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Writers are scary because we’ll take personal trauma and think, "Hmm… what if this happened to my fictional characters but worse?"

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"If you use em dash in your works, it makes them look AI generated. No real human uses em dash."

Imaging thinking actual human writers are Not Real because they use... professional writing in their works.

Imagine thinking millions of people who have been using em dash way before AI becomes a thing are all robots.

REBLOG IF YOU'RE A HUMAN AND YOU USE EM DASH

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Editing + Proofreading!

I am now accepting commissions for editing and proofreading! I've been wanting to do this for a while and finally set it all up on my Ko-Fi.

I have completed a college program in creative writing and am about half done one in editing and proofreading. I've also beta-read for several indie authors! I have experience writing and self-editing various genres including fantasy, romance (queer and het), sci-fi, poetry, blog posts, fanfiction, and academic papers (anthropology, education, English, geography, and religious studies)

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i can’t wait for when chatGPT and ai image generation also crashes and each prompt cost $50 an attempt. oh you can’t get your stolen big tiddy anime ghibli art for free anymore? you want to buy real big boy art from real artists now? beg for it. beg for it like a dog.

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lil doodle from the other day born out of an overwhelming annoyance that for some reason body hair is associated with masculinity despite Everyone Having It. so why not draw a cute hairy girl about it

[image description: a drawing of a tan-skinned woman with brown and blond dyed hair pulled into a ponytail and copious body hair and stubble. she is smiling and doing a peace sign gesture with her hand. next to her is text saying "body hair has no gender!" end id]

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reading my own writing: boy, you sure like your commas, don’t you,

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Get to know me tag

thanks @willtheweaver for the tag!

Do you have any pets? I have a 14 year old beagle named Cookie - simultaneously the love of my life and the bane of my existence. I also have a rescued field mouse named Jay! She was a tiny little baby alone on the sidewalk last summer, so I took her home and now she's thriving!

Comfort food? Popcorn for sure. Also my mom's cooking.

How many languages do you speak? Mostly just English, but I know some French.

Random fact about yourself: I can play the ukulele! And technically also the guitar but I'm rusty.

Something you are proud of? Finishing my novel!

tagging @aalinaaaaaa @mjparkerwriting @kaylinalexanderbooks @theeccentricraven and @peachesandghosts

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writing tip #3765:

just have fun with it idk

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catch of the day: mentally unstable tumblrina

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WEBSITES FOR WRITERS {masterpost}

E.A. Deverell - FREE worksheets (characters, world building, narrator, etc.) and paid courses;

Hiveword - Helps to research any topic to write about (has other resources, too);

BetaBooks - Share your draft with your beta reader (can be more than one), and see where they stopped reading, their comments, etc.;

Charlotte Dillon - Research links;

Writing realistic injuries - The title is pretty self-explanatory: while writing about an injury, take a look at this useful website;

One Stop for Writers - You guys... this website has literally everything we need: a) Description thesaurus collection, b) Character builder, c) Story maps, d) Scene maps & timelines, e) World building surveys, f) Worksheets, f) Tutorials, and much more! Although it has a paid plan ($90/year | $50/6 months | $9/month), you can still get a 2-week FREE trial;

One Stop for Writers Roadmap - It has many tips for you, divided into three different topics: a) How to plan a story, b) How to write a story, c) How to revise a story. The best thing about this? It's FREE!

Story Structure Database - The Story Structure Database is an archive of books and movies, recording all their major plot points;

National Centre for Writing - FREE worksheets and writing courses. Has also paid courses;

Penguin Random House - Has some writing contests and great opportunities;

Crime Reads - Get inspired before writing a crime scene;

The Creative Academy for Writers - "Writers helping writers along every step of the path to publication." It's FREE and has ZOOM writing rooms;

Reedsy - "A trusted place to learn how to successfully publish your book" It has many tips, and tools (generators), contests, prompts lists, etc. FREE;

QueryTracker - Find agents for your books (personally, I've never used this before, but I thought I should feature it here);

Pacemaker - Track your goals (example: Write 50K words - then, everytime you write, you track the number of the words, and it will make a graphic for you with your progress). It's FREE but has a paid plan;

Save the Cat! - The blog of the most known storytelling method. You can find posts, sheets, a software (student discount - 70%), and other things;

I hope this is helpful for you!

(Also, check my gumroad store if you want to!)

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Note - We’ve updated this post with more tools and clarifications!

Every day, there seem to be more reasons to break up with Google.

So we’ve rounded up a bunch of privacy-centric alternatives for all your deGoogling needs.

Check out the full list over on the blog!

- The Ellipsus Team xo

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If u want to write a story about a character that’s just you but hotter with a dark twisted backstory and magical powers and a pet falcon or something, I think u should just go ahead and do that. Who’s gonna stop you? The government?? Fuck the police.

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Birthday Month Art Sale! 🎨🥳

April is my birthday month (I know I'm 10 days late but here we are), so I'm having a sale on my Ko-Fi shop! If you use the code BIRTHDAYMONTH at checkout, you'll get 26% off!

I have art prints, stickers, bookmarks, PDFs of cross-stitch patterns. I'll be adding more designs the next couple days, too. I'd very much appreciate if you checked it out, or share this for others to see! <3

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Artists, reblog and put in the tags what the hardest part of the human body for you to draw is. And no you can’t say hands

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a wonderful ao3 author note