#Taking a break after that long chapter

[forestwhisper3]

Just a friendly reminder that Vincent/Castalia is still in the lead in the popularity poll. You guys really like that pairing, ahaha!

In case you’re wondering, these two are in second:

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[fictionadventurer]

There's something about reading really great writing that's so relaxing. You can just sit back and let the words wash over you, knowing that you can trust the writer.

[fruitybashir]

okay upload in about.. 3 hours from now 🫡

[meownotgood]

THAT'S 60,000 WORDS LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOO!!

[solradguy]

It sucks there aren't more JP>EN translators in the GG community because it feels like I'm just pulling shit out of my ass half the time but no one's ever written me a strongly worded letter about how one of my translations is entirely wrong so it must be at least slightly convincing shit haha...

[oathofkaslana]

chapter 9.

[ID: shinji sitting on a folding chair miserably with head in hands. End ID.]

LMAOOOOO AJKBHDD <3 don't worry! [redacted for spoilers] and [redacted] so you can count on things getting [redacted] <3

[toruvi]

any updates on pwasoi progress? 🙏

ATM no 😭 im just chipping away at it.. slowly... I just moved so irl stuff is really chaotic rn

[valleydean]

actually i don't wanna write anymore 🫥

[evren-sadwrn]

sometimes i be sleeping and then BOOM no bills in the mail

[verkja]

Happy STS, Verkja! 

When you’re writing an emotional or difficult scene, how does that work for you? Do you find yourself needing to set a certain mood? Do you need to be in a certain mood to begin with? Or do you just immerse yourself in the story and go with the flow? 

How do you feel once you’re done with that scene? Do you need to take a break and regroup? Write something more lighthearted? Turn to a different form of media? Or are you able to go ahead and move on in your story right away?

Happy STS! Thanks, Anna. :)

Hm. I need to be in a certain mood, or one of several certain moods, to write anything at all. Emotional scenes are no exception, but I don't think they require a mood different from what's required for writing in general. They might need me to be somewhat more awake, though.

Once I start writing an emotional scene, it tends to pull me along more than writing, say, plot, so in that sense it's easier. I only have to be more awake because I need a functioning vocabulary to convey the heart of the scene. With plot, I can write things ineloquently and edit them later for flow and style, but with emotional scenes, I need to write them at least decently to begin with, or they don't work.

Sometimes I feel drained after writing an intense scene, but it's a good kind of drained, if that makes sense - less like exhaustion or burnout, more like the tiredness that results from a tough workout. It doesn't last long, and there's no need to write anything lighthearted to regroup. I expect this is largely because through every scene, no matter how negative it may be for the characters, I know things will get better for them in the end. <3

[llumimoon]

Here’s the lil synopsis for the next part btw:

Normal takes Dot out in public with their new body for the first time to meet with the other teens. Something goes terribly wrong.

[that-foul-legacy-lover]

i was gonna answer asks and do some writing, but... i ended up working pretty late and now i am tired ;-;;;; will be back tomorrow not as sleepy feel free to send moth brainrot whilst i slumber <33

[surpriserose]

the unfortunate thing about horror novels is that no matter what horrible shit is in them theyll never be as scary to me as the average cishet romance novel

[ejunkiet]

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[geoanomaly]

digging through old art folders and reminiscing about old dnd characters

still miss my storm sorcerer kyler and his elemental son

[just-placebo-estate-things]

Learning Experiences update!! Chapter 14: Concern

Bosanquet was an occultist. Not just an occultist, but the head of eldritch research on the estate. It was no surprise that he dabbled in dangerous things beyond comprehension. He didn't often talk about it in-depth with most anyone unless prompted (and most left the matter alone), but everyone understood that he knew what he was doing.

Pip didn't have his level of experience, but he knew what a pattern looked like. He didn't like this new pattern or what it might spell for the first person he'd dared to start trusting since the hollow-eyed noble who'd given him his lute.