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Chapter 4 can’t wait to write more

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I’m noticing an increase in new fic writers on AO3 who…uh…mayy not know how to format their fics correctly..so here is a quick and VERY important tip

Using a random fic of mine as example..

The left example: ✅✅✅

The right example: ❌❌❌

Idk how many times I’ve read a good fic summary and been so excited to read before clicking on it and being met with an ugly wall of text. When I see a huge text brick with zero full line breaks my eyes blur and I just siiiigh bc either I click out immediately or I grin and bear it…it’s insufferable!

If a new character speaks, you need a line break. If you notice a paragraph is becoming too large, go ahead and make a line break and/or maybe reconfigure the paragraph to flow better. I’m not a pro writer or even a huge fic writer but…please…ty…

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Chapter 2 & 3 are up on Ao3!

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Chapter 1 of Funny Thing Called Love is up!

Check it out if you’re interested in a human, university trolls au!

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So I got ao3!

Is this a surprise? not really

You know what is tho???

The first fic I upload to ao3 is a Trolls fic

If you told me three months ago that this was gonna happen, I would’ve laughed in your face, but here we are lol

If you want to find me my acc is Creative_pot4to I’ll have other fics up eventually

(Also you can find a Creative_pot4to here on tumblr, that’s my art acc)

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I was today years old when I learned that when you type “otp: true” in AO3 search results it filters out fics with additional ships, leaving only the fics where your otp is the main ship

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THIS IS GENIUS

If your plot feels flat, STUDY it! Your story might be lacking...

Stakes - What would happen if the protagonist failed? Would it really be such a bad thing if it happened?

Thematic relevance - Do the events of the story speak to a greater emotional or moral message? Is the conflict resolved in a way that befits the theme?

Urgency - How much time does the protagonist have to complete their goal? Are there multiple factors complicating the situation?

Drive - What motivates the protagonist? Are they an active player in the story, or are they repeatedly getting pushed around by external forces? Could you swap them out for a different character with no impact on the plot? On the flip side, do the other characters have sensible motivations of their own?

Yield - Is there foreshadowing? Do the protagonist's choices have unforeseen consequences down the road? Do they use knowledge or clues from the beginning, to help them in the end? Do they learn things about the other characters that weren't immediately obvious?

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was in london a week ago and i saw a globe theatre production company of macbeth doing their vocal warmups and they were standing on stage and rhythmically shouting FUCK! FUCK! FUCK! at the top of their lungs in perfect unison for thirty seconds. so thats whats going on in the globe theatre these days. just thought yall should know

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“John your bisexual is showing”

IM DYIN 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Brozone CAH

Bruce drew the black card, laughing as he read it.

“What did Vin Diesel eat for dinner?” Bruce said, smiling as he set the card down in the middle of the table. 

The other bros made noises while they tried to decide what cards to play. 

After a minute or two, they all put a card down, passing them to Bruce.

Bruce took the cards, gave them a little shuffle before laying them out next to the black card.

“What did Vin Diesel eat for dinner? He ate Sean Connery. What did Vin Diesel eat for dinner? Vin Diesel ate chainsaws for hands for dinner, pretty sure that’s cannibalism. What did Vin Diesel eat for dinner? The gays? Looks like Floyd’s getting eaten and I swear if this is your card. What did Vin Diesel eat for dinner? A sea of troubles. Sounds salty….Alright who had the gays?” Bruce said, holding up the white card with ‘the gays’ on it. 

“I’ll take that, thank you.” John Dory said, reaching over and grabbing the black card. 

“You want me to get eaten, John?” Floyd said in a fake sad voice, pouting a little. 

“The card just said the gays, it didn’t say all the gays. You should be safe. But also, who wouldn’t want to get eaten by Vin Diesel?” John said while drawing another white card.

“John, your bisexual is showing.” Branch joked as he drew the next black card.

"In Michael Jackson's final moments, he thought about blank. This should be good." Branch said, setting the card down in the middle of the table before taking a drink of his beer.

"Fuck you, my bisexual isn't doing shit." JD grumbled as he looked through his cards.

The rest of the bros laughed as they tried to pick their cards. 

Once everyone put their cards down, Branch gave them a quick shuffle.

"In Michael Jackson's final moments, he thought about a sad handjob. Very mature. In Michael Jackson's final moments, he thought about becoming a blueberry. Weird thing to think about while dying but ok. In Michael Jackson's final moments, he thought about goblins. Yeah probably of the crotch variety. And last but not least, in Michael Jackson's final moments, he thought about the underground railroad. Again, a weird thing to think about while dying. Who had goblins?" Branch said, holding up the black card.

Clay held up a hand while he took a swig of his beer with the other.

Branch handed the black card over to Clay, rolling his eyes. 

"Fuck yeah, goblins for the win." Clay said cockily. 

"That's like your third point, you ain't winning shit." Floyd teased, taking a sip of his wine.

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My brain at all times:

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Much Ado About Nothing, Wyndhams (2011)

Act 2 Scene 3 aka the paint bit

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Instead of working on my actual book, I���m writing 19384828483 fanfics, coming up with more book ideas, obsessing over my fandoms, making fan arts, trying to work my my TV show, doing homework, making…

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How y’all THINK fanfic authors react when you send multiple comments on different fics: Ugh, another comment from them? Wow, I don’t appreciate how they enjoy what I write. :(

How fanfic authors actually react: OH MY GOD ANOTHER COMMENT? They must be on a marathon! I hope they read my recent whump fic and tell me what they think. Their kindness will be what drives me to finish my current WIP!!!! I WON’T FAIL YOU, NEW READER.

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Reblogging for everyone who needs to see this

Hello, Mr. Gaiman. Fat chance you'll see this, but do you have any advice for aspiring trad authors? I wanna be peak successful. Really leave my mark on the writing community & the world. How would I go about doing that? Could you break it down in, say, ten steps? Or perhaps just share some words of wisdom?

1) write your own books. Don't try to be like anyone else.

2) Write your own books. When you finish writing a book, start the next one.

3) Write your own books. Don't worry about the rest of the writing community only about yourself and what you make

4) write your own books. It's not a competition.

5) write your own books. Say the things only you can say.

6) Write your own books. Don't get bogged down in the commercial success or failure of a book in the long term. All that matters is the artistic success or failure of what you made.

7) Write your own books all the way to the end. So many frustrated and failed writers don't get through step one, where they finish writing books people might want to read.

8) write your own books.

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Um how do you write a book?????

The words aren’t wording???

I don’t know what I’m doing??????