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TWISTED STITCHES

by @antihell

AUDIENCE: NA GENRE: horror/thriller THEMES: navigating mental illness without support, repression of trauma (particularly religious trauma), unreliable narrator mc, lgbtq+ & poc representation, no romantic subplot ok maybe, trope subversion, search for identity, fear TW: dissociation, repressed trauma, hallucinations, intentional sleep deprivation, death, blood, murder, unreality, nightmares & night terrors, sleep paralysis, religious trauma POV: 3rd person limited STATUS: writing first draft SUMMARY:

A college student named Oliver is forced to withdraw from university because of his progressively deteriorating mental health. He moves back to his parents’ house only to find that his childhood imaginary friend, Stitches, is still there. After a troubling series of events around town, Oliver begins to suspect that Stitches may be to blame.

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i have a deadline today so i've been working hard and not very active B UT

i think i MAY have my scene list!!! not really in order but i'm actually so excited because i also thought of an ending i don't hate

i'm going to be planning in obsidian and writing in scrivener and i'm so anxious and excited to set up both of them but i have to work 😡

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I think one of my favorite creative joys is seeing how many different things people can do with the same concept. give ten writers the same starting point, or basic plot, or set of tropes to use and you're still going to get wildly different end results

the details you focus on, the ones you omit, turns of phrase, tone, and framing, the cadence and tempo of the sentences themselves, all the little fingerprints you've left littered across the prose — how you tell the story matters, and your personal voice is what makes it unique

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me as a writer: Oh no I can’t write that, somebody else already has

me as a reader: hell yes give me all the fics about this one scenario. The more the merrier

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Why can't you people just read my books why do I have to write them too

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going to bring back @writersources stay tuned for a long ass helpful post for apps for writing (plotting, outlining, character/plot development, inspiration, brainstorming, mindmapping, word count trackers, story bibles, aaaall that good stuffff!) so stay tuned! also set a steep goal of finishing the first draft of twisted stitches (about 65k words) by oct 31!!! so wish me luck i've been stuck a while

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i've got to get it into my head that no amount of reading or watching interviews or podcasts on writing is as good a practice as actually writing

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Ian Strange

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Prompt #1170

"It could be dangerous."

"It could be legendary."

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writing tip: searching "[place of origin]ish names" will get you a lot of stuff and nonsense made up by baby bloggers.

searching "[place] census [year]" will get you lists of real names of real people who lived in that place.

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Write a piece about someone living in the walls

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also added a ton of subplots and twists and a roadtrip across town from our love interests ending with getting high in seb's old beaten up car but at least he has a car while they're parked at the top of a mountain overlooking the city

also not to give another scene away but seb will meet stitches 👀

didn't sleep last night but got so much damn thought done about both twisted stitches and a cyberpunk vigilante sapphic girl group killing off each of the men that wronged them one by one. if you want to check out my updated pinterest it's here!

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didn't sleep last night but got so much damn thought done about both twisted stitches and a cyberpunk vigilante sapphic girl group killing off each of the men that wronged them one by one. if you want to check out my updated pinterest it's here!

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werewolf body horror is under utilised- imagine pissing a guy off and his bones start rippling under his skin only to settle back as if nothing happened because he decided you werent worth it