I Can’t Imagine Writing A Book Without Some Strong Female Characters, Unless That Was A Demand Of The

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Writeblr Interaction Survey

The following survey is designed to determine exactly how people interact with writeblr, when, and how often. Answers here will be used to c

Hey, what's up, writeblr? Piggying back off this thread is a more formal attempt at getting an idea of who browses Tumblr's writing community and how.

All questions except the ones regarding the time are optional. The time questions are required because those are the three that kicked this whole shebang off, and it's probably the three people are most interested in. The rest are just to get an idea of what folks should best focus on and what's less important.

And yes, you read that correctly: answers are entirely anonymous (to the general public—there's a voluntary question at the end that will tell me who you are so I can tag you when the results come out), but answers will eventually be compiled into one public post that will hopefully give writers an idea of when writeblr's actual peak hours are and who their audiences might be. This will hopefully help authors connect with readers—or at least reassure them that they do have readers.

This survey will be open until August 6, exactly one month from now.

Furthermore, this survey is open to all members of the writeblr community, whether you're into original fic, fanfiction, poetry, graphic novels—pretty much anything. Folks who are more into reading than writing are also welcome. In other words, if there are words involved, your opinion is welcome!

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. My askbox is anon-friendly, and my DMs are open to mutuals, if you don't wish to ask publicly via comments/reblogs.

Thanks so much for your responses!

(Also, yes, please feel free to boost this post to increase sample size.)

There should be more tales featuring selkies 😊

Forgetting the sea — detail from 'Cold Shore'

That moment when one of your MCs makes a decision you hadn’t planned on and now you both have to live with the consequences of her actions

writer's block

writer’s block

I spent a long time looking for the right prompt. in the end I just wasn’t feeling any of them. So that’s what I wrote about. Hopefully, my muse and I will back at it next week… I stared and stared at the blank page, the cursor blinking impatiently at me. I’d been sitting at my computer for hours. If this had been just a few years earlier, there would be an overflowing wastebasket at my side. As…

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me irl

what is your favourite book of all time? has it influenced your writing in any way?

That’s a hard question to answer🤔 I have had several favorites. They’ve all influenced my writing though.

Apparently the heat wave is thanks to my customer who told me she was praying for the ridge of high pressure that is keeping the heat in because it’s also keeping hurricanes away. I’m not saying there were virgins sacrificed, but the way she said “I’ll do just about anything to make sure we don’t get another storm.” makes me think there was at least one😳

The eternal writer dilemma, revise old project or work on new thing...

I don’t always write poetry but when I do, it’s haiku.

Tag Game Instructions and Ediquette

It has come to my attention that there are a lot of newbies on Writbelr and you guys want to be involved in tag games but you aren't really sure how they work.

Instructions for the popular games and other things to keep in mind beneath the cut.

If you guys could share this around to help our new friends out that would be great!

I've seen several new users unsure what to do when they're tagged so this is for them (you, if you are new).

Last Line Tag

Share the last line you wrote for a WIP. "Line" is a pretty lose term, it can mean anything from a paragraph to a sentence depending on your personal definition, or depending on how much you feel like sharing. It can also come from any WIP, and normally people share prose but sometimes if they haven't written prose recently you'll see them sharing bullet points from outlines or worldbuilding documents.

Heads Up Seven Up

Pretty much the same as Last Line Tag but, instead of one line, you share the last seven you wrote. Once again, a "line" can be anything from a paragraph to a sentence, they can come from any WIP (you could even have, say 3 lines from one WIP and 4 from another if you want to share both), and it is normally prose but sometimes you'll see people sharing outlines or worldbuilding. It is also very informal. If you want to share eight lines or five lines instead of seven you are completely welcome to do so.

Six Sentence Sunday

Another similar tag. On a Sunday (in your time zone), share the last six sentences you wrote. Again, they can come from any WIP (or multiple WIPs), it is normally prose but can be from other things, and you can share three sentences or ten sentences instead if it please you.

Find the Word Tag

The person who tagged you will have given you four words to find in your manuscript. Ctrl+F your document for instances of those words and share one (if there is more than one) of the lines where they appear. If you don't have the word, you can change it to something similar (for example, you can change giggle to laugh if you don't have giggle in your document) or you can just say you did not have the word and leave it blank. You'll need to pick for new words for the people you tag to find. Try to pick common words, but not too common. Everyone will have a bajillion "said" in their draft but will likely have only two or three "screamed". Pick a mix of nouns, adjectives, and verbs, and an adverb if you want to be spicy.

A Ten But...

Pick a few OCs and use the phrase, "she's/he's/they're a ten but..." to describe them. You are basically saying, "this character would be attractive but for this thing they do." For example, "she's a ten but... she pours vodka into mayonnaise jars and drinks it like a smoothie," or "zer a ten but... zey sabotage all zer friendships."

There are a number of other tag games, but the less common ones will come with instructions.

A few last things about tag game etiquette:

you are under no obligation to do any of the tags you've been tagged in. You are allowed to save them for a month from now, do them tomorrow, or just ignore them entirely. No one is holding you accountable to it.

when tagging someone, especially newer writeblrs, it is generally good etiquette to specify that they are under no pressure to do your tag. Something like "tagging (but no pressure)" is fine.

Generally try to make sure someone is open to tag games before you tag them. If you aren't sure, it is okay to tag them once to see what happens but if they don't respond don't tag them again. Some people will specify in their bio or intro post if they like tag games. You can also make a post asking your followers to interact if they want to be tagged.

Make your own post to respond to the tag. Don't reblog the post that tagged you with your own response.

You can link to the post that tagged you by copying the post link and pasting it into yours. Press the three dots at the top of the post that tagged you and select "Copy Link". On your own post, select a word and press "Paste" or Ctrl+V. The word will be underlined. Anyone who presses it will be hyperlinked back to the other post, like this.

It is polite to like, reblog, and/or leave a comment on a post of the person that tagged you.

Put particularly long posts beneath a Read More.

You can tag as few or as many people as you would like, or you can leave an open tag for anyone who sees the post and wants to participate. You can also tag people and leave an open tag.

That's all Folks! And have fun with the tag games!!