#Just trying to be helpful

[ladyravenjadethe2nd]

Making a Summary for a Fanfiction

Lot of people say they are bad at this so I'm going to help you because I think I'm pretty good at it.

Step One: Do not tell us you are bad at summaries. First of all it is okay to be bad at them that doesn't mean your story will be bad, but the only information you are giving the reader that has skimmed 5,000 summaries and are willing to skim 5,000 more is that your not confident in your skills.

Fake it till you make it.

Step Two: Make sure the language you have your summary in is the same one the story is in. Even if someone speaks both languages that is a jarring change. Not everyone reads the tags even if you have it tagged as that other language. For artistic purposes if you feel the summary must be in another language provide a translation under it still in your summary.

Step Three: Pick what you want to summarize. What I mean is are you summarizing the whole fic, are you summarizing the theme of the fic, the first chapter, your favorite scene, the intro to the main character, etc...

Really you can pick anything as long as it does relate to your story although the more vague you wish to be the sooner you need to make it pay off.

For example Your Summary is 'The truth is that only coffee mattered. It could never leave me, or insult me, or stand me up like this fucking prick.'

Seems like a pretty decent way to introduce a story that involves dating in someway. Your reader expects that at some point there will be coffee, that at some point this character will be stood up, and that Character A has beef with Character B.

You can delay this pay off for a few chapters, but if I've read 5 chapters of a school girl fighting demons and I have no idea who they might have beef with that's a pretty shit summary. This summary leads me to believe this will be a romance focused story or at least that the story will start Character A being stood up and a romantic sub plot is relevant.

If this line doesn't show up until chapter 20 I will have stopped reading by chapter 10 because I feel lied too.

Step Four: If step 3 is too difficult show off. What are you best at? Your descriptions? Your dialog? What do you look at and go 'There! That's were I shine as a writer!' If you just can't summaries to save your life put your very best paragraph in the summary and that's it your done. Congratulations.

Step Five: Assuming you did step 3 and are ignoring 4 now that you have your what your summarizing write it down as boring and bare bones as possible. Your not trying to be good you just want the words down.

Example: Slow burn romance with sassy school girl and mean rival from another school. Cannon fighting demon plot going on.

Step 6: Now your gonna stylist it. Take a bit of what your good at and the genre of the fic and make a line to a paragraph or two at most about the most important part of your basic summary.

For example Your best thing is descriptions of characters. You want a romcom feel to it, but the action is important and romance doesn't start until later in the fic.

Instead of an internal monologue line in chapter 20 about being stood up you should instead describe the love interest though your main character's eyes on the battle field. Have them pay attention to desirable traits, but don't be fully lusting after them. This is a slow burn so only a small distraction is allowed.

You can with the right description tell us both characters personally as well and as you hit on several topics no one is going to be upset if you don't see this character until chapter 20. The sum is also about fighting demons so if that happens chapter one we do not feel lied to.

Step 7: Have fun with it. There is a reason you want to write. Something about the story gives you joy bring that into your summary and you will have an easy or at least enjoyable time with it.

P.S. The place for perfect grammar and spelling is in the summary. Once they are in it a few mistakes will be forgiven.

Pls comment how you make summaries, if this was helpful, or if it just confused you more.

[rossbehere]

For anyone who also has this problem,

If you start getting a lot of videos that you don't care about or don't like on YouTube, an easy fix is clearing your watch history. Then it will only recommend stuff based on your subscriptions and likes rather than previously watched videos.

[sleeplessphantom-0]

“Hope this helps”

[noodles-and-tea]

Continuation of this

[faggotisaacfloofs]

the person who helped today when I fell out of my wheelchair actually did a really great job, so I want to share in case other people wonder what to do. [Note: this is not universal, this is merely a suggestion from one person, every wheelchair user's needs are different! I am a person who uses a manual chair usually pushed by someone else who is also disabled.]

Scenario: you see someone in a wheelchair fall out of their chair, and you have the ability to help.

1. Approach and ask "are you okay?"*

2. Next question if they say no, are vague, or open to continuing conversation** is, "is there anything I can do to help?" Or "what can I do?"

If they say no to help, then that's the end, just leave and go do whatever you were doing!

If they ask for help or say they are mildly injured, ask "what would you like me to do?" And wait for an answer before doing anything! If they seem dazed or confused, they might have hit their head or had another medical event*, or they might just be like that due to regular disability. Be patient.

Do not touch the person unless they say to, or they are like, unconcious in the middle of the road, ya know?? Wheelchair users usually have conditions that mean being handled improperly can severely injure us, you could cause much more damage than the fall.

Some things they might need you to do:

Bring their wheelchair closer (mine went about 5 feet away after it dumped me)

engage the brakes of the wheelchair

hold wheelchair steady if it's an unsteady surface (mud, hill, ramp, wet, etc)

offer an arm for them to hold onto to get up (them grabbing you, not you grabbing them) or move another solid item closer for them to use (i.e. a chair) [only do this if you physically have the ability to!]

If the terrain is rough (i.e. a parking lot), they *might* ask you to push their chair to a more stable area once they are back in their chair

nothing

Something else

Do what they ask, NOT what you think would be helpful. If for some reason you have to do something (i.e. you can't stop oncoming traffic and need to get them out) ASAP, tell them what you plan to do

Keep in mind they might also be D/deaf, have a communication disability, be stunned after the fall, have a head injury, not trust other people, etc. Be patient and treat them as a person with autonomy and agency! They might need to just sit on the ground for a few minutes to recover before trying to get back in their chair. They might want everyone to leave them alone. They might ask you to call someone specific. Their chair might have broken and that can be extremely distressing. All of this is like if your legs spontaneously stop working when you're out and about!

A lot of wheelchair users (NOT ALL) have ways to get into their chair on their own once the chair is close enough and brakes engaged (but it's hard from the ground!). Here's what brakes look like on a lot of manual wheelchairs, in case they ask you to lock the brakes. They're levers on each side and pushing the lever pushes a bar against the wheel to hold it still.

ID: A manual wheelchair with the brake levels circled in red and labeled "user brake levers"

*There is also the possibility of course that a person fell out of their chair due to a seizure or other medical event, so that is why it is important to ask if they are okay. If you saw them hit their head, tell them so. If they had a medical event, follow protocol for that, I'm not gonna get into it here (thought I could).

**sometimes a person will be clear after the first question i.e. "I'm all good thanks" clearly means they do not need you to ask another question, you can just leave them alone. Keep walking and don't stare. A lot of the time people will be a bit banged up but be totally fine and able to manage on their own.

TLDR: Ask the wheelchair user if they're okay, then what they need, and then do exactly that, including leaving them alone. Thanks!

[novelconcepts]

I Saw the TV Glow is such a uniquely, devastatingly queer story. Two queer kids trapped in suburbia. Both of them sensing something isn’t quite right with their lives. Both of them knowing that wrongness could kill them. One of them getting out, trying on new names, new places, new ways of being. Trying to claw her way to fully understanding herself, trying to grasp the true reality of her existence. Succeeding. Going back to help the other, to try so desperately to rescue an old friend, to show the path forward. Being called crazy. Because, to someone who hasn’t gotten out, even trying seems crazy. Feels crazy. Looks, on the surface, like dying.

And to have that other queer kid be so terrified of the internal revolution that is accepting himself that he inadvertently stays buried. Stays in a situation that will suffocate him. Choke the life out of him. Choke the joy out of him. Have him so terrified of possibly being crazy that he, instead, lives with a repression so extreme, it quite literally is killing him. And still, still, he apologizes for it. Apologizes over and over and over, to people who don’t see him. Who never have. Who never will. Because it’s better than being crazy. Because it’s safer than digging his way out. Killing the image everyone sees to rise again as something free and true and authentic. My god. My god, this movie. It shattered me.

[martinsharmony]

@mizgnomer of course you would already have chronicled this. Thank you so much for doing this

Hello! I was wondering if you know if there are any places to watch the full versions of David's video diaries during his Doctor Who days, I know there are some clips here and there on YouTube but are those complete? I just feel like I'm missing some scenes, so is there a site that has the full ones? Thanks!

Hello Anon!

Sadly YouTube videos with the video diaries seem to come and go.  I used to have a fairly full selection saved as a playlist in YouTube, but over time more and more of them have disappeared.  I do have the DVDs, so that’s the main source I use - but I’m happy to share the YouTube links I’ve seen in the past (the ones I had saved in my playlist).

I noted where I know parts are missing - in case anyone knows where the missing ones are (I’d be happy to update this list)…

Series Two:

Number One (David’s first day)

Number Two (The end of rehearsals week)

Number Three (First Photo Shoot)

Number Four - (David in Ninth Doctor’s clothes, filming Xmas) Missing

Number Five (Filming New Earth)

Number Six (Sword Fight Practice)

Number Seven (Behind Schedule on Xmas)

Number Eight (Filming Stunts)

Number Nine (filming School Reunion) - Updated/Found

Number Ten (Turning on the Xmas Lights)

Number Eleven (Cybermen in the Snow)

Number Twelve (Christmas with David’s Family) - Updated/Found

Number Thirteen (Series Photo Shoot)

Number Fourteen (Fear Her - and the cat)

Number Fifteen (Filming Billie’s Goodbye on the Beach) - Updated/Found

Number Sixteen (Filming Idiot’s Lantern)

Number Seventeen (Idiot’s Lantern blank faced people)

Number Eighteen (Filming Impossible Planet/Satan Pit) - Updated/Found

Number Nineteen (Last Day / Filming Satan Pit)

Number Twenty (Filming Doomsday)

Number Twenty-One (Billie is sick)

Number Twenty-Two (Billie’s birthday / David’s Action Figure)

Number Twenty-Three (Filming Explosions/Fire/Stunts)

Number Twenty-Four (More Filming New Earth)

Number Twenty-Five (More Filming Doomsday)

Number Twenty-Six (More Impossible Planet/Satan Pit) Missing

Series Three:

One: The Runaway Bride 

Two: Smith and Jones - Updated/Found

Three: Shakespeare Code

Four: Shakespeare Code (continued) and Gridlock

Five: Lazarus Experiment and Daleks in Manhattan

Six: Daleks in Manhattan and Weakest Link

Seven: Weakest Link (cont) and 42

Eight: 42 (cont) 

Nine: - Human Nature/Family of Blood - Updated/Found

Ten: Utopia

Eleven: Utopia (cont) and The Sound of Drums/Last of the Timelords

Twelve: The Sound of Drums/Last of the Timelords (cont)

Series Four:

One: Blackpool Illuminations Part 1

Two:  Blackpool Illuminations Part 2

Three:  Journey’s End/Stolen Earth Part 1

Four:  Journey’s End/Stolen Earth Part 2

Specials:

One: Planet of the Dead

Two: Planet of the Dead (cont)

“The Tennant Tapes” - Dubai Diary (not included on the DVD set)

Three: Planet of the Dead (cont), Interview & Radio Show

Four: Filming The End of Time

I hope this works and you enjoy them.  David’s video diaries are just about my favorite thing ever, really.  

[theoldkyokodied]

Really quick doodles of a few scenes from the stream yesterday. Including combat flirting taunting, gale’s magnificently distracting shoes and.. whatever you wanna call gale agreeing to give 15 gold to astarion 😐😑😐😑😐 (that’s me blinking)

[rhinestonesox]

When Senshi was young in the dungeon the majority of the adults he were with ostracized him. All except Gillin, who died to make sure Senshi had something to eat: unseasoned boiled meat that may or may not have been one of their comrades.

It really puts into perspective why he was so nurturing towards Chilchuck. When Chil reveals he’s 28 to the party, Senshi responds by telling him that he thought he was older. Senshi was in his 30s when he and his comrades got trapped in the dungeon, so it’s safe to assume that he thought Chil was at a similar age.

He met a young boy who was, from his perspective, forced to do dangerous work in the dungeon just like he was, and so, Senshi made an effort to look after Chilchuck in the same way Gillin looked after him.

Mind you, when Senshi was young in the dungeon he had to starve for weeks, eat the horse he loved, and finish it off spending the next i don’t know how many years wondering if he committed cannibalism.

Senshi understands first hand the value of nutrition and proper eating, so when he’s with the party he makes an effort to make sure they’re all eating a full and balanced diet. Not only that, but Senshi INVOLVES them in the process of getting food to eat, always preparing it in front of them and narrating every ingredient in the process so that there’s no doubt about what they’re eating.

[musubiki]

my favorite fields of mistria boys 🥰

[zillychu]

get MOLTED, idiot

[stuckinapril]

Honestly the cliche advice is true. If you fill your life w things you’re passionate about, if you challenge yourself every day, if you give your own opinion of yourself more weight than you do other people’s opinions of you, you will actually thrive. Like no one can tell u anything

[anna-scribbles]

emma dupain cheng on the brain😽🎀

more:

[bamsara]

I think that one thing people fail to understand is that unsolicited literary criticism coming from an online stranger who is reading with no knowledge of what the authors intended goal is, is not going to be received the same as say: the authors beta reader or friends who know what the authors intended goal and has the sufficient knowledge and input to help the author reach that desired outcome.

"But I'm only trying to be helpful" How do I know you have the knowledge and literary skill for you to be able to actaully do that when we don't know each other and you are essentially a stranger to me? Are you applying this criticism based out of personal biased experience and desire to see the story or characterization be driven in another direction or tweaked, or do you know the author's intentions for the character? If the story is incomplete, are you basing your criticism of a character on the incomplete narration with only partial information available of them or are you building up a report until the story's completion? Did the author provide you with the information needed to make a fully informed criticism?

Have you discussed with the author what their plans are or are you assuming them based off the narration, especially if the narration is proven or implied to be unreliable or missing key points of the plot? Are you unbiased enough to help them reach their desired outcome for the characters and story regardless of your personal feelings towards the characters/antagonists and setting? Can you handle being told your specific input isn't wanted because you're a reader and/or have no written anything relating to their genre or topic? Do you understand and respect that the author's personal experiences might influence their writing and make it different than how you would have done it personally? Do you understand if an author only wants input from a specific demographic relating to their story?

If it's for fanfiction or other hobby media, are you holding a free hobby to a professional standard? Are you trying to give criticism because you feel like the author has produced 'subpar job performance' of their fic? Are you viewing their work as a personal intimate outlet or something that must conform with mass media? Are you applying rules and guidelines when the fic is shared for simple sharing sake? Is your criticism worded appropriately and focused on the parts where the author has requested input on rather than a general dismissal and or disapproval?

Have you put yourself in a place where you assumed you have the input needed for the story to evolve better, or have you asked what the author needs and what they're having trouble with? Can you handle having your criticism rejected if the author decides their story doesn't need the change and not take it as a personal offense against your character? Are you crossing that boundary because you think you are doing the author a favor? Are you trying to be helpful, or do you just want to be?

I think sometimes when people hear authors go 'please don't give me unsolicited writing advice or criticism' they automatically chalk it up to 'this author doesn't want ANY constructive feedback on their stuff at all' and not "i already have trusted individuals who will help me with my writing goals and- hey i don't know you like that, please stop acting so overly familiar with me'

[chloesimaginationthings]

William Afton is a master manipulator in FNAF..

[fefairys]

getting real fed up with my peers treating teenagers like shit. how did you forget so fucking quickly what it's like to be them. shame on you.