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"empowering women by sending katy perry to space for 2 minutes" shut the fuck up. samantha cristoforetti was the first female commander of the international space station and she became an astronaut because of star trek. and there is a real chance she is a kirk/spock shipper

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Genius Things to Do When You’re Stuck in Your Plot...

Make a fake conspiracy board connecting every character like you're solving a murder. Use string, post-its, color-coded chaos. Even if your book isn’t a thriller, this helps you spot secret relationships, hidden motivations, and “oh crap, this character actually caused that moment three chapters later” reveals.

Write a therapy session transcript for your protagonist. What would they say to a stranger? What wouldn’t they say? What does the therapist pick up on that they don’t? (Also: gives you instant internal conflict fuel.)

Record a fake podcast episode where your villain is a guest. The topic? “Why I Was Right and Everyone Else Is Just Soft.” Let them monologue. Let them get unhinged. You’ll learn so much about their worldview and how they justify their chaos.

Assign zodiac signs to all your main characters and write how they’d react to a haunted house. Not because astrology is the answer—but because forcing your brain to imagine characters in weird situations unlocks surprising truths. (Your Scorpio would definitely flirt with the ghost. Your Virgo brought sage.)

Write the worst possible ending to your story on purpose. Like, make it hilariously bad. Deus ex machina, everyone dies, aliens show up—it doesn’t matter. Sometimes mocking your plot actually helps you figure out what doesn’t work so you can reverse-engineer what does.

Do a “what if this happened instead?” daydream session in the shower or on a walk. No pressure. Just free-thinking. Let your brain go off-road. You might stumble into a better twist, or a softer moment, or a scene that guts you in the best way.

Write the one scene you’re most excited about—now. Even if you “haven’t earned it” yet in the draft. Screw linear order. Give yourself a jolt of joy. That scene might be the key to unlocking everything else.

Make your characters write Yelp reviews about each other. “One star. Always steals my fries. Would still die for him.” This is ridiculous, yes. But it will reveal interpersonal tension you didn’t know was there.

Tell your plot to someone who knows nothing about it—and see where they get confused. Your roommate. Your cat. Your reflection. If you can’t explain it out loud in 2 minutes, it’s probably too complicated. Simplify the heart of the story. Get clear again.

Write a flash-forward epilogue. Even if it never makes it into the book. Where do these characters end up? Who are they now? That can tell you where the real story wants to go—and help you figure out what’s missing along the way.

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you deserve to be held until your ribs bruise with love, you deserve to be someone's favorite ache—the kind the moon watches and weeps for, wishing it could glow the same way you do when you hurt. you deserve to be chosen—not as an afterthought, not in the dark, not in silence—but as an instinct, in daylight, in screams, with the whole sky watching.

whatever you do, don't settle for this.

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The Shiftblr Anti-Terf Blocklist

After expanding the original post to be far longer than intended (courtesy of me forgetting a break), I received some assistance from the ever so wonderful @sheeezu whom took time out to dig around in the trash, a.k.a @/CuttingCherub's follower list. Every @ you see here is pro-TERF, and that is unacceptable in our community. This is a safe space for ALL, except those who wish harm upon people solely asking to exist in peace. You are not welcome here.

On a lighter note, I began donating $5 to trans charities for each terf comment/ask I saw, in the name of the account spreading the hate. So far, the terfs of Shiftblr have raised $60 USD for Trans Lifeline! 🤗 So! Either they get the picture and go back into hiding, or they continue to help trans people in the way that arguably matters most in this world. So please, don't be afraid to reach out if you've been getting harassed by these scumbags. I highly encourage you to share any accounts you have encountered in the replies. Now that there's a condensed list, without the showcase of SS taking up space, it'll be much more convenient to add onto.

Remember, trans friends: You are valid, you are valuable and you are loved. 💕

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ai is making people way too comfortable with being incompetent stupid and useless… go learn some skills

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My routine as someone who shifts almost every week. 

There doesn't have to be any pressure on shifting, you don’t have to do it at a specific moment. My routine takes either a moment, a day, or a week. I do specific things in preparation to shift, it isn’t a method, more so a ritual, something to help me align myself with where I want to be.   

I. Bask in who you want to be, spend mornings doing this practice, do it before a nap, before you go to bed, while you eat, etc. Settle in your mind, take this time to be in your desired selfs mind. Think about slow moments, your morning routine, the view outside your window, basking in the sun, anything of the sort; let yourself live in moments from your dr. I've noticed I shift more when I have practiced this throughout the day. 

II. Tell yourself that you are there, that you are indeed experiencing these things. Affirm how many times you feel, you are where you are. Don’t put any pressure on yourself to believe anything, just affirm. Sweep away intrusive thoughts, let them pass and focus on who and where you are. 

III. Each reality has its own soul, familiarize yourself with how your chosen reality feels. Whenever you want to go there invoke this feeling, remember the slow moments, relax and live in your dr. 

IV. I lie in bed and when I'm getting sleepy I visualize myself where I want to be and I’m there, I focus on what I am doing at that moment in that reality. 

V. After I come back I take a couple days to step away from shifting, I don’t think about going anywhere else. I try to live in this reality and when I feel I want to leave again, I begin at step one. 

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shifting was meant for me. the paranormal was meant for me. the multiverse theory was meant for me. this was the shit i always believed in but couldnt put into words. i feel like a correct puzzle piece rn yall 🙏

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Elijah Mikaelson is so special to me because for 3 seasons of tvd you think he's the perfect suave gentlemen who rips out hearts without staining his suit then he gets to New Orleans in The Originals and you realise he's the cuntiest little man on the planet, is knee deep in pussy at any given century and is always about 5 seconds away from going absolutely feral

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Quietly losing my mind over the fact that Elon Musk has straight up orchestrated a coup of our executive branch and like....I don't even know what, if any, system we have in place to fix this. Like... He's just taken control of the money and locked out the actual appointed officials. What the fuck.

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"Making a better burger is literally so simple, I don't know why McDonald's doesn't do it this way. First we're going to begin by craft dry-aging this A5 wagyu beef with the sho-shu-ryuba technique that I learned at a restaurant you're only allowed to work at if your parents are bluelinked on wikipedia..."

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what do you mean elon musk did a nazi salute on live tv at the united states presidential inauguration twice and is now erasing the evidence off the internet by replacing the footage with the crowd cheering instead?

would be a shame if people reblogged this, wouldn’t it?

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we must protect archive of our own at all costs

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the adjective triplets: gottlos, ehrenlos and bodenlos

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found motivation to write again and doing it right there!! 💕

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the duality of writers: can craft a perfect sentence but cannot remember how to spell ‘restaurant.’