#in general your writing will improve

[unwhitewashthebadbatch]

When we say that future creators can do better, we mean it. Our carrd has some reasources, but everyone in the Star Wars fandom is encouraged to not only go out and do their own research, but to spread what they find among their peers. Learn how to draw the facial features of different ethnicities. Large noses, flat ones, hooked ones. Round faces, full cheeks, hooded eyes. The full range of skin tones. Learn about the tropes and stereotypes surrounding your marginalized characters. Learn what to do, how to avoid doing the same things as the Bad Batch creators. You'll be shocked to learn how popular media has historically gone out of its way to demonize people of color, disabled people, neurodivergent people, and Jewish people, among others. What may seem like a harmless trope to you often has decades or even centuries of hate behind it. No trope exists in a vacuum, and no creation does, either. You can do better.

[arcturianview]

im still pissed abt Viktor being told "nooooo don't try to cure your terminal illness!!! dont try to fix your leg!!! you're beautiful because of it"

there was a way to write this that didn't feel gross. this was not that way. with more time; with him actually overstepping bounds and pushing on in spite of it instead of immediately becoming suicidal; with this desire to "fix himself" shown more to be because of external pressure instead of a desire to stop his escalating pain and impending death, i could have found this to not feel awful. but it does.

maybe just pointing out his leg as an example could have worked. especially if it was more heavily demonstrated that his desire to walk without mobility aids was rooted in insecurity (perhaps he proudly shows off to people that he can now walk "normally")

but using his terminal illness as an example is just gross. just "be happy you're going to die young because its part of what makes you who you are" GIRL WHAT???

especially when his terminal illness is rooted in systemic issues... eh. feels bad man.

[tojiscrack]

is it weird that i wish y/n existed in the actual jjk verse. like her personality fits so well with almost every single character, and the chemistry between megumi and y/n is THE BEST ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡

her personality is so real and unlike any other reader i’ve come across in other reader x [insert character] fics. the chemistry between her and other characters doesn’t feel forced, if you understand what i mean? i thoroughly enjoy reading EVERY scene because of that! (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶)

you said to look out for foreshadowing which is what i have been trying to do but perhaps i’m being a little silly looking way too early, considering other chapters have not been released yet. but one thing i have noticed is that megumi only really has shown CLEAR signs of liking her more than just a friend when he is about to leave her (not the scene where he’s silently fighting over sitting next to her at yuji’s place because that could arguably be seen as platonic too despite me seeing it as him liking her) - for example; when he’s going on vacation without her. now i understand that this is only one example but i have a feeling that this may become a reoccurring theme - what was it, absence makes the heart grow fonder? i have a feeling he’ll only ever understand his feelings for her when he is away from her. and given the angst hashtag, it wouldn’t exactly be surprising if for any reason they moved away from each other, whether figuratively or physically.

i could be completely wrong though and if that’s the case, then this is embarrassing ( ᵒ̴̶̷᷄◡̶͂ᵒ̴̶̷᷅ )و

but regardless, i’m so happy i stumbled across this fic. seriously, the way u write is awesome and i can only wish to be as good as you when it comes to writing! the dialogue, the chemistry between the characters is so cute and feels like a coming of age sitcom. i love it i love it i love it and i love you!! (๑˃́ꇴ˂̀๑)

please keep up the good work, soldier. i salut you for your hard work keeping us all sane after gege shattered our souls (stay alive, don’t let him find you) ദ്ദി(˵ •̀ ᴗ - ˵ ) ✧

liar, liar masterlist here

oh. my. GOSH. a long message? AJSJWKSJWJSJ STOPPP I’M SO EXCITED TO ANSWER THIS

it is not weird at ALL. i created this y/n with the sole thought that there should be a character as wild as her (i love goofy characters sm you have no idea). like my fav character from aot? connie. fav from jjk? gojo. fav from haikyuu? tanaka and hinata. fav from death note? L (don’t lie, that man was funny af).

read that entire sentence about her chemistry with megumi and the relationship she has with the other characters not being forced with a FAT smile on my face 🙂‍↕️ an author knows they’ve won once someone points this out using their own free will. thank you for that 😭💞

the second i saw the word ‘foreshadowing’ in ur message, JAISJWISJWJSJ. YES, YOU HAVE A PREDICTION? TELL ME MORE (i feel like a mastermind rn muahahahaha) 😋 you are nawt silly for looking for it earlier. i’ve dropped so many hints and no one’s picked it apart yet (surprisingly). some are more obvious than others, but let me tell you now, once you’ve noticed it, you’re gonna smack ur forehead and think ‘why didn’t i see this before?’.

i LOVE how you’re playing devil’s advocate for yourself (you’re so smart omg). like you’ve mentioned how the only in-your-face type of thing we’ve seen so far is the airport scene (i mean, if gojo pointing it out wasn’t so obvious, dk what is, really, lolol). and i also like how you’ve made it so that the arguing in yuji’s room can be easily seen as platonic despite what you might think (we need smart people like you so pls don’t die tyvm).

and OOH, IDK WHAT TO TELL YOU WITHOUT SPOILING IT. distance makes the heart grow fonder… yeah, can’t reveal whether this trope is for them or not. i can, however, confuse you a little and say that you’re half right. maybe, like, forty five percent right if i have to slap a number on it. yeah. but there is something that occurs later on (you guessed it, with the angst hashtag) that makes me want to say that you’re actually fifty five percent right. idk, you’ll see what i mean once the main story’s out 😭

this would NOT be embarrassing for you if you’re wrong, let me tell you that much. this fic’s been out since the end of december (beginning of january?) and no one’s come to a prediction as well thought out as yours. for that, i will NOT forget you when i write out the half-correct prediction of yours in the coming chapters.

i’m so happy you stumbled across my fic too! 😭 i’m having sm fun writing this out and laughing to myself (not at you babe, just as the evil mastermind that i am). i’ll be responsible for your complaints once the angst chapters get out (plural because there’s a LOT of them planned). tysm for ur kind message, i’m so flattered my writing pleases you 😭 dialogue is hard to write, trying to match it with the characters ofc, so i appreciate your support on that 💘

girl, gege will never find me. after what he did to my satoru, i will find him. don’t get it twisted.

on the contrary, i’m so upset you wrote all of this anonymously but i respect it, there might be a gazillion reasons why you’d like to remain anonymous. so if you ever send a message again, just lmk it’s you. call yourself the ‘big brain anon’ (😤) because you’re so smart and ily and don’t be humble about it, you are SO smart <3

[aroaessidhe]

2024 reads / storygraph

Fallen Thorns

dark urban fantasy coming-of-age

follows a boy settling into university, when after a date (that he didn’t even want to go on) turns bad he’s made into a vampire

as he settles into his new existence and the local vampire community - while they try to find who’s been leaving bodies across the city - he discovers that there’s something different and darker within him

aroace neurodivergent MC

[juniestar]

Why are so many dudes not talented or funny? if you ask them “what’s your passion” it’s like “making that dough” okay NO what are you GOOD AT? ALL these men have is THEIR MUSTACHES!

[puppyeared]

Atla live action 😐

[moon-buggg]

Hi! I felt obligated to leave this message after binge reading all your fanfics, as I absolutely loved you writing style. It was a rather immersive experience and I haven't felt so invested into a premise in quite awhile. I left a few comments, but I'm not sure they show how much I actually loved, LOVED your writing! Thanks for sharing it with the world, I will now proceed to think about your Sun, Moon, and aus every night for the next 10 years :]

thank you!!!<3<3 I saw your comments and they really did make my day!!

It's kind of wild to me that so many people consider my writing to be really immersive, I always worry that I get too caught up in writing internal monologues and trains of thought and totally neglect to write whats actually physically happening in a scene lol ^^'

[theroosterfairytaler]

Want to improve your writing?

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For all of those who are just starting to become a writer, wanting to become a future author, or just want to improve their writing skills. I want you to be aware of this book called Steering The Craft by Ursula K. Le Guin.

Back in my third year of high school, I took a creative writing class as not only a way of expanding my creativity, but also learning about how to improve my way of writing short stories. And thanks to my Canadian teacher, he not only showed us beyond this book, yet also ways of understanding how some writing choices work. Like POV, or better known as Point Of View.

Le Guin provides justifications before presenting her principles, often referencing profound ideals and making writing accountable for a greater good. She emphasises clarity along with understanding, not just correctness, and encourages others to share their own reasoning. She also uses passages from her favourite famous authors/writers, such as Zora Neale Hurston and J.R.R. Tolkien to demonstrate her reasoning.

I highly recommend this book for those who wants to expand their writing skills, however, this isn't exactly for beginners. Because Le Guin highlights in the introduction that the book is intended for writers who geared towards aiming to advance their profession, distinguishing between narrative and expository writing, emphasising transformation in storytelling, and recommending reading classics beyond modern fiction.

Of course, beginners can read this book too, but I bring this up for the simple reason that this book might not be for everyone. Or some might not like the "rules" she has mentioned in this book, wanting to write things their way because maybe you just prefer to write things how you see it. And while there is nothing inherently wrong with that, some publishers or people just won't accept things that are different, especially if it dosen’t make sense in their eyes.

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[antirepurp]

One of the things that annoys me about Shadow and Silver's naivety is that Shadow has had like 3-4 games where he naively just gets dragged around by others on pure faith, good or bad, while Silver was only really dragged around by Mephiles, learned not to trust him half way through the game and hadn't been as naive since.

im guessing your angle here is that shadow shows a lot more naivety overall compared to the likes of silver, but fanon in particular paints silver as needlessly naive and ignores shadow's naive traits. i would, perhaps gently, argue that silver's naivety still gets played up more than i care for in official material even today, though i suppose that's to be expected when his debut game wasn't received well and taking cues from that might sound like a bad idea to whoever is in charge of characterizing him. that, and at least i see a lot of people enjoying a kind of carefree silver who showcases naivety in a humorous manner, so it'd make sense for writers to lean into it. then again i don't fuck with supplementary material like the comics much, where silver has more presence than in the games rn, so i wouldn't truly know what's going on out there lol

but yeah i'd like to see people acknowledging shadow's naivety more. not in a way where he gets turned into a baby cinnamon roll or whatever, but as a trait that's a part of his personality as a whole, that might slip through occasionally when he isn't making a conscious effort to suppress or work against it

[katebihshop]

why did i talk to a career coach just for her to tell me to use chatgpt i hate it here

[alienheartattack]

Me: All fanfiction is valid!

Also me, gripping my bejeweled chalice in rage: Character x reader is a pox upon the land

[mantisgodsdomain]

Occasionally we debate on illustrating random bits from our Discord PMs that we find really funny but then we remember that we're, like, the physical embodiment of the "ace that makes sex jokes" stereotype and phrases like "iterator dick discourse" would both be remarkably difficult to illustrate and probably require us drawing something at least somewhat NSFW (we do not particularly care to learn how to draw this)

[baomien]

there’s a lot of things that bother me about the ai generated art thing and i definitely don’t have anything new to say about it but one thing that does get to me is this attitude of ai people who see the use of ai art as this like….triumphant, smug uprising against those selfish, greedy artists who have squirreled away the Secret Talents of art and how only a Select Blessed Few could make art but no more! now we can ALL make art! when it’s like—art is everywhere. it is so intrinsically human to make art; it is a communal tool. it’s not something you magically become good at, it’s not something you are just born with the ability to do, it’s the simple act of creating with your own hands. the steps it takes to make art is art. every step of improving yourself is art. everyone can all make art without the use of ai; there is no such thing as ‘reclaiming’ art from artists because the potential for art is in everyone.

[flowerslut]

u really inspire me to start writing i’m so nervous but reading and rereading your fics makes me wanna be that good too😭 i’ve started classes and everything, thank you!!!! <<<<<<333333

this is so sweet oh my god!!! I s2g every day you guys say something soooo unbelievably kind that it blows me away :’) I am glad that years of fanfic writing has made me better at accepting compliments so THANK YOU SO MUCH! liiitcherally being able to inspire even YOU makes every Writing Related Agony feel sooooo worth it 😭

I hope you have SO MUCH FUN as you start writing and learning etc!!! I’m only now doing my first writing workshop ever and have only started taking my writing more seriously in the past year or two as I’ve headed back to school, and I’ve had a BLAST so far. just keep writing bestie!! as I attempt to make time to study the actual craft i’ll be sure to share details/snippets/articles/books here too ❤️ good luck!!!!!

[russellshaws]

If you don't mind me asking, do you find it any difficulties writing smut scenes? Do you have any tips for other writers on the subject?

i don't mind you asking at all! i don't really have difficulty writing smut scenes anymore - i'm sure i used to because in the same way love scenes are choreographed on tv, smut scenes are technical to write. obviously they have to be...you know. enjoyable to the reader. but at the end of the day there are certain beats you have to hit, and that keeps it kinda technical in nature.

as for tips or advice, just...practice. you don't get good at smut writing without practicing smut writing. also, don't just copy other people's style - everyone does something a little different with smut whether that's based on experience, what you like, what you've read, etc...and that's good! smut should be varied.

you didn't ask for this but i will say my one big pet peeve with smut writing is when it lasts like, 3 sentences. like you're building up to the smut and then it's literally less than a paragraph's worth of writing. i feel like a lot of writers would benefit from letting themselves sit in discomfort for a few minutes and really try to stretch their muscles when it comes to smut writing. challenge yourself to write more and just try, because that's how you learn.

ALSO, find a friend you trust an ask them to read your work. ask for actual, critical feedback. ask about specific details or things you're not sure are working. just opening yourself up to that and knowing it's eventually going to help you improve is always good.

[thoughtsofthegirlwiththecurl]

Working in publishing, my inbox is basically just:

Article on the Horrors of AI

Article on How AI Can Help Your Business

Article on How AI Has Peaked

Article on How AI Is Here to Stay Forever

Article on How AI Is a Silicon Valley Scam That Doesn't Live Up to the Promise and In Fact Can't Because They've Literally Run Out of Written Words to Train LLMs On