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He whispered "Don't say that. I'd hate to lose you."

And somewhere, deep in my soul

Something broke

"I'm someone to lose?"

- I'm losing everyone all the time, but it seems I'm never lost, just forgotten

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WRITING RESOURCES

This post will be updated with new entries Last updated: 11 Jul, 2023

WRITING TIPS & RESOURCES

Editing Service (by @concerningwolves)

Emotional Intelligence in Conflict

Difficult Chapters

Writing Disability: Overused Tropes

General Writing Resources Post (collaborative)

Lay or Lie

MS Word Shortcuts Guide

Platonic Relationship Development

Passive Voice Advice

Publishing

On Punctuating Speech

Scene Transition

Sentence Ending Pointers

YA MacGuffins and Games, A Trope Analysis

The Writer's Sus Resources Post

The Writer's Workbook

WHUMP

Whump Events (A linked Google doc by @whumpsday )

Whump Resources (A resource post by @a-crumb-of-whump , how to start a whump blog, oc advice, advice on motivation and dealing with discouragement, and games

Iron Comb (Iron combs for processing wood/flax fibre used as a torture device in historical settings)

Mer Whump Bingo by @a-crumb-of-whump

WOUNDS, INJURIES, & TRAUMA

GSW Recovery - [A] [B] [C]

Malnutrition

Migraines

Passing out from pain

PTSD Dreams

Scar Tissue Info

Sleep Deprivation

Writing Traumatic Injuries Resources (Another resource post)

More Resources for Writing Injuries (Another resource post)

WEAPONS

Gun information

The Safety and Mechanism of a Bolt Action Rifle

Bolt Action Rifle Mechanism (Animated diagram)

Semiautomatic Rifle Mechanism (Animated diagram)

Pump Action Rifle Mechanism (Animated diagram)

CLOTHING

African Women's Fashion (Outfit examples video)

Lady's Clothes Guide

Men's Fashion Guide

Men's Suits Guide

Period Clothing References

Shirt types

Vintage Fashion Clips (Saved for scarf pin :))

MISC

African Hair Care and FAQ

Creating a Chinese Name

Writing Deaf, Mute, or Blind Characters

Place Description Aid...?

Wheelchair References for Art and Writing (features images)

Whump Community Directory (Tumblr blogs)

If there's any broken links, please let me know!

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remembering that time i got drunk and told a guy he looked like a wrought iron gate

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actually it was extremely baller of hozier to put an all strings/wordless vocal track right in the middle of an album which already pretty much flays you alive for how good it is. like yes girl, haunt the fuck out of me lure me to that twilight grave from whence you came.

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— Carol Rifka Brunt in Tell The Wolves I'm Home

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Marguerite Duras, from The Easy Life

Text ID: I wish I could embrace the girl that I am and love her.

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Alanis Morissette, Sorry to Myself/Haruki Murakami,1084

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Jane O. Wayne // Kate Jacobs

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— Paul Guest, from “1987.”

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Homesickness

1. Louise Glück

2. Franz Kafka

3. limer3nce

4. Miriam Adeney

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Virginia Woolf, from The Waves

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{ quotes: I.B.Vyache+these violent delights by micah nemerever/motional motion sickness, phoebe bridgers/anais nin/Sufjan Stevens/uk/Bluets, Maggie Nelson/Albert campus//photos:pinintrest }

To that stupid naive girl I fell in love with I stil check for a good morning text from you and every morning I cry a little inside for it.

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natasha trethewey

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— Amanda Helm, from “The Day I Learned That I was Broken.”

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— Anne Carson, from “Red Doc>.”

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Hey btw, if you're doing worldbuilding on something, and you're scared of writing ~unrealistic~ things into it out of fear that it'll sound lazy and ripped-out-of-your-ass, but you also don't want to do all the back-breaking research on coming up with depressingly boring, but practical and ~realistic~ solutions, have a rule:

Just give the thing two layers of explanation. One to explain the specific problem, and another one explaining the explanation. Have an example:

Plot hole 1: If the vampires can't stand daylight, why couldn't they just move around underground?

Solution 1: They can't go underground, the sewer system of the city is full of giant alligators who would eat them.

Well, that's a very quick and simple explanation, which sure opens up additional questions.

Plot hole 2: How and why the fuck are there alligators in the sewers? How do they survive, what do they eat down there when there's no vampires?

Solution 2: The nuns of the Underground Monastery feed and take care of them as a part of their sacred duties.

It takes exactly two layers to create an illusion that every question has an answer - that it's just turtles all the way down. And if you're lucky, you might even find that the second question's answer loops right back into the first one, filling up the plot hole entirely:

Plot hole 3: Who the fuck are the sewer nuns and what's their point and purpose?

Solution 3: The sewer nuns live underground in order to feed the alligators, in order to make sure that the vampires don't try to move around via the sewer system.

When you're just making things up, you don't need to have an answer for everything - just two layers is enough to create the illusion of infinite depth. Answer the question that looms behind the answer of the first question, and a normal reader won't bother to dig around for a 3rd question.

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i wish i could tell someone the whole story of why i am the way i am.