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No offense but I think some of you would be a lot happier writing a fictional atlas or encyclopedia instead of a narrative story

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My top three rules for world building:

How are these bitches eating?

How do these bitches stay warm at night?

Who is paying for all of this bullshit?

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The Four Sacred Artistic Motives:

-what if this bad thing was good instead

-how about Make-Believe Land can have whatever I want

-would that be fucked up or what

-I think that shit's hot

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getting older and looking at ur own ocs like okay i know i said you were like 16-19 when i made you at 13 but no fucking way. youre 25 now

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ppl talk about the difficulty of writing characters smarter than yourself, but the real challenge is writing a character who is funnier than you are

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i will... draw for fun... the things that..... bring me joy ...

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[ID/ A shadowy humanoid creature with long, angular limbs and a jack o lantern face holding a large scythe against a pale green background. The pumpkin creature has his head cocked to one side, with a finger placed against his cheek and a mischevious expression. End ID]

He's never done anything wrong in his life, your honour.

Feel free to reblog but please don't repost my art. :)

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Trying to sell handmade crafts in this economy is so. Like. Hey guys I know we're all broke as fuck but do you want my silly little things. I'm very good at it. For the time it takes to make them + skill + materials it's gonna be 30$ per silly little thing. But also shipping costs 12$ for reasons outside my control so it's actually 42$ now. Sorry. No I really can't charge less than that. Yeah I know. Ok. Bye

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Tips for writing those gala scenes, from someone who goes to them occasionally:

Generally you unbutton and re-button a suit coat when you sit down and stand up.

You’re supposed to hold wine or champagne glasses by the stem to avoid warming up the liquid inside. A character out of their depth might hold the glass around the sides instead.

When rich/important people forget your name and they’re drunk, they usually just tell you that they don’t remember or completely skip over any opportunity to use your name so they don’t look silly.

A good way to indicate you don’t want to shake someone’s hand at an event is to hold a drink in your right hand (and if you’re a woman, a purse in the other so you definitely can’t shift the glass to another hand and then shake)

Americans who still kiss cheeks as a welcome generally don’t press lips to cheeks, it’s more of a touch of cheek to cheek or even a hover (these days, mostly to avoid smudging a woman’s makeup)

The distinctions between dress codes (black tie, cocktail, etc) are very intricate but obvious to those who know how to look. If you wear a short skirt to a black tie event for example, people would clock that instantly even if the dress itself was very formal. Same thing goes for certain articles of men’s clothing.

Open bars / cash bars at events usually carry limited options. They’re meant to serve lots of people very quickly, so nobody is getting a cosmo or a Manhattan etc.

Members of the press generally aren’t allowed to freely circulate at nicer galas/events without a very good reason. When they do, they need to identify themselves before talking with someone.

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Two rules for creating anything.

1) Make it weird.

2) Make it with love.

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tozozozo

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hey guys? um?

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[ID: A waist-up drawing of The Protagonist from Persona 5- a young man with messy black hair and glasses wearing a Japanese school uniform- with the non-binary pride flag wrapped around his shoulders. There are four hearts, each one a different color from the NB flag, floating around his head. He has three buttons pinned to his jacket. One says "fuck the cis-tem" with a yellow and purple background, one has the aroace sunset flag on it, and the last is purple with the NB pride symbol on it. His eyes are closed and he is smiling.]

@fairyblue-alchemist told me the concept for this gift art during pride month, but unfortunately I've been really busy lately and didn't manage to get it done until now. Better late than never I suppose. Here's a happy little NB Joker for you bestie. 💖

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Repeat after me:

Good rest is required for creativity

I am allowed to rest in order to restore and rejuvenate my creative well

I am not lazy for resting

My WIP will benefit from the rest I give myself and my creativity

My writing requires rest just as much as I do in order to flourish

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Full offense but your writing style is for you and nobody else. Use the words you want to use; play with language, experiment, use said, use adverbs, use “unrealistic” writing patterns, slap words you don’t even know are words on the page. Language is a sandbox and you, as the author, are at liberty to shape it however you wish. Build castles. Build a hovel. Build a mountain on a mountain or make a tiny cottage on a hill. Whatever it is you want to do. Write.

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some people think writers are so eloquent and good with words, but the reality is that we can sit there with our fingers on the keyboard going, “what’s the word for non-sunlight lighting? Like, fake lighting?” and for ten minutes, all our brain will supply is “unofficial”, and we know that’s not the right word, but it’s the only word we can come up with…until finally it’s like our face got smashed into a brick wall and we remember the word we want is “artificial”.

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me: hey so how far does your 'all-seeing' sight extend?

the many eyed creature in my basement: ARE YOU ASKING BECAUSE YOU TRIPPED ON YOUR OWN SHOELACES IN THE FOYER AND FELL ON YOUR FACE?

me: oh... so you saw that... :(

the many eyed creature (trying to be nice): ................ NO.