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we're doing flower prompts for May!

A Bouquet of May is the title I've decided on. I'll post a flower (language) prompt every day, including my own submission.

You do not have to write something new for this! I'd really like to get more stuff for the library here, so you are totally free to simply choose a passage that fits the prompt and share that.

Bonus points for poetry (I love poetry and I'll send flowers to your askbox if you post poetry for the day's prompt). I will probably be doing mostly poetry.

Additionally, we're going to write a poem together, poll style! I've done this a couple times on my main blog and people liked it, so let's do it here with the collective.

For once in my life I'm going into this prepared - posts are queued and will post promptly at 9:00AM EST every day in May.

Besides that, ask days will hopefully resume , so keep on the lookout for those on Thursdays and Saturdays, to start.

Happy Spring! *sneezes*

the tag to use is, as always, #the write collective share or you can tag the blog directly

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on some day i was feeling extra amounts of affection so I had to put it somewhere so I put it in askboxes of the people I feel the affection for

Hi parchment 🩵

BRO WHEN DID YOU SEND THIS I HAVE NO MEMORY OF IT

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Feel free to leave further explanation below!

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Normal work stuff

Joe: have a good day!

Me: *aggrieved sound of protest*

Joe: what- oh. *comes back over to give me a hug*

Me: okay now you can go

Joe: *amused chuckle* bye

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reading this like...no, no i didn't write this. it's just another poor soul out there in the cosmos being...me

one of the many factors contributing to my sleep deprivation is that I can't just go right to bed after doing something I have to have a buffer time of secret mystery hours. Just hung up the phone saying goodnight as if I am going to bed and am I brushing my teeth right now? nope. scrolling and eating m&ms. then I have to take an entire shower and dissociate for a while so it's going to be at least midnight until I am tucked in. then I have to actually fall asleep which is a whole other ordeal

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i'm not alive, btw. i'm drowning in critical role content but i'm very happy about it. so i think i'll just stay here for a bit. i'll write something eventually. i'll probably write fanfic, let's be honest. idk that anybody else will get to see it but i'll probably write it. and that's really the only surefire way to get me to write in my wips. fanfic is the gateway to originality, i guess. has been for the past ten years. the past ten years!?! time, babe, what are you doing? stop that!

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announcement! I'm no longer dying from spring! it's still not like, great, but I'm not dying! I might even have some brains, who knows.

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[ID: screenshots of two book pages on e-readers. One says "Chapter Three: Aspen" at the top and has a black-and-white flower crown chapter icon. The other says "Chapter One: Emry" at the top and has a black-and-white lute chapter icon. The lute is tangled up in thorny vines. end ID]

The Spirit's Curse Chapter Icons!

Continuing in the tradition of The Stray Spirit and The Spirit Well, the chapter icons for The Spirit's Curse have been updated!

Both icons are in a digital charcoal style, to better match the interior illustrations done by @vinzred. Emry still has his lute (though the vines surrounding it are a bit spikier now 👀) and Aspen gets a flower crown!

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Hey kids. Beloveds. Sleepyheads. Rioters and gentlefolk. Whoever needs to hear this.

Here's your most recent reminder than you're all in my garden of friendship and I love each one of you for the specific plant that you are and I am going to continue to love you forever.

That is all.

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Is this ever gonna be a lie i don't think sooooooooooo

There are asks in my box and I wanna answer them, with thinky thoughts and everything. But nooooo

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Oops hit the wrong button when trying to send an ask. Time for me to go to sleep apparently.

How about you? What are some favorite very specific tropes that you have?

Hi rainstormdaughterdearest

Twins. Bonus points if they have magic (3/4 sets do)

Guy takes himself way too seriously and is oblivious as to how unhappy it makes him

Ambiguous older person who knows so much stuff that they won't tell the protagonists

"I don't need friends" vs "this one. I'm gonna be friends with this one"

The soul of the group that everybody else would protect with their lives

Plucky young lad who didn't ask to be the main character but here we are

Chill and competent lass who observes the chaos around her and sometimes also partakes

Cuddle piles

Fights that absolutely would be flirtatious except that the majority of my characters are non-romantic (at least I never mention if they are)

Everybody's some kind of asexual unless specifically stated in the text

Long-lost (ish) siblings and you better believe it's complicated

Opposites becoming good friends, often through coercion from their respective friends

Protagonist is not the main character

Random lingual stuff: slang, greetings in older dialects, the latin of the wip, phraseology

Sidekicks in various forms: twice possessed skeleton, talking animals, the resident clairvoyant, your brother who knows stuff, sunshine or raincloud, etc.

Can I interest you in some heavy emotions for a couple thousand words?

Sneaky magic

It's hot outside a lot for some reason

Thiefs. But the good kind?

Hurt/comfort sandwiched in between shenanigans

⬆️ that's just my main thing. All my wips can be summed up thusly

Bonus list of tropes I like

Bonus list of romance tropes I like

Thanks for asking 😊

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Could i possibly request poetry/lines about eyes? Hazel, maybe blue or brown, or any more if you're up for it. Love your writing!!

🌺🌷🌸♥️🪷

Two eyes inside your hooded shape, two hands from draping sleeves, two alcoves where two lungs would perch inside two ribs with ease. I'm mesmerized by azure lights, by hungry chestnut appetites, by the dripping cherries on your fingers, and on my mine entwined with yours. But what else have you in store? What else have you in wait for me, what thirsty hearts ensnare? It matters not how I might plead, for you have laid me bare. And fully bewitched, my skin unstitched, my gaze is fixed on yours: your hazel eyes, capturing mine, drawing me close for more.

Two eyes, two hands, two lungs at ease, and me: sacrificed for azure lights, for chestnut desire, for hazel eyes, for you to steal the breath from me.

And in ecstasy, I bleed, and sleep.

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I think time might be passing again

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saying “i want him” about the character but not in a romantic or sexual way . i just Require him i need to Obtain him

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Me creating a guy oc: and he's plucky and emotionful and would die for his friends

Me creating a girl oc: and she's haunted by her past and could kill you but just wants to be loved but also definitely would kill you

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brothers brothers brothers

Share an excerpt that shows the relationship dynamic between two characters.

Romantic relationships, sibling bonds, mentor-mentee, whatever—share an excerpt that helps us understand how two of your characters interact! If you have a post that shares more info about your WIP, feel free to link it!

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I have emerged from the headache of the last four days and maybe i can think about things now