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WEASLEY WEDNESDAY

🥂Handprints on bathroom doors🥂 for EliseDonut SHIP: Percy Weasley/Marcus Flint RATING: Explicit LENGTH: 1,672 words TAGS: Fluff, Soulmates, Post-Hogwarts, Post-War, implied sex, Drinking, Alcohol, Handprints SUMMARY: Percy was partially annoyed that his first glimpse of colour in two years was on the bloody men’s bathroom door.

🥂Finally🥂 for maraudersaffair SHIP: Draco Malfoy/Rose Weasley RATING: Explicit LENGTH: 2,405 words TAGS: Age Difference, Cross-Generation Relationship, Oral Sex, Semi-Public Sex, Infidelity SUMMARY: Rose and Draco are in love yet Draco refuses to divorce Astoria. Rose decides it’s finally time to set an ultimatum.

🥂Life beyond knowing🥂 for @ultramarineorchid SHIP: Hermione Granger/Fred Weasley RATING: Teen and Up LENGTH: 1,464 words TAGS: Hermione Granger-centric, Soulmates, Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Light Angst, Coming of Age, Feelings Realization, Soulmate-Identifying Marks Kind Of SUMMARY: Hermione Granger knows that soulmates aren't real, no matter what the Weasleys say.

🥂it was truly obvious (how could you not have noticed)🥂for alyceofthetogas SHIP: Percy Weasley/Oliver Wood RATING: General Audiences LENGTH: 970 words TAGS: Harry Potter Epilogue What Epilogue | EWE, Quidditch, Quidditch Player Oliver Wood, The Burrow (Harry Potter), Interviews, Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Soulmate-Identifying Marks SUMMARY: An interview with Quidditch Star Oliver Wood doesn't end at all like anyone expected.

🥂Between Two Hearts🥂 for billowingangel SHIP: Hermione Granger/George Weasley, Hermione Granger/Fred Weasley RATING: Explicit LENGTH:  8,000 words TAGS: Explicit Sexual Content, Post-War, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Recovery, Denial of Feelings, Percy Weasley Dies, Hurt/Comfort, Friends to Lovers, Endgame Hermione Granger/George Weasley, Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism SUMMARY: As much as Fred was his other half, Hermione was his soulmate. She was a piece of him that Fred would never understand. Their whole lives they’d shared everything. George could no longer afford to blur those lines. Hermione was his.

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WEASLEY WEDNESDAY

🥂Handprints on bathroom doors🥂 for EliseDonut SHIP: Percy Weasley/Marcus Flint RATING: Explicit LENGTH: 1,672 words TAGS: Fluff, Soulmates, Post-Hogwarts, Post-War, implied sex, Drinking, Alcohol, Handprints SUMMARY: Percy was partially annoyed that his first glimpse of colour in two years was on the bloody men’s bathroom door.

🥂Finally🥂 for maraudersaffair SHIP: Draco Malfoy/Rose Weasley RATING: Explicit LENGTH: 2,405 words TAGS: Age Difference, Cross-Generation Relationship, Oral Sex, Semi-Public Sex, Infidelity SUMMARY: Rose and Draco are in love yet Draco refuses to divorce Astoria. Rose decides it’s finally time to set an ultimatum.

🥂Life beyond knowing🥂 for @ultramarineorchid SHIP: Hermione Granger/Fred Weasley RATING: Teen and Up LENGTH: 1,464 words TAGS: Hermione Granger-centric, Soulmates, Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Light Angst, Coming of Age, Feelings Realization, Soulmate-Identifying Marks Kind Of SUMMARY: Hermione Granger knows that soulmates aren't real, no matter what the Weasleys say.

🥂it was truly obvious (how could you not have noticed)🥂for alyceofthetogas SHIP: Percy Weasley/Oliver Wood RATING: General Audiences LENGTH: 970 words TAGS: Harry Potter Epilogue What Epilogue | EWE, Quidditch, Quidditch Player Oliver Wood, The Burrow (Harry Potter), Interviews, Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Soulmate-Identifying Marks SUMMARY: An interview with Quidditch Star Oliver Wood doesn't end at all like anyone expected.

🥂Between Two Hearts🥂 for billowingangel SHIP: Hermione Granger/George Weasley, Hermione Granger/Fred Weasley RATING: Explicit LENGTH:  8,000 words TAGS: Explicit Sexual Content, Post-War, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Recovery, Denial of Feelings, Percy Weasley Dies, Hurt/Comfort, Friends to Lovers, Endgame Hermione Granger/George Weasley, Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism SUMMARY: As much as Fred was his other half, Hermione was his soulmate. She was a piece of him that Fred would never understand. Their whole lives they’d shared everything. George could no longer afford to blur those lines. Hermione was his.

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HP SOULMATES SECRET SANTA ANONYMOUS MASTERLIST

So that's a wrap for HP Soulmates Secret Santa for another year. Thank you so much to all our fabulous creators and an extra shout out to our pinch hitters. We ❤️ you all!

We've had 53 gifts created in total with a very different mix of ships from last year.

The most popular ship has been a draw between Dramione and Drarry tied on 8 each, closely followed by Sevmione with 7.

Hermione appeared in an additional 5 fics, Snape in 7, Harry in 2 and Draco in 3.

M/F has led the way with 30 fics followed by 17 slash, 3 femslash, 2 MMF and 1 MMM.

Our shortest fic was a compact 650 words with our longest weighing in at exactly 20k!

Reveals will be tomorrow, but if you haven't already, please give some love to our mystery authors!

☃️a golden string ties two hearts together☃️ for Jiraffas

🎀A Soulmate for Christmas🎀 for MarinaJune

✨Addictive✨ for @gaeilgerua

💞And Thus With a Kiss💞 for @ultramarineorchid

🎀Back in Time, once more🎀 for @skywatcherrose

🎀Be Still, My Foolish Heart, Don’t Ruin This On Me🎀 for @midnightstargazer

🥂Between Two Hearts🥂 for @billowingangel

✨Compass and Witch✨ for mrsprobie

❄️Confessions Under A Starry Sky ❄️for @chaosophia

🦌Does one really want to know if they have a soulmate?🦌 for @its-the-allure

✨Doomed to Tell the Truth✨ for Gcldxsnitch

🎁Endorsed by Fate🎁 for ronaldweasleys (left0utsideal0ne)

💘Eros’ Arrow💘 for @echoofawind

🥂Finally🥂 for maraudersaffair

🐍golden eyes and shadowed hearts🐍 for Elvira_Kamgut

🥂Handprints on bathroom doors🥂 for @elisedonut

⚡Happy Birthday⚡ for SomnophiliaSweetheart

🎁I'm Healed. Now What? And Why Are They Both So Pretty? 🎁 for The_Fourth_Queen

🥂it was truly obvious (how could you not have noticed)🥂for @alyceofthetogas

🦌left a mark (leave a stain)🦌 for @jelliewrites

🥂Life beyond knowing🥂 for @ultramarineorchid

🦌Love again🦌 for SonnenFlower

❄️Love is Blonde❄️ for @sybilevergreen

☃️Love isn’t random, we are chosen☃️ for @hunterswithcell-phones

🌿Marked by Mistletoe🌿 for @browneyesandhair

💘Molten💘 for @kidansong

☃️Mon âme☃️ for vitruvian8008

🎁Not Your Time🎁 for OrangeColoredSky

🦌Old Classics🦌 for Rei383

✨Once Upon a Winter's Ball✨ for @nyenke

🐍One last shot🐍 for @tumblingghosts

🎀One Night🎀 for @fiestylilmetalbendingqueen

🌿Peels🌿 for MitsukiSirya

❄️Rare Discoveries❄️ for GimletSour

❄️Senses❄️ for @strixxinxiang

🌿Silver and Gold🌿 for razzleberrie

🐍Soul Bites🐍 for @spireasalix

🐍Soulmates?! Merlin No!🐍 for @p0intless-p0et

⚡Sweet like candy to my soul⚡for @mintyelbows

🌿Tangled In You🌿 for @dramioneendgamealways

☃️tempting fate☃️ for Dreadful_Pears

🎀Ten Minutes to Midnight🎀 for BurdenedWithPointlessPurpose

☃️Third Time’s the Charm☃️ for Caitriona_3

🎁Third Time's the Christmas Charm🎁 for Watson3000

💘The Inevitability of Choosing to Love You💘 for Tardis_Magic93

⚡The Glow⚡for @itsphantasmagoria

⚡The Muggle Way⚡for @digthewriter

💞The Sparks of the Golden Glow💞 for @fluxweedstem

🐍To Be Friends🐍 for Maxymumu

✨Two Inches Above The Knee✨ for @emilyrickman

🎀Two Left Feet Led Me to You🎀 for EastWindmilk

💞vinculum animae - the fine art of evading fate💞for D4nce

💘With you in my head💘 for @maz53

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❄️🎄 Masterlist 4 🎄❄️

The masterlist for Slash Fic that were gifted through the exchange. We had a stellar 45 M/M fics with lengths ranging from 250 words to over 40k words. For more works, check out the other fest masterlists!

Masterlist 1: Creative Mediums

Masterlist 2: Femslash & Poly Fic

Masterlist 3: Gen & Het Fic

Masterlist 4: Slash Fic

View all gifts on AO3

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SLASH FIC

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✨ SLASH <2.0K✨

🎁 Blade and Silk by @phantomgrimalkin / phantomgrimalkin (Theodore/Blaise, E, 760 words)

🎁 Debts Left to Pay by @burdenedwithpointlesspurpose / BurdenedWithPointlessPurpose (Kingsley/Severus, M, 1.7k words)

🎁 Faking into love by @picklesonjupiter / picklesonsaturday (Severus/Charlie, T, 690 words)

🎁 Fragile Bonds by @picklesonjupiter / picklesonsaturday (Sirius/Severus, T, 310 words)

🎁 Good Together by @anaxandria-writes / Anaxandria (Neville/Theodore, T, 790 words)

🎁 Green Thumb by @bleepbloopbotz / BleepBloopBotz (Neville/Ernie, G, 250 words)

🎁 Keep Quiet (and I’ll Ruin You) by @givemetherapyimawritingtravesty / givemetherapyimawalkingtravesty (Regulus/Barty, E, 1.6k words)

🎁 Magic never dies by @pink-x-eye / Maxymumu (Sirius/Harry, E, 1.9k words)

🎁 New Traditions by @chemicalwildflowers / QueenOfStormySkies (Draco/Ron, G, 1.4k words)

🎁 time waits for no one (but sometimes she gives second chances) by @wretchedanddivinee / wretchedanddivine (Sirius/Severus, T, 1.4k words)

🎁 Welcome Home by @elisedonut / elisedonut (Viktor/Percy, T, 840 words)

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✨ SLASH 2.0K-5.0K ✨

🎁 All I want for Christmas is you by @stopme / Stopme (Teddy/Harry, E, 2.8k words)

🎁 From Chaos Comes Love by @lucigoo / Lucigoo89 (Percy/Oliver, T, 3.5k words)

🎁 Gemstones by suniwrites (Draco/Lucius, E, 3.2k words)

🎁 Heir Ritual by @alyceofthetogas / AlyceoftheTogas (Sirius/Harry, E, 3.4k words)

🎁 The Hunter’s Moon Approaches by @blackberrywinestainedglass / Julesss (Fenrir/Remus, M, 2.3k words)

🎁 I’ve got you. by @mischiefmandied / Mischiefmandied (Harry/Ron, E, 3.7k words)

🎁 In Every Sense by @emilyrickman / AlihotsyTotsy (Gregory/Draco, T, 3.3k words)

🎁 In Pursuit of Honesty by @sliebman10 / sliebman10 (Neville/Draco, T, 2.4k words)

🎁 A Lesson in Manners by @jamiemoonymarks / JamieMoonyMarks (Marvolo/Ominis, E, 2.9k words)

🎁 Live For Today by @schmem14 / Schmem_14 (Marcus/Oliver, M, 2.2k words)

🎁 Rotten Roots by p0intless_p0et (Neville/Draco, G, 2.3k words)

🎁 sleeping arrangements. by @mischiefmandied / Mischiefmandied (Harry/George, E, 3.0k words)

🎁 Surprise Happiness by CarmCharm (Draco/Charlie, E, 4.0k words)

🎁 Unaware Familiarity by Yoshishisha (Albus/Harry, M, 2.8k words)

🎁 Veins by @saintsenara / asenora (Abraxas/Tom, T, 2.4k words)

🎁 Who Wouldn’t Want to Wake Up This Way? by CarmCharm (Cedric/Oliver, E, 2.1k words)

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✨ SLASH 5.0K-10.0K ✨

🎁 The Heat of the Moment by @schmem14 / Schmem_14 (Marcus/Percy, E, 8.6k words)

🎁 Hold onto this lullaby (even when the music’s gone) by @knotsnuffles / objectlesson (Sirius/Harry, E, 8.3k words)

🎁 A House Elf’s Plan by CarmCharm (Harry/Theodore, E, 5.3k words)

🎁 Let Me Love You by @elvira-kamgut / Elvira_Kamgut (Lucius/Severus, M, 7.2k words)

🎁 Maturity by armassy (James/Severus, E, 6.3k words)

🎁 No Need to Hide under These Friday Night Lights by @maraudersaffair / maraudersaffair (James/Severus, E, 5.0k words)

🎁 Roots entwined, Wings unfurled by @lucigoo / Lucigoo89 (Neville/Draco, T, 9.0k words)

🎁 speeding through red lights (into paradise) by @the-invisibility-bloke / the_invisibility_bloke (Sirius/Harry, E, 10.0k words)

🎁 Still a Boy by @maraudersaffair / maraudersaffair (Remus/Harry, E, 6.3k words)

🎁 The Tabby Teapot by @celestemagnoliathewriter / CelesteMagnolia (Seamus/Dean, Minerva/Poppy, T, 7.6k words)

🎁 That’s My Bestfriend by @zoomiezoomie / ZoomieZoomie324 (Harry/Ron, E, 6.9k words)

🎁 Through Parchment and Observations by @sugareey-makes-stuff / sugareey (Viktor/Percy, T, 5.3k words)

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✨ SLASH >10.0K ✨

🎁 7 Minutes To Destiny by @faithless-3105 / Faithless_3105 (Sirius/Severus, E, 24.8k words)

🎁 Copper and Blond Catharsis by @siobhanhazel / SiobhanHazel (Draco/Ron, E, 16.6k words)

🎁 The Crossroads by @midnightstargazer / MidnightStargazer (Regulus/Remus, T, 11.5k words)

🎁 Every Little Thing He Does Is Magic by @faithless-3105 / Faithless_3105 (Neville/Harry, Neville/Ron, M, 12.4k words)

🎁 Gurbaith-Feuer by @mitsuki91 / MitsukiSirya (Albus/Tom, E, 15.4k words)

🎁 Pink Aster - Days Gone By [+moodboard] by @trueliarose / Trueliarose (Severus/Charlie, E, 40.5k words, Digital)

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☃️ Week 1 Roundup ☃️

Happy 1st week of gifting!! We’ve had so many WONDERFUL AMAZING SPECTACULAR gifts this week including lots of fic, some art and moodboards, and even a SCULPTURE. Go check out these superb rare pair works and don’t forget to leave the creators some love <3

More roundups: Week 2, 3, 4 (TBD)

View all gifts on AO3 ✨

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💝 Gifts for @alyceofthetogas ! 💝

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🎄 COMIC: So… Thank You

Ship: Harry Potter/Bill Weasley Rating: General Length/Medium: Digital Tags: Fanart, Digital Art, Comic, Romantic Fluff, Falling in Love Summary:

Bill and Harry falling in love

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🎄 FIC: A House Elf’s Plan

Ship: Harry Potter/Theodore Nott Rating: Explicit Length/Medium: 5.3k words Tags: EWE, Fluff, Smut, Getting Together, Forced Proximity, There was only one bed, Mention of Panic Attack Summary:

The house elf, Miffens, had had enough. The two masters she was working for kept dancing around each other and fighting about useless things. It was time to get them to see they both had feelings for each other and were fighting as an outlet for those feelings. She had just the plan for that, and luckily for her, they would walk right into it without her really needing to do a thing.

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View all gifts on AO3! ❄️

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💝 Gifts for @knotsnuffles ! 💝

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🎄 FIC: speeding through red lights (into paradise)

Ship: Sirius Black/Harry Potter Rating: Explicit Length/Medium: 10.0k words Tags: Underage, Cross-Generation Relationship, OOTP Era, Grooming, Mutual Pining, First Time, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Taste Kink Summary:

Just before fifth year, true to form, Harry does something very brave and very foolish.

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🎄 FIC: Heir Ritual

Ship: Sirius Black/Harry Potter Rating: Explicit Length/Medium: 3.4k words Tags: Sirius Black Lives, Not Canon Compliant, Age Difference, Heirships, Black Family Traditions, Watching, Post-Hogwarts, Genital Piercing, Smut, Post-War, No Plot/Plotless, Blow Jobs, prince Albert piercing, Light Bondage Summary:

While Sirius wanted Harry to be heir, he didn’t necessarily like where Kreacher was pushing the two of them… Or well… Perhaps he was worried that he liked the idea a little bit too much.

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View all gifts on AO3! ❄️

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❄️ Gift giving starts tomorrow!! ❄️

Santa's helpers (the mods) are ready (SO excited) to start giving out gifts. We have so many (seriously so many it's insane) wonderful rare pair works to share! Gifts will be posted anonymously Dec 1 through Dec 25 with Creator Reveals on Dec 30.

Follow along on Tumblr or come flail with other rare pair enthusiasts on the Discord! All gifts will be available in our Collection on AO3.

Reminder: For those of you with extensions, gifts are due today! Please submit them by the end of the day in whatever timezone you are in.

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Gothic Fantasy Fest 2024: Day 5 Reveals

Today's GFF highlights are focused on the submissions we received that were inspired by or based on gothic poetry. Poems such as “I felt a funeral, in my brain” by Emily Dickinson and “My Heart is a Cathedral” by Segovia Amil. Mind the tags & Happy Reading! 🦇

Anabiosis @lee-bella

"He could hear a sound in his head, a strange knocking as though someone were chiseling a coffin in his brain...."

Warnings: Dead Dove | Voldy Wins AU | Obsession | Grief/Mourning |

Rating: Explicit

Character(s)/Ship(s): Harrymort

Word Count: 3,736 words

Summary: In their final moment together, they had eyes only for each other as was ordained—it was love at the final sight.

I felt a funeral by @alyceofthetogas

"A horrible feeling was clawing at Blaise's chest..."

Warnings: Family Secrets | Madness | Grief/Mourning |

Rating: Teen

Character(s)/Ship(s): Harry Potter/Blaise Zabini

Word Count: 1,609 words

Summary: Blaise's mother requests he visit.

Like Falling by @i-dream-of-libraries

"Thick clouds of steam obscured all around him; he was afloat in an ocean of white..."

Warnings: Hannibal Vibes | Obsessive Behavior | Manipulation |

Rating: Explicit

Character(s)/Ship(s): Tomarry

Word Count: 3,176 words

Summary: Auror Harry Potter had a much nicer ring to it before he was sitting in an interrogation room across from his childhood friend, Tom Riddle. Their past haunts him with every look, every memory of touch, and the reality of the glass that now separates them in this world. Maybe not in others.

Complete fest information under the cut!

Fest Disclaimer

Due to the darker subject material of the prompts, please mind every tag of the submissions you choose to read and engage with from our fest. Some fanworks include triggering and taboo content. So, take care of yourself, honor your limits, and enter at your own risk.

Fest Information

Gothic Fantasy Fest is a Harry Potter fanworks fest dedicated to and centered around our love for the gothic horror genre!

The inspiration to host this fest came out of our desire to see more fanworks in the fandom where the darkness within us all is celebrated, embraced, and reveled in.

This fest is hosted by The Writing Heirs of Slytherin Discord Server.

Important Links

AO3 Collection

Official Fest Spotify Playlist

Official Fest Mood Board

Discord Server

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#writing

A Horror Beat Sheet

There are no hard-and-fast rules in writing fiction. There are, however, some established patterns and expectations, and once you know them, you’ll be able to work within those patterns and deviate from the path as you see fit.

What is a Beat Sheet?

Popularized by Blake Snyder’s book Save The Cat, beat sheets are an outlining method often used for screenwriting that some authors have started to use for books as well. Basically, a beat sheet lays out the story ‘beats’ or necessary plot points that make up the essential story structure. The Hero’s Journey is, essentially, a beat sheet. You can see more beat sheet information here: https://timstout.wordpress.com/story-structure/blake-snyders-beat-sheet/

Horror has a slightly different structure than other stories, and for that reason I don’t think a classic beat sheet works quite right for it. So with that in mind, here is my somewhat adapted version, drawn from my studies of horror media. Various beats can be reorganized somewhat, and will vary a bit depending on sub-genre and other considerations. But if you need help in establishing a horror plot…this beat sheet should help guide the way.

Horror Story Beat Sheet

Act One (The Setup):

1 - The World is Not What it Seems

(The reader catches an early glimpse of the monster, or a hint that the monster exists. This is optional, and may occur right away – often as a prologue – or after the main characters have been introduced.)

2 - Putting the Players in Action

(You introduce the important characters and the primary internal conflict)

3 - Setting them on the Path

(The characters make a choice that inadvertently isolates them or places them on a collision course with the monster)

4 - The Warning

(The characters are given an opportunity to turn back, but choose not to; could occur before or after The First Contact With The Monster.)

5 - The First Contact with the Monster

(The characters have their initial contact with the monster, but are unaware of the true threat it poses.)

Act Two (The Turn): 6 - Shit Gets Real (May be the first death or when seriously spooky activity begins; regardless, this is when the danger becomes evident and unavoidable)

7 - The Chase (The monster pursues the characters, who lack the skills to fight it; one or more people may die here)

8 - Failed Confrontation (The main character attempts to destroy the monster, but does not yet possess the ability to do so)

9 - The Darkest Hour (Hope appears lost. Perhaps someone very important has died, or the hero has tried everything they can think of.  The link between the internal conflict and monster may become clear to the character here)

Act Three (The Prestige): 10 - A Different Solution (The hero gains new information on how to defeat the monster.  This may be delivered by someone they seek out for help, or may come through soul searching and observation.)

11 - Seeking Out the Beast (For the first time, the hero approaches the monster, rather than fleeing it.  They intend to enact their solution)

12 - The True Cost is Revealed (In the process of confronting the monster, the hero realizes that to overcome it, the internal conflict must be encountered and defeated.  That is the hidden cost; the hero will be irrevocably changed)

13 - Sacrifices Are Made (or not) (Faced with the ultimate choice, the hero either succeeds in defeating their internal conflict and  winning against the monster, or fails and ultimately succumbs to their weakness)

14 - The Inevitable Fall Out (Show the consequences of whichever choice is made)

15 - Evil Cannot Be Conquered, Only Delayed (If the hero failed #13, show the monster relishing its victory in a changed world.  If the hero succeeded, show a hint that the monster may yet return. )

—- I think you will find that if you compare many, many, many horror stories against this beat sheet, you will see versions of this structure/pattern.  I encourage you to try it.  I’ll post some plot studies of my own to show you later.

There is no single “right” way to write a story, and I certainly don’t think you must follow this structure in order to be successful.  But I can guarantee you that following this structure will give you the framework necessary for a complete and emotionally satisfying horror story.

Caveat: this beat sheet is meant for long-form stories such as novels and films.  Short stories follow a very different structure.  We can talk about that in a later chapter.

If you like this type of content and would like to see more, please consider leaving a tip in my Tip Jar!

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SIGN-UPS ARE OPEN!!

Sign-ups for HP Soulmates Secret Santa are now open! Please read the Rules and FAQ before signing up. You can also read them before signing up on the main AO3 Collection page. If you have any questions about anything, please just ask! We're so excited to fall in love with soulmates over the holiday season again!

Sign-up HERE!

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Gothic Fantasy Fest 2024: Last Day to Sign-up and Claim!

Only 36 prompts remain, my fellow spookies! 🦇

So far, we've had 77 people claim the Gothic Fantasy Fest prompt of their dreams. We've also already had a fest participant turn in their fest submission for early review.

Don't let the opportunity to participate in this fest pass you by.

Sign-ups and claiming for Gothic Fantasy Fest close at 11:59pm PDT today (August 13th, 2024).

Claim your prompt before the day ends! 🪄

How to Sign-up

Claim your prompt on AO3: Official Gothic Fantasy Fest AO3 Collection

Fill out our sign-up form: Official Gothic Fantasy Fest Sign-up Form

Join our 21+ Discord Server (Optional)

Follow this account for all Gothic Fantasy Fest Updates!

A Few Reminders

For this fest, there is a one claim per prompt policy.

The only exception to this is our Author/Artist’s choice prompt, which we are allowing up to 12 people to claim. However, once those 12 slots are gone, they’re gone.

You must claim your prompt on AO3 first, then, sign-up. Why? The form will ask you for the prompt # of the prompt you claimed.

You may only claim one prompt at this time. Later on, after sign-ups close, and if there are any prompts left, if you happen to submit your fanwork for your first claim before the fest deadline, you may then claim a second prompt. But remember, the Oct. 17th fest deadline will still apply. 🪄

Don’t have an AO3 Account?

You can still participate in this fest! For the first time ever, we will be accepting fest submissions via the submission feature here on Tumblr. Look out for our post on submissions guidelines later on this week for more info on that. 🦇

For now though, complete the following steps to officially sign-up for the fest:

View our remaining fest prompts here: GFF Tumblr Prompt List

Fill out our sign-up form here: Official Gothic Fantasy Fest Sign-up Form

Follow this blog and our main tumblr here. (You must be following these accounts to submit your completed fanwork for the fest)

And if you are looking for a community of HP writers and other Gothic Fantasy Fest participants, Join our 21+ Discord server!

The Remaining Fest Info is under the cut!

Fest Schedule

Sign-ups & Claiming Open: Aug. 5th at 12:00pm PDT

Sign-ups & Claiming Close: Aug. 13th at 11:59pm PDT

Fanworks Due: Oct. 17th at 11:59pm PDT

Fanworks Revealed: Oct. 22nd at 12:00pm PDT

Authors & Artists Revealed: Oct. 24th at 12:00pm PDT

Fest Information

The inspiration to host this fest came out of our desire to see more fanworks in the fandom where the darkness within us all is celebrated, embraced, and reveled in.

The premise for this fest is simple: Create any fanwork (fic or fanart) you like, ensuring that your main protagonist of your work is a Slytherin!

But, and this is where the challenge comes in... your fanwork must incorporate one of the gothic horror prompts that we have provided and must be in the gothic horror genre!

We hope, through participating in this fest, that you’ll allow yourself to indulge in what haunts you most!

Disclaimer:

Due to the darker subject material of the prompts, please be mindful that the process of creating a submission for this fest may be triggering. So, take care of yourself, honor your limits, and enter at your own risk.

Fest Rules

All levels of writers and artists are welcome! Even if this is your first fest!

All pairings and ship types (platonic, couples, and polyships) are allowed in this fest. You may also choose to focus your fanwork on only one character.

Ensure that your main character of your fanwork is a Slytherin (no exceptions)!

Any Slytherin from any of the Wizarding World eras is welcome. You may also choose to headcanon a non-Slytherin character as a Slytherin.

Your fanwork must incorporate one of the 99 gothic horror prompts that we provide. There are 12 additional Author/Artist’s choice prompts, however, those are first come, first serve. So, they will go quick!

Ensure that your fanwork qualifies as gothic horror. Read our full rules at the link listed below for further clarification on this.

The darker your fic the better, as this fest is the perfect opportunity to create some dark, morally gray, and/or dead-dove works!

Authors: there is no maximum word count for your work. But there is a minimum word count of 1,000 words.

Artists: As long as you follow the guidelines above, you may submit any form of fanart you like, including moodboards! However, AI-generated work and commissioned work from other artists may NOT be submitted!

This fest is an Author/Artist Revealed event. Your fanwork will be revealed on the dates listed above. When the fest is over, we will highlight your fanwork across our social media from Oct. 24th - Oct. 30th.

You do not have to be a member of The Writing Heirs of Slytherin Discord to participate in this fest. However, we do recommend joining so that you can be in contact with other Gothic Fantasy Fest participants! It’s also the quickest way to get a hold of the admin team!

Note: Our server has a 21+ age requirement to join, but this fest is open to fic writers and artists of all ages!

For a complete list of our fest rules and submission guidelines, please click here!

Important Links

Prompts & AO3 Collection

Discord Server

Official Fest Spotify Playlist

Official Fest Mood Board

Fest Tumblr (Follow for all important GFF updates)

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❄️ SIGN-UPS ARE OPEN!! ❄️

Sign-ups for HSS Rare Pairs 2024 are open! Please read the Rules and FAQ before signing up. If you have any questions about the form, don't be afraid to ask us! Remember, the more details you include on your form, the better your matches will be :)

Happy sign-ups and happy rare pairing!!

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Sign-up HERE!

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The sexual evolution of William Weasley

Whew - I finally finished my fic for the Bill Weasley Bangs 2023! The bingo card provided by @caitiespersonalhell​ is below and (I think) I managed to tick each of them off in the one fic (consider this a warning if you have squicks for any of the below).

Find the fic here.

Hope you enjoy!

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Snape Big Bang 2022-2023

Title: Modus Operandi Author: @alyceofthetogas Rating: Mature Pairings: Severus Snape/Harry Potter Trigger Warnings: Some violence, mentions of murder Tags: No Magic AU, crime, murder mystery, serial killer Summary: DCI Severus Snape is put in charge of an investigation of two murders that occurred five years previously, due to the acquittal of wrongly convicted Marcus Flint for the crimes. Flint’s acquittal was based on new evidence presented by Dr Harry Potter, a forensic pathologist from the Hogwarts Centre. Unfortunately for DCI Snape, this means there is still a murderer at large…

https://archiveofourown.org/works/47596936/chapters/119958859

Thanks to @severus snape bigbang for organising the fest. I had a ball participating. 

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Now Prompting!

Welcome to the Harry Potter Queer Villains Fanworks Festival!

A chance to explore your darkside, lesser acknowledged characters, and many rarepairs in a queer positive setting!

This fanworks festival centres around the villains of Harry Potter with queer headcanons and prompts.

Have you ever wanted to explore the story of Herpo the Foul under a transmasc lens? No, well that's not all! What about tackling a fun, lesbian fic about Morgan(a) Le Fay? Still no. That's alright, let's find something else. I know! Have you considered the lore of Salazar Slytherin and Godric Gryffindor from the perspective of forbidden lovers? Not at all... Well I bet you could be now! But, I get it, you want something a bit more exciting. In that case, there's always exploring Grindelwald's life, love, and rise to power!

That should have your attention now. You can write or draw prompts like these and MORE in the Harry Potter Queer Villains Fanworks Festival!

Schedule

April 25th, 2023 - May 13th 2023: Prompting

May 6th, 2023 - May 27th, 2023: Claiming

June 3rd, 2023 - July 3rd, 2023: Posting

July 3rd, 2023 - July 10th, 2023: Overtime (reserved for anyone needing extensions)

July 11th, 2023: Author Reveals

Guidelines

▪ This is a 16+ festival, where only 18+ participants are allowed to post sexually explicit material. Anyone who lies about their age are subject to being banned from future festivals.

▪ Promotion of homophobia, transphobia, ableism, racism, sexism, anti-semitism, fatphobia, other anti-LGBTQIA+ rheteric, etc is NOT allowed. Keep in mind and be careful of condeming any characters because of gender, race, sex, orientation, culture, disability, weight, etc.

▪ Anyone can prompt or claim for this fest; you do not have to do one to do the other.

▪ Self Prompting will be allowed when the claiming time comes.

▪ This is an anonymous festival. Therefore, talk of claimed prompts isn't encouraged in public.

▪ All fanworks should focus on a "villainous" character from the Harry Potter series.

Characters should be one of the following to constitute as a villain:

- An antagonist of the protagonists in the main series or in a spin-off. This includes but isn't limited to Voldemort, his Death Eaters, Grindelwald, his Acolytes, etc.

- Be part of Wizarding history and have a legacy for being evil in someway. This includes but isn't limited to Herpo the Foul, Morgan(a) Le Fay, Salazar Slytherin, the Bloody Baron, etc.

Yes, this does mean that certain morally dubious characters such as Draco Malfoy, Severus Snape, and Regulus Black count as villains for the sake of this festival. For the sake of simplicity, however, Albus Dumbledore does not count as a villain, regardless of his many messy and shitty actions within the main series and spin-off, Fantastic Beasts. However, characters who don't count as a villain under these parameters can still be prevalent in your fanwork. In fact, they can even be the second half of the main ship, but the main character who does count as a villain should be the focus of any story or art.

• Author Expectations - Fanfictions should have a minimum of 2,000 words. Authors must have an archive of our own account to add their fic to the collection. Additionally, fics should be new and unique to the fest. No add ons to previously posted works in progress are allowed. Sequels and prequels may be allowed so long as they can be read without needing to have read the previous part(s) of the story. Fanfictions should be tagged and warned for accordingly. "Author chose not to use Archive Warnings" is not an acceptable warning. Fics should not be posted elsewhere (ie on Tumblr, Twitter, etc) until after reveals. Fanfictions should be edited for SPaG to the best of the author's abilities. If you're in need of a beta, you may join our discord and ask for help!

• Artwork at any stage that the artist is happy sharing it in is acceptable. Artists must either have an archive of our own account to add their art to the collection or reach out to the fest host so they can possibly send their art to the author of their prompt, in order to post the art along with the fic. Additionally, all art should be new and unique to the fest. Art should also not be posted elsewhere (ie on Tumblr, Twitter, etc) until after reveals.

Links

Prompt Form

Discord

AO3 Collection

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Is your Favorite Ship Fated to Be? 💞

Did you say yes to the above question? Because we’re back for another year and with a new theme: “Fated to Be”!

What is HP Soulmates Fest?

HP Soulmates is an anonymous prompt-based fest that celebrates soulmates and soul bonds of all forms (romantic? platonic? mortal enemies?) We ran for the first time in 2022 and we’re so excited to be back for more soulmates-inspired fics, art, and podfics!

When is it?

Prompting: May 15-30, 2023

Claiming: June 3 - August 1

Submissions due: August 15

Posting: starts September 4

Reveals: October

Where?

We’ll keep everyone updated here on our tumblr! Prompting will be done on Airtable and works will be submitted on AO3 and promoted here on the tumblr starting in September.

We’re also adding a fest Discord server this year! The invite link will be posted in a few days, so get hyped and ready to squee! 💞

Further questions?

More in-depth information about participation can be found on our Rules page!

Please feel free to send an ask if you can’t find an answer — we’re always ready to help! 💞