My Writing and Journal Blog

Compilation of writing advice for some aspects of the writing process.

How to motivate myself to write more

How to get rid of writer’s block

Basic Overview: How to write a story

How to outline a story

How to come up with plot

How to create a character

How to make a character unique

How to name your characters (Masterpost)

How to start a story

How to write a prologue

How to write conversation

How to write witty banter

How to write the last line

How to write a summary

How to write a book description

How to write romance

How to write friendships

How to write emotions (Masterpost)

How to write an argument

How to write yelling

How to write anger

How to write betrayal

How to title fanfiction

How to write an unreliable narrator

First Person vs. Third Person POV

How to write character deaths

How to leave a strong first impression

How to use songs in a fanfiction

How to name fictional things

How to write self-insert fics

How to write multiple points of view

Introducing a group of characters

Large cast of characters interacting in one scene

How to write dual timelines

How to slow down time

Redemption arc

Plot twists

Fatal Character Flaws

good traits gone bad (Masterpost)

Slow burn

Explanation posts about writing terms

What is…

AU ideas

Favourite tropes

Tropes of the day

List of Genres

Drabble vs. One-Shot

Advice for writing relationships

Masterpost: how to write relationships + romance

More specific scenarios

How to write a bilingual character

How to write a character with glasses

How to write heterochromia

How to write a girldad

How to write taking care of a tired partner

How to create a villain

Reasons for becoming a villain

How to write a morally grey character

How to write an inferiority complex

How to write a road trip

How to create and write a cult

How to write amnesia

How to write being stabbed

How to write a stratocracy

How to write a heist

How to write the mafia

Criminal past comes to light

Ideas for traumatic experiences

How to create an atmosphere (Masterpost)

How to write a college party

How to write royalty (Masterpost)

Paramilitary Forces/ Militia

Superpowers Masterpost (Hero x Villain)

Inconvenient things a ghost could do

A Queen’s Assassination Plot

Reasons for leaving their land

Crime Story - Detective’s POV

Evil organization of assassins

Evil wins in the end

Causes for the apocalypse

Last day on earth

Liminal Spaces

Workplace AUs

Signs of co-dependency

What to wear in a desert

What to wear in the arctic

Yemen has been very clear it is disrupting the shipping lanes as an act of Protest and Solidarity.

Now, the USA is bombing Yemen.

It is a beautiful dramatization that, while it will never be able to cover the scope and complexity of the original, is able to embody the spirit of what made the story so beloved.

I feel also confident to compare One Piece to The Lord of the Rings.

Both are stories about a band of heroes who travel far across a wild, ruined world for a piece of treasure whose fate will change everything and free everyone.

Set in fantastical worlds that not so subtly mirror our own.

The Lord of the Rings is one of the best stories ever written. It was written to feel like a mythology lost to time. Something ancient and forgotten and unreal but hiding bits of truth.

And I truly believe One Piece is similar. I think its one of the greatest stories ever written.

One that has been spread all over the world. The comic circulating in 43 countries and now the live action show available in 84.

Can you imagine that scope? Can you imagine your story being read by so many people from all over the world? Can you imagine how long that legacy could be?

One Piece is the highest sold manga in the world, almost the highest selling comic in the world, and soon will surpass Harry Potter in general printed book sales. It has a theme park, restaurants, movies, shows, video games, toys.

How will all of this translate to a lasting legacy?

Will Luffy be as long-lasting as Frodo? As Hamlet? As Hercules? As Gilgamesh?

What will happen in the years after he finds the One Piece?

I, for one, think Luffy will go down in history as the most famous pirate in fiction. Truly becoming, King of the Pirates.

How Luffy is able to compel people to share with him their innermost truths and dreams.

How so often Luffy is haloed in light, with sunbeams sometimes right behind him.

How every cartoonish idea for an attack he comes up with always seems to work.

How we literally see him free people from shackles.

Pokémon Evolved

Humans unlock the ability to evolve. Fusing with stones to gain typing abilities. Their bodies changing to match their typing.

Fire types whose hair becomes flame or red scales form on their skin.

Water types who grow webbed fingers ans can breathe underwater.

Ghost types who can levitate and phase through walls.

Every type is different, and every person looks unique. No two people are alike.

Some people fan fuse to two evolution stones. But most cant even do one.

Those who are really poweful can do three or more.

But no one has been able to hold all stone types at once.

That person would be mythic.

Pokemon Evolved would be about the main character traveling the world and leveling up and learning elemental stone powers. Until getting all of them ane becoming a Mythic Type Pokemon.

I think the world is in a semi feudal stage and fighting denotes rank in society. The character can rise in social rank through battles and gym appraisals.

My DnD group didnt seem to like my Half Dragon Wizard character very much. So here, unto Tumblr I release her

She is the daughter of a princess who fell in love with the dragon who rescued her from her family.

She was locked away in a tower her whole life, hidden because of her bestial visage. The shackles around her wrists and neck are magic and kept her from leaving.

Her parents weren't monsters tho. They were "protecting" her. And so they allowed her to train with a wizard. Hopefully to gain abilities to change how she looks.

But as she grew in power, it only made her more frustrated that she was trapped in the tower. So she trained as hard as she could, and using magic, escaped the tower.

Now she is on the search for adventure and to grow as a powerful wizard.

The fact that they are all so different is really amazing. More diversity in Bards! More love to Bards!

2023 the year of Bards!

Trying to prove a point that people DO actually like these "weird" fun campy stories.

But! Look at these results! Very fun. What's interesting is that it reached these numbers on like the second day when it got to 3k votes and maintained the percetages until the end.

Also, I acknowledge that I messed up on my terminology. I used "cult classic" wrong. Tho Im not sure I agree that these movies arnt camp. (And the trash part, Ive been told directly these movies (and the Willow series) is trash. So I was basing this poll on my own experiences. Wasnt calling it trash myself. Sorry for the confusion.)

And finally. Ive mentioned it in reblogs and comments all week. But this was somewhat of a way to promote the Willow tv series. Did it work?

No and yes. No because most people either ignored it or were mad I added a tv series to a movie list or that I didnt add the 1988 movie. Which like. Ok. We live and learn.

Yes because some people have actually watched the show cause of this post and that makes me so so so happy.

The point of this post was to showcase similarities among the stories. Similarities among the fandom. And it was my (naive) hope that people would see the connection and be intrigued enough to watch the Willow series. But like, you dont always get what you want and people dont always understand what you mean.

Anyways. Fun times. Now I see why people hate having a post blow up haha

If you read all this and havnt watched the Willow tv series yet, I implore you. Please do. Its not for everyone, but neither are the rest of the movies on this list. Willow is so special and deserves to be recognized. And I really hope it gets enough recognition soon so that Disney will be brave enough to renew it.

And when we get to the end of the season, Graydon wakes up in the Wyrm's domanion. With what seems like an illusion of Elora. (I have mixed feelings on if she is Wyrm Illusion Elora or Corrupted Future Elora.) And she tells him she needs him. To bring her light to the world. Very creepy Wyrm shit.

And, when the Crone is dying, she tells Airk he is the chosen Harbinger.

And this got me thinking, there must be some kind of prophecy for the Harbinger. Just like there was for Elora. Whispered hopes among the evil who serve the Wyrm.

I think in this prophecy, it must have been said that the Harbinger would be a man of great power. One to rival Elora's.

Which is why the Crone kidnaps Airk. Because he has the blood of Bavmorda, which should, in theory, mean he has great magic potential.

I think Sorsha suspects this, and that's why she gives the warning to Kit.

But I think the Crone got the prophecy wrong. I think Graydon was the dark prince promised. I mean, heck, still at a beginner level, he impressed the Crone with his magic. If the Wyrm were to guide him and lend him his magic, then Graydon could have unlimited potential.

Graydon is the Harbinger.

Which is why the ground shook when he read the bloody runes. Its like a narrative forshadowing of his destiny.

Or, at least. Thats my theories. Im pretty sure the writer gave him such a minor, comedic role to make it more shocking and novel when this is all revealed.

I also think it lends to a potentially cool "fuck destiny" moment. That i think everyone in the party needs to have.

Anways. Thanks for coming to my rambling ted talk.

Like, first, it's a product of its time. Nihilism and pessimism about the future are at a peak. Our collective conscience has sitting in the back of our minds how, at any moment, we could all die to nuclear annihilation. Every news report that shows countries having even slight animosity towards each other brings a nagging anxiety. That this could be it.

And so the song plays on that. Highlighting that fear.

But it acknowledges that this is not a new fear. It uses music that is nostalgic and dreamy. Old fashioned mixed with new waves. Its a cross generational era piece about love.

Love. It's timeless. As long as there have been people, there has been love.

And this song draws you in, puts you in the arms of your lover and asks you to imagine the end of the world. What would you do?

Reach for your loved one. Make your last moments one of love instead of fear. A chance to say I Love You and Goodbye.

Remember, when you're mad and frustrated at news or whatever, remember how precious life and love are. If we escalate our hate, look at what we risk to lose.

The song invokes all that. And so much more that i deleted cause feelings just keep coming when i hear this song.

The part when the music swells and the singer goes "cause (love) its you, that i lie with" and crescendos at "you". It invokes this feeling that the bomb hit. The one we are waiting for. We see it coming as the music quickens and grows louder. And are hit with it at "you". The orchestral part growing so loud as to almost drown out the singer. Whose voice is now a shouting crying confession of love, struggling to be heard over the bomb. But you can still hear it, the words shining through, love stronger than death. Stronger than fear.

Its such a powerful song. When i hear it my heart quickens and I can almost picture myself at the end of the world. How tragic and beautiful it could be. But while im struck by the beauty and Im really left with is the burning desire to make sure that ending doesnt happen.

to the god of sky and sun,

of earth and food,

of rot and cold,

of things mountainous and atomous,

and of All and of all that comes in-between

i Pray that a God of ALL also means a god of me

and so i begin the prayer of a small insignificant flea

i pray, dear god, that you notice me

Hear me, See me, Know me

of your creatures, i am of the smallest

my struggles minor in your grand scheme and my works go unnoticed by most

But God, do you know what it is like to Live in the world as a creature such as me?

it is cruel and unforgiving, and i am just as likley to go unnoticed as i am attacked

most see my existence as pointless

an annoyance

that i dont belong

But, dear lord, what do You see?

do i have value? do i have purpose?

are my small actions just pieces of a greater whole?

does the interwoven connection of all of creation include the blip that is my life?

i pray that it does

i pray that you see me

i pray that i am included in the All

but tonight, mostly

And watching it all I can think is how actually horrifying of a concept that is. Maybe its the lack of gore or the fun music that keeps it "cute and whimsical".

But imagine for a moment that you're having a normal day and someone comes tocuhes your friend or mom or lover or whoever and they turn to look at you in shock as they crumble into a pile of snow.

Its the horror of being helpless. You could try to scoop up the snow, put it in a jar and find a wizard or something. But what if you weren't able to get all the snow? What if some melted and dripped away? Was that their heart? Their eyes? Dripping now into the drain pipe. Like, how do you fix something like this?

Anyways, having a soup power sounds horrifying, and that person is an S class risk to all of creation. If I were in that world, they'd either be on some watch list or already in a special containment cell or I'd outright kill them.