#httpssilvie

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snailkit!!

oh my GOD OH MY GOD OH my god oh my god

silvie. (i assume your name is silvie.) silvie look at me. this is the best thing. just. the best thing.

i don't even know what i'm going to do with it but i KNOW i need to see it every day oh my snailkit my BELOVED my ADORED i love her i love you i

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hey its hummingbird anon i drew

NICE

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experimenting w/ dofwing design

OH MY GIRL OMG

SHE'S SO GOOD

THANK

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hav a tiny squilflight

OH GIRLIE YES HI YOU'RE GOOD

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mspaint jayf in a dress number 3 ft poppyfrost in a suit

FUCK YEAHLKJ;DS

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unrelated but i just cut my hair and i would like to annouce this to Everyone here

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hi matt!! sorry for the dredfully overwhemlming amount of asks, but i just wanna ask- any tips 4 beginner ficwriters? i'm working on a songfic oneshot ("are you satisfied?" + cinderpelt) and just wanted some tips 4 a beginner writer

you're not overwhelming me! fear not. i try to say when things bother me so that like. there's no lack of clarity. unless i ask you to stop doing something, it's fine.

on that note: i prefer matthew over matt. mateo and mallow are also good.

(note to said note: this is by no means a big deal so don't fret about it.)

aanyway

some disclaimers: i am not a published writer or anything, this advice is just advice that works for me so take what works for you and ignore the rest, and i'm giving advice wrt writing fic, which does have its own genre quirks that means this isn't necessarily broadly applicable. but some of it is.

kay first piece of advice: if you're not having fun, don't do it. this is a hobby, being good at it is not required. if getting better makes you happy, then by all means, strive for improvement. but if you stop having fun, stop.

everything else under a cut.

second: there's no shortcut. i've been writing since i could hold a pen, and writing with concentrated effort for over a decade. i had a shelf full of notebooks. i try to hit at LEAST a thousand words a day, and i'm usually writing about three thousand.

writing is hard. it's the kind of hard i enjoy, but it's hard. i derive satisfaction out of it, but it is work.

third: wrt that point, getting better at writing requires working on your writing. that might sound obvious, but there are all sorts of writing Exercises which are designed to help you get better at doing things. i've got a HUGE library of them and i'm always happy to share.

fourth: don't compare yourself to others. it's a little cliche, but...really, it's best to avoid. there are certainly ways to do this that are helpful, but i...think it's best for especially beginning writers to avoid doing that. it's hard to see the years of experience that lead up to being a Good Writer, and comparing yourself when you're starting out is just...not helpful.

fifth: being out of character is a lie. this is pretty warriors specific but like. most of these characters don't have very consistent characterization. be in character for yourself, make sure they resemble canon characters, and don't stress about it.

sixth: make a plan. i'll leave what that means and how you do it up to you, but even if your plan is a scribbled sentence, make one.

i also want to add that the plot might not be in the physical actions of characters. this is something i had to figure out for myself, but a story can just be driven by emotions, with very little happening. now, you definitely have to be careful with this, because anything longer than a couple thousand words usually needs a decent amount of Physical Plot, but most of my chapter level outlines focus on emotions.

anyway there's a million ways to do this but everyone i know does something, even the ones who claim to do nothing.

seventh: it's okay if you feel like you need an audience. for me, the Point of writing is to share it with people. "writing for myself" for me REQUIRES i share things and publish them. there's no such thing as a story i write for only my eyes.

and related, but that audience doesn't have to be the whole internet. i've been recently sharing quite a lot of things just among my friends, and it's been Really Good for my writing and for my...i don't want to say mental health, bc that implies not doing that wasn't healthy, but it did just...make me feel good.

obviously not everyone has that opportunity but i just wanted to throw these two ideas together because they work in concert.

eighth: write a lot. what it's important.

ninth: tag your works appropriately. what that means is a whole other topic i'm not really qualified to get into but. seriously. as someone who was raised in ffn, ao3 is a GOD SEND and y'all should appreciate it. overall, tagging culture on ao3 is good, but just...remember to tag. i'm not a huge fan of tumblr style tags on ao3 but i do have a few, such as "another au i give u 0 context for."

tenth: nothing is permanent. write a lot, post fast, don't be afraid to edit. p sure i'm going to b making mosskit they/them in hitds bc vox's got me on it. there's lots of my works with edit notes, but that's because i'm a programmer who was taught to always explain my edits.

you don't have to do that.

anyway the point is if you don't like something, change it! it's your writing.

i do recommend not deleting things, because i feel it's unproductive, but if you really hate having something up, delete it!

have a good time.

<3

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jayfeathr

@jaceladag the boy

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bumbolstripe murder!!

MOOD

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omw to draw That specific scene from cardamom pods and vanilla beans

you know the one

""Holly, Jaywing sleeps next to Poppyfrost." Lionblaze brushed his head against her. "You didn't know?"

"You did?" Hollyleaf shook her head.

"Anyone can see they're mates."

Hollyleaf laughed. "They're not." She brushed her tail down Jaywing's side. "Just friends, right?"

Jaywing fought to suppress a snarl. "This isn't about me," he said. "This is about you both, and Cinderheart."

"I think it's about you," Lionblaze said. He brushed against Jaywing, licking Jaywing's head. "I think our baby brother needs help."

Hollyleaf pushed into his other side, trapping Jaywing between them. "You're right. Well, Jaywing, when two cats love each other very much—" She collapsed into laughter. "You see, when two cats—"

Lionblaze reached over Jaywing to bat at her ear. "It's normal to be nervous about this kind of thing," he said, emulating the way Leafpool had talked to them when Lionkit was scared to sleep in his own nest. "Every cat deals with it in their own way."

Jaywing hissed. "I'm the same age as both of you, and I think I've got things under control." He wriggled out of them, his pelt standing up in every direction from the struggle." dude it is amazing and i love it and i am drawing it

thank you thank you thank you i'm glad you like that scene it's one of my favourites <3

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u r cool!!!! my favorite warrior kitty creator

ahhhhhhhhhhhhh tysm babe <3

means a lot to me <3

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omw to kudos all your fics because u r amazinge

<3

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ashes is amazinge

thank you!

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@httpssilvie

O MY GOD.,….,.,.,,,

LOOK look look look lovers on opposite sides of a conflict is ALWAYS GOOD.

but one person killing their love?

MWAH

Tell us more about Redtail/Tigerclaw 👀

uhhh this is one i don't have MUCH to say about except

like

consider

"i love you."

"tigerclaw?"

"i'm sorry."

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@httpssilvie

YESS

OMGG

as a kid with adhd i fucking i related 2 this girl sm i am so happy rn malow tyhank yuo

<3

look she just. i just. i didn't even mean to i just went "oh give her something to do w her hands" and then went "yeah she kind of does have adhd tho"

started writing cinderpelt as adhd and have not stopped

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@httpssilvie

bramblesmall

Oh no bramble was taller than her when he was made an apprentice. It’s a bit of a sore spot

Mkay this is literally an excuse to use renames I like but au where Squirrel is older than Bramble like role swap them kind of