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"My mommy has the best job. She doctors for monsters!"

"O-oh, how... interesting. You mean, like... fairies?"

"Sometimes! Last week she had to give a griffin shots!"

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"My mommy has the best job. She doctors for monsters!"

"O-oh, how... interesting. You mean, like... fairies?"

"Sometimes! Last week she had to give a griffin shots!"

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"My mommy has the best job. She doctors for monsters!"

"O-oh, how... interesting. You mean, like... fairies?"

"Sometimes! Last week she had to give a griffin shots!"

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Botanical Names Part III

Names you can choose for your characters. Taken from the little signs in a botanical garden. So they are names of plants.

Cassine

Orlaya

Bumelia

Maranta

Artemisia

Dionaea

Xyris

Heliamphora

Drosera

Patrinia

Khaya

Dalea

Callisia

Ruellia

Justicia

Dracaena

Pellionia

Tectaria

Monodora

Ardisia

Myrsine

Davallia

Gloriosa

Uniola

Ageratina

Cenia

Aralia

Felicia

Diascia

Nassella

More names!

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Prompt #2154

"You. Lower lifeform. Are you the leader of this planet?"

"...You know what, sure."

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You're a 'chimerical being,' meaning imagined objects can interact with you physically. Pros: You can eat imaginary food and get the full benefits of eating real food. Cons: finger guns hurt like hell, and anyone can put you in an invisible box easily. And children… don't get me started.

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A friend invites you over to an apartment he bought, raving about the grandness and low rent. Once you visit, you discover that it’s actually completely haunted. Your friend has no idea.

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Mermay #7! ✨️🍭

A pair of colorful Harlequin bass mermen enjoying a lazy day~

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sometimes the best writing advice is "just let it be bad." revolutionary. terrifying. but it works.

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Okay you know what you don’t get to find facial scars on fictional characters sexy until you treat real people with facial deformities with kindness and respect. You can’t drool all over a dude with a “tasteful” scar over one eye until you stop staring at/refusing to look at people with half a jaw, an asymmetrical nose, a missing eye, etc. and stop fucking tagging disabled bodies as “body horror” bitch I’m gonna kill you

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tbh many people say they're supportive of facial differences when they're really really not. i think its worth really reflecting on how you react to facial differences. like do it now. do it this week. what context you see people with facial differences in usually. how do you feel. and if that feeling is negative that's an association you must break. it can be broken and it should be and every person with a face difference is owed the basic regard of their humanity that people without a face difference gets to take for granted

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Text: Necromartyr. An unkillable soul who can be effectively used for any type of religious sacrifice and return unharmed. An eternal profession, and a thankless life.

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Writing an Identity Not Your Own: A Guide for Creative Writers

Alex Temblador

A practical guide to help authors authentically write and edit a character whose identity is different than their own. Do you have the tools to authentically write and edit a character whose identity is different than your own?

It's not a subject that's generally taught in creative writing programs, and there are so few craft books and online resources on the subject. Even if you can take a seminar, class, or workshop, there's nothing like having an easy-to-understand book on hand to provide guidance and insight every time you craft characters with historically marginalized identities. In Writing an Identity Not Your Own, award-winning author Alex Temblador discusses one of the most contentious topics in creative writing: crafting a character whose identity is historically marginalized.

What is "identity," and how do unconscious biases and bias blocks impact and influence what we write? What is intersectionality? You'll learn about identity terms, stereotypes, and tropes, and receive genre-specific advice related to various identities to consider when writing different races and ethnicities, sexual and romantic orientations, gender identities, disabilities, nationalities, and more. Through writing strategies, exercises, and literary excerpts, writers will gain a clearer understanding on how misrepresentations and harmful portrayals can appear in storylines, dialogue, and characterization. Alex will guide writers from the brainstorming phase through the editing process so they can gain a full understanding of the complexities of writing other identities and why it's important to get them right.

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You found the creepy creatures in your fantasy rather cute, and to you, they are surprisingly affectionate. The citizens think you're a warlock because of it.

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I made these as a way to compile all the geographical vocabulary that I thought was useful and interesting for writers. Some descriptors share categories, and some are simplified, but for the most part everything is in its proper place. Not all the words are as useable as others, and some might take tricky wording to pull off, but I hope these prove useful to all you writers out there!

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I made these as a way to compile all the geographical vocabulary that I thought was useful and interesting for writers. Some descriptors share categories, and some are simplified, but for the most part everything is in its proper place. Not all the words are as useable as others, and some might take tricky wording to pull off, but I hope these prove useful to all you writers out there!

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