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it is honestly amazing how much of writing and editing is just. logistics. like... do i use a name here or a pronoun? if i move this dialogue tag to the middle of this line and break it in half, does the end of the line hit harder that way? what if i move the tag to the front? what if i remove it entirely? ...wait, whose point of view am i in; can i reasonably say this character is appalled, or must i say they look or seem or sound appalled? is this a deliberate action or a step-removed one; is her hand closing on his shoulder, or is she closing her hand on his shoulder? environment environment environment, we need to break all this dialogue up with some narration, the scene is coming untethered. what! are! they doing! with! the rest of their bodies that are not hands! fuck fuck fuck FUCK i forgot we covered this two chapters ago and now i either need to cut this whole chunk or find a reason to reprise the conversation from earlier. name or pronoun? name or pronoun? name or pronoun? move this clause around in this sentence? oh i'll add this phrase-- nope, never mind, past!me added the same phrase two lines down. okay, if i add too much environmental narration it's going to take away from this bit, but not enough and it won't feel grounded. what if i move this to its own line? where the FUCK are their hands?

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So I've left my fics unlocked on AO3 because I have a reasonable amount of guests who read and comment, but I have to say the spam bot abuse is getting worse. Like, really really bad.

My latest chapter of Parasite got 5 abusive spam comments. And although I roll my eyes and delete them because I know they're rubbish and I'm confident that I'm a decent writer, it makes me really worry about newer writers, because some of this stuff is brutal and cruel.

Please please please combat this by leaving positive reviews for your writers on their work, especially if you know they're new to writing - it doesn't have to be long! A smiley face or a heart, tell the author that you enjoyed it or loved it, or quote your favourite line. Something to combat these abusive nasty bot comments.

We are going to lose new authors to this. We will. And it's not fair that people pouring their heart and souls into writing might only be getting these comments.

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Guys I think I pirated from the wrong website-

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MONSTROSITY TOMORROW !!!!!!

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I know he's fearing for his life here but does he have to be so cute about it

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SO HOW ARE WE FEELING ABOUT MONSTROSITY FOLKS

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just realised i havent been posting my 'pokemon men in skirts' series here. apologies

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some character designs from my and @justsaphicyearning 's Murder Drones AU >_<

it's called the Nanny Drones AU and it's basically a complete rework of the canon. me and my buddy had a bit too much fun lol

here's a better look at their bodies ^_^ Tessa also built Cyn herself in this AU which is why she's Like That and also V's buff as fuck [Pumping Iron from Starlight Express plays]

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hm.

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Cyn gets along better with the other older gens, she has her own circle of friends lol

(they like to gossip about the humans they knew)

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How I look writing a Nori/Yeva/Alice scene for my AU fic

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What they don't tell you about writing is that as you write, you discover scenes and entire plots that you hadn't accounted for that need to be written. So you can spend two hours writing and editing only to realise you're further away from the finish line than you thought you were when you started

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Nori with baby Uzi

She's the best mom)

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Uzi feels like an energy drink fiend. Chugs that shit like water. N & V though...

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*became a freaking ninja star*

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That’s how that works, right?

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they're all just shitty cats confirmed