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y'all know what time it is

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i feel like every time i post something on this site its a different fandom. russian roulette. anyway! i got back into hsr. got feixiao and played the new xianzhou quests. went insane. i love her

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idrc about hsr rn but i will fight anyone who doesnt respect the yaoqing polycule (feixiao x moze x jiaoqiu)

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one of my like reimaginings of canon HSR is that personally i like to imagine that borisin aren't like. so outright Super Duper Evil anymore, and the issue with them isn't even really always the aggression directly, so much as their populations rapidly spiral out of control because they're sorta immortal and yet also fully capable of (and very good at) reproducing, including regularly going into heats. the funnier flip side to this is that foxians are Also a bunch of horny bastards who Also go into heat (annually, in the late winter/early spring), and Also have the potential to spiral into ridiculous population sizes. it's just. most foxians culturally would rather EXPLODE than admit to this. they need u to believe so so So badly that they are just wholesome upstanding citizens with Spotless Self Control and Not Like Those Horny Irresponsible Weirdos. They go to LENGTHS to find effective Stop Being Horny treatments and frequently have to change it up and hunt down replacements and new formulations because their stupid baka immortal bodies keep adapting to everything thrown at them and going "nice try but I STILL WANT KITS IDIOT" jiaoqiu and feixiao both gotta spend like three months a year trying all kinds of shit and fighting for their Lives to remain normal on the outside while lowkey being Plagued and Swamped with thoughts of their Desperation to do Unspeakable Things to not just each other, but also Moze, on the inside.

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eye for an eye, heart to heart to heart

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wip; yaoqing trio do not separate

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Make sure to hug your local healers after traumatizing events <33

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chinese lion dancer miku 🦁💥💥

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gender envy

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Hate AI, but love writing challenges?

Want to take part in a global, fun project to write a Novella in one month?

Grab some friends, and take part in Novella November, by writing 1,000 words a day for the month of November, ending with a 30,000 word Novella to test and stretch your novel-writing skills!

Your goal is not perfection, but merely getting into the habit of writing a litte bit every single day :D

No website, no sign-ups -- Just a community initiative to write using only your own word!

What are the rules? Just Three so far!

#1 - No AI

#2 - No Plagiarizing

#3 - Wordcount for the month should only come from what you write during the month.

What does that mean?

Only words written during November should go towards your Wordcount for the month... but! Feel free to use your 30k words as a continuation of previous writing, or just make it the first 30k words in a longer novel!

Don't think you can write a whole entire 30k word story? Write a series of short stories that total up to 30k!

Not ready to write original works yet? Write a 30k word fanfiction that you can post after the end of the month!

Share your writing experience, tips, encouragement, and questions in the #Novella November tag!

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EDIT, from the tags: Want a progress tracker? Track your progress with TrackBear!

https://trackbear.app/

Don't have a word processor? Use LibreOffice , the free and open-source alternative to Microsoft Word!

Want to organize/storyboard your Novel and don't want to pay a subscription? Try 7writer by Simon Haynes!

Want to be able to listen to your story aloud for proofreading using TTS (text to speech)? Try Balabolka!

Or, create some custom progress / Goal Cards in advance you can fill out as you reach word goals! For ideas and templates, search this blog for "goal cards" :D

Want to do a writing challenge in more than just November? Check out my ideas here for year round challenges to keep you writing consistently! Got feedback? Send it in, I'd love to see everyone's ideas!

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EDIT 2: I almost forgot to mention, if you are unable to write/type your story, you can also narrate/dictate your story to your preferred recording device!

If you're doing a Recording only and it doesn't automatically generate a transcript, it would obviously be hard to judge the word count -- but you're also working with a lot of obstacles, so I'd say if you're able to complete your story via voice recording from start to finish, you've definitely achieved the goal!

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Since the whole thing with NaNoWriMo has gone down, I've noticed that one of their former sponsors, Ellipsus, has cut contact with NaNoWriMo because they do not support their stance on AI; I didn't know what Ellipsus was, but upon further research I've found that they are a writing platform that works a lot like Google Docs and Microsoft Word, only with a heavier leaning on the story-writing aspect and connecting with other writers - and they also completely denounce any use of AI, both in the writing process itself and in the use of their platform. I really appreciate that.

Since this is the case (and since I've noticed Google has begun implementing more AI into their software), I've decided to give Ellipsus a try to see if it's a good alternative to Google Docs (my main writing platform). It's completely free and so far, I've found it simple to use (although it is pretty minimal in its features), and I really like the look of it.

I figured I'd spread the word about this platform in case any of you writers would want to give it a try, and if you do, let me know how you like it!

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Umber sketches

More of my boy! His name is Umber, he is a quoll.

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My biggest tip for fanfic writers is this: if you get a character's mannerisms and speech pattern down, you can make them do pretty much whatever you want and it'll feel in character.

Logic: Characters, just like real people, are mallable. There is typically very little that's so truly, heinously out of character that you absolutely cannot make it work under any circumstance. In addition, most fans are also willing to accept characterization stretches if it makes the fic work. Yeah, we all know the villain and the hero wouldn't cuddle for warmth in canon. But if they did do that, how would they do it?

What counts is often not so much 'would the character do this?' and more 'if the character did do this, how would they do it?' If you get 'how' part right, your readers will probably be willing to buy the rest, because it will still feel like their favourite character. But if it doesn't feel like the character anymore, why are they even reading the fic?

Worry less about whether a character would do something, and more about how they'd sound while doing it.

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Good luck for those pulling for this babe!

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Character design commission for @cyanastrologist with their lovely cowboy jackalope character!