Nellie

"If you like history, you didn't watch The Tudors." If you like history, watch it, especially if you know how it all happened in real life because it's hilarious. Or just watch it because you feel like it; there's no such thing as historically accurate fiction, and The Tudors never takes itself seriously in that regard.

"If you like history, you didn't watch The Tudors." If you like history, watch it, especially if you know how it all happened in real life because it's hilarious. Or just watch it because you feel like it; there's no such thing as historically accurate fiction, and The Tudors never takes itself seriously in that regard.

🇺🇸 History 101

July 4, 2026

One hundred years ago this day, President Calvin Coolidge spoke at an event that celebrated the sesquicentennial of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Coolidge was a great man and underrated President. Below is an excerpt from his speech that day, also his 54th birthday.

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About the Declaration there is a finality that is exceedingly restful. It is often asserted that the world has made a great deal of progress since 1776, that we have had new thoughts and new experiences which have given us a great advance over the people of that day, and that we may therefore very well discard their conclusions for something more modern.

But that reasoning can not be applied to this great charter. If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final.

No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions. If anyone wishes to deny their truth or their soundness, the only direction in which he can proceed historically is not forward, but backward toward the time when there was no equality, no rights of the individual, no rule of the people.

Those who wish to proceed in that direction can not lay claim to progress. They are reactionary. Their ideas are not more modern, but more ancient, than those of the Revolutionary fathers.

Op is being a fucking asshole for no good reason and is butthurt at pushback.

I can say it in a way that isn’t completely intentionally hurtful to novice writers or people who write character first.

Writing stories with cohesive plot is a whole different wheelhouse from oc creation and character lore development, so it’s going to be tough to nail the storytelling you’re used to seeing from authors you admire.

If you’re going to turn your beloved OC into a story, try and think of a plot as robust as your character before you commit to writing if you want it to come out cohesive. Other folks aren’t going to know your OC or their lore as well as you, and taking that for granted is tough to get over! I would try and think of the timeline of your OC’s story in a way that may overlap with pacing similar to works you’ve enjoyed before. Or look for stories that are similar to what you’re trying to do and learn from them!

Being able to create characters vs being able to create plot are two different skills that are similar but are not the same. The ability to come up with overall themes (and worldbuilding) is also part of the venue diagram of similar skills that are not the sams

If you are not good at making characters, your story with suck regardless of how good your plot is. If your plot not good then your story will suck regardless of how good your characters are. If your themes suck then your plot AND characters will suffer which will cause your story to not be the greatest it can be.

This does not mean you have to be perfect at either skills. It just means all aspects need to be somewhat good. (This depends on how much you write, what you write, why you write, and how long have you been writing stories for)

Your story idea can come from a character idea but it can also come from a plot idea or a potential theme

it does not have to be good the first time around. That is what drafts are for. That is what rewriting the story later is for.

If you want to give advice to the internet don't put people down or encourage those with a lack of skill to give up forever.

people should be allowed to have original characters and write fanfics

To all of the newbies, your works will suck at first. AND THAT IS OKAY. Jake the dog said ir the best "Sucking at something is the first step to being sort of good at something"

I actually like your response. It does depend on why someone was writing.

The only reason why I brought up racism in my tags was because there were some people, who were defending OP, that were calling those who criticized OP racist, just because they criticize someone of color.

I understand that there may have been racists attacking OP but just because someone is criticizing a take doesn't mean they are racist.

I was scrolling through the replies and reboots and kept getting annoyed at the few who were pulling the race card out bc this writing advice isn't about race. It is about a skill that anyone, not just a certain group of people, can develop.

I don't tolerate racism, sexism, homophobia, or anything like that on my blog and I am not starting now.

Op is being a fucking asshole for no good reason and is butthurt at pushback.

I can say it in a way that isn’t completely intentionally hurtful to novice writers or people who write character first.

Writing stories with cohesive plot is a whole different wheelhouse from oc creation and character lore development, so it’s going to be tough to nail the storytelling you’re used to seeing from authors you admire.

If you’re going to turn your beloved OC into a story, try and think of a plot as robust as your character before you commit to writing if you want it to come out cohesive. Other folks aren’t going to know your OC or their lore as well as you, and taking that for granted is tough to get over! I would try and think of the timeline of your OC’s story in a way that may overlap with pacing similar to works you’ve enjoyed before. Or look for stories that are similar to what you’re trying to do and learn from them!

Being able to create characters vs being able to create plot are two different skills that are similar but are not the same. The ability to come up with overall themes (and worldbuilding) is also part of the venue diagram of similar skills that are not the sams

If you are not good at making characters, your story with suck regardless of how good your plot is. If your plot not good then your story will suck regardless of how good your characters are. If your themes suck then your plot AND characters will suffer which will cause your story to not be the greatest it can be.

This does not mean you have to be perfect at either skills. It just means all aspects need to be somewhat good. (This depends on how much you write, what you write, why you write, and how long have you been writing stories for)

Your story idea can come from a character idea but it can also come from a plot idea or a potential theme

it does not have to be good the first time around. That is what drafts are for. That is what rewriting the story later is for.

If you want to give advice to the internet don't put people down or encourage those with a lack of skill to give up forever.

people should be allowed to have original characters and write fanfics

To all of the newbies, your works will suck at first. AND THAT IS OKAY. Jake the dog said ir the best "Sucking at something is the first step to being sort of good at something"

Thomas More was executed on July 6, 1536, at Tower Hill in London after refusing to accept King Henry VIII’s Act of Supremacy. Once a trusted advisor and Lord Chancellor of England, More became one of the most famous figures to resist the king’s break with the Roman Catholic Church.

More’s refusal to acknowledge Henry VIII as Supreme Head of the Church of England was rooted in his religious convictions and loyalty to the papacy. His silence on the matter was ultimately interpreted as treason, leading to his arrest, imprisonment in the Tower of London, and eventual execution by beheading.

May (when she gets olderand drives his car) tries to convince him to just pay for a functioning car whose dashboard doesn't turn into a Christmas tree.

Each time she gets behind the wheel she sees a new light that didn't realize existed anymore.

People say cancel culture doesn't exist but in reality it does, it just goes after nothing burgers instead of actually important stuff.