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Just started reading Fourth Wing and cannot stop laughing at the thought of Jack on the parapet chasing after Violet like a rabid animal 😭

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Jask in vaguely slavic/polish-adjacent outfit

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Me 😭

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😞

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Nothing more fulfilling than slowly piecing together the plot of your story, answering questions that didn’t use to have answers when you first started. Creating characters from nothing and watching them grow into people that feel so real.

Writing is the best.

you know what i'm gonna get sappy for a second bear with me

there are a lot of posts and memes for writers about how hard writing is and how annoying it can be and how dispiriting it can feel when we don't make progress the way we'd like to. and those are true, and relatable, and funny! i've been there!

but maybe it doesn't get said enough in the other direction, so I'm gonna say it: I love writing. i love the process of putting phrases together and testing them for cadence and flow; i love knowing that there is a word for exactly the thing I want to convey, even if I just can't think of it right now, and going onto a thesaurus and being like there she is, that's the one!

but more than anything, I love the ritual of constantly asking myself "okay, and then what happens?" and feeling the same sense of delighted surprise every single time when somehow, a part of me I wasn't consciously aware of knows the answer. that experience, where my brain provides me solutions I didn't know it was working on, feels like a miracle every time. and getting into a productivity groove where I keep knowing the answers is one of the best feelings on the planet.

and sure, sometimes I don't know the answer, and it's hard and unsatisfying and see above about how easy it is to joke about how writing's the pits, but... that just makes it even more special when I'm firing on all cylinders, you know?

anyway, yeah. w r i t i n g.

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AO3 IS IN TROUBLE IF CALIFORNIAN AGE VERIFICATION LAW PASSES

An upcoming Age verification bill centered in California will be voted on Monday-- And as always,instead of actually protecting kids, it will lead to more online censorship and privacy risks, as it will force websites hosting to verify their users age by sending their ID, your browser history would be linked to it. if you live California, call your reps and tell them to oppose the bill AB3080 as it highly unconstitutional.

They also deem LGBT content harmful to minors, as well as mentions of weapons and tobacco, putting them on the same level as NSFW content.

Since AO3 headquarters reside in California, much like Reddit, Twitter,Discord and Youtube (and others) who knows how bad the effects would be. Instead of just effecting Californians (even then its concerning.) the effects would be US or even worldwide. VPNs wont help.

Please take actions here (a script is included to help you) https://www.defendonlineprivacy.com/ca/action.php

Find your rep here https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/

You can also send faxes using this https://faxzero.com/

If you don't live in California, please talk about this,tag your friends and urge others to take actions, make posts and tweets using the hashtags AB3080 and NoOnAB3080

More info HERE

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Just a blurb I wrote while practicing how to write vivid scenes (involving touch, smell, etc.) Hope you enjoy!

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John ran his hand across the object's surface, feeling rough, sandy stone; delicate runes carved across it. Embedded in the center, glittering in the sunlight, was a white gemstone. Fingers hovering above the gem, John felt a scorching heat emanating from it. Where the heat came from was anyone's guess, but John moved his hand away after only a few seconds, unable to leave it still without feeling like he'd burn himself. Weird, he thought, as he stepped away from the slab. The room, if you could call it that, was cavernous and warm, the air sticky with humidity, the rock walls wet and covered in plant growth. From the ceiling hung massive stalactites which sparkled a bright purple in the dark. John took a moment to wonder at it, then scowled. Now what, he thought bitterly. He had no clue where Nathan was or if Blake was with him, and the thought of the kid being alone, especially in a place like this, was not a pleasant one. In the short time they were together John and Blake had quickly realized that the boy had a knack for getting into troubled that rivaled there's, and that was a scary thought. With a deep breath John steeled himself, determination to find the others and escape this cavern flooding him. This place had taken many lives, people who entered unable to find their way back out again, but it would not take there's. John wouldn't let it.