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Sabrina H
I write some of the time and stress about if my grammar's correct the rest of the time.YA novelist and freelance writer. For updates on my work and inspiration, follow my instagram here.
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i’d be really curious to know what percent of queerbaiting is
a) an intentional marketing scheme to stir interest in the project and attract certain fanbases (lgbtq people and young women) vs.
b) members of the creative team genuinely wanting to write queer characters but the corporate side of things force them to tone it down but they still leave little hints vs.
c) they legitimately did not know how gay something would come across
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nobody speaks indian
maybe you meant
Assamese
Bengali
Bhojpuri
Hindi
Bihari
Kanikkaran
Urdu
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Santali
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Aka-Bo
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A-Pucikwar
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Anti-villain motivations besides "tragic past"
They do bad things because they’re scared.
They’re gullible or misinformed. Example: somebody who has been told the heroes are out to hurt them.
They are desperate for interaction, validation, kindness, or attention, and the dark side gives them those things.
They want to change their allegiance, but are pressured by people close to them to stay evil.
They have an otherwise noble goal that they will do literally anything to achieve. Example: somebody who wants to protect their child, even if it means throwing other children into danger.
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I am in charge of how I feel and TODAY I am choosing HAPPINESS.
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please, keep writing. keep drawing. keep painting. please keep making your art no matter how many may try to push you down. the world does not have nearly enough artists.
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aww nasa has a page for space technology terms you can use in science fiction
nerds
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Punctuation takes on the distracted boyfriend meme.
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hey. fun fact. diversity in writing isn’t hard. yeah, if you arent [insert group here] you shouldn’t write about being [insert group here] but you know what you can do?
don’t write about an aromantic chronically ill girl, write about a strategist, sharpshooter, and chemist who just happens to be aromantic and chronically ill.
‘but ken, you seem to forget that people have different needs!’
no, i’m not. because, as you see this post, as you type an angry, nitpicky reply, you have access to this wonderful thing known as ~the internet~!
what does it do, you ask? well…
chronic illness list: 149 million results. almost as if people have this sort of thing on hand, and are actively writing about it.
how not to write gay characters: 853 million results. almost as if queer people are angry about the fact we’re either not there, dead, or one sided stereotypes, huh?
writing a disabled character: 97 million results. as if disabled people are tired of misrepresentation.
you know, you don’t have to write about characters being who they are, they can just happen to be who they are. and you don’t forget about it either. i’m not forcing you to put diversity in your writing, but if there was more diversity in common media, i bet a lot of people would feel better about themselves being who they are.
‘but it’s hard!’
you know, you’re already writing a 50k+ novel. you’re already researching the exact radio wave addresses on 12:30 AM on january 19th, 1999. you can do a quick google search to add diversity in your writing.
tl;dr: diversity shouldn’t be a big thing. just do your research and make people feel represented.
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Virtue requires a delicate balance.
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“our teeth and ambitions are bared” is a zeugma
and it’s a zeugma where one of the words is literal and one is metaphorical which is the BEST KIND
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When you had a good idea in the shower aND YOU CAN’T REMEMBER IT
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When writing a blind character, what are some things to avoid?
Ah! So this is definitely a bit of a broad question, but I can give a few basics:
Blind people don’t actually give a shit about touching faces, so please, please stear clear of that. The only exceptions may be the same way sighted lovers may caress each other’s faces and parents may hold a child’s face in an emotional moment, but it’s just like a sighted lover or parent would, nothing more.
Please avoid giving your character a cure. One of the most crushing things as a disabled reader is to finally have a disabled character, but for them to end up with a fantastic magic cure half-way through. It rarely makes for a good story, and often a much better story is that person’s journey in understanding themselves as equal and learning that they aren’t broken and useless and can do whatever they want, overcoming internalized ableism rather than “overcoming the disability.”
Few blind people actually wear sunglasses or eye coverings, so your character probably won’t either if the likelyhood says anything. Chances are they will not be part of that minority, so probably better not to do that.
Something similar can be said for characters with white or cloudy eyes. The vast majority of blind people will not have very abnormal-looking eyes, so chances are your character will not be part of that minority.
Another very similar thing should be noted about the level of vision they will have. Somewhere between 80 and 90% of blind people have some level of remaining vision, weather it be little more than light perception or enough that they were forced to use their eyes a lot growing up and weren’t taught braille or to use a cane because they could get by well enough not to die most of the time.
So these are just the first several things I can think of at the moment, but definitely feel free to ask about more things!
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you don’t even need any factual backup to headcanon a character as autistic tbh. they don’t need to have whatever you consider to be “common autistic traits”. if an autistic person wants to headcanon a character as autistic because they identify with that character, or because it makes them feel good, or for whatever reason, let them.
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Hey, writer. You’re gonna be okay. Whatever’s going on with your WIP, your creative process, your inspiration, your life: it’s all gonna be okay.
Keep on keeping on. You’re gonna do great. You’ll make it through!
And I’ll always be here rooting for you.
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“fiction is a place suitable for exploring dark topics” and “immoral acts shouldn’t be glorified and normalized in fiction” are statements that can and should coexist
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