#i'm going back to my cave now!!!

[crispynewtss]

new talk some sense to me chapter link in this ugly format because tumblr

*offers this wet-paper-towel-of-a-chapter with shaking hands* pl…s… acce…pt?

[nonsenseexistence]

Hi.

They love each other.

Thanks for your attention.

[mezucore]

original english translation by releska

[r0tt1ngr4bb1t]

STAWP WHY IS FEBRUARY LIKE ONE DAY AWAY..? ☹️

[pierogisfilledwithpaint]

still thinking about that metal hammer photoshoot, so have this vessel with siam. close-ups under the cut

when i saw siam and vessel together i was immediately thinking about britney when she was performing with that snake, so yeah that's where the first pose comes from

and the smaller drawings are more like doodles, that's why they don't have as many details as the other drawing, but this has been sitting in my wips since months, so yeah, i just wanted to finish it 💀

[deoidesign]

Can you make a tutorial on how you world build and make ocs? I can't seem to make any people in my brain, but then when I try to come up with environments jobs, beliefs and little details to slowly come up with someone, I think: well I don't really know how people have influenced the world- it's a weird loop

To be honest, I don't think I can! Writing is an extremely personal process. The way I write is directly related to how I process things, what I find important in stories, years of my own analysis of my and other's writing, etc... The way you write will be unique to you, as well. But I can explain how I personally think of it.

The short answer:

Write. Write anything and everything, it's a tool to explore your ideas. Analyze your own writing, and write more. Then, as you discover which ideas you want to develop, write more to explore them more. You won't know what you want otherwise!

The long answer:

I think this kind of loop is common. It's easy to feel like everything needs to be done "at once," because our job as writers is to make elements logically fit with each other for our readers. But as you've discovered, developing multiple elements simultaneously isn't really possible, or at least is extremely difficult.

Personally, when I think of writing, I break it into three major elements; characters, world, and plot. As much as possible every scene explores one or more of these, and as much as possible these three things tie back into what I personally consider most important: theme.

Everything I do is in service of the themes I want to present. Without them my events feel aimless. It can take a while to discover them, but they're the core of my work. You will have to discover what you feel is the core of yours. Analyzing other media helps with this too.

Concepts in your brain exist in a state of infinite potential. But when you start writing you have to start making choices, which removes potential as you move forward... But you have to move forward anyways. If there's ideas you want to explore later, you can always explore them later.

What this ends up meaning, to answer your question, is that I don't think of my characters as "people in my brain" or my worlds as something people have influenced... Not at their core, at least. They are tools that I use to represent specific ideas. Obviously they're also my blorbos, but mostly they're serving a specific narrative purpose.

So above all else... Write. Write, and discover what you're writing about, and then start over and write with that in mind. Keep doing this. But you have to write!

[shana340artblog]

Ready for the party! I was gonna have someone's hand out so it looks like Winter is being taken out to the ball but eh I think its fine as is. Thats up for your interpretations on why she has her hand out!

[kingofthering-two]

Almost done with the images for the Etsy page of the MotoGP journal.

[ultaslodgings]

Hey guys, guess who finally got to THAT part of the Vengeance route

[hishoukoku]

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[musical-chick-13]

I mean. I guess the good news is that I am now 100% sure I'm not in love with Her™ even a little bit at all anymore, but like. At what cost.

[linianni]

I've been hyperfixated on Frieren lately so here's a sticker I made of her. with and without the white outline. outline's kinda wacky idk.

I love her very much, she's silly, goofy perhaps.

quick christmas frieren sketch cuz i didn't post anything christmasy like i wanted to do, oopsies.

[ellanainthetardis]

Ok I'm not around a lot but... Are we really back to telling people who they can and can't ship?

I guess fandom life never changes 😂

[front-facing-pokemon]

[monstermoviedean]

i've been dreading this friday afternoon budget meeting all week and telling myself "you just have to get through this and then you're in the clear." and it was predictably miserable until 4 minutes before the end when someone pointed out that we only had 4 minutes left and we hadn't even talked about the thing we needed to talk about. and then we had to schedule another meeting 😭😭😭😭

[scarlettfevor]

I love the items in acnh and I sometimes fantasize about playing the game again, but then I remember that the first month after you make your island is the most taxing AND the most fun you'll have and then everything after that is mind-numbingly boring