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Clutch flags are easier than they look!

While strength is required, technique plays a large role.

They train the sides of your body and help you develop the ability for total-body tension. This can help with stability, core strength, and more.

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Trail cam catching a deer fawn with the zoomies

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"why do you want to work for us"

because im fucking BROKE!! im not going to write me x your company fanfic to answer this dumb ass fucking question the way you want me to!!

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If this pops up while you’re scrolling, I wish you unconditional love and massive success.

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What's going on with this silly orange cat? 😺

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I am convinced what most women really wanted when they initially fought for women's rights was to be heard and not feel like property. For their opinions to matter. To not be told they're stupid cuz they're female. To know they make a difference in the world, even when it's not profound.

I don't think they wanted to have a a 40+ hour a week job. Especially while pregnant, taking care of kids, cleaning house, and cooking.

I am starting to think if we were in a one-income-for-each-household economy then our economy would be better. Whether you're the man or woman working. Or living althe single life.

And daycare/preschool, in general, should be attached to public schooling unless you prefer to pay a private school.

Thank you for reading my Ted Talk.

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Writing Notes: The Shape of Story

by Christina Wodtke 

Start with Conflicted Characters

The character needs a goal, a motivation and a conflict.

The goal can be alien to your audience,

but the motivation must be shared by them, and

the conflict creates struggles that increase engagement.

Paint a Picture

Details transport you into the story.

The world disappears and you have a story play in your head.

Even though there are no literal pictures.

But be careful—Too many details and the story gets bogged down.

Make the Protagonist Suffer

“Be a Sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them - in order that the reader may see what they are made of.” (Kurt Vonnegut, How to Write a Great Story)

And when it can’t get any worse, make it worse before it gets better

The two key moments that create the peak of excitement in a story is the darkness before the dawn, and the dawn. 

The climax is the moment when the protagonist is either rescued or rescues themself.

In older tales, we saw a lot of Deux ex Machina (the hand of god) rescuing the hero. A hero could be rescued by luck, a partner, another hero…but modern audiences strongly prefer stories where the protagonist helps themself.

Resolution is Boring, Keep it Short

Interest grows with every additional conflict, but once the hero figures out the solution, our fascination collapses.

Don’t natter on while the audience’s mind is drifting.

Also Consider:

You need a good inciting incident to move your protagonist to action.

A setting is more than a place, it’s a situation and a moment in time. A vivid place has details.

Modern audiences prefer “return home changed” to “return home the same.”

EXAMPLES: ARCHETYPAL PLOTS ALONG THE ARC

Boy Meets Girl

Internal conflict is always satisfactory (e.g., she believes love interferes with his career, he believes love interferes with his beer.)

The crises usually revolves around betrayal — lying, cheating — and the climax shows it was a misunderstanding or we get atonement.

The struggle is always about them being separated.

The resolution is about binding them more tightly together than ever.

The Quest

You seek things, and find yourself.

Return home changed and don’t pass go.

Common elements include companions, a mentor, great losses and extreme character arcs.

The Underdog

Even though they do not have a shot in hell, the underdog wants something. They want it so bad.

Common elements include an enemy who blocks their path, and a coach who helps them forward.

In this case, they do not return home changed but rather move into a new life that fits their changed self.

Coming of Age

Naive person has the world teaches them a hard lesson, and they become a better person for it.

Struggle revolve around life sucking and then sucking more.

The hero grows and becomes better because of it, and via new understandings becomes competent.

In some tragedies, the world breaks them.

They can return home changed, but more often they move to a new life they have earned.

More Examples. Justice & Pursuit:

Weaving Multiple Plots:

Weaving multiple plots together to make subplots can further increase tension.

Multiple plots woven together makes the whole story not only unique but very compelling.

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Hello everyone! 🎨👋 Today, I’m excited to share the process behind this painting. If you’re interested in art or looking to try some new techniques, I hope these steps inspire you!

Here are the steps for creating this painting:

Steps 1-2: Sketching and Coloring 😊🎨

Start by drawing simple lines to outline the sky, horizon, and tree, ensuring the basic shapes are correct. Then, boldly apply foundational colors to the sky and ground with pastels. At this stage, don't worry too much about the boundaries; the goal is to lay down a solid base of colors.

Steps 3-4: Detailing and Finalizing 🖌️✨

On top of the foundational colors, begin to add detailed textures and nuances, using shades to bring out light and depth. Take extra care at this stage to ensure smooth transitions between colors. Finally, refine the shapes of the tree and the details of the sky, adjusting the contrast and brightness to enhance the overall harmony and visual impact of the painting.

Thanks so much for checking this out! If you found this helpful, a like or reblog would be deeply appreciated—it really encourages me to keep sharing more tutorials. Thank you for your incredible support! 😊🙏

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The most frustrating experience as a writer is having a clear vision in your mind of the story you want to tell but being too afraid to put pen to paper for fear of failing to do the story justice. I’m so scared that my actual execution will fail to meet my expectations that I’m paralysed to even start.

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*pulls up to the fanfic drive-thru window* uh yeah, i’ll take a fake relationship with a side of mutual pining and thinking the other isn’t interested, thanks

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🐾🐾🤍!

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Or someone I thought I was mutuals with, but ends up we are not...

seeing “mutuals” change to “following” i dont have an appropriate image to put here someone do it for me

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I'm trying to prove a point to my brain: Reblog if you think fanfiction does not need sex to be good.

There is a trend I’ve noticed that smut fics tend to be much more popular than anything else and honestly I just want to have something to look at to remind myself and that writing doesn’t have to have sex to be worth putting out into the community.

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Truth

I want everyone to know that this is me every time someone drops a comment on something I've written:

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Artist Courtney Hiersche altered paintings she got at a thrift shop to add Nintendo characters