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Got bored and drew my version of the reader in the AMAZING FIC ‘Sleep Awake’ by @chihirolovebot

Their writing is spectacular. Also adding a Flower Face song as one of the chapter titles is a POWER MOVE.

#art #fanfic #Sleep Awake #thank you for making this masterpiece you stunning person

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This is Money Snake. She only appears every 312 years. 

If you reblog her picture within the next twenty-five seconds you will have good luck and fortune for the rest of your life. 

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Hehe Novae Terrae Imagine time again!

Imagine the Oracle (reader) when they first come into contact with their powers, it comes in bursts.

It’s powerful— the ability to predict and manipulate the future.

Imagine them not realizing they’re having a vision because the scene wasn’t one of danger— and they get stuck in it for days, because of how powerful it is.

Only to wake up once they start seeing the differences of theirs and their visions reality.

#writing #ninjago x reader #novae terrae #fanfic #ninjago #a simple wish

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AGAIN?!?

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Hey quick question—

How do you write things again?

#writing #novae terrae #fanfic #a simple wish #I’m suffering

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Nine months later and the plot of Novae Terrae has never been better explained

OKAY HEAR ME OUT!!!

-Imagine Y/N and Lord Garmaddon or any Villian in Lego Ninjago Series/Movie had Beef.👁️👄👁️

#this but w the serpentine #ninjago #lego ninjago #lego ninjago x reader #ninjago x reader #writing #new chapter should be written soon sorry I’ve been gone for so long—

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AGAIN?!?!

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THIS AGAIN???

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GOOD LUCK TIMEEEE

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ITS FINALLY SUMMERRR!!!!

IM FREEEEEEEEEEE HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

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Saving this for later

How to Stop Spinning Your Wheels and Write

First: mental health is real. If you are in burnout, take care of yourself because if you push yourself in burnout, you can prolong it. You might want to try some of these things to keep being creative during burnout, but don't force yourself.

Take care of yourself.

Try more creative outlines. I don't outline the way most people think of it. I outline with moodboards that nobody but me can understand, including main characters, relationships, side characters, and aesthetics. It makes sense to me and, when I look at it, I know exactly what I want each picture to do and say and why it's in the space it's in. If you are more visual, you can try that or a Pepe Silvia-esque string board. You can even try a playlist that is one song per chapter to convey the mood and repeat songs as needed. Don't take forever to do this; spend no more than a day or two and then get to writing.

Instead of a character sheet, writing the same scene from the POV of every character in a given chapter so you learn more about them. Character sheets can get some of us really in the weeds and we focus so much on whether or not our characters like punk vs classical music and certain fashion tastes that are ultimately not going to be on the page. That's not to say knowing these things are bad, but you can also get to know your characters by writing how they view each other and certain situations and by doing that, you also learn their motivations in each scene.

Just write 100 words a day of the project. That's it. Or a page in a notebook or 15 minutes of a sprint. Give yourself a small, reachable, tangible goal where you can see your writing grow. 'But I don't know where the story is going!' That's OK! It doesn't have to be perfect. You can write four pages and realize it's going nowhere and then cross it all out and start again. Pros do that, too.

If you're writing SFF, identify if you have Worldbuilder's Disease. What is this? It's when you spend all your time building a world for a story and you never get around to the story because the world isn't 'finished'. Tolkien didn't finish building his world. Last time I checked, GRRM never created more than 7 words of High Valyrian; David J. Peterson did for GOT. If you have Worldbuilder's Disease, make a checklist for what you absolutely need and if you have 75% or more done, you write and worldbuild on alternating days until you have what you absolutely need. By then, you should also have a better understanding of your characters and plot. If worldbuilding is your passion, you don't have to abandon it; but if it's stopping you from writing the story you want to tell, at some point, you do need to stop focusing on the worldbuilding and on the story.

If your perfectionism is the problem and you feel that draft one has to be perfect, this is going to be harder for some people than it is for others. For some people, accepting that draft 1 isn't going to be the end result is by calling it 'the shitty draft'. For others, it's by doing a draft zero, which I believe comes from screenwriting, and you write an unstructured draft with all your research and pants the hell out of it. For some people, that is draft one, for others, its a way to trick their brain into not putting too much pressure on themselves. Let yourself infodump in the draft if you have to. Get a cheerleader or enabler.

Get yourself an accountability buddy. Find someone in your friend group who also has a novel they want to write or a piece they want to learn how to play or a game they wanna finish, set a date for when it needs to be done that is reasonable, and check-in with each other. New Years' Resolutions don't work for most people, but cheering on a friend and them cheering you on and having someone who will ask you 'how's the book coming?' and listen to you when you talk about the best and worst parts of the week can be really effective to stopping yourself from going back to spinning your wheels.

Get a critique partner. Can be someone you met in fandom if you both are coming from the fanfic world or critique circle or a writing group in your area. If what you need is feedback, put yourself out there to get it.

Carrot method. If what you need is a treat, find a treat within your budget. Some people get a cupcake on Fridays if they met their writing goals four days in a row. Others treat themselves to a literary magazine subscription or a new hardcover book if they hit their goals for the month. If what you need to do is watch an episode of your favorite TV show after writing 800 words that night, do it. My personal variation of this is writing 500 words of the main project before I can work on other projects. Some days, I never get to the projects and others, I breeze right through and then get to do a whole short story I've wanted to write all week.

Fill in the blank method. My strongest points are dialogue and dynamics. If I forced myself to do internal things and description and sensory details down to the last detail on the first draft, nothing would ever get done. I give myself leeway and write the dialogue and dynamics and add the things I have to later. The more I practice internal aspects and description, the more I just do them, but I don't pressure myself. Pressuring yourself is not the answer.

Start in the middle. Starting is hard; many writers start in the wrong place, especially on their book. Some people do have a better sense of where a story should start than others, but some people have a better idea of what a strong finish is than others. Maybe your strength is the finish line. It's OK to write the last half of the book first and then add the first half. The first few chapters are almost always the chapters that are rewritten the most; that's why they tend to be the strongest and tightest.

#writing #writing hack #writing improvement #writblr #writers of tumblr

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Might as well

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Hey it’s been a bit since the last one of these…

But since I’m currently going through intense brain-rot over it …

ITS TIME FOR ANOTHER “I HAD AN IDEA” POST!!!! Ninjago edition as always~

Garmadon having nightmares about the final battle and the day he was bitten by The Great Devourer;

In my fanfic I have a few mapped out relationship dynamics that I want to solidify through different moments.

One of those is the shared friendship between Garmadon and the MC. Both being caring of Lloyd, Garmadon acknowledging that the MC was there for Lloyd when not even his own mother would be. They form a PLATONIC bond that’s more so a chiller parental version of a “Lloyd protection squad” (Kai soon joins after his big moment saving Lloyd in the volcano).

So they’re friends, and friends confide in each-other no?

So when the MC stays with Garmadon during the time he’s recovering from after the final battle, when he has his own dojo— they meet him face to face at midnight. Both waking up from extreme nightmares, the MC’s being about the injuries they’ve gained from protecting Lloyd and the others.

Garmadon’s stem from the ones he got from harming them.

When the MC gets him to finally open up, they learn about the fear he felt— even back in his early years he was always being controlled. Manipulated by something far beyond his power. From being corrupted by the snake bite, to being taken over by the Overlord.

The MC is unable to comfort him past the basics, knowing they’d never be able to understand the type of pain he had to endure— but assuring him that they are always there to listen.

They both drink their tea and continue to talk— when Garmadon finally asks what kept them up, what the nightmares entailed. A sense of guilt is stricken through him.

The MC was just a kid, like the rest of the team— none of which should have ever gone through the things they have. Bear the scares they own. But it was even more terrifying to know that a very large majority, where his fault.

Yet they still stayed with him, treated him with respect— even when they were supposed to be enemies.

He knew the day you chose to stay at the dojo with him you were doing it to check on him, make sure he didn’t succumb to misery. Unknowing how able he was to survive on his own without his demonic strength. But you said nothing, only making it seem like you wanted a break— when you were clearly doing the opposite from what he’s heard from his students that live in the village that recently had ALL OF THEIR CRIMINALS caught and turned in on the same day.

He felt something there, a warm kindness that reminded him of Lloyd, and himself. Your sense of justice was just as fucked as his, breaking every rule and restriction if it meant protecting the ones you love. It made him wonder what your life was like back in your original world… did you have anyone you were forced to leave? Did anyone hurt you?

The painful look in your eyes told him more than he needed to know. But it’ll be alright, he’ll make sure to protect you and Lloyd from everything from now on.

It’s what a father does after all.

#writing #ninjago x reader #novae terrae #fanfic #ninjago #a simple wish #GARM AND MC ARE LIKE FATHER AND CHILD ONG

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For the readers of Russian Roulette; please open this link and answer the question listed

#writing #splatoon manga x reader #Coroika x reader #russian roulette

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Book two of the Graceling series down…

MY HEART AND LIFE HAVE CHANGED

#graceling series #i will never financially recover from this

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Thinking about gay people…

Also thinking about Chaos in orbit! I’m thinking about writing this as a genuine story and want to know what y’all think!

The plot would be about my sweet little shithead Casper, who ends up being kidnapped by an alien to prevent him from being eaten by another alien.

That alien would be Jordan (the ginger, derogatory).

And as they run to different planets, galaxies, and solar systems— they face the horrible threat that is their own emotionally constipated asses not knowing what or how they feel about each other.

Funnily enough this probably won’t be a romance story! Just Casper wondering if he cares about Jordan because of Stockholm syndrome, and Jordan not really having any friends before.

Anyway! Thanks for listening and lmk if I should actually write this! (I would make a comic but genuinely I DO NOT have the motivation— nor skill currently. Maybe after some more time trying to work on my style! But for now no)

#i’m back on my bullshit #chaos in orbit #cio #writing #oc story

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CHAPTER 5 OF NOVAE TERRAE IS OUT!!

@BleakBlakeXOXO on Wattpad!!

#ninjago x reader #writing #novae terrae #fanfic #ninjago #a simple wish