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sometimes you need dialogue tags and don't want to use the same four

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halfway through your book, you realize it’s no longer the story you thought it was, and now you’re stuck with either:

a) sticking to your original genre even though the plot is screaming for something else (like the time your lighthearted rom-com turned into a murder mystery halfway through), OR

b) fully leaning into the new genre and hoping the audience can handle your unhinged tonal shift (like, yes, it was enemies to lovers, but now there’s a dragon war subplot).

genres are fake. write the book that keeps you up at night.

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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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Ocean Vuong, from “Someday I’ll Love Ocean Vuong”, Night Sky with Exit Wounds

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a twitter thread that actually killed me

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titling wips - prompts and examples

the name of an important character (Hamlet, Shakespeare)

an important place (ACOTAR, S.J.M.)

a summary / foreshadowing of the plot (the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, C.S.L.; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, L.C.)

look at other titles from the genre -> currently a popular layout in YA fantasy is "a ______ of ______"

choose one word that summarizes nearly everything (Divergent, V.R.)

the name of a place or event (Caraval, Stephanie Garber)

a recurring theme (Twilight, Stephenie Meyer)

a quote (These Violent Delights, Chloe Gong)

literary devices -> alliteration (The Great Gatsby, F.S.F.) -> rhetoric (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, P.K.D.) -> allusion (Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea, Chelsea Handler)

what stands out? can you put that into words?

remember that titles will change with time—Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) was once named First Impressions, and War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy) named All's Well that Ends Well

the time of the setting of the novel (Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell)

enough of the ending to spike curiosity in the reader (They Both Die at the End, Adam Silvera)

a rare word that describes the book

use a general title then a subtitle

think of the title being as much of a hook as the first line. would you rather read Caraval or Magic Fair?

be specific—Mystery of the Iron Mask VS the Mystery of the Man in the Iron Mask (E. H.-J.)

prompts for @greengardenfairylit

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show, don't tell:

anticipation - bouncing legs - darting eyes - breathing deeply - useless / mindless tasks - eyes on the clock - checking and re-checking

frustration - grumbling - heavy footsteps - hot flush - narrowed eyes - pointing fingers - pacing / stomping

sadness - eyes filling up with tears - blinking quickly - hiccuped breaths - face turned away - red / burning cheeks - short sentences with gulps

happiness - smiling / cheeks hurting - animated - chest hurts from laughing - rapid movements - eye contact - quick speaking

boredom - complaining - sighing - grumbling - pacing - leg bouncing - picking at nails

fear - quick heartbeat - shaking / clammy hands - pinching self - tuck away - closing eyes - clenched hands

disappointment - no eye contact - hard swallow - clenched hands - tears, occasionally - mhm-hmm

tiredness - spacing out - eyes closing - nodding head absently - long sighs - no eye contact - grim smile

confidence - prolonged eye contact - appreciates instead of apologizing - active listening - shoulders back - micro reactions

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27 for Micah, Cade, Flint, Ella, Liam, and anyone else you’d like to answer it for

27) What are their opinions on children? Do they view children as sweet angels or evil crotch goblins?

Okay anon I see you *squint*

Micah - Loves kids. Great with kids, kids love him, he’s a sweetheart who will drop everything to take care of a kid.

Cade - Doesn’t really interact with kids? Views them as little balls of chaos, but generally keeps his distance, they’re hardly anywhere near as interesting as adults.

Flint - Children are nuisances. They touch everything on the shelves and put things where they shouldn’t go and break things recklessly. Children are irritating and hindering and they do their best to ignore them.

Ella - Hasn’t ever met a child! She would probably love kids, but find them a little high energy. She only knows about kids from books and would likely be interested but surprised by the ways they act.

Liam - Is very kind, patient, and good with kids. He’s quiet and rule-oriented so he’s not always the most liked adult, but he’s fantastic at taking care of children. He views kids with hesitant emotional distance- he was raised to believe he’s supposed to have kids, a wife, a white picket fence. Trying to live his life the way that he wants to, the thought of having children of his own leaves him feeling defensive.

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Flint with #40? -🐞

40) Your character's friend has just been mugged. What's their reaction? Most Likely they would pull out some modified weapon and taze the mugger to retrieve the taken money, then carry on as if nothing happened.

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9 for Micah?

9) What is your character's trigger point? What makes them angry, sad or makes them go off?

Mm it depends! Bigotry, especially towards someone else- not particularly directed at himself, but when it comes to defending others he's all about throwing himself fully into it and Definitely has started a bar fight before defending a stranger.

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Oc Asks Game

So I decided to make this because I want to get to know my OCs better and all of yours as well. Here is a short collection of asks but here is the rule: Reblog from somebody and you have to send them an ask, its only polite after all.

What is your character's reaction to a minor inconvenience? Such as getting their jumper caught on a door handle?

Tea, coffee, hot chocolate or other?

What does their safe space look like?

What do they consider to be an unforgivable action? Why?

Do they have any nicknames or pet names or other aliases?

What kind of books comfort them? What books help them heal after a hard day?

Are they a naturally assertive person or are they painfully shy?

Do they consider themselves a friendly person or aloof?

What is your character's trigger point? What makes them angry, sad or makes them go off?

What kind of jokes make them laugh?

Do they enjoy pranks or do they hate them? Are they likely to fall for a prank?

Are they an overall healthy person? Do they make for a good patient or a terror?

Describe your character's typical wardrobe for the regular day.

Are they a simple person to please or difficult?

What is the first thing people notice about them?

What do they look for in a friend? A love interest?

Who are they soft for? Do they find being soft easy or difficult?

Describe your character through a Brooklyn 99 gif or line.

What does your character consider to be their lowest point?

Does your character have a comfort item?

What would be one item that they would hate to lose most?

What are their eating habits like? Do they snack throughout the day? Or do they eat sparsely?

What is your character's favourite food and who cooks it best?

What are your character's special skills?

What are somethings they find difficult to do? Or say?

Are they an animal person? Do they have pets?

What are their opinions on children? Do they view children as sweet angels or evil crotch goblins?

If your character was in today's world, what social media platforms would they avoid? Or be prominent on?

Are they an organised person? Or more laissez-faire?

Do they dwell better in chaotic situations or more linear situations?

Your character has been invited to a masquerade ball. What mask do they wear?

Your character is having a prom night/debs. What kind of outfit do they wear?

How do they act around people they don't know? Are they shy around strangers or dismissive of them?

Can your character drive? If so, what kind of driver are they? If not what's their preferred manner of transport?

What attracts your character to another person? What kind of person do they do for?

Tell us something about your OC that doesn't make it onto the page?

Your character has been kidnapped. Who has kidnapped them and how do they escape?

How does your character unwind after a long day?

What's your character's guilty pleasure?

Your character's friend has just been mugged. What's their reaction?

Your character has been punched into the face. What's their reaction?

Does your character celebrate their birthday? If not, why?

What is the DND alignment?

Hogwarts House?

Star Sign?

Does your character believe in anything? Religion? Superstition?

What is your character's reaction when someone does something nice for them?

Is your character easy to make cry? Or angry? Or annoyed?

What is your character's biggest fear? Most irrational?

How does your sleep at night? Are they a heavy or light sleeper? Do they dream or have nightmares? Do they find it easy to sleep or are they more a night owl?

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The rest of my OC Moodboards

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Some Moodboards based on my Original Characters

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A favorite character dynamic / story arc

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A part of us all belongs to the wild.

When you doubt your place you can feel it’s call

In the tug of your hair by a spring breeze

Or a harsh gust that curls between your ribs and pulls.

It’s in a longing for fog filled farmlands with swaying grasses and dew laced willows

Or the ebb and flow of waves, beckoning but always coming up short.

It’s the dappled patterns of scattered sunlight on a forest floor

Or the resonance of summer rain tapping on the pane and asking to be let in.

It’s the warmth wrought from sunlit cement under bare feet

Or the bite of frost on your toes as you stand in awe of endless stars.

It’s in the urge to climb a rocky outcropping

And traverse a side trail beneath the trees

It’s in all the little ways the woods remind us we are not alone,

The wind whispers our names,

The sea reaches for our hands.

We belong in the places, the moments, the fractions of seconds

The pieces that no one else will ever experience the way we have.

The moments that are just for us.

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😢☕️🎲

😢 a line that made you cry

Okay so this didn’t make me cry but it is the first thing I thought of, s o

Red. Staining the wall and the floor and their hands, clasped tightly at long last. Halos of blond and black tainted with it, dripping.

That would be from my Les Ami’s poem style ficlet called Red and Green

☕️ favourite passage

This is from a roleplay I did a long time ago, from the perspective of one of my OCs. It’s pretty alright to be honest, and I go reread it frequently. Warning for u h drowning!

Pain flares through their system, eyes flashing as the thief’s own lips draw into an even brighter grin at the word. If they had the air they might even laugh at his frustration, despite the agony slowly tearing them apart.

You can’t break me, writer.

Agony and exhaustion take hold and the figure is fading fast. Abandoned in the shadows, their home - their life now turned against them. Even here they’re in their element, even now, punctured and broken and battered from head to toe, they manage to wrangle a win.

I did that job a long time ago.

Air and blood flood from the thief’s lungs as water rushes to fill in the empty space, a sound that would have been a strangled gasp choked out by the suffocatingly clear liquid draining through them.

The world slowly begins to grey out, shadowed water painted with crimson. Shattered and fear filled eyes slide shut at last, the ghost of a smirk still settled on the traveller’s thin lips.

🎲 your favourite chapter/part from a multiparty series

I! Don’t actually have any,,, series or anything that I’ve written because I’m y’know, like, the worst. But I will take this time to suggest giving @tulipscomeinallsortsofcolors Sanders Sides au a read! It’s called Love And Other Fairytales and it’s absolutely fantastic. My favourite has to be the oneshot Favor, for...reasons. https://tulipscomeinallsortsofcolors.tumblr.com/post/185771832940/favor

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💘✏️?

💘 What’s your favourite AU? Least favourite?

Oh jeez. U m. I like any and all soulmate aus? Especially ones where they have matching symbols, because it’s harder to miss? Least favourite,,, I guess,,, u h I dunno if I’ve ever found an au I don’t like lol.

✏️ Favourite part about writing?

The self expression!!! It’s an amazing outlet for deep fears and trauma, for expressing yourself in ways you might not otherwise and working through your insecurities.