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You know I’ve never really seen you care about something. Things aren’t usually worth caring about. With some limited, but very important exceptions. Very limited.

#queliot #the magicians #sooooft

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Writing tips for long fics that helped me that no one asked for.

1.) Don't actually delete content from your WIP unless it is minor editing - instead cut it and put it in a secondary document. If you're omitting paragraphs of content, dialog, a whole scene you might find a better place for it later and having it readily available can really save time. Sometimes your idea was fantastic, but it just wasn't in the right spot.

2.) Stuck with wording the action? Just write the dialog then revisit it later.

3.) Stuck on the whole scene? Skip it and write the next one.

4.) Write on literally any other color than a white background. It just works. (I use black)

5.) If you have a beta, while they are beta-ing have them read your fic out loud. Yes, I know a lot of betas/writers do not have the luxury of face-timing or have the opportunity to do this due to time constraints etc but reading your fic out loud can catch some very awkward phrasing that otherwise might be missed. If you don't have a beta, you read it out loud to yourself. Throw some passion into your dialog, you might find a better way to word it if it sounds stuffy or weird.

6.) The moment you have an idea, write it down. If you don't have paper or a pen, EMAIL it to yourself or put it in a draft etc etc. I have sent myself dozens of ideas while laying down before sleep that I 10/10 forgot the next morning but had emailed them to myself and got to implement them.

7.) Remember - hits/likes/kudos/comments are not reflective of the quality of your fic or your ability to write. Most people just don't comment - even if they say they do, they don't, even if they preach all day about commenting, they don't, even if they are a very popular blog that passionately reminds people to comment - they don't comment (I know this personally). Even if your fic brought tears to their eyes and it haunted them for weeks and they printed it out and sent it to their friends they just don't comment. You just have to accept it. That being said - comment on the fic you're reading now, just do it, if you're 'shy' and that's why you don't comment the more you comment the better you'll get at it. Just do it.

8.) Remove unrealistic daily word count goals from your routine. I've seen people stress 1500 - 2000 words a day and if they don't reach that they feel like a failure and they get discouraged. This is ridiculous. Write when you can, but remove absurd goals. My average is 500 words a day in combination with a 40 hour a week job and I have written over 200k words from 2022-2023.

9.) There are dozens of ways to do an outline from precise analytical deconstruction that goes scene by scene to the minimalist bullet point list - it doesn't matter which one you use just have some sort of direction. A partial outline is better than no outline.

10.) Write for yourself, not for others. Write the fic you know no one is going to read. Write the fic that sounds ridiculous. You will be so happy you put it out in the world and there will be people who will be glad it exists.

#writing

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— Frank Bidart, from “Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016; ‘The Third Hour of the Night’", published c. 2017.

#.................. #yeah ive been there #poetry

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#i love u sophie #leverage #leverage redemption #the date night job

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anytime i watch an isekai where the protag becomes quickly or easily overpowered i cheer loudly for best boy shen qingqiu and how he got nerfed every single time he leveled up

#honestly i don't think there's anything like sv out there #like mxtx managed to twist so many tropes into something compeling #that the escapist part of the story is like at the very bottom of the narrative priorities list #svsss #isekai #like maybe some webcomics approach the same vibe #like maaaybe War of the Princesses but still

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#god i wish that was me

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Back at Cang Qiong Mountain 🎋

#bingqiu #svsss #so cuuuute

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No, but was Shen Qingqiu really showing up on Bai Zhan Peak at ass-o’clock in the morning to manipulate meathead Liu Qingge into putting his own disciples in the med bay every time they bullied his baby sheep Luo Binghe? Like, that’s not a bingqiu-induced fever dream, that actually happened???

#have i mentioned that i love sqq this week #he pulled that off and lqg didn't bat an eye #for someone who doesn't stop by his own peak that often #it sure was like he was actually teaching his disciples something lmao #what's funny to me is that even with punishment/revenge on the horizon #the bzp disciples didn't stop. they just #kept at it #they still go by qjp in the extras #they complain but they don't learn their lesson lol #revenge well deserved imo #also have i mentioned how CLEVER that was #sqq can be SO cunning at times #give my boy credit bc he won't do it himself #anywaaaay ❤️ #svsss #shen qingqiu

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I’d like to be known as… the Champagne King. It has a ring to it. Right? Mm-hmm. I’m really looking forward to drinking socially, like the French.

#queliot #the magicians

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the simplicity of lactase supplements is so funny to me. it costs like $4 to circumvent evolutionary biology. want to eat dairy but your body doesn’t produce the enzyme necessary to digest lactose? the devs haven’t patched that yet but you can download a mod

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Things to bring back in books:

Chapter titles

Actually having a synopsis on the back instead of reviews no one will read

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“i cant watch shows about fantasy kingdoms without thinking about how they should be abolishing the monarchy” that my friend sounds like a skill issue

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ピットストップ　　ヽ(^。^)ノ ｽｹﾞｰ! Pit stop 1990 vs 2023

（Raddit: r/nextfuckinglevel　u/maximayy）

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leitmotifs never get old to me like holy shit dude there’s this melody that corresponds to this one guy and if you hear the melody it means the guy is there. holy shit. and sometimes it refers to ideas too not just guys. has anyone heard about this

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don’t worry everyone the doctor who wiki has everything under control

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eliot getting knocked over by the weight of his feelings (ಥ_ಥ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ

#the magicians #eliot waugh #queliot