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[luna-azzurra]

the first draft is never good. Never. The beauty of writing comes in the editing, when you can tear apart what you’ve done and make it better. It’s not about adding fancy words or making every sentence perfect. It’s about finding the heart of what you were trying to say and making sure that shines through. Editing means being ruthless, cutting out the fluff, and tightening every loose thread until your story feels solid. It’s tough to look at your own work and admit what needs to go, but that’s how your writing levels up.

[the-bar-sinister]

This is your signal to let yourself write the deranged, uncomfortable, disgusting fiction that you've been thinking about.

[prompts-in-a-barrel]

"Don't listen to the witch. She speaks nothing but lies."

"Yes, I'm a dishonest hag. What a shiny world you must come from, where honesty is a virtue and not a death sentence."

[31-daysofhorror]

It's 31 Days of Horror 2024!

Welcome to the fifth annual 31 Days of Horror writing challenge!

For those of you who have not done this challenge before it's simple. This is a horror writing challenge that takes place during the month of October. For each day you'll take the corresponding prompt and write a horror short story to go with it. You can then take your wonderful creations and post them with the tag #31DOH2024 so others can see what you wrote for the day!

There are three whole years of short stories you can go check out under the tags #31DOH2023, #31DOH2022, and #31DOH2021

If you have any questions check out the FAQ or feel free to reach out via an ask.

Happy writing!

[List ID: 1 Distraught 2 Bid 3 Riddle 4 Chance 5 Clutch 6 Unlocked 7 Answer 8 Missing 9 Spin 10 Briar 11 Dialup 12 Consult 13 Print 14 Restless 15 Needle 16 Breach 17 Pane 18 Click 19 Hunter 20 Cruise 21 Fog 22 Imposter 23 Generated 24 Sleep 25 Highway 26 Loose 27 Steps 28 Blog 29 Clover 30 Whisper 31 Close]

[akwardsilince]

Person A: "Oh yeah, that one's mine." (referring to another person)

Person B: "...define 'mine'."

Person A: "Mine."

[sliceoflifeshepard]

Petition for "May the Muse be with you" to be a greeting to artists and writers to wish them luck

[a-word-a-day-for-writers]

𝐀𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞

Gold-coloured, golden-hued.

[itsawritblr]

[pygmi-says-hi]

writing tips - sick/poisoning fics

so since you guys ate up the injury thing like holy fuck 1.5k notes in 24 hours??? hello?? I thought I'd do a semi-related one about sickness.

disclaimer because you guys thoroughly reminded me of this: medicine is fucking weird and everybody reacts differently. this is blanket statement information, not the mayo clinic. idc that 'oh my cousin had that disease and he didn't have that symptom' okay whatever like sorry but that's not the point of this post. this is just to eliminate egregious mistakes. I'm not looking into every possible way this illness will show up. chill your tits. the comments on the last post were just like. dude. chill.

aurkay so.

poison-related illness.

okay poisoning is such a cool concept and there are literally so many cool effects it can have. Idk why everyone goes with the holy trinity of hallucinations, fainting and nausea. like yeah those are good but there are so many other things???

like internal bleeding. literally the best. I love it. It's slow but hella deadly and sometimes people can't even feel it/don't know what's happening. that's such a great option for whump or some angst. like they didn't know until it was too late. gold.

also - some poisons are not dissolvable in food or drink. Like certain medicines, they lose effectiveness if digested instead of injected intravenously. obviously you don't have to know that but if you wanna get into it, do a lil bit of research. could bring up some intriguing scenarios.

infection or sepsis

yoooo. sepsis is lowkey terrifying. infections are similar to actual illness but are caused because of an unsanitary wound. lots of interesting symptoms to browse here:

fever, cramps, fainting, hallucinations, dehydration, delirium, nausea, sores, sepsis, organ failure and on and on and on.

infection happens so fast too. like forget to change a bandage once and boom it could be infected. (is that a whump opportunity I hear...?)

sepsis is like the point of no return pretty much. Unless you've got crazy medical technology, sepsis is really really bad. basically, it's when the body overreacts and starts to damage its own tissue. leading to organ failure and then eventually death. spooky.

regular illness

this just means like a virus or something. a key point of viruses is an elevated temperature and dehydration; the body's primary responses. burn the bug out and dehydrate it.

depending on the illness, symptoms will vary. respiratory infections or viruses involve congestion, coughing, sore throats, a rattly breathing sound, and productive coughing (phlegm and mucus). Stomach illnesses include cramps, nausea, dehydration, dizziness, low blood sugar, weight loss, and diarrhea. these can overlap but mostly those are the groupings.

with fevers come achy joints and sensitive skin. fever is inflammation, like mild swelling everywhere because of how intense the antibody reaction is.

dehydration sets in really quick. really bad dehydration induces dizziness, nausea, diarrhea, delirium, lethargy, and fainting. great motivation for a whumper to possibly restrict whumpee's water intake...?

just some prompts! kinda low energy today sorry I haven't been posting, xox

[luna-azzurra]

Remember, even the most famous authors started out as confused people yelling at their laptops.

[theblueeyedfirebender]

“Ah.” Roy pushes a scarred hand through his slicked-back hair, which had already begun to free itself from its formal style, but is now mussed beyond hope. He catches her stare, smirking devilishly. “What endearments am I allowed?”

“Let me think.” She drains the wine glass, the spicy-sweet taste washing over her tongue. His dark eyes track her every movement. “‘Riza’ for everyday. ‘My Lady’ for formal events. And -” She taps her chin in mock contemplation. “‘Empress Divine’ - but only on very special occasions.”

Roy chuckles, the sound rolling low in his chest. “And what shall I call you when I'm mad?” He runs a palm along the firm arch of her calf muscle. “Mrs. Mustang?”

- WIP

[prompts-in-a-barrel]

"You said you'd be back in a week."

"I know. I'm sorry. I got delayed."

"Mh-hm. You gonna stand out there in the cold all night, or you coming in?"

[717words]

[akwardsilince]

Person A: "Please put me down."

Person B: "Were you always this small?"

Person A: "DOWN. NOW."

[poppitron360]

People shit on Shakespeare for being boring but my guy wrote real person fanfiction and tortured his ocs and told cringe jokes and had hidden gay subplots and played with gender too- he just did it in

a squiggly font

[a-word-a-day-for-writers]

𝐀𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲

A writing or graving in gold.