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someone on twitter is trying to claim that use of an em-dash is an indication of AI-generated writing because it’s “relatively rare” for actual humans to use it. skill issue

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Forget the room was messy. Tell me about the coffee mug with lipstick on the rim, sitting next to an overflowing ashtray. The books stacked haphazardly, their spines cracked, their pages dog-eared like they’ve been lived in. The old sweater on the chair, still holding the ghost of someone’s shape. Details don’t just paint a picture, they tell a story.

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Somehow, I'm both of them.

There are two types of writers:

1. 'It's fiction, it doesn't need to make sense!'

2. 'I didn't account for the rotation of the planet and how that affects the constalations while my characters stargazed at different times of year, I have failed as a writer, and this entire thing is trash'

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How can I become a writer?

Write.

But I don't know where to start.

Write.

But I'm worried.

WRITE.

What if nobody likes it?

W R I T E

What if it's not very good?

Write. Write. WRITE. WRITE.

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Write. Write. Write. Write. Write. Write.

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Write write write

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We could start naming our WIPs like Friends episodes. That could be a great procrastination task for when you want to write but also don't want to write.

Here, I did some of my own for fun:

The One with the Ghost who Screams.

The One with Magical Elements and Ouroboros.

The One with Lucifer but Female.

Struggling a bit with the WIP today

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In case anyone else IMMEDIATELY also felt the need to jump down a research rabbit hole, here:

And a bonus picture, cuz we love that data:

Ok Google, but why the spike in 2019?

Ahhhh yessss. I love me a research rabbit hole.

today i found out that "spelunking" does not, in fact, mean exploring a swamp but that it instead means exploring a cave and i am very devastated about this. "spelunk" sounds like mud and tall grasses and frogs not boring rocks. i've been deceived

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Art inspires art.

This would make a super cool character in a story, if only I would pick up a pen and start writing.

Death as general rides a horse on a battlefield, 1911. — Edgar Bundy (English, 1862-1922)

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I'm full of ideas, so I gift these prompts to you, Tumblr

Prompt Theme: Monetize Everything or Bad Ideas Some People Think Are Good Ideas

1. Pay-Per-Breath Air is privately owned, and only those who can afford premium oxygen get to breathe the good stuff. The poor are left to choke on recycled, polluted air. But the big lie? Fresh air isn’t scarce. It’s just hidden behind corporate greed. Your protagonist stumbles on the truth and must decide: expose it or cash in.

2. Sleepless Society

Sleep is for the weak.... or the wealthy. In this world, valuable billable hours are lost to sleep, so it’s been chemically suppressed for all but the elite. The rich buy “luxury sleep” packages in exclusive clinics, while the rest of society spirals into exhaustion-induced madness. Your character, desperate for rest, risks everything for a forbidden nap.

3. Memories Wanted. Lived Once. Pay Little. Memories are the final frontier of monetization. Sell your happiest moments for a quick buck, but here’s the catch: once sold, the government can alter or erase memories of anyone deemed dangerous. When your protagonist realizes their memories have been tampered with, they must uncover the truth about what they’ve forgotten.

4. New Identity, New You Embarrassed yourself online? Went viral for all the wrong reasons? No problem. For the right price, you can buy a new identity, face, name, history, anything. But when your protagonist discovers their new identity comes with a dark, dangerous secret, they realize starting over isn’t as simple as it seems.

5. Love on Loan In this society, emotions are rented like timeshares. Want to feel love for a weekend? Happiness for a day? There’s a subscription plan for that. But when your protagonist’s “trial period” of love ends, they’re left hollow, and they’ll do anything to feel it again, even if it means going into emotional debt.

6. Rent-a-Family Feeling lonely? Need a picture-perfect family for your social media feed? Rent one. But when your protagonist rents a family for a weekend getaway, they discover their “temporary” relatives have no intention of leaving. Maybe they’re not as fake as they seem?

7. The Silence Tax Talking in public spaces is taxed per word. Want to speak freely? That’ll cost you. The rich dominate public discourse, while the poor are silenced. When your protagonist finds a way to bypass the system, they spark a rebellion built on the one thing the government fears most: unregulated voices.

8. The Subscription to Live

Everything in life requires a subscription—water, shelter, even your heartbeat. Miss a payment, and the consequences are fatal. Your protagonist is behind on their “Life Subscription” and has 24 hours to find a way to survive without paying the price.

Hope you guys enjoy these. Let me know which ones you like, tag me if you get inspired and write, and feel free to suggest more or tweak these prompts!

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There are words I can't pronounce properly out loud and don't know the official definition of, but I can still use them perfectly in a sentence.

Tell me you are a writer without telling you are a writer.

I'll go first

I have 1000s of pinterest boards that all start with a "project something" as title.

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I don’t know who else just discovered writer decks like the Pomera, but I’m here to remind you (and mostly myself):

No. This won’t be the thing that makes you a writer. Look at your empty notebooks and unused writing tools (Scrivener, I’m looking at you...I still love you). Pick one of those up and use it for at least a month. If you’re still not making progress, it’s not your tools. And if you are making progress? Well, you definitely don’t need that new gadget.

Trust me, it’s not the TOOL, it’s the doing.

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Hims too.

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bring back tumblr ask culture let me. bother you with questions and statements

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One word, plural: notebooks.

Tell me you are a writer without telling you are a writer.

I'll go first

I have 1000s of pinterest boards that all start with a "project something" as title.

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One writer’s mistake is another’s inspiration—and honestly, all I see here is chaotic potential, not typos. Eternite practically begs to be something tied to magic or age. It’s got that vibe that feels like it stumbled out of a story idea you forgot you had.

E-TURN-NIGHTS (plural): Tiny bacteria that sneak into a magician’s body, feeding off Eterna—the molecule that gives magicians their power. Basically, they’re like magical cancer, but with a dramatic flair.

Or maybe they’re crystalline fragments left behind after powerful magical events, pulsing with leftover Eterna energy. Sure, magicians could use them to enhance spells—but, like everything in writing (and life), there’s a catch. They risk being corrupted by their unstable power. Sounds familiar, right?

But wait—what if Eternites are ancient, ethereal beings tasked with maintaining the balance of magic over time? They pop up whenever magicians mess with forbidden spells, throwing the whole system out of whack. Kind of like the way one wild story idea can derail an entire writing session.

Honestly, any direction you take, Eternite feels like it belongs in that beautiful, chaotic cycle of creation—the one where you start with a typo and end up with an entire world you didn’t mean to build. That’s the magic of it.

my favourite typos from my manuscript

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Interesting and inspiring.

if you're trying to get into the head of your story's antagonist, try writing an "Am I the Asshole" reddit post from their perspective, explaining their problems and their plans for solving them. Let the voice and logic come through.

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This Isn’t Writing Advice, It’s a Cry for Help

I am so sick of reading writing advice. It’s always just write, write, write. But what if I don’t want to? What if I want to daydream about my stories until I’m spiraling into Fae folklore, casually coming up with a title, opening line, and outline for a monster smut novel I never intend to write? (Pixie Dust and Fairy Fucks)

That’s what writing chaos is—it’s starting a story with an idea that spirals into five unrelated outlines, naming characters after inside jokes, and abandoning plot structure entirely just to spite the "rules" of how things are supposed to be done. “Ooh, you have to learn the rules before you break them.” No, you see, I already understand exactly why the fictional protagonist of my fake Fae smut gets trapped with her domineering Fae lover. I did the research. I know the Fae lore to back it up.

But I’m not that type of writer. I don’t write about that. Or am I?

Let me break down the writing process—or, more accurately, offer a cautionary tale—in a way you’ve never seen before. This isn’t about structure or discipline—it’s about embracing the chaos, because that’s where my creativity thrives. This is the beautifully inefficient process that works for me—feel free to borrow it, but don’t say I didn’t warn you. Proceed with caution (and maybe some emotional armor):

Existential Blank Page Panic:"What if I never have another good idea again?" The terror of starting. The blinking cursor feels like it’s mocking you, and you question why you even thought writing was a good idea in the first place.

Chaotic Word Vomit: Let’s just dump everything out and see what sticks." Ideas spill out wildly—some genius, some completely incoherent, some downright degeneracy (like Pixie Dust and Fairy Fucks, the smut that will never be written). But it’s all progress.

Procrastination Justified: "But first… let me clean my entire apartment." You convince yourself that everything else is critical to the writing process.

Research Rabbit Hole: "I just need to look up one quick fact…" 5 hours later, you’re an expert on an unrelated topic.

Outline Illusion: "If I make the perfect outline, this will write itself!" Spoiler: It won’t.

Epic Fuck This Moment: "Why did I think I could do this? This is garbage." Frustration peaks, and quitting feels inevitable. You beat yourself up and consider another hobby—and now you have an entire craft room that would put Michaels out of business.

Overthink Everything:"Is this comma necessary? Should I change my protagonist’s name… again?" You spiral into tiny details that don’t really matter.

Accidental Writing Moment:"I blacked out, and now there are words on the page?" Somehow, you’ve written something without realizing it. It’s not perfect, but hey—it exists.

Surprise Achievement Unlocked:"Okay, maybe I can do this." Euphoria hits—you made real progress, and it doesn’t totally suck.

Creative Delusion High:"This is the best thing anyone has ever written!" A fleeting but glorious moment of inflated confidence.

Editing Abyss:"I’ve read this sentence 47 times, and it no longer makes sense." Endless tweaking leads to self-doubt, and imposter syndrome sets in hard.

Disclaimer: I never claimed I was a professional, so if this so-called "advice" leaves you staring at a blank screen or suddenly pursuing a stained glass hobby, that’s on you. Chaos is contagious—consider yourself warned.

Identity Crisis Stage:"Wait… am I actually a writer?"You begin to question everything. Maybe you are good at this? Or maybe you’re just delusional?

Reset to Chaos: "Just kidding, back to square one." You realize writing is a never-ending cycle of nonsense. Whether you’re starting a new project or reworking the same one, the chaos continues.

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Genuinely excited to learn about a new cryptid. I had no idea!

LOOK AT THIS LITTLE GUY I SAW ON ETSY

he’s even got rosy cheeks

listing from KeightyCrochet says “Adorable and misunderstood Fresno Nightcrawler figurine. Miniature. Diorama. Cryptid. Cute! One of a kind. No two are alike” i am obsessed with this omfg omfg