#bog goals

[shipwreckedcomedy]

Shipwrecked Plays D&D, part one, is now up on our channel!

Meet the new members of C.R.A.N.E. - the Coterie of Runic Associates for Necromantic Extraction - and join them on the first leg of their journey to Groggy Bog to investigate mysterious hauntings.

[mcromwell]

Someone on IG saw me holding my sketchbook with my feet and they said "put some socks on please" (but in all caps)

No. I am not sorry at all, I'm a weird primate and I'm gonna act like it.

[quartergremlin]

HELLO

Am ipressed by your drawing speed Love your work Hope you will always be proud of yourself, take breaks, have a good day You are a lovely person

hjvfbhjdfbhjsdfbhjvshbj thank you!!! You're so kind! I was going p hard for a couple weeks there, so i've slowed down a little bit!

[rotruff]

can i say something controversial. writers who sarcastically write for a character who's cold / a villain / etc. romantically and then the writing is just 'they would hate you / wouldnt happen' or something along those lines are so uncreative and boring its not even funny

[antiyourwokehomophobia2]

Will u ever make a lesbian story w/ both a lesbian MC & love interest? I’m tired of the lesbian obsessed w/ the closeted bi girl trope, it’s corny and played out. Y not have lesbian love story w/ just lesbians loving each other and being happy 🙂. Any more NSFW content?

All of the stories I've ever made on this blog feature that exact thing lmao. None of the characters I've written about have been bisexual. Lesbian x lesbian is the norm with me. No offense to bisexual women, but I'm not interested in writing about women who are attracted to men. It's just not happening.

As for nsfw content: idk. I want to write about sex, but I usually like sex to be romantic and romance requires characters who are fleshed out, and fleshing out characters takes a lot of time. Too much time for me to dedicate to any random story idea I think up. That being said, it's actually extremely funny you sent this ask today, because a really hot concept did pop into my head today that I might write a blurb about 👀

[inquisimer]

I was so close to keeping my oc kiss week prompt fills all under 1k y'all I was so close I was this close 🤏

alas I have lost control of the last one

[cahootings]

when i find myself in times of trouble. i remember that I have tickets to see lord huron at red rocks in row 17. and I will see mountains again

[sineadrivka]

I'm backpack packback back again!

Here's the big announcement! This is the plan. THE plan. The plan to get me going. The going to get me planning. That's it. The plan. The plan for Kuzco. THAT plan, right? Yeah. Here we go!

Before we go any further, yes, I'm still going to be writing fanfiction, but at a much slower pace; that muse absolutely needs time to recharge. Because of this need to rest that part of me, I've been focusing on returning to streaming and nonfiction content creation. There's so much that I'm doing right now that I don't even want to stop to edit it down for TikTok, since that app has absolutely been stomping on my forward momentum.

So here's what's going on at The Bog Swan Cafe:

I'm on Patreon to share my photography and the stories behind the photos, focusing on my new home of the High Desert the things that people find joy doing up here. There's two tiers of support, with the second including all my Behind The Scenes and an exclusive Q&A livestream.

My Ko-Fi is currently open, where I will be specifically raising money to get my Honda Fit back on the road and transferred over to my new state. Once that goal is met, I'll be raising money for the electrical system for my off-grid home.

I'll be commonly streaming late-night fiber crafting (weaving and crochet) on my Twitch channel, where I will also be streaming how I'm creating my off-grid life. (Off-grid simply means not connected to city utilities and simplifying my life, not being entirely disconnected from the world.)

Any items created on stream for sale can be found on my website, where you'll also be able to see my photography portfolio.

I've been sharing a few photos on my Facebook page and Instagram, which are, you guessed it, both called "BogSwanCafe." (I'm too tired to fight with another couple of hyperlinks, and these are easy to find!)

Yes, we have a Discord! It has many channels, and they're all focused around mental health, fandoms, and poking the creative muses. No Bigots, No AntiScience, No Bullying.

I have had a long two years trying to keep my nose above the surface and frankly, I'm tired of treading water. I want to focus on and engage with the good things that people are celebrating around me, and share that joy with others. The world we live in is already full of grimdark bullshit, and I will no longer be perpetuating that narrative when I can help show folks the glimmers.

So come follow me on these platforms, join the Patreon and Discord, and I look forward to seeing what everyone else has been getting up to over the last few years!

[b0rtney]

"i've won awards" "i've made thousands of dollars" WELL STFU BC I HAVE FANART AND FANFIC OF MY NOVEL SO BY MY OWN METRICS OF SUCCESS I AM WINNING

[rebloggingrexan]

[dragons-and-yellow-roses]

Gonna write my will soon (I'm fine it's just good to be prepared!!) does anyone want to be added. Lmk what you want

[touchingmadness]

Camp Nanowrimo April 2024 Announcement!!!

I'm committing to writing 30k words in April for Camp Nanowrimo. While my primary project will be my in-progress Dragon Quest XI fanfiction, "Let the Light In," I'm giving myself leeway to count any words added to any creative project in the month of April. This will likely include continuing work on my eternal WIP "Touched," as well as a number of short stories, fanfics, and essays. I've been a lot more lenient with myself in jumping between projects the last few months, and my creative energy and enjoyment have benefited a lot from that approach.

I'm also setting some Writeblr engagement goals for the month, just because I haven't been very active on here and would like to be again. These goals include:

Find more active Writeblrs to follow

Join more active taglists

Leaves asks at least 5 times per week

Reblog at least 1 ask game per week

Actually leave writing updates

Maybe update my intro and desktop theme

Also, if anyone else is doing Camp this month, please let me know here or if you're comfortable, drop me a DM! I'll be suffering from lack of forums this year - Nano has always worked for me because it's highly directed and highly social - so I'd love to have chat buddies. I'm also willing to hand out my Discord handle if that's preferred! 😉

[literaryvein-reblogs]

Writing Notes: The Shape of Story

by Christina Wodtke 

Start with Conflicted Characters

The character needs a goal, a motivation and a conflict.

The goal can be alien to your audience,

but the motivation must be shared by them, and

the conflict creates struggles that increase engagement.

Paint a Picture

Details transport you into the story.

The world disappears and you have a story play in your head.

Even though there are no literal pictures.

But be careful—Too many details and the story gets bogged down.

Make the Protagonist Suffer

“Be a Sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them - in order that the reader may see what they are made of.” (Kurt Vonnegut, How to Write a Great Story)

And when it can’t get any worse, make it worse before it gets better

The two key moments that create the peak of excitement in a story is the darkness before the dawn, and the dawn. 

The climax is the moment when the protagonist is either rescued or rescues themself.

In older tales, we saw a lot of Deux ex Machina (the hand of god) rescuing the hero. A hero could be rescued by luck, a partner, another hero…but modern audiences strongly prefer stories where the protagonist helps themself.

Resolution is Boring, Keep it Short

Interest grows with every additional conflict, but once the hero figures out the solution, our fascination collapses.

Don’t natter on while the audience’s mind is drifting.

Also Consider:

You need a good inciting incident to move your protagonist to action.

A setting is more than a place, it’s a situation and a moment in time. A vivid place has details.

Modern audiences prefer “return home changed” to “return home the same.”

EXAMPLES: ARCHETYPAL PLOTS ALONG THE ARC

Boy Meets Girl

Internal conflict is always satisfactory (e.g., she believes love interferes with his career, he believes love interferes with his beer.)

The crises usually revolves around betrayal — lying, cheating — and the climax shows it was a misunderstanding or we get atonement.

The struggle is always about them being separated.

The resolution is about binding them more tightly together than ever.

The Quest

You seek things, and find yourself.

Return home changed and don’t pass go.

Common elements include companions, a mentor, great losses and extreme character arcs.

The Underdog

Even though they do not have a shot in hell, the underdog wants something. They want it so bad.

Common elements include an enemy who blocks their path, and a coach who helps them forward.

In this case, they do not return home changed but rather move into a new life that fits their changed self.

Coming of Age

Naive person has the world teaches them a hard lesson, and they become a better person for it.

Struggle revolve around life sucking and then sucking more.

The hero grows and becomes better because of it, and via new understandings becomes competent.

In some tragedies, the world breaks them.

They can return home changed, but more often they move to a new life they have earned.

More Examples. Justice & Pursuit:

Weaving Multiple Plots:

Weaving multiple plots together to make subplots can further increase tension.

Multiple plots woven together makes the whole story not only unique but very compelling.

Writing Notes & References

[idontmindifuforgetme]

I study a ton & ravenously consume knowledge & work out & try to eat healthy & try to have good character & try to always be kind & try to balance my phone time & have fun on my silly little blog while also recognizing none of this actually has a bearing on my wonderful little life with its flaring sunsets & crisp breezes & all the hobbies I could take on & all the spontaneous friendships I could make in the blink of an eye & beautiful books waiting for me to fall in love w them & goals that are waiting to be accomplished & love that’s hiding in corners just waiting for me to discover it & the love I already have and which has never failed to ensconce me. I make my silly to-do lists & I follow them. I budget my hours & it works so well for me. Not to mention all the traveling I will do & all the things I will learn from that. & I love that I come from a rich multicultural background that I am diving deeper into day by day. & I have so many amazing friends from a variety of different backgrounds who just go to show me that this universe is an interplay of so many vibrant beguiling cultures that I want to know so much more about. Like I’m actually so blessed! So so so blessed. So the least I could do is go after my goals & take care of myself & mute out the noise when I need to. & I will. Always

I love that I am just a girl in a big world who has dreams and aspirations and who studies hard and minds her own business and is always striving to self improve but also knows when to relax and have fun. Like I love that about myself actually. I want to always be like this

[fairuzfan]

“For years, CCR and others have been warning of the abuse of broad ‘material support’ laws to shrink the space for Palestinian rights,” said Diala Shamas, staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights.

The group represented another Palestinian rights organization in what Shamas said was “years-long, meritless litigation” brought by the Jewish National Fund, a group that funds Israeli settlements.

“The law’s provision of civil damages means that private actors — including those with seemingly endless resources — can bog you down in costly and distracting litigation,” Shamas said. “This means that Palestinians and those who support their rights become ‘high risk’ — and those who they rely on — charities, funders, banks or social media companies — are chilled from further engagement. The goal is to isolate Palestinians.”

[bluegiragi]

COMMISSIONS FOR PALESTINE 🇵🇸(ROUND 2)

i'm not back yet but an invasion on rafah is imminent so i'm opening commissions again to earn more money to donate to palestinian escape funds. i'll be taking on as many as i can (which means turn-around will be longer. Your commission will get gotten to, there might just be a longer waiting time) and every cent will be donated.

if my prices are out of your budget but you'd still like to donate directly, please consider one of these funds that are close to their goals:

Donate to Anwar's family (€9,000 from escaping) Donate to Diaa Mahmoud's fund (€8,000 from escaping) Donate to Thaer’s fund (€7,000 from escaping)

regardless of how you feel about me at this point in time, please don't send in hate, as it bogs down my organisation process. thank you for reading.