Anonymous whispered: hello i was just wondering if you had some sort of directory with all of your tags?(also good luck with school and your sickness)

Thank you.

Also, I don’t have a directory. I suppose I can make one of those in my time off, but everything is tagged with the most basic of tags. If the post is about dialogue, it’ll be /tagged/dialogue. Anything that I had written myself is tagged with ‘wh help’. I hope that helps!

And again, thank you to everyone who is understanding and sending me well wishes. You’re all amazing <3

jakers75 whispered: hope you feel better soon =]

Thank you so much! <3

To everyone who is still following me, you are absolutely amazing.

I’m so sorry that I have to say this but I’m going to have to take a bit of a hiatus from this blog. I’ve spent the last few weeks fighting a sickness and, because of that, I’ve fallen behind in my schoolwork. It wouldn’t be so bad if this wasn’t my last semester as an undergrad. I have to graduate in May and, in order for that to actually happen, I need to focus on my classes.

I will not delete this blog. When I’m done with the semester, I’ll be back to help you all (and myself). I also will not close the ask box, so if you do have general questions or anything like that, you can still send them in, just know that I may not answer for a while.

I will completely understand if you choose to unfollow me. If you don’t, you are absolutely precious and patient.

I think that’s all I have to say. Thank you all for hopefully understanding my situation and I hope to see you all in a few months.

thelastrplord:

a massively extended version of ruthlesscalculus’ post

General Tips

Character Development

Female Characters

Male Characters

Tips for Specific Characters

Dialogue

Point of View

Plot, Conflict, Structure and Outline

Setting & Worldbuilding

Creativity Boosters* denotes prompts

Revision & Grammar

Tools & Software

Specific Help

Anonymous whispered: Hi, J. I came up with this amazing idea for a fanfiction. (I thought it was a unique subject, so it shouldn't have been used.) I wrote up a whole bunch of notes on it before I did something I really was hesitant to do--I did some Googling to see if my idea had been some else's before. Low and behold someone else had already written a whole fic on the subject. A bit different than mine, but only a little. Same concept. Now I'm really confused. Should I let this amazing idea go? What would you do?

In all honesty, whether or not you progress depends on how you would personally feel if you went through with it. There have been times where I ran into this problem and I chose not to continue with my fic simply because I knew it would end up similar. However, you could always look at your fic again and see if there’s a way that you could differentiate it from the other a little more. Perhaps take it in a different direction somehow. Then it would still be your original idea and it would have a unique quality. 

Never let the idea go completely. Even if you choose not to post it online, write it and share it with friends.

A Character-Building Question Meme

apeacebone:

Sakura and I tried to come up with a list of questions that we didn’t see around very often, and we wanted to share! So, here it is, yet another character-building question meme.

Leave one of my characters and a number (or more) in my ask, and I will answer:

  1. What foods do they love, and what foods do they refuse to eat?
  2. What is their weapon of choice, and what weapon do they dislike using the most?
  3. What is their preferred method of transportation?
  4. Who did they look up to the most as a child? Who do they look up to as an adult?
  5. What kind of weather makes them happy, and what kind makes them sad?
  6. What languages do they speak? Do they have any idiosyncrasies or identifiable patterns of speech, word usages, etc?
  7. What clothing do they like to wear, and what do they wear most often?
  8. Do they eat a healthy diet? A varied one?
  9. As a child, what did they want to be when they grew up? Did they realize their dream?
  10. What makes them feel safe or secure? What makes them feel insecure or unsafe?
  11. What do they do when they need comfort? Do they seek out a person, a food, an activity, etc?
  12. Do they sing or play any musical instruments, even if just for fun? How well?
  13. What decision in their past did they most analyze and fret over after the fact?
  14. What are they like when they are drunk?
  15. Where in their body do they keep stress or tension? 
  16. What do they think about where they currently live? If they could move elsewhere, would they?
  17. Do they have any pet peeves or petty dislikes, and how do they react to encountering them?
  18. What foods do they eat most often? Do they enjoy it?
  19. What is their favorite texture?
  20. Do they like to travel? How do they pack and prepare?
  21. How well do they take criticism? How do they react to others noticing their flaws?
  22. What are they like when they get sick? Do they have a particular system (ears, lungs, etc) that illness gravitates to?
  23. What is their favorite drink?
  24. How do they react to being physically injured or undergoing medical treatment?
  25. What do their hands look and feel like?
  26. How much do they eat, and how often? Do they drink appetite suppressants (tea, coffee, etc)?
  27. Do they have children? Do they want children? What names would they choose?
  28. What is a gift that they have received that was especially touching or significant?
  29. How do they arrange or decorate their living space? 
  30. Do they have any allergies or chronic conditions?
Nonsexual Intimacy

greenchestnuts:

For Asexual Awareness Week, Elizabeth Barrette, aka ysabetwordsmith, posted a list of types of nonsexual intimacy that I found really interesting both as an asexual and as a writer:

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

Part Four

Part Five

newmoontears replied to your post: I want to thank all of you who have stuck around even though I haven’t been on in a few days.

Get to feeling better - rest is the key! ^^

Thank you, dear! I’m working on that :)

I want to thank all of you who have stuck around even though I haven’t been on in a few days.

I’m currently sick and actually a little loopy on painkillers right now, haha. I read every single one of your messages and I know that they’re all there, but I just haven’t had the energy to be online long enough to answer them. I haven’t even gone to classes in a week and I’m behind there.

I promise that once I’m back to feeling better, I’ll answer some questions. I may even get to a few simple ones tonight if I can.

So again, thank you all for sticking around with me. You’re all amazing.