Kiimigi - "living In The In Between Moments"

Constellations Ask Game

Project Asks:

Andromeda - Describe your main characters Aquarius - Who’s your least favorite character to write? Aries - Share a line that you’re proud of! Cancer - What’s the name of songs from the musical rendition of your project? (aka, have fun! come up with fun names) Cassiopeia - What’s your favorite scene so far? Corvus - Who or what is the villain of the story? Draco - Who’s your favorite character to write? Gemini - What inspired you to write this project? Hydra - Tell us why you love your project. Libra - Which relationship dynamic do you enjoy writing the most? Lyra - Give us a few songs that fit your project! Persei - What genre is this project in? Pyxis - Are there any major themes or messages you’re writing to show? Taurus - Tell us why you hate your project. Ursa Major - What scene are you looking forward to writing? Ursa Minor - What’s the setting?

Writer Asks: Apus -  What’s the hardest part about writing for you? Aquila - What do you do when you’re stuck in your writing? Caelum - Do you write outlines? Why or why not? Canis Major - Do you like writing character-driven stories or plot-driven stories?Canis Minor - Share an excerpt of old writing and new writing to see how far you’ve come! Crux - Villains or Heroes? Indus - Are there any characters or stories you miss writing? Tell us about them! Leo - Do you have a favorite place to write? Lupus - Have you abandoned other WIPs? Tell us about some and why you abandoned them? Musca - Do you like sharing your writing? Orion - Do you listen to music while writing? Pavo - Where do you get inspiration from? Phoenix - How do you develop your ideas? Puppis - Give us a piece of advice! (about anything) Sagittarius - Do you like to collaborate? Virgo - Describe your favorite tropes.

We are sun and moon, we are sea and land,dear friend.  It is not our purpose to become each other;  it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what  he is: each the other's opposite and complement Herman Hesse

Some romantic subplots do not need conflict, per-say.

What do I mean?

I mean if you have a bigger story with a ton of stuff going on, a romance could be a place of rest to the character. A nice, stable relationship. That is only threatened when the big bad lobs a grenade at them and they need to fight over who jumps on it.

gold foil print for an artbook 🌿

Let’s have more inconveniently weird characters in 2019

I want more characters who’s quirks haven’t been romanticized a gazillion times.

Oh shyboy#42728 sits alone at lunch with his sketch book? He’s a brilliant artist but he doesn’t talk to anyone? What a weirdo.

Imnotliketheothergirls#123567889 has a passion for reading unlike every other girl in her school?

Nah man. Let’s spice things up, i want more neurodivergent characters with wack (but healthy) coping methods. let’s normalize and romantisize the fact that some people are weird and this is not a bad thing.

I’m talking about that boy who talks to people he’s made up when he’s upset. He introduces each of them to the girl he likes and she thinks it’s cute.

There’s a girl that counts her steps and once she reaches 22 she can breath again. Her girlfriend walks with her.

They know ASL and sign the first letter of people’s words to deal with nerves. Their partner now knows how to sign their name.

When he thinks he might cry he looks for something blue to hold and/or chew on. His boyfriend gives him blue chew necklaces and they learned how to make blue food together.

It’s 2019 and being weird is not a negative trait, and all you funky kids deserve to feel loved because of it.

I'm so curious about the results

Fanfiction Reader Survey

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/TM8YZ6Y

Hi everyone. I’m writing an essay about fanfiction and as such am collecting some anonymous data on why people read fanfiction and who it is that reads fanfiction. It takes up to 3 minutes (though I’d have thought less time) to fill out and would be extremely appreciated.

Thank you to anyone who submits a response and/or shares this post!

angst with a happy ending is my favourite honestly like yes bitch give me emotional conflict but dont completely ruin my soul you know

Good morning! I’m salty.

I think we, as a general community, need to start taking this little moment more seriously.

This, right here? This is asking for consent. It’s a legal necessity, yes, but it is also you, the reader, actively consenting to see adult content; and in doing so, saying that you are of an age to see it, and that you’re emotionally capable of handling it.

You find the content you find behind this warning disgusting, horrifying, upsetting, triggering? You consented. You said you could handle it, and you were able to back out at any time. You take responsibility for yourself when you click through this, and so long as the creator used warnings and tags correctly, you bear full responsibility for its impact on you.

“Children are going to lie about their age” is probably true, but that’s the problem of them and the people who are responsible for them, not the people that they lie to.

If you’re not prepared to see adult content, created by and for adults, don’t fucking click through this. And if you do, for all that’s holy, don’t blame anyone else for it.

me dividing my personality between my ocs

If your character has a trait you consider one of their key features and it is never challenged in anyway, that trait will probably have about as much impact as their “tiny mole on their left buttcheek” trait. 

For that trait NOT to fall totally flat, one or more of these things need to happen:

The trait exacerbates a situation in a bad way. (An extremely honest and trusting character reveals an important secret to the Big Bad’s lackey)

The character is given a choice to either act according to their traits or to subvert them. Often the subversion has the better outcome. They either maintain their trait and take a risk, or character development ensues. (A greedy character must escape. Leaving behind their riches goes against their very being, but it would allow them to escape easier. If they try to take some of their treasure with them, they do so at massive risk.)

 The character is put in an environment or must work with a person that opposes their trait. (An extremely tidy person must live in their slob cousin’s filthy apartment for a week. / The character has a debilitating fear of being alone and they are stranded on their own on an island.)

The character is put in a situation that requires them to suppress their trait (A hotheaded character needs to have polite discourse with someone they hate)