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Ref Recs for Whump Writers

Violence: A Writer’s Guide:  This is not about writing technique. It is an introduction to the world of violence. To the parts that people don’t understand. The parts that books and movies get wrong. Not just the mechanics, but how people who live in a violent world think and feel about what they do and what they see done.

Hurting Your Characters: HURTING YOUR CHARACTERS discusses the immediate effect of trauma on the body, its physiologic response, including the types of nerve fibers and the sensations they convey, and how injuries feel to the character. This book also presents a simplified overview of the expected recovery times for the injuries discussed in young, otherwise healthy individuals.

Body Trauma: A writer’s guide to wounds and injuries. Body Trauma explains what happens to body organs and bones maimed by accident or intent and the small window of opportunity for emergency treatment. Research what happens in a hospital operating room and the personnel who initiate treatment. Use these facts to bring added realism to your stories and novels.

10 B.S. Medical Tropes that Need to Die TODAY…and What to Do Instead: Written by a paramedic and writer with a decade of experience, 10 BS Medical Tropes covers exactly that: clichéd and inaccurate tropes that not only ruin books, they have the potential to hurt real people in the real world. 

Maim Your Characters: How Injuries Work in Fiction: Increase Realism. Raise the Stakes. Tell Better Stories. Maim Your Characters is the definitive guide to using wounds and injuries to their greatest effect in your story. Learn not only the six critical parts of an injury plot, but more importantly, how to make sure that the injury you’re inflicting matters. 

Blood on the Page: This handy resource is a must-have guide for writers whose characters live on the edge of danger. If you like easy-to-follow tools, expert opinions from someone with firsthand knowledge, and you don’t mind a bit of fictional bodily harm, then you’ll love Samantha Keel’s invaluable handbook

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Constellations

Nyx glared at their red faced reflection in the bathroom mirror.

“Stupid acne’s been so bad again lately,” they grumbled. Nyx curled their lip in distaste at the red speckles dotting their face. They shut off the bathroom light with a bit more force than they meant.

A gentle rapping on their window nudged them out of their mind. Nyx wandered over to pull back the blinds and was greeted by a brightly smiling face. Genesis.

Genesis gave a dramatic little sigh and pointed to the window locks.

Right, forgot about that.

Unlatching and opening the window, Nyx greeted her with a gentle, “Hey”

“Hey, you,” Genesis gently poked them with a grin. She pulled Nyx’s hand and flopped down on their bed. She fixed her curious gaze on their fiddling hands and angry red acne scars.

“Are they bothering you again?”

“Huh?” Nyx was pulled out of thought again.

Genesis gently brushed her thumb on Nyx’s cheek. “The constellations. Are they bothering you again?”

They simply nodded.

Genesis hummed as she traced patterns on the spots and scars.

“Right here, I see Draco.” She moved her fingers to their forehead. “And over here, I can see Perseus. This one is my favorite.”

Nyx’s lips twitched upwards.

“Over here,” Genesis continued, “is Pisces.”

They gently encased her small hands in their own.

“Nyx, your stars are beautiful. I hope you always know that.”

Genesis leaned forward and rested her forehead on Nyx’s. They breathed together in sync, staying put in the moment.

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