Was Thinking About Why The Fae Would Want To Swap Children Or Take Humans To Their Realm And I've Come

How can I tell not tumblr people I want to be like Donna Tartt?

Like yeah I want to be a intelligent, classy and stylish unmarried woman who publishes a banger of a novel every ten years and disappear into the void between two books.

Maya Hawke really has something in her contract that says to be in a movie either she or the main characters has to be a lesbian and honestly love that for her

Use character to appearance to do more:

They say don’t judge a book by it’s cover, but appearance sure can say a lot. Unfortunately when writing (or even drawing) it is more than easy to forget that factor. Using character appearance to describe the world, add personality to the character, and give the reader more information does wonders. 

It makes sneaking in character appearance much easier, and gives the writer plenty of chances to expand on the world on their page.

Things you can use character appearance to do (but not limited to)

Hint at a character’s economic status

Add personality to a character

Add to a character’s backstory 

Make notes about a character’s health

Worldbuild the fashion

Describe a character’s occupation

Make references to a character’s passion or hobby

Hint at a character’s relationship status

How a character feels about their own appearance

Family relations

Hint at a character’s education

Subvert expectations

Explore character’s potential gender identity

Align the character alongside dynamics or trope

Explain the time frame the story takes place in

Hint at the level of technology in a world

Describe a character’s culture, race, ethnicity, etc.

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Character Strengths

adaptable / adventurous / ambitious / amiable / articulate / attentive / bold / brave / calm / candid / capable / compassionate / confident / considerate / courageous / creative / curious / decisive / dedicated / determined / diligent / diplomatic / empathetic / energetic / enthusiastic / fair / faithful / forgiving / friendly / generous / gentle / genuine / hardworking / honest / humble / imaginative / independent / insightful / intelligent / intuitive / inventive / joyful / kind / loyal / mature / modest / motivated / observant / optimistic / organized / patient / perceptive / persistent / practical / proactive / reliable / resilient / resourceful / respectful / responsible / self-aware / self-disciplined / sincere / supportive / tenacious / thoughtful / trustworthy / understanding / wise / witty

you have to let yourself be a weird woman or you will not survive

9 Reminders for Writers

Your writing doesn't need to be perfect to be worthy of being written. The message is all wonky or there are plotholes every which way to wednesday? So what, just have fun!

The ultimate goal in writing is to have fun or to challenge yourself. If you're not successfully reaching your goals as a writer (including having fun), then you don't have to force yourself to keep working on that WIP.

This is your official permission to put the WIP down. You don't have to force yourself to write it. Promised your friends and/or followers you'd write it? They'll understand if they really care about you as a person. Had a specific goal for where you wanted to go with it? It's okay to drop that goal. Not every goal is for reaching, and there's no shame in quitting sometimes, especially when writing is ultimately for enjoyment.

It is okay not to want to publish. Hell, it's okay not to want to share your writing. You don't have to have a specific sharing goal for your writing for it to matter.

If you're getting haters, just remind yourself your writing isn't meant for them.

Stop changing your WIP to fit someone else's narrative for it. If someone wants you to change your WIP in some way, that's what fanfiction is for. Encourage them to write it and leave you to writing the canon version how you see it.

Your writing doesn't have to be a certain way to matter. It doesn't have to be light, it doesn't have to be dark. It doesn't have to be long or short. It doesn't have to have romance or a lack thereof. Your writing can fit whatever narrative you want it to and no one should be able to convince you otherwise.

As Denise says all the time, writing advice is there to assist you, not to boss you around. Yes, there are spelling and grammar rules that enhance the technical aspects of a story, but you don't even need to follow them if they don't fit your story. Sometimes having poor grammar and/or spelling actually suits your writing. Sometimes a piece of advice will work well for one WIP and not another. Cater your advice-following to the specific WIP that you're working on, and don't pressure yourself to have the "Perfect Story," because there is no such thing. It's something creative created by an imperfect person. Ergo, it won't be perfect

Have! Freaking! Fun! Quit pressuring yourself so much and just have FUN with it. If it's overwhelming, if it's exhausting to think about writing, if you're losing enjoyment from writing, it's okay to take a break. Please do when you need to. There's no shame in taking breaks. We all need them, so let your body rest! <3

Of course there are tons more things I can say but these are things I feel we writers constantly need reminding of, so here's another reminder <3

Happy writing, friends.

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Queen and their movie counterparts

Jennifer’s Body (2009) Black Swan (2010) Gone Girl (2014) The Witch (2014) The Neon Demon (2016) The Love Witch (2016) Suspiria (2018) Hereditary (2018) X (2022)