⌨ If you write, you are a writer. ⌨ Even if you are not published. ⌨ Even if your work is published online. ⌨ Even if your work is incomplete. ⌨ Even if you only write fan works. ⌨ Even[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Yeah actually I do think these relationships are fine in fiction. It’s strange when people try to police fiction. It’s like you think only bad people write or read about bad things happening. Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
When in doubt, make it spicier! <3 Sounds like a very interesting fic, anon! Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
💘 It’s okay to write about toxic, unhealthy and illegal relationships in fiction. 💘 There is nothing wrong with enjoying toxic, unhealthy, or illegal relationships in fiction. 💘 Its okay even if someone accuses you of ‘romanticizing’ or ‘glorifying’ toxic,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
i think a lot of us abandoned homestuck because of two factors: the first was the collapse of the proudly sex-positive fandom space that let us be weird and creative without fear or shame, and the second was the fact[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💕 It’s great to write fiction by yourself. 💕 It’s great to write fiction with a partner. 💕 It’s great to use another person as a sounding board for your ideas. 💕 It’s great to create a story by sharing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💬 It’s okay to have misunderstandings and failures to communicate as part of your story’s plot. 💬 It’s okay to have characters who struggle to understand one another. 💬 It’s okay to have characters who are guarded, suspicious and withholding[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🖤 You can put all your dark impulses in your fiction, it’s a safe place for them. 🖤 You can put all your hurt feelings in your fiction, it’s a safe place for them. 🖤 You can put all your[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
thebibliosphere: I had therapy this week. I’m convinced I don’t pay my therapist enough because of all the weird online shit she has to learn about to help me unpack, but anyway. In therapy this week, we talked about the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When you are writing your first draft: “that part isn’t good enough” is the voice of your enemy. “I should go back and edit that” is the voice of your enemy. “this part is too cliche” is the voice of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
dduane: natalieironside: The biggest incentive to keep writing is that the response “Which one?” really is a perfect innoculant against “Your book was bad” (SNICKER)
Why must an idea be written down for it to exist? Is it not enough to have vague, half formulated intentions lacking direction or substance? Why can’t they magically and concretely appear in their fullness?
Dear police. I am writing to you to confess to the heinous crime of having written fiction in which imaginary characters commit and befall many actions of a perverse, obscene and illegal nature. I remit myself to your custody and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What counts as a “good comment” varies from author to author, but here are some types of comments that almost never go wrong. “I love this so much.” “thank you for writing this.” “this fic makes me feel (your emotion[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There is no such thing as fiction that is too self indulgent, anon. I hope you do post and share it. It is always okay to use your dark experiences to share your perspective in fiction. The world is richer[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
writerlyn: thewritingumbrellas: Writing advice from my uni teachers: If your dialog feels flat, rewrite the scene pretending the characters cannot at any cost say exactly what they mean. No one says “I’m mad” but they can say it in 100[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
katierosefun: being a fic writer can be hard because sometimes you’ll get a random scene in your head and be like “oh this is neat! can i get some context?” and the characters go “lol no, figure it out” and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
bloodraven55: bloodraven55: it never fails to surprise me how some people will simply take every single thing in a story at face value and assume that what the characters are saying or doing or thinking must always be true even[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
rwby-rose: character: it’s like I said- me, scrolling through to seven chapters ago, muttering under my breath: yeah, what DID you say
garadinervi: Octavia E. Butler, Notes on writing, (‘Use detail…’), ca. 1970-1995 [The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA. © Estate of Octavia E. Butler]
mothmanismyuncle: robininthelabyrinth: There is no joy like the joy of a writer who has just figured out that a throwaway line they put into the first few paragraphs of a story is actually the key to a major plot point[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
theobliviouswriter: I love when hyperfixating actually helps me like it might be almost 2:45 am but I have my novel outlined completely so that’s something!!!!
Art and creativity can be just for fun! Even art and creativity that depicts sex, suffering, harm and/or taboo topics. Its okay for art to be just for fun! Art for its own sake is still art! You do not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
badmrkitty: blackheart-biohazards: In fiction there are two types of sinister schemes and heroic plans that succeed, and two types that fail. Succeed: 🐭 schemes and plans that work because they are genuinely clever, meticulous, and well thought out. 🐭 schemes[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In fiction there are two types of sinister schemes and heroic plans that succeed, and two types that fail. Succeed: 🐭 schemes and plans that work because they are genuinely clever, meticulous, and well thought out. 🐭 schemes and plans[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Try this one. It’s the best one I’ve got. Open the document, and just start writing down words. They don’t even have to be related. You can write ‘blah blah essay blah’ or write ‘i have to write this stupid[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
pengychan: headspace-hotel: madseance: breya-etherium-shaper: d0gb0yy: ispyspookymansion: yes carrie killed over 400 people ok. thats bad i know. but have you considered that i feel really bad for her 🙁 carrie deserved to kill 400 ppl as a treat That’s because[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…