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1, 10, 20 for the wrapped oc game! 🙌

vampire by Olivia Rodrigo

Apparently, I listened to this song 88 times? I have no memories of doing that at all, it's not my favorite on her album. Anyways for ocs, it's not on a playlist, but if I had to pick someone Angie? Idk, about trusting the wrong person, I guess.

10. ballad of a homeschooled girl by Olivia Rodrigo

Again, not on a playlist. Going for a throwback, but Hollie Stilinski. I feel like I stopped writing awkward teens, when I came out of my teens? Like I can't quite put myself in that same mindset as easily, it gets further away from me every year.

20. Soldier, Poet, King by The Oh Hellos

On my Spotify Wrapped again this year. I use it all the time for my dnd characters/ocs playlists. This year this happens to be Shimmer, my ever-evolving oc for Critical Role campaign 3.

#oc: angelica miller #oc: hollie stilinski #oc: shimmer #I guess I can tag her as an oc? #asks #thanks for sending these in :)

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I’m asking for 55!! 😁

55. Put A Record On by NOISY

This one is from my Ines playlist. This time, it's a song from the soundtrack of season 2 of Alex Rider. Most songs are just directly from the show now that I look at it. 😆

#oc: ines #alex rider oc #asks #thanks for sending an ask in!!

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for u!

😭You're the one that deserves all the flowers, though. Really came to my rescue with all those asks.

Keeping the one ask about elaborating on my new ocs for tomorrow. 💖

#thanks so much love

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11!

11. labour by Paris Paloma

"Off this island, this was an escape plan (this was an escape plan) Carefully timed it, so let me go And dive into the waves below"

This wasn't on any oc playlist, just on my playlist to rage to. I could see it fitting Ryn, though.

#oc: ryn #asks #thanks for the asks #seriously having so much fun

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27!

27. Better Than Revenge (Taylor's Version) by Taylor Swift

Not from a playlist, I just have Taylor sprinkled everywhere in my Spotify Wrapped every year.

I guess I could see it fit, Ines. She can be petty and definitely isn't against some girl-on-girl hate.

#oc: ines #asks #I forgot how I used to tag #I've been tagging answered but I think that's wrong #doesn't really matter

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53!

53. Burning Down by Everyone You Know

New oc alert! This song is on my Ines playlist.

Ines is an Alex Rider oc. Little alleged fun fact, through my job, I worked a bit on Alex Rider season 3 and got to see the entire thing. And I made an oc.

Granted, Ines has nothing to do with the show and is more just spy vibes and random scenes in my head.

Another oc without a faceclaim. I think it became a pattern this year that I created ocs knowing I would never post them, so I never bothered with a FC.

I believe this song was on the soundtrack for season one of Alex Rider.

#oc: Ines #answered #love that we're hitting all the new ocs with these :) #alex rider oc

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99!

99. Moves by Suki Waterhouse

"Don't make it complicated Don't tell me what you're going through"

This one is also from my Shirley playlist. Mostly because Suki is on the cast of DJATS, but also because it fit the vibes I was feeling at the time.

#oc: shirley #answered

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98!

98. Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High (Violon) a cover by Joel Sunny

This is on my Ryn playlist. In February, I got around to reading Six of Crows and I created Ryn.

She's part of the Crows. She's Grisha, a Tidemaker who ran away from Ravka after accidentally killing her best friend in a training experiment gone wrong.

She's a Nikolai Lantsov ship. I never got around to picking a faceclaim for her.

#oc: ryn #answered #thank you again for asking :) #it's nice to go back to ocs from earlier this year

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13!

13. Regret Me by Daisy Jones and the Six

Okay this song is perfect for me to introduce my DJATS oc, Shirley. I became obsessed with the show around May according to spotify. That's when I created Shirley.

She's the bassist for the band that they pick up when they move to California. She's an Eddie ship. I'd have to go back through my notes for more, but she was my obsession for a solid month. I think most of it was probably just daydreaming at work, so might not be a lot of info left.

FC for her pinterest board was Victoria De Angelis

#oc: shirley #answered

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67!

67. Everywhere, Everything by Noah Kahan

Okay, so this song isn't on any of my oc playlists. I just became obsessed with the Stick Season album this october.

But if I had to pick an oc, maybe Katherine Potter. Purely for the fall vibes of it all.

#oc: katherine potter #answered #thank you for sending in so many asks #I'm getting to them :)

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new oc game:

send me a number 1-100 and I’ll tell you the song it corresponds with on my top 100 spotify wrapped playlist + and oc/ship it reminds me of

#trying this ask game again tonight

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Lucy Gray Baird

#saw the movie yesterday #these are lovely #I love your style as always :)

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new oc game:

send me a number 1-100 and I’ll tell you the song it corresponds with on my top 100 spotify wrapped playlist + and oc/ship it reminds me of

#this ask game always brings my blog back to life for a couple days lol #ask game #i didn't really post this year #but I made ocs

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Happy Birthday Noémie 🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋

Thank you!!!

#birthday wishes 2023

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Happy birthday my beloved bestie!! 🎊 I hope you have an amazing day today, and here’s to many more years of friendship!! Love you Noémie!! ❤️

Thank youuuu, Grace!!! Near or far your friendship means the world. I had the BEST day at work, my co-workers decorated my desk, brought me a cake and a card signed by so many people.

Couldn't ask for a better 25.

❤️❤️❤️

#birthday wishes 2023

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site that you can type in the definition of a word and get the word

site for when you can only remember part of a word/its definition 

site that gives you words that rhyme with a word

site that gives you synonyms and antonyms

#writing resources

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Dialogue tips that actually work:

You are not writing a movie (ignore this if you are). The reader doesn't need to know every word the characters say for the duration of the story. Less is more.

Dialogue can happen within the prose. "And they awkwardky discussed the weather for five minutes" is way better than actually writing five pages of dialogue about the weather.

Balance your dialogues. Surprise yourself with a monosyllabic answe to a dialogue that's ten sentences long. Don't be afraid of letting your character use half a page for a reply or nothing at all!

Don't write accents phonetically, use slang and colloquialisms if needed.

Comma before "said" and no caps after "!?" unless it's an action tag. Study dialogue punctuation.

Learn the difference between action tags and dialogue tags. Then, use them interchangeably (or none at all).

Don't be afraid to use said. Use said if characters are just saying things, use another word if not. Simple. There's no need to use fancy synonyms unless absolutely necessary.

Not everyone talks the same way so it makes sense for your characters to use certain words more often than others. Think of someone who says "like" to start every sentence or someone who talks really slow. Be creative.

Use prose to slow down the pace during a conversation.

Skip prose to speed up the pace during a conversation.

#writing tips #dialogue tips