Happy Pride Month Yall

how to grow the fuck up

Dialogue Thing #1

"Hey, there...did it hurt?"

"Did...what hurt?"

"..."

"You forgot the second half of the pickup line, didn't you?"

"... Can I try again?"

Thanks for participating!!

But follow-up question: Why do most of us want to be Solar (Me included?)

I ran out of slots, but Blood Moon, Solar Flare, and Monty count, too.

Have fun!

This is cute <3

Until you came along

Chapter 1/?

DANG IT, MOON!!

Look, we all love you, but if you continue to lie like this, the truth will eventually come out in a VERY bad way...

At LEAST be honest with Sun...

(I am way too invested in this show. Am I gonna stop watching? Absolutely not.)

I know this has probably already been done, but I have a hunch, so...

Which One Is Your Favorite?

Psychological support methods for Sun:

Dazzle and Jack: I can be your listening therapist

Foxy and Puppet: I brought an apology and an anime to watch together

Eclipse: Get off your ass, we're going to resurrect your dead buddy.

Dialogue Thing #2

"We never truly notice the passage of time until the moments that it seems to stop."

"Okay... I think you've had enough for tonight..."

Dialogue Thing #5

"...What... happened...?"

"Well, it all started when I was five years old, and-"

"I MEAN, WHY IS THE TABLE ON FIRE!!!??"

practical writing advice

part 2

avoid writing in bed if you can. writing in bed is the mind-killer. writing in bed is the little death that brings obliteration. you may think "but i can write AND be cozy" you will get sleepy so fast. 98% of the time when i try to get a nighttime writing session done in bed i go to sleep. maybe 70% of the time if it's an afternoon writing session. also it fucking kills your wrists.

STRETCH before writing. stretch as many parts of your body as possible ESPECIALLY YOUR WRISTS! i have chronic tendonitis in both of my arms from not doing this and it is manageable but it is Not Fun!

plug your phone in on the other side of the room. better yet, plug it in and leave it in another room. better yet, power it off and leave it in another room. "i'll just check one quick thing" do not underestimate the power of the doomscroll.

do a warmup. look up writing prompts (i like one-word prompts or prompts that focus on a general theme as it's easier to integrate into my writing style), set a timer for fifteen minutes, or ten, or five, and go ham. make it shitty or incomprehensible, as long as you make it. create a dump document for all your warmups. i currently have two novels in the works that started as one of these fifteen minute little warmups.

pick your background noise ahead of time if you use it, and look for something long. i listen to 3-hour-long silent hill ambient mixes on youtube dot com.

take breaks. around every 45 minutes, as i'm noticing myself begin to lose focus, i get up, grab a drink, get my blood flowing, and give myself some space to breathe.

sometimes i sit down to write and i think "every atom in my body is averse to doing this right now. i would rather dance barefoot on a bed of nails than open my laptop and start typing." and you know what i do? i go do something else instead. don't force it! it will become a chore.

that being said! write as often as possible. try to write every day. try to write at the same time. don't beat yourself up if you can’t, BUT the more often you write, the more often you'll want to write.

if you're stuck on a scene or a page or a chapter, go back to the last place where you felt like you knew what you were doing and start writing from there. keep a copy of your other writing in case you want to reuse it or refer back!

i don't know if this is something that will be helpful for other people but i start mentally preparing myself for my writing session a few hours ahead of time. i will say to myself, "today, at this time, i'm gonna sit down and write that scene where mina walks out on her book club, and it's going to be awesome and i'm looking forward to it." then, by the time i actually begin, i basically have the whole thing written out in my head and can just put it down to paper. it's a good way to at least kickstart the session !

ok thanks bye