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annarts05 · 2 years
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Fun Ways to Meet Characters
Thieves stealing important objects from the main characters and then being forced somehow into a found family situation
Saving a character’s life by doing something like taking an arrow/bullet
By losing a bet with a stranger and then teaming up
Gambling with a shifty character and getting really mad at them, only for them to later end up saving the other character’s life
Meeting the other in an arranged marriage and actually liking them (or really, really hating them)
Or having a chaotic dynamic where they irritate each other but they’re equally chaotic, so they become the mischievous duo in the found family
By bickering over the last piece of food at a banquet
Getting hired as a servant or maid, or some other serving position
By accidentally almost killing a character, only for them to join the found family and literally never stop bringing up that first meeting
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the-missann · 1 month
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On characters...
So, I love writing characters and also love giving advice to people who want to have more interesting characters in their stories.
I happened to remember something about a character I'm currently writing for and wanted to share it.
So, I sometimes write "test stories" for characters to test their personalities, roles in the story, appearance, and even their conflicts. I totally forgot I did this with one character where I pretty much wrote a fanfiction for him before using him in the main story he's in now.
What that did was allow me to pick how I wanted him to be and solidify that before putting him in the main story. Essentially, that story is the exact same and his role is the same also; but writing the fanfiction allowed me to explore parts of him I'd never do in the actual story.
So, if you're ever struggling on making a character in any sense, try this!
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jack-daww · 11 months
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Writer ask game! (Both fanfic writers and non-fanfic writers)
1: What is the best compliment you've gotten on any of your works?
2: Do you have readers that you recognize by name (even if they may not comment regularly)?
3: Do you have scheduled uploads and if so, when?
4: How long was the longest work you've written?
5: What is your go-to way to deal with writers block?
6: Do you have a motivational cycle? (As in phases in which you barely write and phases in which you write so much holy shit)
7: How long are your uploads in regular?
8: Do you look through any and all replies to your work? Why?
9: What genre is your favourite to write?
10: Do you read and write similar stuff or are there differences?
11: What kind of relationships do you like writing best? (Family, platonic, romantic, etc.)
12: Do you write in your first language? Multiple languages? A secret, third option?
13: How many WIPs do you have open?
14: What POV do you write? First person, second person, third person?
15: What is the weirdest thing you had to look up for writing?
16: What is something you didn't have to look up but is still weird to know?
17: Could you or could you not successfully pull of a murder (at least in theory)?
18: Do you have a beta reader?
19: Do you edit your works?
20: Do you start on new ideas immediately or do you write them down until after you finish your current WIP?
21: How serious do you take your writing? Do you get money for it? Do you want to? Is it a hobby or a profession?
22: How often do you write fanfic? (From not at all to exclusively)
23: Is there a project you want to talk about?
24: Do you stick to the same writing style or do you try out new things when you can?
25: Have you ever gotten hate and if so, how did you deal with it?
26: Do you have a special writing process you have to follow every time you write?
27: How many people you know irl read what you're writing?
28: What would you say is your specialty in writing?
29: Do you listen to music while you write? If so, what kind?
30: What is, in your opinion, the greatest achievement that you have reached in writing?
Please don't feel pressured to answer anything you're not comfortable with!
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lovelesslittleloser · 4 months
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How To Be A Good Writer
Read a lot & have an idea of what is and is not good to you in a book/writing
Have an idea that you want to write
Allow the idea to simmer in your mind until you’re completely sure that this is what you want to write
Do so much research
Binge-write and use about 8% of said research
Write a little bit more as it comes to you
Stop writing for probably months/return to step 4
Be reminded of the thing you were writing & start thinking of it again
Mental & emotional agony
Go back to what you have written and fix it with the shame you previously lacked
Repeat until finished/stuck on step 7
This is intended to imply days, weeks, and/or months of time between each step, but please go at whatever pace suits you best! This is your writing, after all, so just use this as a guideline :)
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poetryorchard · 9 months
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🧚🏾‍♂️ Sprites of the Orchard! ✨ Join us in celebration of Disability Pride Month for our first open mic!
The theme is "disabled voices" - we're looking for poetry that reflects the experience of living as a disabled / neurodivergent person.
Disability is a self-defined and widely expansive identity, so please don't self-reject - we'd love to hear your poems!
Attendee sign-up
Performer sign-up
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diamond-likes-writing · 2 months
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behold
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a meme
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beskarandblasters · 8 months
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If you’re ever nervous to tell a writer your thoughts on their work or to leave a comment on their fics literally don’t be!!!
I posted a long Cassian fic Thursday and the comments on it were so kind that it’s now Saturday and I’ve been periodically going back to read them because they make me so happy 😭😭😭
Leaving a comment on a fic or reblogging it with your thoughts literally makes every author’s day I promise you!!! 🖤
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Question for Tumblr creatives (artists, writers, etc.)
I ask this because I put what I consider to be a decent amount of tags on my original art posts, but it seems I may be overtagging and steering people away, so what do you think?
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steampunk-beeping · 2 months
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I might make a side blog for the story I’m working on/rewriting lmao. It probably won’t be for another while tbh. At least until I have more done (ie more chapters written, outlined, and edited), but I do have some refs and art done of the MCs lol
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Still the best sentence I’ve ever written
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applebloomer1 · 1 year
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When you read and write fanfiction for a Rare Pair and it's really just you trading multiple fics with the one other person who reads and writes said Rare Pair:
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annarts05 · 1 year
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The Truth About First Drafts
First drafts are not great quality. Some lines might be fantastic, but overall, it probably won’t be amazing. And that’s totally fine, it’s normal, it’s exactly what you want.
Our silly writer brains expect perfection on the first go for some reason?? Which makes no sense. 
They’re meant to be terrible, just thoughts spewing onto paper, really. Just get the dialogue out, get the story into a tangible, clear sequence of events that’s actually a readable story, not just an outline. You can fix it later <3
Think of it as the “zero draft” instead of the first draft. “Garbage draft” works too.
Write it out on paper with pen, or add messy notes to your documents everywhere to really reinforce the idea that there’s no pressure or expectation for perfection.
Don’t look at any of the draft as you write it until you’re done the draft. Looking back at bad writing while working on the same project can be really discouraging, so just don’t look. 
Once you finish the draft, wait a couple weeks. Long enough to distance yourself from it, so you can come back to fix it with a clear head. 
Don’t compare your first draft to published books. Ever. Those books might be on their tenth, twentieth, thirtieth draft. It’s unfair. Don’t bully yourself or your project.
Set yourself a goal, x words per day, x minutes spent writing, whatever you want. Just make sure it’s achievable. Don’t set yourself up for failure unless you’re asking for discouragement.
You got this <33 Just get that draft down. 
When you finish the draft, rewrite the whole thing, using the original draft as a reference if you like. There will almost certainly be countless details you want to change, so rewriting the story will be easier than fixing the original. 
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the-missann · 1 month
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This is how crazy I sound before an idea is finalized...
[[sosososososososos, I finally remembered that idea I had. It’s supposed to be the opposite of a typical kdrama. How do they always have the popular girl being a bitch and the “ugly” regular girl as the MC who winds up getting the better guy? Well fuck that, we’re gonna write the “regular” girl with the guy (whoever that is) and they have a lot in common (maybe they’re into some show or something and that’s how they get to talking), so he’s crushing on her and she’s crushing on him. The popular/pretty girl has been this guy’s friend since they were kids and they’re “supposed” to end up together, but instead of these girls being at each other’s throats, they instead form a friendship waiting for this guy to get his head out of his ass and pick one of them.
Like ex. (MC sat on her bed re-reading the assignment that was due in less than two hours.
“Man, I should have really worked on this sooner.” She groaned as she clicked through the pages trying to find the answers somehow, as she worked, there was a knock at her dorm door.
“Ugh, come in,” she said and the door opened.
“MC!” She looked up, recognizing SP’s voice. “You and LI went to the dock?”
MC looked up seeing the post of her and LI. “He seriously posted that?”
“No, someone caught you two and sent it to me as “blackmail” against you. I ghosted them for a while, but then they posted it anyways.”
MC sighed. “These people are more interested in this relationships than I am.”
SP giggled and sat down on the bed. “Tell me about it… but seriously, was it fun? Is he a big romantic?”
“Kind of, I think he was nervous though.”
“Aw, how cute! Think he’ll take me there one day?”
“I doubt it, he thinks you’re more of a restaurant date type.” SP scoffed.
“He would.” SP rolled her eyes, but moved on…
This is how most my ideas sound when I first make them
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jack-daww · 1 month
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Hey mutuals! Anyone who likes to write!
I made a concept I won't end up writing, so feel free to take it and/or add onto it. I hope you enjoy!
Fae run online company that you need to be very careful while navigating but that gives the best quality magic products any non-local shop can deliver
They will ask "May we/I have your name?" When you place an order and you have to find the tiny x to leave the field and enter a nickname instead
Sending anything back is considered rude, so think before you buy
Nothing on this site includes iron or silver
They do sell food but you need to know 1: it won't have salt and 2: you will sell your soul if you buy it
None of the descriptions lie and any commenters that lie will be hunted down
At the same time, these are fae. Nobody is better at finding loopholes in literally anything, so read any contracts carefully
They have really good and old summoning spells that work! But safety measures cost extra :))
If you decide to call the help hotline, be careful of how you speak
If you want to work for them, contact your local fae lawyer to look over the contract for you
The only thing you can never trust are the maps they sell. Fae see the world differently. Fae maps will be of no use to any non-fae
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otherversian · 11 months
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Writing Side of Tumblr how do I get people to know I'm making a webseries
I really like this one and I want people to see it :)
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zenithofstories · 1 year
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Please, I need help. Psychology or sociology or science or writing or worldbuilding side of tumblr; why does this
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in Akarnae by Lynette Noni bother me, but this
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in The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan doesn’t?
It’s the same thing, isn’t it? Two fantasy situations where the fantasy language is exactly English without a reason being given for it? It just is?
Why?? Why does one bother me and the other doesn’t?
Is it because I know Akarnae was Noni’s first book and I’m more likely to nitpick little things whereas Riordan was a well established author by the time he wrote The Hammer of Thor and I’m more likely to just accept everything he tells me?
Do I have an unconscious gender bias coming into play?
Is there actually something different about the two examples?
Please, someone, help me understand what my brain is doing.
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