How I Wrote A Novel.

Finishing Voltron s8

twitter etiquette for new users

replying is how you make friends! reply to anything you want and be friendly. don’t make rude jokes if you’re not friends already though!

quote retweeting is a no-no. when you “retweet with a comment” it’s not liked by content creators because it makes a new tweet out of their tweet and they don’t get the likes and retweets they would get if you’d just retweeted it straight up. if you want to comment on a retweet, reply to it or post a new tweet starting with “LRT” which stands for “last retweet” (it’s fine to quote retweet dumb memes and so on.)

you can make your tweets private. this means no one but your followers will be able to see what you post and no one will be able to retweet your content.  you can switch back and forth between private and public at will. some people make a separate private account to tweet personal stuff and let mutuals follow it only. it’s a good way to keep things separate.

what is privatter? privatter is a third party web app that content creators can allow to be attached to their twitter. it lets them tweet content that they can make exclusive to logged in users, followers, mutuals, or a specific list of users. as long as you are logged in to twitter and fall into the intended category, you’ll be able to see it. 

you can mute people you follow. (and those you don’t, ofc.) you can also mute words and phrases and entire conversations. if you mute someone you follow and they reply to you, that reply will still show up in your notifications. it’s a good way to keep the peace!

you can limit notifications to people who follow you or to mutuals. (notifications from people you follow will still show up regardless of which option you’ve selected.)

miscellaneous tips and warnings: if you accidentally unfollow and refollow someone, it won’t show up in their notifications as long as it’s within a couple minutes. no more accidental stuff. everyone can see who everyone follows so watch out. people will know if you unfollow. if you want to report someone and want them gone forever, report a tweet where they used a curse word. screenshotting tweets for harassment is a no-no and can get you banned. don’t be lame. don’t be a dick. vaguing others is generally really bad form and so is complaining about content within a fandom you’re in. use the mute tools at your disposal and don’t be a spoiler. you won’t come back from a rep like that and everyone sees everything.

that’s it! happy tweeting!!

When a fanfic hasn’t been updated since 1829 but you read it anyways

For all my fellow fan-fiction writers and artists, here is a guide to the Detroit Become Human: Detroit Police Department.

I’m in the middle of writing a fic and as someone who really likes detail, I thought knowing how the DPD really looks like in the game would make it easier to navigate in a story. So I started up my game and explored a little!

It is surprisingly different to how I remembered it.

BLACK: Walls (except the reception desk whoops)

GREEN: Windows/Glass

BLUE: Doors

YELLOW: Stairs

IMPORTANT NOTES:

There are 12 android stations

Security guards at the gates

There is a large frosted window looking into the meeting room

The restroom is both male and female accessible 

There are a number of large [TV?] screens around the DPD 

-1 long screen above the reception 

-1 TV screen on the right wall of the reception

-1 long screen above the android stations  

-1 on the top wall of Fowler’s office    

-1 screen the top wall of the meeting room

-1 TV screen on the bottom wall of the break room

Hand scanners by the Archive Entrance, Interrogation and Observation room.

Double door leading into the Archive Entrance Hall

Large circular DPD logo on the ground in the desk area -Purple semi-circles are data servers (computers storing large amounts of data)

SEATING:

Left Down: Det. Collins, Lt. Hank, Connor, Po. Wilson 

Right Down: Po. Person, Po. Brown, Det. Reed, Po. Miller

If there is anything people would like to add, you are very welcome to do so. Please keep in mind the wall layout may be a tad bit off, but I tried my best!

I didn’t write down the officer names before turning the game off as I hoped I’d remember them all (unfortunately I didn’t) so if anyone knows who is sat in front of Gavin please let me know lmao.

Hope this can provide some help!

My muse 💚

People talk a lot about how reading is necessary for writing, but when you really want to improve your writing, it’s important to go beyond just simple reading. Here are some things to do when reading:

Note how they begin and end the story. There are a ton of rather contradictory pieces of advice about starting stories, so see how they do it in the stories you enjoy. Don’t only look at the most popular stories, but look at your more obscure favorites.

See what strikes you. Is it fast or complicated scenes with a lot of emotions? Is it stark lines? Pithy dialogue? What do you remember the next day?

Pay attention to different styles. It’s not just whether they use past or present tense, first or third person. It’s whether the writing is more neutral or deeper inside character’s heads. Do they use italics? Parentheses? Other interesting stylistic choices? Take the ones you like and try them out in your own writing. See what works and what doesn’t.

Keep track of how they deal with other characters. Do we see a lot of secondary character each for very brief periods of time or are there a couple that show up a lot? How much information do we get about secondary characters? Do they have their own plots or do their plots revolve entirely around the main characters? 

Count how many plots there are. Is there just one main plot or are there multiple subplots? Are the storylines mostly plot-based or character-based?  

Pay attention to what you don’t like. If you don’t like what’s going on in a book or even just a scene, note what it is. Does the dialogue feel awkward? Are the characters inconsistent? Does the plot feel too convenient or cobbled together? Does the wording just feel off? See if you can spot those issues in your own writing, especially when reading a completed draft or beginning a later draft.

Coming into a fandom late

“You started young, right? What is your advice for young people?”

rewatching hq

Sup! I'm new and I love your studyblr . I had a question tho. I have some really important exams in a really less time and I'm not very good prepared haha *nervous laugh*.... so what is the quickest method of note taking and learning stuff? Also i get distracted too often, i mean by random things so how to get my mind back on track?

Some tips from me:

don’t do fancy headers in class, you can always do them after class

use symbols and abbrieviations when writing notes or you can learn the shorthand method as well

just write things concisely, summarise them into bullet points

Other helpful links:

how to take notes faster by @studyquill

symbols & abbrieviations for faster note taking by @studyquirk

symbols and abbrieviations for note taking by @mystudentid

Some tips from me:

go wash your face if you think that you are falling asleep

drink coffee or tea to help you stay awake (not recommending it only as your last resort)

stand up if possible, otherwise just sit and stretch your whole body

use the forest app to help you stay away from your phone

Other helpful links:

how to focus in class by @emmastudies

how to stay alert

how to remove distractions