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(through gritted teeth) sometimes what's good for your mental health isn't another do nothing day or a little treat sometimes what's good for you is putting in some of the work. Not all of it at once but sometimes you have to finish that essay or at least take the next step or you have to clean your room or at least dust the shelves or you gotta do the laundry or at least put it all in the hamper and it's not fun and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks but you have to because i read a post on the internet that told me that's what being nice to yourself is sometimes

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Things I’ve noticed are essential in plotting and would probably have saved me a lot of time if I had considered it earlier

The START of your story - how fucked up flawed is your premise/character at the start? what do they have to change? why are they HERE?

The END of your story - How do you want your main character/theme/universe to change after your story? Does it get better or worse? THIS SETS UP THE TONE DRASTICALLY.

What you want to happen IN BETWEEN - the MEAT of it. What made you start writing this WIP in the first place. Don't be ashamed to indulge, it's where the BRAIN JUICE comes from. You want a deep dive into worldbuilding and complex systems? Then your start and end should be rooted in some fundamental, unique rule of your universe (what made you obsess over it?). Want to write unabashed ship content? Make sure your start and end are so compelling you'll never run out of smut scenarios to shove in between scenes (what relationship dynamics made you ship it in the first place?).

The ANTE - the GRAVITY of your story. How high are the stakes? Writing a blurb or interaction? start with a small day-in-the-life so you can focus on shorter timelines and hourly minutiae that can easily get overlooked in more complicated epics. Or you can go ham on it and plot out your whole universe's timeline from conception to demise. Remember: the larger the scale, the less attached your story may get. How quickly time flies in your story typically correlates with the ante (not a hard rule, ofc, but most epics span years of time within a few pages, while a romance novel usually charts out the events of a few months over a whole manuscript.)

Everything else follows….?

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Resisting tyranny takes a lot of forms.

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every day I wake up and it’s fucking january

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Why not. Respect his majesty.

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Nvmd I think my new meds are giving me stronger side effects

Bleh

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Your periodic reminder that less ice at the Arctic is consistent with a weaker jet stream that allows cold air to drift down into the Great Plains.

The frigid temps you’re experiencing happen BECAUSE of a warming planet, not in spite of it.

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A mouth-watering fuck-ton of hand angle references.

By Shadowcross on DA.

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What a start

Been super quiet for a while now. Thought It be fun to make this blog feel a bit more me and share some personal stuff. Haven't had the best mental health in the last year due to a lot of stuff happening. Slowly getting it back up now, I didn't realise how much it affected, or still affects me with just basic functions. On top of that- I'm moving out from my flat at the moment and it's more trouble than I expected. So it's gonna be a fun next month haha. Lot's of stuff to do and manage!

Other than that I'm mostly ocupied by schoolwork, I missed one deadline but I should be able to finish it by the end of next month. (February is gonna be so busy, oh my)

Talking of schoolwork- I'm working on an animation with an amazing team. Expect to see some stuff soon-ish?

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Senshi was busy so they sent me a grim omen instead

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Friendly reminder to not punish yourself for creating. 

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Only day you can reblog this

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Well I would give a medieval peasant some spaghetti.

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