JOMP Book Photo Challenge

Sep 14, 2023 - Shelfie

Thinking about how "self defence" is considered okay until a country the west is not allied with does it.

hi☺️ how are you?🫶🏻 I recently got an idea for a fic (I used to write but i’m honestly not satisfied with my works yet so i never posted anything) andd I was wondering if you have any tips maybe? Because I can’t stress enough how talented you are! (if you ever write a book pls let me know!!!) and i’d really appreciate some tips if you were willing to give me some🫶🏻 My ideas usually come in my mind visually, like i’m watching a film, and I struggle finding the right words to express what’s in my head and I’m not sure how to fix that😕 in my head it’s so intense and full of emotion and alive but when i’m writing… it’s a disaster I think🥲 anyway thank you in advance whether you decide to give me tips or not, i know it’s a lot to ask but I adore the way you write🫶🏻☀️

AKJFHDSKF THANK YOU LOVIE !!! This is so sweet and nice of you to say, I appreciate the kind words more than you know 💕

I would absolutely love to give you tips ! I've answered a few asks like this in the past, one of which you can find here just to save time and reiterate most of what I would say.

It sounds like you've got the overall plot of your story nailed down and you know what you want to write, so the best thing I would recommend for your visualizing tactic is to make an outline that can better depict the progression of the whole thing. I totally get wanting to just control c + control v your thoughts onto a page and be done with it, but that's where being patient with yourself comes in. The outline doesn't need to be followed to the letter (mine very rarely are), but it can really help you organize the order of events you're imagining in your head.

Take your time with describing the scenes in your story that build up to that final, pinnacle moment. It might seem like you're rambling, but in my personal experience the added attention there really pays off in the end. I always follow the 'show-not-tell' guideline when I write so there's less of me telling the readers what's going on and more of me showing it. An example would be a character's body language changing when they're uncomfortable, or icy wind leeching the warmth from their cheeks. Little things like that can add life to a story vs. simply stating "He was uncomfortable" or "She was cold".

Writing isn't a linear process for most people. There's ups and downs and lengthy breaks followed by intense, week long binges of word vomit, so definitely be kind to yourself and have fun with it ! If you need anything else feel free to shoot me another ask or DM me, I would be happy to help ! Have a great day and good luck my dear 💗

can we all agree that everyone in Geats is traumatized and flawed and will make stupid decisions that will polarize them in terms of moraltity instead of getting into fights over who's right and who is wrong? K, thanks.

you kids like your duo names so i'm dubbing ramon and dapper the "wrapper duo" i don't take constructive criticism

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They took my brain hostage

woohoo spiraling out of control right now (what else is new really I've been fucked up and spiraling for weeks now) and trying to figure out reasons not to delete my tumblr and discord and myself along the way

but you know. talking about myself on my blog automatically means I'm attention seeking and fishing for pity right? should just shut up and stick to the news eh, it's all I'm good for :D

anyway if you need me I'll be in the corner reliving the past, coming to terms with reality, and trying to convince myself I'm not the problem despite every indication to the contrary ✌︎︎

at least now i've gone through an important tumblr rite of passage, watching a longtime mutual become a radfem :/

funny thing abt my country is that if you go to the site of our only suicide hotline it says "hey. don't actually call if you're suicidal. go to therapy instead" aight cheers mate i never thought of that thank you for enlightening me

started making a power point presentation about my ocs, made 2 slides, and then just stopped. i <3 creativity

Y’all ever read a book that’s super relevant to your interests and it’s actually really good, but it just has such a disappointing ending and you just kinda sit there afterwards like

well

Honestly sometimes I wish I could follow all the neat blogs that have the good fanfics and the nice fanart, without all of the character hating opinions and all that stuff.  Cause like. It was fun watching the discourse for a while, but now it’s just kinda exhausting. 

I like Rhysand.  I like Nesta.  And Azriel And Elain Lucien is a good noodle Eris is my heavily misunderstood baby.  I like all of the characters in some respect or another. I mean hell Amarantha and Ianthe were Good Villains.  What I don’t like is the constant nitpicking and the “well if you like Nesta then you have to hate the IC”. Or “if you like Rhys than you’re trash”. Or “if you ship this thing then you’re not valid”. it’s kinda bullshit. 

Because I love Rhysand. Not because he’s hot. Or because he’s fae, or because of his wingspan. I love him because he’s multi-dimensional. His story is worth telling. He’s been through literal hell and back, and he’s done a lot of really fucky shit for the sake of his own survival and the survival of the people he loves, everyone else be damned.  If I didn’t have anything better to do with my time I might consider taking a break from this hellsite just to get away from the constant hate that my dash is filled with.  I just want to have my fictional characters and love them, okay? I didn’t come here for the moral debates of fiction. I came here for the smutty fanfics and the beautiful works of fanart. 

okay so art gallery date thoughts are that j is my boy obvs but WHAT is he doing here. it's interesting. he's so out of place.

damian and Joseph are obviously not close;;; I, in fact, spent this date getting the vibe that damian hates joseph, which does make sense bc damian is so close with Mary.

hugo being surprised thay joseph would paint boats means that not only does he not know that joseph HAS a boat, he's never been in joseph's fucking living room?????

Damian and Hugo are clearly closer to each other than joseph and either of them so who invited him lmao was this a fucking double date or something.

EDIT: one of the last things that's said is "see you around!" and joseph responding with "you will whether you like it or not--we're neighbors!" like????? was that sass??? did he like run into them and talk about going to the art walk himself and find out they were going and got A Vibe when they said "oh i guess we'll see you there then?" ???? (which means that joseph was planning on going to the art walk on his own, which is um. sooooo fucking sad????)

Does anyone feel completely separate from any other person in the world? Like there is something that everyone else has in common but you don't? Like everyone knows something that you don't? Kinda like you're truman in the truman show, or maybe like everyone else is truman and you are the one who's acting? I don't really know at this point. I feel out of place everywhere i go. In every community i am. Even online. Even around other neurodivergent people. Everyone else seems like a part of society, but i don't. People don't seem real to me anymore. Maybe it's because i spend to much time in my own head. Is this like, normal, or...?