Im Not Wrong

im not wrong

It’s Halloween at Camp Half Blood and Apollo just had the best idea EVER: dress up as his son Will Solace! Get it, cause they look so much alike.

He drops off at camp at night, where there’s a party going on at the dining pavilion. Because using his powers will defeat the purpose of dressing himself up, his “costume” was carefully handcrafted (except the part where he had to shorten himself for an inch or two): he cut his hair into his son’s typical shaggy haircut, and he is sporting the signature white cotton blouse over the camp t-shirt, surfer shorts and flip flops.

Clueless campers ran into him, some chiding him for not coming to the party with a costume (thinking that Apollo was Will). Apollo is feeling smug and can’t wait for Will himself to see him, when Austin comes over with an excited smile on his face.

“Will! Will!” He shouts. Seeing ‘Will’s lack of costume, he rolls his eyes. “I can’t believe you didn’t bother finding a costume.” He sighs disapprovingly. He quickly recovers however, and didn’t notice Apollo’s attempt at not laughing out loud. “Anyway, just wanted to tell you, Dad came! Go say hi to him when you have the time!” He says, waving as he walks away.

With his mouth wide open, Apollo watches as his son walks away, as if he didn’t just drop a bomb on him. How could there be an Apollo when the real deal is right here? With newfound determination, he stalks towards the crowd at the center of the pavilion. After gently pushing campers away, while sarcastically saying “move guys I’d like to say hi to my dad” he finally comes face to face with the impostor.

At first glance, it was Apollo. He gotta say, whoever this impostor was, they nailed his hair and outfit.

At second glance, it was Apollo. Although he seemed to be shorter than the real Apollo for a few inches.

At third glance… it was Will Solace. His son. Who is cosplaying him and sprouting haikus at the campers.

Great minds really do think alike, huh.

it’s kinda fucked up that you’re only an age for a year. I didn’t know how to be 23 yet, let me try again

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The bankroller of the Gaza Genocide, Joe Biden, has tested positive for COVID-19. Here are a few Palestinians you can support in celebration of his misery.

Wafaa @wafa-nahll: A grandmother working tirelessly across three platforms (Instagram, Tiktok, Tumblr) to raise money for her family. Her last tumblr account was shadowbanned. Her goal is €50k.

@journalsforpalestine is running a raffle for Wafaa.

Siraj @siraj2024: A father of three young children who lost their home and now have to live in what he describes as a "convection oven". His family has narrowly survived two massacres in the past week. Help them rebuild their home. His campaign has been moving at a glacial pace recently. His short term goal is $10K USD, he ultimately needs $60k USD.

Shahed @shahednhall: A college student and photographer. She lost her friend and their entire family, and her sister, like many Gazan children, has contracted hepatitis. Her urgent short term goal is $30k USD and she is far from it.

@journalsforpalestine is running a raffle for Shahed.

Khaled @khaled_1995__b on Instagram: A young father who has experienced unimaginable tragedy over the past several months. He and his pregnant wife left to Egypt for Mecca shortly before the Oct 7. After giving birth to their baby, Kamal, she passed away. Now, their two year old son, Majd, along with his grandmother and the rest of their family, are stuck in North Gaza. Majd is facing malnutrition. Their goal is $35k USD.

Motasem @motasem1256 on Instagram: A young father from North Gaza whose son was born in the genocide. Every day he updates his followers on new destruction and misery he encounters. He frequently posts about wanting to die. His goal is currently $20k USD but will likely increase as things change.

The Causal Chain And Why Your Story Needs It

The most obnoxious thing my writing teacher taught me every story needed, that I absolutely loathed studying in the moment and that only later, after months of resisting and fighting realized she was right, was something called the causal chain.

Simply put, the causal chain is the linked cause-and-effect that must logically connect every event, reaction, and beat that takes place in your story to the ones before and after.

The Causal Chain is exhausting to go through. It is infuriating when someone points out that an event or a character beat comes out of nowhere, unmoored from events around it.

It is profoundly necessary to learn and include because a cause-and-effect chain is what allows readers to follow your story logically which means they can start anticipating what happens next, which is what is required for a writer to be able to build suspense and cognitively engage the audience, to surprise them, and to not infuriate them with random coincidences that hurt or help the characters in order to clumsily advance the author's goals.

By all means, write your story as you want to write it in the first draft, and don't worry about this principle too much. This is an editing tool, not a first draft tool. But one of the first things you should do when retroactively begin preparing your story to be read by others is going step by step through each event and confirming that a previous event leads to it and that subsequent events are impacted by it on the page.