Gym battles in SWSH: Epic sporting events with a huge audience
Gym battles in every other pokemon game: 10 yo beats the shit out of a grown man in the back room of a planet fitness with no witnesses
Writing community once again "Kill your darlings" does not mean "you have to kill of characters you like" it means "sometimes you have to take out a passage, line, or subplot that you really like because it isn't serving your story
Neurodivergent people cannot talk about ANY experiences they have without someone being like "EVERYONE does that" YES ON OCCASION!!! But everyone doesn't deal with these things all the time!!!!
If you're thinking of sending a long, very hurtful message to an author about how you hated literally everything about their book, consider maybe not doing that and just reading something you do enjoy.
Cause it's not really helpful and now my day is ruined.
@fangirlJeanne
Also, as a disabled person who's been sent into an emotional tailspin by the dozens of examples of actual ableism I've seen just this week, this is actually insulting.
@rabeaphotos
@jarosz_natalie
@do_rei_mi
@SpoonyCatt
@wolfybytes
If it's someone you talk to regularly or are friends with then yeah, an explanation might be in order and depending on how close we were I might message them and ask what I did wrong.
But just some rando??? Bruh. Let them go skfnsmxnsm
The Witch From Mercury has a lot of larger/fat female characters who are not made into jokes, not defined by their weight, and allowed to be serious characters in the narrative. SO refreshing to see in anime (or any media, honestly)
@BUGPOSTING
Having depression like if you went to a restaurant and the waiter comes up like "and what will you be having?" And the serotonin receptors are like "oh nothing for me thanks, I just came to watch."
I'm curious why there's such a divide with swearing in books. Some people on here seem to think swearing hurts your writing while some seem to think NOT swearing hurts your writing. Where do yall stand on this?
⚔️"I have no other choice but resistance.”
“Then it seems you have no choice but to succeed.”⚔️
Birthright is a dark historical fantasy about secret societies, demons, family and finding yourself, available in eBook and Paperback! 🏰
My book (right) was taken word for word from an old draft and published to Amazon without my permission (left). If you know of any lawyer who may at least be able to give me some advice to proceed, please put me in touch! Pls RT this to get the word out!
@AstridKWrites
i don't know about everyone else but personally i never, ever want to see covid represented in fiction. ever. ever. Maybe avoid mentioning a specific year the book takes place though, bc i have seen some ppl get uppity about books set in 2020/21 not mentioning covid.
No no no no no let's not peddle this bullshit again. I am here to tell you that if you had to stop loving someone who hurt or abused you, it's not that you never loved them, but they weren't worthy of being loved by you.
Periodic reminder that "kill your darlings" does not mean killing off characters
It means deleting lines that you may like but that ultimately do not serve the story
You get a tired selfie for this one but hi, I'm Meg and I'm working on book 2 of a fantasy series with an autistic protag bc I was tired of not seeing myself represented in fiction
#fantasyindiesaugust
I want to help out some people in the writing community who are having trouble getting seen. If your book has between 0-5 reviews, post it here. I'll pick one or two to read and review!
"i can't believe u still read YA novels"
ok but YA novels have romance and adventure, adult books are just 300 pages of "what if the cure to this empty void of mine is to cheat on my wife"
Writers, how much do you care about scientific accuracy in your writing? Do you research exactly what might happen in a given scenario, or do you just go with what feels right?
⚔️My debut novel Birthright, the first book of the Impavidus Cycle, is out now, in both eBook and paperback format!⚔️
A dark historical fantasy about secret societies, demons, family and finding yourself 🐺🏰
@jjnhye
@ruthlesslovers
If they're always doing it, then they don't get to make the "it's not serious" argument anymore because there's nothing that IS serious to contrast it.
So. A bunch of people are now talking about me and saying that I am too sensitive because I chose to quietly unfollow someone whose content I found triggering. If you are a huge account and you use your power to do this to those who quietly disengage from you, you are a bully.
Soooo this was found to have been faked by this author. (More info: )
Please don't abuse people's good will to make sales. This is offensive and wrong.
@Neoxiee
my literally autistic ass can be polite and make small talk even though it's difficult and uncomfortable for me. I am SO tired of people being like "any time someone tries to make me do something i don't enjoy doing that's uhhh actually ableism"
@tonytont3
@druwls
There is a MASSIVE difference between "My actions were wrong and hurtful, I am sorry for the pain it caused you and i will do better from now on" and "wahhh I'm such a horrible asshole I understand if you hate me I'm just terrible"
@emilykmay
As someone who essentially got no praise growing up, I can tell you it fucked me up WAY more. I have *never* intrinsically felt that I've done a good job at anything and at 29 I'm still hopelessly hung up on trying to get my parents' approval even though I know it's unhealthy 🥴
Freydis has deleted their Twitter, so unfortunately you can't see the full context - but THIS is my part of the conversation that got me on their shitlist and led them to start talking about me behind my back.
I'm not coming back to Twitter - if anything this situation just solidified why I left to begin with - but I'd be lying if I said I didn't feel like a lot of people owe me and a lot of my friends a huge apology.
Curious cause I've gotten mixed messages on this: what do you guys think is an acceptable amount of time to show characters grieving a significant loss? 🤔
I've said this before but dude, we have GOT TO STOP saying shit like "humans are a virus" and "humanity is the problem".Vulnerable communities are already prone to feeling like their existence is a burden, and it's not our fault governments and corporations are fucking the planet
A major issue people need to understand about p*racy is that the loss of sales isn't even the most concerning part - its that a lot of these books are on KU, which has an exclusivity contract. You are putting those authors in danger of being BANNED from their publishing platform.
it kills me that people think "vermillion" is green because it's literally the closest color word I have to describe a certain character's hair color - and people are going to think it's GREEN and not a DEEP RUSTY RED
I've had it. I've just absolutely had it. I'm sick of the news. I'm sick of coming on here and seeing some stupid new argument every day. I'm tired. I just want to talk about writing and have fun but all anyone ever does anymore is argue.
I'm so tired.
Well it sounds like Twitter is hiding me. 🙃 if yall could reply to this with anything at all to tell the algorithm I'm worth seeing that would be great
I'm begging people to remember that what works for telling one story may not work for another - please stop discounting a book because it's long or slower paced
Just want to address a slight misunderstanding bc i've already been added to one list of ADHD creators:
I don't have ADHD, I am autistic. I commented on that tweet because i have had similar experiences.
If you're an ADHD creator I welcome you to promo yourself here 👇
@setarelven
@grossfemme
@socializm_
I'm autistic and I also found that post weird, creepy, and robotic. As an autistic person if someone said that to me, I'd be really hurt.
Stop demanding that people destroy their own mental health and engage with upsetting news 24/7.
For some of us, the ONLY thing we have the energy to do right now is survive. And we are barely managing that.
You are going to push people over the edge. Stop.
@quatoria
my dad was a cop for 12 years, shit like this is why he left the business and will never go back. Good police are buried under a mountain of corruption to the point where nothing they do will have any impact until there are some serious policy changes.