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October Prompts 🎃

Word prompts to use for doodling or writing

ruffled hair

apple scent

full of colors

walks in the forest

autumnal

falling leaves

chestnuts

umbrellas

ravens

Oktoberfest

pumpkin spice

cornfields

black cat

spooky

first wine

flying kites

whispers

picking apples

ghosts

sweater weather

acorns

pile of leaves

harvest

fog

Jack-o-lanterns

campfire

witches

samhain

stormy days

seance

trick-or-treat

How to Write a Death Scene

So, you want to write a death scene that hits your readers hard, right? Something that sticks with them, makes them feel something real?

First, give the death meaning. You can’t just toss in a death for the shock factor and call it a day. Even if it’s sudden or unexpected, the death has to matter to the story. Think about how it changes things for the characters who survive. Does it mess with their relationships? Their goals? Make sure this moment sends ripples through the rest of your plot. It’s gotta affect everything that happens after, like an emotional earthquake.

Then, think about timing. You don’t want to drop a death scene at the wrong moment and ruin the vibe. If it’s part of a big heroic moment or a heartbreaking loss in the middle of the story, it should feel earned. The timing of the death decides how your readers will react, whether they feel relief, gut-wrenching sorrow, or are totally blindsided. The right moment makes all the difference.

Next up, focus on the characters’ emotions. Here’s the thing, it's not always the actual death that makes a reader cry, it's how everyone feels about it. How do the characters react? Is the person dying scared, or are they at peace? Are the people around them in shock, angry, or just completely destroyed? You need to dive deep into these emotions, because that’s where your reader connects.

Make sure to use sensory details to pull readers into the scene. What does it feel like? The sound of their breathing, the stillness when they’re gone, the way everything feels heavy and wrong. Little details make the death feel real and personal, like the reader is right there with the characters, feeling the weight of the moment.

If your character has the chance, give them some final words or actions. What they say or do in those last seconds can really hit hard. Maybe they share a piece of advice, ask for forgiveness, or try to comfort the people around them. Even a simple gesture, a smile, a touch, a last look can leave a lasting impression. This is your last chance to show who this character was, so make it count.

Finally, don’t just stop when the character dies. The aftermath is just as important. How do the survivors deal with it? Does your main character fall apart, or do they find a new sense of purpose? Are there regrets? Peace? Whatever happens next should be shaped by the death, like a shadow that never quite goes away. Let your characters carry that weight as they move forward.

For questions or feedback on writing materials, please send me an email Luna-azzurra@outlook.com ✍🏻

Genderbend Zutara (maleKatara/femaleZuko)

make them kiss make them kiss make them kiss make them kiss make them kiss make them kiss make them kiss make them kiss make them kiss make them kiss make them kiss make them kiss make them kiss make them kiss make them kiss make them kiss make them kiss make them kiss

Is the spell working on you yet?

It worked

Kitagawa Utamaro, Red Dragonfly (Akatonbo); Locust (Inago), from the Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (Ehon mushi erami), 1788

May I introduce.....

The game changer.

feeling called out today

credit: _ADWills

I'd laugh too, because nobody knows what that tip was ever going to reveal since we most likely forgot what that spontaneous burst of magic told us to note down.

I'm sorry but I have one draft that I never finished but I laugh every time I see it

I feel so called out.

Darn.

“how did you get into writing” girl nobody gets into writing. writing shows up one day at your door and gets into you

Yup, sounds about right.

I dance in the midst of the night,

when all the world sleeps and lay out a brilliant sight,

when I'm where my heart is,

and dear nature sings in sweet bliss.

A play of a long forgotten need,

that is as true as the blood I bleed.

Quiet voices and gentle shadows of past and future combine,

To bring people to life which one can describe as only divine.

"How do you write such realistic dialogue-" I TALK TO MYSELF. I TALK TO MYSELF AND I PRETEND I AM THE ONE SAYING THE LINE. LIKE SANITY IS SLOWLY SLIPPING FROM BETWEEN MY FINGERS WITH EVERY MEASLY WORD THEY TYPE OUT. THAT IS HOW.

Again.

As a writer, I completely understand.

But as a reader, I'm ready to SkEWER the author in frustration.

MC: I received an A+ in creative writing and a week's worth of resentment.

Ace: Huh?

Deuce: They wrote a short story.

Epel: It's called 'The World Through the Old Cat's Eyes'.

Ace: Okay...? So what's the problem with that?

Deuce and Epel: ...

Ace: Dude, what is it?

Ace: *after reading the story himself*

*It's a story about an old cat who overhears her owners discussing their plan to have her put down. To spare them the heartache of watching her die, she chooses to leave on her own. In her final moments, she recalls the day they first brought her home. As she is about to close her eyes for the last time, her beloved owner finds her. She gives a final, reassuring meow.*

Ace: ...

Ace: I hope you rot in hell.

MC: ...

Glen Martin Taylor, “but i am safe in here.”

Reloging cus Tolkien was a boss man and a great freaking writer.

For the people of the internet out there saying Thranduil didn't intend to fight because he was wearing his fancy crown and not the circlet he fights in during Battle of Five Armies can I remind y'all that canon Elvenking picks his crowns based on season not occasion. So this is obviously his fall crown both thematically and based on when we see him wear it in the films. Now it's repeatedly stated that Thorin & Co arrive on the last day of autumn.

So this isn't so much his battle crown as it is his winter crown

This is a beautiful,beautiful film and it's wonderously well acted.

I will never stop talking about it until i die.

How Stories Can Save Us – The Philosophy of The Fall

Shots fired.

Extended Gate Scene in 4k

THE FALL (2006) dir. Tarsem Singh

I love that bard is almost impressed by Bilbo's antics.

" I came to give you this. "

THE HOBBIT: the battle of the five armies (2014)

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Lee Pace in Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)

such is the nature of evil, in time all foul things come forth 🍃

[my insta]

Happiest Birthday to LEE GRINNER PACE (March 25, 1979)

Creepy things to add to settings

Just to make things a bit more interesting

—Water stains from flooding

—Withered down machinery resulting from weather

—Torn fabric caught on spikes

—Attempting to find a hiding spot, only to turn around and find the skeleton of the last person who tried to hide there

—Expecting to see spiders and other bugs, only for them all to scurry away as a new presence enters the room

—Fog slithering in through holes in the walls or open windows

—Stepping on the dead, crunchy leaves of plants that started growing inside

—The characters knowing the floorboards will creak, so they try really hard to keep quiet as they travel. Make them all freeze when they hear something else coming at them and decide if they should stand still to keep from attracting any more attention or if they run for their lives

—The wallpaper and paintings on the wall torn off and scattered against the floor, leaving the walls barren and lifeless

it’s all about how you describe it! Find things that get under people’s skin (bugs, snakes, certain sounds, etc) and connect them to whatever you’re trying to make creepy

STOP DOING THIS IN INJURY FICS!!

Bleeding:

Blood is warm. if blood is cold, you’re really fucking feverish or the person is dead. it’s only sticky after it coagulates.

It smells! like iron, obv, but very metallic. heavy blood loss has a really potent smell, someone will notice.

Unless in a state of shock or fight-flight mode, a character will know they’re bleeding. stop with the ‘i didn’t even feel it’ yeah you did. drowsiness, confusion, pale complexion, nausea, clumsiness, and memory loss are symptoms to include.

blood flow ebbs. sometimes it’s really gushin’, other times it’s a trickle. could be the same wound at different points.

it’s slow. use this to your advantage! more sad writer times hehehe.

Stab wounds:

I have been mildly impaled with rebar on an occasion, so let me explain from experience. being stabbed is bizarre af. your body is soft. you can squish it, feel it jiggle when you move. whatever just stabbed you? not jiggly. it feels stiff and numb after the pain fades. often, stab wounds lead to nerve damage. hands, arms, feet, neck, all have more motor nerve clusters than the torso. fingers may go numb or useless if a tendon is nicked.

also, bleeding takes FOREVER to stop, as mentioned above.

if the wound has an exit wound, like a bullet clean through or a spear through the whole limb, DONT REMOVE THE OBJECT. character will die. leave it, bandage around it. could be a good opportunity for some touchy touchy :)

whump writers - good opportunity for caretaker angst and fluff w/ trying to manhandle whumpee into a good position to access both sites

Concussion:

despite the amnesia and confusion, people ain’t that articulate. even if they’re mumbling about how much they love (person) - if that’s ur trope - or a secret, it’s gonna make no sense. garbled nonsense, no full sentences, just a coupla words here and there.

if the concussion is mild, they’re gonna feel fine. until….bam! out like a light. kinda funny to witness, but also a good time for some caretaking fluff.

Fever:

you die at 110F. no 'oh no his fever is 120F!! ahhh!“ no his fever is 0F because he’s fucking dead. you lose consciousness around 103, sometimes less if it’s a child. brain damage occurs at over 104.

ACTUAL SYMPTOMS:

sluggishness

seizures (severe)

inability to speak clearly

feeling chilly/shivering

nausea

pain

delirium

symptoms increase as fever rises. slow build that secret sickness! feverish people can be irritable, maybe a bit of sass followed by some hurt/comfort. never hurt anybody.

ALSO about fevers - they absolutely can cause hallucinations. Sometimes these alter memory and future memory processing. they're scary shit guys.

fevers are a big deal! bad shit can happen! milk that till its dry (chill out) and get some good hurt/comfort whumpee shit.

keep writing u sadistic nerds xox love you

ALSO I FORGOT LEMME ADD ON:

YOU DIE AT 85F

sorry I forgot. at that point for a sustained period of time you're too cold to survive.

pt 2

28|09|2024

Today I finally finished writing down in depth notes on the behated geography chapter so I am very happy. I didn't finish working on the first half of the first section of the book as I hoped, but that's okay, I am still happy with what I got done during this first week of work. The afternoon was fully dedicated to my hobbies, so honestly I couldn't be happier on how the day went. I am still a little sleepy, but tomorrow I am not setting an alarm so hopefully I'll manage to get some rest.

productivity list:

read first thing in the morning

finished working on chapter's notes

duolingo

tidied up my study bc it was starting to be too messy to function

continued working on my crochet project (I finished the back panel of the sweater)

📖: A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher (I might finish the book tonight 👀)