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[nerdy-chocomallow]

I would love to do with these characters

To give you guys the run down on who they are.

In order, we have.

Calliope Popi Bright, She/they, 16 years old.

Hugo Galante, He/him, 17 years old.

Kasper Bright, He/They, 17 years old.

Maha ‘Eun-Ji’ Fathi, She/They, 17 years old.

They all in the same grade, junior.

🧑‍🍼100 Question OC Family Dynamics Ask Game👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Get into the weeds of your OC’s family relationships with this game! Can be applied to blood, adopted, and found family dynamics. Remember to send an ask to the person you reblog it from to make sure everyone gets to play!

🔢How many parents/guardians did they grow up with? How many do they have now?

🤝Did they get along with their parent(s)/guardian(s) in childhood? Do they now?

💞If they had more than one, which of their parents/guardians did they get along best with in their childhood? Is that still the case?

⚠️Do they go to their parent(s)/guardian(s) for advice regularly? Only in emergencies? Never?

📞Do they speak with their parent(s)/guardian(s) regularly?

🪢How did they bond with their parent(s)/guardian(s) in childhood? Do they still bond that way?

🏈Did they pick up any hobbies or interests from their parent(s)/guardian(s)? Which ones?

😤Did they ever intentionally go against their parent(s)/guardian(s) in a fit of defiance? What did they do?

🫵Were they often grounded by their parent(s)/guardian(s)?

📖What values did their parent(s)/guardian(s) really drill into their head?

🤔What are things they picked up from their parent(s)/guardian(s) that weren’t intentionally taught?

✂️Have they completely cut off one or more of their parents/guardians? Why?

🚼How many siblings did they grow up with, if any?

🛝Did they get along with their sibling(s) in childhood? Do they now?

📅How far apart in age are they and their sibling(s)?

😡What’s the dumbest sibling argument they’ve ever had?

😇What’s the fondest memory they have with their sibling(s)?

😋Do they have any goofy inside jokes with their sibling(s)?

💝What do they like most about having sibling(s)?

💔What do they dislike the most about having sibling(s)?

👍What’s a situation where they really appreciated having their sibling(s) around?

👎What’s a situation where they wished they’d been an only child?

1️⃣If they’re an only child, have they ever wished they had siblings?

⚔️Are they protective of their sibling(s)? Are their sibling(s) protective of them?

📢Do they speak with their sibling(s) regularly?

🎹Did they pick up any hobbies or interests from their sibling(s)? Which ones?

🙅‍♀️Were they the type to do the complete opposite of whatever their sibling(s) did? Why?

🚩Have they completely cut off one or more of their siblings? Why?

⭐Did their parent(s)/guardian(s) show favoritism between siblings? How did that impact the siblings’ relationships? The child-parent relationships?

🫴Did they have trouble with being asked to share their friends with their sibling(s) growing up? Vice versa?

2️⃣Are they a twin/triplet/etc.? Identical or fraternal?

🌍How did being a twin/triplet/etc. impact their relationship to their parent(s)/guardian(s), their twin/siblings, and the world?

♊If twins/triplets/etc., did their parent(s)/guardian(s) obsess about making them exactly the same? How did that impact their relationships/personalities?

🧓Do they have living grandparents? Did they ever meet their grandparents?

🫂Were their grandparent(s) a big part of their childhood?

🏠Did they go over to their grandparents’ house often?

🪑Were their grandparent(s) regular caretakers when their parent(s)/guardian(s) weren’t available?

✨Did their grandparent(s) show favoritism between siblings? How did that impact the siblings’ relationships? The child-grandparent relationships?

🌪️Did their grandparent(s) show favoritism between their parent/guardian and one of their siblings? How did that impact the family?

⛈️Have they completely cut off one or more of their grandparents? Why?

🤯Do they have aunts/uncles/piblings and/or cousins?

🥳Do they get along with a particular aunt/uncle/pibling best?

🙋Do they get along with a particular cousin the best?

👋Were they close with their aunt(s)/uncle(s)/pibling(s) in childhood? Are they still?

🫰Were they close with their cousin(s) in childhood? Are they still?

🤪Do they have a “fun uncle” type family member?

❌Have they completely cut off one or more of their cousins? Why?

😵Have they completely cut off one or more of their aunts/uncles/piblings? Why?

📏Do they know their extended family well? Are they basically strangers?

👀How often do they see their extended family members? Which side of the family do they see most often?

💗Do they prefer one side of the family more?

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦How would they define “family”?

‼️What’s the most important part of having a “family” to them?

🙏Are there things about their family they wish were different?

💪Do they identify strongly with any family terms? (i.e. big/little sibling, a parent, Aunt/Uncle/Pibling [name])

💒How do their cultural values inform their relationship with their family?

⁉️Do they have a family relationship that’s considered unconventional in their culture?

🫄Do they want to start a family of their own one day? Have they already?

📝Do they want to emulate their family’s dynamics? Do they want to avoid it as much as possible?

🏫What would they teach their kids about what family means if/when they have any?

🚸Would they want their kids to be involved with their other family members, or as far away as possible?

🎭Are they worried about “becoming like their parent(s)/guardian(s)” as they age?

🤐Are they keeping any “family secrets”? How serious are they?

🙊Are they keeping any secrets from their family? Why?

🔮Do they have any “family curses”? Are they real?

😉Did they have any family friends growing up that they saw regularly? Do they still?

🏆Is their family well-known where they grew up? For good reasons or unfortunate ones?

💊How much caretaking did/do they do for their older family members? Is it more or less than is expected of them?

🧼How much caretaking did/do they do for their youngest family members? Is it more or less than is expected of them?

🩺Do they expect their kids or other family members to take care of them when they get older?

😱How would they react to being asked to care for an ill and/or elderly family member long-term?

🏡When did they move out of their childhood home? Have they moved out? Do they plan to?

🏢Would they ever want to live in the same house with their family members long-term? For their whole life?

📌Do they live close to their family? By choice?

🗺️What’s the maximum distance they’d ever live from their family?

🦺Can they count on their family members to help in an emergency?

😢Have they ever disappointed any member of their family?

😔Have any of their family members disappointed them?

🎖️What’s a time they felt extremely proud of their family?

🎉What’s a time their family celebrated one of their achievements?

💢Do they argue with their family a lot? About anything in particular?

🙈How many embarrassing stories would their family be able to tell about them?

🗣️How many embarrassing stories could they tell about their family?

📚What’s a family story they always tell people?

💛What’s their favorite story that their parent(s)/guardian(s) have told?

🪦Were any of their partners given the “if you hurt my kid, they’ll never find your body” talk from their parent(s)/guardian(s)? How embarrassing was it?

👌Were their parent(s)/guardian(s) accepting of their partner(s)?

✌️Did their sibling(s) accept their partner(s)?

🤗Do they consider their partner’s family to be their family too?

🤢What kinds of traits in other families are they jealous of, if any?

😄Is there any trait they particularly appreciate about their family?

🫡Are they proud to talk about their family to other people?

👂Do they enjoy listening to other people talk about their families?

🎳Are their friends welcome among their family? Only certain friends?

🎈Do they celebrate any extremely specific holidays that their family pretty much invented from scratch?

🐕Did they have any family pets growing up? Do they have any now?

🐈Were their parent(s)/guardian(s) opposed to having a pet? Did it ever change?

🐸Did having a family pet encourage them to have pets if/when they moved out?

🐭Do they consider pets to be a part of the family?

🃏Wild card! Ask anything you want!

[ettawritesnstudies]

don't curse me for doing a marketing i know you're all using these artists on your DND and OC playlists too 🫵

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Or if you already follow runaways, here's a sneak peek at some of the artists and songs I'll be sharing on the playlist this Friday! You might even find some new favorite artists this way, who knows?

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[transman-badass]

Daily sip 4/8 (bubble)

I don't normally do posts like this but oh. Ohhhhhohohohoho. This was too good to pass up.

From Lock the Last Door (CW: mentions of period typical sexism and misgendering):

I made it halfway up the porch steps before I saw it. Them, really, a thick little pile stacked up and glimmering in the moonlight. I paused, my bad hand shaking from how hard it clenched. Soap bubbles, I thought, iridescent and wet, right in front of the door. Like a child played there before coming in at their mother’s call, leaving only memories and residue behind. This was a business trip I was on. When that lady entered Keller and Queen’s, frantic to find her runaway son, my boss thrust the case onto me. He’d been giddy with relief, babbling about how this job would be easy, how all it needed was ‘a woman’s understanding’. The poor woman didn’t get it, even after I opened my mouth to interview her. Through the door, I saw Carmine struggling not to laugh at her desk as our boss made a fool of himself, her sweet face twisted with amusement. Yeah, there are two people in the whole city who never fail to treat me as a man. Carmine’s one of them. Looking at those soap bubbles, listening to that music floating through the air, something in me ached. What I would've done to have her with me. Carmine and I are a hell of a team. You get used to having a partner on jobs, and when they’re gone, it’s like you’ve lost a limb. But she needed sleep. And frankly, so did I. I looked closer at the bubbles. They didn’t move in the breeze, oil slick rainbows shimmering on every one. Did the kid make that mess? At fifteen he seemed a little old to play that kind of game. Maybe there were other kids with him. The thought made me grimace, pinch the bridge of my nose with my good hand. Fantastic, I thought. Just what I needed, a bunch of rowdy little bastards to try and send home. I shook my head, stepped forward and grabbed for the door knob. The bubbles cracked under my boot like a hundred tiny bones.

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[melloncolliegalaxies]

[kookntae4ever]

This is me. Kinda jealous of all the writers who can write quickly because I can't.

[the-golden-comet]

Please stick to ONE TASK, brain!!

🧠: No. :)

[willowiswriting]

[phoenixofthegreenwood]

Me: I love writing, it’s so fun and creatively stimulating!

Also Me while I’m writing:

[pinespittinink]

got thoughtful about opinions on bad books so here’s an inverse: what’s a book you had to read for school that you actually enjoyed/have grown to like? mine is Lord of the Flies

[heywriters]

Rescued Writing Links!

When cleaning out the HEY, Writers! Pinterest I moved some links here. The internet has changed a LOT since I started collecting these, so some links may include outdated info. All were still active when I made this, but it's been in my drafts for a hot minute.

Protip! In Firefox, check to toggle reader view when reading these (mobile: the page icon in the url bar; desktop: same icon or hit F9). This removes popups, ads, screen clutter, and often has an audio option.

Survivors of Internet Decay Award!

These active sites featured most often in my collections so they get the top of the list.

Helping Writers Become Authors

Mythcreants

Bryn Donovan

Getting Started (Ideas & Intros)

How to Start Writing a Book: Learn One Writer’s Process | Marian Schembari

How to Start a Story: 30 Opening Scene Examples | Bryn Donovan

Don’t Panic! What to Do When You Have Too Many Story Ideas | Faye Kirwin

How to Write a Killer First Chapter | Rae Elliot

How To Write A Captivating Opening Sentence

Outlining

How to Create a Flexible Outline for Your Novel | Faye Kirwin

Protagonists

How to Write Believable Characters | Bridget McNulty

4 Ways to Write a Likable Protag at the Start of the Character Arc | KM Weiland

5 Tips for Writing a Likable "Righteous" Character | KM Weiland

I Hate Your Protagonist! Want to Know Why? | KM Weiland

The Secret to Writing Dynamic Characters: It's Always Their Fault | KM Weiland

A Protagonist’s Moment of Realisation

Antagonists

Blurring the Lines: What Are Anti-Heroes and Anti-Villains?

Antagonists: Inner & Outer Demons | Kristen Lamb

How to Write Multiple Antagonists | KM Weiland

Character Building

The Epic Guide to Character Creation, Part 1 | Kylie Day

Pick Up A Bad Habit | Maggie Maxwell

How To Write Characters from the Opposite Gender | Rachel Poli

Top 4 Tips for Using Backstory in Your Novel | Diana Anderson-Tyler

Depicting Background Characters | Chris Winkle

Scene Building

The 5 Elements Of A Good Scene | Amanda Patterson

A New Way to Think About Scene Structure | KM Weiland

2 Ways to Make the Most of Your Story’s Climactic Setting | KM Weiland

8 Things Writers Forget When Writing Fight Scenes | Lisa Voisin

Descriptions

Master List of Facial Expressions | Bryn Donovan

Master List of Words to Describe Voices | Bryn Donovan

Master List of Physical Description for Writers | Bryn Donovan

Writer’s Guide to Serious Injuries and Calamities | Bryn Donovan

How to Ground Your Reader (in the setting) | Rachel Craft

The Forgotten Fifth Sense | Writer's Relief

Never Name an Emotion in Your Story | KM Weiland

Show, Don't Tell: How to Write the Stages of Grief | Ruthanne Reid

100 Words for Facial Expressions

Dialogue

How To Write Good Dialogue: Ten Tips | Irving Weinman

Seven Dialogue Don’ts | Jason Bougger

10 Keys to Writing Dialogue in Fiction | Katherine Cowley

Points-Of-View (POV)

What Every Writer Ought to Know About the Omniscient POV | KM Weiland

Motivation & Support

What New Writers Need To Know About Fear | Bryan Collins

How to Discover Your Writing Process with Gabriela Pereira | Kirsten Oliphant

Editing & Revising

18 Overused Words to Replace When Writing | Oxford Tutoring

An Easy Way to Immediately Improve Your Character’s Action Beats | KM Weiland

Want More Depth to Your Writing? | Sacha Black

How Much is Too Much Backstory? | Ellen Brock

Why Your Writing Sounds Weird (And What You Can Do About It) | Joe Brock

Self-Editing for Fiction Writers | Jenny Bravo

Favorite Revision and Editing Tricks

Short Stories & Flashfic

How to Write a Story a Week: A Day-by-Day Guide | Emily Wenstrom

How Flash Fiction / Microfiction Can Help With Your Writing | Rhianne Williams

Worksheets & Downloads

Writing Worksheet Archive

If anyone out there loves making lists and wants to transport this to another site, you have every right to do so! Just let me know in a reblog so I can share it here again :)

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[k--havok]

Writing smut is fine.

Reading smut is fine.

Enjoying smut is fine.

Writing or seeking out books that contain smut does not make you bad. It does not mean you are stupid or "porn brained" or whatever other bullshit people like to say nowadays.

Smut is morally neutral. Enjoying smut does not make you a bad person. It does not make what you write or what you read "worse."

Smut is mortally neutral.

[jgmartin]

me, after clearing my schedule to write:

uhhhh it was raining... and dark (and also night) and um... cold i guess?? anyway, something dramatic~ happened

me, stuck in traffic on my way to work:

Rain tumbled through midnight leaves, casting the forest in liquid moonlight. A low growl shook the horizon. Death had come.

[ettawritesnstudies]

Link to the Livestream if anyone wants to join and ask questions in real time!

Stream Peeps: @abalonetea @catkin-morgs-kookaburralover @prettylittlelyres @vampkaashis-wife @thethistlegirlwrites @ladyphlogiston @hyba @jasperygrace @writeblrfantasy @lesleymoonwriter @larissa-the-scribe @nrivanwrites @aurumni-writes (add to be added or removed!)

Would anyone be interested if I put together a post on how to write a scientist/engineer/techy/smart-guy type character? What would y'all want to know?

[transman-badass]

Here's to the people who can't get the words on the page. The people who are too tired after all life throws at them to write. The people who are blocked. The people who are burnt out. The people who can't write because of physical or mental illnesses. The people who don't know why they can't write. And the people struggling with all those other things that get in the way of writing and make it seem or be impossible.

You're still a writer, you're still an artist. And you matter. This world is better since you're in it. Thank you for wanting to write, even if you can't right now. I hope you and your words find each other soon.

[angelasscribbles]