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OKAY SO I DID IN FACT MOVE BLOGS I GUESS

so go hop over to the new one! there's nothing rly there for now, but i think i'm all set up with the basics until i start reblogging and actually writing/posting fic again

i'll reblog this post every once in a while, just as a reminder to go follow the new blog

#queue

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OKAY SO I DID IN FACT MOVE BLOGS I GUESS

so go hop over to the new one! there's nothing rly there for now, but i think i'm all set up with the basics until i start reblogging and actually writing/posting fic again

i'll reblog this post every once in a while, just as a reminder to go follow the new blog

#queue

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OKAY SO I DID IN FACT MOVE BLOGS I GUESS

so go hop over to the new one! there's nothing rly there for now, but i think i'm all set up with the basics until i start reblogging and actually writing/posting fic again

i'll reblog this post every once in a while, just as a reminder to go follow the new blog

#queue

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OKAY SO I DID IN FACT MOVE BLOGS I GUESS

so go hop over to the new one! there's nothing rly there for now, but i think i'm all set up with the basics until i start reblogging and actually writing/posting fic again

i'll reblog this post every once in a while, just as a reminder to go follow the new blog

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well. i made the blog, got a theme, followed blogs, did the description and a new fandoms page that's a lot more simple and slapped on a tags page so i guess im committing. once im done with my homework completely i'll do some more stuff to it

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tbh the more i avoid homework the closer i am to making the blog and toying around with it to see if i like the idea of it but i need.....to do homework.............

#raptortext #i'm so close to being done with it #so i should just finish it before doing other things

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i guess a plus to making a new acct for my writing stuff would be it'd be easier to get around to my likes and not go "oh right" after nearly a month

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Do you READ or WRITE fanfiction?

Then I need your help for my grad dissertation!

Who I am: Emily Faulkner, MSc student at Robert Gordon University

I’m studying: The information-seeking behaviours of fanfiction communities and their applicability to libraries

Where: https://robertgordonuniversity.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/fanfiction-questionnaire

How long: About 30 mins depending on your fanfic sites

Closes: August 2nd, 2021 noon EST

Open to: adults who read and/or write fanfiction content (fan comics and podfics included)

#finally filled this out after 22 days of it sitting in my likes #fun stuff

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My collection of clothing references for writing. 

#reference #also good for art!

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A little on the longer side??

#publishing #v interesting stuff here

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this is so mean but sometimes i see published writing and suddenly no longer feel insecure about my own writing ability. like well okay that got published so im guessing i dont have much to worry about

#advice #reference

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idk why but i've been toying with the idea lately of starting this blog anew on its own acct instead of as a side blog, but then i'd have to like...start over. i guess it wouldn't be the worst thing, but idk why i even want to. maybe i'm just antsy and want to start smth new in general and this blog feels a little clogged up with 6 years of posts? nothing would rly change...i'd keep my same tags and "raptortext" posting (sry) but it'd just be attached to the same email i use for ao3/ffnet instead of my art email. idk. i guess it'd be kinda nice to not have all those prompt posts hovering around?

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i feel the faint feeling of wanting to write knb fanfic bubbling inside of me but i have school things to do and crochet projects and no plot ideas but........the feeling is there........so maybe soon......probably when we finally get to the s2 dub.....

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How to Write a Detective Story:

What Is a Detective Story?

There are a few subgenres that detective stories may fall under:

Police-department procedurals. These focus on police work and often feature homicide investigators and other departments of a local police force.

Cozy mysteries. These have a lighter tone than traditional detective fiction and avoid explicit depictions of the murder. They are often set in a small town and focus on puzzle-solving rather than suspense. Learn more about cozy mysteries in our guide here.

Hardboiled detective stories. These stories are usually dark and explicit, featuring a veteran detective who treats violent crimes matter-of-factly.

Thrillers. These emphasize suspenseful storytelling, often featuring chase scenes or murder sprees that the detective must stop before times runs out.

Locked-room mysteries. These feature crimes that, at the outset, appear impossible—for instance, a murder taking place in a seemingly locked room with no other way in or out.

The 5 Basic Elements of a Detective Story

To learn how to write a detective story, you’ll need to know the basic elements that almost every good one has:

A detective. Every good detective storyline will have a detective, usually featured as the protagonist. But putting a private investigator in your story isn’t as easy as it sounds—you’ll need to develop a character that readers will enjoy following during an entire novel (or even a series). You should spend time thinking about your detective’s personality, their motivations, their background, their strengths, and their weaknesses. You’ll want your detective to be unique among the other detectives out there.

A crime. Most detective stories revolve around a central crime or string of related crimes. Since the crime will be the catalyst of your short story or novel, it should be interesting, memorable, and seemingly unsolvable—that way, readers will be so tantalized by the mystery of it that they’ll need to keep reading. A dead body is a very common crime in detective fiction, but there are plenty of other options—from robberies to disappearances.

Suspects. Many detective stories include an array of suspects that could have committed the crime (either they have weak alibis or have a history of lying). Your suspects are a vital part of your detective story because they serve as red herrings (or distractions) that will direct readers’ attention away from the true culprit. Some mystery novels, however, don’t have any suspects—this is a deliberate choice by crime writers that serves to heighten the tension in the story, but if your story doesn’t have any suspects, you’ll have to find creative ways to keep the case from going cold.

An antagonist. Every good detective story—and every good story in general—has an antagonist or the person whose goals are in direct conflict with the antagonist’s. Traditionally, the antagonist is the true culprit for the story’s crime (or crimes), but that’s not who your antagonist has to be; the antagonist of your story could be a police officer who wants to solve the crime first or someone who knows the identity of the culprit and is trying to cover it up.

A setting. The setting is a very important part of any detective story because the action in most detective stories takes place on the streets of its location, and therefore the stories are inextricably linked to the time and place they are set in and are memorable because of those details

Article source: Here

#references #since i was talking about writing mysteries the other day

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yanking this from twitter bc idk i just didn't wanna answer on twitter.

my first fanfic ever was written when i was in sixth grade, so about 11/12, and it was a post-dragonball gt fic about vegeta's secret older sister who crashes onto earth and is like "yo what's up" but due to Shenanigans is like...17 or smth. she just kinda hangs out, the black star dragon is reincarnated as a baby and becomes her pet, and then her long-time dog(?) demon boyfriend shows up and then they have to save earth from...something!!! idr what. and that was the fic. i actually recreated her in dragonball xenoverse and had a lot of feelings about it. i never typed it up and published it but i still have the papers i wrote it on somewhere.

my first published fic i wrote when i was around the same age, i think the summer between 6th and 7th grade, and it was a dbz fic about the future trunks timeline and basically how everyone died. it was super angsty and dramatic. it's been taken down since then, idk why, my only guesses are either i took it down for some reason or someone reported it for having one line of song lyrics at the very end as a "the end" sort of thing which is a crime on ff.net.

oh oh oh BONUS, the first quizilla story i wrote in either the summer between 6th/7th grade or in 7th grade (i have to try harder to remember this one) was a dbz one where the protagonist was this tough but v kind girl who like...had been slit in the throat multiple times for some reason??? that was never resolved. your romance options were vegeta, goku, and gohan, who were all aged to be the same age as "you". goku and gohan were now brothers. idr the plot at all, idk if i ever got around to the plot tbh, but i remember writing special christmas one-shots and had a lot of fun with those. this protag was the most like...normal looking out of all my quizilla protags? except for the scars on her neck and arms from all her fucking murder attempts but like why were you attempted murdered on so much girl, what was going on with you, i wish i could remember

(can you tell i was rly into dragonball as a youth)

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nearly 3:30am thoughts: should i embrace the reaction of "i'm afraid" to the thought of "longfic challenge" the same way i used to do to 3 sentence fics? am i getting ahead of myself? do i need to slow down first before i try to take on some project i'm fearful of? or should i jump in headfirst and iron out the problems as they come? i'm usually good at sink or swim, does this count as that?

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