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the beginning of your story is arguably the most important part - it determines if your reader will put it down or keep reading. here are a list of overused, cheesy ways to start your story that you should definitely avoid using. 

onomatopoeia!!! god, this one is absolutely terrible. in school, i’ve been taught that this is a good way to “hook” your reader, which is frankly garbage advice. it’s incredibly overused and probably my least favorite way to start a story ever. if anyone ever advises me to do this, i never listen to any other advice they offer.

full names. like “Harry James Potter didn’t know it yet, but he was a famous wizard”. it’s very overused. it’s also especially bad if the other names are never used again, because, well, what was the point of that intro then? none. no point. 

extensive descriptions are not only boring in the middle of the book, they are especially bad when placed in the beginning because the reader isn’t looking for the perfect image of a rainy day, they want a hook. they already know what a rainy day, sunset, or a dingy hotel room looks like. 

infodumps are ocassionally acceptable in writing, but again, if placed in the beginning, they will bore your reader. give them a little action!

the start of a story needs to be simple, because the reader is new to this world. adding in more than about 4 characters will confuse your reader. if you confuse the reader, they’ll assume the rest of the book is like this as well, and put your book back on the shelf. 

So considering I’ve got saved over 500 fan fics dated back from 2012 to now. This list was extremely difficult so I decided to just do 2 lists. One from 2012 and the other from 2013. This was when I was beyond obsessed with Everlark that my husband was seriously worried about me LOL. 

All these stories I LOVE to go back and revisit - some I remember reading when I was going through difficult times and they brought me comfort and others just spoke to me and put a big smile on my face. So thank you. And I’m sorry that I wont know everyone’s tumblr’s so I can tag you.

2012 (in no particular order)

Worse Games to Play By Belmione

The Long Walk Home By Peski0piksi

A Blessing In Disguise By cd291104

Everything Grows By Everlark Pearl

I Don’t Want To Forget By books-are-better @books-are-better

A Slow Burning Fire By books-are-better @books-are-better 

Legend By HGRomance @andshewaits

Not In Our Favor By Twilightcakes @twilightcakes

Different Worlds By ILoVeRynMar @thegirlonpeetamellark

Speed Date Everlark Pearl

The Darkness Behind You By Streetlightlove @streetlightlove1

2013 (in no particular order)

Windfall By Court81981

Crash My Party By Court81981

When The Red X Is On The Door By Madam Beth @madambeth 

Performance Anxiety By Nmoreblack

In Name Only By Izzy Samson

Go Easy On Me By Amelia Day @awhiskeyriver

No Surprises By Nmoreblack

Swing By Atetheredmind @muttpeeta

Open Book By Abagail Snow

Gravity By NmoreBlack

Villains in superhero movies are always driven by “revolutionary” motivations. Thanos is, quite literally, worried about the ecological collapse of the universe. That’s the driving force of the character. He does not even want to be God Emperor of the Galaxy. His underlying desire is the same as a climate change activist, yet Thanos is the genocidal maniac to be defeated and the superheroes NEVER stops once to think whether Thanos’ concerns are legitimate or not.

In Nolan’s Batman trilogy, Bane gives a quasi anarchocommunist speech about how Gotham is engulfed in corruption for the sole benefits of those in power, prisons are a symbol of oppression and the police is shit. Why isn’t Batman the one giving this speech?

I could go on and on with examples.

This is not done solely to give nuance to the villains, because it is pretty much a pattern: the villain wants to break the system, and the hero is called to preserve it. The hero never ever questions the villain’s motivation.

Someone mentioned Star Wars: no, the heroes in Star Wars are not revolutionary. Star Wars, like Marvel movies and generic Hollywood flicks, is just another neoliberal fantasy. It’s standard good vs evil. Luke is just fighting an authoritarian regime (the baddies) and so is Rey, because as heroes, they have to. Because Evil Empire is bad, and we all know is bad. We all know that authoritarian regimes are bad. Luke does not want to break the system for the sake of it, and neither does Rey, even though Rian Johnson managed to slip some anticapitalist lines into the script. Neither Luke, nor Rey, nor any other goodie ever thinks what is going to happen once the Republic is restored and how to get rid of the flaws that caused the Republic to fall twice. In The Last Jedi, Kylo Ren is given the “break the system” lines with his speech to Rey about letting the past die to create a new world. In the prequel trilogy (and supplemental material like The Clone Wars), it was Anakin, the character destined to become Darth Vader, the one pressed because the Republic is shit, corrupted and cannot get stuff done. Padmé and Obi-Wan are “yeah man the system is crap, but do you want a dictatorship?”. Which, by the way, is exactly what happens.

Classic liberal centrist message: you want capitalism destroyed, boy? You get literally Hitler, or Stalin, or whatever. So shut up. Accept the current oppressive system because it could be worse.

Revolution ain’t good.

Revolutionaries are bad.

Status quo is good.

That’s why subversive lines are always given to villains, and why the revolutionaries are always the baddies.

I can think of one subtle exception: Hunger Games. Even though at the end the leader of the Rebellion turns out to be “as bad as President Snow” (lol) and the hero kills her instead of Snow (another lol), I would say the overall message is not pro system. President Snow might be Emperor Palpatine, but as opposed to Star Wars, Hunger Games clearly shows that the rich, the élite and the media enable Snow’s power and the oppression of poorer districts and are pretty much oblivious to their struggles.

Three big pop culture phenomena are ending this year, and they all shows a recurring motif:

Final biggest villain in Avengers is a character worried about ecological collapse.

“Final villain” in Game of Thrones is a character who has talked so many times about “breaking the wheel” and “ending slavery”. She turns into General Hux from The Force Awakens, but instead of blowing planets she’s talking about freeing slaves. The only other character who has lowkey defied the system and befriended demonized outsiders, is exiled.

Hi. Let’s do a reread & rewatch this year.

Toasted: The Hunger Games Reread. We’ll read our way through the series reading three chapters a week. This is a slightly faster pace, but not by much! I love the pace we typically keep because we have the die-hards that stick through the whole thing. We have those that are there like a river, they ebb and flow throughout the reread. Then, we have those that just pop in with comments, reblogs and random meta. WE NEED ALL THE KINDS!

THG Reread:

The Hunger Game: June 3–August 5 

Catching Fire: August 12–October 7

Mockingjay: October 14–December 9

Movie Rewatch:

The Hunger Games: December 14th

Catching Fire: December 21st

Mockingjay Part 1: December 28th

Mockingjay Part 2: January 4th

I planned it be around the holidays so that we can get more people in on it and bask in the everlark glory.

“my characters have a mind of their own!” - no i’m not mad and yes i know i made them up but i have no idea what’s happening anymore please save me

“i’m going to write today!” - i’d actually rather wash the garden path but the house is already pristine and i’ve run out of excuses

 “this is still a rough draft so go easy on me!” - i have spent what feels like forever pouring my very soul into this but i worry it’s terrible and if you’re mean i may just cry

“i’ll update soon!” - this is utterly killing me, i don’t know how to read anymore, what are words, help 

“i just had this idea and had to share it with you guys!” - this has taken me three weeks and countless hours please love and appreciate it

“This was a good writing day!” - I was, somehow, able to avoid most distractions and wrote more than 5 words. It was still like pulling teeth

“I’m excited for this project :)” - I’ve spent what feels like three lifetimes thinking, planning, and revising the idea, and now that I’m starting to work on it, I’m paralyzed by the certain knowledge that it’s not going to be anywhere near what I want it to be

“My characters hate me” - I have done horrible things to my characters that, if they were real, would surely count as crimes against humanity, and despite loving them, I love hurting them more. My final shred of humanity has me feeling guilty…guess I’ll just have to stab my characters a few more times…

“I’m not really feeling motivated” - I’m wringing out my very soul to write this story, and it’s left me exhausted. Random love will recharge me, otherwise I’m going to crawl into a procrastination hole for the next week

- “feedbacks are always appreciated!” pls how do i tell you that i need you to tell me what you think about this piece without sounding too annoying and needy i just want to hear y'all

- “this was fun to write” yes because i finally drilled in my head that i should indulge myself first and not think about what other people will like esp since the anxiety is limiting me from writing it exactly how i want to

- “a lot of stuff are coming fellas i can’t wait ;)” i can’t wait to find out how to bridge this Important Scene #4 to Important Scene#5 bc i am completely lost atm….i just want them to connect and go to the real action

- “no update comments please :)” they make me anxious and even guiltier over not updating fast. pls stop

- “who knows what will happen in the next chapters? :)” no one, i don’t know either

Springtime Edition (2019).

It’s Your Birthday 2 by @sunsetsrmydreams

Prompt 3: When students are forced to squeeze together and share seats because of water damage in classroom, Peeta and Katniss spend hours pressed against each other, like in cave, whispering, sharing… [submitted by @567inpanem​] 

Love the Sunrise by @hutchhitched

Prompt 7: Peeta opens his bakery back up after the war. There are, as expected, lots of female customers who would like to get a little to close to Peeta for Katniss’s comfort. Sensing her jealousy, Peeta sets out to prove she has nothing to worry about (can be rated M, if you please!). [submitted by @albinokittens300]  

You Belong with Me by @iliveilaughiloveiread

Prompt 10: Based on “You Belong With Me” by Taylor Swift music video: Katniss is Lucas Till’s character, she has a relationship with Gale, but she doesn’t really like being with him. Peeta is pining for her, like Taylor Swift’s character, observing them and think he and K belong together. [submitted by anonymous]

Deliverance by @shesasurvivor

Prompt 16: The baker hires Katniss to make his deliveries as she walks her trade route. She gets eye opening glimpses of town life and especially of the Mellark family relationships as her job responsibilities grow and she spends more time in the bakery. [submitted by @567inpanem​] 

Singing Duets by @historywriter2007

Prompt 18: we’ve never met but our showers are on opposite sides of the same apartment wall so sometimes we’re showering at the same time and we sing duets AU? [submitted by Anonymous via @katnissdoesnotfollowback]