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And you can expand them to see rank, number of babies, and percentage of babies and add a second name to compare. (in 1973 four percent of babies were named Jennifer! 1 in 25!!!)

But my number two piece of advice is this: be deliberate.

Honestly this would fix so many pieces of bad writing advice. Don't forbid people from doing something, tell them to be conscious and deliberate about it. This could help stop people from falling into common mistakes without limiting their creativity. Black and white imperatives may stop a few annoying beginner habits, but ultimately they will restrict artistic expression.

Instead of "don't use epithets": "Know the effect epithets have and be deliberate about using them." Because yes, beginners often misuse them, but they can be useful when a character's name isn't known or when you want to reduce them to a particular trait they have.

Instead of "don't use 'said'" or "just use 'said'": "Be deliberate about your use of dialogue tags." Because sometimes you'll want "said" which fades into the background nicely, but sometimes you will need a more descriptive alternative to convey what a character is doing.

Instead of "don't use passive voice": "Be deliberate about when you use passive voice." Because using it when it's not needed can detract from your writing, but sometimes it can be useful to change the emphasis of a sentence or to portray a particular state of mind.

Instead of blindly following or ignorantly neglecting the rules of writing, familiarize yourself with them and their consequences so you can choose when and if breaking them would serve what you're trying to get across.

Your writing is yours. Take control of it.

RULES: Make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it!

(I'm only including fics that have some chance of still being worked on AND aren't part of something I've already posting. If I included every fic in my WIP directory, this would get boring.)

DADDY SCHREIBERTOOTH (I bet you can guess what this is about...)

Red Light (this is some-star's fault)

DADDY CREED (I bet you can also guess what this one is about...)

5+1 Happy Birthday (hint, it's Poolverine)

AGE REGRESSION DE-AGING

fursona

Takes One to Know One (I keep forgetting about this one 👀 it's Cable/Cable)

PAY IT FORWARD

Just a Little Light Ecoterrorism

Five times Logan was tied up and one time Wade did the tying (guess 😂)