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Vartex: I’m sad I killed people :(

Everyone: read at 11:33 pm

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Kedi (2016)

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Are you an art blog/artist?

Rb this and I’ll send you an ask telling you what your art style would be if it was a person

(Make sure your asks are on!)

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Here’s what I now call character directory

Or I wanna talk about my dnd characters in ‘detail’

Ettaraz: Kenku who grew up in a desert with lizardfolk. Poor child was abandoned at birth by their kenku parents. Grew up with a little lizardfolk friend. Two of them got into a fight and Ettaraz nearlt killed their sister :) ‘Banished’, Gains fear of heights and learns how to steal

Darrenvol: younger brother, half elf trying to deal with the truth that his family isn’t coming back. “Lost” half sister at young age. Wants to just find someone in the world who cares about him. Finds comfort in slug god faction. Lost his family, friends and nearly god

Scarma: Sailor, lizardfolk. An outcast from her home island and hunted after. Lost eyes to a death cleric. Cries herself to sleep because she’s afraid the cleric is going to come back and steal more of her. Finds comfort in other people.

Vartax: Oathbreaker Paladin Dragonborn with huge temper. Massive hate for the gods, huge hate for large groups of people. Slaughtered thousands. Despises Day god the most. Driven to anger

Vigaraxe: Paladin Dragonborn of the sun god. Cursed with dreams of awful events. Truthful, adventurer, cares so much for people. Would honestly do for people. Supports all.

Verania: High elf under the slug god. Trying to find herself in the world. Regrets leaving her life everyday. Sometimes even wishes she wasn’t alive. Has a knack for finding magical items. Strong. Lost her lesbian lover.

Typhus: Abandonment issue riddened Aaracoka bard. Left on the streets at birth. Plays a music to cope. Had to kill a friend and now has huge trust issues. Attached to only one friend.

Dewdrop: Air Genasi Druid. Has a child at 15. Doesn’t have contact with the father. Raises the child on her own. Has to leave him in inns when she’s on adventures. Connects to nature to provide to her son. Calm. Kind.

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Writing Prompt

sea of otherworldly stars

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Write a piece about three hours that go missing

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Snowlake

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uhhhhh there’s worms under you right now eatin stuff

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the shape of water is the fish fucking movie in the same way brokeback mountain is the gay cowboy movie. you can only make fun of brokeback mountain if you’re gay and you can only make fun of the shape of water if you’ve fucked a fish.

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it’s so funny how people get upset that gender is a social construct? EVERYTHING is a social construct??? go ask a frog what day of the fuckin week it is, he doesn’t know

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What is the sweetest smell found in your setting?

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The journey matters even more than the destination.

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Quick Writing Tip: What Does Your Main Character Want?

This tip is especially for those of you beginning NaNoWriMo next week. Your revision process will be much easier if you can answer this question now: What does your main character want?

When a character wants something – and goes after it – we can’t help but feel more connected to them. It doesn’t matter whether they want something abstract (like love or redemption), or something concrete (like a new job, a shiny red bicycle, or a rubber chicken). When readers see how fired up your character is, they are going to pay attention.

But even more importantly, desire gives meaning to your story. It’s impossible for a reader to weigh whether or not your character is succeeding or failing if they don’t know what your character wants in the first place.

Your character’s desires will drive their action, define their conflicts, and determine how invested your reader gets in their success or failure.

So, what does your character want more than anything in the world? Why do they get up in the morning? What gets your character excited? Why are they on this planet?

Start thinking about this now - it will save you lots of time later on!

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Quick Plotting Tip: Write Your Story Backwards

If you have a difficult time plotting, try writing or outlining your story backwards—from the end to the beginning. Writers who have a difficult time outlining, plotting, and planning their stories often benefit from this technique. You’ll need a general idea of what your story is about for this to work, and of course you need to know the ending, but you might be amazed how helpful this trick can be.

Why is writing backwards easier? Basically, instead of answering the question “this happened… now what comes next?,” you’ll be answering the question “this happened… so what would come right before that?” which narrows the possibilities for your next move and can help keep your story on track. (Incidentally, it’s also the way Joseph Gordan-Levitt’s character comes out on top in the film The Lookout.)

Writing backwards can also help you more tightly weave together your subplots, themes, and character relationships, and keep you from going too far down any irrelevant rabbit holes.

If you don’t want to write or outline completely backwards, remember that you’re free to jump around! If you’re feeling stuck in your story or novel, jump to the middle or end and write a few scenes. Many writers get stuck because they feel they have to write their story linearly from beginning to end, which results in an overdeveloped (and often irrelevant) beginning and an underdeveloped ending.

So go work on that ending! It’s much more likely that you will need to change your beginning to fit your ending than the other way around, so spend time on your ending sooner rather than later!

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you always have such pretty paintings ;u;

Witches in the Sky with Cellphones

yes this is a reference

New painting!! I’m pretty darn proud of this one!

It’s for sale for $180 CAD if you want to pick it up! I do take payments in chunks if that’s too steep all at once and you’re just determined to have it.