#edit: forgor long post tag

[definitelynotshouting]

Do you have any tips for starting a story? The middle and end is easy (lie) but the beginning SUCKS to write sometimes

oh gods no joke openers are one of the hardest part for me. Theres so many ways a story can start, and it makes me CRAZY because that right there is your hook, thats what convinces people to start reading!!!!! And there are so many unique ways one can start, so it ends up feeling a bit like that one reaction image of the girl being handed so so many pancakes

I think for me, what i try to ask myself when sitting down to write an opener is: "what kind of story is this?"

Because each story needs something different to accomplish its goals. A slower story might want to take its time with setting the scene, while an action-packed one might start in media res and with a bang!!! I guess if i had to give advice i would say, take the time to identify what your story is trying to say, and then look at what different openings can do for you to identify that goal.

For example; this is from my fic when the night cries, which is essentially a ghost story:

This was meant to be an introspective story, with a very gentle pace overall, so i took the time to really set the scene, build up the sense of what we're looking at before we get dropped into the fic proper. I remember my thought process for this was: how can i make this unique??? how can i make it FEEL like one of those old paintings with the beautiful yellows and summery oranges, while giving the reader a sense of whats to come?? Adding in the repetition of "it begins" was a way for me to sorta hammer that home: this is the start. This is where the story originates. And in a technical sense, it hooks your attention, with the question and immediate answer within the narration. The intention here is for the reader to want to know why this is important, and now it's answering that, but still leaving gaps for more questions.

Now compare that to, say.... lost in the dark's opening:

The overall pace of hunger au is slow, but this opener isn't-- partially because it's a rough draft, but also because what i wanted out of this scene was a sense of deep, deep urgency. We're in the middle of action; Grian is physically running while he thinks, and i wanted the reader to feel hunted and uncertain with him. Dropping everyone in with Grian at one of his most frightened, shaken points was the best way i felt i could establish that scene, and throughout it i drop hints as to what's actually going on. He's scared. He thinks he's going to hurt people. He's been on the move for a very, very long time. These are all things that are meant to pique interest and get answered later, when the reader is already invested. And i guess in that regard, its really all about timing.

But yeah!! Rambling aside, i'd say try out a few different ways of opening your fic and see what works. Think of em as thumbnails; write maybe 200 or so words at most and see if something works better than something else. I think theres this secret culture of shame among writers for not putting the perfect start down on the page the very first time you open the doc, but it's super normal to have to workshop things around to your liking!!! There's absolutely nothing wrong with writing a few different openers to see what works best for you and your story, and in fact is something i genuinely recommend. Its good practice, and essentially functions as a warm-up!!! You also get the benefit of exploring new angles in a scene, which can sometimes unlock really cool stuff for your writing

Sorry for how long this is, anon!! Hopefully you find my rambling helpful :D thank you for sending in this ask!!!

#shouting speaks #asks #i could go on abt stuff like this for HOURS i go crazy for this sorta thing #also part of the reason chap 6 is taking so long is because i needed to redo the opening scene multiple times #before i realized i actually needed to shuffle the scenes around so they kept interest and good pacing!!! #basically: dont be afraid to just sit down and try looking at things from new angles #also smth i didnt mention bc its very specific to me: i picture things like theyre movies #so i often sorta reflect that pacing in my writing. i have a very vivid imagination so i can see actions and settings VERY clearly #and often what i do is i sorta look at the big picture #and decide okay do i want to start here??? and if i do i slowly zoom in via details until we cut to the actual start #OR. i immediately zoom in so we're seeing the character or setting element right away #so yeah. movie magic ig skfnejdjdjdk #hope this helps!!!! #edit: forgor long post tag #long post #txt

[jefferythejelly]

If you had to choose, what is your favorite photo of Foolish? (Could be edit if you don’t want to choose photo)

i cannot make a decision to save my life so i am going to pick multiple sorry BUT within these limits: 1) only pictures i already have saved on my phone or laptop 2) one picture per stream/event

edit: the formatting is fucked up and idk why sorry if theyre all like individual and u gotta scroll more bc in post editor theyre next to each other in twos and threes lmao

second edit it’s fine on mobile??? fuckin idk man

some of these are probably just personal/recency bias (the one thats my pfp deffo is just like. familiarity from seeing it all the time lmao) and i know i'm missing ones i dont have saved so honorary mentions to

those pics where hes on the beach holding the boogie board u know the ones

the entirety of that one karl video where they're in the desert and he's wearing a flannel with like 3 buttons undone (i didn't have a specific screenshot that looked good from it but it is still very much worth mentioning)

the october 2022 name your price, specifically that moment at the very beginning where he winks at the camera (this was before i started obsessively saving pics/taking screenshots so i do not already have it saved but just know it changed my brain chemistry)

every other photo of foolish. they r all my favorite bc he is my favorite. amen

#i was going to include justifications for every picture but this post is already unnecessarily long + it looked annoying #asks #also ik u said i could do an edit instead but can i be honest i have just never been an edits guy #like i get the appeal i guess but i've never like. specifically seeked them out idk. i feel like its more of a tiktok thing lmao #ALSO i know im talking in tags a lot but sorry for getting to this like 3 days late i started it and then forgor

[rtgame-fun-facts]

RTGame Fun Fact #15

RT is 100% a licensed doctor & surgeon. you can 100% trust him to operate on you.

#15 #rt game #rtgame #rtgame crowd #rtgamecrowd #rtgame daniel #rtgame fun facts #rtumblr #[long tags ahead!] yes this is how i’m announcing i am alive but also getting surgery next week #dw i’m fine it’s not a necessary surgery it’s one i decided to do cuz it might help with stuff #unfortunately i am not talking about top surgery 😔 #one day tho <3 #sorry for lowkey abandoning this blog btw- i’ve promised myself i won’t force myself to post every day & post at my own pace so i don’t get #burnt out but that also means. i forgor a lot #post submissions & asks are open tho :] #one day i hope to be able to queue stuff but alas i don’t have enough material to even stock up one queue bc brain is Tiny & Stupid & also #i have adhd & also also school is kicking my ass rn #anyways gonna cut myself off here cuz i started rambling like i usually do (edit: & then i didn’t) #also some people probably already know who i (the mod) am bc i cannot keep my mouth shut even when i’m trying to be vague /silly #though ig that just means i fit in with the other rtumblr blogs *cough*incorrectquotes*cough* /silly #if yk who i am shhhhh i’m trying to be mysterious n shit ovo /silly #long tags

[turtles-hurtles-with-gurtles]

ೃ༄༊·˚ˏˋ୨⎯ "Masterpost!!" ⎯୧ˏˋ*ೃ༄

ೃ༄༊·˚ˏˋ୨⎯ "About Me!!" ⎯୧ˏˋ*ೃ༄ whoa!! hey there! call me Mikey or Turglez! im a small artist, my old blog was @orang-urtle, im also the creator of @the-forgor-four-rottmnt, if you follow that blog make sure to follow this one since this is the blog I will now be posting on! my pronouns are They/Them!! I mostly like to be called by my name though, if you send me art requests I might take a REALLY long time to do them, so if your impatient then id say you dont want to shoot a request! ೃ༄༊·˚ˏˋ୨⎯ "current hyperfixations!!" ⎯୧ˏˋ*ೃ༄ Tmnt, Rottmnt, Hilda, Tmnt Shredders revenge, Cuphead, Voltron, Gibli studio, Glitch Techs ೃ༄༊·˚ˏˋ୨⎯ "DNI IF YOU ARE/SUPPORT:" ⎯୧ˏˋ*ೃ༄ Homophobia, tcest, NSFW, proships, ect! ೃ༄༊·˚ˏˋ୨⎯ "Art links!!" ⎯୧ˏˋ*ೃ༄ All about Mikey paper doodle &lt;;- doodle redraw! rottmnt (first screenshot redraw!) YamYam's Christmas gift "I Want You!" meme FMB character design WIP!

NOTE!! I know my ask box is open but dont send anything that isn't family friendly! thank you! cursing is aloud! ೃ༄༊·˚ˏˋ୨⎯ "TRIGGER WARNINGS!!" ⎯୧ˏˋ*ೃ༄

flashing lights (in videos), cursing?, gore, angst, (maybe) character deaths, neon lights

[if you see any other triggers please let me know!] ೃ༄༊·˚ˏˋ୨⎯ "DMs!!" ⎯୧ˏˋ*ೃ༄ please keep in mind, my DMs will only be available to people who are really close mutuals with me, I know them and they know me and we've been mutuals for a long time, if I find anything disgusting in my Dms or ask box I will find you and block you. ೃ༄༊·˚ˏˋ୨⎯ "Role play blogs!!!" ⎯୧ˏˋ*ೃ༄

(with @the-forgor-four-rottmnt) @mikey-the-mischevious

ೃ༄༊·˚ˏˋ୨⎯ "NOTICE!!" ⎯୧ˏˋ*ೃ༄

if you ever use my art for pops, banners, etc, please @ me and give me credit! and if the post says "do not use" please ask me if its okay to save it or use it! thank you! ೃ༄༊·˚ˏˋ୨⎯ "tags!!" ⎯୧ˏˋ*ೃ༄ #Turglez talks turtles- talking about hyperfixations

#Mikeydraws - any form of art I do!

#FMB AU - For My Brother AU tag!

#FMB AU fannart - FMB AU fannart tag!

#Mikester madness - talking to moots

#turglez asks -ask box answers!

ೃ༄༊·˚ˏˋ୨⎯ "AU's!!!" ⎯୧ˏˋ*ೃ༄ For My Brother AU &lt;-Chapter 1, Arc 1: Loss of a beloved-> Part 1 Part 2 ||coming soon||

FMB Character designs: the turtles

FMB comic ver (will start once written version is done) [this will be edited in the future!]

#masterpost

[fostopia]

Intro Thing / Pinned Post

C / Percy | they / he | audhd | 17

// tmc, ocs, rottmnt, other fandoms i forgor // tone indicator user cause autism // dni proship, racist/sexist/antisemetic/lgbtphobic/ableist, nsfw, boundary breakers-- the basic shit

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Asks can be about anything— requests, sharing headcanons, asking ab my au's, general QnA nonsense, or just for ghits and shiggles.

Ask spam is okay as long as it's got a reason behind it [like multiple separate questions, etc] instead of just aimless spam. My art can be used for pfps, layouts, wallpapers, edits, heavy referencing, and design usage w/ credit. I do not want my art REPOSTED anywhere off Tumblr if it's not by me but REBLOGS are completely fine, go wild. I like reading your tags. __

tags will update w/ time [sorry there are so many LMAO]

#my art -Any and all art of mine

#c doodles - Specifically the whiteboard/misc doodles; full rendered pieces won't be here

#c animates - Animations I do -

#c talks - Posts where I'm just talking, sometimes put on inbox answers

#c reblogs - Stuff I reblog

#c answers - Answering asks -

#tethered together, #tmc tethered au, #tethered au - My main Mandela Catalogue AU

#ask tethered together - tethered ask series

#broken ties, #tmc broken ties, #broken ties au - Subsection au of Tethered where Jonah's a ghost as well

#tmc tangled binds/bonds - Temporary tag for another subsection au

#c talks

[darthnell]

Getting to know you tag

Ty for the tag @justafunctionalmess ! <3

Last song: House of Circles by Mr. Gnome. (: True Vengeance finale song… holds it in my heart forever

Favorite color: purple !

Currently watching: Death Note (rewatching; its been so long but this is so amusing), Avatar: the Last Airbender (the original. Also a rewatch obvi), Yellowstone (but only when my sister’s in town bc were watching it together but. Its been a while). I also started watching A Place Further Than The Universe with my friend. It’s an anime about high school girls going to antarctica :D

Last movie: Fantastic Mr. Fox. Good shit!! Stop motion is So neat

Currently reading: Gideon the Ninth >:D finally…. Save me unhinged lesbians.. save me sword girls save me

Sweet/spicy/savory: savory ! I do like the others ofc but most often crave something savory.

Last thing I googled: the formula for the surface area of a cube (sue me, i forgor). My irls and i were chatting about telekinesis and its limitations being based on both weight and surface area so naturally i had to do some quick math and theorize about how to use telekinetic powers to limit the surface area of the object youre trying to lift by applying telekinetic force at an infinitesimal point of even weight distribution, therefore allowing you to nearly negate the surface area limitation :D it seems like it would be very difficult to apply so i can imagine only your telekinetic masters being able to do that.

Current obsession(s): The Hunger Games. Specifically, my canon-divergent universe composed entirely of original characters that I’ve written nearly 500k words for :D and specifically within that universe, the handful of characters that im incapable of shutting up about ! I’m also pretty consistently obsessed with outer space and doggies (it has been approximately ten days and ten house since i last cried about Laika ;__; )

Currently working on: I assume this means writing but I have a couple things I’m working on in general ! First, the epilogue fic to True Vengeance ;-; then, I also have a one shot in the works (and by in the works i mean its 99.9% complete, theres just a few edits i gotta make). I’m also constantly working on numerous stories in my brain even if I’m not actively writing/posting them. Non-writing-wise, I’m currently knitting a blanket. I wanted to learn how to cable knit and there’s no better way to learn something than by doing it repeatedly for thousands of stitches !! Also working on an art portfolio so I can apply to a few art schools too because. It sounds fun ;-; That’s probably it rn !

Tagging: @illegalcryptid @conschintz @ladyqueerfoot @limeandgreenfrog

#nell clownery here #true vengeance 151 #tag game #getting to know you tag game

[millimononym]

my tag guide

ok first of all the GF stuff cuz that's mainly what my blogs for then all the other stuff

GF tags:

"GF OCs" -> my galactik football original characters

"Asking genuine questions about the GF lore/worldbuilding" -> me questioning and possibly providing headcanon reasons for stuff in the GF lore/worldbuilding

"ranting about GF season 3" -> what it says on the tin

There's probably more but i forgor

Oh and uhh i tag teams as "the _"

Other tagging:

"milli's monologuing" -> me generally rambling. Just my thoughts on things or explaining something on my blog

"milli's music playlists" -> talk about music playlists because i want to make some in the future

"translation" -> everything that has to do with translation. Both me providing translations and just translation as a concept in general

"art" -> art, usually by other people

"my art stuff" -> my art tag

"reblogs" -> tag i use to mark posts i reblog, but not every post. "Normal" posts, non-fandom posts, if that makes sense. And i may just not even tag it because i forgot or because I don't want it to be tagged that way etc. If that makes sense

"ref" -> stuff i may want to show people or myself later

"useful" -> posts i consider useful

"long live the legion!" -> general LOSH tag, along with "LOSH" ...now that I'm thinking about it idk why i have both but it doesn't matter

"losh livereading" -> me liveblogging things i find interesting or funny while reading through all the losh comics in real time

"classic" -> posts i consider classics

"homestuck-verse blogs" -> things i reblog from Homestuck grumblr roleplay blogs. Also always tagged as "unreality", so if you are triggered by that keep that in mind

EDIT: the tag above is now outdated as i have roleplay blogs i rb those posts to but i felt it should stay on the tag guide anyway

#milli's monologuing