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I loveee fantasy settings doing magical exhaustion:

burnt out pyromancers emitting steam and smoke

tired cryomancers shivering with visible foggy breath

weary necromancers looking ill and hearing voices

frazzled healers receiving the same cuts, bruises, and injuries of their patients

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“our teeth and ambitions are bared” is a zeugma

and it’s a zeugma where one of the words is literal and one is metaphorical which is the BEST KIND

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Your child is a werewolf. You're struggling to both keep their condition a secret and give them a normal life. Full moons are always a challenge. One day child protective services visit you on a report of your child's scars and monthly missed school days.

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10 Non-Lethal Injuries to Add Pain to Your Writing

While lethal injuries often take center stage, non-lethal injuries can create lasting effects on characters, shaping their journeys in unique ways. If you need a simple way to make your characters feel pain during a scene, here are some ideas: 

Sprained Ankle

A common injury that can severely limit mobility, forcing characters to adapt their plans and experience frustration as they navigate their environment.

Rib Contusion

A painful bruise on the ribs can make breathing difficult and create tension, especially during action scenes, where every breath becomes a reminder of vulnerability.

Concussion

This brain injury can lead to confusion, dizziness, and mood swings, affecting a character’s judgment and creating a sense of unpredictability in their actions.

Fractured Finger

A broken finger can complicate tasks that require fine motor skills, causing frustration and emphasizing a character’s dependence on their hands.

Road Rash

The raw, painful skin resulting from a fall can symbolize struggle and endurance, highlighting a character's resilience in the face of physical hardship.

Shoulder Dislocation

This injury can be excruciating and often leads to an inability to use one arm, forcing characters to confront their limitations while adding urgency to their situation.

Deep Laceration

A cut that requires stitches can evoke visceral imagery and tension, especially if the character has to navigate their surroundings while in pain.

Burns

Whether from fire, chemicals, or hot surfaces, burns can cause intense suffering and lingering trauma, serving as a physical reminder of a character’s past mistakes or battles.

Pulled Muscle

This can create ongoing pain and restrict movement, providing an opportunity for characters to experience frustration or the need to lean on others for support.

Tendonitis

Inflammation of a tendon can cause chronic pain and limit a character's ability to perform tasks they usually take for granted, highlighting their struggle to adapt and overcome.

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Download all of the fanfiction you love if it's hosted in the U.S. Put it on a portable hard drive. We are all the archivists now.

Project 2025 will classify it all as pornography and it will disappear.

This isn't doomerism. They told us what they are going to do. Believe them.

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Remember to save your fanfics and other medias you like because soon it's gonna be censored as 'corn'

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writing advice for characters with a missing eye: dear God does losing an eyes function fuck up your neck. Ever since mine crapped out I've been slowly and unconsciously shifting towards holding my head at an angle to put the good eye closer to the center. and human necks. are not meant to accommodate that sorta thing.

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Searched Canadian slang for one of my ocs

Write a couple "eh?"s into the story

Completely forgot I did that until I workshopped a chapter in college years later and someone noticed

Such a great feeling, can confirm

It's such an amazing feeling when someone picks up on something in your writing that you 100% intended but didn't think people would notice. Like, YES!! My writing properly conveyed the thing it was supposed to!!! You are so awesome for noticing that!!! I am so awesome for writing that!!! I feel so good about my story now!!!!

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Thousands of years into the future, the many fantastical species of the world, such as flavours of Elves, Dwarves, Goblins, et cetera, all discover they're the genetically modified descendants of Humanity. Chaos ensues at this revelation, especially when a single, ancient stasis tube is found..

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10 Prompts for Writing a Chase Scene: Adding Thrills and Tension

The key to a thrilling chase lies in the tension, obstacles, and unexpected twists that keep readers on the edge of their seats. To help you ignite your imagination, here are 10 prompts designed to add thrills and tension to your chase scenes:

The Wrong Turn

As the protagonist flees, they accidentally take a wrong turn into a dark alley, realising they’ve entered a trap.

Unexpected Obstacles

While racing through a crowded market, the character must dodge people, stalls, and stray animals that hinder their escape.

Technological Pursuit

The antagonist employs drones or high-tech gadgets to track the protagonist, forcing them to outsmart the technology while escaping.

Vehicle Malfunction

Mid-chase, the character’s vehicle begins to break down, forcing them to improvise and find an alternative way to escape.

Allies in the Way

Friends or allies who are unaware of the chase get in the character’s way, causing them to make quick decisions on who to trust.

Changing Environments

The chase moves from a busy city street to a secluded forest, shifting the atmosphere and the type of threats the character faces.

Hidden Passageways

As the protagonist runs, they discover a hidden door or passageway that leads them away from their pursuer but into an unknown danger.

The Chase Becomes Personal

The pursuer shouts personal taunts, revealing a deeper connection to the protagonist, which adds emotional weight to the chase.

Unexpected Help

Just when it seems like escape is impossible, a stranger intervenes, aiding the protagonist and complicating the situation.

The Pursuer’s Perspective

Switch to the pursuer’s point of view for a moment, revealing their motivations and making the reader question who the real antagonist is.

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to be perfectly honest i think that ghosts being transluscent and faded is kind of antithetical to what they represent. they're an echo that cannot move on, cannot fade out - they should be oversaturated and stiff and strangely out of place and unchanging, like something preserved in clear glass.

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A child goes missing late one night after investigating a light emanating from their closet. The Child's teddy bear and the monster that lives under the bed must put aside their differences and form a truce in order to rescue the child.

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You and your friends, age ten, meet your adult selves from fifteen years in the future. Some are surprised, others are delighted, but you… you’re afraid of this person. “What… happened to us?”