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😈 You are not bound by the Hays code.

😈 You are allowed to have evil characters who are not punished by the narrative by the end of the story.

😈 You are allowed to have evil characters who win.

😈 You are allowed to have evil characters who make evil look fun and cool.

😈 You are allowed to make your fun, cool evil character the protagonist.

😈 You are allowed to glorify, romanticize and eroticize evil characters and villainous acts.

😈 You are not obligated to teach your audience a moral lesson.

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As a writer I need everyone to know that whenever I write "exchanged glances" my intent is this

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Whole-heartedly BEGGING writers to unlearn everything schools taught you about how long a paragraph is. If theres a new subject, INCLUDING ACTIONS, theres a new paragraph. A paragraph can be a single word too btw stop making things unreadable

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why are people so against negative character development? characters don’t need to improve and become better people they can get worse and make mistakes and end up in a worse state than when they began and it’s just as interesting and entertaining as characters developing positively

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Block the writing-prompt-s blog. I don't care if you like them I don't care if they're important to your ability to practice your creativity. They chased a genocide survivor off of tumblr with harassment and baseless accusations. This is a serious fucking problem and it's more important than 1 writing prompt blog.

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reminder to worldbuilders: don't get caught up in things that aren't important to the story you're writing, like plot and characters! instead, try to focus on what readers actually care about: detailed plate tectonics

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With all the nonsense happening because people are selling fanfics on Etsy, I’m gonna lay down some rules real quick for myself.

My work is not allowed to be reposted anywhere. I don’t care if it’s translated or what. It’s my work and I decide what happens to it.

If I see my work reposted, stolen, or being sold, I will remove it instantly from everywhere. Gone forever. No one gets to see it anymore.

I’ve had my work stolen, it’s not fun. It’s not a compliment to how good it is. It’s awful and I’m still not over it.

If you want to print out my stories and bind them for your own personal use, then please show me your hard work, and enjoy your own personal copy. Do not sell it.

These stories are hard work, if they weren’t then why are people stealing fanfics and selling them? Write your own shit or get off the planet with that nonsense.

Fanfics are not meant to be sold. My works are original, yes, but fanfic is the backbone and catalyst of mine and many other’s writing career. Fanfics are not meant to be sold because they are fab works and the original creators can, have, and will use the law to their fullest. Then no one gets anything. Fandom as you know it will crash and burn. Fanfic and fanart are free for this very reason.

This isn’t funny of cute. There are serious and dubious repercussions. You’re hurting everyone.

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editing is so fun. I'm learning what the story I wrote is about

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Prompt #1062

"Don't look at me like that."

"How am I looking at you?"

"Like you love me."

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My WIP when I open it just to stare and then dont work on it while opening other tabs:

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Person A: “What’s your most precious memory?”

Person B: “…..Honestly? That time when we sat in that shitty little car park late at night, eating those disgusting chips from the petrol station with the broken sign.”

Person A: “…..Seriously? Why?”

Person B: “Because that was the first time I ever saw you smile for real.”

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"old friends" is an underrated relationship dynamic because it's such an innocent boring sounding term for what is usually some of the wildest shit imaginable. it's always like 'oh yeah we go way back, we have history' and then you find out that history includes sex, drugs, murder, divorce, war crimes and The Incident

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I love you fanfiction, I love you unfinished stories, I love you completed stories, I love you sprawling world building, I love you bite-sized microfics, I love you canon compliant, I love you AUs, I love you multi-part epics, I love you one-shots, I love you cross-overs, I love you romance, I love you whump, I love you smut, I love you horror, I love you monsterfuckers, I love you platonic soulmates, I love you parent-child bonding, I love you best friend adventures, I love you aspec characters, I love you polyamorous relationships, I love you kink exploration, I love you tropes, I love you fix it, I love you fluff, I love you cliff hanger, I love you catharsis, I love you angst, I love you humor, I love you fellow readers, I love you fandom, and most of all I LOVE YOU FANFICTION WRITERS ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Shoutout to my mutuals who are also writers, whom I adore :

@inklessletter , @meliteles-shapely-geralt , @simplebtromance , @steddieas-shegoes , @steddiealltheway , @estrellami-1 , @thegoblinboy , @wynnyfryd , @wormdebut

(Apologies if I missed tagging you! Please know I appreciate you 🥹)

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Every 21st century piece of writing advice: Make us CARE about the character from page 1! Make us empathize with them! Make them interesting and different but still relatable and likable!

Every piece of classic literature: Hi. It's me. The bland everyman whose only purpose is to tell you this story. I have no actual personality. Here's the story of the time I encountered the worst people I ever met in my life. But first, ten pages of description about the place in which I met them.

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5 tips for new poets!

(from a 19 year old who’s been published over 30 times)

1. write as often as you can. it doesn’t matter if it’s good, you can always edit it later.

2. submit as often as you can. prestige of a magazine doesn’t matter. you need eyes on your work.

3. don’t get discouraged by rejections.

4. read your work. over and over and over again.

5. keep track of your submissions in a spreadsheet! this will help you stay on top.

i hope these help!

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Writing tip #2: If you feel the urge to start a new WIP before finishing your old one, submit to it gleefully. There’s no rule that says writing can’t involve a joyous and frivolous pursuit of new & interesting story ideas.