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jokes to make after failure that aren’t self-deprecating:

I’m the best to ever do it

Nobody saw that (best if said loudly)

No one’s ever done it like me

I could be President/they should make me President

Behold, a mere fraction of my power!

The public wants to be me soooooo bad

I’m an expert in (thing you just failed at)

How could this have happened to god’s favorite princess?

Nothing ibuprofen and a glass of water cant fix

I’m being sabotaged

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If anyone wants to know my all-time favorite advice about writing, it's this video of Rebecca Sugar giving writing advice at a con 12 years ago.

I watched it before I met her at a con in 2017, and I've watched it many times since. I revisit it every time I need to reassure myself that I'm going the right direction, and every time, something clicks for me.

And it's fascinating watching it again now that I have experience writing and doing professional animation, because like, wow she was right. Like... I knew she was, but now I have my own shared experience to vouch that what she said was true.

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The most human thing a character can do is contradict themselves.

The cynic who still carries a childhood stuffed animal.

The liar who craves honesty.

The overthinker who makes reckless decisions.

The heartbreaker who believes in soulmates.

The pacifist who holds lifelong grudges.

The tough guy who cries during old movies.

The thrill-seeker who's terrified of commitment.

The grump who’s unfailingly polite to waitstaff.

People aren’t consistent. Your characters shouldn’t be either.

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😈 You are not bound by the Hays code.

😈 You are allowed to have evil characters who are not punished by the narrative by the end of the story.

😈 You are allowed to have evil characters who win.

😈 You are allowed to have evil characters who make evil look fun and cool.

😈 You are allowed to make your fun, cool evil character the protagonist.

😈 You are allowed to glorify, romanticize and eroticize evil characters and villainous acts.

😈 You are not obligated to teach your audience a moral lesson.

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Anyone got that poem written from the perspective of an English teacher where they know deeply personal things about their now adult students because of the essays they wrote

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"It was the last time I saw my brother... The last time I saw the Sun"

This line from Stack, at the end of Sinners, made me thing about the possibility that Stack cannot see himself in the mirror because he's vampire.

It must hurt to know that him cannot even see Smoke in a reflection.

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one thing that i really loved about mbj’s performance in sinners is the physicality he brings to both stack & smoke.

stack will lean on something in a heartbeat- a wall, a car, a doorframe. smoke rarely does.

stack is quick to crack a smile across his entire face; smoke is much more reserved and tight in the shoulders.

stack was the first twin to come out of his jacket and hat, already pressed up again a wooden beam. meanwhile smoke was standing rim-rod straight in the middle of the dancefloor, inhaling what’s probably his 43rd cigarette of the day.

when remmick first comes to the juke, smoke is standing in front, using his body to take up as much space in the door, and you can tell from his posture he’s not fucking around. meanwhile stack is happily tucked into the corner against the frame, loose and nodding along to the music.

mbj has grown so much as an actor, especially in this regard and i love that for him

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Lowkey there’s a lot to be said about sinners when you think about how Stack and Mary vs Annie and Smoke

Mary was white passing, Annie was dark skin

Mary lived a white life essentially, Annie was practicing hoodoo and herbalism with African roots

Mary was the one who got the vampires in, Annie was the one who kept them out

Mary and Stack both became vampires, Annie and Smoke both died never having converted

The white passing woman who yearned to be amongst black folks was the very one who initiated the destruction of the very black community she claimed to be part of. Then the dark skin woman who embraced her African roots is the very one who equipped the community with the tools to combat said destruction.

And the craziest part is the white passing woman and the man who hooked on her are the ones still walking around, constantly rebranding to fit the ever changing system. Shame.

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Vibes for Softly Tortured Characters

For the ones who make you want to wrap them in a blanket and also scream “JUST TALK TO SOMEONE.”

Always looks like they didn’t sleep (because they didn’t)

Talks like they’re about to say something else, but never does

Constantly touches their sleeves/jewelry/lip, like if they’re not holding something, they’ll fall apart

Laughs too easily, but it never quite reaches their eyes

Over-apologizes for things no one noticed

Craves affection but flinches when they get it

Body language = trying to take up as little space as possible

Flashes of unexpected rage, like pressure finally cracking glass

Always says “I’m fine” in a tone that screams “Please ask again”

Cries alone, then wipes their face like it’s a secret

Feels safest in chaos because stillness feels like waiting for pain

Thinks being loved means being a burden

Cannot remember the last time they were truly, fully relaxed

Keeps people at arm’s length, but is the first to drop everything if someone else needs help

Treats their own joy like it's a luxury they didn’t earn

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did you guys see the poem from a couple of days ago in poetry dot org’s daily poem it was so good and a treat to read 

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cruelty is so easy. youre not special for choosing it

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Another one 😩

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The blackout poetry I made for the library display <3

“Enough is enough”

“Light in my eyes”

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Made some blackout poetry yesterday at work!

I’ll prob post em here tomorrow :^)

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Dear writer,

You're still a writer even if you misspell, You're still a writer even if it's not your better language, You're still a writer even if you hate your writing, You're still a writer even if you only write a few words, You're still a writer even if you get writers block often, You're still a writer even if you need help organizing your work, You're still a writer even if you write smut, You're still a writer even if you only write once in a blue moon,

You're still a writer, for as long as you write.

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subtle ways to include foreshadowing

one character knowing something offhandedly that they shouldn't, isn't addressed until later

the crow rhyme

colours!! esp if like, blue is evil in your world and the mc's best friend is always noted to wear blue...betrayal?

write with the ending in mind

use patterns from tragic past events to warn of the future

keep the characters distracted! run it in the background until the grand reveal

WEATHER.

do some research into Chekhov's gun

mention something that the mc dismisses over and over

KEEP TRACK OF WHAT YOU PUT. don't leave things hanging.

unreliable characters giving information that turn out to be true

flowers and names with meanings

anything with meanings actually

metaphors. if one character describes another as "a real demon" and the other turns out to be the bad guy, you're kind of like...ohhh yeahhh

anyways add anything else in the tags

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sometimes you need dialogue tags and don't want to use the same four