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karenandhenwilson · 8 months ago

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As a fic writer: I've been aware of this for a long time. The calendar is here and there is a download available for 2024-2025. You used to be able to click on the calendar and then go through several years backward, but I just learned that's not possible anymore. Now I'm sad.

Anyway, the show and their approach of "Timeline? What timeline?" to anything makes it really, really difficult to fit that in stories sometimes. Especially those stories that are short and centered around specific events that happened in an episode. Just in 8x05. From what we see between the Henren conversations at home and Tommy spending the night at Buck's place, it very much looks as if the pumpkin head call is on the 30th, and then they're on shift for the afternoon and night of the 31st again.

Horrible to work with if you want to write a fic about it. So, the solution to that is sometimes to wave it away. But I fully agree, for longer stories, please take the time to figure out the shift schedule with your story! It might take you a whole week of despairing over it, but it's worth it, in the end!

PS.: For the Lone Star writers, here is the shift schedule for Austin, where the routine is 24 hours on, 48 hours off. Though the paramedic run on a different shift.

911 Fic Writing Resource: Shift Timings

Okay, so initially I was going to add this to my last post but the topic was completely different so I decided to make a new one. @capsbooty7 and @rutathenurse pointed out that since Tommy was working at the same time as Buck and the rest of the gang, he most likely worked the A shift and thus had his work time completely synced with Buck's. The concept was intriguing enough that I took a look into it.

Like many others, I had previously thought that each house had its own rota, and the timing and length of the shifts varied accordingly. However, that appears to not be the case. Firefighters, in the LAFD at least, work in 3 shifts - A, B and C and each of these shifts are 24 hours long. They don't do the 24/48 or the 48/96 but instead follow what I am given to believe is called the California Swing Shift or a Kelly schedule. Here, they essentially work every other day for 5 days and then have 4 days off. So the schedule is - On - Off - On - Off - On - Off - Off - Off - Off. This means they are usually working 72 hours per rotation but they can also trade in shifts or work overtime if they want to.

From what I found out, you can take more shifts or reduce it according to your convenience by trading with others so technically you can still do 48 hours and then even pull in overtime but the limit for a continuous shift is 60 hours after which you have to take a mandatory 12 hours off [this information was a bit outdated so I am not sure if this rule still stands]. Trade almost always happens for 12 or 24 hours but it isn't unheard of to do an 18 hour trade. Overtime usually happens in 12 hour shifts and you get paid overtime rates only when you have crossed 56 hours in a working week.

As for vacation days, you get 16 days after one year of service and 24 days after 10 years (so Tommy is getting 24 while Buck is getting 16 but Bobby, however, might be getting 25 since I'm guessing he's been a firefighter for at least 31 years). There are also 13 paid floating leave days allotted each year - 1 every 4 weeks.

Shift times are the same for every firehouse and the work day starts at 8am officially but you are expected to make 'face-to-face relief' at 6:30 am.

I am also including the January 2024 schedule here: [follow a colour to understand how the shifts work and where you can sneak in lengthy shifts]

If you have more information or would like to correct me on something, feel free to let me know.

#911 abc #shift schedule #recources for writing

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team-seraphic-official · 2 months ago

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Thank you so much for supporting us as we create ExtraColonist! We are now officially the largest IWATEX mod and just hit 400 members on our Discord so there is an exciting reveal attached... Helios silhouettes!

Our patreons voted on what to reveal, and they wanted to see a teaser for our future crash-landed characters. Do note that there will be 5 main Helios, but only 4 are complete- that's how early you guys got us here! What do you think their augments and personalities are?

and don't worry, progress will be moving smoothly and faster than our first year from now on! We have a clear workflow and thorough mod loader created during this first year.

So let's see what we've been working on since we founded...

April 2024 to March 2025

Art

39 cutscenes

13 backgrounds

78 cards made

50 full character sprites made (multiple expressions each)

18 map sprites drawn and animated

125 emotes

9 character redesigns

4 characters discarded

7 sol accessories

19 celestial tier artworks

72 cards coded in

3 music tracks made

78 memes (internal)

Main menu extended background and logo change

Designed website and reveals template

2 trailers

Writing

Writing fully complete for the first 3 game years

Lore expansions

Full character outlines and documentations

All heart events outlined

New endings conceptualized

Alterations to existing events

Year 1 artbook

Coding

Custom gear capability

Pronouns can change with life stage

Childhood friend mechanic

Full compatibility with other mods

Death capability

Custom music capability for specified events and seasons

Characters can spawn in expeditions

Custom collectables

Custom pets

Pet aging mechanic

Custom map spots per season

Main menu revamp- scrolling capability and new images

Animated map sprites

Lowered memory usage

Load recources at start of game + custom loading scene

Expanded upon dating capability

Custom endings and backgrounds capability and in gallery

Custom credits

Character can optionally age past 20 capability

Disable mods without uninstall (patreon request)

Indicate which mods are active on savefiles

Most remaining exoloader removed and replaced

Complete codebase refactor error reporting and better performance

Custom locations

All vanilla characters, cards, locations, collectables, and jobs overwritten

Collectables scroll bar implimented

Seasonal background changes

Non-windows capability

Sol sprite editing

Random number within range exoscript extension

63 cards coded in

All year 10 characters coded in

Year 10 fully coded with 11 started

BUGS FIXED

Overridden characters stop becoming a woman

Fixed week not being found in saves

Fix for spaghetti characters on slower PC

Fixed animation speed on slower PC

Prevent invalid songs from breaking code

Fixed anne not showing up

Fixed some invalid peri choices & sprites

Fixed wrong use of quotations being used in dialogue

Other

Seraphic LLC registered

400 Discord members

510 unique mod downloads

36 nexus endorsements

#extracolonist #i was a teenage exocolonist #iwatex #exocolonist oc #exocolonist

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steviebbboi · 8 months ago

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Writer's Recources

Prompts, tips, and tricks, oh my! Making this into one whole post for people to save and have references! All credit goes to the respective blogs that have created these prompts. I just listed them together, thank you so much for creating 'em! <3

*this list will be added to the more prompts that are being stumbled upon*

Prompts

General

General 2 (A masterlist)

Angels and Demons 1

Angels and Demons 2

Love at first sight/look of love

Soulmate AU List

What would your character do?

Romantic prompts for your OTP's

Pining romance

Dialogue prompts

Angsty Romance

Angsty Sentence Starters #4

Argument-Ending

Cuddling

General

Hurt character/Angst

Forbidden love

Mob AU

Softness

Unexpected confessions

Writing References

Tips/Prompts/Tricks

Tips, etc. 2

Tips etc. 3

Emotions: Sigh and Frowned

Describe your main character

Character Name Inspos

How to make your writing less stiff

Romantic Actions/Descriptors

Showing 'determination' in writing

how to make moodboards

showing fear in writing

showing jealousy in writing

showing love in writing

How to avoid character inconsistency in your writing

replies synonyms

How to say synonyms of ‘said’: https://www.tumblr.com/hayatheauthor/767591012410507264/100-dialogue-tags-you-can-use-instead-of-said

words to use instead of -----

signs of attraction

confused, weak, strong descriptors

10 Ways to Add Sizzle to Your Boring Writing

When writing emotionally reserved characters

commonly confused words

20 Plot Twist Ideas That Will Shock Your Audience

20 Compelling Positive-Negative Trait Pairs

Advanced Synonyms for Your Novel

Introduce characters

Sweet and genuine moments when characters realize they are in love

Expressing 'Anger' in Writing

Smut Writing Inspiration

Daddy 1

Daddy 2

My girl 1

My girl 2

Princess 1

Smut dialogue

Smut dialogue 2

Smut dialogue 3

Smut prompt 1

Smut prompt 2

Summer smut prompts

Babbling

The idea of a man being able to go multiple rounds

Smut Writing Photo - Inspo

Garden love

sitting on his lap

eating out

Romance Writing Photo - Inspo

Bf/Gf being cute

#fic resources #blog resources #writer resources

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sporksaber · 10 months ago

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While im on my naruto au bullshit, those genin exchange program fics, Id love to see one with a more political focus.

Ive seen a fair number of fics that go into the political power difference between sakura and the other genin in her year (usually its to find a watsonian answer from the doyalist perspective where sakura wasnt originally meant to be as important as a character). The general idea is that konoha's academy system sucks because it only really exists for clan kids to make connections and for the village to get canon fodder to keep the clan kids alive durring wartimes. The reason sakura is the only civilian is explained as she is literally the unlucky too competent (the most competent of the civilian borns who dont have any recources) canon fodder. Ive seen it used as character motivation and a tool to build team bonds as sakura realizes she's put there to drop out or die and panicks about it.

Anyway

The genin swap fics are something i see most often as a tool to allow rarepairs/crack ships. But because we dont see a lot of foreign shinobi who are genin, the character who goes to konoha is usually a really important person.

Applying the power difference idea, sakura is training in the foreign village and is told about the person she swapped with. She promptly freaks out and sees her life flash before her eyes because oh god, oh no, im not worth (this though popped up bc i just came across one using chojuro as her swap) a kekkai genkai/a sworsmen/a political figures kid. If they find out she's a nobody who was sent in place of a clan kid she and a lot of other people are going to die.

If i were to write it id have everyone already know, and there were either some other political reasons were the imbalance was done on purpose or the person who swapped with her wanted to go. But a genuine "my village set me up and now i have to learn to fake it or ill die," plotline would also be fun.

#fanfiction #naruto #sakura haruno

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charlotterhea · 3 months ago

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Thank you so much! I will devour this in peace and I'm sure I'll have five new ideas by the time I've read it. This is absolutely amazing!

The Marauders Era Historical Resource Guide Part 1: Pre-1960 to 1970

So, to start with, let's take a look at what came before the Marauders, at some of what their parents experienced because this will influence how they raise their children.

Cokeworth, being Muggle, is the easiest to cover. Cokeworth probably experienced a population boom in the Victorian era for either one of two reasons (possibly both reasons!): the "coke" in cokeworth refers to a byproduct of coal that was very important in the Victorian era as a source of fuel for coal-burning stoves and furnaces. We know Cokeworth is in the Midlands, and coal mining was a big industry in the Black Country, so Cokeworth could have coal mines. The name "Spinner's End" implies that there might also have been a textile mill there as well. The textile industry was huge in the Victorian era. Conditions for either job were, needless to say, brutal. To get an idea of what Severus's grandparents and great-grandparents lives might have been like in Cokeworth, I recommend checking out 24 Hours in the Past on YouTube: 24 hours in the Victorian era - YouTube (only the first 8 videos in the playlist)

If the Snape family are native to the area, they probably worked in either one of these two industries (or both!). Other options would be the service industry, which was very large up until the 1940s (to get an idea of what life was like for servants, I'd recommend reading the biography Below Stairs by Margaret Powell). Even a middle class family had a servant or two, but by 1960 this was a thing of the past. Only the wealthy had servants, though Eileen might have taken on work as a charwoman (cleaning lady).

Or there was workhouse. The Victorian workhouse of Oliver Twist was still very much a thing until 1948 when the NHS was formed. Now, granted, by the 1930s it wasn't quite the Dicksonian terror it had once been (though it still was not what I call great), but Tobias could have very well ended up in a workhouse during his childhood. If he was illegitimate, he might have been born in one. To get an idea of what the workhouse was like during the 1900s, I'd recommend reading about Charlie Chaplin's early life. Yep, that Charlie Chaplin, famous actor of the silent screen spent a portion of his childhood in a workhouse.

The house in Spinner's End does seem to be from this era as well. This meant that it would have been built with no running water and either gas lamps or lit by candles. The government started to refurbish these old houses with running water and electricity by the late 1960s, which meant that for much of Severus's early life he would not have had access to running water or electricity, maybe even as far as 9 years old. He would have had to pump water by hand at the neighborhood pump.

With this he and his family would do laundry, fill a bathtub, wash dishes, and cook with. There would have been an outhouse, probably one he would have shared with his neighbors. Here's a picture of an ex-council house outhouse from the 1950s:

Lily's family, in contrast, has either middle class or lower middle class roots. The Evanses are probably either highly skilled blue collar workers (electricians, chefs, land surveyors, nurses, etc) or are white-collar but are not extremely high paying like doctor or lawyer (such as teachers, secretaries, middle managers). However even the Evanses would have experienced deprivation due to wartime rationing, which only ended 4 years before the characters were born. Mrs. Evans was likely a homemaker. Most likely, her house was built with running water and electricity in the 1930s-1960s.

Remus's mother was a Muggle, and his father Lyall was a civil servant who worked for the Ministry. Lyall's anti-werewolf comments led to Greyback retaliating and biting Remus. From this we can infer two things: that Lyall was important enough that the Daily Prophet recorded his statement (Greyback had to have found out what he said somehow, and I don't think he was hanging around the Ministry water cooler listening to gossip), and that this means the Lupins were probably middle to upper-middle class. (Adult Lupin is poor because he can't get a job due to his condition, child Lupin, however, was not poor and considering how everyone's parents are dead in these books, safe to say his parents died at some point prior to PoA)

Lily probably would have grown up with a television, though probably not a color tv (my mother didn't get a color tv until high school, the mid 1970s, and she was shocked to realize The Wizard of Oz, which was periodically played on tv, was actually in color). Severus probably wouldn't have gotten a tv until after he started Hogwarts. By this time a basic black-and-white television would have cost £70 (about £940 today). In contrast, a color tv would have been much more expensive. Remus might not have had a television at all, if his mother had fully integrated into the wizarding world. He might have had a telephone though, so that his mother could keep in touch with her family. Lily most definitely would have had one. Severus might not have. If anyone in his family needed to make a phone call, they might have gone to a neighbor or pub. If there was an emergency, Lily or Severus might have used an honest-to-gods police box (its not just for time travel). These would have been phased out in the 1970s, during their school years.

Children would have been free range. Even for someone like Lily who grew up in a loving home with good parents would have been expected at as young as five or six to go to the store by herself with money her parents gave her and spend the rest of the day roaming the streets and playing with Severus and other neighborhood kids. You might be thinking, wasn't that dangerous? Yep, Diana Tift was abducted and murdered in 1965 at the age of five when she was walking home alone from her grandmother's house. That's just what they did back then. Lily might even have been expected to pick up cigarettes or liquor for her parents at such a young age. Her parents most likely would have smoked, so would Severus's, and they themselves would have probably picked up the habit. It was much more socially acceptable back then, even for teens. So was child abuse. People might not personally approve if they saw Tobias Snape beating his son, but few would intervene. They would say, "how he disciplines his family is his business."

Corporal punishment was permitted in schools until 1986. Caning was the preferred method, sometimes on the bare bottom and in front of the rest of the school, and hard enough to make them bleed. Girls were not exempt from this. Girls might be more often to get beat on the hands if the school was co-ed, but if it was an all-girls school then they were probably canned bare bottomed as well. Here is a series of school articles from 1976 about it: Caning and strapping of girls and boys in UK schools, January 1976 - CORPUN ARCHIVE uksc7601 Severus, if he did not experience caning himself, would have seen it done. Lily might have gone to a girls' school and experienced it herself, or seen it done, or else be hit on the hands. Since Remus's family seems to be fully integrated into the WW, he probably didn't experience this since he most likely didn't attend school at all. To get a better idea of the sort of school Severus might have gone to, here is a tv news report from 1969 about a school serving an impoverished, rought neighborhood in Sheffield: British Education in the 1960s | It's a battle ground | Education | 1960s | Report | 1969 - YouTube To learn more about the sort of school Lily might have gone to, you might want to check out The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark.

A film that's set in an East London British school from 1967 is To Sir, with Love starring Sidney Poitier. You know those cheesy movies from the 80s and 90s about a white teacher going to an inner city school? This movie the exact opposite, where an African-American teacher goes to a run down British school to teach white kids how to read. It stars Sidney Poitier, one of the best actors of all time.

All three (yes, even probably Remus) would have been aware of the Cold War and the threat of nuclear annihilation. The UK was an ally to the US during the war. Britain occupied a part of Germany after WW2, they were involved in spying and in combat in Korea. It was Winston Churchill that coined the phrase "Iron Curtain." There wasn't desk drills where children were taught to hide under desks in the case of a nuclear attack like in the US, but in 1974 the British government published "Protect and Serve" (https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/protect-and-survive), a pamphlet outlining how to survive in case of a nuclear attack. The bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima would have been a terrifying thing for the wizarding world to behold, who had always considered Muggles to be powerless against magic. I can definitely see how the fear and paranoia of cold war nuclear attacks would inflame the rising tensions that sparked the first wizarding war.

James and Sirius would have grown up very differently. Both of them are exceedingly rich, both are purebloods (though only Sirius is considered one of the Sacred 28), and both would have had limited contact with the Muggle world.

The wizarding world seems to be very old-fashioned in many ways, though less sexist to a certain extent (though JKR can't help but infuse it with her own particular brand of misogyny). Whether it's homophobic is a coin toss. You can either state that Dumbledore was hiding his sexuality (though he definitely would want to hide he had the hots for Grindelwald lol) or its so unremarkable to the WW that it's not worth commenting about. There's a whole thing breeding thing going on in the pureblood world, so I can definitely see it as a "gay is fine, so long as you still do your duty and reproduce" kind of thing. As for trans issues, I'm sure JKR has her own opinion about that, but fuck her. If McGonagall can teach 11 year olds to turn a rat into a goblet, people can change their genders. However, they wouldn't call themselves trans or transgender, they would use the term transsexual or, less accurately, transvestite. Muggles would use this word as well. Neither of these were considered slurs at the time and were widely accepted by the community. Likewise, they wouldn't really use gay. It was certainly around by this point but it wasn't as common. Queer, lesbian, and homosexual were all used. Lily and Severus probably would not have encountered this. There were certainly poor and middle class gay people in places like Cokeworth, but the sodomy laws weren't overturned until 1967 and even then only for men over 21. Severus might have come into contact with the seedy underbelly considering where he grew up. There might have been prostitution and it might have been area for "cruising" (anonymous public sexual encounters between gay men, since it was illegal anonymity was important, so men would go to places known to be an area for cruising and have sex there).

The most high tech thing the WW is shown to have is Molly's radio. Considering just how obsessed the WW seems to be with blood status, the fact that there doesn't seem to be a mini-skirt robe option and everything is ankle-length, it's giving Downton Abbey. It's giving Jane Austen. The Ministry itself is almost a monarchy. The Wizengamot is both the judicial system and the legislative governing body. The Minister of Magic is voted in, except when the Wizengamot decides to name who they want as Minister, votes be damned, like what they tried to do with Dumbledore. The WW has never heard of "checks and balances."

The WW is harder to pin down in a historical context because it is a fantasy world that seems slightly out of step with the real one. It's safe to assume that both wartime rationing and the Blitz probably had some impact. They might not have understood exactly why it was so difficult to get sugar. Considering how small the population is, the WW might not spend much time on farming produce themselves and choose to rely on Muggles for that. Stepping out of Diagon Alley only to see the street is now a smouldering ruin would be jarring. Going to Hogwarts and learning that your Muggleborn classmate's parents died during the Blitz. Hearing that the entire wizarding communities in Nagasaki and Hiroshima were obliterated in a blink of the eye.

The world outside the WW is changing fast, even for Muggles. In 1960, Penguin Books was tried for publishing Lady Chatterley's Lover on obscenity charges. Barrister Mervyn Griffith-Jones infamously said, "Is it a book you would even wish your wife or your servants to read?" Which was viciously mocked as being put of touch. Penguin was found not guilty. I can definitely see why there was a conservative, reactionary terrorist-cult on the rise in the WW as the 1960s progressed.

Fleamont, we know, was in charge of his company. Sirius's father Orion likely had a job as well because being one of the "idle rich" is not looked upon favorably no matter how rich you were (even Lucius has a job on the Board of Governors). Law, charity, and government work are the most likely options. Euphemia and Walburga would have been involved in some sort of charity work (what Walburga thinks of as "charity" I can only imagine lol).

As far as I can tell, the WW has no form of primary education, which makes sense since they haven't really evolved since the 1910s. Education was considered the responsibility of the parents. For someone like James or Sirius, that would mean hiring first a governess and then a male tutor when they were old enough to teach them maths, writing, etc. For someone like Remus, who is in the middle class, then might mean sending him to a privately-run day school in someone's house that might have 5 - 10 students, or his parents teaching him at home. Now, the best novel about a governess is Jane Eyre, but she's rarely shown actually teaching, so if you want to see more about governesses, go with Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte (the other, other Bronte sister).

Expect Part II covering the 1970s... sometime.

@charlotterhea it was your tags that inspired me to write this! I hope you write that fic!

#fanfiction #writing #writing recource #marauders era historical context

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justaboutdead · 2 years ago

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Do you have a favorite player-antagonising mechanic?

You mean like a mechanic that puts preasure on the players, right?

If so im not sure I have a favorite, but im always a big fan of penelties that have a lasting effect on players, like permanant wounds, negative traits, and heftier consequences on riskier actions. A number of systems execute that quite well, and more permanant consequences tend to be really good at driving up the stakes. Savage World's hinderances and permanant wounds. Heart: The City Beneath's diverse options for fallout, which have a genuine risk of puting a character out of commision without actually killing them are really well written and implemented in my experience.

Time limits are the other classic way of doing this, and I really love games that have time limits baked into their core mechanics (See Blades in the Dark and Mork/Cy Borg.) Lancer is another good example, often encouraging time limits as a part of combat goals. Curses are a gould way to implement a slow burn way of this. Again, teres a lot of systems where this is implemented well, my one note on it is that I tend to prefer time limits that are fairly fixed when they are publically known. In private, behind player's backs rolling a lot of dice and having a shifting timelimit works very well for trqcking mechanics, but known timelimits should generally stay fixed for dramitic effect (specifically when it comes to chance in determining those time limits. if theres a mechanic that specifically involves players having to spend time and recources delaying it ala citizen sleeper or xcom can work very well too.)

If this wasn't the question you were trying to ask or if you want me to go into more specific detail, feel free to ask! I could rant about this stuff all day (and sorry if there's any mistakes in here, I was writing this in the car and mostly pulling examples off the top of my head from games I've played a lot of).

#asks #ttrpg design #rpg

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mysimsrealitycheck · 1 year ago

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my version of barbie legacy challenge in real life.

the only role is to finish as much as you can in 2 years or less generetion one - housewife barbie -cook at least 50 different meals -write your own cooking book -have your kids have an A+ in all classes -have 1 pet (dog or cat)

generetion two - business barbie -have an out come money recource -save at least 5000$

generetion three - pet vet barbie -have at least 3 pets and be a good friends with all of them.

generetion four - sea pearl barbie -have a mermaid barbie doll -have a swiming bikini colection at least 3 different bikini

generetion five - gymnastics barbie -have subscription to a gym -work out at least one day in a weak

generetion six - best seller barbie -write a book and publish it

generetion seven - movie star barbie -have a list of your favorit movies

generetion eight - rockstar barbie -have a list of your favorit music

generetion nine - barbie for president -have a popular blog and community

generetion ten - barbie in space -finish the biggest puzzle space pic

my journey starts to day two years from now to complet the real life challenge

#my writing #sims 4 #momlife #self improvement #sims 4 challenge #blogging #blogs #legacy challenge #journal #girlblogging #life #lifestyle

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drmellking · 4 years ago

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Hey April!!!

I'm trying to get into writing fanfiction and I was wondering if you had any tips for beginner writers like me? I have a lot of ideas and I'm not sure if I have the talent to execute them.

Thank you!! I love you <33

I'm not really sure how long this ask has been in my inbox but i'm sorry if this took too long, i suck at checking my asks ksjsjs

anyway, first of all, thanks for asking me??? i feel honored lmao

and honestly, this probably won't helpful at all, but just write. that's what i did. i just started writing the imaginary scenarios in my head and like tried to describe them the best i could?? and with time and practice you get better and better.

just write, whatever makes you happy. because that's what writing is for. to enjoy it.

i do use some writing resources tho, that help me a lot. ( these are not mine. credit to the ppl that made them )

masterlist of facial expressions

masterlist of body language

resources for writing injuries

character facial expressions ( writing reference )

what to do when you can’t write

writing advice masterlist

hope this is helpful!! <3

#writing #writing recources #writing ref #anon #april gets mail 💌 !#april answers

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kiramartinauthor · 7 years ago

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I hate the way my book starts, but I don’t know how to make it better, what are some good ways to start a book that would keep a reader interested?

I have a lengthy post on what NOT to do here.

And a short post on what TO DO here and another here.

#writers on tumblr #writers of tumblr #writeblr #writing #writer #writers on writing #writing tips #writing advice #writing help #writing process #writing reference #writing recources #writing resource #national novel writing month #nanowrimo #faq

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wikagirl · 1 year ago

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while writing that post earlier I didna big think and noticed that the vast majority of my political and social awareness all roots back to my english and history teacher from 9th and 10th grade

she was a really passionate lady, looked and sounded a lot like edna mode, and she was very determined to make the future generations more aware and prepare them better for existing in an ever canging and micing landsacpe of cultures.

I could have become such an ignorant brat if it weren‘t for her.

Like she analysed propaganda from ww2 with us so we could better detect the language and stategies that are used to radicalise people toward the far right.

She bought recources for us with her own money to teach us properly about things the curriculum barely brushed over like the native genocide, slavery (not just the US).

She was the first teacher I‘ve had to ever bring up gay rights and oh I would love to relive the moment when one of the boys in my class made the mistake of calling trans people "drag r*pists". The verbal fire she unleashed could make the flames of hell feel like a lukewarm in conparison

So shout out to Mrs. Curtis for giving me the tools to empathise with people even if their sotuation is one that I have and might not ever be in, for teaching me the nuances of cultural perspektives and for teaching me that the biggest divider between people is simply the fear of the "other".

#cazy how a teacher can impact yout life for ever #simply because she spoke like a sassy british woman and had no fear of speaking her mind #she openly called a classmate of mine a bratty entiteled piece of shit bc that classmate #was of the opinion that if people wanna live in other countries tey need to 100% assimilate and leave behind their heritage #also made everyone except two guys and me say the word refrigerator 10 times each english class because the other kids #had such terrible english pronunciation

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koishua · 3 years ago

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cowboyjen68 · 2 years ago

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Life has been sort of a whirlwind since October. In all truth, since last October (of 2021) when I found myself single but still very much in love. Loosing her (the intimacy, not our friendship which we still very much have, thank fully) was a smack back to reality and the things I have been putting off changing in both my life and my living environment.

My teen is getting taller andd smarter every day as she heads into the end of her junior year. At once I worry about her and don't. She is independent and kind but still a teen with a teen brain. I trust her and try to balance that with not trusting her with too much. "No" is still a complete sentence in this house unless she is in negotiation mode then I have to expend the energy to explain things in a productive manner. AND I am not always right in my "no" so I have to be willing to occasionally back down without her thinking that she can always get her way by pushing back.

I have three plus jobs to keep the house and land I love and care for the animals I committed to from when I was married. A few have passed of age and sickness and it gives me some feelings of guilt to be somewhat relieved because less animals means less work and expense for me. I try and remember it also means more recources to care for my current pets. I have more time and money to improve the house and the land.

At 54 i am looking towards the long term. Somethings I can easily deal with now might be more difficult in the future. I see my older relatives, my older lesbians mentors, my friends who are MY age begin to stuggle with health, energy and Just STUFF that we all accumulate. I need to get rid of some stuff. I know my kids won't want 90 percent of what I own. Some of my young lesbian friends are now proud owners of early Fest T shirts and Star Wars lunch boxes. This clearing out will continue.

My writing has taken a back seat to manual labor, paying off and keeping up with debt and bills and planning ahead. I dislike this part. I miss keeping up with Tumblr asks and penning meaningful articles for small publications or for fun. I love writing cards and letters on vintage stationary and old cards but those too are being neglected, their boxes gathering dust and cat hair on my desk.

My house payment went up, my water heater was frozen to death in the Christmas blizzard, propane is always needing paid off , my subpump system is in dire need of maintainance before spring rains and now my cat has a runny eye. It is true what they say: When it rains in pours and if it isn't one thing it is another. Money doesn't grow on trees. And nothing breaks during the work week.

I love my land and I love my family and my life and pets. I am so lucky to have supportive friends in my life. My interactions on the internet and social media are generally kind and positive. Being a lesbian affords me a wonderful and easy connection with other women that brings me great joy. It is that connection that insprires me to share my stories and thoughts and to strenghten relationships with other generations and my own. It is my passion to instill hope for a happy future in lesbians and bi women who want build a life with and love other other women.

There are many things I want to do in 2023. Some I will accomplish, others I will not. Some are priorities and some are not. It is deciding which ones will yield the most benefit for my future health and security in the long run that I need to figure out. I also want to continue to focus on what I can do to bring about the most good help other lesbians realize their full potiential and feel comfortable and understand they are ok and wonderful just as they are because that is what feeds my happiness. I want to continue to help lesbians find cross generational community.

And probably cut back on the frosted cookies, at least until next November.

#2023

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