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collection of posts for a very specific dynamic

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It's honestly so rude that it's literally impossible to write 100K in a day. I'm impatient.

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Reblog to give the person you reblogged it from the energy to do one (1) chore or maybe many

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I love when that happens! I'm so glad it happened to u

yesterday my brain randomly connected a few plot things in my wip and i’ve always heard of people saying sometimes the story writes itself but i think this is the first time it’s happened to me. it was like, oh here u go have some intricate sub plot details that will be interwoven with the rest of the story, i know you’ve been trying to untangle those things for awhile. seemed like u were strugglin :/

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Hello friends! It’s been a while

I was gone for a bit but I am okay, I was just tired and burnt out and had other things draining my time. I wanna come back tho!

How are you all doing? Tell me about your projects, your wins in the last year, what’s been going on with you <3 I wanna hear

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Actually, while you aren't wrong per se inky, the romanovs all getting killed was shocking at the time. No one expected that the daughters would all get murdered too, and even the mother was a bit odd - the French had just had their revolutiokn and they killed only the king and Queen, not their children. Instead they attempted to re-educate them. The You're Wrong About podcast has an episode on Anastasia that explains the historical and social context really well.

Was it out of the ordinary that the entire Romanov family was killed? What I mean is, in cases where a country is overthrown, is it typical for the entire family to be killed, or is it more common that only the ruler and sons be killed?

Usually if a royal family lingers in the country after all the warning signs and the beginning of the end, then yes, more than often they always are killed. If a regime wants to take hold, it has the destroy the old one.

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StS - 9th October

(please don’t feel like you can only answer on the day!)

Happy Storyteller Saturday! Today, we are going to be positive ^^

What's something you really like about your writing? What's something you think your readers will like?

Feel free to answer this whenever, whether or not you are a follower of mine.

happy writing everyone! ^^

[ Tag list: @adie-dee​, @justaleafinthewind @nightingalewritings @sleepysera]

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WbW - 6th October

Happy Worldbuilding Wednesday! As always, answer when you can and regardless of whether or not you follow me or reciprocate!

Creature Feature!

Have you come up with any creatures for your worlds? Tell us about them!

Alternatively, or if your stories are set in our world, tell us about your favourite creature from myth! Or a real one that sounds just insance enough to be mythical :D

Happy creating everyone! ^^

[ Tag list: @adie-dee​, @justaleafinthewind @nightingalewritings @sleepysera  @worldbuildingwedasks​  ]

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StS - 2nd October

(please don’t feel like you can only answer on the day!)

Happy Storyteller Saturday! Today, let’s talk AUs :D

What would happen if some of your characters never met? If you have characters that don’t meet, what would happen if they did?

Feel free to answer this whenever, whether or not you are a follower of mine.

happy writing everyone! ^^

[ Tag list: @adie-dee​, @justaleafinthewind @nightingalewritings​ @sleepysera ]

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i,,

i just finished the book i was working on?!?! it came to a total of 120701 words im !!

needs rereading, editing, all the things this is just a first draft but im!!

it’s the longest such book I have ever finished and one of the few stories i have ever finished I am very excited :D

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So… I found this and now it keeps coming to mind. You hear about “life-changing writing advice” all the time and usually its really not—but honestly this is it man.

I’m going to try it.

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you know what trope always fucking gets to me?

When a character is about to die, like really die. There’s no hope and they’re this badass character who acts like they don’t need anybody but in those final moments, they’re like, “I want my mom” and it fucking destroys you

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a big shoutout to people who have trouble talking about ocs without being prompted but don’t often get people asking about their ocs

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tropes i will never get tired of

fake dating

omniscient narrator who immediately contradicts the characters (“This is fine,” she said. It was, in no way, shape, or form, fine.)

deadpan jokes while swordfighting

the “I FUCKING LOVE MY WIFE” guy

oblivious pining that slowly escalates until A is going on page rants about how pretty B’s eyes are but still doesn’t seem to recognize they’re in love

Strong Leader Type having to physically fall down in order for the other characters to see how exhausted they are

funny villains who talk and make jokes with their heroes while they’re fighting them

the villains presented as the protagonists

*increasingly pulls out bigger and bigger weapons from more unlikely places*

“I said all of your weapons” *pulls out more*

“ALL OF THEM” *pulls out one last tiny dagger*

traumatized character using humor to cover up ptsd

characters going out for a break at a restaurant/movie/whatever and something bad happening

using the “*gasp* what’s that over there???” trick to avert the enemy’s attention and it working

a villain’s weakness being something totally random and nonsensical

a hero duo arguing over who’s the sidekick while fighting a villain

“don’t be silly, we don’t need [important thing]”  “you lost it, didn’t you?”  “yeah”

“what’s the one thing I told you not to do tonight?”  “raise the dead”   “and what did you do?”  “raised the dead”

“I think that went pretty well” *explosion in the distance*

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WbW - 29th September

Happy Worldbuilding Wednesday! As always, answer when you can and regardless of whether or not you follow me or reciprocate!

Today let’s talk normal people!

How do civilians, humans, non-magicians, etc. think about the special people in your stories? About the events going on?

Happy creating everyone! ^^

[ Tag list: @adie-dee​, @justaleafinthewind @nightingalewritings​ @sleepysera​  @worldbuildingwedasks​  ]

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ideas for interesting platonic dynamics:

older siblings trying to maintain a cool persona to impress younger siblings who idolize them 

character avoiding their landlord cause they’re late to pay rent 

neighbors who have grown weirdly accustomed to each other and don’t feel right if the other person isn’t home 

following the same idea… one of them finally moves out and the other neighbor deliberately scares away potential new inhabitants cause they can’t stand the idea of anyone else living next door 

alternatively, shenanigans between neighbors who cannot stand each other and are each trying very hard to get the other to move out 

adult characters bonding with their friends’ children 

characters who are just sick of each other for no particular reason, they’re just weirded out by how often they coincidentally end up in the same places 

character stalking another character, but solely to use their extensive knowledge about them to avoid them 

long-lost friends/relatives reunited after many years who now have to get to know each other all over again 

doctor/therapist/other health care specialist frustrated with a chaotic patient who keeps getting themselves into awful situations 

tension between characters of different religions, but not hateful!! there’s just a lot of confusion about each other’s beliefs as they get to know each other 

parents trying very hard not to play favorites with their children 

children trying very hard not to play favorites with their parents 

teachers trying very hard not to play favorites with their students 

business partners become business rivals 

business rivals become business partners 

friend groups where pets are also considered part of the group (thinking of scooby doo) 

bitter enemies teaming up against a bigger enemy 

mentor/apprentice, but the mentor doesn’t know what they’re doing at all, they’re just winging it 

mentor/apprentice where it turns out that the apprentice is actually more skilled/knowledgable than the mentor 

ex-villains slowly learning to trust their old enemies 

ex-villains trying so very hard to persuade their old enemies that they are not villainous anymore 

friends who’ve grown unhealthily attached to each other keep putting off an inevitable goodbye 

overachieving classmates who barely know each other and have no intention of furthering their relationship, but they enjoy working together because they make a great team 

adoration between villains and their henchpeople 

feel free to add on as many as you please