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Siriusly Noah Fest

Ready for some autumnal heartbreak?

Find the full collection of works here.

Many ships, characters, eras.... and a few too many MCD tags for my liking but ALAS!

The writers, artists and editors who took part are so talented I can't get over it. I've already cried a few times and I haven't even made it through them all yet.

Anyway! Enjoy! And thank you so much to everyone who took part! <3 You're all phenomenal.

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Reblog if you love James Potter with every fucking fibre of your being. This has been a scientific survey.

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Wolfstar Fics as Books?

Hello friends! I'm working on some new posts for those of us who love Remus/Sirius fanfics AND books.

I've been reading a few books and SO MANY of them feel like they've been written specifically for the RS fandom it's insane. Also, who doesn't love a good crossover? Anyway, I have a request:

If you know a book similar to a fic (or just feels like RS vibes) PLEASE SEND IT IN!

You can comment with your recs, reblog with links to fics (support your local gremlin author!), or send in an ask with any recs. I'll work on sharing book/fic recs in the coming days, and thought it might be nice since the holiday gifting season/book buying excuse season is upon us. Thanks for your help lovely friends!

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any tips for new writers?

(btw i am literally in love with hey, sharpshooter it had me up all night reading it <3)

**disclaimer that i am by no means a person that has any actual real education/experience in writing or character work or world building & i can only give you what has worked for me & the things i’ve kept in mind while writing my little gay fanfiction 💞👯‍♀️

my main big picture tips are not backed up in research, they’re just what’s worked for me:

1. make a deeply detailed outline. spending a lot of time writing a very long, detailed outline at the beginning helped me a lot when i felt stuck in the back half of the fic. the outline changed a lot from when i started it, and i added little notes and ideas for scenes or dialogues or character traits along the way, but all of my big idea generation happened there and it helped me a lot with pacing the plot and building the characters and their relationship gradually. also** it was not some sort of technically perfect, structured outline—this is what it looked like:

fr just get all of your ideas down on a page in whatever way works for you. this is the place to word-dump to your heart’s content!!

2. make the first draft bad. fr just get it in the page. if you’re not feeling it or don’t have any specific word choices in your head when you’re writing the first draft, don’t worry about the dialogue being realistic or having perfect flowery metaphors or beautiful descriptive world building. literally just get it on the page in whatever way you can.

3. connect the dots between the type of writing you like to read and what you like to write. i loveee books with flowery prose and metaphors and natural dialogue, and i found that i really enjoyed writing those things, so they were the goals i focused on while i was doing all my editing/second draft writing. on the flip side, if you like to read extensive world-building but find yourself struggling to find motivation/inspiration to write it, don’t. try to write how you want to write, but put more emphasis on writing how you like to write.

4. don’t force it. this has been crucial to me bc i work a 9-5 in the art/design industry and i only have so much creative energy to go around, so i have to ration it carefully. if you try to force yourself to write when you’re really not feeling it, or when you’re out of motivation and frustrated and tired, it will 100% show in your writing.

5. don’t think about posting your work. for 99% of us, this is a hobby. posting your work is not a hobby, creating it is!! rn we exist in a world where people view creativity and art solely as content to be consumed, and i encourage you to place more emphasis on actually enjoying and finding peace and meaning in the journey of making something rather than the idea of other people consuming it. what it does for you and how it makes you feel is far more important than what it does for the people pressuring you for an update you’re not ready to give them.

and then here are a couple technical/grammatical tips that i learned way back in like 6th grade english or picked up on by reading a million books over the years & still think of constantly:

1. vary your sentence structure!! i am sometimes bad at this and i don’t really pay attention to it in my first drafts, but when i go back and edit i make sure to vary my sentences by length, compound vs. simple, breaking up with semicolons or hyphens, etc. a story that’s written with strong, varied sentence types will read much more naturally and flow better than one that doesn’t

2. be intentional about starting your sentences with different words. again, when i’m writing my first drafts i don’t pay much attention to things like this, but when i’m editing i’m really anal about making sure that my sentences don’t all start with “he” or “[insert name here]” or “it” or whatever. sometimes you can’t work around it, but my goal is to never have two consecutive sentences start with the same word, and i really really try to make sure that two consecutive paragraphs don’t start with the same word

3. say your dialogue out loud. i had the hardest time trying to make my dialogue feel natural at the start but honest to god saying it out loud with all the cadence and emphases you’re writing it with can really help you find ways to make it feel like actual people talking. also, don’t be afraid to use ellipses and hyphens and break up a string of dialogue with an action, like a character sighing or biting the inside of their cheek or moving their hands. people don’t talk in perfectly-structured sentences. we run-on and don’t use punctuation and we restart or hesitate in the middle of a sentence—include that!!

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do you have any shorter jegulus fic recs?? Just like 40k words or under

i have now tried to respond to this THREE TIMES AND IT KEEPS CLOSING IT BEFORE IM FINISHED SO I WILL TRY ONE MORE TIME

Teach Me by gaymorbidlonging (this is actually 50k words but it’s cute, i don’t know if i’ve finished it yet or if im mixing it up with Teach Me How to Dream by calamitoustide which is also rlly good but 90k words)

Ink and Intentions by lungsilk

the love of a brother by rxgulus (VERY short like 9k words)

a bee for the honey by also rxgulus

can i say something crazy? by sycamoregirl

i would have more but A. i can’t find them and B. i read a lot of either fluffy 1-5k one shots or long fics so 😭😭 hope u enjoy any of these tho :3

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😍😍 more CR art! Amazing! Fic based art is some of my favorite! Thank you!

crimson rivers jegulus

regulus “where are his glasses” black and james “you’re hesitating, love” potter

fanart of ‘crimson rivers’ by bizarrestars on ao3

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regulus is the type to just stare at either a wall behind you or the floor when you try to talk to him. james is the type to stare at your soul through your eyes.

they're both neurodivergent and do not understand the concept of eye contact.

they fall in love.

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finally, some downtime

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It’s the season of mushroom🍂

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any trans person reading this I love you

any woman reading this I love you

any poc minority reading this I love you

any queer person reading this I love you

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Regulus (whispering to Remus): Good job on the test today.

Remus (whispering back): Thanks shorty. Why are we whispering?

Regulus (still whispering): I want Sirius to think we're conspiring against him. Please look at him when you reply.

Remus (looking at Sirius): Messing with my boyfriend? Fun .

Regulus (also looking at Sirius): I'm glad you agree.

Sirius, sweating in fear: What are they talking about?

James, who overheard them but doesn't want to ruin their fun: Stabbing

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Regulus, to the first years: There are only three rules in the Slytherin tower: The lake is off limits, never piss of Mcgonagall, and Barty Crouch Junior is a HOME WRECKING WHORE

Barty, from across the room: BITCH

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[Reg and James preparing for a dinner party]

Regulus, without looking: Oh, Remus is here

Remus, walking in: Hey guys

James: How could you have possibly know that? Can autistics fucking sense each other??

Regulus, who got a Life360 notification: Yes, absolutely we can

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James: Hey, did you see where dad hid my birthday present?

Harry: No, but you’ll never find my gift because I haven’t made it yet

James: You’re gonna make me something, son? That’s so sweet…if you were three. Now that’s just cheap, so hit the mall, little man, and don’t come back here with a picture of you on a t-shirt. I know what you look like

Harry: *rolls eyes and walks away*

James: *climbs on a chair to look through the cabinet above the fridge and pulls out a nicely wrapped box*

James, to himself: Nice try, Regulus

James: *opens box and takes out a ceramic donkey*

James, reading note aloud: “Don’t be a jackass, wait for your birthday”

Regulus, walking into kitchen: Morning, honey. Nice ass

James: If you like it now, wait until I unwrap it

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Marauders era as text posts

James: Sirius:

Peter:

Regulus: Sirius:

Rosekiller:

Remus: Regulus:

Lily:

James & Sirius:

Remus:

Peter:

Sirius:

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Gandalf and Frodo arrive at Bag End by John Howe

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The Moon Comic.

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