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Sibling rivalry only works on the page if both siblings secretly think the other one got the easier version of their childhood. Nobody thinks they won. Write both of them convinced they lost, and suddenly the fighting makes sense.
Loss aversion is such a good stake-building tool. People often react harder to losing something than gaining something equally good, which means “she might lose the only safe place she has ever had” can hit harder than “she might win a kingdom.” Gains are exciting. Losses are personal. When a plot feels soft, ask what the character is about to lose that they have already built their identity around.
Something I had to unlearn: giving your character a tragic backstory is not the same as giving them a wound. A backstory is just information. A wound is the thing that makes them flinch at something totally unrelated fifteen chapters later and the reader goes "oh." If the backstory doesn't leave a nerve ending somewhere in the present-day plot, cut it. Nobody needs the trauma. They need the flinch.
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Ways That Fear Can Show Up (Without Saying “Fear”)
When it creeps:
• Foreboding — the air feels wrong before anything actually happens.
• Ominousness — silence that feels almost... purposeful.
• Misgiving — your instincts tugging at your sleeve, whispering, "Don't."
When it hits fast:
• Shock — your brain blanks
• Startled— your heart slams, you inhale
• Panic — thoughts fracture; your instincts beg for escape
When it lingers:
• Tension — jaw locked, shoulders up near your ears.
• Anxiety — background noise that lingers in every thought
• Dread — knowing something bad is coming and having to wait for it.
When it turns physical:
• Shivers — cold crawling up the spine.
• Sweat, dilated pupils, skin gone pale — your own body betrays you.
• Weakness — knees like jelly, grip unreliable.
When it overwhelms:
• Terror — too big to think around.
• Horror — something has gone wrong.
• Paralysis — body refusing orders.
When it distorts reality:
• Paranoia — patterns where there are none.
• Suspicion — every sound feels intentional.
• Unease — the sense of being watched without proof.
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hi mobi i can't find this info anywhere so i was wondering if you might know who's the artist for the icarus cinematic intro segment? ik it's probably not marey krap (the artist for birth) because there are some differences in style and she hasn't shared it on her socials and portfolio + everybody seems certain it's a different person, yet i can't find any names :-(
i've been asked where/how to find early-mid 20th century images of black people to reference when drawing/writing/whatever, so i figured i'd link to my own personal resource anyone is welcome to utilize! :)
with over 900 pins and counting, this pinterest board focuses entirely on black style from the 1800s - 1970s. it’s been harder than ever to research historical fashion without running into AI, misinformation, and flat out mislabeling of different eras, so i’ve done my best to represent each period as accurately as i can.
i’ve included sections for non-caricatured art and illustration, print media, music, entertainment, styling tools, and ads. there are also sections for period pieces and more modern takes on vintage style. i did not add the 80s and 90s because there's already a wealth of imagery and information about those decades, but maybe one day :)
*NOTE: i am not a professional archivist or historian! just a black american passionate about my history. as such, this board is heavily centered on black americans and afro-caribbeans, although there are photos from across the diaspora, including africa and the UK.
*additionally: pins on pinterest come from all over and may not always have the correct information, depending on who uploaded it. while i’ve taken great lengths to research undated photos, some categorized pins are educated guesses based on the hair, fashion, or photography style of the photo. uncategorized pins are photos i can’t confidently connect to a specific decade without potentially mislabeling.
with this in mind, this board acts as a handy visual guide, but should be used in addition to your own research. happy researching! 🖤
I read etiquette and homemaking guides from the 1800s mostly because they're a FASCINATING insight into cultural norms that we often don't think about. I honestly really recommend people crack one of these open at least once--it goes way beyond, like, "what to wear to a ball!!!"
The best ones have advice on decor, how to select high-quality furniture, childrearing, fashion, etc--from a contemporary perspective, and the things the authors feel the need to clarify vs the wild shit that will just casually mention like it's something everyone knows and agrees on is REALLY revealing of the culture and how it's shifted.
And while a lot of the advice is WILDLY bigoted or just outright funny, you'd be surprised how much of it is...just genuinely timeless, and shockingly compassionate.
They ALSO, as a writer, have INVALUABLE resources--because, again, they're talking about things that are so MUNDANE that a lot of the time nobody really sat down to formally document what normal, everyday people thought or cared about--because that's boring! But a book written to provide advice and information to, say, a young woman who's never run her own home before? You can fully expect an entire chapter dedicated to The Types Of Oven, and which features are useful and worth spending money on, and which features are a huge hassle to clean and a waste of space, and what to spend that money on instead.
And like. As a writer who frequently works in the 1800s? Fuck inflation calculators, this is the kind of thing I need. This is absolutely priceless.
Now that being said.
My current favorite 'etiquette guide' in the world is actually like....70% purely practical advice, written by a gentleman the groupchat has affectionately dubbed History's Most Autistic Man In The World, and thank god they didn't have Aderall back then
Because the AuDHD is strong in this one and as a result, in addition to the deeply practical and useful everyday reference points, we also have:
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As I dive into researching signs of fear for my horror WIP, I wanted to share some of the most compelling and visceral reactions I’ve come across. Whether you’re writing a chilling scene or crafting a character’s panic, these 20 signs of fear can help bring tension and realism to your story.
Physical Reactions
Hyperventilating — sucking in air but never feeling like it’s enough
Chest tightens — feels like a weight or hands pressing down
Limbs shaking violently, knees buckling
Complete loss of muscle control — collapsing or unable to stand
Cold sweat soaking through clothes
Heart hammering so hard they feel it in their throat or head
Tunnel vision — the world narrowing down to one terrifying focal point
Ringing in the ears or sudden deafness, like the world drops away
Your characters are allowed to be bad people. Your story is allowed to have no moral lesson.yyour ending is allowed to be sad. The villain can win. The good person can do something unforgivable. The lovers can destroy each other. You are allowed to write the thing that no one asked for and everything that everyone told you doesn’t work and you are allowed to not explain yourself.
Genuinely think the most underrated skill in writing is knowing when a scene is done. not perfect. done. there's a version of every scene that keeps going because you're scared to leave it, scared it wasn't enough, scared the next scene is harder. so you keep adding. one more line. one more beat. one more little moment. and the scene dies from it. it needed to end three paragraphs ago and you just kept talking because you didn't want to face what came next. same as real life actually.
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Can I ask: How are you finding all of these fashion images?
hi there anon!
yes, you certainly may ask I and I'm happy to tell you!! ☺️
right now, I have three main sources, so I'll list them all here along with my commentary (because if there's one thing about me, it's that I'm going to make a short story long 😅) (in fact, they're below the cut because I rambled too much lmao)
The Met's digital fashion plate collection – this is a super great resource, as their scanned images are in really high quality and they have a ton of them! the strength of this collection is definitely in the 19th century, but they do have some late 18th century things as well as some early 20th century stuff. they have things categorized by year and such, but I've found it's worth clicking through because not all the category names are accurate (there's one labeled "men's" that is definitely not what would have been considered menswear in that era). the dating is also pretty good for the most part, as many of the plates have dates on them, and most of the categorization is by date
Wikimedia Commons – as someone who works with historical images (both on this blog and for my PhD) I really love Wikimedia Commons! they have cool category features, one of which is "fashion plates by decade" and that's one that I use for the blog. the quality on these is a little more hit-or-miss, as they're uploaded by different people and organizations, and the dating can sometimes be hard to get super accurate if the plate itself doesn't have a date, but at least you'll usually know the decade
Catalogues and Wishbooks – this is a website that I'm so glad I found! (you may have seen images from it before either on the blog or elsewhere, as the images often include "Christmas musetechnical" above the image). I was really struggling to find 20th century stuff, but this website archives scans of a ton of 20th century (and into the 21st century) magazines, all organized by company and year. unfortunately, the scans aren't always the greatest quality, and it's difficult to zoom in without things getting a bit blurry, but the sheer amount of resources there is fantastic!
and I'll put a final note (although I won't officially number it) that I sometimes use Pinterest. I've always been cautious with Pinterest in the past, since both dating and quality are super iffy, but now I trust it even less since it has been infiltrated with AI slop (folks can read my anti-AI stance here if they're interested ☺️). even with my settings and filters set to no AI, if I want use what appears to be a historical image from Pinterest, I will often run a reverse image search to ensure it existed elsewhere on the internet before circa 2020 to ascertain that it is, in fact, a real image and not some AI-generated garbage (and yes, I have now seen a number of AI-generated fashion plates 😭). it turns out that many of the 20th century images on Pinterest are from the Catalogues and Wishbooks site anyway, but there are some things that I just have not been able to find elsewhere, such as a very large number of gorgeous late 19th La Mode Illustrée plates, so I will also venture into the wilds of Pinterest from time to time with great caution
I'll also say that if you have a local or favorite museum/collection, it might be worth just checking to see if they have any digitized collections with fashion plates! since fashion plates were pretty widespread and ubiquitous, many collections have them (even smaller ones), and you can even sometimes pick them up at antique stores (I have a couple myself!)
whew! okay, so sorry for all my ramblings, but hopefully this was helpful! as an art historian and also a material and visual culture studies scholar, it's super important to me to facilitate access to historical images, so if you (or anyone else) have any other questions about how and where I source images, I would be happy to share!! ☺️
