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If you have Spotify reblog this and tag what your number one song on your “on repeat” playlist is.

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one of the best pieces of advice i've ever received when writing is that if you hit a road block with a story, set it aside and try to focus on something else, so that when you come back to it, you'll have a fresh perspective. returning to some of my older stories after setting them aside for so long has really helped me envision where i want things to go and write things with a more coherent plot and fresh ideas. sometimes, a story draft isn't dead, just sleeping.

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been thinking about my alien queen lately, so here's my chance to do some rambling.

-hyrna was the first disabled character i ever wrote. how she got her injury changed as her story evolved, but she was always meant to get a traumatic leg injury and need to rely on a mobility aid(staff/cane which doubles as a way to help her land when she flies).

-as much as she loathes the idea of an arranged marriage, she'd be willing to be the one to get married to some rando royal in order to prevent her adoptive little sister from taking the fall.

-while she never knew her father in her childhood since they were separated very early, her adoptive mother, hwangi, would tell her stories about her father, the noble warrior from another kingdom. as such, hyrna grew up dreaming that she would one day meet her father.

-hyrna gets her green feathers, rosettes, green eyes, and accent from her mom. she gets her brown eye flecks, height, deep voice, and love of sour food from her dad.

-her favorite music is the ritual dueling drums played during the rainy season festivals. when she was a cub, she'd stick her head out of the palace window and dream of flying to the roots of the kingdom to join the festivities.

Can someone PLEASE talk about their ocs??! A small fact, lore, whatever you want.

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here’s the closeted furries “hey man… can u bum me a cig” and “the one uncle nobody invites to the family reunion but SOMEONE keeps telling him where it is anyways”

if you want an idea of what john is like, imagine hau from pokemon sumo

ALSO the ppl who kept asking me for trans thomas art, HERE he’s trans in this au (; 

ft John:

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"How do you write such realistic dialogue-" I TALK TO MYSELF. I TALK TO MYSELF AND I PRETEND I AM THE ONE SAYING THE LINE. LIKE SANITY IS SLOWLY SLIPPING FROM BETWEEN MY FINGERS WITH EVERY MEASLY WORD THEY TYPE OUT. THAT IS HOW.

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writing tip #3255: the fewer the fucks given, the better the writing. get out of your head and onto the page.

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explain your gender in 10 words or less without using boring words like “male”, “female”, “nonbinary”, “masculine”, “feminine” or “androgynous”.

go!

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How to write antagonist to love interest

By @writingquestionsanswered which you can read here, formatted by Writerthreads

There are a few things to consider when tackling this sort of thing.

First and foremost: you have to remember that physical/sexual attraction alone is not enough to turn an antagonist into a love interest. Your character (and your reader) will need to have a reason to look beyond the fact that this person was (or still is) the antagonist. If the love interest was the antagonist but isn’t anymore, you’ll want to put the former antagonist on a path of redemption and try to earn the character’s trust. If the love interest is still the antagonist and you want your character to fall in love with them anyway, you’ll need to make sure the antagonist is humanised, and that their motivation is clear and understandable. You’d essentially want to shake your character’s faith in their own side and make them unsure enough about which side is right that they’re able to walk the line between, allowing them to give in to romance with the antagonist while not entirely giving up their loyalty to their own side. It would be a delicate line to walk, but an interesting one. So, things to remember in either case:

1) You can start with some sort of physical/sexual attraction/chemistry, but that only opens the door.

2) Make sure the antagonist is humanised, that the character sees the softer/humanised side of the antagonist, and that the character can understand the motivation that led the antagonist to their antagonism, even if they don’t necessarily agree with it. So, for example, if you find yourself in a jail cell with a thief, you’re more likely to befriend them if they stole a loaf of bread to feed their starving children versus if they stole an old lady’s car to sell for drug money.

3) Give the characters something (or multiple things) in common that gives them that initial point of connection and creates opportunities for further bonding. For example, they might have once been loyal to the same king before ending up on different sides after rival heirs battled to inherit his throne. Alternatively, they could simply have a friend in common, a hobby, or even their place of birth. Anything that creates a point of connection and material for further bonding is good.

4) Create bonding opportunities and moments where chemistry and sexual tension come into play. Just as with any other romance, you’re starting with that first moment of connection, building up the foundation with moments of bonding over things shared in common, and letting their chemistry shine through as those moments play out. You still want to build in the normal elements of a blooming romance, like stolen glances, locked gazes, bashful touching, feelings of curiosity or interest, etc.

5) Whether the love interest is the former antagonist or is still the antagonist, it can help to create an enemy for your character and the antagonist to share. If they can unite against another foe in some way, that can help to blur some of the lines of them being on otherwise opposite sides. It also creates an opportunity for the antagonist to show concern for the character’s safety and even to illustrate protectiveness and sacrifice in a protection/rescue situation. Remember that your true goal is to convince the reader that your character and the antagonist would fall in love despite being–or having been–on opposite sides. If you can do that, you’re in great shape! :)

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I think some people forget that some literature and some media is meant to be deeply uncomfortable and unsettling. It's meant to make you have a very visceral reaction to it. If you genuinely can't handle these stories then you are under no obligation to consume them but acting as if they have no purpose or as if people don't have a right to tell these stories, stories that often relate to the darkest or most disturbing parts of life, then you should do some introspection.

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sometimes, oc creating isn't about designing a specific character to fit a role. sometimes, it's about thinking "hey that idea would be cool as fuck" and then having everything spiral from there.

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Honestly? My main piece of advice for writing well-rounded characters is to make them a little bit lame. No real living person is 100% cool and suave 100% of the time. Everyone's a little awkward sometimes, or gets too excited about something goofy, or has a silly fear, or laughs about stupid things. Being a bit of a loser is an incurable part of the human condition. Utilize that in your writing.

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"the devil's machine" is a dark religious fantasy series about a woman prophesied to stop the apocalypse, all while trying to regain the life that was taken from her.

gloria grayfire didn't have a childhood. raised in an evangelical cult led by her cruel aunt elizabeth, she longed for a life outside the compound, a life where she, her younger brother, and her boyfriend could live in peace. however, a botched escape attempt and a horrific ritual puts gloria under a curse - one which leaves everyone on the compound dead, save for gloria and her brother.

seven years after the night that changed everything, gloria is struggling to live a normal life while avoiding the last remnants of the cult. everything changes one day when a man claiming to be her guardian angel offers her a deal: a way to free her soul from her curse if she kills the demon who's trying to start the apocalypse early. as gloria fights her way across america, joining the war between heaven and hell, she slowly builds a new life for herself, and when the horrors of her past come back to haunt her, it's this new life she must put everything on the line for.

"the devil's machine" is a passion project of mine that i'm very excited to put out into the world. if you like stories about religious trauma, cool monster girls, dysfunctional angels, queer found family, the cw show "supernatural," and/or body horror, then this might be up your alley. i can't wait to reveal more about what i have cooking with this!

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Listen, I’ve been told that I put my characters through hell with their backstories, but I still think one of the saddest tropes is a lone wolf who is actually one of the most social, teamwork oriented people on the planet, but circumstances keep snatching that away from them. There’s no “I must keep my distance, I’ve become jaded”, it’s “maybe this time I can close the gap, please God.”

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