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aprileclipsestudios · 10 months

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Too Many Story Ideas

So, I know I need to post on here more, but I need to talk about some stuff.

What do you do when you have too many story ideas in your brain, but can't keep one long term? Because I started writing my Bianca di Angelo Lives AU again, but I’m also working on a screenplay and now another story idea is developing for a book trilogy.

My current plan is to just work on the fanfic on the side when I have time with my main project being the screenplay because that has the end goal of being a film by 2025 for school. But this book trilogy I know I can’t start writing it because it will just take over, but I want to at least outline it and develop the characters.

And on top of that there’s a one-shot I want to write in The Dragon Prince because I can’t get the idea out of my head and I want to write it, but it’s a one-shot so there's not the worry of not finishing it.

It’s like I always have a story to tell, but I just keep getting new ideas that I want to work on. Should I just write all the ideas down as ideas in some notebooks to look at another time when I get more ideas for stories? Because maybe I’ll want to write them later in life when I’m not working on something else.

This isn’t something that is only happening now, it’s been happening for years. I have stories I started writing in notebooks but abandoned because I wasn’t interested anymore. I just want a way to work with the creative flow and actually finish stuff before starting other projects.

Does anyone have any advice?

#advice needed #writing #story ideas #author #film maker #writers on tumblr #writerscommunity #controlling story ideas #creative writing #creative flow #please help #help with my ideas

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starbuck · 7 months

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the thing is, i love The Narrative, but i also absolutely adore a truly character-focused tragedy where everyone’s downfall is caused not by larger narrative forces, but by hundreds of tiny decisions made by characters who, despite their best efforts, just suck.

#like. The Narrative is inherently a factor in every story because that’s how fiction works #there is ALWAYS a writer pulling the strings #but sometimes characters are written SO well that you legitimately forget #and you can just focus 100% on them and their choices #most characters can’t make choices but some characters are so good that they can #i can only think of a few examples of this - but it is real and i stand by that #there are stories that were created plot-first #where the author had a plot in mind and then made up characters to play it out (who are controlled by The Narrative they were forced into)#and then there are stories that were created character-first #where the author made up some fucked up characters and then let them loose to see what they would do #and THAT is some good stuff #and like. tbf i have ABSOLUTELY no idea if the story i’m thinking of was created that way - but it just feels like it #because the characters feel so much like real people #it’s fucked up. i love it

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liorlen · 4 months

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Fair Blodeuwedd, fashioned from the flowers of the oak, the broom, and the meadowsweet.

#mika kagehira #enstars #kagehira mika #ensemble stars #the fact the Mabinogion is referenced in one of Mika’s stories is fucking insane to me #guy who is getting a degree in welsh and celtic studies when he sees a Mabinogion mention #anyway there’s not really any parallels between Mika and Blodeuwedd #although I suppose the idea of being controlled is there #having to learn to be human #learning to love but you love wrong and are punished for it #ANYWAY.

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criticalrolo · 1 year

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tempted to pin “DnD Advice: Just Write A Book” to the top of my blog

#so many things I hear about wild dm and player behavior #that boil down to: you can’t be in control of everything in dnd. Write A Book for full narrative control PLEASE #dnd #writing is fun!! and some ideas belong in a format like a book or short story and not a cooperative ttrpg

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jq37 · 16 days

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What is it that the Rat Grinders actually want exactly? Or at least, what does Kipperlilly want since she's the one we know the most about.

At the top of the season it seemed like she wanted to Be The Best at school and Be Recognized in a very Tracy Flick/Sara Berry kind of way and was just going to crazy lengths to get there because this is a world where you help a dragon kidnap girls so you can be Prom Queen and life goes on. But now we know that the Rat Grinders are a part of Porter's larger plan and one of the major steps of that plan is completely abolishing Aguefort as an institution.

It's clear what Porter gets out of this. He gets to be a god and he gets to continue his imperialistic family legacy. And I would maybe get what Kipperlilly would get out of this is she were the Cleric/Paladin of the plan. She'd get to be the new god's champion, like she was gushing to Lucy. That's maybe worth something to an achievement hunting, Type A individual.

But she's not gonna get to be the best student at Aguefort if Aguefort doesn't exist anymore. Hell, Elmville won't really exist anymore. Is Porter planning on opening a new Adventuring School in Rage Elmville and she gets to be the god Principal's pet? Does she think he's gonna make things "fair" for her somehow? How? Retroactively killing her parents? Does she want to use the powers she cheesed from the easy XP he drip fed her to be a renown adventurer? Kinda hard to pull that off when everyone knows you were part of the plan that doomed the town. Maybe she thought they were going to get away with it without being implicated? Does she literally not want anything other than a chance to kill the Bad Kids? Or even pettier, to just to be stronger than Riz? Is that worth it to her? To damn the whole town just so she can say that she beat Riz once? Did she want something concrete at one point but at this point she's just lost in the sauce and doing whatever the next task is without knowing what she'd even do with a victory if she got it? Did she already get what she wanted in the free XP and now she's just paying her end of the bargain?

I'm just very unsure about what her version of a happy ending is here.

#dimension 20 #d20 #fantasy high #kipperlilly copperkettle #i was gonna save this for a recap but I may do the last 2 recaps put together bc they're battle eps #so we'll see #if porter was literally just like do you want a chance to kill her rivals and they were like boy do I! that'd be nuts #I have to assume there was more to it than that but idk man #even if the RG's have rage stars I think that means they're influenced not mind controlled puppets #I assume she has goals and desires #I just have no idea what they could be at this point in the story #and if it's just to be stronger then woof #crazy reason to damn your town to being rage city #in her mind what is her place in the endgame?#and what would be 'fair' to her?#even before she ended up in this plot what did she want that she wasn't getting?#like in her world what should they do to compensate for her not having a dead dad?#curve her grade?#kill her dad?#like practically what did she want?#i think it would have made sense if kipperlilly was doing a kind of syndrome thing #making up threats to defeat #inventing her own plot hooks #but this plan doesn't seem very mastermind rogue of her #I guess blind rage isn't great for evil plans #also for that matter what's up with jace

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cyanbeetle · 3 months

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I’ve tried like 500 times to articulate my thoughts about nonwhite superman and how much that adds to his childhood of loneliness and every time I hit a stumbling block because the topic makes me too insane to think but please hold my hand and imagine this little boy trying to grow up in rural Kansas and being the only person he’s ever known who looks like he does. This little boy who never has a proper answer when people ask where he’s really from, and even once he knows the truth of himself he can never safely share it. Please imagine him fighting every single day to belong and never being able to no matter how hard he tries because people will always find something questionable in the very way he looks. A lot of the superman mythos is dependant on Clark’s ability to assimilate but when you take that away what is left?? He’s just a kid fighting so hard for a belonging he’ll never have a hope in hell of being handed. Oh it hurts my heart

#dc #supermanposting #sorry I genuinely ache about it #I know visibly brown Superman is a relatively common headcanon in dc fandom spaces so it gets me thinking abou #how that would change his story #especially in the comics where he isn’t told he’s adopted until the Kents need to explain to him what these power manifestations are…#this is also what my superman comic was about btw #I have so many ideas in my head about how his relationship to himself would change after moving to metropolis #and becoming superman #AND EVEN HOW THE PERCEPTION OF SUPERMAN WOULD CHANGE!!#Clark not being white adds an entire new layer to his need to remain nonthreatening enough for people to actually tolerate him #as well as the scapegoating he experiences when he’s declared foreign or out of control or threatening #and I think Clark’s ability to eventually relate to all the nonwhite and immigrant communities of metropolis would be what saves him #and saves his self esteem #there are so many beautiful people in the world just like you!!#if I had my way superman would be way more defined by his connection to marginalized communities #anyways sorry I have genuine pages of thoughts about nonwhite superman #please ask me about nonwhite Superman I love nonwhite superman #sorry I hope this all makes sense it’s very late at night

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lynzishell · 6 months

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That summer, Atlas spent most weekends at the beach with Asher and his family. Feeling part of such a loving family unit has been more healing than he expected.

Asher’s niece, Spencer, has even started referring to him as “Uncle Asses” ...which immediately made her his favorite.

Atlas finally moved into a new apartment, which he loooooves! Unsurprisingly, he still spends most of his time in his room glued to his computer.

While he’s not sure if/when he’ll ever be ready to live with Asher, he did give him a giant key to his new place.

And they celebrated...

...a lot

As the summer came to a close, everyone gathered for Kiyoshi and Kaori’s wedding.

It was a beautiful outdoor event, that went flawlessly, of course... and I'm not at all considering Phoenix and Dawn either elope or never get married just so I don't have to deal with the stress of a wedding... 😅

But everyone had fun, and isn't that what really matters?

Prev // Next

Bonus under the cut:

The wedding reception got a little more interesting once they all moved inside for drinks and dancing...

Dawn was so impressed by Phoenix's speech that she picked him up and spun him around the room.

Then Phoenix decided it would be a grand idea to light up a cigar on the dance floor... no one was too impressed, I'll be honest.

And Kiyoshi's tea got stuck to his phone, but that didn't stop him from trying to check his e-mail... much to the annoyance of his new wife. 😒

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marimeeko · 5 months

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Even if bkdk separately marries, presumably women, as is the supposed Shonen tradition, their wives are going to feel like such third wheels.

Katsuki sees Izuku across the room at a function/gathering and The Staring begins...

His wife looks at him, rolls her eyes and is like "you want to go talk to him so bad, then just go"

Katsuki is already gone.

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Izuku talking about a day on patrol, or training and just gets into a tangent on some new technique Katsuki has, or how he nabbed a killer in a really spectacular way,

His wife becomes more and more glassy eyed at the DETAILED description and gushing Izuku goes on about over Katsuki.

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The two wives just ever being in their presence as they go on to each other about something, or have their silly little "I'm gonna surpass you" back and forths

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Not to even mention all the ptsd from the war and losing each other/almost losing each other

What I am saying is, if they marry other people, then they are going tk have to put up with ALL OF THEIR OBSESSIONS WITH EACH OTHER.

#bakudeku #bkdk #bakugou katsuki #izuku midoriya #they need to just be married and not submit anyone to their endless pining #them being married to orher ppl but still being obsessed with each other #bruh i know they are 16 or 17 #and they might not be like this forever #but for the sake of what they are in the story now #for the level of codependency they currently have #for the amount of YEARNING and CONTROL YOUR HEART nonsense we have going on #im going off the idea they currently love each other so feircely they dont even realize it #(well maybe they do or mayeb one of them does)#BUT ANYWAY #this is a silly post

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subliminalbo · 8 months

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HYPNOSAPIEN

The sound moved through Mel. That was the only way she could describe it.

She had come to the club in River City following mysterious flyers about this new group, HYPNOSAPIEN, whose music could "take you to a place you've never been before." Believe it or not, Mel hadn't been into clubbing since high school, but Piper insisted—after everything that had gone down with the Alphas, it was nice to let loose a little.

To call it a club was a stretch. HYPNOSAPIEN was as DIY as they come, performing in secret venues around Romero. Tonight it was the abandoned warehouse on the corner of Lincoln Avenue and Third Street.

The girls in the band were charismatic, led by Iris Blalock on lead vocals, but the music didn't impress Mel. It was the usual club trash with over-reliance on heavy bass and an overzealous mix of synthesizer that drowned out the live vocals. But Mel's biggest complaint? All their music sounded the same! That droning, wall-to-wall buzz cut between Iris' simple lyrics:

"Sink, sink, sink, sink, drop, drop, drop, drop."

After the third song though, Mel realized that the droning wasn't just a hum, but another set of vocals hidden deep in the mix. She tried to decipher the words, but they weren't even English. They didn't even sound human. And as she focused on the strange words, she began unconsciously following Iris' lyrics.

"Sink, sink, sink, sink, drop, drop, drop, drop."

And then the sound moved through her.

Mel turned to Piper to see if her friend had felt it too, but Piper was already on her knees, misty eyes locked on the duo on stage. She had torn her shirt open to grope at her small breasts, her mouth gaping as she begged to be taken deeper by "The Message."

"Oh, fuck..." Mel moaned. The meaning in the sound's inhuman words were suddenly as clear to her as if spoken in English. One-by-one members of the audience fell to their knees in uninhibited ecstasy, their cries of pleasure mixing with the music.

Mel, too, dropped, her fingers sinking between the folds of her soaked pussy.

Oh Christ, it was happening again. She was losing her mind just like she had in the basement of the Alphas house, but this was something more than a virtual reality light show. It was a total transformation, an awakening to a new state of being.

The audience chanted the lyrics hidden in the music, and Mel joined their cries: "I am the Birth of a new species! I will Prepare my body and my mind for the Great Arrival!"

But it wasn't enough just to feel herself. Mel forced Piper down to the grimy floor, pressing her lips and tongue to her nipples, her hand finding its way to Piper's pussy. Piper uttered a satisfied moan but continued the chant unbroken, "I will Fill whatever need is expected! I will Preach, I will Build, I will Breed!"

The show only spiraled from there as the hypnotized audience fucked each other senseless. Clothes shredding, bodies upon bodies. The audience paired off in twos and threes and fours, ignoring superficial details like sexual orientation or who came with who. They clawed, and sucked, and licked, and fucked, and sweated, and came. Cocks filling any holes, pussies pressed to any lips. There was no one left in the room who didn't feel The Message move through them, no one who wasn't chanting its words now.

Even the two members of HYPNOSAPIEN stopped playing. Iris took her band mate Kayla by the hair and pressed her face to her pussy. The recorded music droned on in time with the orgy. The audience fucked late into the night, The Message's programming sinking so deep into their minds that it became a permanent fixture of their existence, taking everyone to a place they'd never been before. A place they never wanted to return from.

This is a companion to Classified Information #2: The Sound Shout out to @shotgungt for the band name HYPNOSAPIEN

#hypnokink #mind control #hypno story #brainwashed #covert hypnosis #is this an extended riff on the idea of using “hypnosapien” in place of slave #yes yes it is #mass brainwashing #mass hypnosis

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ask-whitepearl-and-steven · 1 year

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Why is Steven acting like all hope is lost? He could use his White Diamond power to possess the Cluster and make it not explode the Earth

Sure he could! Just like all the problems on earth can be solved immediately and without any complications and consequences if someone just took ALLLLLL the plastic in the ocean and launched it into space. Nothing hard about that at all. :)

#chekhov answers #im trying to be funny but #legitimately this sort of idea ignores many roadblocks #1: steven hasnt used his white diamond power successfully since lapis #2: even when he tried it on jasper it didnt work #3: he doesnt know the location of the cluster and he cannot control it without seeing it #4: CAN he even control it? its huge and much more of an undertaking #5: those of you who have been paying attention have already figured out that stevens powers are most effective when he is not emotionally c #...compromised #6: the story isnt fun or interesting if the solution to every problem is for steven to be a superman figure that can do anything

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ghostlykidplaidbanana · 2 years

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Ah yes wacky rpg games I have played somewhat recently

#ness earthbound #ness #earthbound #mother 2 #is earthbound mother 2? I have no idea the earth bound lore #I’m very close to finishing OFF… just have to kill a kid :(#OFF #off game #the batter off #the batter #off (game)#off by mortis ghost #delta rune #deltarune #this is the second time I drew those guys together lol #kris #kris dreemurr #kris deltarune #ayy at least ness isn’t controlled by a player. well he is but not story wise lol

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blamestormer · 2 months

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trying to not lose my mind over the wording in this post hussie made regarding cascade (I am failing) (I am losing it and spinning in circles)

#txt #intermission tag #>“with nothing in particular left to lose or to live for”. what if I tore shit up #💭 slick's most controlled and free willed action in the story both involving his self destruction #stardew valley pop up I've got some new ideas to sleep on

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connecting-the-stars · 17 days

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Okay…

I’m like this close to trying cook up a story with Omega’s journey to bring her family back together.

S1 and S2 showing us this bright, optimistic young girl who loves her family, wanting to help others in the galaxy.

For S3 we have slightly older and a bit more practical girl who would do anything to protect her family.

What if when Omega breaks herself and Crosshair out, its years after their capture.

She’s still Omega, loves her family and wants to help those that are victims of the empire… but her grip on the things she loves leaves claw marks.

Taking some inspiration from The Last of Us as they bring Ellie down a darker path, a character that is critical to the shaping the world they live in. Omega lost tech, she lost her freedom, she is light years away from any resemblance of home, and even initially believing that hunter and wrecker are also at the mercy of Hemlock. (Asks Emerie where her brothers are).

Having this arc of struggling to find the light that used to sit warm in her chest, that is almost entirely drowned out by the absence of all she’s lost. Having her capacity for forgiveness tested by crosshair’s aura of guilt and self deprivation, his belief that her journey will lead them to answers they are better not knowing.

Would she be able to find her way back to the person she used to be?

#im thinking #canon divergence #i would say that it would be rewrite after ep 3 but then I look at some notes and its rewriting s3 as a whole #guess what writers I have the cards now and I get to stack them #does fear control us?#everything I have ever loved has claw marks #the ice vulture circles crosshair #Omega is about 15? 15 1/2 #this season had a lot of build up but it didnt really pay off in a way that I expected #thoughts aloud #the bad batch #writing inspo #tbb #tbb omega #tbb crosshair #writing stuff #fic ideas #story ideas

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tales-from-drama-school · 22 days

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So I work at a tech store, which means we sell dvds

Like tons and tons of dvds, all the recently printed dvds you can think of, a quarter of our store is just dvds and cds

So today I was on the counter and this sweet woman dressed in pink comes up to me and asks, 'Can you look up whether you have a dvd for me?'

And I'm like, 'of course' (But a genuine 'of course' and not a customer service 'of course', there's a difference)

And she said, 'I'm not sure if you've heard of it, it's on amazon prime, it's called good omens'

*record scratch*

Did she just say the name of my worst hyperfixation

I had to stop myself from letting on how feral I am about this show, so I'm pretty sure I said something along the lines of 'Only season one was released on dvd, and we don't have it in stock anymore, blah blah blah'

And she said to me 'Oh, I know, it's so disappointing, they must be waiting for season three, season three is being filmed in january, you know'

I'm like 'I know'

I KNOW

#y'all have NO idea how much self control it took not to talk to this woman about good omens for like an hour #She only left because people started to line up behind her #We did commiserate about amazon prime being mean bastards for not making dvds #(Lowkey felt bad for saying that because at least they're making the show)#(But also that's how capitalism gets you)#Anyway that was my daily good omens post #good omens #dvds #daily good omens #silly #hyperfixation #work stories

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shy-sapphic-ace · 16 days

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Just watched the first episode of dead boy detectives, this might just be my new favourite thing ever!!

#I just love the story and the ideas and the characters and the music and the sets and the……#and it’s only ep 1!!#also Charles is so pretty I want to steal his gender #like seriously he’s giving me so much gender envy #dead boy detectives #YES I SAID that I would wait until I’m done supernatural to start another show but uhhh #who am I to control the hyperfixation #I just wanted to watch it so bad #no regrets I am literally in love

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smilesrobotlover · 1 year

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This is the last of the Kori doodles for today I swear

#love at twilight #kori #legend of zelda au #Renado is like. the second person to know about Kori #cuz Rusl convinced Link that he needs a doctor in case Kori gets sick #and that’s when they discover Kori’s biting problem lol #gosh i had no idea that this cringey fanficky child would consume my thoughts but he is #Beth is a great babysitter :)#i really love her design #she’s just a bow person you know?#also I imagine Colin being tall and lanky #even taller than his dad #rip link he never had a chance at being tall #now his little brother his taller than him #but no worries Kori will also be taller than him #i wanna write this story so bad but it’s kinda messy #it always starts out simple and then spirals outta control 🙄#also Renado my beloved

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