#if only we couldve done something 🙏

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

EDDIE WATCH OUT THERE'S A SHARK IN THE LAKE!!! OH MY GOD HE CAN'T HEAR US HE'S OUT COLD-

the fuckign Blahaj got him....

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7, 24 and 28 for the writing ask 🤗

Thank youuuu 😘😘😘

7. Your favourite ao3 tag.

Mm, Beth boland/rhea?

24. Thoughts on flashbacks/flashforwards.

My first thought is how the conceit's been abused by shows like damages and how to get away with murder, so my second thought is: NO!!!! 🤬❌❌❌

I'm quite certain it's a device which can be used fine, even well, but they're frequently deployed in a cheap, lazy way to throw the audience off for the sake of it 🙄🙄🙄🙄 I'm also about ready to claim that society has moved beyond the need for samey in media res stuff 🙄

I don't mind a story that's told in parallel in two (or more!) timelines, but i think the story generally needs to be structured around that, rather than random occurrences thrown in.

Also, in writing, I tend to prefer that when it's eg a chapter in each timeline, & where the tone or other (writing!) style cues are different enough that the audience can distinguish btwn timelines without an abuse of italics.

I'm generally not a huge fan of random flashbacks in written stories if the whole isn't structured about them, it typically feels like the info couldve been conveyed otherwise eg the character remembering or retelling the events in the present 🤷🏼‍♀️

Overall, if not an overused trope (or two!), an oft poorly-done some

28. Any writing advice that works for you and you feel like sharing?

Hmm, I think the best writing advice, boring & cliché, as it may sound is:

Write! Start!!!!!! You don't have to have a plan initially, & you don't have to have an aim. The only way to learn is to try, and you cannot improve anything which doesn't exist!

You can fix, or at least improve, it later!! Move on!!!!! Just get something down

Most of writing is editing and/or planning actually, so whatever you can do to find joy in at least one of those processes is gonna be a boon. Try to identify in which of these you'd prefer to put the energy, if it's not ~equal, and hone from there!

Query all received wisdom. Having things in common with many other stories isn't necessarily a positive 🤷🏼‍♀️ experiment! have fun!!!!!!!!

Figure out how to write to your strengths! & figure out how to improve your weaknesses enough you don't find them distracting!!!

Try different formats!!!!!!!

Try varying up your simile language a bit, I swear there's more constructions than 'like a' & 'as the' 🙏

You can learn writing lessons from everywhere so pay attention!!! What phrasing did you like in that song, what storyline felt superfluous in that series, how was the theme conveyed clearly in that otherwise boring movie, why did what that actor said about their character resonate, what topic is often represented bizarrely in media which drives you nuts, what books felt overly moralising & thus annoyed you, how could your ideas have made a way better sequel than what we got &c &c &c

It doesn't matter if you can't do your idea justice -- do the best you can & you'll learn so you can take a better crack at whatever in the future!!!!!!

Clean prose is, to some extent, simple maths 🤷🏼‍♀️

Don't be boring

Write the things I wanna read lmao

Writing asks!