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[punks-never-die205]

If you wanna write/draw something for Kid’s birthday you’ve only got a few days - consider this your warning xD

[serendipitousseapen]

Today marks the last day to see the original Octonauts on Netflix in my region, and as both the show and the books were a huge part of my childhood, I feel it right to at least give a little something back.

This is the sea pen.

They’re just chilling in the sea.

[pinklovely05]

love LOVE how it devours validates my round steve hc btw, thank you finknor for confirming steve has big arms

[not-poignant]

I apologize if you have been asked this before, but do you know the ending to your stories? I've been wanting to start writing my own books, but I've been struggling to plan them. I heard people say that it's good to know how the story ends first before writing, and I was wondering if you do that as well? Or if you can give any more tips/things you do to prepare for writing? Thank you!!

(also i've been trying to catch up on underline the black, and i'm loving it so far! thank you for all that you do)

Hi anon!

I do generally know the endings to my stories. I might not know the exact details, but if I'm writing a romance, I know the two main characters have to be together and happy or hopefully looking forward to their ever after.

And that makes things pretty simple because that's often what I'm writing. Sometimes knowing your genre - i.e. if you're writing a romance - can help. Because it gives your ending to you: It must be a HEA (happily ever after) or HFN (hopefully for now) for it to qualify as a romance.

And if you do know your genre, you can research the formulas of other books within that genre to get an idea of endings you personally find interesting or appealing.

However if you're wanting to plan stories, I'm the wrong person to ask, because I don't like planning. I do like worldbuilding, and researching, but I don't like to plot anything.

It might be good to get an idea of the kind of writer you are first, and the best way to do that is to practice! Look for writing prompts and writing exercises, try planning a short work and writing it, or see if you have more fun just starting writing something with nothing more than an interesting character, or work on a skeleton plot.

Tbh my preparation for writing varies from 'literally none at all - I sit down and just start' to...spending a lot of time researching what horses ate in Victorian times. Every story requires a slightly different path, which is kind of normal with writing I think. Or normal for me!

[riacte]

not romantic not platonic but a secret third thing [what would happen between earth and the moon if the earth stopped spinning as illustrated by xkcd randall munroe]

[willabee]

she checks the floor vents every day to see if the furnace is on yet and today was the day :)

[larkiethings]

shaking my head while playing neko atsume so people know that I don’t support outdoor cats

[pocketss]

mmm soob

[batcavescolony]

Katniss is such an unreliable narrator. She says "Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me" girl you deliver strawberries to the Mayor, you hunt and trade for the district, when you fell at Prim being chosen someone caught you, when you went to Prim people parted for you, when you volunteered EVERYONE stopped. Idk how to tell you but I think you're a pillar of the community.

[marcusagrippa]

who up blurring the lines between shameful fascination and perverse desire

[camilleflyingrotten]

Thinking about the Good Omens S1 body swap…

LATER

[sallyscave]

Halftones 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

A practice cuz art block is getting so harddd

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Penelope's final gambit, you will always be famous, no matter the subtext.

[agave]

as a root vegetable, parsnip naturally desires to return to the earth 🌏🥕