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idk if anyone will find this useful, but this is how i go about planning my stories. i mostly write fantasy, so that’s what this is most applicable to. but it could work with other genres too.

so there’s three major components to a story: the characters, the plot, and the world. creating them individually is the easy part, but they all connect and affect each other in different ways. (like you can’t have a character who loves peaches and eats them every day if they live a peasant in a region that doesn’t grow peaches, for example.)

so i created a cheat sheet to help connect all three components together.

1) the world creates the characters.

this is related to the peach example above. the characters should be a direct result of the environment they grew up in and the environment they currently live in.

2) the characters are limited by the world.

also related to the peaches. characters can’t do anything outside of what the rules of their surroundings and universe allow, such as eating peaches when they’re not available. this also applies for magic users. they can’t have unlimited magic, so keep in mind what you want out of both the characters and the world when creating magic systems.

3) the characters carry the plot.

we’ve all heard it before: “bad characters can’t carry a good plot. good characters can carry a bad plot.” but we all like a good plot anyway. try to make sure you’re not giving your characters too heavy or too light of a plot to carry.

4) the plot pushes the characters.

if nothing in the plot happens, your characters will remain static forever. if you struggle with plots, try starting with what character development you want to happen, then go from there.

5) the plot depends on the world.

you can’t overthrow the evil government if there isn’t one. think of what your world needs most and what your plot is centered around, and fit those two together.

6) the world is changed by the plot.

even if your plot is centered around something most of your world would call “insignificant”, the world will still experience some change from the plot. either the evil government will be gone, or maybe that one teacher is now way more careful about keeping an eye on the test key. either way, the world will be different from now on.

final note: usually people will be able to write one or two of the components with ease, but don’t know where to go from there. i personally can’t write plots, but thinking this way has really helped me actually make a story out of the world and characters because i looked at what i needed from what i had. i really hope this can help you too! happy writing!

tl;dr this is a cheat sheet to help anyone who struggles with writing one or two of what i consider the three major components to a story.

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i watched one (1) video on how to draw hands that changed my life forever. like. i can suddenly draw hands again

these were all drawn without reference btw. i can just. Understand Hands now (for the most part, im sure theres definitely inaccuracies). im a little baffled

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I'm awake, time to explain myself LMAO

Note that this discounts the cameos by Greenland (Lemon's dad) and Charon (Chayil's sister) bc I haven't gone into detail abt them yet :"

#dogart #fanart #sky children of the light #sky cotl #scotl #empire moths #megabird #daleth #praying acolyte

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FINALLY DONE... AFTER FOUR MONTHS OF FIGHTING FOR MY LIFE

The Megabird comic is Out yes that's happening and I hope you enjoy this... I truly put my whole legs into this ;w;

#dogart #fanart #sky children of the light #sky cotl #scotl #sky headcanons #megabird #daleth

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A master at his craft...

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I got some time before work starts fr so im throwing these here

Luc at various stages of her life, fuckass bob phase included

#dogart #fanart #rejuv #oc: luc doggard #nancy

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I’m obsessed @/KingKravitz

#hooooly shit

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By LabradoriteKing on Pinterest

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"It's going to be okay, Aria. I'm sorry for everything, but you won't fight alone anymore. We got each other, now."

Luc and Ariana finally meeting-- Bc I haven't been able to art effectively lately :'

#dogart #fanart #rejuv #v13.5 spoilers #ariana #oc: luc doggard #If you see the gunshot scar on Luc's forehead? Don't worry about it #Definitely not Variya's fault #/hj #also i like to hc that Aria gives the second best hugs in the A-gang #the first place belongs to Alain surprisingly and the only person they like to hug is Aero--

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I got ghosted by my boss so now I'm jobless. We desperately need money for stuff.

Please please please, if you can afford it we'd appreciate it if you help us, and if not please share this around. paypal.me/elisabetenogueira0

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fledgling musician’s lesson-turned-jam-session

and bonus doods i cleaned up (i have too many sketches of them) vv

adoptive parent rhythm? adoptive parent rhythm.

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Hilda by Duane Bryers

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I made an art/anatomy tutorial about birds! I hope people will find it helpful!

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Spoke to a gen z person the other night and apparently the young folks don't know about the very legal sites from which you can access public domain media (including Dracula, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and other Victorian gothic horror stories)?

Like this young person didn't even know about goddamn Gutenberg which is a SHAME. I linked to it and they went "aw yiss time to do a theft" and I was like "I mean yo ho ho and all that, sure, but. you know gutenberg is entirely legal, right?"

Anyway I'm gonna put this in a few Choice Tags (sorry dracula fans I DID mention it though so it's fair game) and then put some Cool Links in a reblog so this post will still show UP in said tags lmao.

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Lil doodle from last night lmao

based on this:

#dogart #fanart #rejuv #karen #tiempa

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Silly teenagers and their silly sleepwear from last night bc i was feeling off but restless-

#dogart #fanart #aevis #aevia #ariana #axel #alain #aero #a-gang #rejuv