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A recipe for finding your story's plot:

Ingredients:

2 cups of Things that must be in the story (this can be characters, specific scenes, settings, subplots etc.)

1 cup of Vague plot ideas I may not use

1 tbsp of Central Themes

1 tsp of Ending (either happy, tragic, or bitter-sweet)

1 tsp of Protagonist's Primary Motivation

2 lbs of Brick Wall

Time, as needed

Instructions:

In a large bowl, mix Things that must be in the story. Set aside.

In a separate bowl, sift together Vague plot ideas I may not use. Discard the excess and set aside.

Add Themes, Ending, and Motivation to a small jar. Screw lid on tight and shake until mixture becomes Conflict.

Pour Conflict and Vague plot ideas into Things that must be in the story. Blend on medium until Plot Points form.

Taste.

If it is still missing something, smash head against 1 lbs of Brick Wall for one to six hours.

Let marinate for one to 365 days. Add more Things and Vague plot ideas as desired.

Smash head against the rest of the Brick Wall for one to six hours.

Scream.

Repeat steps 5 through 9 as needed.

After sufficient marination, the mixture will form an idea. This will tell you what specific action must happen in order to resolve your story's conflict. Write this down and make appropriate sacrifices to thank whichever deity took pity on you.

Now you have your conflict, climax, and resolution. You just have to figure out how to get there. Good luck with the damn middle section dork!!

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i hate that every time i look for color studies and tips to improve my art and make it more dynamic and interesting all that comes up are rudimentary explanations of the color wheel that explain it to me like im in 1st grade and just now discovering my primary colors

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Pro Tip: The Way You End a Sentence Matters

Here is a quick and dirty writing tip that will strengthen your writing.

In English, the word at the end of a sentence carries more weight or emphasis than the rest of the sentence. You can use that to your advantage in modifying tone.

Consider:

In the end, what you said didn't matter.

It didn't matter what you said in the end.

In the end, it didn't matter what you said.

Do you pick up the subtle differences in meaning between these three sentences?

The first one feels a little angry, doesn't it? And the third one feels a little softer? There's a gulf of meaning between "what you said didn't matter" (it's not important!) and "it didn't matter what you said" (the end result would've never changed).

Let's try it again:

When her mother died, she couldn't even cry.

She couldn't even cry when her mother died.

That first example seems to kind of side with her, right? Whereas the second example seems to hold a little bit of judgment or accusation? The first phrase kind of seems to suggest that she was so sad she couldn't cry, whereas the second kind of seems to suggest that she's not sad and that's the problem.

The effect is super subtle and very hard to put into words, but you'll feel it when you're reading something. Changing up the order of your sentences to shift the focus can have a huge effect on tone even when the exact same words are used.

In linguistics, this is referred to as "end focus," and it's a nightmare for ESL students because it's so subtle and hard to explain. But a lot goes into it, and it's a tool worth keeping in your pocket if you're a creative writer or someone otherwise trying to create a specific effect with your words :)

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This tweet has changed my life btw

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i’m replying to a lot of ao3 comments for the first time in my life, so my brain conjured this meme

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I needed this drag. Let’s change guys and not look back

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guide to drawing mouths

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idk im really tired of 15-17 year olds who have never interacted with the gay community irl and spend too much time on tiktok trying to act like the authority on all that is lgbt+ 

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Pronoun Etiquette

Practicing pronouns

- https://www.practicewithpronouns.com/#/?_k=tz9u8j

- http://www.pronouns.failedslacker.com/

- https://transgenderteensurvivalguide.tumblr.com/post/181844856740/how-do-select-pronouns-when-they-all-are-equally

- https://www.minus18.org.au/pronouns-app/

Getting people to gender you correctly

- https://transgenderteensurvivalguide.tumblr.com/post/170468191183/do-you-have-any-tips-on-how-to-get-people-to-use

- https://transgenderteensurvivalguide.tumblr.com/post/165102260005/hello-kind-person-can-you-give-me-a-lesson-on-how#notes

- https://transgenderteensurvivalguide.tumblr.com/post/182946533355/how-do-you-get-over-the-anxiety-of-correcting

- https://transgenderteensurvivalguide.tumblr.com/post/181740762675/how-to-tell-your-parents-that-gender-pronouns

- https://transgenderteensurvivalguide.tumblr.com/post/181347208655/ive-heard-that-using-itits-pronouns-is

- https://transgenderteensurvivalguide.tumblr.com/post/180812302180/how-do-i-explain-to-a-guy-who-just-refuses-to-see

- https://transgenderteensurvivalguide.tumblr.com/post/180424567005/urgenttime-sensitive-im-having-a-hysterectomy

Validation for your pronouns

- https://fyeahaltpride.tumblr.com/post/151565787329/hi-do-you-believe-in-neopronouns-validity-if

- https://transgenderteensurvivalguide.tumblr.com/post/175888586985/as-a-trans-guy-seeing-lesbians-using-hehim

- https://transgenderteensurvivalguide.tumblr.com/post/184273496745/why-would-someone-have-multiple-sets-of-pronouns

- https://transgenderteensurvivalguide.tumblr.com/post/170783500170/why-are-there-multiple-sets-of-gender-neutral

- https://transgenderteensurvivalguide.tumblr.com/post/180674423300/can-non-men-use-hehim-pronouns-im-not-sure-if 

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and here’s the timelapse too ❤️ thanks again @smashinassassin

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and here’s the timelapse too ❤️ thanks again @smashinassassin

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HEY THIS IS IMPORTANT whats your favorite place to find drawing references?

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Hello, I am a Black girl writing a story with a predominantly Black group that revolves around magic and royalty. The story is dual perspective, and while one of the narrators is Black, the other is South Asian, specifically of Indian descent.

As I make up this new system of magic and mythology, I'm worried that I'm erasing the culture of the character. I wanted to ask if me creating this new culture and history will make my brown characters seem more like decoration instead of people with their own backgrounds, or if I'm just overthinking it and I should continue writing with this system.

Note: In the mythology, the land and the people on it were created from clay which is why a majority of them are brown (complexion wise). The group later discovers things that put their religion question, but overall these beliefs play a big role in the story.

Black and Indian characters, people compared to clay and and newly created magical history & mythology

I really don’t think it’s a good idea for these people to be brown because they’re made of clay, or any type of dirt. In South Asian cultures, shadeism and the implication that someone is brown, or dark skinned, because they’re dirty, or of dirt, has deep ties to classism, casteism, and the oppression of Adivasi people.

- SK

Agreed with Mod SK about the clay thing. From my personal experience, this is a comparison which is extremely prevalent within South Asian communities due to deeply entrenched beauty norms, dating back to imperialist-typical racism in the British legislation and even pre-colonial decades. Refer to: my school dance teacher worrying aloud about putting me in the front line during a recital because my "rong" (complexion) was not "porishkar" ("clean"; as in, fair or light). Refer to even supposedly “progressive” movies and shows like Udta Punjab and The Family Man which used brownface on pale-skinned actresses for consciously perpetuating class stereotypes. In certain Indian linguistic systems at least, like my mother tongue Bengali, pale skin has often been linked to connotations of cleanliness and purity, carrying within itself an unmistakably casteist tone. I would strongly recommend researching the Varna (Varna literally translates to colour in Sanskrit) system of India, with emphasis on the way its implications have been codified into modern practices of Hinduism in India.

Finally, India as a country does not consist of a homogenous population of “brown people '', even though social media and fandom culture often tends to lump us into one mass, without taking into account that Indians can hail from a multitude of ethnicities. 

Also, and I’m not being facetious here and am genuinely curious:

How do you intend to go about assigning our origin to clay when India itself has a varied topographic profile? 

Would this indicate that the people hailing from the Deccan Plateau region would have a darker skin tone, owing to the black soil of that region (equating skin tone to the clay of origin)?

Suggested articles for reading:

Colourism and its connoations of class privilege in India

Colourism and Casteism in Bollywood and Indian media

Dark skin and prejudices in Indian marriages

Finally here is my ko-fi, because I always appreciate a tip.

- Mimi

As Black people aren't all assigned some magic / mythology culture by default, this is not erasure. That's definitely individual. 

The clay thing is a bit... Interesting, not the worst thing (in my opinion) but not the best. There's definitely this direct comparison to dark skin and dirt when you have people made of earth, quite literally. Sometimes it's really how you put the spin on it if it becomes passable. I’ve addressed this in a couple questions comparing a Black person’s skin to dirt / soil / earth. There’s one way of doing it that is better than the other. Still - Black and Brown folks may not like it regardless so there is that risk due to the strong connotations to dirt and dark people being dirty, which in your case  makes it literal (see the responses from my fellow mods).

I’d also like to know how non-Black and  / or  Brown people go about being created. If they’re singled out as being clay-made while white people are made out of moon dust and rivers and stars (which are basically free of ulterior connotations), then I’d absolutely take notice and would be adverse to BiPoc then, being made of clay.

It would feel dehumanizing and I'd rather you find an equally positive associated manner of origins. The sun is a start! In any case, just avoid food origins for the many reasons outlined in the skin color “POC and Food Comparisons” guide. 

More reading:

Dark skin / dirt comparisons 

Skin comparisons to soil

~Mod Colette

I’d agree with what the other mods are saying and maybe review why clay. It’s not unheard of for African writers to use this motif; Lesley Nneka Arimah uses it in her short story “What We Bring At Home” when the protagonist wants a child and fashions one. The rub is that it’s a horror tale, so maybe consider your reason for paying homage to this, how you want the worldbuilding to affect the tone. Clay can come in different colors naturally from red in river clay and so forth. If you want to use the motif, it may be worth going beyond black, brown and white tones. 

- Mod Jaya

Ask published Oct 2021

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Girl I just found out that Project MKUltra is like… a real thing

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Which eye shape and / or colour most resembles yours? 💙💛💚 Let me know if you find this post helpful! I had loads of fun making and simplifying these studies 😍