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Do you ever go back to your very first drafts and see a character so ungodly different from how you’ve written them now that you’re just staring at them like “who are you”

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Was wishing there was a positivity post for original fiction writers since I see so many about how fanfic writers are doing so much for their communities even when they're not actively writing, and then I thought:

Be the change you want to see in the world.

So this is a positivity post for the writers out here who are working very hard on stories with no established community. Who can't talk about their blorbos and plot lines and brainstorming to anyone and expect them to know what any of it means. Who don't have much to share publicly, but are hoping they will one day.

You're doing a lot of hard work, and I recognize and appreciate what you're putting into the world, even when you're resting.

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ya tired and overstimulated but proud woman here finished act 1 for the second time, and can’t be more excited for the next wild ride after a quick, loose re-outlining

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Hey, Jaq! Happy STS, bestie! Who's the most powerful or influential character in your WIP? What makes them stand out?

Happy STS!!

Honestly probably the Pyrian Usurper lol. As the name implies he usurpered the royal throne fo Pyria and killed the entire royal family. A family that was supposed to have strong magical blood. But he did it as someone with no magic and just a grand army on his side. In a battle between magic and influence, divine intervention and free will, the latter of both won.

He reshaped the world to believe you didn't need magic to be powerful, a thought no one had before! He's making a lot of royal families quake in fear of the future. Because if it can happen in one place, it can happen to them too...

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Character voice tag

@winterandwords tagged me to do the phrase is "I'm going to kill you 🩷. " (Heart sign off not included but I'm including it XD) Thanks for the tag!

Rules: Write the given phrase as each of your characters would say it.

I tag: @the-void-writes @vacantgodling @space-writes @revenantlore @illarian-rambling (only if y'all want of course)

your phrase-> "I really don't like you."

SDDF crew let's go!

Cosma: "A snack for Greeter and a prize for my god."

Greeter: "More beast fodder."

Arc: "My god would praise your loss."

Tharion: "How nice to return my claws to their original purpose."

No-Name: "Let's hope your kind is not as fragile as the others."

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man i wish you guys could read this book in my head i haven't finished yet i think you'd really like it

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Reblog if you think it’s okay to platonically say “I Love You” to your friends

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shiny latias ✨

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Bloodless Heir Book 1 Discovery Draft officially 160k works so far 🥹 help 🥹 (not near done🥹)

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Reblog if your art project has not, does not, and never will make use of generative ai at any point in your creative process.

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June 17: 306 | Reach for the stars by @the-wip-project

Hi, I’m alive. Kinda. Barely. I haven’t written properly in more than a week, and I still won’t until Sunday. We’re in the middle of moving and needed to face that I’m terrible with change and I’m more stressed than I let on, lol. Kinda that caught up to me right now. But it’s all good, we’ll be through it.

And what else we’d be through with than some heavily angsty and depressive smut, lmfao. Don’t have the brain for anything else, buuut I posted a Sasin art in the time being. Hope you like it, and expect more to come.

Long snip, because why not:

Bongju slapped his hollowed out cigarette holder shut, shoving it back into his jacket pocket. The first drop of cold rain dripped at his forehead the moment he lit his very last smoke. Gods, he just re-filled it that afternoon.

Summer suffocated Grohan with a cruel promise of thick humidity as a slow pitter-patter began on the blistering asphalt. People hurried inside and under every nearby cover as if a little rain would singe their skin off their bones.

Bongju scoffed at them, staring at the rushing figures. Watching them from behind, it looked as if they were running from him and his fast, agitated stride, doing everything in their power so he wouldn’t fulfill the chase.

Bongju’s not having it. And it’s so funny how you can’t tell it’s gonna be nasty. Also excuse the typos if there’s any, it’s the raw version haha.

Peace and love to y’all.

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tweet

Something like this would be so colossally helpful. I'm sick and tired of trying to research specific clothing from any given culture and being met with either racist stereotypical costumes worn by yt people or ai generated garbage nonsense, and trying to be hyper specific with searches yields fuck all. Like I generally just cannot trust the legitimacy of most search results at this point. It's extremely frustrating. If there are good resources for this then they're buried deep under all the other bullshit, and idk where to start looking.

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Unhealed Wounds Your Character Pretends Are Just “Personality Traits”

These are the things your character claims are just “how they are” but really, they’re bleeding all over everyone and calling it a vibe.

╰ They say they're "independent." Translation: They don’t trust anyone to stay. They learned early that needing people = disappointment. So now they call it “being self-sufficient” like it’s some shiny badge of honor. (Mostly to cover up how lonely they are.)

╰ They say they're "laid-back." Translation: They stopped believing their wants mattered. They'll eat anywhere. Do anything. Agree with everyone. Not because they're chill, but because the fight got beaten out of them a long time ago.

╰ They say they're "a perfectionist." Translation: They believe mistakes make them unlovable. Every typo. Every bad hair day. Every misstep feels like proof that they’re worthless. So they polish and polish and polish... until there’s nothing real left.

╰ They say they're "private." Translation: They’re terrified of being judged—or worse, pitied. Walls on walls on walls. They joke about being “mysterious” while desperately hoping no one gets close enough to see the mess behind the curtain.

╰ They say they're "ambitious." Translation: They think achieving enough will finally make the emptiness go away. If they can just get the promotion, the award, the validation—then maybe they’ll finally outrun the feeling that they’re fundamentally broken. (It never works.)

╰ They say they're "good at moving on." Translation: They’re world-class at repression. They’ll cut people out. Bury heartbreak. Pretend it never happened. And then wonder why they wake up at 3 a.m. feeling like they're suffocating.

╰ They say they're "logical." Translation: They’re terrified of their own feelings. Emotions? Messy. Dangerous. Uncontrollable. So they intellectualize everything to avoid feeling anything real. They call it rationality. (It's fear.)

╰ They say they're "loyal to a fault." Translation: They mistake abandonment for loyalty. They stay too long. Forgive too much. Invest in people who treat them like an afterthought, because they think walking away makes them "just as bad."

╰ They say they're "resilient." Translation: They don't know how to ask for help without feeling like a burden. They wear every bruise like a trophy. They survive things they should never have had to survive. And they call it strength. (But really? It's exhaustion wearing a cape.)

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waitomo glowworm caves, new zealand.

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Hora Liahn Second Daughter & Demon of The West Clan

Those who'd been born in fire are unstoppable by none but themselves.

Protagonist of Project Sasin

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For all the time I spend on minuscule worldbuilding details, I sure as hell don’t remember them lmao

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Hi, so my best friend is adamant on making us starting our art (every kind) accounts and online presences or whatever together, which i said okay to. Which also means insta and youtube lmao. Help me pick which one please, because i considered having them, but idk how where when and what.

Consistence would prob be like here, if that makes any difference, lol.