If your plot feels flat, STUDY it! Your story might be lacking...
Stakes - What would happen if the protagonist failed? Would it really be such a bad thing if it happened?
Thematic relevance - Do the events of the story speak to a greater emotional or moral message? Is the conflict resolved in a way that befits the theme?
Urgency - How much time does the protagonist have to complete their goal? Are there multiple factors complicating the situation?
Drive - What motivates the protagonist? Are they an active player in the story, or are they repeatedly getting pushed around by external forces? Could you swap them out for a different character with no impact on the plot? On the flip side, do the other characters have sensible motivations of their own?
Yield - Is there foreshadowing? Do the protagonist's choices have unforeseen consequences down the road? Do they use knowledge or clues from the beginning, to help them in the end? Do they learn things about the other characters that weren't immediately obvious?
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perhaps âŚ. some soft/domestic couple prompts ? đ¤
fluffy domestic prompts that make me want to cry
found this in my drafts đ @jasminesfury
being slightly tipsy, and just dancing with each other with soft music playing in the background, your head on their shoulder, soft movements
fooling around on the couch and one says âwait did you remember to pick up the dry cleaning?â âthat..is a very good questionâ
one trying to cook for the other and ending up destroying the kitchen â..itâs the effort that counts/youâre lucky youâre cuteâ
make out sessions where itâs less making out and more giggling and bumping their noses accidentally while smiling ear to ear
âoh i forgot that youâre an idiotâ âiâm your idiotâ
A casually saying something absolutely scandalous while B is eating and B almost chokes on their food
^ âthat..â âsounds like a plan, no?â âwhy are you like thisâ (while being a blush-y mess)
âi am in love with an absolute idiot.â
âi love youâ âi love you too..but i love your cat moreâ
A cooking for B ,âyou know that iâm only dating you because of your cooking right? how do you do this do you have some magical power in your hands?â (âWELL..i recall you moaning telling me that i do- HEY OUCHâ)
âi was thinking..do you wanna move in together?â â..arenât we living together already-â âwhatâ âname, whenâs the last time you slept in your own flat?â ââŚâ
dating their siblingâs best friend, and the sibling finding out and telling their friend âoh youâre so deadâ and chasing their friend/siblingâs partner around the room, while the sibling is frantically trying to stop it and their other friends are just laughing hysterically
âyouâre kinda cuteâ âyouâre hotâ âi knowâ
âi love your lips. theyâre so softâ
just both of them being in absolute awe of each other. how did i get so lucky
âyouâre doing that thingâ âwhat thingâ âthe cute puppy eyes thing you do when you want somethingâ
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how arcane taught me to outline â on character
inspired by @/schnee1 on youtube ; iâve learned a lot from what he talks about in his arcane analysis video series and took inspiration from him to outline my wip, here are some of my notes on them! iâm also a film student so it might lean not so writeblry!
psa: this is my interpretation of arcane and the many helpful resources i found along the way + the things i learned from the show but i hope you find this helpful xx
iâm sure many of you have seen the award-winning hit netflix series arcane, league of legends fan or not. if you have to seen it, spoilers ahead if you keep reading and GO WATCH IT! whether or not you liked it, surely youâll agree that its plot, characters, worldbuilding, conflict, etc, are on the next level. to say the least, iâm obsessed. so hereâs a small writing help series of the many things arcane has taught me (with the help of the internet + youtube). this series is all thanks to you guys who said âyes do itâ to me <3
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fav ship dynamic
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I AM A HUMAN BEING IN HUMAN CONDITION!
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to honk or not to honk. :]
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Do we have a franz kafka diary entry for july 1st, i want to know what he thinks!!!
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can never formulate a normal response to âso, tell me about yourself? your likes, dislikes?â I like textiles and.... colors. and feelings. I donât like driving south
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Queer Creator Showcase
Alright here we go! Queer Creator Showcase year 2!
For everyone who missed it last year, this a mini-pride month event open to all creators who identify as queer or part of the queer community. All kinds of creative works - drawings, crochet, music, writing, etc - are welcome. Itâs also open to all skill levels, whether you started on your medium last week or last decade.
Some quick rules/guidelines:
You may include a maximum of 5 pieces, across all medium. Ex: 5 poems, 2 drawings and 3 plush toys, etc.
Please submit all pieces in a single post.Â
Ideally, post it on your own blog and tag me (@queercutlureis) in it. If you canât, for whatever reason, please shoot me a DM and weâll figure something out.
Please keep it SFW! No sexual and/or kinky content, thank you!*
Please feel free to introduce yourself and your work! A few lines about who you are, what themes youâre interested in, what draws you to your medium(s) would be lovely! But of course, no pressure if youâre not comfortable with this.
Related to the previous - feel free to include a link to your commission listings, soundcloud, etsy, patreon, etc.Â
Iâll be accepting submissions from now (17th of May) until the 20th of June, to give everyone plenty of time to get things together. The showcase will begin on the 1st of June and end on the 30th of June.
*No shame in this, as always! Itâs just for my own personal comfort, running it on my own as a sex repulsed person.
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tumblr blaze should have an ultra ultra ultra expensive option to reach every user in the site. you know it'd be literally the worst take you've ever seen. the kind of thing only the post op could agree with. insurable pvp zone. tumblr if you're listening PLEASE enable this you know how funny it'd be.
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i think butter is a better bagel topping than cream cheese. there. i said it.
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told my roommate dracula was an epistolary novel because itâs made up of letters and she was like. of course itâs made of letters itâs a book
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donât let fanfiction fool you into thinking that sex is real
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my favorite thing to say as a reaction to stuff is âdear lordâ i say it at least 10 times a day
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