#aspiring writer

[luna-azzurra]

On writing sexual tension

⊹ standing too close. like just barely not touching. why are their shoulders breathing on each other??

⊹ conversations that sound normal but feel like foreplay. “pass the salt” has never been so loaded.

⊹ one of them says something flirty and the other freezes for 0.2 seconds like “oh.”

⊹ eyes dropping to lips and then—back up. with effort.

⊹ holding eye contact just a little too long. like... are they gonna kiss or duel??

⊹ unintentional physical contact that lasts one second too long and now they’re both broken

⊹ a hand on the small of the back. that’s it. that’s the tweet.

⊹ tension so thick that other characters start noticing like “hey are you two okay?” (they are not)

⊹ “accidental” sleepovers. “oh no there’s only one bed.” yeah. suuuure.

⊹ biting back a smile. biting back a moan. biting anything really.

⊹ one of them walks away and the other has to physically restrain themselves from watching the hips

⊹ lots of sighing. frustrated sighs. horny sighs. “i want to kiss you but I’m emotionally unavailable” sighs.

[authorinthemaking]

Be kind to your past self when rereading old writing. It just shows you've grown.

[th3archivist]

one of the things i don’t see talked about very often is modern day characters being thrown into a fantasy world/different timeline. I mean, yes I’ve seen some pretty good representation (Outlander my love) but besides that I feel like I don’t see anything.

why I say this is I’m writing a book where my main character ends up in a fantasy world after a tragic accident, wakes up with no memory of said accident and just thought she was asleep (she wakes up in the middle of the fucking ocean)

so I’m getting her out of almost drowning and I’m sitting her thinking to myself. How tf am I going to show she has no clue what in the world to do about being in a different timeline, where fantasy shit exists.

I’m still looking believe me but I keep thinking “Kay she’s 17, was in a traumatic accident, wakes up in the ocean and is rescued and now how tf am I going to have her find out she’s in a completely different timeline and universe because of said accident.”

If anyone had any tips that would be appreciated, I am so stopped and have no idea what I’m doing right now because I can’t figure out how to have her react or realize after the ocean opening scene she’s not in her fucking universe or timeline

[rayne143]

i read through an old draft once and found ‘describe the thing!! describe the thing!!’

future rayne did not know what the thing was

“You’re a writer, you must be super good with words!”

…

[theaftersundown]

*writes two paragraphs after months of literally nothing and it took three hours*

[writersbloxx]

Body Language

When someone is...

Sad

Face/Body:

Avoidant/reduced eye contact

Drooping eyelids

Downcast eyes

Frowning

Raised inner ends of eyebrows

Dropped or furrowed eyebrows

Quivering lip/biting lip

Wrinkled nose

Voice:

Soft pitch

Low lone

Pauses/hesitant speech

Quiet/breathy

Slow speech

Voice cracks/breaking voice

Gestures/Posture:

Slouching/lowered head

Rigid/tense posture

Half formed/slow movement

Fidgeting or clasped hands

Sniffing or heavy swallows

Self soothing gestures (running hands over the arms, hand over heart, holding face in palms, etc)

[bunnie-tells-stories]

If you’re having writers block…READ!!!! CONSUME MEDIA

I feel like I don’t hear that given enough as advice for writers block..just read? Watch tv? Movies? Find inspiration in media.

Writers block is a lack of inspiration, so go collect more.

[seaglasswrites]

Psst. Writer. Write that idea down. Yeah, it’ll stay in your brain forever and all, but it won’t. Write it down.

[conindiundrum-writing]

[o-writers-woes]

[imalittleoutthere]

One of the greatest lies a writer can tell themselves is that they will remember the idea that they came up with while they were half asleep, so they don’t need to write it down right away.

[luna-azzurra]

Quick tips for writing kisses

⇰ the pause. THE PAUSE. like “are we doing this? oh god we’re doing this.”

⇰ looking at each other’s mouths like it’s a life-or-death decision

⇰ someone whispering “can I?” or “just once” before going for it and RUINING ME EMOTIONALLY

⇰ hands. gripping shirts. cupping faces. hovering like “do I touch?? I WANNA TOUCH”

⇰ breath hitching?? yes. shakiness?? absolutely.

⇰ that stupid moment where one of them pulls back a few inches like “wait are you sure” and the other just goes for it again

⇰ kissing like they’re scared it’ll be the last time

⇰ kissing like they’ve been waiting ten goddamn years

⇰ teeth clashing awkwardly and both laughing about it but STILL FEELING IT

⇰ one of them freezing for a second mid-kiss because the feelings just hit

⇰ the post-kiss moment of “uh. so. yeah.” where neither knows what the hell just happened

⇰ OR the post-kiss forehead touch. destroy me.

[authorinthemaking]

Bro my poor search history...

Google probably thinks that I'm insane.

BUT I'M JUST AN AUTHOR, I'M OKAYYY!!!

[bonnibelleangelica]

Learning to leave some questions unanswered for a while is like trying to grow wings. It’s hell. I’m too autistic for this

Interested in a dystopian romance story set in a beautifully mutated world? Check out my new book, Status Quo:Human Nature at @status-quo-book

[melancholy-novelette]

i found this image to be quite inspirational, thus i wish to share it. you don't have to make something phenomenal much less rather something exceptional. you must first put it out there and tweak things later because you cannot build off of something you put nothing into. some day you'll regret never putting yourself out there.

create beautiful, wonderful things.

~ m.n.