The Writer's Block

i love clicking on somebody’s ao3 profile and seeing the most nonsensical collection of fandoms. like yess let's live a thousand lifetimes

Hate Hate Hate stories that reward characters for refusing to do triage. 'I refuse to choose only one to survive even if it means both die' [plot contrives for this to be the only way both survive] is so weak. Making difficult decisions with no good outcome is not a moral failing

#it's boring! make them make a choice and deal with consequences!#if you want to write a story that doesn't have those stakes then you literally don't have to introduce the stakes#you made those up. the circumstances which presented them with that difficult choice was your doing#if you're going to take them to that place then do something interesting with it! otherwise you can just not make them go there! @coquelicoq oh these tags are GOOD

It's bad when the narrative hands them a cop out that means they don't have to deal with the ramifications of their decision. It's cool when they have to come up with a third option on the fly by assembling whatever Chekovs Gun the writer has secretly been building without you noticing.

modern Snow White where instead of a magic mirror it's just an AI chatbot driving the stepmother insane because it's programmed to agree with her and confirm her fears

heard the royal wizard say “well THAT should not have happened” and now the sky is green

One of the best things about being a writer is thinking of something small you can add to your work that’s just. Devastating. Like you’re sitting there going. Oh. That would be diabolical. People would get really riled up about that. Exquisite. Let’s do it.

Anonymously - or not - tell me what passage, fic, line of narration, or anything you remember me by as a writer.

thinking about anastasia trusova paintings again

no more historic events this decade that is ENOUGH, i’m putting my foot down

History is not done with us yet my friend

I have received all manner of threat, up to and beyond “I will play a flute carved from your femur,” and yet this is the first time I’ve felt truly threatened

i knew posting this in 2022 was risky but holy fucking shit