#ksw shenanigans

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꒦꒷꒷꒦ WORKS iN PROGR3SS !

i.e everything of user mins-fins drafts that is being actively written !! this should not be as huge as it is but oh well 😖 this bitch writes too much.. (these are long form) ⤷ currently, these are for nct, zb1, txt, and recently tbz (woah 😯) all male reader! last updated : 09.01.24

𓈀 🎞️ www.heaventome.com ! 𓈒 𓈒 𓈒 ft. njm  ᎓ about somewhat psycho surgeons, work acquaintances to lovers, workplace relationships, vigilantism, and if one can be both judge and jury﹚ est wc. ៸៸ 24–28k.

𓈀 🌠 www.skylineto.com ! 𓈒 𓈒 𓈒 ft. zcl  ᎓ about heirs to an enormous fortune, arranged relationships for company merging, they hate each other!! (but do they?), bickering as a segway to romance, mutual pining﹚ est wc. ៸៸ 23–24k.

𓈀 🦋 www.butterflydust.com ! 𓈒 𓈒 𓈒 ft. pjs  ᎓ about a boring summer turned interesting, insanely pretty bartenders, a fwb arrangement that is just a little too romantic, free kisses for free drinks, park jisung having no idea how to talk to men﹚ est wc. ៸៸ 12k.

𓈀 🎸 www.gunsandroses.com ! 𓈒 𓈒 𓈒 ft. cbg  ᎓ about the annoying guitarist across the street, enemies since childhood, "i hate you more" "no i hate you more", writing songs about you while your in the crowd, a big no no to the l word﹚ est wc. ៸៸ 16k.

𓈀 🌺 www.marigold.com ! 𓈒 𓈒 𓈒 ft. sqr, kgv, pgw  ᎓ about knights in training that have no idea what they're doing, conflicting romantic feelings, murderous ghost kings, a fight over whose gonna get the guy, and han yujun's judgmental looks﹚ est wc. ៸៸ ??.

𓈀 ⚽️ www.itsallinthekicks.com ! 𓈒 𓈒 𓈒 ft. ksw  ᎓ about a goalkeeper and defender who just can't stand each other, soccer rivalries 4life!, do you want to kiss him or kill him? (it's both), bickering that almost becomes kissing but it never does, eric our unintentional instigator﹚ est wc. ៸៸ 14k.

𓈀 🔆 www.semperfidelis.com ! 𓈒 𓈒 𓈒 ft. hrj  ᎓ about the crown prince and his newly appointed knight, just barely tip toeing the line of platonic and romantic, art references, "i would kill anyone for you" "all i did was smile?", too many almost kissing moments﹚ est wc. ៸៸ 22k.

𓈀 🔮 www.nitimurinvetitum.com ! 𓈒 𓈒 𓈒 ft. ljn  ᎓ about a magic skeptical prince and a not so well trained wizard!.. who accidentally knocks him out, fantasyland shenanigans like getting chased by evil spirits, forbidden relationship, "i keep seeing you in my dreams" "..is that your way of confessing your love to me?", magical-soulmate-type-connection-thing﹚ est wc. ៸៸ 24k.

𓈀 💌 www.happinesslies.com ! 𓈒 𓈒 𓈒 ft. mkl  ᎓ about a suspiciously homo friendship, totally not romantic first kisses between friends with the excuse being "practice", miscommunication, mark lee being a terrible liar, love confessions through letters﹚ est wc. ៸៸ 20k.

𓈀 💌 www.slowjourney.com ! 𓈒 𓈒 𓈒 ft. jjh  ᎓ about a second chance romance, a heavily awkward office environment, exes who can't become friends for some "unknown reasons", flowers as a love language, "it's always been you"﹚ est wc. ៸៸ 17k.

𓈀 👑 www.sapereaude.com ! 𓈒 𓈒 𓈒 ft. njm  ᎓ about enemies fighting the same war, murderous crown princes who have bones to pick with each other, a burn so slow you wonder if there is any romance, trauma responses that are definitely unhealthy, marriage? absolutely not.﹚ est wc. ៸៸ 25–30k.

more wips tba . . .

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Kleber Koike Erbst vs Juntarou Ushiku - RIZIN.39

It is almost NYE so that means it is almost time for some big JMMA shenanigans. RIZIN vs Bellator/RIZIN 40 is going down this Saturday (Dec. 31) and it’s looking like card of the year material.

In the main event we will see the Bellator Featherweight champion Patricio Pitbull (34-5) face off against Kleber Koike Erbst (31-5-1). Kleber is a submission artist with 27 of his 31 wins coming by way of submission. He is the current RIZIN featherweight champion as well as the former KSW featherweight champion. We should be in for a great fight. I know I’m excited.

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Darren Till Dominated Donald Cerrone

On Sunday night the Polish MMA promotion, KSW filled a stadium in Dublin for its biggest and perhaps looniest event to date ,complete with No Contest and World’s Strongest Man, Marius Pudzianowksi. On Saturday night the UFC joined in to make an unofficial Polish fight week by heading to the port city of Gdansk for a Fight Night card. The UFC’s card was largely lackluster, with the main card being entirely filled out by Polish fighters in showcase fights. The most egregious of which was the three round co-main event in whichtop ten ranked women’s straw-weight and one time title challenger, Karolina Kowalkiewicz took on UFC debutant Jodie Esquibel.

The UFC’s main card was hard to get through with each bout offering a meat-and-potatoes kickboxing match that looked as though it were lifted off a UFC card from ten years ago. Without fail each fight contained two fighters running in, pumping their hands alternately, with little subtlety. And then we were treated to an MMA first when Devin Clark swung, missed, and fell into a standing rear naked choke against Jan Blachowitz—a sequence that you won’t see outside of Steven Seagal movies.

But when Darren Till hit the ring, the whole evening suddenly seemed worthwhile. In under a round the scouse striker put Donald Cerrone through the ringer and stamped his ticket to the welterweight division’s top ten. The destruction of Cerrone was every bit as impressive as Jorge Masvidal’s earlier this year, but accomplished in a much different way.

From the outset, Cerrone began to look for his step up left low kick—something he uses extensively against southpaws. It pairs particularly nicely with the right high kick immediately afterwards and this is something his team-mate, Carlos Condit does quite a bit too. But Till immediately retracted his lead leg and as Cerrone’s naked power kick flew past, he found himself badly out of position. Till applied the pressure as Cerrone recovered his stance and suddenly they were on the fence. With Cerrone’s back foot to the fence and nowhere to retreat, the fight began to take its shape.

Along the fence, Till held his distance and showed feint after feint to draw reactions out of Cerrone. Cerrone telegraphed a couple of ducks at Till’s hips and suddenly Till was finding the uppercut.

We discussed Till’s extensive use of feints in our preview on Friday, and they showed up here playing a vital role. Till will pump his shoulder and then fire through a legitimate left straight, or flick his hips to force a reaction before trying to capitalize on it, or simply feint to keep his opponent on edge. Along the fence the loss of retreat drastically limits a fighter’s defensive options and feints play havoc with the trapped fighter’s composure and force him to show his hand. Within two minutes of this fight Cerrone was breathing through his mouth and the moments where he was allowed away from the fence for more than a few seconds were few and far between.

Cerrone’s loopy hands were largely absent in this fight—on the one occasion that he was flustered enough to try to punch his way off the fence Till almost caught him with that dangerous left hand from the open side.

When Cerrone attempted to kick off the fence, he was met with a left straight which quickly deterred him from trying again.

In dire straits, Cerrone went back to that step up left low kick. When Nate Diaz had walked Cerrone down in 2011, shooting left straights down the pipe, Cerrone had found out late in the second round that he could use the outside low kick to buy time. Of course, everyone in the fight game now knows that Nate Diaz will always be ultra-susceptible to low kicks because of his stance: they often knock his lead leg straight across him and force him to reset or even knock him off his feet.

Till, however, does not stand in a bladed stance, with his lead foot turned in and his hamstring presented to the opponent. Each time Cerrone tried to use the outside low kick to let off some pressure, it was caught and a left straight flew back up the centre as he was stood on one leg.

Another aspect of Till’s game that looked sharp throughout this fight was his jab. As a southpaw Till should have had to contend with Cerrone’s lead hand when jabbing, but through good handfighting, feints, and dropping his lead hand below Cerrone’s vision, Till could sneak through crisp jabs that drew flinches and overreactions from Cerrone in the later going, and raised his head for the left straight in combination.

The finish came with just forty seconds remaining in the first round, but the action had been entirely one sided from the outset. Cerrone was sent wobbling by a stiff left hand and Till closed for the finish, flurrying against a shelled up Cerrone. Those unfamiliar with Till before this bout might have looked at his record and noticed that in the UFC he had only achieved one stoppage in four bouts. Till’s fights haven’t been short on occasions when he has hurt his man, but similar to a young Lyoto Machida, he seems to struggle finishing the job. A close look at his finish against Cerrone will reveal that his rushed blows mostly connect on Cerrone’s shoulders or back, but it would be hard to argue that Cerrone was “intelligently defending” himself.

After the post-fight shenanigans that unfolded in the cage, fight fans are now buzzing for a match between Darren Till and ‘Platinum’ Mike Perry. Perry has been bamboozled by movement and long range kickboxing before, and often relies on simply leaping in on opponents who have never shown the same ability to manage distance that Till has. But with that being said, power is power and Till does like to fight with his chin up in the air. A more compelling tactical matchup for Till might be Stephen Thompson. Whether he wins or loses in his upcoming bout with Jorge Masvidal nobody wants to see Thompson versus fight Tyron Woodley a third time just yet. Till and Thompson share a lot of the same looks on the counter but have very different kicking games which could either make for a interesting clash of styles, or another staring contest.

Perhaps the next logical step for Darren Till in terms of testing what he’s really made of would be a match against a strong wrestler. It was alarming how easily Till shook off Cerrone’s takedown attempts, but Cerrone’s wrestling often benefits from the element of surprise as he is known almost entirely for his striking. It would be fascinating to see how Till can handle himself against some of the stronger pure wrestlers of the division. Whatever the case, Till is now in a position to take any number of compelling, big name matchups in the welterweight division and each brings its own promise of excitement.

Pick up Jack’s book, Notorious: The Life and Fights of Conor McGregor .

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Darren Till Dominated Donald Cerrone

On Sunday night the Polish MMA promotion, KSW filled a stadium in Dublin for its biggest and perhaps looniest event to date ,complete with No Contest and World's Strongest Man, Marius Pudzianowksi. On Saturday night the UFC joined in to make an unofficial Polish fight week by heading to the port city of Gdansk for a Fight Night card. The UFC's card was largely lackluster, with the main card being entirely filled out by Polish fighters in showcase fights. The most egregious of which was the three round co-main event in whichtop ten ranked women's straw-weight and one time title challenger, Karolina Kowalkiewicz took on UFC debutant Jodie Esquibel.

The UFC's main card was hard to get through with each bout offering a meat-and-potatoes kickboxing match that looked as though it were lifted off a UFC card from ten years ago. Without fail each fight contained two fighters running in, pumping their hands alternately, with little subtlety. And then we were treated to an MMA first when Devin Clark swung, missed, and fell into a standing rear naked choke against Jan Blachowitz—a sequence that you won't see outside of Steven Seagal movies.

But when Darren Till hit the ring, the whole evening suddenly seemed worthwhile. In under a round the scouse striker put Donald Cerrone through the ringer and stamped his ticket to the welterweight division's top ten. The destruction of Cerrone was every bit as impressive as Jorge Masvidal's earlier this year, but accomplished in a much different way.

From the outset, Cerrone began to look for his step up left low kick—something he uses extensively against southpaws. It pairs particularly nicely with the right high kick immediately afterwards and this is something his team-mate, Carlos Condit does quite a bit too. But Till immediately retracted his lead leg and as Cerrone's naked power kick flew past, he found himself badly out of position. Till applied the pressure as Cerrone recovered his stance and suddenly they were on the fence. With Cerrone's back foot to the fence and nowhere to retreat, the fight began to take its shape.

Along the fence, Till held his distance and showed feint after feint to draw reactions out of Cerrone. Cerrone telegraphed a couple of ducks at Till's hips and suddenly Till was finding the uppercut.

We discussed Till's extensive use of feints in our preview on Friday, and they showed up here playing a vital role. Till will pump his shoulder and then fire through a legitimate left straight, or flick his hips to force a reaction before trying to capitalize on it, or simply feint to keep his opponent on edge. Along the fence the loss of retreat drastically limits a fighter's defensive options and feints play havoc with the trapped fighter's composure and force him to show his hand. Within two minutes of this fight Cerrone was breathing through his mouth and the moments where he was allowed away from the fence for more than a few seconds were few and far between.

Cerrone's loopy hands were largely absent in this fight—on the one occasion that he was flustered enough to try to punch his way off the fence Till almost caught him with that dangerous left hand from the open side.

When Cerrone attempted to kick off the fence, he was met with a left straight which quickly deterred him from trying again.

In dire straits, Cerrone went back to that step up left low kick. When Nate Diaz had walked Cerrone down in 2011, shooting left straights down the pipe, Cerrone had found out late in the second round that he could use the outside low kick to buy time. Of course, everyone in the fight game now knows that Nate Diaz will always be ultra-susceptible to low kicks because of his stance: they often knock his lead leg straight across him and force him to reset or even knock him off his feet.

Till, however, does not stand in a bladed stance, with his lead foot turned in and his hamstring presented to the opponent. Each time Cerrone tried to use the outside low kick to let off some pressure, it was caught and a left straight flew back up the centre as he was stood on one leg.

Another aspect of Till's game that looked sharp throughout this fight was his jab. As a southpaw Till should have had to contend with Cerrone's lead hand when jabbing, but through good handfighting, feints, and dropping his lead hand below Cerrone's vision, Till could sneak through crisp jabs that drew flinches and overreactions from Cerrone in the later going, and raised his head for the left straight in combination.

The finish came with just forty seconds remaining in the first round, but the action had been entirely one sided from the outset. Cerrone was sent wobbling by a stiff left hand and Till closed for the finish, flurrying against a shelled up Cerrone. Those unfamiliar with Till before this bout might have looked at his record and noticed that in the UFC he had only achieved one stoppage in four bouts. Till's fights haven't been short on occasions when he has hurt his man, but similar to a young Lyoto Machida, he seems to struggle finishing the job. A close look at his finish against Cerrone will reveal that his rushed blows mostly connect on Cerrone's shoulders or back, but it would be hard to argue that Cerrone was "intelligently defending" himself.

After the post-fight shenanigans that unfolded in the cage, fight fans are now buzzing for a match between Darren Till and 'Platinum' Mike Perry. Perry has been bamboozled by movement and long range kickboxing before, and often relies on simply leaping in on opponents who have never shown the same ability to manage distance that Till has. But with that being said, power is power and Till does like to fight with his chin up in the air. A more compelling tactical matchup for Till might be Stephen Thompson. Whether he wins or loses in his upcoming bout with Jorge Masvidal nobody wants to see Thompson versus fight Tyron Woodley a third time just yet. Till and Thompson share a lot of the same looks on the counter but have very different kicking games which could either make for a interesting clash of styles, or another staring contest.

Perhaps the next logical step for Darren Till in terms of testing what he's really made of would be a match against a strong wrestler. It was alarming how easily Till shook off Cerrone's takedown attempts, but Cerrone's wrestling often benefits from the element of surprise as he is known almost entirely for his striking. It would be fascinating to see how Till can handle himself against some of the stronger pure wrestlers of the division. Whatever the case, Till is now in a position to take any number of compelling, big name matchups in the welterweight division and each brings its own promise of excitement.

Pick up Jack's book, Notorious: The Life and Fights of Conor McGregor .

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This is what happens when writing blog mods have twitters.

This is also 100% of the reason why you should follow us

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SO I WALK INTO THE BATHROOM. And speckles of water mold tend to grow on the ceiling when the weather warms up because the bathroom has horrible ventilation.

I poke my head into the shower and look up at the ceiling and I think, "We really need to find a way to delete that."

Delete.

DELETE.

I LITERALLY THOUGHT THE WORD DELETE.

GUYS I HAVE BEEN REVISING FOR TOO LONG.

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Camp Nano!

Who's doing Camp Nano? What are all y'all aiming for with word count? I WANT TO KNOW. TELL ME.

I'm not doing it officially, but if I finish enough of the outline for BOOK 3 (!!!) I might do it unofficially alongside you guys???

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I FINISHED REVISING

Then I have one more lovely reader, and after that, EDITING.

Now I can finally climb back into the inbox and answer some questions omg it must be question season bcs you all have sent in so many.

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Okay, so

I've finally cracked and created a personal blog. Nothing will change about KSW, it's just that now we can do all the other personal non-writing things we've wanted to do, like have really long conversations and not flood dashes.

Awesome?

Awesome.

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New Exercise?

Anonymous asked you:

Hey! I was going through my drabbles and saw a story which I wrote for that "write a dialogue-only story" challenge. The thing is, your blog is one of my favourite ones for writing and I love these kinds of challenges, so I really think it'd be nice if you did more of them! It's just a suggestion.

WOW! You know, they’re fun for us to come up with, too. We’ve had a few in mind that we’ve been eager for you all to try out, but we’ve also noticed April has been Hell Month for students and our dash has been on the quieter side. We were worried lots of you wouldn’t get to participate (or even see the post) because of essays and general procrastination. But you guys tell us, are you up for a new exercise?

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I....f....finished..........

Those were the hardest 1800 words since book one. I felt like I smashing the keyboard (hahaha) like

BUT I AT LEAST GOT THE WORDS OUT??? THEY ARE OUT AND THEY ARE ON THE DOCUMENT.

Also thanks to everyone for the support! It was an extra boost omg misery company.

Replies under the read more!

failefayce said: you can do it! set up a system of rewards for yourself.(: every 100 words of the scene you write, you can do something fun!

slightlycrookedletters said: Aw, it’ll come to you! Maybe a shower or a quick run around the house (or block, whatever) might help? Or perhaps turning on some music and dancing?

I did dishes. Lots and lots of dishes. My hands are so dry. Does that count as a reward? It was sort of....rewarding kinda.........

Though showers are definitely my usual go-to when my brain fries!

chronicwriter reblogged this from you and added:

I feel ya. I kicked, screamed, and sobbed over one scene for almost a week.

professorpineapple said: I believe in you!

I BELIEVE IN YOU TOO (aka thank youuuu)

manic-multitasker reblogged this from you and added:

Me too… me too. I’m eating the most decadent snack ever to comfort myself

yourfavouritewalkingcorpse said: [[glad im not the only one who just keeps eating when they cant write. i dont know why, it doesnt help at all.]]

farleythewolf said: Eating is 90% of creativity.

Eating fills that empty void of emptiness and voidness.

I basically had dinner twice. It was even the same leftovers. And all I really wanted was like ice cream.

Lots of ice cream.

othersidhe reblogged this from you and added:

…this.

kayliewrites reblogged this from you and added:

I’m trying my best…

KEEP TRYING

FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT

WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER

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Camp Nano Summaries

shadowangeld-rp submitted:

” She has what is coveted but lacks the simple things. He can give them to her, but only for a price. She must be strong; can he remain kind? “

I LOVE THIS.

I've already got a sense of the character dynamic and I'm wondering how they interact and I can grasp a hint of the stakes and this makes me ask lots of questions and yesgood.

I want to see more of these!

If you all didn't see this post from yesterday, here's what I'm asking for:

You guys should totally do the tweet-sized summary thing, it’s maddeningly difficult, but makes you feel like you accomplished something once you get all the words right!

The story I’ll be working on this month is book 3 of this example:

Pittsburgh, a supernatural metropolis. Protect the teen boy from unseen enemies, especially the one inside him. Sportsmanship is key.

If enough of you all write one (or two or ten) of these and send them to me, I’ll totally make a post with them!

Our submit box!

You don't have to be doing camp nano, just make a tweet-sized summary of your story and send it in!

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I ended up starting my Camp Nano manuscript, so on top of the 50k I'll be doing next month, I've got 14k written and I'll likely get more written before April begins beCAUSE THIS STORY HAS BEEN OVERTAKING MY BRAIN.

Once I really start to get into it I'll probably cease to exist. Like bad video editing. There I am in one frame and then not in the next. You guys'll be like where's the queue did she set it for thursday again.

How's everyone been fairing on projects and school stuff thus far? Are you preparing for Camp Nano or simply writing like usual -- or just trying to make it to the end of the semester? That counts too.

(Also did anyone else enter WriteWorld's writing challenge? Because I did and I am dying to know the resultssssss.)

Obligatory question mark?

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Just popping in to say we've had a friend sharing occupancy with us for the weekend, which is why we've been absent the past couple of days! And tomorrow is Ren Faire day alsdjfasd FUN IN THE SUN.

We may or may not be back Sunday, but definitely Monday, and the queue is still set up. Until then, stay fancy.

Like this gif. This is a fancy gif.

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mythicalmiracles answered your post: We have RETURNED

The adjective exercise (write without adjectives or adverbs) is probably the first time I’ve hated writing.

Did you cry though because I did

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writeworld said: WHAT IS THE THING? -C

but it must be the season for surprises because we're going to have one when we come back from our vacation too.