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ALEC HARDISON in The Homecoming Job

#leverage #i said that's my baby #honestly he's just a delight #q

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New ask game for writers

1. Favorite place to write. 2. Favorite part of writing. 3. Least favorite part of writing. 4. Do you have writing habits or rituals? 5. Books or authors that influenced your style the most. 6. Favorite character you ever created. 7. Favorite author. 8. Favorite trope to write. 9. Least favorite trope to write. 10. Pick a writer to co-write a book with and tell us what you’d write about. 11. Describe your writing process from scratch to finish. 12. How do you deal with self-doubts? 13. How do you deal with writers block? 14. What’s the most research you ever put into a book? 15. Where does your inspiration come from? 16. Where do you take your motivation from? 17. On avarage, how much writing do you get done in a day? 18. What’s your revision or rewriting process like? 19. First line of a WIP you’re working on. 20. Post a snippet of a WIP you’re working on. 21. Post the last sentence you wrote in one of your WIP’s. 22. How many drafts do you need until you’re satisfied and a project is ultimately done for you? 23. Single or multi POV, and why? 24. Poetry or prose, and why? 25. Linear or non-linear, and why? 26. Standalone or series, and why? 27. Do you share rough drafts or do you wait until it’s all polished? 28. And who do you share them with? 29. Who do you write for? 30. Favorite line you’ve ever written. 31. Hardest character to write. 32. Easiest character to write. 33. Do you listen to music when you’re writing? 34. Handwritten notes or typed notes? 35. Tell some backstory details about one of your characters in your story ________. 36. A spoiler for story _________. 37. Most inspirational quote you’ve ever read or heard that’s still important to you. 38. Have you shared your outline of your story ________ with someone? If so, what did they think of it? 39. Do you base your characters of real people or not? If so, tell us about one. 40. Original Fiction or Fanfiction, and why? 41. How many stories do you work on at one time? 42. How do you figure out your characters looks, personality, etc. 43. Are you an avid reader? 44. Best piece of feedback you’ve ever gotten. 45. Worst piece of feedback you’ve ever gotten. 46. What would your story _______ look like as a tv show or movie? 47. Do you start with characters or plot when working on a new story? 48. Favorite genre to write in. 49. What do you find the hardest to write in a story, the beginning, the middle or the end? 50. Weirdest story idea you’ve ever had. 51. Describe the aesthetic of your story _______ in 5 sentences or words. 52. How did writing change you? 53. What does writing mean to you? 54. Any writing advice you want to share?

#ask me things #q

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BEN SCHNETZER as Mark Ashton in PRIDE (2014)

#pride #HI BABY #i love this film so much #and ben does such a wonderful job #i hope mark would be pleased #q

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Since I’ve finished the second draft of His Majesty’s Starship, and have scribbled a few more chapters on my perennial projects Dressage Dragons and No Man’s Sky… Time for a shiny new novel!

A four-armed giant with anger issues, an anxiety-ridden cat burglar, a manipulative mastermind, a ditz of a mod-addict and a mostly person-shaped cloud of nanites walk into a bar. They’re the Vultures, a gang of all-lady con artists-come-thieves, and they have a plot to steal the most powerful AI in the galaxy out from under its own (figurative) nose. 

With big guns (i.e., each of Buck’s arms), big dreams (only slightly drug-addled), and three brain-cells for the entire team (all of which are stored in Vash’s head) some of these idiots might even make it out alive.

A space heist with a 100% WLW main cast, VOLT features:

Gross creepy biotech surveillance! By which I mean space stations are literally giant floating brains in space! Ick!

Fun neuroscience-meets-scifi-meets-compsci jargon!

Team as family!

Friends to lovers! (no, seriously, the will-they-won’t-they is gonna slay you)

Queer women everywhere! Queer ladies as far as the eye can see! Butches! Femmes! Trans women! Enbie women! Women who are hella sexual but still chug that Respect Other Women juice! Women who aren’t sexual at all! Fuck! Yes!

High stakes!

High tension!

Dramatic betrayal!

…

…wait who said that

Oh yeah and did I mention the huge cyborg space-brains that are watching your every move

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#other people's writing #vv friends #radley tag #HOLY SHIT I LOVE THIS #RADLEY I WORSHIP AT YOUR FEET THIS IS AMAZING #q

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log line: The COTA  follows M, a green witch, throughout her journey in NYC as she befriends Chris, an NHL player who tries to avoid magic at all costs.

word count: 786

triggers: mentions of death

tag list: (please ask to be added/removed) @cookiecutterwrites, @lvecrezias, @mvcreates, @ladywithalamp, @bebewrites, @qelizhus, @waterfallofinkandpages, @sinbadreis, @thepensieve

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#other people's writing #vv friends #OH WOW #i love this #i really love this take on magic it's so clever #and my heart aches for poor m #q

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“They say our people first came from the stars. Us, we’re stuck now, tethered to the earth. But the chimeras find their way back. They have constellations in their skin.”

-To Catch the Sea

#other people's writing #vv friends #oh #the imagery in this #it's perfection #just #chef kiss #q

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WIP INTRODUCTION: DECADENCE (TAKE IT ALL)

GENRE: fantasy/magic realism* POV: second person** STATUS: writing first draft, editing outline THEMES/TROPES: it takes a village to raise a child, character growth is continuous, finding solace, breaking the cycle, names are power, “you don’t need to do this alone”, sentient magic  WARNINGS: suicidal ideation, mild body horror (ymmv)

Take heed: what magic wants, magic gets. Even if it’s lonely—perhaps especially so.

Servitude loses her family during the 18th century vampire hunts. Her family’s murderer loses her compass—her last connection to that past—a century later. When they finally part ways, a strand of magic loses its last speakers and is forced to fall dormant. 

Here comes the 21st century and, with it, Silicone-heart: the only other person who can hear that strand of magic. 

CHARACTERS:

storm-speaker. grew up in a family with a weather affinity. patient, optimistic, and by appearances alone, the most trustworthy person you’ll meet. wants: to find their sibling. 

silicone-heart. reawakened one of magic’s dormant languages, though it came with steep consequences. distrustful, but a romantic at heart. wants: to leave. to make it stop raining.

servitude. unaffected by time, though can be killed through other means. has a one-track mind. introverted. wants: to live, and to remember. 

chain-seeker. blindly follows the compass without knowing where it leads. easily influenced. the chosen one, if there were such a thing. wants: to be responsible.

(interested? drop a comment or send an ask to be added to the taglist!)

#other people's writing #vv friends #oh this is so cool!!!!!!! #it's such a unique idea i really love it #q

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trauma, identity & dissociation, pt 1.

a series of almost real or close to real conversations i have had.

#other people's writing #vv friends #lukas tag #oh #i had to sit down for a minute when i read this #this...struck a chord #in a deeply personal way #i love it #i really really do #i just also intensely relate to it #q

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Original Character: Kamran (Ron) Shaikh, from Devida & Goliath Occupation: Engineer and Businessman | Age: 26-27 | Ethnicity: Indo-American of Mixed Descent (Malagasy x Persian)


“With unwieldy shoulders strapped into a jodhpuri and unruly curls wrapped atop his head, he could’ve almost passed as a seasoned gentleman of the Maharaja’s cortège... Almost, had it not been for the verdant glint behind his monolens – a glint I should’ve known to be synonymous with mischief.”

–An Excerpt From Devida’s Journal

#other people's writing #vv friends #mina tag #hi i love him #and you're too talented as always #q

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“The electricity controlling alien that’s been terrorizing our entire city for months, the cause of thousands of injuries and a near apocalypse… is an innocent child!?”

- CIRCUIT, a WIP about humanity, morality, responsibility, and other important ‘-ity’ words.

The alien? Her name is Tilly, by the way. Turns out she didn’t mean to hurt people–she escaped a terrible homeworld was “sent” here unaware that the planet was teeming with devices that would harness her power and stretch her too thin to control her own mind. The fall-back on her instincts forced her to protect herself from any potential threat, a category that included innocent people just trying to do their jobs.

But now she’s alright! And she’s nice! And very lost and very scared. Unfortunately, G.R.I.D., the agency responsible for her sanity restoration… doesn’t really believe her. And they’re… not very nice.

Cue the focus shifting to an ordinary person by the name of Frankie. They’re one of G.R.I.D.’s agents. Initially, they’re of the same opinion as the rest of their team. But then… things change.

And now they’re on the run from their own people with a little alien.

genre – Science Fiction, LGBTQ+, YA pov – First Person Limited, Multiple features – LGBTQ+, neurodivergent, and MCs of colour. Cool gadgets and cooler people, the most adorable alien ever, and friendship and family and finding a home. content warnings – Violence/death, mind control, fire/explosions, references to an abusive family. status – Currently outlining! playlist – HUMANS - KLOUD // The Mind Electric - Miracle Musical // It Makes No Difference Who We Are - Celldweller // Blackstar - Celldweller // TRIALS - STARSET // Just Breathe - Rival x Cadmium ft. Jon Becker

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#other people's writing #vv friends #ooooooh #this is so cool!!!! #i love tilly already #can i be added to the taglist please? #q

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- s.e.v.b ( mycupofstarsandcoffee )  4/17/2020 ↳ wip intro  other excerpts 

#until the day he didn't come back #other people's writing #vv friends #OUCH #just #OW. #q

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WIP Title : Afterlife Genre : Supernatural, NA  Summary : Silvia has seen the dead for as long as she could remember. What, or rather whom, she can’t seem to shake is Alina, a ghost that can’t remember who she was but needs her help. Reluctantly she agrees to help. 

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#other people's writing #vv friends #OH #this is interesting #i'm into it #taglist please? #q

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Blood Upon the Altar | Building Elidone | Countries: Edhel

Edhel the forsaken lands

Government | Dukedom, Totalitarian? Capital | Pirivik Motto | In Unity, We Thrive Status | Occupied Symbol & Colors | Lynx, Purple & Blue Climate | Freezing, long winters & mild summers Animals | Rabbits, coyotes, foxes, lynx

Characters from Edhel | Aston, Aleksandra, Sariel

Edhel is a small country far north, known for its freezing winters and mild summers, they are typically thought to covered with wintergreen trees with the looming mountains and deep valleys surrounding them. They are, for the most part, separated from the rest of the continent due to how strictly they are run.

The people of Edhel are typically humans, but due to being closer to the mountains, where Sirieon is found, some villages sometimes harbor wanted criminals such as assassins and thieves. It is said you can also find dragons within the mountains as well. Sorcerers and witches are also known to live among the people of Edhel. And on a rare occasion, you may come across a vampire within its capital.

They are also kind and inviting to outsiders, always looking towards the light at the end of the tunnel. They will give all they have, even if they have very little. They are humble but a broken people in general. They try to be as self sufficient as possible and cling to the possibility that Sariel will one day return to help them from the neverending nightmare.

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#other people's writing #vv friends #lukas tag #oh i love this #it's really well thought through and it feels alive y'know #and the tone of this #it kind of reads like someone telling the story of edhel #idk if you intended that but i really like it #q

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practice makes perfect, but writing the same thing every day doesn’t always count. 

let me clarify this: if you really want to improve your writing, focus on the things you want to improve. take that out of your writing and only do that. for me, i’ve always been bad at dialogue. so i’ve started writing in the form of a play script. 

an example of something bad you probably unconcsiously do: i hate worldbuilding. very much. i used to just put it off, focus on character interactions instead. this is the issue: i wrote a lot, but it was always the same thing.

there came a point where i just couldn’t keep going if i didn’t know important parts of my world. so lately i’ve been working on magic systems, and i’m actually starting to like them. next step is the government. i’m going to keep going from there. 

tldr: stop putting off writing the parts you’re not good at, and start focusing on improving that aspect of your writing specifically, and things will start to improve. 

#writing #advice #this is really solid #i should probably take this advice #q

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Character Introduction // Jael Linwood

Name  →  Jael Linwood Birthday  →  2 October 1866 Age  →  22 R/S Status  →  Courting Alexander and Nathan Occupation  → Lady Jael Linwood, Detective Sergeant Hobbies  → Reading, horseriding, singing, playing piano

Lady Jael Linwood is the daughter of The Most Honourable Marquess of Winchester, which makes the life she is hiding difficult. 

She’s a free-spirited young woman who does not want to live as a proper lady. She has a deep love for crime solving and medicine, which is why she went to the University of London to secretly pursue law and medicine, both, while obtaining the music degree her family thought she was getting.

#other people's writing #nat tag #tql friends #i love jael #she is too good #q

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Character Introduction // Jacqueline Crest

Name  → Jacqueline Crest Birthday  → 12 October 1863 Age  → 25 R/S Status  → Single ‘Occupation’  → Lady Jaqueline Crest Hobbies  → Charity work, dancing, playing piano

Jacqueline Crest, Alexander’s sister, has had a near perfect life but unfortunately, that has come to an end. People are subtly noticing she’s changing and hiding her illness too. But she simply brushes it off, claiming she’s fine and she simply wants to continuing living her life. Jacqueline is strong-willed and resourceful. And she can be a bit of an attention-seeker, too. She’s also stubborn and once her mind is set on something, she follows through with it. 

#other people's writing #tql friends #nat tag #iiiiiiiinteresting #i don't trust her #q

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#criminal minds #i love this weird family #q