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What POV do you prefer to write stories in?

1st person

2nd person

3rd person limited

3rd person omniscient

No preference

Not a writer/Results

Explanation of the POVs under the cut: 1st person - I, me, my, we, us, etc. The narrator is in the story and telling it from their perspective. "I sat happily on the porch, watching the dog." 2nd person - you, yours, etc. You're the one being told the story, as if you're the one in it. "You sat happily on the porch, watching the dog." 3rd person limited - he, she, they, etc. The narrator is not part of the story, but only knows the thoughts of one person. "They sat happily on the porch, watching the dog." 3rd person omniscient - he, she, they, etc. The narrator is not part of the story and knows everyone's/more than one person's thoughts. "They sat happily on the porch, watching the dog. The dog was very excited to see them."

Explanation of the POVs under the cut:

1st person - I, me, my, we, us, etc. The narrator is in the story and telling it from their perspective. "I sat happily on the porch, watching the dog."

2nd person - you, yours, etc. You're the one being told the story, as if you're the one in it. "You sat happily on the porch, watching the dog."

3rd person limited - he, she, they, etc. The narrator is not part of the story, but only knows the thoughts of one person. "They sat happily on the porch, watching the dog."

3rd person omniscient - he, she, they, etc. The narrator is not part of the story and knows everyone's/more than one person's thoughts. "They sat happily on the porch, watching the dog. The dog was very excited to see them."

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Whereabouts do you live, roughly speaking, and what drew you to that place in particular?

I'm in Michigan, and that's as specifically as I will answer that question! We have really lethal lakes.

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A goblin and an elf have decided to defy tradition and get married. Their ceremony will be held in the magical forest in accordance with elven tradition.

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water era of my art

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Rise and collapse of a wave. Details of paintings by Michael Zeno Diemer (1867-1939)

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in a parasocial relationship with the sea

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Storm hits the Ricasoli Breakwater Lighthouse in Valletta, Malta. 24 February, 2019, by Kurt Arrigo

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^this shimp is a transman, and lives frying rice! he is also aromantic and asexual.

wow shrimp 😻

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if yr doing a final girl in yr horror movie YOU NEED TO KILL HER BOYFRIEND that's the absolute rule

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best character types according to ME:

blood drinker

harbourer of Grief That Kills You

woman who communes with the rats

fancy lad

mean teenage girl who stupid fans hate

ex-villain became our weird uncle

mysterious and dangerous gothic gentleman but make it dyke

The (there is no) Chosen One

patricider

guy who mistook evil for the divine

never showered but in a charming way

wizard who smokes weed

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A.S.

someone older than me says,

"remember to take your pins off if you don't -

you know."

we do know.

he writes it off with an almost joking,

"harassment."

we worry about harassment.

we worry about getting hurt.

we worry about dying.

of course we remember

to take our pins off.

we know.

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KM: An Obituary

Kasey Genevieve McNichols, born August 26, [ ], passed as a result of multiple stab wounds on October 24, [ ], at the age of seventeen. All who knew her described her as a ray of sunshine and a promising and smart young woman. She is survived by her mother, Rayna Delacourt McNichols, and her older sister, Amaya, who hope that she has reunited with her father in the beyond, and that her murderer sees justice. An angel taken from us too soon.

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Ref Recs for Whump Writers

Violence: A Writer’s Guide:  This is not about writing technique. It is an introduction to the world of violence. To the parts that people don’t understand. The parts that books and movies get wrong. Not just the mechanics, but how people who live in a violent world think and feel about what they do and what they see done.

Hurting Your Characters: HURTING YOUR CHARACTERS discusses the immediate effect of trauma on the body, its physiologic response, including the types of nerve fibers and the sensations they convey, and how injuries feel to the character. This book also presents a simplified overview of the expected recovery times for the injuries discussed in young, otherwise healthy individuals.

Body Trauma: A writer’s guide to wounds and injuries. Body Trauma explains what happens to body organs and bones maimed by accident or intent and the small window of opportunity for emergency treatment. Research what happens in a hospital operating room and the personnel who initiate treatment. Use these facts to bring added realism to your stories and novels.

10 B.S. Medical Tropes that Need to Die TODAY…and What to Do Instead: Written by a paramedic and writer with a decade of experience, 10 BS Medical Tropes covers exactly that: clichéd and inaccurate tropes that not only ruin books, they have the potential to hurt real people in the real world. 

Maim Your Characters: How Injuries Work in Fiction: Increase Realism. Raise the Stakes. Tell Better Stories. Maim Your Characters is the definitive guide to using wounds and injuries to their greatest effect in your story. Learn not only the six critical parts of an injury plot, but more importantly, how to make sure that the injury you’re inflicting matters. 

Blood on the Page: This handy resource is a must-have guide for writers whose characters live on the edge of danger. If you like easy-to-follow tools, expert opinions from someone with firsthand knowledge, and you don’t mind a bit of fictional bodily harm, then you’ll love Samantha Keel’s invaluable handbook

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always remember the Final Girl Code:

- do it alone

- do it scared

- do it with a knife in your hand if you have to

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NaNoWriMo

Hello! Thought I'd introduce myself a little. I'm Zora and I use any pronouns. This blog represents a project I'm doing for NaNoWriMo, so here's a little introduction.

The story is a meta-horror slasher about a transgender high school cheerleader named Maude, who watched her best friend die along with four of their classmates during the previous year's homecoming dance. Maude's brother Mark was ultimately blamed for this as she knocked him out at the scene of the crime when he supposedly tried to attack her.

The catch is, Maude is almost certain her brother's not the guilty party based on something else she saw that night, but she can't very well say that, especially since Mark confessed before she had a chance to say anything, choosing to blame the killings on his schizophrenia. Things don't add up, and when Maude gets a mysterious letter from her brother, she's aware of exactly what's happening. This is the horror movie circuit, and it's Maude's job to make sure everyone gets their just desserts.

I'm trying to make it into an actual book, but I will be posting snippets on here as audio clips, playing both Maude and a side character, Missy.