I'm Sorry For Not Being Considerate Enough. I Deeply Apologize. I Was Just Trying To Make An Eye-catching

I'm sorry for not being considerate enough. I deeply apologize. I was just trying to make an eye-catching statement due to the fact that I am a small-time Tumblr account who needs to make BIGGER things in order to get some attention to the things that matter, like banning conversion therapy.

I thought it was fine to make a joke like that since reblogging doesn't cost anything and only takes one click which is rather lack in time consumption.

I genuinely apologize if my ":)" was seen as passive aggressive. At the time, I was trying to use the emoticon to signal sarcasm within the statement.

If anyone has any thoughts on my procedure of address, please let me know so I can improve in the future in relation to my audience.

Hey, if you have half a minute and care about the LGTBQIA+ community in the EU, I'd suggest you take a look at this initiative to ban conversion therapies in the EU.

1 million people are required to sign, but there's barely 100k. The form takes less than a minute, it only requires your ID, name and surname.

Please, help spread the initiative so that it can reach the goal ASAP!

Writting Historically Accurate Dialogue

From @melda0m3 we have another ask: "How to make the medieval fantasy dialogues seem, well, medieval fantasy. How can I avoid using language that's too "modern" for the settings I'm going for?"

(I cropped it a bit)

Unfortunately, I forgot to ask what the specific context was so i'm going to be giving advice for both original works and for fanfiction. Of course, there is going to be a large amount of overlap so reading both sections of the post should be only beneficial!

Let's not waste time as we need to speed on over to advice-giving territory!

Advice For A Fanfic

If you are writing fanfiction then my advice is going to be extremely simple.

Read the dialogue. Hear it if you can do that.

It's honestly disturbing when nobody realizes that if they're struggle with dialogue has already been fixed by the fact that their medieval fantasy world's creator struggled with dialogue that you didn't have to.

Grab a list and just write down some iconic lines from these characters. You'll get the general "vibe" of how these characters speak and the language used by the characters.

You can also write down, digitally or physically, "no-no words" like "kids" or "cool" so when you go back into your work to make edits, now you have an actual list to go through!

Advice For Original Non-Fanfic

Grab a notebook, Google Doc, whatever, and just write down some of the most common slang words you use. If you use it everyday, you will probably have at least a couple examples of you writing it down. Again, lists are the best!

Next, look up shows with a medieval fantasy setting. Then look up criticism and praise for the dialogue within the show. Now either watch that show for inspiration or to learn what not to do.

Read medieval text about a hobby you have or something interesting.

Find a medieval real life person and read their diary!

Conclusion

Ultimately, the probability that you are going to find a historian who simultaneously reads historical fiction and hasn't given up on the hope of historical accuracy is next to none.

The majority of people who read your story can't tell the Elizabethan Era from the Victorian Era.

If you manage to get found by a historian or someon interested in this time period, they're probably so emotionally scarred by far worse historical inaccuracies that your traumatic dialogue is only a slight bump on the road.

That isn't an excuse to avoid doing research but it's a sign that you probably shouldn't obsess over it too heavily.

When you edit, look up some iffy words, remove the non-fancy and slang words, and throw in some Game of Thrones since nobody knows history well enough to tell you that it's historically inaccurate!

Have I helped you @melda0m3 !?

I finished the post @stabbyapologist :)

I'm sorry I wasn't able to finish it yesterday :(

What Do YOU Need Writing Advice On?

I know I posted this a couple days ago but I am an unpopular tumblr account who barely gets interactions so constantly posting this question seems inevitable.

Again, ask me whatever you want. Anything. Heck, ask me to continue one of my previous series that you had an emotional attachment towards for some reason???

How To Avoid Perfectionism In Writing

Hi, if you have seen my writing advice on exposition, cuddling, and imagination then you know what this is about!

From @madmadhuman we have: "but it's so difficult for me to stop obsessing over the perfection of each sentence, or to stop thinking about the reader's potential opinions whilst writing"

Obviously, perfectionism is a highly complex and personal issue that takes constant work in order to improve but here are some things that I have done that personally help me!

What Are You Trying To Do And Does It Need To Be "Perfect"?

One of the most important things that I have realized is the need to jump outside of my own perspective and into the character's.

Instead of writing the most prose-filled sentence, I should be writing from the perspective of the character! I should be allowing the perspective of the character to influence the narration of my story!

This is especially important when your character is doing an angsty monologue or just speaking in general. People rarely say meaningful poetry on their way to buy eggs.

All you need to do is ask yourself: "What is this character trying to say and how would they say it?"

Then you can embrace the messiness of your character's speaking instead of perfecting the sentence by your own standards.

Obviously, don't misspell shit but that feels like common sense

Fake It Til' You Make It!

This advice tends to get a bad rap but it's pretty important! There are times in your life when there isn't enough time to gain the required amount of confidence and you just need to acquire the confidence of a persona.

Eventually, acting like a confident person and doing things that confident people do like self-care and healthy indulgence can often help you gain confidence naturally.

Establish To Yourself What The First Draft Is Meant To Do

Sit down, write a note with this message if you need to, : "The first draft is meant to get everything down. The second draft is for clarity and proofreading. The third draft is for beautification. And every draft after that is to reinforce the previous ones"

Remind yourself that it can't be perfect on your first time. That you can go back and repair the prose if you want to.

Avoiding The Devil Of Reader's Opinions

Remember that you are a reader. And think to yourself about how many times you have personally written down and expressed to someone about how you hate this piece of work.

And here is a quick little guide to avoid ever being impacted by insults:

If they say something that's positive and true to you as an insult, take it as a secret compliment

If they say something that's positive and untrue, try to work towards it as a healthy goal

If they say something that's neutral and true, okay? cool...

If they say something that's neutral and untrue, okay? cool...

If they say something that's bad and untrue, your opinion is garbage and can't be trusted!

If they say something that's bad and true, that's something that you can always work on in a healthy and loving manner

When you see the world through that perspective, we are both invincible :)

I hope this helps you @madmadhuman . Perfectionism and self-doubt is a hard demon to wrestle with but just remember that demons are weak little babies at the end of the day :)

If you or anyone else has anymore questions, please ask!

I hope we can continue talking like this :3

I'm always impressive ;)

Writing Prompt: Isekai And Reincarnation

This for those pesky moments when you have characters that are resurrected/transferred into different world(s) but you just can't decide how it goes.

Here Is Story Inspiration For The ISEKAI Genre:

Your character is incapable of dealing with their unfortunate crimes and instead indulges in the world of dreams as a form of escape. However each time they escape into the world of fantasy, their actual body starts decaying and deforming. Eventually, their body will cease to exist if they refuse to stop.

When your character becomes reincarnated into the life-sized recreation of their book they think they have won the lottery however, secretly, a cult has actually orchestrated these events with the goal of using this broken hole between universes as a way of bringing in a God!

You're a video game character who has been taken from their digital universe in order to serve as the perfect servant for your creator. Are you really content living like this though?

Apparently, you are so hated by rich people that they have created a fake horrible life for you after believing your character has amnesia. However, your character was LYING. They never had amnesia and now need to figure out how to simultaneously fake their forgetfullness and get out of this fake-real reality.

A character in a seperate universe made of magic looked into the various realities in order to find the most compassionate person in existence since they believed that this kind individual would be easy to manipulate. While they succeeded in getting a compassionate person, they definitely didn't expect the added bonus of insanity!

You were just scrolling away on your phone when suddenly a crash is heard from outside your house. According to the mysterious magical "alien", they are a member of the royal family from a different world who was being chased by "someone" and had to run into the sacred interdimensional portal! Now they are demanding that you allow them to live here! While they certainly aren't human, they definitely have the manners of one :(

I finished it @melda0m3 :3

What Do YOU Need Writing Advice On?

I know I posted this a couple days ago but I am an unpopular tumblr account who barely gets interactions so constantly posting this question seems inevitable.

Again, ask me whatever you want. Anything. Heck, ask me to continue one of my previous series that you had an emotional attachment towards for some reason???