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Write whatever you want! I love some cliffhangers!

Writing tip #9: A story usually starts with a conflict that builds until it peaks at the climax and falls at the resolution. Unless you don’t feel like it. In which case, write what pleases you. There’s no actual RULE about this, or anything else.

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Facts! Started a new WIP!

being a writer is hard

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Romance Masterpost

How to write it

How to write romance

Love Language - Showing, not telling love

Honeymoon

Slow burn

Forbidden Romance (+ prompts)

Reasons for a break-up while still loving each other

How to create quick chemistry

How to write enemies to lovers (+ prompts)

How to write lovers to enemies to lovers

Arranged matrimony for royalty (+ prompts)

Date gone wrong

Academic rivals to lovers

Romantic Fall Date Ideas

Prompt Lists

Romance Part I

Romance Part II

Bad ones, unrequited, break-up Part I

Bad ones, unrequited, break-up Part II

Two smart and also stupid people in love

Push and pull romantic prompts

Co-workers - Hate to love

Lovers to enemies

Jealousy + Things said during sex prompts

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(Do you actually know the rules for doing dialouge because I struggle with that so freaking much op it's sad)

I’M SO GLAD YOU ASKED

Rule #1: KEEP YOUR PUNCTUATION INSIDE OF THE QUOTATION MARKS. PLEASE, I’M BEGGING YOU. 

Ex. “Santa Claus fucked my mom,” the orphan said.

Ex. “Santa Claus fucked your mom?” the headmaster repeated with shock.

Ex. “Yes!” 

See? Punctuation stays inside of the quotes like mayonnaise on the inner slice of a sandwich. Use that to remember this rule, if you have to. Just think of punctuation as creamy mayo and the quotations marks as bread. You don’t want to pick up a sandwich with mayonnaise slathered all over the outside.

Rule #2: Please, for the love of god, don’t go around sprinkling an exclamation point into every line like it’s cake frosting and needs to be an inch thick for the sugar-loving birthday boy. There are diabetics at this party, Karen. Just a spoonful of frosting is fine every once in a while, but if every single character feels the need to “exclaim” and “shout” and “scream” every five seconds, I will scream and immediately leave to go read something else. Too many exclamation points means a headache. Be conservative with the fucking frosting.

Rule #3: Similarly, you don’t need to capitalize dialogue very often! Or at all! I can count on one hand the amount of times I’ve needed to do it. Once we know a character is yelling, all we need is an exclamation point every once in a while or some italics. Capitalizing an entire phrase feels like that fucking “hoopla” fish from Spongebob shouting at me mindlessly.

:( Bad Sentence: “OH MY GOD!” she shouted.

:) Good Sentence: “Oh my god!” she shouted, nearly blowing out her friend’s eardrum. 

Rule #4: Pace yourself with those dialogue tags, dude. Not every line needs to be, “he said,” “she yelled,” “they remarked,” “he cried,” “she replied.” You don’t need all that. The only times you really need dialogue tags are:

When the reader doesn’t know who is saying what

When the character says something in a way that doesn’t come across in the dialogue itself

When you need it for pacing reasons, like you want the reader to slow down for a second

Aaand that’s about it tbh. Keep it simple, please. And if I see you following the “said is dead” rule and using every word except for “said” if your writing, I will break into your home in the middle of the night and return all of your groceries to the supermarket.

Rule #5: Stop using “?!” when you write things?? Please??? What even is that???? When you’re writing something that isn’t a comic book or jotted notes, you do not need it. Trust me. 

Instead, use the very rare dialogue tag. Don’t write, “What happened?!” Try instead, “What happened?” he gasped/yelped/squawked.

Or, even better, just stick to italics. “What happened?” Simple, yet it still adds a sense of urgency to the dialogue.

Rule #6: If you use a comma after a punctuation mark in dialogue, (ex. “I’m alive!,” the zombie said), I will put your dog up for adoption. Don’t do it.

Rule #7: Use italics when:

A word is said in a different language

Someone is talking through a phone or radio

Someone is using sign language

You can’t see the speaker

Someone has voices in their head or is just plain thinking

That’s all I’ve got for now but PLEASE, PRETTY PLEASE USE THESE TIPS WHEN WRITING I BEG OF YOU, I DON’T WANT TO CLOSE A FANFIC BECAUSE THE FIRST LINE I SEE STARING ME IN THE FACE IS: “Who took my sandwich?!,” Bob screamed.

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If you’re looking for an easy way to style text messages on AO3 so they look a little more like a phone interface, here’s the method I use that involves blockquotes and a work skin. If you have questions about how to use this, or if you want to do something different, send a message or ask me on twitter!

HTML + CSS on jsfiddle

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Happy Worldbuilding Wednesday! Tell us something fun about your setting

My story takes place in Hell and on Earth. The main character, the Princess of Hell, is watching over an angel who begged her to make him human. So while the main character is in hell, she watches over the fallen angel who is navigating earth.

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Its World Building Wednesday!

Reblog this post every Wednesday to send and receive asks specifically about world building!

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Big mood

me: i am INSPIRED i want to WRITE

my brain, immediately: i have never once even seen a sentence

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Focus on one project at a time? Finish a project before starting another? Blasphemy.

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But my fanfiction is another story lmao

It’s been slow going recently, but at least it’s something.

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@Sadboi, this is so accurate that words can't express it.

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Very occasionally, Twitter has some good advice.

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words to use instead of

as 

while 

when,

whilst

 even as

 just as

 just when

 simultaneously as

 so long as

 at the moment that

 at the same time that at the time that

 in the act of

 in the process of 

on the point of

during the time that

 at the same time as

 during the time

 throughout the time

 in the time

 during which

 during which time

for the period that

 at the same time

 meanwhile

 at the time

 as long as

 exactly when

 at the very moment that

at the very time that after

 as soon as

 immediately when

 immediately after

instantly when once

looked

glanced 

gazed 

stared

gaped

peered

focused 

 peeped 

peeked

took a look

taken a look 

watched

considered 

saw 

seen

observed 

viewed

regarded

marked 

checked out

glimpsed 

spotted 

eyed 

took in 

taken 

in ogled

eyeballed 

beheld

beholden 

before

ahead

back

previously

since

sooner

afore

aforetime

ante

antecedently

anteriorly

before present

ere

fore

former

formerly

forward

gone

gone by

heretofore

in advance

in days of yore

in front

in old days

in the past

past

precendently

previous

up to now

smiled

beam

grin

laugh

smirk

simper

be gracious

express friendliness

express tenderness

look amused

look delighted

look happy

look pleased

touch

brush

caress

feel

handle

hit

kiss

lick

pat

reach

rub

strike

stroke

tap

abut

adjoin

border

communicate

contact

converge

dab

examine

finger

fondle

frisk

glance

graze

grope

inspect

join

line

manipulate

march

massage

meet

neighbor

osculate

palm

palpate

partake

paw

percuss

pet

probe

push

scrutinize

sip

smooth

suck

sweep

tag

taste

thumb

tickle

tip

toy

verge

be in contact

butt on

come together

feel up

impinge upon

lay a finger on

exhaled

breathe

emit

give off

let out

discharge

eject

emanate

evaporate

expel

issue

respire

steam

vaporize

nodded

acknowledge

bend

bow

greet

respond

salute

acquiesce

agree

approve

assent

passionate

ardent

dramatic

eager

eloquent

emotional

expressive

fervent

fierce

fiery

forceful

heartfelt

heated

impassioned

intense

poignant

spirited

strong

vehement

violent

zealous

affecting

animated

blazing

burning

deep

fervid

flaming

frenzied

glowing

headlong

high-powered

high-pressure

hot

hotblooded

impetuous

impulsive

inspiring

melodramatic

moving

precipitate

quickened

steamed up

stimulated

stirring

thrilling

warm

wild

but

although

however

nevertheless

on the other hand

still

though

yet

gasped

choke

snort

whoop

blow

convulse

gulp

heave

inhale

inspire

pant

puff

respire

sniffle

wheeze

catch one’s breath

fight for breath

frowned

glare

glower

grimace

pout

gloom

lower

sulk

cloud up

do a slow burn

give a dirty look

give the evil eye

knit brows

look black

look daggers

look stern

movement

act

action

change

development

evolution

exercise

flow

migration

move

operation

progress

shift

advance

agitation

alteration

swirled

boil

churn

roil

twirl

whirl

agitate

coil

crimp

crisp

curl

eddy

purl

roll

snake

surge

swoosh

whirlpool

whorl

wriggle

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That's my kind of trope too!

I'm afraid I must agree with @crierhugo. Personally I'm a total sap for that kind of trope.