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writer brain is like “what if this story was a metaphor for grief”

no babes what if this story was finished first

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Update: My eyes hate me again.

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🎃👻🍬🦇💀🧡

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i love being a writer. it’s so chill and easy and stress-free, unless you count the constant mental ping-pong between “i’m a genius” and “this is the worst thing ever written by a human being”

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"I didn't believe in fate until I met you."

Gale to Lyra. In the Baldur's Gate universe, Gale tells Tav that he doesn't believe in fate, but he does believe in serendipity.

However, falling through a portal into a distant world that he had only heard about through sparse legends and stories from wizards grander yet than he can change a man.

Meeting Lyra was far beyond the realms of what serendipity could provide. Falling into her arms had been something more than pleasant coincidence or beautiful happenstance. He needed her. She needed him. They should never have met.

Perhaps, he thought, as he stroked his fingers through his lover's silky red hair, fate had some merit after all.

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affirmations for writers: i know how to write. i have seen sentences before, and i know how to make one. i can identify up to several words and their meanings. i am not afraid of semicolons.

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I love the em dash. You can pry the em dash from my cold—admittedly, they're actually pretty warm—dead hands.

Current writing advice I'm seeing on TikTok and Insta is telling authors to stop using em dashes in their work because, "AI uses em dashes so people will think you've used AI."

Y'know, the AI that was trained on the stolen work of real authors?

Anyway, I will not be doing that. What I will be doing, however, is adding a note at the start of all my books that no AI was used in the creation of my work because I, the author, did not go to university for four fucking years to study English literature and linguistics only to be told I can't use proper grammar because someone might think a robot wrote it.

Fucking, insane.

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Sorry I didn't get back to you it's just that I'm completely unfit for human interaction.

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I've been seeing stardew inspired botanical prints all around the place, so thought I'd try my own hand at it! Winter had to include a few more of the special crops than originally intended, but I still love it tbh. What season is your favourite in stardew valley?

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My Ship As Couples From Other Media

Thank you for tagging me, @whiskeyskin !

RULES: Take this test and post a picture of your blorbos with the couple they match best. Optional: add the extended list.

I definitely disagree with this one, and I think Lyra is definitely more like Daisy from Benjamin Button, who she does have the highest percentage of similarity with. I'm not sure if Gale suits Luca from ER, as I've never seen the show. However, I do love Goran Visnjic. 😂

I suspect this couple was featured in part due to the age gap, but I can't really say I like this couple a lot, so. 😅 But! I can see how it came to this conclusion, as I did peg Gale as more extroverted than Lyra and more impulsive, too.

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Tagging, Darlings: @saucy-scribbler @serenbriar @anacdoce @fanon-and-canon @worfs-glorious-hair and @waterdhaviancheeses

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I can't breathe 🤣

"Mom I frew up"

Jumpscare

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Going to go through my screenshots properly tomorrow buuuuutttttt

That look should be ILLEGALLLLLL

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by elizabethpotterphoto

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This is a general request to my fellow Galemancers; a plea, of sorts.

I need some validation and feedback here. Gale is an ever-curious, ever-learning, and striving entity of a man. My OC, Lyra, is a modern-day disabled gal who is honestly pretty burnt out (yes, she is me, thank you for noticing!). I can't help but feel her imminent guilt at not being as naturally geared towards stuffing her brain full of more knowledge the way Gale is.

I know Gale wouldn't be cruel about it - truly an out of character attitude for him - , but would he ever be disappointed? Disappointed or concerned that she's sort of "wasting" a good mind after a long amount of time goes by? Or is that just my own insecurity seeping in? How would he react, do you think?

Thank you in advance for any thoughts, feels, etc! It will greatly help me in writing this aspect of my long fic. ❤️