coyotecom:

trilllizard666:

helly-watermelonsmellinfellon:

cerula:

hiranyaksha:

Parents Picking Their Child’s Name: Eh, I like the way it sounds. Sure.

Writers Picking Their Character’s Names: What genre is it? How old are they? Active or passive? Blood type? Country of origin? Is it a family name? What does the name mean? Is it pretentious? Is it not pretentious enough? Can it be used as a metaphor? What position was the planet to the stars at the exact moment of their birth? Is the name gay enough?

Alternatively-

Writer: Looks around room. Spots a can of Lysol on a table.

“The great king Lyson, ruler of the nation of Tablelria…”

I have done both! XD

*straining for 20 seconds* “Fuck it, his name’s now __________”

“Her name is now __________ because I literally forgot what it was in my earlier drafts on the last hard drive that got fried, so that’s what it is going forward”

“I picked that name cause it’s a friend’s name and this character reminds me of them. What? It’s unfitting for a High Elf name? I don’t give a shit.”

“This name’s a pun from another language”

@dangerbooze

genderflaccid:

anchovy-official:

genderflaccid:

Writing tip: give your central character a clear, defined goal, and a fundamental personality flaw that makes their goal impossible

my protagonist wants gf but has an incel chin

Fuck you this is the only version of this post that anybody’s ever going to see that’s not even funny

insomination:

alwaysboth:

elexuscal:

Their stories: Amazing grammar, soaring vocabulary, beautiful imagery and prose which flows like a river.

In chats: no capitalisation or punctuation, swears like a sailor, misspellings everywhere, acronyms and abbreviations every five words, idek

#listen #listen do u know how much braining it takes to make the words go? #it is a lot #it’s like wearing fancy clothes all day #and then when you’re at home and comfy #u just put on ur pj’s ( @feynites)

I have never related to a statement more than “do you know how much braining it takes to make words go?”

jackironsides:

quarter0master:

avi-burton-writing:

every writing tip article and their mother: dont ever use adverbs ever!

me, shoveling more adverbs onto the page because i do what i want: just you fucking try and stop me

May I add something, because I will never shut up about this book (Writing Tools by Roy Peter Clark):

Finally, some good fucking advice

holy-flamingo:

Me writing a whole bunch of lore and world idling that will never be used