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Censorship will not solve a single problem. Putting ban and restrictions on AO3 will drive creators away. You won’t be making your platform look appealing to outsiders. You’re destroying your own platform by driving the majority of your creators away.
The exact same thing happened to fanfiction.net and Tumblr. So many people quit. AO3 is one of the very few platforms creators have.
Censorship does not solve any problem. It does harm to creators.
If you can vote, vote against Tiffany G.
Liking this doesn’t help either. Reblog so more people can see
The best thing you can do as a new writer is to give yourself permission to write stuff that is absolute trash, it’s great
Newbie writer culture is getting random motivation to write or bits of ideas but not knowing how to write nor trusting your skills enough to try
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Ok I’ve seen a post saying that in movies when people need blood they shouldn’t cut their hand cause of the nerve endings, but what WOULD be a good place to cut yourself for a dramatic blood sacrifice?
The only kind of sexual tension I have, is with my google doc as my so called this-is-going-to-be-such-a-hit wip lays on the screen with 217 word count.
Writing culture is getting the motivation to go ahead with your story but not getting the motivation to ACTUALLY WRITE based on the former said motivation.
reblogging so I find it whenever i need<3
USEFUL WEBSITES FOR WRITERS
Writing With Color: Helps with writing about culture, ethnicity, and religion. Overall, it gives advice on how to write about diversity.
Name Generator: As the name says, it helps you build names for your characters. Very useful if you cannot think of names for your characters!
KathySteinemann: The 'archive.pdf' section helps you with synonyms in case you struggle to find the right word for your sentences (also to avoid using redundant words).
Spwickstrom: Similar to the previous one, this one provides grammar tips. Extremely helpful when finding phrases, verbs, conjunctions, adjectives, and so on.
Servicescape: The perfect website if you're experiencing writer's block. It provides writing prompts. It helps you spark creativity when it comes to writing.
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WRITING EXERCISE 101
Do you want to write visually? Do you want to write your scenes descriptively AND not get your readers bored? Do you envy the authors whose work are so indulging even if it doesn't have a fun storyline or too much dialogues? If yes, me too.
While surfing through the internet about it, I couldn't find much help. So I had no option but to devise my own practice method. And I swear on Aaron Blackford and my other fictional boyfriends, IT WORKS MAGIC.
So..... one article I found was going on and on about, think like a screenwriter, see like a poet, paint with words etc etc, and I remember thinking-- only if it was this easy.
In this method all you need is, still picture from any of your favorite movie or show (better if it is in the same genre as your WIP) and a blank document open. You don't need to think so hard like a scriptwriter or see things from a poet's perspective if you're not one yourself.
You open the picture on one side of your device and open your document on the other, and you describe exactly word by word about what YOU see. You can even refer to the context of the movie in that scene or maybe make up a new one by yourself.
Don't try to force in poetic devices if you can't think of any at that moment.
Instead, when you'll later read that piece of text again, i promise, you will get a rush of new and better ideas.
Practice this a few more times and the next time when you'll start to work on your WIP, you'll have a much better and clearer idea of what you AND your reader want to have there.
Make sure to let me know how this worked out for y'all!
Thank me later<3
Other people: Oh how I want this! I'm gonna make it happen for myself.
Me, a writer: Oh how I want this! But since this is not gonna happen to me lemme just write a book about it where I've imprinted my personality and appearance traits onto the main character as it is.
I could be such a good writer if I would just *clenches fist* write.
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