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the little grim reaper gained a new friend

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the stages of writing:

amazing idea

doubt

despair

snacks

somehow, a finished story.

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daniella jones

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artist: holly warburton

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me: i need to focus and get some writing done today also me: *spends three hours researching the exact shade of green that matches my protagonist’s eyes*

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@ninotbh

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two weeks and i'm moving out of state via the train. focusing on the trip and not the absolute terror of turning my whole life upside down.

maëlys chay

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Cherry Trees at Kakize, Bungo Province (from the series Selected Views of Japan), Hasui Kawase, 1923

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I am incredibly serious right now when I beg you all, please, and if you have Twitter or Tiktok or whatever to please spread the word: click on an author's profile on Ao3.

You want to know if an author has written more? Want to know if they're still writing? Want to see more from them? Want to know if they've written a trope or kink or sex scenario you enjoy?

Click on their name. And look at their profile.

I cannot tell you how many times in the last six months someone has read a new or newer fic of mine and said they (a new reader who has read nothing else I've done) "can't wait to see what you do next!" I've written 50+ fics and over a million words already.

"I don't know if you're still writing..." click on my profile. I am. I literally wrote a 128k+ fic for that ship last month.

"Would you ever do X?" "Please do Y!" I already did. Click on my name and look at my works.

Archive of our Own is a library. It's an archive. Not social media. It is your responsibility to fight back against the laziness that corporate algorithms have trained into you.

Click my author name. Just click it. Just click it.

Before you demand more, or ask if a writer will do XYZ, or wonder if the author still writing, or anything - click on their profile. Click on the author's profile.

I'm not trying to be mean or condescending or anything like that. I'm just exhausted. It's disheartening and frustrating to repeat myself ad nauseam, because someone couldn't take thirty seconds to do the tiniest bit of work to see if I've written lately, if I've written more for their ship, or scan my works to see if I've written what they're asking for. Please. Please. I'm begging.

Click the author's name, and explore before you ask.

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really helpful technique ^ once you know how to divide by halves and thirds it makes drawing evenly spaced things in perspective waaay easier:

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The thing about flip phones is they would cover the screen when not in use which was good for safety because nowdays the internet demons can escape through the screen into the real world when you’re not looking because nobody seals the portal anymore

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It’s not your place to decide something isn’t a panic attack, when a person has told you it is.

Panic doesn’t always cause screaming, crying, running away or other obvious signs of distress.

It’s an extreme fear response - which may be significantly altered by many factors, such as if a person has been threatened or punished for having emotional responses or “inappropriate” facial expressions.

A person may seem calmer, or intensely submissive. They may be silent, even to the point of seeming catatonic.

It’s not your place to decide something isn’t a panic attack, when a person has told you it is.

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I think lizzie shelby would benefit from a divorce, grief counselling and a lesbian lover

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Your average pineapple, peeled and cut makes about 4.5 cups or 36 ounces of pineapple chunks. Cans of pineapple come in a variety of sizes the most common being 20oz and 46oz. Meaning a single pineapple generally won’t fill up a single can perfectly, wich also means everytime u eat pineapple from a can somewhere someone else has the can that has the rest of that same pineapple. Meaning u can share a single fruit with a stranger from hundreds of miles away and I think that’s beutiful

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how to draw arms ? ? 

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me writing the worst paragraph of my life knowing that a sexier, more hydrated version of me will fix it later

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justin stewart