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katapotato55 · 10 months

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how to make your writing be remembered forever and possibly be well loved.

(incredibly stupid and silly fanfiction line at the end of this post) I know that title is incredibly daunting but listen, its very simple. you ready?

MAKE STRONG CHARACTERS

"but kat! surely its not that simple! " nononono listen. bear with me. I want you to think of your favorite thing. Now ask: what do you remember the most about the thing you love? I will go first:

I love team fortress 2. and guess what: this game has been around since 2007, and was in development hell since before I was even born. The game has been around for 16 fucking years. And guess what? in the strong year of 2023 team fortress 2 Is STILL getting memed about. and do you want to know the crazy part? the character designs to the naked eye are not special at all. ok sure from a designer standpoint, these are very well designed characters made so that you can easily tell who they are based on their silhouette. but from the average joe.... tf2 is iconic but overall it looks ok. it doesn't seem special to a stranger to tf2. look at this completely random and arbitrary example of a game in the same genre:

I don't know shit about the characters in overwatch. Yeah i have a BASIC idea on what their personality is like based on voice lines and some videos i guess... but in-game they just exist. these characters are brightly colored, they have beautiful unique designs, hell they have even more diversity such as robots and people from other cultures! but i don't remember shit about these characters. Maybe I remember the ice lady and tracer, but nothing else. and yeah part of overwatch struggling right now is incompetant development, BUT: The characters in team fortress 2 are SO remember-able because the characters have such a vibrant personality. I am an orange box owner, its been a decade and a half and I am still remembering this game and enjoying art about it.

"but kat! that is a comedy game! Overwatch is a very serious game! are you saying comedy is needed to make a character more noticeable?" no. though I think allowing your characters to lighten up every now and then would humanize them. Not full on goofy, just give them something that makes them likeable. and if you cant do that, you can STILL make a compelling character even though they are mostly seriousness. I have an even more awfully thought out example:

kung fu panda is a masterclass in making a serious comedic movie somehow work. Master Oogway.... he isn't a comedic character at all. Yeah we made memes about him, but ignoring that, he is a wise and resourceful person. He is at calm and has faith in this intuition. there are a lot of characters like this. What makes Oogway stand out is that he is also a little bit kooky and sassy.

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this youtube clip sums up what I mean. It is a funny line, it fits the character, and It doesn't ruin the seriousness of the moment. Some of the most successful series in history have something about them that has appealed to people. In my opinion: characters with strong personality and interesting traits is always a good way to ensure your writing is successful. The second most important is the characters bouncing off of each other in terms of their chemistry with each other. There is a reason why I spent years playing the first Destiny game and all of the DLC, but I remember fuck all about the characters. I think I maybe remember the bootleg star lord robot guy.

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here is an exercise to get you in the spirit of character making. step 1- get a random character from a random bit of media. In this case let me bring you master Oogway. Step 2- Get a completely different character from a completely unrelated series. I am going to give you Scout from team fortress 2. step 3- write a random ass thing about them interacting. Think about how the characters would react to each other and why. Think about each characters values in life and think about how they would bond and conflict with each other. Think about characters similar to the character they met in the past and how they reacted then, and if they have never interacted, make something interesting with it. Step 4- keep experimenting. Once you get into the spirit you can apply this to any new character you could want to make anyways thats it byeee- "arent you going to do that ?" do what? "make a writing thing about oogway and scout. " ........

Scout: let's go turtle you got nothing on my speed- Oogway: The one who first resorts to violence shows that he has no more arguments. Scout: that sounds like chicken talk! come on tough guy let me have it- Oogway then proceeds to make scout eat shit before vanishing in a cloud of cherry blossoms and dust from the desert. If this post isn't popular I want you to know my dignity was lost for nothing.

#please read the post before you comment “oooh no why do you have so many random tags”. they are not random this post is just weird as fuck #trust me on this this absolutely does actually have something to do with both kung fu panda and team fortress 2 please read the post first #also fan art or writing bits based on the oogway and scout interaction I made would be 100% appreciated and loved by me.#I would love to see what yall make based on the exercise i made!#writing tips #writing advice #creative writing #writing #writers #character analysis #team fortress #team fortress 2 #tf2 #overwatch #overwatch 2 #kung fu panda #master oogway #tf2 scout

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sometiktoksarevalid · 1 month

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#cc #art #marketability #art advice #i feel like this can relate to writers too #there are niche markets for both writing and visual art #and “write/draw for yourself and you'll eventually find your audience” can be good advice #but that audience can take a while to find you #and if you don't have financial support (spouse or other family who can handle bills while you write/draw/paint)#you don't always have that time needed to find the audience for your passion projects #and even if you do find them it doesn't mean that audience will be big enough to support you enough to pay your bills #“we need more weird art!” artists need to be able to pay their bills first bcoz weird art doesn't always pay

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altschmerzes · 23 days

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on a related note, oh my gd is trying to find advice on or information about writing sex scenes ever a fucking Grim experience. it's like a roulette wheel of arophobia, acephobia, insane generalizations, transphobia, misogyny, gender essentialism, more insane generalizations, and half the links on guides or compilations of resources are dead lmao.

and so much of what i CAN access, all of the other weirdness aside, is written in such a like... catty, rude tone? like hello can we all calm down please. can people who write about sex a lot or want to provide resources for writing about sex please be less fucking weird about sex.

#gav gab #THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON HERE. SO MUCH.#me trying to do research and running face-first into a lot of the reasons why i simply don't go near this type of writing/reading #even without the romance repulsion #sex ment #the tone issue is so fucking weird too lmao #i'm just trying to look up advice for how to write about x sex act can you stop being weird and mean to me

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gummybugg · 1 year

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🎶Stuck in an ADHD Rut🎷🪲

Howdy! If this applies to you, let's see if we can get you out of there!

From what I have learned, the little ADHD brain creature craves happy chemicals. What usually gives us those? A sense of completion and satisfaction with our work! But those with ADHD lack a sufficient amount of baseline happy chemicals, which means it's harder for us to want to get things done!

If the reward at the end of a task doesn't give your brain enough happy chemicals, you're more likely to procrastinate!

So what are we going to do to get unstuck? If unmedicated or without therapy, it can be very difficult to work around the ADHD rut! But I can share some things that have helped me in the past.

Of course, everything I mention will not help 100%, because everyone's brains are complex and this is anecdotal!

If you are able to, find a window of time that is easiest for you to work at! I typically do my best work in the evening or at night. This isn't always the best solution, as working around a schedule is not always easy.

Crank the stimulus up to 10 if you're feeling under-stimulated/bored! Louder music, brighter lights, drink something warm... Even stretching can get the blood pumping because now you got all the bone crunches out of your system! Are you there, Brain? It's me, Bug!

When I can remember, I create a Very Detailed to-do list. But I also know that people with ADHD are notoriously bad at keeping track of lists! I tell myself, "First, write a bullet list of ideas. Second, cherry-pick what you like. Third, write the thesis/main idea. Fourth, write ONE paragraph…" This works more so for writing essays or an entire draft! For some reason, breaking down every single step makes it slightly more manageable for me.

I have heard of people who stop writing right before an interesting part and take a break! Perhaps the thrill of wanting to finish up that good part is what makes people want to jump back in.

This goes against the previous points, but sometimes writing the most interesting pieces of my stories first (as opposed to writing linearly) helps more! The burst of energy I get when reading back on these pieces drives me to continue writing! I remember how excited I was when I wrote it all down, and it makes me think that past Me was definitely onto something!

To sum up, the ADHD brain is a fussy child who needs to be constantly reminded how to get things done. The more you get angry at it, the harder it is to cooperate with it! But, that is easier said than done. No one said that gentle parenting your brain was easy.

If you made it this far, then kudos to you because writing this was a miniature hurdle of its own! And If it seems scattered, I am well aware!

#Currently stuck in this weird adhd rut of back and forthness that goes #'Ferb I know what we're gonna do today!'#'No you dont Phineas. In case you could not tell #I am so tired of waking up exhausted each morning #only to eat the same ham sandwich with mustard for lunch #and to go to sleep unsatisfied with the lack of work done for the day.#I am so so tired. Phineas.'#writing tips #adhd writing #writing #writeblr #writblr #creative writing #writing advice

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horrorheroesandlore · 5 months

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I’m blocked and all my usual tricks aren’t working, so I thought I’d see what Writblr had to say.

So, instead of the advice we all hear every day, what is everyone’s most unhinged writing advice?

#writeblr #writing #writers on tumblr #writers #writing advice #creative writing #writer problems #writers block #writerslife #writer life #unhinged #unhinged advice #let’s get crazy #crazy advice #weird advice

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lgbtlunaverse · 2 months

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I think that sometimes when people in fandom hear other fandom folks tell them to "please read other stuff besides fanfiction" they feel like that is rooted in some kind of insult to fanfiction. A belief that is inferior to "real" books. And while I can't guarantee that no one means it like that, most do not. Because the advice is true, but not because of that.

I'm thinking of the Hideaki Anno interview where, upon being asked for advice in getting into the anime industry, he said "my best advice to you as a creator is to please have diverse interests in things besides animation."

That man made Neon Genesis Evangelion. Do you think he hates animation? Do you think he sees no value in it as a medium? Clearly that's not the answer.

No, the answer is that only ever interacting with one kind of art, no matter what it is, is always going to be limiting. You should know how to love multiple things in multiple ways. And that goes for fanfiction, your favorite genre of original books, movies, anime, paintings, anything. Hell, it goes beyond art and into your other interests, hobbies, and the people you interact with.

No one can ever graps the full spectrum of human experience, obviously, but you should be able to find beauty and enjoyment from different sources. You need it. You can't sustain yourself on only one meal forever, no matter how tasty or nutricious. You need variety.

If you find yourself only getting your sustenance from a single source, please try to find another. It could be anything, there are so many ways to attain meaning, but find one.

#fandom #art #that anno quote goes on to be a bit weird about autistic people but he is completely right on this #also i'm autistic and i got what he meant soooo #also since this is about creation as well as general wellbeing i guess this tag is apt #writing advice

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not-poignant · 1 year

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Do you have any advice on how to write more words on a regular basis? I find it difficult to write regularly but am fed up of only being able to produce sporadically in small amounts. Whenever I sit down to write it feels like I'm feeding gravel into a blender (if that even makes sense). I've tried getting advice from others and am told to just "stop trying to write then". But I can't because I want to write. Writing is all I ever think about. It feels like oxygen to me and when I'm not doing it (or thinking about doing it) I feel like I'm dying inside. But damn, I just wish it wasn't so difficult.

I really want to finish my stories and I know I could if I just wrote regularly but I don't know why that's so hard for me to do.

Hi anon!

I might have some thoughts on this because I certainly never used to write as much as I do now!

Firstly, I'll get this one out of the way now, if you have money to spend, join 4thewords - ignore this if you don't have it. But this gamifies writing in a genuinely fun way. Each monster you kill gives you loot, and fulfills quests that give you more loot, that opens more worlds and more options that give you clothing / house furniture and more. This was - given how much more productive it made me - a game changer re: writing more.

If you don't have money to spend, let's ignore that and go to other methods.

If you want to write more, the answer isn't to stop writing, it's to write more. The best time to hear 'it's time to stop writing' is if you're burnt out, or you hate everything about it. It sounds like you don't hate everything about it, you just wish it was a bit easier.

Decide what you want regularly to mean. I don't have a daily writing habit - I don't write every day! I'm too sick to, so i have a monthly minimum wordcount instead of a daily minimum wordcount and try and hit it by about week 2/3. Regularly for you might be once a day. Once every two days. Or it might be 'I have to write this many words a month.'

Find a way to track the words you're writing. The only way you can accurately see how much you're writing is by tracking those word-counts! Because you will have days where you feel like you wrote nothing and actually wrote a fair bit, and days where you feel like you wrote a fair bit and sadly wrote...hardly anything, lol. But it's also the best way to see yourself achieve more as you increase your wordcount.

Let's also talk about flow. Sometimes you don't get to feel 'flow' - that feeling of the words coming out easily onto the page, and you have to kind of struggle for every sentence. Are you okay with writing more knowing that this is actually normal for many writers, and the gravel blender feeling might not go away? It will over time get easier to write more words, but it might mean more of that gravel blender feeling. Flow is not predictable, and is often story and scene dependent. Chances are you will have more times feeling writing flow, I just want you to be honest with yourself in case it doesn't happen the way you wish.

From there, it's a combination of developing the discipline (which is like exercising a muscle - start small and grade upwards, don't aim too high at first, consistency is better than bursts), and finding the tricks that help you.

Look at how many words you think you could write a week. Let's lowball and say about 100 words a week. When you assess this for yourself, always undershoot, don't round up! 100 words is like... a long paragraph worth of words.

The following week, depending on if you want a daily / once every two days etc. habit, you'd aim to write 150 words that week. A paragraph and a half.

The week after you'd aim for 200 words.

You might find in week 2 it was easy to write 1000 words, great! But the week after you're still only aiming for 200 words. Don't base scaling up on the bursts / writing sprints - they'll lie to you. If you want consistent discipline, base your increases on the low days. If you reach a week where 200 words feels impossible, aim for 200 words the following week, if it's still impossible, go back to 150.

Now for you it might be... 500 words in week one, 600 in week two, 700 in week 3 etc. It might not seem like much, but you'd be surprised how quickly you start scaling through those numbers with practice.

Increasing writing output is a numbers game. And it's a patience game. And it's a 'being forgiving and gentle with yourself while also being a little bit stern with yourself' game.

Here's the thing no one tells you (except for NaNoWriMo every single year) re: increasing your wordcount.

Those words don't have to be good. They don't have to be good in fact it's better if they're not.

You're just getting used to the feeling of writing more. Not writing more good words, that will come naturally with time. You're getting used to sitting in front of a document for longer, thinking of more sentences you don't necessarily love (it's better if you don't! Write the bad ones!) And this is what I mean by it's a numbers game. Getting better at writing happens the more you do it anyway, so you can just focus on 40 bad sentences.

The trick to letting yourself write badly? That one is just...gritting your teeth and screaming through them while you go 'AHHHHH' in your head and let those suckers loose. Or whatever version of this that you have.

Because here's the thing, it's actually pretty easy to write 1000 words of inconsequential terrible story that no one's going to read. I mean 'pretty easy' - it's easier than writing the stories and characters you love the most and are so invested in, it's hard to write the sentences because you want to do justice to it all. That's fucking stressful, friend, and increasing writing output is just better if you're not always a) doing it on those stories or b) invested in writing those stories well in those early draft/s.

But once you're used to writing more words of stuff you don't love, it becomes easier to write less words of stuff you do, and chances are that will still be more than you're writing now. <3 Some of my stories are really easy to write, and some are way way harder. A chapter of The Ice Plague took as much time as three chapters of Underline the Black. So story is important here too. But also the point is basically that... you don't have to scale up your writing output with the stories you're most invested in, but need to be at a certain standard of writing. You can scale it up any time, with any kind of story - anyone can do this. Increasing your wordcount is a matter of like... easy methods that are less easy to implement irl because of the psychology around letting yourself write badly, and letting yourself validate the time / put the time aside to do that.

And here's the other thing - find a ritual that helps you. Whether it's brewing some tea before writing. Setting up a little space. Putting on some music or a noise generator specifically for writing. Listening to Lo-Fi Girl or Synthwave Boy. Whether it's writing a few words on paper first, or changing the font. Eventually you will have a Pavlovian response to the ritual, and every little bit helps.

As for the psychology, this is why you lowball. You make it as easy as possible. 'God writing 1000 words seems really hard oh but I only have to write a sentence today, cool, I can do that.'

The thing about lowballing is that on the good days, you will write way, way more than your goal. Which means a) you're done for the week if that happens if you want to be done and b) when you're back to feeling exhausted and like GGHGHGHGHHHHH about writing, you're still back at that initial lowball wordcount.

On my worst days, I lowball to like, 5 words, 10 words, and just write 5 / 10 / 15 etc. down on a piece of paper and cross them off. 30 words can be a sentence. 10 words can be a sentence. It feels nice to cross off numbers on a sheet of paper and see the increasing words. I can almost always get to 500 words with that method, and I think you could definitely get to 100.

Anyway the TL;DR

Consistency is way more important than quality

Don't be surprised if you don't find 'flow'

ALWAYS lowball when you're developing an increase in words

Figure out what 'regular' means to you (daily / weekly / etc.)

Make a ritual

Focus less on the stories you love most when developing this habit

If you have a bad week, just go back to the previous wordcount goal. And keep doing that, this won't be a linear process!!!

...It didn't need to be this long I'm so sorry anon idk why I'm like this.

I wish you all the best! I 100% disagree with the folks telling you 'just stop writing then.' I'm like nope, embrace the gravel blender, eventually you'll end up with smooth sand in an hourglass, I promise. <3 You just might have to add more gravel sometimes. ;)

#asks and answers #pia on writing #on writing #dodgy advice #what even am i doing #tbh i would also add writing exercises into this just to increase the feeling of writing words in general #that are inconsequential but increase time spent writing #also get some hobbies etc. that aren't writing so you can stop thinking about it #because thinking about it all the time #and wanting to do it all the time #can actually be detrimental to doing it more #as weird as it sounds #because daydreaming about writing is never quite the same as the reality #and ideally you want to be spending more time doing it #and less time thinking about doing it

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ghouljams · 9 months

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And Gaz was absolutely right to be smitten with Birdie. If I saw a woman nearly punch out Ghost during a bar fight I too would be completely enamored.

You gotta stop writing such strong female characters, my little bisexual brain can't handle it. Gets me all flustered just thinking about it

You are gonna love the little fic series I'm planning of the cowboys watching their darlings beat the shit outta people. No need to jump in boys, they got this.

Anyway I love women and I love writing women who are just a little unhinged. So I think that's what makes a good female character. Gotta make her a little bit crazy.

#ghoul speaks #one of my favorite OCs is obsessed with taxidermy #if ur oc is not prepared to throw down at any moment then u gotta make them weird in other ways #yknow sometimes i just wanna talk about writing and character creation #but this isnt like a writing advice blog #and i always sound really preachy

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finniestoncrane · 9 months

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said to my counsellor that i wasnt built for friendship because everyone always eventually just. stops speaking to me and she went “ok why do you think that is?” and then when i finished my dumb sad list she went “ok so maybe you aren’t good at friendship” and i. have never regretted spending £50 more in my life lol

#A RANT IN THE TAGS MY GOD I DIDNT EVEN REALISE I AM WRITING THIS WARNING RETROSPECTIVELY #£50 to feel like never trying to speak to anyone again or forge any connections THANKS RUTH #Ruth remember when I said that every friendship I’ve had I’ve never truly known if it’s a friendship or if it’s one sided #remember when I told you that my friend groups always had people who had a favourite and I was never the favourite #remember when I told you that several friend groups have disbanded but not really they actually just made new spaces without me?#remember that? remember my trauma? remember?#because I DO!!!#I was not born to have friends I don’t think #I can’t even make friends with other autistic people or other weird people or other queer people #I don’t even think I could make friends with a clone of myself #this is so guy wrenchingly isolating lol #like girl what do you want from me? keep everyone at arms length like I used to?#try not to let myself get attached to people in case they decide they don’t want to be close to me anymore?#please it is not great advice Ruth #THE WORAT PART is that I literally was like ‘I don’t message too much because I’m overbearing’#and she asked where the proof was #and all I had was the complete dissolving of any relationship where I tried or tried too hard #so now I’m left in this confusing space of do I message too much or not enough because I have no happy medium #and she knows SHE KNOWS I also have energy issues and executive dysfunction stuff going on #and I know she is just trying to help and get me to think about this stuff #but it was just not the time lmao #finnie shouts into the void

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lockhartandlych · 3 months

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We have got to stop using the discarding of mobility aids as a mark of character development.

I have seen so damn much of people's disabilities becoming ✨ magically cured ✨ when they finally learn how to have confidence or some bullshit.

Enough.

How about instead of someone throwing their cane aside, they start to use that cane wherever they go, no matter who may stare?

How about instead of someone in a wheelchair suddenly having a miraculous walking scene, they learn to decorate their chair and make it their own, wrapping spikes around the handles so people stop grabbing them?

How about someone with crutches gaining the confidence to take them on stage?

How about someone with a leg prosthesis wearing shorts in public for the first time, the metal leg on full display?

Hell, how about a character learning to be kind to themself? How about a character learning to use mobility aids instead of trying to force themself to fit the standards of a normative society?

Disability is not sin.

Disability is not weakness.

Disability is not a failure of character.

I'm not physically disabled in these ways, and maybe I'm overstepping by soapboxing like this. But it just seems so fucking unfair that those who are aren't ever allowed a happy ending without magically becoming abled again, as though you can fix a life-changing condition with the power of friendship.

We need to stop writing people healing from permanent disabilities.

We need to start writing people learning to embrace them.

#writing #disability #physical disability #that one scene in sherlock where watson stops using his cane irked me like no other #or that scene in the secret garden where the wheelchair-bound kid suddenly walks again and abandons the chair forever #even non physical things #like this one weird hallmark movie i watched where a kid with a stutter suddenly cured it by reciting baseball commentary onstage #disability is so often treated like a character flaw #something to be fixed by the movie's end #it sucks

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of-stars-and-moon · 1 month

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If you do, what helps you not feel like that?

#im curious because i want to write this one fic in a new fandom #but i feel guilty having wips in the other fandoms #and im trying to tell myself that its okay to write what i want #but it feels weird idk #so if anyone has any advice please let me know #writing #writers #fanfiction #fandom #a.txt

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all-lars-bars · 9 months

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In my delusion world, the MC in DDLC is aroace and transfem

#sayori catches her trying on her uniform and gets so fucking excited to give her a makeover #natsuki gives advice bc she is also transfem. bc I said so #monika helps with getting her preferred name‚ gender‚ and pronouns into the school system #her pronouns are she/they btw #and yuri pulls transphobes aside to threaten them #when they try to tell people no one believes them bc yeah Yuri's weird but she's too shy and sweet to threaten anybody #that's such nonsense!! She would never do that!!!#the literature club know better but they're not gonna say anything #also they're all in a polycule‚ including MC. it's just platonic for her #In my world MC a bastard in game because she's dealing with a lot of her own problems on top of everything #ddlc #doki doki literature club #anyways I'm gonna get back to writing a fic for marble hornets

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summerofspock · 3 months

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Hi, i was wondering if you have any advice for a first time smut writer? Especially when the writer doesn't even have experience kissing?

I've had an idea for a bonus nsfw chapter for my long term GO wip, and over the months, I have created a detailed account of what will happen with dialogue in my head. But I'm worried that only reading NSFW fics will not be enough to help write it well.

I would ask in a discord server, but may end up gifting it to a friend, and they're in all my servers 😅 Getting advice there might ruin the whole "surprise! I've written a sexy fic!" if I do end up gifting it.

Oh hi! This is great because I know you asked this to my dear friend @naromoreau because she came and we brainstormed an answer about this exact topic! I hope the advice in her answer was helpful because some of it stemmed from a conversation with me. That being said I hope anything I add here feels new and not like a rehash. But it might!!!

I think loads of people who don't have experience doing something (be it sex or astrophysics) write about that very thing. I just think the sex thing can seem daunting because there's more pressure to have it feel personal.

However, the best way to make something feel personal is to have it come from a place of emotion. I think this is true for all smut whether it be a 1k pwp or a sex scene in 100k epic. I think it can be helpful to think about how the sex scene you are writing functions emotionally both during the act and on an overall scale for the story. Grounding the sex in the feelings of the characters instead of mechanical action is generally where I try to lean.

That being said, knowing the placement of bodies is important too 😂 it's just like any other scene you'd block. Like a fight scene. How many hands and where are they at any given moment etc

And finally it will help if you read a lot of smut! Which it sounds like you have! It'll help you figure out what you like and don't like. Because ultimately the thing you write should feel good for you and be something that feels satisfying for you. If a satisfying smut fic means "Hey it made me horny" then aim for that or perhaps you want more of a "I had a doki doki moment" vibe from your smut. That's up to you. And reading a lot will help you learn the building blocks of how to create those feelings in yourself and others without ever having to have had sex yourself.

#writing a stuff #i always feel weird giving writing advice because i think its different for everyone #but tried and true advice is probably #learn from reading #i think?

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icycoldninja · 21 days

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How to make a boring day sound interesting.

Have you ever been asked "how was your day" but don't have anything interesting to tell them? I mean, how exciting is telling anyone that all you did today was sit around on your couch watching memes and playing video games? Well, thankfully for you, I have a method for making boring days sound interesting so you have something cool to tell those who ask. Let's dive right in.

The key is to tell people what you did literally, that is, give no context. For example, let us say that today you played Metal Gear Rising and massacred a bunch of cyborgs. Instead of telling people that you played Metal Gear, tell them something like this: "Today, I maimed, then decapitated several men and tore out their brains, how was your day?" This not only gives others the impression that you are a force to be reckoned with, but also makes them conscious of what they did that day, making you appear more accomplished. This is best directed towards those who are heavily competitive or have a peer they wish to put down.

Alternatively, you could explain what you did in very complicated, often heavily scientific terms--the bigger and longer the words are, the harder they are to understand; most wouldn't bother trying to figure out their meaning, so others will assume that whatever you did was important. Here's an example.

"Today, I ignited a combination of carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, benzene and nitrogen dioxide, thus creating a chemical reaction that resulted in the Malliard Reaction within the product of a Gallus Gallus Domesticus, which enabled me to eat said product." (I fried an egg)

As one can probably deduce, the majority of these words are incredibly hard to pronounce in everyday speech, and therefore are best used in text.

In fact, this entire paragraph was a practical application of the aforementioned methods, as it all boils down to this: If you want to make boring stuff sound cool, use lots of fancy words and use as less context as possible.

Thank you for your time.

#Icycoldninja writes #Life advice #Lol #kinda a shitpost #Writing #How to make boring things sound cool #Follow for more weird stuff

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