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You are loved.

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Writing Tips Master Post

Edit: Some posts may be deleted

Character writing/development:

Character Arcs

Making Character Profiles

Character Development

Comic Relief Arc

Internal Conflict

Character Voices

Creating Distinct Characters

Creating Likeable Characters

Writing Strong Female Characters

Writing POC Characters

Building Tension

Writing Grumpy x Sunshine Tropes

Writing Sexuality & Gender

Writing Manipulative Characters

Plot devices/development:

Intrigue in Storytelling

Enemies to Lovers

Alternatives to Killing Characters

Worldbuilding

Misdirection

Things to Consider Before Killing Characters

Foreshadowing

Narrative:

Emphasising the Stakes

Avoid Info-Dumping

Writing Without Dialogue

1st vs. 2nd vs. 3rd Perspective

Fight Scenes (+ More)

Transitions

Pacing

Writing Prologues

Dialogue Tips

Writing War

Writing Cheating

Writing Miscommunication

Writing Unrequited Love

Writing a Slow Burn Btwn Introverts

Writing Smut

Worldbuilding:

Worldbuilding: Questions to Consider

Creating Laws/Rules in Fantasy Worlds

Book writing:

Connected vs. Stand-Alone Series

A & B Stories

Writer resources:

Writing YouTube Channels, Podcasts, & Blogs

Online Writing Resources

Outlining/Writing/Editing Software

Translation Software for Writing

Writer help:

Losing Passion/Burnout

Overcoming Writer's Block

Fantasy terms:

How To Name Fantasy Races (Step-by-Step)

Naming Elemental Races

Naming Fire-Related Races

How To Name Fantasy Places

Ask games:

Character Ask Game #1

Character Ask Game #2

Character Ask Game #3

Miscellaneous:

Writing Tips

Writing Fantasy

Miscommunication Prompts

Variety in Sentence Structure (avoiding repetition)

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LIKE TO CHARGE REBLOG TO CAST LET'S GET THIS FUCKER EXPLODEDED

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I wouldn't consider myself much of a reader. I never read that much in high school, or even now as an adult for that matter. But when I was in college, I had a girlfriend who always gave me books. She would write a note on the inside cover of each one telling me why I would like it, why she liked it, or even why she hated it and thought I should read it anyway. At the time, I thought nothing of it. That it was one of her many quirks, her way of showing that she cared. I read some of them, started some and never finished them, and some I never even touched. She would ask me what I thought of them, and no matter what, whether I said I liked it or I couldn't get into it, she always seemed slightly disappointed in my answers. At the time I thought she really wanted me to deep dive into each one and find the deeper meaning. And at times I tried that, but she still seemed unsatisfied. When we broke up she told me to keep all the books, she had already read all of them and didn't have any use for them. For a while they all sat on my shelves collecting dust. Nonetheless, the more time went by, the more I missed her. After begging and pleading for her to take me back, she refused. So I started reading all her books. Trying to figure out what I missed. What deeper message she could see that i couldn't. I read and reread and annotated, and with every book that I couldn't figure out, I missed her more and more. I felt like when I had her I didn't appreciate her fully. That I never took the time to understand her completely. Each book was a piece of her that I was just now discovering. It's been a few years since we've broken up and she's moved on to someone new. I hate to admit I haven't, but I am no longer heartbroken. I still wouldn't consider myself much of a reader, although I might never stop rereading her books. When someone new for me comes along, I'll be sure to read every single one of theirs.

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i hate waking up everyday and learning that things can in fact get worst

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For no reason, here is Art Spiegelman's 1991 graphic novel Maus, for free on the Internet Archive.

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i hope it rains the day i die.

i’ve always preferred the cloudy weather

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Applying for jobs actually leads to job interviews. crazy turn of events

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fuck you fuck your mom and fuck my life. why can’t i get a job

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I want you to remember:

The fascists hate you too and they just will pretend otherwise until after they've killed the rest of us, before they turn on you.

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things i’m thinkin about

fuzzy hats

sneaking in full meals at the movie theater

shasta twist

parisien night suits

a guy who only plays tambourine, but he’s in the best band you’ve ever seen

ritz crackers

jason segel

pimps who are also magicians

snappin timmy chalamets bones like little twigs

vintage purses

figuring out how to stop experiencing the horrors…

knitting

those girls making dirty martinis that are basically salad dressing with a shot of vodka

actor wallace shawn

hibiscus tea with lemons

my friends dad who has never said i love you

jellyfish in the tank at the aquarium

scallions

all the paintings i made in high school (and that version of myself that i can’t be anymore)

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thinking about the state of the US right now makes me incredibly fucking angry. and you should be too.

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all cheap red wine is good when you chase it with a flat lukewarm wild cherry pepsi

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Queer horror from my teens

I periodically wonder whether these books are still known and read by young goths and horror fans as they were all extremely important to me in my teenage years, so I thought I'd share them.

Though I'm cishet, during the mid 90s two of my favourite authors wrote primarily queer fiction: they were Anne Rice and another author from New Orleans who is now known as Billy Martin.

He came out as a trans man in 2011, however these books were published prior to that so unfortunately you have to search for them under his deadname. This is why I've used that name in the tags on this post. I don't believe the books were ever reprinted with his current name.

Though I loved Rice, I always felt a more immediate connection with Martin due to his vivid portrayal of subcultures like goth and punk, and how it felt to be a teenager who was part of them. I could see myself in many of his characters as I had the same interests, listened to the same music, and shared the same sense of social alienation. Remember in the 90s the Internet was still a reasonably new thing, and many of us didn't have a home Internet connection at all. There was certainly no social media, no YouTube, and no real way to meet and interact with like-minded teens unless you were lucky enough to have another "weird kid" at your school. If you were a weird kid, you likely had very few friends and were bullied.

That as much as anything else led me to seek solace in books written by an author who I felt understood me, and characters who became my friends.

Lost Souls is about vampires in a kind of Lost Boys/Near Dark way. Fans of the YouTuber OfHerbsAndAltars might be interested to know that this book is where the name of his channel comes from - it's a description of the taste of Chartreuse liqueur.

Drawing Blood is about ghosts, a "murder house", computer hacking, comic art and a very beautiful (if rather messed up) romance. This one is probably my favourite of the three.

Exquisite Corpse is about serial killers, set against the AIDS crisis of the 90s. If you like the Hannibal TV series you'll probably enjoy this one - imagine if Dennis Nilsen and Jeffrey Dahmer had somehow met.

Martin doesn't pull any punches when it comes to descriptions of blood and gore, violence, abusive parents or his portrayal of toxic romantic relationships (of which there are many in his books), but if you can deal with those things there is also a great deal of beauty, phenomenally good writing, and a somewhat unique perspective on the supernatural.

Maybe I'm biased, looking at these through the lens of my teenage self. Maybe they'd seem horribly dated to today's young audience. But I still wanted to make this post in case there's someone out there who will end up loving them as much as I did.

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I've made the difficult decision to resign from my job and focus on writing the script for Freddy vs. Jason vs. Alien vs. Predator