Hey friends! I'm a long time tumblr user but recently decided to delete my fandom blog and move in to writeblr! I write YA Fantasy, a little Sci-Fi, and dabble in poetry. I love books and reading <3
I'm hoping to make some new friends. But this'll probably just be a space to sort aesthetics and reblog writing resources etc.
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Advice for writing Characters with Anxiety or PTSD!!
it's not just "worrying a lot" or one dramatic flashback scene. anxiety can be constant background noise, or it can hit in sudden physical waves, racing heart, nausea, feeling weirdly detached from your own body. PTSD is the nervous system staying on high alert long after the actual danger's gone. ask what the specific triggers and symptoms are before you write it, bc generalized anxiety and trauma-based PTSD work in genuinely different ways.
⤷ panic attacks are physical, not just emotional. chest tightness, dizziness, tingling hands, a feeling like you're dying or completely detached from reality. a character having one for the first few times might genuinely think something is medically wrong with them, not just "oh no i'm scared." it's not just breathing fast and looking spooked, it's the body convinced it's under attack.
⤷ triggers are rarely obvious or dramatic. a specific smell, a certain tone of voice, a particular time of day, fluorescent lighting. trauma responses often get triggered by mundane sensory details that seem to have nothing to do with the original event on the surface, and the character themselves might not even understand why they just shut down. don't limit your triggers to "seeing something that looks exactly like what happened," the brain makes connections that don't have to make sense to anyone watching from outside.
⤷ hypervigilance is exhausting and constant, not a dramatic beat. a character with PTSD might automatically scan every room for exits the second they walk in, sit facing the door out of habit, flinch at sudden movement or noise. this isn't them having A Moment, it's background behavior they've stopped even noticing themselves, bc it's just how their body operates now.
⤷ avoidance isn't cowardice, it's self-protection. a character refusing to talk about something, changing the subject, leaving the room, that's not necessarily weak-willed. avoidance is often the nervous system's own attempt to prevent a flashback or a panic response before it starts. writing forced confrontation as the only real path to healing is a common trope, but it's not actually how most healing works.
⤷ recovery isn't linear and doesn't end with one cathartic scene. a character can do real, genuine trauma work and still have a bad week months or even years later. writing healing as a single breakthrough moment after which the anxiety or PTSD is just "resolved" undersells how long and nonlinear this process actually is for most people, and honestly can make readers who are living through it feel like something's wrong with them for not being "fixed" already.
do the research, and if you can, read firsthand accounts from people who've actually lived through this rather than just other fiction that's already gotten it wrong.
(quick note bc this is a heavier topic: if any of this is hitting close to home for you personally, i hope you have people or resources around you to lean on. you don't have to carry it alone.)
Resources For Writing Deaf, Mute, or Blind Characters
Despite the fact that I am not deaf, mute, or blind myself, one of the most common questions I receive is how to portray characters with these disabilities in fiction.
As such, I’ve compiled the resources I’ve accumulated (from real life deaf, mute, or blind people) into a handy masterlist.
Deaf Characters:
Deaf characters masterpost
Deaf dialogue thread
Dialogue with signing characters (also applies to mute characters.)
A deaf author’s advice on deaf characters
Dialogue between deaf characters
Mute Characters
Life as a Mute
My Silent Summer: Life as a Mute
What It’s Like Being Mute
21 People Reveal What It’s Really Like To Be Mute
I am a 20 year old Mute, ask me anything at all!
Blind Characters:
The 33 Worst Mistakes Writers Make About Blind Characters.
@referenceforwriters masterpost of resources for writing/playing blind characters.
The youtube channel of the wonderful Tommy Edison, a man blind from birth with great insight into the depiction of blind people and their lives.
An Absolute Write thread on the depiction of blind characters, with lots of different viewpoints and some great tips.
And finally, this short, handy masterpost of resources for writing blind characters.
Characters Who Are Blind in One Eye
4 Ways Life Looks Shockingly Different With One Eye
Learning to Live With One Eye
Adapting to the Loss of an Eye
Adapting to Eye Loss and Monocular Vision
Monocular Depth Perception
Deaf-Blind Characters
What Is It Like To Be Deafblind?
Going Deaf and Blind in a City of Noise and Lights
Deaf and Blind by 30
Sarita is Blind, Deaf, and Employed (video)
Born Deaf and Blind, This Eritrean American Graduated Harvard Law School (video)
A Day of a Deaf Blind Person
Lesser Known Things About Being Deafblind
How the Deaf-Blind Communicate
Early Interactions With Children Who Are Deaf-Blind
Raising a DeafBlind Baby
If you have any more resources to add, let me know! I’ll be adding to this post as I find more resources.
I just sent off my first query! I was mostly just desperate to see some sort of progress and was just sick of not writing for a while...maybe not the best approach, but I've been working on this book for years. So...one milestone achieved!!!
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Amputation - a surgical procedure involving the removal of all or part of a limb, often performed to preserve life or prevent further bodily harm due to severe trauma, infection, tumors, or vascular diseases.
Traumatic amputation - the loss of a body part, usually a finger, toe, arm, or leg, that occurs as the result of an accident or injury.
Commonly, extremities such as arms and legs are the focus of surgical amputations, which can arise from conditions like ischemia, uncontrolled diabetes, or significant injuries.
The procedure transforms the remaining limb into a stump that can accommodate prosthetic devices, enhancing mobility and quality of life post-surgery.
Prosthetics - surgically implanted or otherwise artificial replacement limbs or body parts.
Symptoms of traumatic amputations may include:
Bleeding (may be minimal or severe, depending on the location and nature of the injury)
Pain (the degree of pain is not always related to the severity of the injury or the amount of bleeding)
Crushed body tissue (badly mangled, but still partially attached by muscle, bone, tendon, or skin)
3 General Classes of Surgical Amputation
provisional or open,
conventional or standard, and
osteomyoplastic.
The techniques for each are briefly described:
The technique for a provisional amputation is often referred to as guillotine.
In the past, this approach was commonly used in battle situations where speed was important to minimize both blood loss and subsequent infection.
The technique is used mainly to remove a victim from a dangerous situation, typically one causing a crushing injury in which the alternative to amputation is death.
All tissues are cut circularly.
Skin is retained to the greatest degree possible, muscle and fascia are cut shorter, and the bone is cut shorter still.
The hope is that the soft tissues (skin and muscles) will ultimately cover the bone, but the results are generally unsatisfactory.
Large scars are common, and muscle frequently adheres to the bone.
Long periods are required for healing, infections are common, and prostheses do not fit well.
Another, more definitive amputation is usually required at a later date.
In a conventional amputation, skin, underlying tissues, muscle, and fascia are all cut in curved flaps that originate at the end of the remaining, unamputated bone.
The muscles, fascia, bone, and major blood vessels are divided at the base of the remaining bone; nerves are cut at a slightly higher level, approximately 2.5 centimeters (1 inch) above the end of the bone.
The nerves will retract somewhat into the muscle, minimizing postoperative pain.
Muscles are tapered so that large masses of tissue are not present over the end of the stump; this will enhance the fit of a later prosthesis.
At the cut end of the bone, the outer layer of bone is removed to reduce the possibility of bone spurs forming in the future.
The skin over the amputation site is closed loosely to avoid stretching as it heals.
The purpose of an osteomyoplastic amputation is to improve function after a prosthesis is fitted.
The preparation of skin and fascia is the same as for a conventional amputation.
Nerves and blood vessels are also divided.
Muscles are separated for about 5 centimeters (2 inches) past the point where the bone will be cut.
A portion of the outer surface (periosteum) of the bone to be amputated is sutured to the divided muscle.
The bone is then cut.
The prepared flap of periosteum and muscle is sutured to the periosteum of the stump.
This procedure covers the marrow cavity of the stump, helps to preserve the remaining bone, and reduces postoperative infections.
The remaining muscles are then sutured across the end of the stump.
The skin is closed as in a conventional amputation.
In an alternative procedure, holes are drilled in the bone of the stump.
Muscles are inserted in the holes and sutured in place.
The net effect of these osteomyoplastic procedures is to strengthen the musculature of the stump and to improve mobility for a prosthesis.
There are several common sites or levels for amputations of the leg.
Syme’s amputation is performed when most of the foot has been destroyed by trauma or compromised by poor circulation. In this type of amputation, the bones of the foot are removed, and the end of the tibia becomes the weight-bearing surface for the prosthesis.
A below-the-knee (BK) amputation is used to provide additional mobility for a prosthesis. It also leads to more complete rehabilitation because the knee is still available for movement. It is also associated with a reduction in phantom limb pain.
An above-the-knee (AK) amputation is frequently selected when gangrene extends into the muscles or skin of the calf. When the muscles of the leg are contracted, a prosthesis is not likely to be fitted or used. There is no advantage to a BK amputation in this situation. The AK amputation is associated with the highest healing rate for amputations among patients with peripheral vascular disease. The rate of a repeat amputation performed at a higher level on the leg is also low. Prostheses that permit walking, however, are less efficient with amputations at this level.
Both amputations have about the same rate of healing, but a higher percentage of individuals with BK amputations walk on prostheses than do those with AK amputations.
The choice between BK and AK amputation is determined by the general health of the patient and the potential for rehabilitation.
The most important determinant of the level of amputation, however, is the vascular status of the patient.
The leg can also be amputated at either the knee or the hip; such a procedure is a disarticulation, an amputation through a joint.
A knee disarticulation is most commonly used with children to preserve the growing portion (epiphysis) of the remaining thigh bone.
A hip disarticulation is used with tumors or extensive soft tissue injuries in the thigh.
Special prostheses that permit walking after such procedures are available, but are relatively uncommon.
However, as technology improves, such prostheses are becoming more widely available and increasingly comfortable and functional.
Portions of the upper extremity are usually amputated after extensive trauma.
Malignant disease of the bone or muscle is a less common reason for amputation at these sites.
The considerations described for the lower extremity apply to the upper extremity, namely, preserving as much tissue as possible for later rehabilitation and recovery of function.
The sites for amputation are also analogous. Individual fingers can be amputated, or the entire hand can be amputated at the wrist (a location similar to the Syme’s amputation of the foot).
Similarly, the forearm can be amputated either below the elbow or above the elbow.
Portions of the arm can be disarticulated at the elbow or at the shoulder.
Restoration of function is far more difficult, however, in an upper extremity amputation than for a lower extremity amputation. It is easier to restore the ability to walk than it is to restore hand function.
Possible Causes
A person can experience a traumatic amputation from a motor vehicle, occupational or industrial accident or combat injury.
Traumatic injury accounts for about 45% of all amputations.
A body part can be cut off or torn away in a severe accident, or it can be so badly damaged from a crush injury or severe burns that it cannot be saved.
If tissue destruction, infection or disease affects a body part in a way that makes it impossible to repair or endangers the person’s life, that part may be removed by surgical amputation.
Trauma or disease that cuts off blood flow to a body part for an extended time can also cause tissue death requiring an amputation.
An example is frostbite, which can damage the blood vessels in fingers and toes, eventually requiring their removal.
LIMB LOSS. People can lose all or part of an arm or leg for many reasons. Common ones include:
Problems with the flow of blood through your body. These may be the result of atherosclerosis or diabetes. Severe cases may result in amputation (the surgical removal of a limb).
Injuries, including from traffic accidents and military combat.
Cancer.
Birth defects.
Common feelings following an amputation
The loss of a body part, especially one as visible as a finger, hand or arm, can be emotionally upsetting.
It may take time to adapt to changes in physical appearance and ability to function.
Talking about these feelings with a doctor, therapist, or other patients who have had amputations often helps patients come to terms with amputation.
You may ask your doctor to recommend a counselor to assist with this process.
It is important to remember that with time, patients adapt by finding new ways of doing daily activities.
A resource that may help is the Amputee Coalition of America.
Remember that the quality of life is directly related to one’s attitude and expectations – not just obtaining and using a prosthesis.
Some amputees have phantom pain, which is the feeling of pain in the missing limb.
Other physical problems include surgical complications and skin problems if you wear an artificial limb. Many amputees use an artificial limb. Learning how to use it takes time. Physical therapy can help you adapt.
Recovery from the loss of a limb can be hard. Sadness, anger, and frustration are common. If you are having a tough time, talk to your health care provider. Treatment with medicine or counseling can help.
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Hmm...yes! They can fight it. It is difficult and daunting, but fighting is feasible. Whether it's possible and they are going to win...
Mostly, it includes a demon taking power and coming to the world and practically destroying everything. This world would have fire and smoke and wastelands.
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It is YA, and in previous projects, my characters have been late teens, I am aiming for mid teens and am excited to try and make characters be stupid and homornal like that, lol.
This book is fantasy. I am aiming for a supernatural sub-genre of magic and witches and demons. Right now I don't think I have many ideas for comps...
Currently, I am not defining it by its tropes, mostly because I'm not sure which tropes there will be...I have a few but I don't like limiting myself like that. I really like chosen one tropes, mentorship tropes, reluctant friends/allies.
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I tend to include characters struggling with mental health (depression, anxiety, adhd). But one of my favorite characters is mute. I mostly wrote her that way in response to my depression and how I constantly felt silenced by my depression. I've done a lot of research about mutism, ASL, and deafness too. It's been a great learning opportunity for me. For this book/character I included a telepathy type magic and also ASL for her to communicate because I didn't want a fully "magic fix" for her. The telepathy is family based.
I try and include at least one character with a disability per book. And I want to do more for representation. For me, I love trying to be more open-minded and inclusive. I know I can do better. But, it's so important. I know how writing and reading are huge methods of escapism for me and I want to be a safe place for people to come to!
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Starting a new project! The outline has come along decently. But I love the discovery of it all so I am allowing myself to do a little bit of pantsing, but I did make sure my magic system and the Big Stuff was written out (ie most of the main conflict).
There are some things that are a little underdeveloped, but I'm going with it. For better or worse.
