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*September 1st on Tumblr*

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If your plot feels flat, STUDY it! Your story might be lacking...

Stakes - What would happen if the protagonist failed? Would it really be such a bad thing if it happened?

Thematic relevance - Do the events of the story speak to a greater emotional or moral message? Is the conflict resolved in a way that befits the theme?

Urgency - How much time does the protagonist have to complete their goal? Are there multiple factors complicating the situation?

Drive - What motivates the protagonist? Are they an active player in the story, or are they repeatedly getting pushed around by external forces? Could you swap them out for a different character with no impact on the plot? On the flip side, do the other characters have sensible motivations of their own?

Yield - Is there foreshadowing? Do the protagonist's choices have unforeseen consequences down the road? Do they use knowledge or clues from the beginning, to help them in the end? Do they learn things about the other characters that weren't immediately obvious?

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i usually post fandom stuff but this morning i finished writing the epilogue on a novella that I've been kind of trying to write for ten years, if i count how long I've been trying to write a follow up to Silk Will Hold The Bones Together. Technically I've been writing this specific novella for a year, but the exuberance I feel getting to the end feels like ten years of work.

It needs polishing. Of course it does. First drafts always do. But i like it. And I have illustrations planned for it. I'm not going to try to submit it anywhere because it's too fucking weird for trad publishing and i don't think I'll find any publisher that will let me do the "In A Dark Dark Room"/"Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark" but for adults thing I have planned for it. Or ensure that my friend is able to do the narration for it.

I can post an excerpt if folks are into that sort of thing? I'll for sure be annoying about it here when I actually have the thing done and up for sale, but for right now, i'm excited. I finished a thing. And I like it. It's the most complicated narrative i've ever done, and it's about a woman made of a hundred thousand spiders.

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Laudna spins the bottle and lands on Orym

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Making friends

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She can't see us anymore

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He's eepy

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girl what's wrong? are you experiencing the sylvia plath fig tree in your head again?

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“I’m not running anymore”

Imogen Temult (BH portrait 3/8)

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thanks laudna

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"Let's do terrible and beautiful things..."

Fun fact: I started drawing this yesterday using one of @brookesmartt's pictures as reference (I hope that's okay btw) cause I was looking for a cool pose to draw Laudna in her new outfit only for them to be super fast and post their new cosplay of Laudna and holy shit, it's fucking amazing! I was so hyped by it, I had to finish this illustration as soon as possible!

That's one way to inspire someone and I sure ain't complaining 👀

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laudna somehow got a hold of a polaroid camera??

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my fave cowboy cowgirl

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“Where are you going?”

“Wherever you’re going.”

It’s such a quick little moment between them, especially comapred to the rest of e65, but it just might be my favorite imodna interaction to date.

I’m soo normal about it… sooooo normal…