
–
At least her tongue can still move, her mouth can still open, her curses can lash at the guards passing her cell every second.
At least her heart can still pound. Her lungs can still inflate. It’s too bad every breath she takes feels like acid corroding down her windpipe.
It’s too bad the walls of her arteries have been petrified by magma– rock solid tough that would make a mountain stand taller and more invincible.
It’s too bad that as she passes the time by pressing herself again and again off the floor, press ups to keep the muscles stronger, the chains tethering all her limbs whisper for her to quit.
Come down, Tyra, come to rest. Please. The sweat on her brow might as well be tears. Stop fighting, what’s the worth? You’d kill yourself first.–
I’ll kill myself on my own terms.
True, it was a hard pill to swallow, but harder pills has she suffered. She felt horse hooves trample her toes on backcountry trails. She felt the lick of flames on the back of her shins as she ran away from vengeful mobs. She felt arrows pierce her side in battle, and in darkened corridors steel blades, cold as a Winter’s day, prod her in the back.
She felt strain in her legs as she lugged all her possessions up the side of a mountain. She felt vomit lurch up her throat as she pushed her too fast, too far– and collapsing emptiness three days later after her food reserves had tumbled down the cliff.
Tyra Cadviatta felt pain. Her whole life has been surrounded by pain. She pushed through because somewhere, someone like her promised reprieve. Whether it was someone else – a future friend – or her own self fully-realised, fully-known, she couldn’t know. But by Mars almighty an the rest of the godly pantheon as her witness may she one day reach them. Herself or her friend. Her final release.
May she stop running– stop fighting– stop lifting the world off her shoulders again and again and again to... to ...
Her shoulders hit the dungeon walls, and her hips slumped down on the floor.
Or maybe not.
— Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking
interested in liminal spaces. interested in the in betweens. rest stops. airports. schools at night. late december. teenagedom. purgatory. grief.
( because somewhere in the off hours of this place’s existence, maybe I’ll find you )
