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get your seatbelts buckled for some reconciliation. Yes that is relevant you will soon see.

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quick announcement

hi! I’m putting stung on hold. I don’t know if this will be disappointing to anyone, but if it is im so sorry! I’ll try to finish it someday, but right now I’m not enjoying making it anymore and have another idea I’d love to pursue. Thank you!

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Some of my favorite words and phrases to describe a character in pain

coiling (up in a ball, in on themselves, against something, etc)

panting (there’s a slew of adjectives you can put after this, my favorites are shakily, weakly, etc)

keeling over (synonyms are words like collapsing, which is equally as good but overused in media)

trembling/shivering (additional adjectives could be violently, uncontrollably, etc)

sobbing (weeping is a synonym but i’ve never liked that word. also love using sob by itself, as a noun, like “he let out a quiet sob”)

whimpering (love hitting the wips with this word when a character is weak, especially when the pain is subsiding. also love using it for nightmares/attacks and things like that)

clinging (to someone or something, maybe even to themselves or their own clothes)

writhing/thrashing (maybe someone’s holding them down, or maybe they’re in bed alone)

crying (not actual tears. cry as in a shrill, sudden shout)

dazed (usually after the pain has subsided, or when adrenaline is still flowing)

wincing (probably overused but i love this word. synonym could be grimacing)

doubling-over (kinda close to keeling over but they don’t actually hit the ground, just kinda fold in on themselves)

heaving (i like to use it for describing the way someone’s breathing, ex. “heaving breaths” but can also be used for the nasty stuff like dry heaving or vomiting)

gasping/sucking/drawing in a breath (or any other words and phrases that mean a sharp intake of breath, that shite is gold)

murmuring/muttering/whispering (or other quiet forms of speaking after enduring intense pain)

hiccuping/spluttering/sniffling (words that generally imply crying without saying crying. the word crying is used so much it kinda loses its appeal, that’s why i like to mix other words like these in)

stuttering (or other general terms that show an impaired ability to speak — when someone’s in intense pain, it gets hard to talk)

staggering/stumbling (there is a difference between pain that makes you not want to stand, and pain that makes it impossible to stand. explore that!)

recoiling/shrinking away (from either the threat or someone trying to help)

pleading/begging (again, to the threat, someone trying to help, or just begging the pain to stop)

Feel free to add your favorites or most used in the comments/reblogs!

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ch 7 stung whoosh

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if it corrects to sting ONE MORE TIME I swear

Chapter 7: ‘Biting us back’ of Stung is out!

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Chapter 7: ‘Biting us back’ of Stung is out!

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I honestly do not think I am a very talented writer, I’m just writing a fic for fun but in the past like 7 1/2 months, I have one piece of advice that I feel helped me substantially:

Just go for it.

don’t worry about ‘oh will this seem weird’ or ‘does that make sense’, when reading through fics if people are anything like me they don’t mind. Had to read that sentence twice? Feels nice to crack it. Squinted at that a few times before understanding? I like the challenge.

when writing, if you just keep going on instead of worrying about everything it helps a lot. Just do it, you’ll atleast have something to go off of. It feels better to know you atleast have a good base.

I’ve read fics varying from ‘oh woaah that is some AMAZING writing!!’ To ‘geez why are there so many spelling errors in EVERY PARAGRAPH.’ And I feel I enjoy every single one as long as the story gets across.

TL;DR:

When writing, don’t stress the small things. We still enjoy just the same.

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CHAPTER 5 OF STUNG IS OUT!

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OK GUYS HERE WE GO!!

Polls end June 20th. I will be absent June 12th-20th and so uh I decided might aswell keep them open

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Chapter 4 of Sting is out!!

yeaah just gonna show everyone because I can lol

Very proud of the chapter name haha “Resulting fear”

I’m terrible at making these but it’s fun sooo

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best advice i ever got as a writer was to pick a hobby that i hated more than writing and stick with it. i’m a runner now and it’s miserable and i Hate It and writing is so lovely in comparison. bonus: i’m in excellent shape and running gives you a lot of time to think about writing. i’ve solved a lot of plot complications while running.

This is such funny advice. Writing is so excruciating, you gotta take up Self Torture so that writing feels like a fun little break 😭

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my writing fundamentally changed forever ten years ago when i realized you could use sentence structure to control people’s heart rates. is this still forbidden knowledge or does everyone know it now

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you ever be reading and feel all of these at once

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Blog Intro!

Hi! My names Sherbet, you can call me sherb for short.

this is my writing blog!

I’m not a big writer, I just enjoy writing for fun sometimes and love sharing it! The more I do it the more I enjoy it too, so decided i’d go ahead and organize this blog.

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STORIES/WORKS:

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I use AO3 to write fanfics; I currently have two! (Both at ROTTMNT)

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Ongoing:

Stung (main work, Several Chapters)

ROTTMNT || 2k12 parasitica ep in Rise

LINK: https://archiveofourown.org/works/45161056/chapters/113607970

Out of Orbit (practice, Several Chapters)

ROTTMNT || Was writing practice, Ocs got dumped into Rise universe

LINK: https://archiveofourown.org/works/44280994/chapters/111357322

Finished:

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I Hope you enjoy it here! Will have an FAQ if I get any questions I notice come by a lot.

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I gave in And Made a writing blog please save me

Not me just realizing i forgot to put mg Tumblr in the notes of my fics last chapter

instead of running and fixing that I’m using it as motivation to write more lmao

MY FIC IS STUNG ON AO3 BTW!! (Might aswell drop The link am i right)

Ok Time to Write for my own sake why do I forget to do this so often