#radley rambles
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My enjoyment of writing, my productivity, and the quality of my work improved tenfold when I started embracing slumps and taking them as an opportunity to read everything I could get my hands on, watch lots of films and shows, go to the theatre, play games, hang out with friends, visit new places, and generally absorb life and marinate my brain in the art of storytelling.
Take from that what you will.
#writing advice#writing#writeblr#writers on tumblr#writer problems#radley writes#creative writing#writer's block#writers#writer's block is to be cuddled and nurtured not loathed x#unless you are beholden to deadlines in which case - HATE HATE HATE#radley rambles#my experience will not be your experience etc. etc. etc.#if 'write every day' works for you great!!#if not... this post may be for you
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til you can slay all forms of damsel except for the last.
i love learning new things every day such is joy and whimsy on planet earth (he just killed a woman)
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did extended zodiac for mortimer like,,, an hour ago,,, and then remembered i have to find the class manually and i don't feel like doing that right now rip-
anyways.
#radley rambles#still don't feel like maintagging it#actually ykw sure#cuphead#cuphead dlc#if any other homestucks wanna object to this and give their thoughts you're free too!
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literally what is the point of writing fantasy if you don't include luscious, evocative descriptions of banquet spreads
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A confession:
Most 'character development' help posts do nothing for me. Nada. Zilch.
This is not a denunciation of such posts - they evidently work for a lot of folks! But if I see questions like 'what is your character's favourite colour?' or 'what is your character's biggest fear?' I am clicking away.
Obviously, working this sort of thing out is important! These details add fun little quirks to your character, or shine a light on their backstory. But when I'm developing a complementary cast of characters, with a smorgasbord of unique and interesting personalities...
I just put them in situations.
I call this the fanfic approach, as it basically amounts to writing mini fics about how your characters would react to a variety of stressors. For instance: let's start with a simple scenario with a potential for conflict!
A barista gets the character's coffee order wrong. Like, horrifically wrong. They create an unholy abomination of syrup shots and espresso that probably tastes of cough syrup, and hand it to your character, straight-faced. How does the character react?
Working with the cast of No Man's Sky...
Mavrik would shrug and chug the coffee anyway. She's drunk worse; she ain't bothered. No point causing a fuss.
Vox would threaten to kill the barista and their entire family, in graphic detail, until they were escorted out of the coffee shop and banned for life.
Oleander would smile politely, engage the barista in small talk, show genuine interest in their hopes and dreams, then proceed to make such a pleasant yet insistent song-and-dance about how this was not their order that the barista would apologise profusely, remake his drink, and offer him complimentary free croissants for the rest of the year.
Jagura would drink the coffee-trocity without noticing the error.
Renzou would apologise to the barista.
As you can see, we have five distinct, diverging reactions - and thus, five unique characters! I like to repeat this exercise with three-ish prompts of varying intensity. Here's some ideas, if anyone wants to play along:
Your character is waiting for a train. It's running late, but only by five minutes. However, they are hoping to catch a connection at the next station, and this will reduce their transfer time by half.
Your character finds a box full of sickly kittens, abandoned in a rainy street. There are far too many for your character to adopt and look after alone.
Your character walks into a room where there is most definitely not supposed to be a dead body. There... is a dead body.
You get the idea! Your characters don't always have to react in a unique way to every scenario, but there should be some individual flavour to their actions, whatever they may be.
Go forth and put those little guys in situations and scenarios! And pretty please feel free to reblog and let me know how your cast would react!
#writing#writing advice#writeblr#writers on tumblr#character development#radley writes#radley rambles
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left: previously witch
right: previously beast
:D
#radley rambles#slay the princess#it's been almost 2 months so i'm not sure if i still spoiler tag but i will just in case#slay the princess spoilers
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once upon a time there was a boygirl so sleepy
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the wich >:3
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I need you all to know that I woke up at 3am to feverishly compose an Apology Post (no ukelele) for some heinously offensive thing I was convinced I had included in my debut, Strictly No Heroics, but by the time I opened Tumblr I'd forgotten what it was
I just remembered and -
Fellas, I was convinced I had written the entire book as if the American Revolution never happened (???). And that Riley at one point went on a page-long rant about the glories of the English monarchy (??????). And that no one, from my Betas, agent, editor, or sensitivity readers, had stopped that atrocity from going into print (????????????????????)
Anyway Happy Fourth to all who celebrate, congrats on tossing that tea in the harbour?
#@my brain - what????#for the record: I absolutely am a monarchy abolitionist#but you do not understand the CERTAINTY with which I believed this at 3am#it was REAL to me#and it was horrifying#sdflkgjhsdlfgkhlsdkfhg????????#personal#radley rambles
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splat splat
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Every time I see a positivity post for people with intrusive thoughts, there’s always some cunt in the comments who feels the need to say ‘ah but THESE THOUGHTS are evil even if they’re out of your control! If you have them you are a Bad Person and you should feel Bad :)’
No. Thoughts do not make you evil. Actions do.
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MY BOOK ARRIVED AND SHE’S BEAUTIFUL 😭 💗😭 💗😭
My eternal gratitude goes to Samira Iravani & the whole design team at Feiwel & Friends for making my debut so drop-dead gorgeous!
I’m so thrilled to hold her in my hands omgggggggg <3
BUY MY BOOK HERE!
UK version here!
#debut#publishing#tradpub#my novel#original writing#writeblr#writers on tumblr#creative writing#novel#writing#reading#book recc#book reccomendation#radley writes#radley rambles#AIEEEEEEEEIEIEIIEIEIEIEIEIEIIEEE#strictly no heroics
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me, a person with a known immune deficiency that makes me very vulnerable to stomach bugs, whenever I get a stomach bug:
#BY TALOS THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING#anyway guess who was up spewing chunks all night xxx again xxx#radley rambles#chronic health bullshit#chronic health tag#disability tag
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the worst thing about physical disability are the days when your mental energy is >9000 and your mind is literally buzzing around bopping off the inside of your skull like a trapped fly
but you
can't
get out
of
bed
#disability#SCREAm#my adhd ass is not meant for lethargy and yet my body demands it#eds#chronic health hell#radley rambles
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off to a great start, chaps
check out the WIP post here!
#writeblr#project: liesmyth#character: sigyn#amwriting#currently writing#writers on tumblr#radley writes#radley rambles#b l radley#liveblog: liesmyth
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oh yeah this is actually. like. a writing blog. sorry to everyone who followed for the sillies. RIP my vague attempt at a career lol
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