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Do you have any OCs who are LGBT+, queer, nonbinary, etc?
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“Writing a book is so easy.”
Yes. Writing a book is the easiest thing in the whole world. In fact, let me show you just how easy it is!
Goal: change all this paper into a book.
Eh, not that hard. I mean, you just have to read, right?
Maybe scratch a few notes in the margins as reminders.
Yeah, writing and editing isn’t time consuming or painstaking at all.
In fact, I find it quite relaxing. Good meditation. No stress whatsoever!
I mean, it’s not like writing a book involves any train of thought or decision making, like when to cut scenes, because whatever you write is perfect and there to stay!
I mean, come on, it’s not like I’m going to rewrite the first chapter 51 TIMES to make sure it’s how I want it, right? That’d be crazy.
And no, it’s not like I spent over 3,000 HOURS READING AND REVISING 14 DRAFTS OF THE BOOK to make this book readable.
No sweat, no tears, no blood, and DEFINITELY no coffee stains.
Nope, writing is the easiest job in the world. I don’t see why anyone thinks otherwise. I mean, all we do is scribble words and take a few out, right?
We feel no satisfaction AT ALL when we receive a shipment of the final product for a book signing. *yawn* BOR–ING.
Nope, we don’t get excited at all. It’s just another day in the life.
And the sequels? Bitch, please. That’s child’s play.
You’re right. Writing a book is so easy. It’s not stressful, not exciting, and it’s definitely not worth the reward of holding something that USED TO BE EXCLUSIVELY IN YOUR HEAD AND NOW YOU GET TO SHARE IT WITH THE WHOLE WORLD.
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okay so I’ve seen a lot of artists,including myself, make this common mistake of coloring the palm of a hand(and the sole of a foot) as the same color as the person’s skin tone.
but in fact ,palms and soles are a different color compare to our skin
this is due to the lack of Melanin on them
hope this helps!
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Tag Yourself: Fanfiction Authors Edition
the newbie: has written like 1 super cliche fic, doesn't space paragraphs, everyone secretly hates them but doesn't want to be rude
the high schooler: only writes high school aus, is actually a middle schooler, writes 3 chapters then gives up and writes a new fic, wants to be more creative but nahhhh
the firecracker: CRACK FICS, just writes weird shit, usually only writes one shots but when they do go for chaptered it's super creative and well done, likes body swap a lot, always uses overdone memes
the fluffmaster: their stuff is short and sweet, always G rated, but they secretly have ten million kinks
the texter: can literally only write group chat fics, not creative enough for anything else
the infamous: wrote only one fic ever but it was super long and it's the most popular in the fandom
the smut addict: only writes smut, probably really kinky, seriously though you haven't even heard of half of these, this is messed up
the nonexistent: writes such average fics that you forget them, but they're actually really creative
the procrastinator: chapter 2??? what chapter 2???
the wattpad: writes self insert fics for one direction, uses wattpad, probably 9 years old, always adds vampires, generally hated
the monster: likes hurting the characters, will make you cry, kills off a lot of the characters, wHY THE HELL DID YOU DO THIS???
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*friend finds a dark purple and yellow sombrero in an antique shop*: Would Queen Ezelta wear this?
This was the greatest moment of my life.
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Writer: here have some Emotions™
Reader: I don't want these
Writer: yes you do have some more
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me: *writing something*
me: hey, ya know this isn't half bad. I might even go on a limb and say it's sorta good
me: *reads one line of someone else's writing*
me: *rereads my own writing*
me: this is garbage
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me: * types for one hour * ok, I guess that I’ve written enough for this chapter; Let’s count the words.
word counter: 648 words
me:
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Me: *cranks out 25 lines of dialogue in as many minutes*
Also me: *spends two and a half hours researching advanced medical procedures in order to write two sentences*
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Author Problems: when you finish writing a scene and immediately realize there was a much better way to write it
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me: I'm not a serial killer, I'm just a writer
me to me: that's something a serial killer would say.
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writer problems
me, a writer: *writes 40+ pages of a stupid satirical fanfic that was meant completely as a joke and will never see the light of day*
also me: *can't write 2 sentences of a fully-fleshed out, actually good story that i actually want to write*
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Me: today I'm gonna write a happy and lovely story
Brain: kill the main character
Me: but he's supposed to have a happy ending
Brain: kill the main character and make his lover fuck the corpse
Me: why???
Brain: you gotta
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Someone: *takes even the slightest interest in my OC’s*
Me: Did you know that I love you
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Three things that piss me off with writing:
Character: Develops the wrong personality
Plot: Shifts due to an amazing new idea coming to me mid-story
Me: I’m crap
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Writer Struggle: The Wall
I mean, it doesn’t always happen at the same time, but its almost always about 3/4′s of the way through writing a story where you hit The Wall. I.e. the “this is the worst thing ever” wall, where you doubt everything you’ve written, if it’s worth it at all, and just generally question your entire life.
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