#visionofwriters

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For the oc fact swap!! My character Mirka, has the power to manipulate emotions! Before she managed to control it, other's emotions would affect her, so she would just be mad/sad for no reason at all.

Ooh, this is so interesting! I’ve heard of emotion manipulators accidentally influencing other people’s emotions before they gained control, but never the other way around. Way to flip that on its head!

A lot of the SOLE characters, who also have powers, don’t have a lot of control when they’re emotional. Christian’s shoulders may start smoking, Beth creates a circle of involuntary frost around her, Matt may shatter mugs or glasses he’s holding, and Michael… who knows what will happen around that boy. His telekinesis isn’t exactly stable.

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1, 11, 21 and 30 for the music ask!!

Thanks for sending in an ask, hon! 💖

1: A song you like with a color in the title: Favorite Color is Blue / Robert DeLong ft. K.Flay [i’m thinking of changing my name, thinking of breaking a home / cause loving and hating are one and the same / and i’m feeling like everyone’s feeling alone]

11: A song you never get tired of: CoDA / Dead Poet Society [talk shit bitch soundin’ like ya wanna leave / ya love me like cocaine, yeah / don’t like getting right, need me every night / you love me like– you love me like–]

21: A song with a person’s name in the title: Joan of Arc / In This Moment [you blame me for the madness you create / and i’ll wage my war cause either way you’ll burn me at the stake]

30: A song that reminds you of yourself: I’m indecisive and it really depends on my mood, so it’s between Lonely Dance / Set it Off [some days my brain is locking me out so / i just do my little lonely dance / performing for my only fan] and Skully / SayWeCanFly [i’m sick of tryna find myself in others / i’m sick of seeking love i’d rather suffer]

Send me a music ask! 

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♧

You’re my: Fwiend uwu

How I met you: Tumblr, I was looking around for stuff about the Illuminae Files and then stumbled across your blog :)

Why I follow you: I like you. Also, I really wanna see how your WIP goes now, so yeah, just know I’m excited for that.

Your blog is: Pretty and as a (kinda) aspiring writer, a good follow cause you post/reblog a lot of stuff about your WIP and how it’s going and stuff to enhance your writing, so I find that helpful.

Your URL is: Kinda the best, throwback to when your url was windowsarebetterthentables, that was also amazing, just saying.

Your icon is: A bee, it’s aesthetically pleasing.

A random fact I know about you: You have asthma, like me :) , we be asthma buddies :D

General opinion: You cute, you nice, you funny and we need to talk more.

A random thought I have: Idk if this is supposed to be about you or not but whatever heres three, 1) I need to read books again, 2) I am so excited for Making of a Hero to come out and 3) You like all of my stuff and that’s cute and nice uwu. 

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Hellooo!!

I know I haven't been active lately, and I wanted to apologise.

I just started school (and I already have 4 exams coming up what the fuck)

So yeah.

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— ONE YEAR OF WRITEBLR —

oh my goodness !!

It’s been already a year (although I only started to use this blog by december) since I created @amongwriters ... I can’t believe it, I just genuinely can’t.

In this one year, which felt much shorter, I have met so many lovely and wonderful people and just can’t stop saying thank you.

thank you, thank you, thank you.

We nearly hit 4K as well (only roughly 40 are left) and this is just... immense. When I created this blog I couldn’t have imagined that i would even hit 200 hundert and now we have the twentyfold. Next to that, it’s not long ago that we hit 3k! You guys are wonderful, crazy angels!

To celebrate this bday, I have asked some of my mutuals what kind of celebration I could do and they had some amazing ideas!

— BLOG RATES AND EDITS —

I am going to give blog rates in the categories

- user url ; mobile theme ; pc theme ; posts *!!

In each category you can hit one to four stars, these stars add up and the sum is going to decide what gift you will get!

★★★★ 40 - 30.5 points

- the highest rate! If you hit it, you will get a “love letter” post, which sums up everything nice about your blog and a “what if my blog was a person” excerpt, in which I will try to write a scene about your blog-persona and how I would imagine them to act and look like.

★★★ 30 - 20.5 points

- second highest! If your points are between these, you will get a “love letter” post as well and an insta edit with your blog-Aesthetic.

★★ 20 - 10.5 points

- if your stars add up between 20 and 10.5, you will get a blog mood board!

★ <10 points

- If you don’t have the most beautiful blog ever, which is not bad at all, you will still get a little something, angel! You are able to choose one of my characters, who either fits you blog theme or yourself best, and I will write an excerpt of their POV especially for you!

— rules —

❥ one - you have to follow this little dreamer right here

❥ two - spread the word and reblog this post (likes don’t count)

❥ three - send me an ask with your preferred url which I am going to rate!

❥ four - be kind and polite, so I will as well. Remember that this is my honest opinion about if it’s aesthetically pleasing to me or not. Nothing what I am saying is against you, your personality or preference.

tagging some angels, so this doesn’t flop

@storyteller-kaelo @farrradays @leicawri @omgbrekkerkaz @sorroways @dancingwithwind @selcouth-descendant @visionofwriters @somethingreallydeepandprofound @somuchtowrite @cawolters @halohidings @theforgottencoolkid @mybookisbad @kaatiba @katabasiss @hazakrab @cerbywrites @meafeminas @slothwrter @vviciously @omniawrites @fartistically @elliewritesstories @elliewritesfantasy @astroswords @apollchiles

* additional points are possible if you have original content

[cathrynhanel]

Song Title Tag Game

Thank you for the tag @faesongwrites :)

Rules: Spell out your URL using song titles, then tag as many people as there are letters in your URL.

C: Changes - David Bowie

A: All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Richie

T: Teenage Kicks - The Undertones

H: Hold The Line - TOTO

R: Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Y: Your Song - Elton John

N: Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship

H: Hungry Eyes - Eric Carmen

A: Another One Bites The Dust - Queen

N: Numb - Linkin Park

E: Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears

L: Losing My Religion - R.E.M.

Jesus that was a lot of songs !! Well, they’re basically all “old” songs, but that’s just my preference :)

Tagging: @visionofwriters @cjjameswriting @fiddler-unroofed @aelenko @writebruh @jackeritesstuff @raevenlywrites @dustylovelyrun​ @cadewrites​ @onedayiwillwritestuff​ @anika-writes​ @rhiannonleewriting​ and anyone else if you want to do this, of course :) To those I have tagged, I don’t know if you’ve done this before, or if you want to do it, so no pressure !!

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OC ABCs: Seren

A: Aptitude

1. what are your oc’s natural abilities, things they’ve been doing since young?

Seren has always been a card player. She doesn’t know exactly how but she’s always known how to play certain games. Her adopted mother, Nadine told her it must have been her biological parents who taught her. 

2. what activities have they participated in?

Cage fighting, gambling, spying

3. what abilities do they have that they’ve worked for?

Martial arts definitely. She didn’t know any when she was a teenager and brought to the Marciano house, but when she met Sebastian he slowly but surely turned her into a fighting machine. 

4. what things are they bad at?

Anything tech. She has focused so much on physical aspects in her life that when comes to anything technical she can’t follow through. 

5. what is their most impressive talent?

As with all Fighters, Seren can be alert and able to fight for days depending on the type of serum is given to her. 

Soramerica Tag List: @kainablue @catharticallysarcastic @daftydrafty @ladywithalamp @visionofwriters @cawolters  (please let me know if you want to be added or removed )

[cjjameswriting]

Thank you to @austrohungarianwriteblr for tagging me! I tried XD

Tagging @visionofwriters, @writersloth, @milkyway-writes, @lordkingsmith, and anyone else who would like to do it! As always, no pressure!

Edit: just noticed I typed Evan wrong 

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Storyteller Saturday Updated Master List: The Cool Kids Have Arrived!

Good evening Writeblrs, I’m so excited for today! Let’s get to know each other and each others wips! Trade questions with someone you didn’t reach out to last Saturday! Always remember you never have to participate every Saturday!

@moonflower-writing, @quilloftheclouds @mlgwrites , @igotablankpage, @thelimeonade @virginiawritesforlovers , @waterfallwritings @chemistwriter @whatnameshallitake @scripturientworld @theblueskyphoenix @orphicodysseywrites @rhikasa @purpleshadows1989 @astaera-writes @marvel-and-writing @angelolytle @if-only-we-could-read-it @writevevo @scheherazadesavestheworld @carmenwrites @blue-writes-stuff @atheifswarwriteblr @thescribesloft, @lonely-pages-of-ink, @projecttheinbetween,@sundaynightnovels, @toboldlywrite, @bunnrat, @incognitxburritowrites, @sodaliteskull, @metaphors-and-melodrama, sottish-hellhound, @authorkimberlygrey, @belljarbeebles, @thewordsinthesky-andstars, @primrose-blush, @incandescent-creativity, @leskychuchu, @bookish-actor, @writer-on-time, @woodhouse-jay, @eternalwritingstudent, @katekyo-bitch-reborn, @blankpagesscareme, @inara-sensei, @dreamstormdragon, @dahlhousestudios, @shamelesslypoetic, theollinshist, @lacylu42, @adenhamcreations, @drist-n-dither, @ciarandc, @eloquenceandemphasis, @bookenders, pens-swords-stuff, leosealolympus, @dumdumdeedump, @kaigods, @spacebrick3, @wingedcatwblr, @sunrisecitrusuniverse, @inexorableblob, @abalonetea, @aeschknight, @elliswriting, @visionofwriters, @writings-of-a-narwhal, @magsiswritingnow, piratequeenofpixies, @seered-nerdofalltrades, @silver-wields-a-pen, @awakeingdreamer, @writingonesdreams, @writer-who-cant-write, @starlitesymphony, @fair-folk-nonsense, @n1ghtcrwler, @mvcreates, @feathertoquill, @ofvisitorsthefairest, @quilloftheclouds, @magsiswritingnow, jumping-up-and-down-for-writing , scripturientworld , @ofvisitorsthefairest, @surroundedbypearls, cataclysmic-writercataclysmic-writer, eloquenceandemphasis, @penzag, @ethilite @starrywritingg, @scottishhellhound, @ravenpuffwriter, @igotablankpage, @quartzses, @inkpot-dreamer, @inkovert, @antique-symbolism-main, @shadeshadow234, @royalbounties, @aslanwrites, @rainy-rose, @writtenbyhal, @emmathenovelist, @scripturientworld,

[writingonesdreams]

How Cuddleable Are Your OCs?

Cute tag game by @sunlight-and-starskies  

Rules: for each of your OCs, rate how cuddleable they are on a scale of 1-10. Descriptions/elaborations are totally rad, but you do you, fam. Tag some people you like after!

Roman: 8/10 - Surprisingly this fearless gang leader and great Zombie Hunter who knows his way around physical fights and can use his powers in very offensive and dangerous way actually really enjoys hugs. Great sense for empathy and deeply integrated kindness, plus add his tendency to take responsibility for whomever he meets, he just senses when someone needs a hug.

Anine: 6/5 - Anine likes hugs and cuddles but only when she is in the mood and really likes the person. If she has had enough of people for one day, being an introvert and all, she will get irritated with affection of any kind.

Wes: 1/10 - Not a cuddly person. If you don't want to get your hands broken, stay away. He will touch you only when he has to. Hugs on very rare occasion when he is trying to stop you from something even more annoying like crying.

Iris: 10/10 - This little 6 years old hasn't yet found a reason what's not to enjoy about cuddling. Sure she is shy but she loves easily and will let you know for sure!

Tagging: @gottaenjoythelittlethingzz @farrradays @candy687 @agentorange-writes @possibledreamswriting @sheabutterskyes @madammuffins @sundaynightnovels @kainablue @nightskywriter @usuallydecentwriter @fourohfourlifenotfound @ihaveatheoryabouttimetravel @piratequeenofpixies @leicawri @shadowschild64 @cirianne @imaghostwriter @visionofwriters  @metaphors-and-melodrama @amaranthine-inscriptions @tenacious-scripturient  @purpleshadows1989 @ren-c-leyn @bookenders @cabaretofwords @nemowritesstuff @emmathenovelist @my-desk-is-full-of-used-pens @surroundedbypearls @pluttskutt + anyone who wants to!

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5 of the Worst Writing Advices

by Visionofwriters

The following article was graciously submitted by one of our followers when we called for it. If you would like to submit an article, please check out this post.

On Tumblr, it is very easy to find posts called "Writing Tips" or "Writing Advice". While most of these posts are trying to help you, some of the advice can be badly researched and will end up damaging your writing. Therefore, I've composed a list of 5 of the most popular (and worst) writing advice, to help you clear out some misinformation. Enjoy!

1. If it’s not relevant, cut it.

If you look closely into this one, it might actually be good advice. But most new writers take this as a sign to cut every single scene where their characters are talking/not talking about the plot.

Now imagine if J.K. Rowling had done that. The seven books would be short, and they would just contain Harry worrying about Voldemort. We would've never known Ron and Hermione tend to argue, or that Harry liked Cho. When you cut "irrelevant" scenes, you cut subplots and character development.

If you really feel like a scene doesn't have a point, ask yourself: Why did I write this scene? Why did I feel that it contributes to the plot?

2. Look at real dialogue/don’t look at real dialogue.

These are both very controversial pieces of advice in the writing community, because they're both right... and wrong.

If you just look at real dialogue for your writing, you will end up with something convoluted and confusing. In real conversations, people interrupt each other, change the theme of the conversation at random times, and forget what they were talking about. If you don't believe me, try this exercise: Record a conversation, and when you get home, try to pass it onto paper. You will end up with a conversation full of 'uh', 'like', 'um', and, most importantly: it will have no point, no plot, no theme.

But, if you completely ignore the way people talk, you end up with robots. All the characters are completely articulate and never stutter or make mistakes. It sounds like they're just bad actors reading a badly made script: it doesn’t sound natural.

Therefore, you should get to a middle ground. The characters interrupt each other, but still let one another speak. They use contractions and move their hands while they're talking. They're human.

3. If you have a writer's block, kill someone.

Let me get something clear: you should never kill a character when you're bored. The readers can see through this: you weren't in the mood to do anything, so you just killed someone. It lacks a point, and it doesn't add to the story.

If you do this, you will most likely end up with something like this: the group of characters are talking, and suddenly, one of them gets a heart attack and dies. The readers are confused, the characters are confused, and no one knows what's going on.

Only kill characters when it adds to the plot. Try to remember a character dying in a book. In most cases, it adds a lot of tension and it advances the plot dramatically, something you won't have with the previous heart attack scene.

4. ALWAYS show, never tell

“Show, don't tell” is a classic. It's the first tip you get from writers, and the first one you should have in mind when writing. But when you bring it to the extreme where you're never telling, it can be rather boring, and cartoonish.

If you show everything, you end up with long paragraphs with too many adjectives that most readers skip. It also related directly to the point of view: in first person, the protagonist would probably just think 'I'm nauseous' while in third person, you get something like 'their head was spinning, and they felt like they couldn't stand up' (bear with me, I'm not nauseous often).

Sometimes, telling can save you time (and readers). It is not easy to figure out where to tell and where to show but try to identify those long paragraphs we talked about before. If you're showing how this thing that happened in the character's backstory reminds them of a thing that's happening right now (or something along those lines) you might want to reconsider just saying 'this reminded them of this'.

5. Don't use Said.

We've all heard this one before. You should change said to growled, shouted, interrupted, or basically anything else that excuses you from writing an actual dialogue tag.

Lies! It doesn't matter if you have used said five times already: chances are, the reader is just skipping over them (that's a good thing here, don't worry). Using anything besides that will probably distract the reader from what the character is saying or doing.

If you do want to add some 'spice' into your dialogue, use body language. It will say the same thing you tried to say with "growled", except it will make it so the reader can imagine what's going on.

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58?

:D I love this scene!!

Barachiel’s jaw was still tense, but the lightning had vanished. “This isn’t going to be an in and out, done in an hour job. Neither of us have the backup to sweep this city, and the mutt-”

“Amara.” Cadoc didn’t even care what they called her. Watching Barachiel grind to a halt was entertainment enough to keep the same insistence as Aalis. He let his lips quirk up in a tiny smile.

Send Me A Number (1-169) and I’ll post a quote from my wip

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Hi! I'm sorry if I'm just reblogging things lately, school just started and I'm trying to get stuff in order.

I did write a poem tho! It's in Spanish, and I'll publish it soon :))

[amongwriters-archive]

— 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒅í𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 —

• virginity, trauma and memories •

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀[ blessed beings - shadowjumpers ]

ᴺᵒ ᵒⁿᵉ ᵈᵃʳᵉˢ ᵗᵒ ᵉⁿᵗᵉʳ ʰᵉʳ ᵏⁱⁿᵍᵈᵒᵐ ᵒᶠ ᵈᵃʳᵏⁿᵉˢˢ. ᴹᵃʸᵇᵉ ᵗʰᵉʸ ᵃʳᵉ ᵗᵒᵒ ᵃᶠʳᵃⁱᵈ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ᴹᵒⁿˢᵗᵉʳˢ ʷʰᵒ ʰⁱᵈᵉ ⁱⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ˢʰᵃᵈᵒʷˢ.

— ᴹᵃʸᵇᵉ ⁱᵗ’ˢ ᵗʰᵉ qᵘᵉᵉⁿ ʰᵉʳˢᵉˡᶠ ʷʰᵒᵐ ᵗʰᵉʸ ᵃʳᵉ ᵃᶠʳᵃⁱᵈ ᵒᶠ.

Tagging —

@storyteller-kaelo @selcouth-descendant @farrradays @leicawri @lil-writing-demon @stuffylana @somuchtowrite @fairylightsandoldbooks @tenther-thoughts @porcelain-heartstrings @writing-sky-scapes @hyacinth-writes @omgbrekkerkaz @theforgottencoolkid @halohidings @visionofwriters @yellowstudiess @disoriented-writer @katabasiss @siarven @illicix @cawolters @elliewritesstories @thewordsinthesky-andstars @starlitwritings @pilipalea @mybookisbad @rowofthorns @writers-lovers @astroswords @zeesqueere @dancingwithwind

(Please Tell me if you want to be removed/ added!✨)

[cathrynhanel]

Tagged by the wonderful @themosttypicaluser. thank you 💖

rules: answer 21 questions and tag people you'd like to get to know better

1) Name: Cathryn, as my super creative username gives away..

2) Nickname: I........... don’t have one...,,

3) Zodiac: cancer. lucky me. ♋️

4) Favorite musicians or groups: Michael Jackson, Queen, *insert anything 80s* and, uh, One Direction (I still believe they’ll get back together, dont come for me pls)

5) Favorite sports team: Bokkes (Springbocks, rugby)

6) Other blogs: none :)

7) Do you get asks? haven’t gotten any yet, but please feel free to ask !!

8) How many blogs do you follow? not enough ???? if you’re a writeblr who posts anything remotely eco-horror/dystopia/adventure/writing tips, reblog so i can follow all of you !!

9) Tumblr crushes? god, i wish

10) Lucky number(s): 24 

11) What are you wearing right now? a grey hoodie that says virginia, but looks like “virgin” from most angles aaand flannel pajama pants

12) Dream vacation: i’d love to go back to Namibia (my birth country) or South Africa, specifically around Cape Town and Knysna.

13) Dream car: Land Rover Defender (black) or some kind of cool Jeep.

14) Favorite food: nachos !!!! with cheese !!!!!chicken !!!!!!!!!! god, i f*cking love nachos.

15) Drink of choice: Sex on the Beach is nice. but mostly i just drink water.

16) Instruments: ehmmmm......... triangle

17) Languages: english, danish, general german and i understand most czech.

18) Celebrity crush: i have way too many. Mr. Harry Styles, Natalie Portman, (young?) Hayden Christensen, Nathalie Emmanuel, Sofia Boutella and Inbar Lavi pretty much sums it up :) :)

19) Random fact: by the time i was like 7 i think, i had already lived in 5 countries: Namibia, Spain, South Africa, Vietnam and now Denmark.

20) Favourite ecosystem(s): the savannahs in southern Africa

21) Favorite cat species: i- i don’t have one ? i’m a dog person.

i'm tagging these wonderful writeblrs, but no pressure if you don’t want to or already did this tag !! @faesongwrites @visionofwriters @cjjameswriting @fiddler-unroofed @aelenko @writebruh @jackeritesstuff @raevenlywrites @dustylovelyrun​ @cadewrites​ @onedayiwillwritestuff​ @anika-writes​ @rhiannonleewriting​ 

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Unbelievable!

As of last night, August 17 at 8 pm, I have officially finished writing the first draft of my first book, Oxytocin! I’m so damn excited! Currently it’s at 125,503 words in 41 chapters. I started this in NaNoWriMo in 2012 so it’s been a long time coming!

If anybody is interested in alpha reading (just reading and feedback, not editing) please let me know in a message!

Ahhhh!!! This is so awesome! To all of you out there needing a push to finish your WIP, this is it! You can do this! If I can you can!

@theevolutionofledarose @cawolters @kainablue @magsiswritingnow @piratequeenofpixies @visionofwriters