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Nobody tells you that rewriting is actually just grief. you built something, you lived in it for months, you know every room, and now you have to tear out the walls because the foundation was wrong the whole time. and you knew. you knew on page 4 that something was off but you kept going because stopping felt worse.
So now you're on page 80 holding a chapter you love that has to die because it's beautiful in the wrong story. cut it. put it in a folder you'll never open. mourn it for a day. then go back and be ruthless because the story doesn't care about your feelings about the story. this is the part nobody romanticizes. this is most of writing.
I LOVE the sibling angst trope, like yes ur the worst person in the world, true evil i hate you so much but ur mine to hate but i also cant unlove you either. I remember who u used to be. GODDDD JUST KILL MEEEE
People always ask what a story is "about" like there's one answer. but a story is about whatever the reader needed it to be about the day they read it. you write a story about a woman leaving a house and one person reads it as a story about freedom and another reads it as a story about loss and another reads it as a story about their mother and none of them are wrong and you didn't write any of those stories on purpose. the story knows things the writer doesn't. that's not mystical. that's just how meaning works.
the best thing you can do to a character make them averse to touch and absolutely starved for it

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Every morning, the queen asked her magic mirror to show her the most beautiful person in the world.
The mirror replied "To whom?"
"The miller who made the flour for my bread," the queen would say, or "Whoever spun the thread my shawl was made of".
The mirror would show her, and she'd be amazed.
I do appreciate an academic with a sense of humor.
there should be a term for characters you personally don't care about but you defend them anyways because the way people treat them is really uncomfortable. like ok this is a very middle-of-the-road character for me but the fandom's either been super misogynistic, racist, etc. about them or harassed innocent people who try to genuinely explore that character warts and all, and i find that more annoying than the actual character.
the term should by 'my client', like you're a lawyer defending your client that you are completely indifferent to but you are obligated by your job (or your morals) to defend
Some writing advice I will never give up:
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 doesnβt work and you are allowed to not explain yourself.
Itβs your story. Burn it down if you want to.
Why does everyone think fiction is just fantasy wish fulfillment now and not like an exploration of themes and ideas
People will be like βthis movie is evil and gross because it depicts a predatory relationshipβ and then you watch the movie in question and itβs about how preying on young women is bad and impacts their lives negatively
βWhy would they do this instead of just making everyone in the movie nice and normal and goodβ so we would have this conversationβ¦.
"so we would have this conversation"
This. This is something I see people not understanding. Folks seem to increasingly want fiction to model correct behavior for them. Which, sure, can be something for fiction to do, but what fiction is really really good at is creating a model of a situation that allows you to experience a bad, messy, complicated thing, and see what people did, and how it turned out, and imagine what you would've done instead. Even more powerfully, it gives you something you can show someone else or point to and they'll have a shared understanding. Stories can give you stuff to think about so that you grow from experiences you didn't even have.
That's a real superpower of storytelling. Neutering it of that ability is just....a waste of potential.

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To the Final Girl-
The guilt will pass. The rage will pass.
One day it will. Youβll never forget it all- the blood, the screams, the tears, the gasping as you hide and run because how can you froget- but it will be easier. One day, it will be.Β
One day you will hear a creak and not get the urge to creep. One day you will see the glint of a knife and not flinch. One day, you will feel better.
It will get easier.
I promise.
Happy STS! Your cast of characters is going to Pride! Who is leading the charge? Who is dragged along? Who is outfitted in their colorsβ whether brought or bought? Who is hit on by a drag queen?
I have made a doodle to answer this question. We'll see if I ever manage to finish it (and put more characters in the crowd of course lol, it's actually easier to list the ocs who aren't queer than the ones who are)
(image description: digital art doodle of a pride parade with fantasy characters. Hardly any real character features are visible in the doodle, all the characters are just scribbled shapes with names and labels, loosely colored to resemble at least one relevant queer flag per character. Four characters visible in the foreground are Talib, Melachi, Evarin, and K'arik, respectively colored with the ace, bi, trans, and aroace flags. they are watching, cheering for, and waving to other characters on a float labeled "sex worker's guild".
the float itself is colored rainbow and has a progressive pride flag flying off the top of a tall dance pole. on the dance pole is a bird-like character named Mori, colored like the genderqueer flag. sitting or standing on the float are several other characters. Trout, Kouto, Holiday, Clover, Artuk, and Rain. They are all respectively colored with the following flags:
INtersex and lesbian, nonbinary, pan, aro, and the original gay flag on both Artuk and Rain, who are labeled as "old gay queens". end description)
Mori is no longer actively working as a stripper, but he's still a member of the guild and he'll happily take any opportunity to dance in front of a crowd while his courting plumage is fully grown in.
The majority of the ocs in this doodle are side characters, they just belong on this float lol. Talib and Melachi are married to Kouto, Evarin is married to Mori, and K'arik is their mutual platonic companion.
I could fill this crowd out with soooo many other characters lol.
Some places to help you find your next read:
Indie Book Directory β directory for books that are indie published
Indie Bookstack β catalogue of books that are indie published
Indie Author Fan Club β for indie bookshops in Australia, UK and Ireland, Canada, and America.
Disability Rep β for books with disabled characters written by disabled authors
LGBTQ Reads β for trad published books with LGBT+ characters (also on tumblr)
Trans-cendent Tales β a spreadsheet of books with trans characters, both trad and indie
Aro and Ace Database
Low and No Romance books
I also enjoy taking part in challenges on StoryGraph such as:
Queer Stories Across Time
Duck Prints Press 2026 Queer Book Challenge (time sensitive)
Childrenβs Classics
Historical Fiction by Century
Trans Reading Challenge 2026 (time sensitive)
Read Your Way Around Ireland
Iβm always open to recommendations (self recs welcome!) and suggestions of other lists to find books. I particularly enjoy queer and indie books!
I need to check these out, and reposting in cass anyone else is interested.
functionally suicidal character saying βI would die for youβ to their significant other and its like. I get the sentiment, honey, but if a hot dog vendor told me heβd sell hot dogs for me, I wouldnβt feel very moved now would I
Hi, happy STS!
Who is your hardest character to write/write about, and what do you like about them?
Hey, lovey! Thanks for the ask!
Right now, my most difficult character to write and write about is Roldan Sugimoto from my queer superhero story. I adore their character so much and he is integral to everything and everyone.
But I am slowly unraveling what Roldan has been through as Orchid is learning it, too, and it both difficult and immensely rewarding.

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Not attracted to that character i just want him to experience being scared for his life and panicking
Batty.About.Books' Queer Book Recs for UnCover's Pride Month Challenge π
Good afternoon, book lovers and bookish bats! I'm so incredibly excited to share this with you today, the first day of Pride Month! As someone who constantly creates book lists (and loves a visual), Uncover is my go-to bookish app. This year, they're hosting their first Pride Month reading challenge! The categories include (drum roll please!): π
Queer Non-Fiction Books β€οΈ Bisexual or Pansexual MCs π§‘ Queer Coming of Age Books π Gay / Achillian Books π Queer Horror π Trans or Nonbinary MCs π Lesbian / Sapphic Books π Queer Awakening Books π§‘ Asexual or Aromantic MCs β€οΈ
Want to challenge yourself to read more queer books this Pride Month? Download Uncover from your app store (it's available on Android and Apple devices), create your account, and start reading! Any queer books you read that fit the above categories will automatically appear on Pride Month board. Challenge yourself to read a book within every category! π
While you're at it, make sure to find me @battyaboutbooks. You can find all my book guides on Uncover (where they're updated every month!). π¦
I've also included two bonus categories for my book lovers and bookish bats who strive to read queer all year! These include: Queer Graphic Novels π Coming Out Stories π
What are you planning to read for Pride Month this year? β Are you joining any reading challenges (and will you join me in completing the Uncover app Pride Month Challenge)? β
PS: I need your help! More queer content creators are getting suppressed (many of my monthly queer guides don't appear in the tags). PLEASE help by sharing this post! I would really appreciate it! Happy Pride Month, my loves. π