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⭐ Challenge yourself: to write what you want to write, rather than what you think other people want to read.

⭐ Challenge yourself: to write at a pace that works for you, rather than one that will burn you out.

⭐ Challenge yourself: to write without constantly imagining what will happen to your story after you finish writing it.

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🤯 Don't write stories that you think are boring.

🤯 Leave boring parts out of the story you're writing.

🤯 If you think the 'boring parts' absolutely must be there, then find a way to make them as short and as interesting as possible.

🤯 If the author thinks a story is boring why would a reader be interested in it?

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Writing tips for long fics that helped me that no one asked for.

1.) Don't actually delete content from your WIP unless it is minor editing - instead cut it and put it in a secondary document. If you're omitting paragraphs of content, dialog, a whole scene you might find a better place for it later and having it readily available can really save time. Sometimes your idea was fantastic, but it just wasn't in the right spot.

2.) Stuck with wording the action? Just write the dialog then revisit it later.

3.) Stuck on the whole scene? Skip it and write the next one.

4.) Write on literally any other color than a white background. It just works. (I use black)

5.) If you have a beta, while they are beta-ing have them read your fic out loud. Yes, I know a lot of betas/writers do not have the luxury of face-timing or have the opportunity to do this due to time constraints etc but reading your fic out loud can catch some very awkward phrasing that otherwise might be missed. If you don't have a beta, you read it out loud to yourself. Throw some passion into your dialog, you might find a better way to word it if it sounds stuffy or weird.

6.) The moment you have an idea, write it down. If you don't have paper or a pen, EMAIL it to yourself or put it in a draft etc etc. I have sent myself dozens of ideas while laying down before sleep that I 10/10 forgot the next morning but had emailed them to myself and got to implement them.

7.) Remember - hits/likes/kudos/comments are not reflective of the quality of your fic or your ability to write. Most people just don't comment - even if they say they do, they don't, even if they preach all day about commenting, they don't, even if they are a very popular blog that passionately reminds people to comment - they don't comment (I know this personally). Even if your fic brought tears to their eyes and it haunted them for weeks and they printed it out and sent it to their friends they just don't comment. You just have to accept it. That being said - comment on the fic you're reading now, just do it, if you're 'shy' and that's why you don't comment the more you comment the better you'll get at it. Just do it.

8.) Remove unrealistic daily word count goals from your routine. I've seen people stress 1500 - 2000 words a day and if they don't reach that they feel like a failure and they get discouraged. This is ridiculous. Write when you can, but remove absurd goals. My average is 500 words a day in combination with a 40 hour a week job and I have written over 200k words from 2022-2023.

9.) There are dozens of ways to do an outline from precise analytical deconstruction that goes scene by scene to the minimalist bullet point list - it doesn't matter which one you use just have some sort of direction. A partial outline is better than no outline.

10.) Write for yourself, not for others. Write the fic you know no one is going to read. Write the fic that sounds ridiculous. You will be so happy you put it out in the world and there will be people who will be glad it exists.

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Random writing tips that my history professor just told during class that are actually helpful

Download all your sources or print them so you can turn off your wifi

Give your phone to someone

Just. WRITE. Writing is analysing, you’ll get more ideas as you write. It doesn’t need to be perfect, for now you can just blurt out words and ideas randomly. You can fix it later.

Create a skeleton/structure before writing.

Stop before you get exhausted. It’s best to stop writing when you still have some energy and inspiration left, this will also motivate you to get started again next time.

Make a to do list

Work in bite sizes. Even if it’s not much, as long as you put some ideas on paper or do some editing.

Simple language =/= boring language, simple language = clear language.

Own your words. If they are not your words, state this clearly in the text, not just in the footnotes.

STOP BEFORE YOU GET EXHAUSTED. Listing it again because it’s easily one of the best tips a teacher has ever given me.

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How to write smut ?

(@urfriendlywriter | req by @rbsstuff @yourlocalmerchgirl anyone under the appropriate age, please proceed with caution :') hope this helps guys! )

writing smut depends on each person's writing style but i think there's something so gut-wrenchingly beautiful about smut when it's not very graphic and vivid. like., would this turn on a reader more?

"he kissed her, pulling her body closer to him."

or this?

"His lips felt so familiar it hurt her heart. His breathing had become more strained; his muscles tensed. She let herself sink into his embrace as his hands flattened against her spine. He drew her closer."

One may like either the top or the bottom one better, but it totally depends on your writing to make it work. Neither is bad, but the second example is more flattering, talking literally.

express one's sensory feelings, and the readers will automatically know what's happening.

writing, "her walls clenched against him, her breath hitching with his every thrust" is better than writing, "she was about to cum".

are some vocabulary you can introduce in your writing:

whimpered, breathed lightly, stuttered, groaned, grunted, yearned, whined, ached, clenched, coaxed, cried out, heaved, hissed

shivering, shuddering, curling up against one's body

swallowing, panting, sucking in a sharp breath, thrusting, moving gently, gripped, biting,

nibbling, tugging, pressing, touching, licking, flicking,

wet kisses, brushing soft kisses across their body (yk where), licking, sucking, teasing, tracing, tickling, bucking hips, forcing one on their knees

holding hips, guiding the one on top, moving aimlessly, mindlessly, sounds they make turn insanely beautiful, sinful to listen to

he sighed with pleasure

her skin flushed

he planted kisses along her jawline

her lips turned red, messy, kissed.

his hands were on his hair, pulling him.

light touches traveled down his back

he arched his back, his breath shuddering

her legs parted, sinking into the other's body, encircling around their waist.

sources to refer to for more: (will be updated soon!)

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Food For Thought: Self-Advertising

Something I've learned from doing a bit of freelance writing work is...

having value in yourself helps sweep others into giving you a chance, which helps them to find their own value in you.

If you were to advertise your stuff as stupid or worthless or "I had fun but it turned out terribly," people wouldn't give it the light of day. They'd skip over it because you're preemptively telling them to feel negatively toward your writing. They're going to automatically say "wow, well if it's bad, why would I subject myself to this?"

However, if you advertise yourself as "there was a bit of struggle but man am I proud of how this turned out," it's a lot easier to want to give your stuff a shot and form their own opinions of how they like it after reading it.

In a similar vein, putting a cost to your writing has a similar effect. If you advertise your writing/art as only worth $2, unless you have something they can quickly form an opinion on (really short snippets of writing or artwork), they'll likely skip over it unless they're literally looking for something super simple and easy to edit into their own thing (like a sketch as a reference photo for their own art).

However, if you advertise your stuff as "hey, I only need a tiny bit of money. I know my art/writing is worth $20 but I only need a bit of pocket change so I'm just making it $2 - take it now while it's hot!" then you seem a lot more confident and a lot more "worth" clicking/viewing.

I know this is rather discouraging for people that don't like their own writing or art, but there are ways to word things you may not like about your writing/art without flat-out insulting it like this. Or maybe just don't say anything and just let your viewers form their own thoughts on it. :)

Either way, your worth doesn't change whether you view it negatively or positively, but the way you portray your art may or may not be hindering possible viewers from wanting to click into it.

Just a little food for thought.

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Various pleasure 😈😈😈

#Lucitober2023 is pleasure !

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Some 'Deckerstar' products of mine. 💜 Can't help but drawing them in action 😂

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I keep seeing people making fun of using growled, hissed, roared, snarled etc in writing and it’s like.

have you never heard someone speak with the gravel in their voice when they get angry? Because that’s what a growl is.

Have you never heard someone sharply whisper something through the thin space of their teeth? Or when your mother sharply told you to stop it in public as a kid when you were acting up/being too loud? Because that’s what a hiss is.

Have you never heard a man get so blackout angry that their voice BOOMS through the house? Because that’s what a roar is.

Have you never seen someone bare their teeth while talking to accentuate their frustration or anger while speaking with a vicious tone? Because that’s what snarling is.

It’s not meant to be a literal animal noise. For the love of god, not every description is literal. I get some people are genuinely confused, but also some of these people are genuinely unimaginative as fuck.

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things people do after having a nightmare that isn’t crying

struggle to catch their breath

grab onto whatever’s close enough to ground themselves in reality

become nauseous / vomit

shake uncontrollably

sweat buckets

get a headache

things people do to combat having nightmares if they occur commonly

sleep near other people so they can hear the idle sounds of them completing tasks

move to a different sleeping spot than where they had the nightmare

leave tvs / radios / phones on with noise

just not sleep (if you want to go the insomnia route)

sleep during the day in bright rooms

things people with insomnia do

first, obviously, their ability to remember things and their coordination will go out the window

its likely they’ll become irritable or overly emotional

their body will start to ache, shake, and weaken

hallucinate if it’s been long enough

it becomes incredibly easy for them to get sick (and they probably will)

add your own in reblogs/comments!

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I am blocked. I know the entire story line for each pov and medium and big events and how I will mix them. But I have problem in what order to put the small events that fill a chapter. I am good at plotting the big stuff, but not the small one, like those little scenes that creat an entire chapter. Can you give some advise on this? Like I have this random scene in my mind, and than I am like, 'so, what next, where does it fits even? And what event should follow after?'

Guide: Filling in the Story Between Known Events

It’s actually good that you know the entire story, including the medium and big events. That’s going to make figuring everything else out a little bit easier.

What usually helps me in a situation like this is to get a bird’s eye view of my story. You can do that a few different ways, but ultimately you’re looking to create a visual representation of your story timeline on a piece of paper, or a digital version if you prefer. You may want to do a mind map or other schematic, for example, or you can just do a basic visual timeline, which is what I generally do. 

For a basic visual timeline, just draw out a horizontal line in the middle of your page to represent your story’s timeline from beginning to end. Now, plot all of the known events in order, from beginning to end. You don’t have to make this an actual timeline, as in putting in the dates and all of that. This is just a visual aid to help you see what your story looks like. Use a short label for each scene so that you’ll read it and immediately know what happens in that scene.

 At this point, you need to figure out what else has to happen in your story. What I like to do here is to draw a peaked line between every two known events, then consider what needs to happen to get from the one event to the next event. So, let’s say the event on the left is your protagonist practicing the big finale song with their choir, and the event on the right (later in the story) is the scene where they arrive at the dance competition in Washington D.C. What needs to happen between those two events? Do they need to do a fundraiser to get money for the trip? Do they need to win a regional competition before they make it to the national finals? Does there need to be a dramatic moment where it looks like their star soloist might not be able to go? Should there be a scene that takes place during flight or road trip to actually get to D.C.? These are all potential scenes that could go between those two events. Now, do the same thing for the next two events, which would be the arrival at the dance competition and making it through the quarter-finals. 

By the time you get to the end of your last known scene/event, you should have a pretty good list of potential scenes to fill in the space between the bigger known scenes. :)

Good luck!

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I get lots of ideas for stories which are just like a 'concept' of a character or a setting that I really want to write, but I can never turn it into a real plot no matter how long I try. For example I can imagine a character in my head fully formed, and the setting, and an internal struggle, but I can never turn that into a plot with actual things that happen. How can I start doing this?

Guide: How to Turn Ideas into a Story

1) Fill your “creative well” and keep it full.Our storytelling brains need fuel just as a car needs gas. If you’re not constantly feeding other stories and inspiration into your brain, writing a story is like trying to drive a car on only gas fumes. You’re not going to get very far. Luckily, there are lots of things you can do to continually fill your “creative well” and keep it full.

Consume other stories by reading a variety of fiction, poetry, and short stories. Watch TV shows (not just an episode, but entire series), movies, and documentaries. Learn history, ask family members and friends to tell you stories about their childhoods or interesting things that happened to them, and research your ancestry/family history. Stay up-to-date on local, national, and global current events. Play board games and video games. Listen to music, really paying attention to the lyrics and thinking about their meaning. Listen to storytelling podcasts like This American Life and Radio Lab. Always be observant of the stories unfolding all around you.

Get out to see the world any which way you can. Even if that just means paying attention to your surroundings during a bus ride or taking a walk around the block. If you can travel, travel. If you can’t travel, explore your town if you can. If you can’t explore your town, do some armchair travel by reading travel books, looking through coffee table books about different places, watching travel shows and documentaries about places. Get onto web sites catering to people who want to visit different places. Send away for free travel guides and brochures to interesting places. Look online for web cams in cool places, or for interactive web experiences, such as on museum web sites. Use Google street view to explore places “on foot.” Go to YouTube and look for video tours of different places and attractions.

Actively pursue new information about the world. Watch documentaries or videos on a variety of subjects. YouTube, Vimeo, OnDemand, and streaming services like Netflix and Hulu are great resources for this. Learn how people did their hair or dressed in different time periods. Learn about the different foods or cooking methods in a certain time or place. Learn different dance and music styles. Learn about myths, fairy tales, and folk tales. Learn survival tactics, what the future of space travel might be like, or what it’s like to be homeless in a big city.

All of these things will get filed away in your mind. And then, when you’re trying to think of a plot for a character idea or ways to flesh out a concept, you’ll have all of this amazing information to pull from. Ideas will be popping into your mind faster than you can write them down.

2) Understand how basic stories generally work.

There are all different kinds of stories, different structures, different “rules” and methods. A story can be anything you want it to be, but understanding a basic story structure can help you put a story together, even if you eventually stray from the basic formula.Most stories are about a person who wants something (the protagonist), why they want it (the motivation), what they do to try to get it (the action), someone or something throwing obstacles in the protagonist’s path (the antagonist), and the protagonist’s struggle to overcome those obstacles (the conflict). As long as you have all of these things in place, you should be well on your way to having a basic story.Basic story structure looks like this:

Introduction - we meet the protagonist in their every day life, possibly meet a few other important characters, and learn important basics about the setting. We learn about the protagonist’s internal conflict.

Complication - aka “the inciting incident.” Something happens that turn’s the protagonist’s life upside down. This is usually when we meet the antagonist or antagonistic force, or at least some facet of them/it. The situation forces the protagonist to declare a goal, and they formulate a plan to reach this goal, or get sucked into someone else’s plan to reach it. 

Middle - the protagonist pursues their goal while the antagonist/antagonistic force throws obstacles into their path, which the protagonist must then overcome. Sometimes they succeed, sometimes they fail and have to try again or find a way around it.

Climax - this is the “big showdown,” where the protagonist faces the antagonist head-on, and usually (but not always) defeats them. 

Denouement - this is the aftermath of the big showdown, where the dust settles and all the final pieces come to rest. Most of the story’s loose ends will be tied up here if they weren’t tied up already.

End - this is where the story is wrapped up once and for all. We see the protagonist (and other characters) settled back in their old life or getting used to a new normal. If there is a moral to the story, it is revealed here. If the story is leading into a second book, a little bit of set-up for the new story will occur here.

3) If necessary, use tools and resources to help get your story off the ground.

If you’re still having trouble, don’t be afraid to use different tools and resources like plot generators, inspiration dice, the Writer’s Toolbox, the Storymatic, writing prompts, existing stories (myths/faerie tales/folk tales/ghost stories/legends), real life, etc. as inspiration and to give you ideas.

4) Keep a writer’s notebook to collect ideas, dreams, and other inspiration.

Every writer should have a dedicated notebook where they can write down character and plot ideas, interesting dreams, fun snippets of overheard conversation, beautiful words or descriptions, favorite quotes, inspiring song lyrics, etc. Notebooks such as these can be immensely helpful when you’re stuck fleshing out a story idea.5) Be patient.

This is probably the most important. Great story ideas sometimes take time to percolate. Don’t be discouraged if you can’t come up with the perfect plot after a few minutes of thought. Try writing about your character in their every day life. Follow them around through an average day or week as though you’re a reality show camera crew. Write about what they do, who they talk to, and what weird things happen to them. Sometimes this kind of free writing can lead to plot ideas that wouldn’t have occurred to you otherwise. And if worse comes to worse and you write a whole week of their life and no plot occurs to you, just figure out the worst thing that could happen to them and do that. A lot of the time, the story was just there waiting for you all along.

Good luck!

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Hi do you mind if I ask how you deal with loss of creativity in writing? Lately, I’ve noticed that all my ideas nowadays are unoriginal and bland and I feel helpless about it. I finally have the motivation to write but no inspiration. Is there a way to improve creativity in my stories?

Guide: Filling Your Creative Well

Whether you’re an artist, singer/songwriter, sculptor, or writer, ideas don’t come out of thin air. If you put a pair of shoes, a sweater, a ziplock bag of clothespins, and a hat into a box, shove it into the garage and let it gather dust, you can’t expect to open it up in six months and find some amazing new thing. You can only get out of that box what you put into it, and our storytelling brains work the exact same way. If you’re not constantly feeding other stories and inspiration into your brain, you’ll never have new ideas to pull from when you write.

Thankfully, even if you’re in a rut or a tough place in life, there are a variety of accessible ways to feed new ideas into your creative well. Here are some things you can start doing to fill it back up again. But don’t expect a barrage of great ideas just because you took a walk or watched a movie. Filling up your creative well takes time, so start now and before you know it the ideas will begin to flow.

1. Consume Other Stories

read a variety of fiction, including novels in different genres, short stories and micro-fiction, poetry, essays, and fan-fiction.

read about myths, legends, folk tales, faerie tales, and ghost stories. See if you can find any that are relevant to your area or your ancestry.

watch a variety of different TV series and movies, leaning a little heavier on things that will inform what you write in some way.

watch documentaries on a variety of subjects. These can be found on TV, OnDemand, streaming, on YouTube/Vimeo, and at your local library.

stay up-to-date on local, state, national, and global current events. When a story strikes a chord with you, research it further.

take an interest in real life stories of total strangers. Look for interesting blogs and vlogs. Spend some time on pages like Humans of New York, Humankind Stories, The Dodo, or 60 Second Docs. Listen to podcasts like This American Life and Radio Lab.

play board games and video games, especially ones with a story or that allow some level of role playing.

go to a public place, sit on a bench, and discreetly observe the people around you. Don’t be a creeper, obviously, but see if you notice any interesting stories unfolding around you. If you see an interesting person, without staring at them, see if you can imagine who they are or what their life might be like.

2. See the World

Before you panic, this doesn’t have to mean traveling abroad. It doesn’t even mean you have to leave home…

if you can travel the world, by all means, do that! If you can’t, try planning out a trip you’d like to take someday. Figure out where you’d want to stay, where you’d eat, and what you’d see while you’re there. Then get online go to the web sites of those places, look at pictures, walk around on Google Street View. Look for video and video tours on YouTube.

if you can travel around your country, state, province, region, etc. Do that. And again, if you can’t, try planning a trip you’d like to take someday, then see how much of it you can experience from your computer screen.

try choosing a random location and go “walk around” via Google Street View. Click on photos. Sometimes there are walk around photo tours of places.

watch travel shows, travel documentaries, and travel movies. You can find them on TV, OnDemand, streaming, YouTube/Vimeo, and at your library.

see if your friends or family member have any travel books or travel-related coffee table books you can borrow to flip through. Or go to the bookstore or library to flip through some. If nothing else, think of interesting places, then do a Google Image Search to find photos of that place.

follow facebook pages, instagrams, and tumblr blogs dedicated to a particular place. If you have friends and family who are from different places, or have traveled to different places, ask them to tell you about it.

take a short road trip, or a “Sunday drive” as they used to be called. Be safe about it, of course, but just get in the car and explore some local roads you’ve never traveled before.

visit a nearby town you’ve never been to. If you can’t do that, find someplace in your town you’ve never seen. If nothing else, take a walk in your neighborhood and try to walk down a block you’ve never been down before. (Again, make sure you’re being safe about it.)

ask some friends or family members to go visit a local state park with you. Take a short hike or walk and enjoy that time in nature.

see if there are any interesting street festivals to attend in your town. Many towns do sidewalk art festivals, craft fairs, food truck rallies, carnivals, and seasonal or cultural events.

go spend a few hours walking around a local museum, botanical gardens, or other local attraction.

3. Learn About History

watch TV shows, documentaries, and movies about different historical figures, events, and time periods.

choose a person, event, or time period that interests you and research it thoroughly. Think about ways you can incorporate those ideas into whatever you write–no matter how far your usual genre may be from that event.

learn about the history of your town. See if your town has an historical society. Go to their web page. See if there are any interesting local sites to visit.

research your family tree. Ask family members about family history and see if they have interesting childhood memories to share. See if anyone knows interesting stories about parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents.

choose an historical figure or event that interests you, then try to re-imagine their life or that event in a different time period or setting. What if Henry VIII was the king of England now? How would that have played out differently? 

learn about daily life and survival in different time periods. Learn what people ate, how they passed the time, how they dressed, and what traditions and rules they lived by.

choose a subject matter like music, fashion, dance, or food, then research how they’ve changed through the ages.

4. Learn About the Future

think about an element of your daily life that either frustrates you or that you deeply rely on. Do some research to see how this thing is projected to change in the future? What advances are expected to be made? How might this thing be different in twenty or thirty years?

learn about the different ways people are planning for the future now. Cities that are implementing green technology, people that are finding interesting new ways to combat pollution or the effects of climate change, and organizations that are planning to colonize the ocean, space, or even other planets.

think of a notable person you’re interested now, like perhaps a pop star or a political figure, then imagine what their life would be like if they were alive in a futuristic city 100 years from now.

watch TV shows and documentaries about the future, or watch movies that take place in the future.

I think I’m going to make a list of recommended TV shows, movies, books, and other resources one of these days. I will eventually link that here. So if you come to this post as a re-blog, click on the original post to see if I’ve updated. Or you can look on my main site. I’ll try to have it up by the end of September 2018.

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There aren't many hobbies out there that are are free to do, inherently creative, and capable of bringing joy to people all across the globe.

But that's why I love writing fanfiction.

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Mini FAQ

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How do I participate? Create something during the month of October inspired by the prompts. You can do this any way you want; you don’t need to strictly interpret the prompt literally. See the FAQs for more information on how to follow prompts. You can do as much or as little as you want during the event to be counted as a participant.

What type of media can be counted as participating? Anything you want. This is a MIXED MEDIA event! You can write fic, post meta, doodle or paint, create a gif set or photo edit, link a song, or get crafty with video – anything goes. 

Can I cross-post with other events? Combine with any event as you like! As long as the other event allows it, of course.

Can I use multiple fandoms or no fandom? Yes, you can create for any or multiple fandoms, and also OCs. You don’t have to stick with one fandom or one type of creative work for the whole month.

Do I need to post on Tumblr or AO3? You can post wherever you want. You don’t even need to post at all if you don’t want to.

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Do you allow NSFW? Yes, but as always, please be sure you tag accordingly so that everyone participating can stay safe. See the full FAQ for more details.

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Please review the full FAQ and feel free to send us an ask if there's anything we didn't cover or you want clarified!

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You're worth waiting for. Write at your own pace. Your readers can wait a bit longer.

Your worth as a writer isn't hinged on your ability to constantly create & bang out writing.