Royalrhythm - Artemis

Not all character development is positive. Characters can, and in my opinion, should, develop both negative and positive traits throughout the course of their story. As the story goes, they shouldn’t be perfected, they’re people, not artpieces, and so there shouldn’t be a stage where they’ve improved/changed exclusively for the better, to the point where they have no negative traits at all. 

It does help. Thank you :)

How did you start posting your writing here? I want to start posting some writing I've done but it makes me nervous. How did you feel when you first posted some writing?

First of all, oh wow thanks for asking! I’m shook.

I honestly just kind of…did it? I got super inspired and decided I wanted to share it with people, since at the time it was a fairly new fandom that was having a bunch of fun on here (A Heist With Markiplier had been out not even a week, and I posted a fic about one of the new characters).

I used to be afraid to share anything just because I was worried about what people would think or people I know IRL finding me or something, but then I just decided I didn’t care. Why deny myself of doing something that makes me happy on a site that I spend so much time on anyway? I love reading what people write so I decided that maybe a couple people’s days with what I’d written. And if not, well I was having a good time! 

I really try to make an effort to not let notes (or lack thereof) affect me. This site has an incomprehensible amount of content, tags fuck up, timezones are a thing, fandoms fluctuate, etc., etc…but honestly at the end of the day I don’t let it make or break me. I love the feeling I get when I write something that I enjoy reading back to myself, and putting it here is, at least for me, just a way to say “Okay yep. There is the thing. I did the thing. Good job, me!” 

Of course, I have been COMPLETELY blown away by the reactions I’ve gotten to some of my work. There are comments that put smiles on my faces for DAYS, and I’ve met some super cool people as a result. My fics aren’t even all that popular but I enjoy every interaction that I DO have, because it’s all in fun! 

Long story short, just go for it! You’ll learn what, when and how you prefer to write and post as you go along. Don’t be afraid to adjust if you want/need to and don’t let people give you shit for what you write or don’t write, whether it’s fanfic like me, or whatever else. Write for you. 

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13. What is the best writing advice?

I think there are two extremely important pieces of advice for writing: one I learned from my creative writing professor at college, and the other I learned from Stephen King in his novel On Writing.

> From my creative writing professor: Keep a journal and don’t think about what you’re putting in it. Just create. Doodle, scribble, quote, write things down people sitting beside you say, etc. Do this for a few weeks and then look through it again. I guarantee you’ll find something interesting in there for inspiration. Or it will just encourage writing/creating every day.

> From Stephen King: You’ll never been a good writer if you don’t read. Read a lot. Read novels, short stories, whatever; but make sure you’re reading while you’re writing or you’re going to fail.

Both of these are very obviously paraphrased! But that’s the gist of them. I think they’re super, super important.

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Some words to use when writing things:

winking

clenching

pulsing

fluttering

contracting

twitching

sucking

quivering

pulsating

throbbing

beating

thumping

thudding

pounding

humming

palpitate

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force

injecting

filling

dilate

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expanding

bouncing

reaming

elongate

enlarge

unfolding

yielding

sternly

firmly

tightly 

harshly

thoroughly

consistently

precision

accuracy

carefully

demanding

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restriction

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scrupulously

rigorously

rim

edge

lip

circle

band

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lock

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dip

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soak

madly

wildly

noisily

rowdily

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degenerate

immoral

indulgent

accept

take

invite

nook

indentation

niche

depression

indent

depress

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squirming

rolling

wriggling

wiggling

thrashing

struggling

grappling

striving

straining

words to describe personality

positive adjectives:

amiable: having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner.

diligent: having or showing care and conscientiousness in one’s work or duties.

exuberant: filled with or characterized by a lively energy and excitement.

gregarious: temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others.

convivial: friendly, lively, and enjoyable.

placid: not easily upset or excited.

adroit: clever or skillful in using the hands or mind.

amatory: relating to or induced by sexual love or desire.

negative adjectives:

boorish: rough and bad-mannered; coarse.

cantankerous: bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative.

miserly: characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity.

pompous: affectedly and irritatingly grand, solemn, or self-important.

shiftless: characterized by laziness, indolence, and a lack of ambition.

parsimonious: unwilling to spend money or use resources; stingy or frugal.

obtuse: blunt; stupid

Smut Thesaurus [18+/NSFW]

By request of the discord! Here’s the smut thesaurus I’ve been building to help me write. It’s even longer now because I included some extra words from The Ultimate Guide to Writing Smut Fic by  QuinnAnderson on AO3. 

How many words are there for “penis” and “thrust” (that aren’t completely cringey)? Here are all the ones I’ve gathered so far 😂

It’s going under the read-more cut because it’s over 1,000 words in bullet-point form so it is loooong. 

EDIT: Here are some additional pointers!

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Hello!!!! Do you have any tips / prompts for slowburn? Or romance in general? It's been a long time since i wrote about love and I think I'm rusty ;;;

Hi :)

Here are some tips for writing slow burn romance.

Slow burn

Slowing it down

make it slow, but not too slow. Give the readers little moments and interactions at first and then show how they develop a deeper connection over time

you need realistic reasons for why they are not together yet

here are two lists of reasons why people break up while still loving each other and for forbidden love that you could both use

Chemistry

make it realistic, a couple with good chemistry needs to be balanced

they need to have similarities to make them connect, but don’t just agree with everything the other one is doing

same goes for contradicting traits, it is important to show the differences and working around them makes for a good partnership, but don’t have them fight constantly

Don’ts

slow burn is often full of mistakes, misunderstandings and problems, but your characters should never do something that is unforgivable for the other person

don’t make one person totally unlikable without a believable redemption arc and the other person to be a sweetheart, because chances are, the readers may not even want them to be together in the end

don’t make the pair dysfunctional without giving the reader reason to believe that they better themselves and their relationship, otherwise the reader will leave the happy ending feeling like this is not going to work out in the long run and is therefore really unsatisfying

Prompts

I don’t have specific prompts for slow burn right now, but check out my romance tag if there is something in there that inspires you. Here are two older prompts I instantly thought of (from this post).

“We don’t have to go quick if you feel uncomfortable. I just need to know that we’re moving somewhere.”

“I just can’t. Not right now.” “That’s ok. Is it alright if I wait for you?“

Have fun!

- Jana

Are there other words like egregious where their meanings are antonyms?

you bet your butt there is! they’re called contronyms

(before getting into the words, I should clarify that the following words words aren’t really contronyms. Instead, their new definition is the opposite of the more archaic one)

artificial new definition: made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally.artificial old definition: artfully or skillfully made.awful new definition: very bad or unpleasant.awful old definition: inspiring reverential wonder.harlot new definition: a mischievous man.harlot old definition: a prostitute or promiscuous woman.resentment new definition: bitter indignation at having been treated unfairly.resentment old definition: the quality of being thankful.specious new definition: misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive.specious old definition: fair or beautiful.symposium new definition: a drinking party.symposium old definition: a conference or meeting to discuss a particular subject.terrific new definition: of great size, amount, or intensity.terrific old definition: making someone afraid or anxious; terrifying.

then there are words that can mean one of two things which are opposite! (the true contronyms)

bitch: someone who is over aggressive or domineering OR someone who is excessively submissiveclip: to bind together OR to seperatedust: remove the dust from something OR apply dust to somethingoff: to turn off (a light) OR the go off (an alarm)resign: can either be resign or re-signseed: lay down seed OR remove the seeds from somethingstone: throw stones at OR remove the stone from a fruit (peaches, plums etc.)

thank you for the ask

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