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"I did it for you" has gotta be my favorite form of betrayal. You gave me a gift I never asked for, and now I have to look around at the world you destroyed with the knowledge that it was gift wrapped and addressed to me.

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If you’re having writers block…READ!!!! CONSUME MEDIA

I feel like I don’t hear that given enough as advice for writers block..just read? Watch tv? Movies? Find inspiration in media.

Writers block is a lack of inspiration, so go collect more.

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I would love to see a fantasy novel where the lore that the reader / protagonist learns at first is not true

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generally you shouldn't write run-on sentences because they get confusing and it doesn't give the reader a break. that doesn't apply to me though my run-on sentences are fun and understandable and they have a rhythm to it that makes you want to keep reading

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Questions to Ask Yourself About Your Character

What is their relationship with their parents?

What is their favorite meal?

How do they identify?

What's their style?

Are they proud of themselves?

Are they patient or impatient?

Do they have siblings, and what's their relationship with them?

What are their standards?

Have they ever been in love?

When was the last time they felt loved?

Have they gotten their heart broken?

Do they know who they are?

What are their preferences?

What do they want?

What are their goals?

What would they do if they failed?

What would they save in a fire?

What's one childhood item they still love?

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i love a character who can't stop dying. bitch you JUST got better what do you MEAN you died again. that's the fifth time this week

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I vote that your writing continues to be:

self indulgent

cringe

weird

bizarre

long

short

sappy

only for your eyes

obnoxious

You're allowed to have your own voice. You're allowed to write something only you want to read. Seize the freedom you were never given in your 8th grade English class!

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Writing in two different languages is MUCH harder than I thought! I always come up with the exact word I'm looking for, for the scene, but on the other language! And nine times out of ten, it's impossible to translate because of just how specific those words tend to be!😅

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Writing Tips

Punctuating Dialogue

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➸ “This is a sentence.”

➸ “This is a sentence with a dialogue tag at the end,” she said.

➸ “This,” he said, “is a sentence split by a dialogue tag.”

➸ “This is a sentence,” she said. “This is a new sentence. New sentences are capitalized.”

➸ “This is a sentence followed by an action.” He stood. “They are separate sentences because he did not speak by standing.”

➸ She said, “Use a comma to introduce dialogue. The quote is capitalized when the dialogue tag is at the beginning.”

➸ “Use a comma when a dialogue tag follows a quote,” he said.

“Unless there is a question mark?” she asked.

“Or an exclamation point!” he answered. “The dialogue tag still remains uncapitalized because it’s not truly the end of the sentence.”

➸ “Periods and commas should be inside closing quotations.”

➸ “Hey!” she shouted, “Sometimes exclamation points are inside quotations.”

However, if it’s not dialogue exclamation points can also be “outside”!

➸ “Does this apply to question marks too?” he asked.

If it’s not dialogue, can question marks be “outside”? (Yes, they can.)

➸ “This applies to dashes too. Inside quotations dashes typically express—“

“Interruption” — but there are situations dashes may be outside.

➸ “You’ll notice that exclamation marks, question marks, and dashes do not have a comma after them. Ellipses don’t have a comma after them either…” she said.

➸ “My teacher said, ‘Use single quotation marks when quoting within dialogue.’”

➸ “Use paragraph breaks to indicate a new speaker,” he said.

“The readers will know it’s someone else speaking.”

➸ “If it’s the same speaker but different paragraph, keep the closing quotation off.

“This shows it’s the same character continuing to speak.”

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the first rule of writing is that there are no rules. the second rule is to save your work every 5 minutes because technology is a fickle god.

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so embarrassing to get obsessed with your own oc but it doesn't fuel you creatively or motivate you at all you just sort of sit there. like yeah I've been thinking a lot about blorbo from my mind. no images of them exist in the world and they have maybe 3 personality traits so far. I would rather die than attempt to write about them. I've spent the last 48 hours rotating them in my brain though

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NEVER get into anything thats heavy on color symbolism bro . for months you will not be able to look at the color blue without instantly thinking of Squingle Dinglus

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The Man and the Owl

Man:

You watch from the dark,

head turning without a sound.

Do you ever wonder what it means —

this world below you?

Our roads, our walls, our restless hands?

Owl:

I see the earth as it moves.

A branch sways, a mouse stirs,

the wind hums through the hollow.

You build and break,

always reaching for something unseen.

Man:

We are searchers, I suppose.

We climb to the stars,

dive into the depths,

write stories on paper and stone.

But do you see us as foolish?

Owl:

Not foolish. Only loud.

You fill the night with glow and motion,

afraid of the stillness.

But the dark is not empty.

It breathes. It remembers.

Man:

We fear what we can’t name.

And yet, we name everything.

The sky, the soil, even you.

You are ‘owl’ —

but that’s only the shape of you.

Owl:

Names do not matter.

I am hunger and air,

feathers that know the weight of silence.

I do not ask why the stars burn.

I only watch them.

Man:

And I ask because I must.

The stars are not only light —

they are questions.

I chase answers.

You accept the night as it is.

Owl:

We are different,

but I think I understand you.

You fear the unknown,

but still, you face it.

You are brave in your yearning.

Man:

And you are wise in your stillness.

Perhaps we are both searching —

You, for the shape of a shadow.

Me, for the shape of meaning.

Owl:

The night listens.

And so do I.

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feels like fake news

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I’m so sorry but in the nicest way possible do yall actually read books or just read words??? Cause I’ve been seeing that trend of people not understanding how “snarled” and “eyes darkened” and “eyes softened” etc. was used in a book and like…

Genuinely, do yall just not have imagination?? Or not understand figurative language??? Also eyes do literally darken and soften have you not lived a life??? How do you read with no imagination? Is this how you get through so many books in one month - you simply don’t take the time the understand the words as they are read?

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Person A: "You're a little silly, you know that?"

Person B: "Um."

Person A: "Do you think it's because you were dropped as a child?"

Person B: "UM??"

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you can pry starting sentences with 'and' or 'but' out of my cold, dead hands