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This is the fanfic, The Needles and the Damage Done by Diet_Krillbits or @chaoticxrobotic here on Tumblr! I chose this as my first bind because it was short, venomous, and it would be a good way for me to learn typesetting. I said I'd bind it for them years ago, but in my defense, I have ADHD and I worry about spending money on any new hobby.

I'm very pleased with the typeset. The actual bind? I like that too, even though i made a lot of mistakes. I didn't case it in correctly because I was too lazy to make proper, casing in boards for my single section bradel binding. Plus, I need to paste down some endpapers to cover the raw board. I also made the width a little too big, hence me trimming it down AFTER I covered it with bookcloth! But it doesn't matter!

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SLOTS OPEN (1/3):

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Five Nights at Freddy’s, The Backrooms - Anonymous on /x/ Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sun (Five Nights at Freddy’s)/Reader Characters: Sun (Five Nights at Freddy’s), Reader Additional Tags: Based on The Backrooms (Creepypasta), Mild Gore, Eye Trauma, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Horror, Fluff, Reader-Insert, First Aid Summary:

You could have sobbed with relief when you finally heard footsteps behind you, the familiar faint scrape of metal plating on the polished floor. Half-laughing, half-sobbing, you whipped around to face him.

Your smile froze on your lips.

Your heart stilled in your chest.

The form that stood hunched and hungry at the end of the corridor was NOT Sun, that much was certain.

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An emergency supply run takes you deep into the abandoned neon labyrinth of Level 33, the Dead Mall. Between the endless hallways and the lurking dangers, you can only hope that your wits and your animatronic ally will be enough to keep you alive.

What secrets will you uncover in this scavenged, skeletal shrine to capitalism?

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1.) Don't actually delete content from your WIP unless it is minor editing - instead cut it and put it in a secondary document. If you're omitting paragraphs of content, dialog, a whole scene you might find a better place for it later and having it readily available can really save time. Sometimes your idea was fantastic, but it just wasn't in the right spot.

2.) Stuck with wording the action? Just write the dialog then revisit it later.

3.) Stuck on the whole scene? Skip it and write the next one.

4.) Write on literally any other color than a white background. It just works. (I use black)

5.) If you have a beta, while they are beta-ing have them read your fic out loud. Yes, I know a lot of betas/writers do not have the luxury of face-timing or have the opportunity to do this due to time constraints etc but reading your fic out loud can catch some very awkward phrasing that otherwise might be missed. If you don't have a beta, you read it out loud to yourself. Throw some passion into your dialog, you might find a better way to word it if it sounds stuffy or weird.

6.) The moment you have an idea, write it down. If you don't have paper or a pen, EMAIL it to yourself or put it in a draft etc etc. I have sent myself dozens of ideas while laying down before sleep that I 10/10 forgot the next morning but had emailed them to myself and got to implement them.

7.) Remember - hits/likes/kudos/comments are not reflective of the quality of your fic or your ability to write. Most people just don't comment - even if they say they do, they don't, even if they preach all day about commenting, they don't, even if they are a very popular blog that passionately reminds people to comment - they don't comment (I know this personally). Even if your fic brought tears to their eyes and it haunted them for weeks and they printed it out and sent it to their friends they just don't comment. You just have to accept it. That being said - comment on the fic you're reading now, just do it, if you're 'shy' and that's why you don't comment the more you comment the better you'll get at it. Just do it.

8.) Remove unrealistic daily word count goals from your routine. I've seen people stress 1500 - 2000 words a day and if they don't reach that they feel like a failure and they get discouraged. This is ridiculous. Write when you can, but remove absurd goals. My average is 500 words a day in combination with a 40 hour a week job and I have written over 200k words from 2022-2023.

9.) There are dozens of ways to do an outline from precise analytical deconstruction that goes scene by scene to the minimalist bullet point list - it doesn't matter which one you use just have some sort of direction. A partial outline is better than no outline.

(Songs listed in order at the end)

Prompts:

1- “The rough nights ain’t leaving, so why the hell should we?”

2- “And there is not a single place I’d rather be, I’m fucked you just like you are, and you’re fucked up just like me”

3- “I’m still dreaming after all these years”

4- “I still gotta believe people are good at the core”

5- “doctor give it to me, I’ve got a bad case of not loving me”

6- “I want you by my side, so that I’ll never feel alone again”

7- “Just take my hand and we'll abandon this world, we’ll wash those tears away”

8- “it won’t be a stylish marriage, I can’t afford a carriage. But you’d look sweet upon the seat of a bicycle built for two”

9- “It’s alright, come inside and talk to me”

10- “Are you tired of me yet?”