Dear Tumblr, what are your favorite ways to get motivated enough to actually do things and keep doing? Yes, drugs count.

Me, struggling with WIP chapters and how to transition between scenes smoothly: Writers Of Tumblr, please provide.

Did Eleven ever tell Amy and Rory’s parents that they’re alive in the past? Or did they just go missing a few weeks after a third of the human population had heart attacks?

...did I really just see a poll asking how much art an artist should be EXPECTED to produce?

The answer is zero expectations, jesus fuck. Art you consume for free is a fucking gift, and if you're paying for it, the schedule is between you and the artist.

Can you even imagine feeling that entitled to someone else's creativity. What kind of capitalist dystopian hellscape do we live in.

Update Milo has progressed a bit and I’m hoping soon he’ll trust me enough to sit by my desk while I write🥺

the size pool is a bit small but it seems like, for now, kazui's innocent vote is back on the 'increasing by atleast .10%' grind which is just. EEEEEE YIPEEEEE!!

I FINISHED THE GUILTY HEAR STRIVE MISSION MODE WITH ONE CHARACTER 🌟‼️

Awh, did you really end up forgetting him? I tell not, we all can see your ring, dear. The one Jer gave you, am I right, Afton? + Narrator

Guys omg guys I think Mike's not okay guys who knew

I love that Junghoon with short hair is just some guy with crazy eyebrows

that turned extremely charismatic with long hair

but still a complete dork ofc

Hi hope your well! I was just wondering — your fics have a lot of dialogue and as a writer myself that’s something I struggle on… how do you know what to make them talk about/introduce certain conversations? does it just come to you?

I am well! A lot of things have happened (not in a bad way), and I am single no longer. (Yippee!) (And our relationship is nothing like the one in NCi7 lmao... not that it hasn’t had it’s share of miscommunication tensions.) Anway... as for dialogue that’s a tricky question. One part of NCi7 having so much dialogue is that Noah and Cody are quite talkative characters themselves, and that helps. Especially Cody. Especially Cody when he likes someone. He wants to ask questions, he wants to flirt, he wants to show off. Everything. Chatty lil’ man. Noah is a bit more reserved, but he will never miss a chance to snark. It’s why they have such good banter. Additionally, NCi7 is a fic based on “communication.” The whole point is for them to become better communicators, so the story just HAS to have a lot of dialogue. So I can show their bad communication and how it slowly becomes good communication. But how do I know what to make them talk about? Well... that’s an odd question to me, because what they talk about is just the story. So for me, coming up for things for my characters to talk about equals coming up with the chapter outline. In NCi7′s case, I wanted the characters to change how they thought about physical affection, sex, sexuality, guilt, relationship roles, gender, career, family, etc. Just the whole shebang. So ... I had a lot of things for them to talk about. That’s probably my best tip. If you want your characters to talk more, give them something to talk about! If you don’t have much plot (which is fine), then maybe think about ... Dialogue as a characterization tool. What kind of words are the characters using? What kind of tone? What do they think is appropriate conversation?  What questions do they ask? The more in-character you make it, the more fun it is. And dialogue is so, so useful with backstories. It’s one thing for a character to ruminate on what happened in their life. It’s another to see them say it out loud. And what kind of snap-judgements will the other person make? I wish I could give more specific advice, but I don’t know what story you’re writing (feel free to DM or discord me about it, I’d love to hear) but without specific details, I don’t have specific advice. Lastly, how do I introduce conversations? Honestly, I don’t remember. I do remember sometimes writing a chapter, not knowing how to transition to a topic, and putting in [INSERT TRANSITION HERE] so I could fill it in later. I would say try to use the environment to your advantage. If you need your characters to argue over PDA, bring in a public place. If you want a character to relfect on their parenting, have them see/do something that reminds them of it. Have a character notice something’s off with the other and ask.  Give them a reason to speak.  Anyway, thanks for asking this question! If you want to send me your work so I could read it, I’d love to. It doesn’t even have to be an advice thing, I love seeing how other writers write, and there’s a huge chance I could learn something from your writing as well. But it can be a suggestions/advice thing if you want it to be.

saw a tiktok comment thread of people talking about down then left updating and someone said “it usually updates on wednesdays” does it ???????? i was not informed. what

hi I thought I should let you all know that I’m handing my blog over to a friend for a little while. they’ll be coming on every so often just to block any minors / ageless blogs in my absence. my health has gotten pretty bad again (no surprises) and I have been receiving some nasty stuff on here that isn’t doing me any good. I’ll still be writing! anything I do finish will be put on the queue, but I won’t actually be here, so I’m really sorry if your asks go unanswered for a few days!! I just need to take a proper breather. I love you all and will be back soon 🫶🏻

sometimes being offered tenderness feels like the very proof that you've been ruined.

hiii hello :3 looking at you with my autistic eyes

hello, looking back

im slowly becoming active again since im getting close to finishing my design diploma (dont ask about the painting diploma i will cry) but i still have finals to prepare for in may so drawing time is... well its sparse lol. so yea my winter break is gonna be filled with silly posters and mediocre paintings ^-^ and lotsa overwatch

started actually spiraling out today i am. unwell