Tragedy alignment chart. Feel free to use, but please reblog if you do.
And of course the second part of the tragedy, which is: which quadrant did you think you were in vs. which one you were really in
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Tragedy alignment chart. Feel free to use, but please reblog if you do.
And of course the second part of the tragedy, which is: which quadrant did you think you were in vs. which one you were really in

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Writing Advice that Will Save You from Crying over Chapter 3 Again
☽ Sometimes “writer’s block” is actually just your story being broken and your brain knowing before you do. Respect the vibes, go back. Something stinks.
☽ If you’re stuck in the middle, skip to the part you’re excited to write. Chronological writing is a suggestion, not a law.
☽ “Kill your darlings” is not about deleting every cool thing you love. It’s about not hoarding scenes like a dragon with dialogue you wrote in 2017 that doesn’t even make sense anymore.
☽ You do not need to write like your favorite author. You need to write like you, caffeinated and slightly unstable.
☽ Talking to yourself in the mirror as your character is not weird. It’s called method writing. You’re not unhinged, you’re dedicated.
☽ Aesthetic Pinterest boards and playlists are writing progress if they make you feel like a god again.
☽ You can write the climax before you finish Act 1. You can rewrite Chapter 1 thirty times and then delete it anyway. You’re not behind, you’re in hell with the rest of us.
You’re allowed to write stuff that’s not “marketable.” You’re allowed to be weird. Write the story that would make you feel seen. The niche finds its freaks.
☽ Beta readers are not gods. Take what resonates, ignore what doesn’t. If five people say your story drags at Chapter 8? Maybe listen. If one person says “make it all about the dog,” maybe don’t.
As a professional author, cosigning all of this 1000000%, especially that first point that "writer's block" is sometimes your brain knowing something is broken.
It took me SO FUCKING LONG to learn what that reaction looks/feels like in my mind and body (for example: exasperated boredom of the story, generalized feeling of resentment and peevishness at myself, existential despair every time i look at the document, physical exhaustion or a vague weighty feeling like I'm carrying something heavy, or even just a vibe of "mehhhh don't really feel like it" that goes on longer than a couple days). Once I learned to recognize those signs and translate them to "Oh, did I fuck up four paragraphs ago? Whoops, I sure did!!!", my quality-of-life and my writing output (and my joy in the work) improved DRAMATICALLY.
Almost everything above is right on.
Also: in my experience, anyway, “writer’s block” isn’t really the writer’s: it’s a character’s. Somewhere there’s usually a conversation—with another character, with you, with the plot—that a significant character is trying to avoid having. (Or that you haven’t worked out that they need to have before the writing can continue.) Go find out what that conversation is, and have it, and the “block” will evaporate.
Also sometimes "writer's block" is a problem with you needing to rest rather than an issue with the story. Stuff I have thought was irredeemably awful will often look fine when I leave it alone for a while to recharge my batteries.
“online fandom bestie that you once shared intense intimacies with but don’t really talk to anymore simply bc we drifted into new blorbo obsessions” is such a specific type of relationship that has to be impossible to explain to anyone who hasn’t experienced it
didn’t expect this post to take off, am fascinated by some of the responses to this post, especially the people who’ve decided to take it as an opportunity to proclaim that they’re BETTER than the rest of us and that this has NEVER happened to them and it never WILL and the rest of us are just WEAK and bad friends actually and then they’re like, 20 years old.
lmao bless ur little hearts, this post is about the passage of time actually. good luck babes.
Kinktober 2022 Masterpost
day one: prositution / sex work: (never give it away for free) - derek hale/stiles stilinksi
day two: dirty talk / touchless sex: (all the lurid details) - dylan o'brien/tyler hoechlin
day three: spanking / impact play: (warm me up) - derek hale/stiles stilinski
day four: leather / desperation: (what pulled me in) - derek hale/stiles stilinksi
day five: fucking machine / aftercare: (thorough) - derek hale/stiles stilinski
day six: daddy kink / clothed sex: (you're gonna have to say it) - derek hale/stiles stilinski
day seven: sex toys: (you're a nightmare I wanna keep having) - derek hale/stiles stilinski
week one in the books!! what was your favorite?
i think that all stories are about consumption, performance, and/or narrative, and the best combine elements of all three
a thesis as a series of posed questions
consumption: who and what is consuming or being consumed? who is invited to the table? who is given scraps and who eats well? is the consumption an act of love or of violence? is the act of consuming performed alone or with others? is the act of consumption one of ritual, survival, eroticism, pain? who is fed and who starves?
performance: who and what is performing? is there an audience? what is an audience? is the performative act a conscious one? is it a performance if there is no audience? who is watching? who is watching the watchers? does it matter?
narrative: whose story is being told? who is telling the story? whose story is being erased? who is aware they are in a story? who is trying to escape? is the narrative linear, does it loop, does it move backwards? is there a resolution? is the story about the conclusion or the action itself? what haunts this story?
i think about this post a lot and i think that while this last category runs in connection with all three of the previous ones, i’d be remiss to not detail it on its own
love: who and what is loving or being loved? where does the love come from? what form does it show up in? how is it communicated? is it reciprocated? is it hidden, is it obvious? is it platonic, familial, romantic, erotic, divine? is love fought for or does it show up easily? is love absent? why? if it is absent, how is it found?
in my mind stories look like this

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FlightlessAngelWings Kinkotber 2023 Prompt List!
Here it is, the Kinktober Prompt List!!
Compiled by myself and edited/peer reviewed/approved by my bestie @the-purity-pen who had made fantastic prompt lists in the past (and who also made the beautiful graphics for me)!! This list has a little bit of everything from more vanilla to more hardcore prompts so there’s a little something for everyone, or to branch out and try something new if you feel like it!
Write fics, make art, graphics, gifs, moodboards, whatever your heart desires!! Any type of creations are welcome too: reader insert, oc, ships, original works, anything!
Have fun and be creative!!
Below the cut are 31 days of prompts for the month of October! Each day has 3 choices with a free space day on the 31st!
Because of the nature of the event, this is 18+ ONLY! Minors interacting or participating will be blocked!
Please tag me @flightlessangelwings and use the hastag #fawktober2023 and I’ll share your works!
Please use proper warnings in your posts with this event as some of the prompts may not be for everyone. And if you’re doing a reader insert, please work to be inclusive of your writing/art!
No kinkshaming please! I made this list to be varied so there may be things on here you hate. That’s ok! There’s things here that even I don’t like but I designed it that way so there’s something for everyone! But that’s also why tags and warnings are so important!!
Reblog this post so others and find this list and to share the fun!! And don’t forget to reblog other people’s work too throughout October and support each other!!
If none of the prompts for the day speak to you, feel free to pull from another day if you want! Don’t feel pressured at all! Have fun with it!!
List under the cut in graphic and text format!
Banner free to use for your posts with credit to @the-purity-pen 💖
Both dividers by the lovely @saradika ❤️
so fond of characters who haunt their stories, who exist without actually existing at all. when a character is long gone, but persists in the actions and words of all the characters they have left behind. when everything to come unfolds because of them. when they are both dead and the beating heart at the very center of the narrative… that’s the stuff 💗__💗
it’s like… all of this happened because of you, and you weren’t even around to see it
Fanfiction Trope MASH-UP
Rules: Send me two (2) tropes from this list + a ship and I’ll describe how I’d combine them in the same story.
Historical AU
Royal AU
Modern AU
Coffee Shop AU
Bar/Restaurant AU
Bookshop AU
Florist AU
Hospital AU
Dance AU
Airport/Travel AU
Neighbour AU
Roommate AU
Detective AU
Bodyguard AU
Criminal AU
Prison AU
War AU
Circus AU
Summer Camp AU
Teacher AU
Dystopian AU
Space AU
Performer AU
Soulmate AU
Fairy Tale AU
Massage Fic
Sick/Injured Fic
Proposal Fic
Wedding Fic
Holiday Fic
Birthday Fic
Pregnancy Fic
Baby Fic
Vacation Fic
Bathtub Fic
Text/Letter Fic
Coming Out Fic
Grief Fic
Survival/Wilderness Fic
Almost Kiss
First Kiss
The Big Damn Kiss
Dance of Romance
Flowers of Romance
Chocolate of Romance
Blind Date
Not a Date
Fake Dating
Fake Married
Arranged Marriage
Accidentally Married
Marriage of Convenience
Mutual Pining
Secret Relationship
Established Relationship
Awful First Meeting
Forgotten First Meeting
Accidental Eavesdropping
Interrupted Declaration of Love
Poorly Timed Confession
Love Confession
Love Confessor (Character A confessing their love for Character B to Character C)
Everybody Knows/Mistaken for Couple
Star Crossed Lovers
It’s Not You, It’s Me
It’s Not You, It’s My Enemies
Character in Peril
Heroic Sacrifice
Flirting Under Fire
Locked in a Room
Twenty-Four Hours to Live
Stranded on A Desert Island
Stranded Due to Inclement Weather
Huddling for Warmth
Bed Sharing
Did They or Didn’t They?
In Vino Veritas
Above the Influence
Anger Born of Worry
Green-Eyed Epiphany
The Missus and the Ex
Second Love
Intimate Artistry
Married to the Job
Innocent Physical Contact
I Didn’t Mean to Turn You On
Aroused By Her Voice
Erotic Dreams
First Time
Unexpected Virgin
PWP
Kink
Makeovers
Hair Brushing/Braiding
Sleep Intimacy
Scars
Time Travel
Curses
Magical Accidents
Accidentally Saving the Day
prompts that hit in all the right places
showing up outside your enemy's door
only one bed
knife against the throat
“it’s always been you” kisses
exclaiming “because i love you” during an argument
rain kisses
''use me''
having to undress your love interest to be able to tend to their wounds, trying your best not to stare at their bare-chest
being pushed to the ground/wall with your hands pinned down
sexual tension when tending to someone's wound
“I didn’t know where else to go”
fake dating (it was real all along)
confessing your feelings to someone you think are asleep
“it’s not like I’ll ever see [that person again]” while said person's standing behind them, suitcase in hand, about to reveal they’re moving back into town
''make me''
a character claiming they’re not going to do ~the thing~ but in the next frame is seen ~doing the thing~
“nothing is ever going to happen between us!”
two strangers bumping into each other on the street, instant attraction (not love. attraction! think instant case of god you’re hot)
during a stressful situation, a character can be seen running back into their house ‘’forgot my keys’’ *runs back out* *runs back in* ‘’forgot my wallet’’
the italicized “oh”
“what is it that you don’t get? i’m not attracted to [this person]!” cut to scene of the person in question staring longing at the object of their desire
going to sleep on different sides of the bed but waking up entangled
going to sleep in different beds but sneaking into the other's to snuggle
forehead kisses but it's the male being kissed on the forehead
dancing together, one of them takes the other’s hand, kisses it
''what you're doing right now is really stupid but you're so cute i can't help but laugh at it''
''let's kiss just to see what it's like''
when someone's like… i don’t know… hurt or something… and the other person's like… tending to their wounds… and then just… wrap their lover their arms, thankful they’re alive
when a character is taken hostage by the antagonist, and their lover goes absolutely ballistic, doing everything in their power to protect their lover, and the antagonist has to restrain them, but it doesn't stop this character from trying to get to their lover, doesn’t matter what happens to them, doesn’t matter if they get beaten as long as their lover's safe
sacred romantic moments
“ don't go. stay. “
“ but you're here. so stay. “
“ i don't want to be alone tonight. “
“ just come over. “
“ let's be alone together. “
“ i didn't know where else to go. “
“ i don't want us to be apart anymore. ever. “
“ i wouldn't have called if it wasn't important. “
“ you can talk to me about anything. you know that, right? “
“ just be honest with me. do you want this? “
“ i could never hate you. not really. “
“ you're my friend, but sometimes i wish you were more than that. “
“ we're not just friends. you know that. “
“ i think i'm falling in love with you. “
“ can i hold your hand? “
“ just hold me. “
“ yeah, you're in love with me. “
“ things would be so much easier if we were honest with each other. “
“ why can't you be honest with me? with yourself? “
“ maybe you could stay? just for tonight? “
“ it’s dark outside, and it’s raining. my arms are much safer. “
“ you can't keep doing this. you can't keep lying to yourself. “
“ i can't keep lying to myself, or to you. it's not fair on either of us. “
“ i think you should kiss me. “
“ kiss me like you mean it. “
“ just kiss me. “
“ you shouldn't kiss me right now. “
“ look me in the eyes and tell me you love me. “
“ you can't lie to me, you know. “
“ you know me better than anyone. you always have. “
“ you're pretty amazing. you know that, right? “
“ you're just... you're extraordinary. “
“ you're good to me, you know. really good. “
“ you've made me the happiest i've ever been. “
“ i don't know what i would have done if you weren't here. “
“ our love can conquer anything. “
“ and for many generations to come, our love story will live on. “
“ i want you to marry me. “
“ if you asked me to marry you tomorrow, i'd say yes. “ “ what about today? “
“ marry me, name. marry me and make me the luckiest [x] in the world. “
“ your kiss could mend a broken heart. “
“ are you going to kiss me again? please say yes. “
“ i could cry over how much i love you. “
“ you're worthy of my love. “
“ truth is that i'm so damn in love with you i don't know what to do with myself. “
“ i don't know what the future holds, all i know is that i hope you're in it. “
“ could you promise me one thing? “
“ promise me that we'll be together, no matter what. “
“ it's you and me, forever. no matter what. “
“ i didn't want to tell you until i was sure, but... i'm pregnant. “
“ we're going to be family! “
“ this baby is the best thing that could ever have happened to us. “
“ i can't believe this, we're going to be parents! “
“ dance with me? “
“ may i have this dance? “
“ you're my whole world, you know. “
“ don't speak. just... kiss me. “
“ you have no idea how long i've been wanting to that. “
“ i've been wanting to tell you for so long... “
“ so... is this like, a thing now? “
“ i always miss you, even when you're next to me. “
” i miss you. i miss you so much it hurts. ”
” i don’t want you to miss me. it’s tearing me apart. ”
“ you make me happier. “
“ i love waking up next to you. “
“ my favorite thing is falling asleep next to you. “
“ come cuddle with me. “
“ this is torture, isn't it? “ “ not in the slightest. “
“ do you love me? “
“ could this be something more? “
“ move in with me. “
“ like, moving in together? you spend all your time here anyway. “
“ are you serious? i've had a crush on you for as long as i can remember. “
“ i know you're in love with me. “
“ you're really cute, you know. “
“ you're so damn attractive. you know that right? “
“ if anybody were to kiss me, i would want that person to be you. “
“ and right now, i think you should kiss me. “

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Portraying a kleptomaniac.
Playing a character with cancer.
How to portray a power driven character.
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Portraying a character with borderline personality disorder.
Playing a character with Orthorexia Nervosa.
Writing a character who lost someone important.
Playing the bullies.
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How to portray a sociopath.
How to write characters with PTSD.
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Playing a pyromaniac.
How to write a mute character.
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How to play a stoner.
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How to portray someone with dyslexia.
How to portray a character with bipolar disorder.
Portraying a character with severe depression.
How to play a serial killer.
Writing insane characters.
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Tips on writing a drug addict.
How to write a character with HPD.
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Writing a character with schizophrenia.
Writing a character with Dissociative Identity Disorder.
Writing a character with depression.
Writing a character who suffers from night terrors.
Writing a character with paranoid personality disorder.
How to play a victim of rape.
How to play a mentally ill/insane character.
Writing a character who self-harms.
Writing a character who is high on amphetamines.
How to play the stalker.
How to portray a character high on cocaine.
Playing a character with ADHD.
How to play a sexual assault victim.
Writing a compulsive gambler.
Playing a character who is faking a disorder.
Playing a prisoner.
Portraying an emotionally detached character.
How to play a character with social anxiety.
Portraying a character who is high.
Portraying characters who have secrets.
Portraying a recovering alcoholic.
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How to play someone creepy.
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more angst for you losers
“ how could i possibly trust you again after…everything? ” “ won’t you at least let me try to make things better? ” “ please don’t look at me like that. ” “ stop trying to fix me. ” “ i thought i could save you. but you can’t pull someone out of a storm if they won’t even take your hand. ” “ what aren’t you telling me? ” “ you’re right, you are a monster. ” “ i keep waiting for you to hurt me. ” “ how long until you realize i’m here to stay? ” “ please don’t apologize, because then i won’t be able to help but forgive you and i’m not ready to do that yet. ” “ sometimes i feel like you’re just waiting for an excuse to leave. ” “ i don’t feel safe here anymore. nowhere feels safe. ” “ i won’t let you ruin us. you’re scared of this but you don’t have to be. ” “ one of these days you’re going to push so hard i won’t be able to pull myself back to you again. ” “ your eyes always look so lost. ” “ loving you is killing me. ” “ i feel like i can’t breathe when you’re not here. ” “ i don’t hate you. but i can’t be in love with you anymore. ” “ why are you looking at me like that? ” “ what happens when i finally fuck up and you finally have to see me for what i am? ” “ i’m scared to let myself want you. ” “ why can’t i be enough? ” “ why won’t you let me help you? why won’t you let me close? ” “ just stay still. let me hold you. ” “ i won’t let you push me away this time. ” “ if you’re so intent on going down this path, then i’m coming with you. ” “ i miss the way you used to smile at me. ” “ i need you. and i hate that i do. ” “ i need to know that you’ll be okay. if something happens to me… ” “ you’re not the person i fell in love with anymore. ” “ why won’t you just let me go? i’m not worth it. ” “ please don’t go. ” “ if you can’t do it for yourself, then do it for me. do it because i need you. ” “ i can’t fix it this time. ” “ do you know how hard it was to let you go? ” “ i don’t think i’ll ever be over you. ” “ i can’t be angry. i’m too tired. i just want it to be over. ”
romantic prompt list
for all those looking for the sweet spot between angsty and funny, here ya go!
1.) “I thought that we… well. I guess I was wrong.”
2.) I confessed to you when I thought I was dying but I survived and I didn’t think I’d have to deal
3.) We broke up ages ago but I never really got over you and now we’re back in the same place.
4.) “You seem happier.”
5.) I’m pretending there’s something in your hair so I can reach up and brush it away
6.) I’m really sick, and not in the cute way
7.) “So… you didn’t mean to text me?”
8.) I honestly can’t tell if you’re flirting with me
9.) “Can I pet your dog?”
10.) We’re slow dancing and you smell really good and oh no I think I have Feelings
11.) You’re a REALLY bad cook but you worked so hard to make this for me
12.) “I, uh. I got this for you.”
13.) You’re looking at something beautiful but I can’t see anything other than you
14.) “Okay. I know how this looks. Let me explain.”
15.) “How did you know I was upset?”
16.) I reached out to wipe food off your face. I’ve never done that before. Why did I just do that.
17.) “Please don’t make me say it again.”
18.) This fortune cookie is weirdly relevant.
19.) I got the perfect gift for you but I don’t know when/how to give it to you
20.) “I can never look you in the eye again.“
Responses to “I Love You” Prompt List
“I love you.”
“Ouch.”
“What?”
“I know.”
“No, you don’t.”
“Don’t lie to me.”
“Don’t give me hope.”
“Don’t joke like that.”
“You do?”
“Is that so?”
“I don’t.”
“Oh…”
“I’m sorry.”
“Don’t die on me, after saying something like that!”
“Took you long enough to say it.”
“I should hope so, we’ve only been together x amount of time.”
“I don’t believe you.”
“I love you… as a friend.”
“Awww.”
“Thanks, I love me too.”
“Thanks.”
“Are you sure?”
“Woah, that came out of left field.”
“… I’ve got to go.”
“Wow. Um, okay.”
“Who are you and what have you done with name?”
“You mean me? Me?”
“Now’s not really the time for dramatic confessions.”
“Well that’s an utterly terrifying thought.”
“And you’re just realizing now?”
“Why?”
“How?”
“That’s improbable.”
“Are you delirious?”
“Please don’t.”
“Even after all this time?”
“About time.”
“All I did was offer to do x menial task.”
“You still have to pay your bill.”
“Great. Fantastic. Wonderful.”
“That’s new.”
“Okay. Okay, okay, okay.”
“Mhmm.”
“Do you mean that or is it the alcohol talking?”
“Like as a friend, right?”
“That doesn’t matter anymore.”
“I wish I could say the same.”
“… Is this a prank/joke?”
“That’s old news.”
”I will never get tired of hearing you say that.” and of course…
“I love you, too.”

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Casual Affections
Showing that they care.
smiling at each other from across the room
randomly texting a gif or emoji
laying their hand on the other’s leg
kiss to the side of the head
squeezing the other’s shoulder
fixing the other’s clothes
guiding them with a hand on the small of their back
embracing them from behind
ruffling their hair
placing their chin on the other’s shoulder
calling them nicknames
winking at them
teasing each other good-naturedly
putting an arm around the other’s shoulder
washing the other’s hair
taking a photo of the smiling or in their element
looking in each other’s eyes
putting a blanket on them
tugging at the other’s clothes to keep them close
making them food they like
laughing at their jokes
placing a hand on the back of the other’s neck
brushing strands of hair away
patting their head
sharing an umbrella
bumping shoulders into each other
randomly face-timing just to hear their voice/see their face
pressing their foreheads together
nudging them to show they are right beside them
laying their head on the other’s shoulder
Love Language Part I | Part II
Millennial Sisyphus keeps entering all the information from his resume into the web form, only for it to delete everything when he tries to move to the next page. He just goes back and types it all up again, over and over again, forever, and he never gets a job.
Millennial Tantalus has been promised that his unpaid internship will become a paid position as soon as the company has space for him. Every week he sees their new job posting. Every week he asks his boss if he can have a real job. The boss shrugs apologetically and says he’ll just have to make do with being paid in experience a little longer. He goes back and keeps working, over and over again, forever, and he never reaches the fruits of his labors.
Millennial Persephone can’t get a job without a degree, but because she had to take out loans to pay for college, she must spend 1/3 of her life working just to pay them off.
Millennial Cassandra’s title is Social Media Coordinator, she was hired to be the expert, but every time she tries to explain the problems in her company’s social media decisionmaking, the managers don’t listen…and end up hiring expensive PR flacks to repair the damage to their reputation when things blow up exactly as she predicted.
Millennial Medusa uses multiple shades of primer and opaque foundation to cover the scars snaking across her face, hiding the bruises, aligning the asymmetry in her broken nose and jaw. Red matte on the lips, green shimmer on the lids. Flawless liner on the first try. She’s had lots and lots of practice. She films her transformation in secret for all to see and learn, and again, men are turned to anonymous stone faces screaming in horror. “Liar!” “Witch!” “Take her swimming on the first date!” These words do not discourage her. These words are a challenge. GlamGorgonXx posts another video.
Millennial Prometheus uploads another PDF to his site. He’s lost track of the printing and edition of this textbook. He knows they just rearranged some of chapters then charge 150 dollars per copy, and the professor wrote the book himself. the ZIP fills uploads successfully, and he starts uploading the next one. He isn’t afraid of the potential lawsuit. knowledge shouldn’t held out of reach like this.
Millennial Circe screenshots all the lewd messages she gets from men on online dating sites and posts them on her very popular Instagram along with their pictures and usernames. When people accuse her of attempting to destroy their reputations, she insists she’s just revealing them for the pigs they truly are.
Millennial Odysseus is starting to suspect there’s something wrong with his GPS…