Musings, and other such things

One of the big things I think these 'it should be acceptable to leave concrit on fanfic even if the author isn't looking for it' people are missing is that giving constructive feedback is also a skill and they usually don't have it

In every way this is set up to be a joke like any other short video, it even uses the trope of main character in a wig to represent their mom, but it isn't funny at all. It's just sweet and nice

when u are writing words are your currency and you don’t need to spend as little as possible but it is imperative that you spend as wisely as possible. each word is being exchanged to the reader for meaning. “crimson blood” it’s usually crimson we can skip that. “hummed throatily” humming is already throaty, skip it. “‘what’s that?’ he questioned,” that is already a question, skip it. you need to bite harder. choose stronger verbs. use more evocative imagery. use the space of the page, the sounds of the words, use metaphor, use scene dressing. add dimension add texture use every tool at your disposal. there’s nothing worse in prose than spending words like they’re cheap and meaningless. if you don’t believe that what you’re writing has meaning, if your sentences read like you are trying to convince yourself, why should i believe it? you can smell insecurity and panic in a piece and it destroys the entire thing

one argument you often see about fanfiction is that it's like 'training wheels' writing? like 'oh it's fine to do that while you're still learning, it's easier than coming up with your own ideas'. and I have to say I have just never agreed with that.

Honey 🍻

I really appreciate seeing it without the lion costume, so you can see what an AMAZING feat of athleticism it truly is.

Wushou dancers are 100% drift compatible

the lesbian computer from portal was right. given the circumstances ive been shockingly nice

“Whenever this appears on your dash, we at Aperture request that you like AND reblog to preserve the insane like/reblog parity. For science.”

I'm always seeing this sentiment of "I have got to make my art weirder" or people begging for weirder art but here's the thing, Weird is not a brand. You cannot rack your brains trying to figure out the "Weird" formula. You don't get weird art by artificially forcing whatever you think is "weird." You get weird art (and I think "weird" is sometimes people groping for a way of saying non-corporatized) by figuring out what you like, deep down, even (especially) if you think it's embarrassing and wallowing in it like a pig

“they never explicitly looked at the camera and said ‘i am experiencing immense grief’ so how was i supposed to know??” i don’t know what to tell you, man. if a story doesn’t spoon-feed you the character's internal emotional state like a jar of mashed peas, you guys just willingly starve. subtext is not a myth, i promise it won't bite you.