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Character Flaws and Their Meanings
Impulsiveness : Acts on instinct without careful planning. Perfectionism : Sets unrealistically high standards, leading to self-criticism. Indecisiveness : Struggles to commit to decisions or choose a path. Arrogance : Overestimates one’s abilities and dismisses others. Pessimism : Habitually expects negative outcomes in most situations. Cynicism : Distrusts the motives and sincerity of others. Overconfidence : Places excessive faith in one’s skills, often underestimating risks. Stubbornness : Resists change and refuses to adapt to new ideas. Jealousy : Feels envious of others' success or possessions. Insecurity : Experiences frequent self-doubt and a lack of confidence. Procrastination : Tends to delay tasks, often leading to missed opportunities. Passivity : Avoids taking initiative and relies on others to act. Aggressiveness : Responds with hostility or force rather than reason. Selfishness : Prioritizes personal gain over the welfare of others. Fragility : Is overly sensitive to criticism and easily discouraged. Egotism : Constantly focuses on oneself and one’s own importance. Defensiveness : Quickly rejects or rationalizes away critique or new information. Manipulativeness : Exploits others to fulfill personal needs or desires. Recklessness : Shows a careless disregard for potential risks or consequences. Resentfulness : Holds lingering bitterness and grudges over perceived wrongs. Distractibility : Finds it hard to maintain focus amid competing interests. Impatience : Lacks the willingness to wait, often spoiling opportunities to learn. Perfunctory : Performs actions in a mechanical, uninspired manner. Self-Doubt : Consistently questions personal abilities and decisions. Arbitraryness : Makes decisions based on whim rather than reason or evidence. Rigidity : Is inflexible and unwilling to consider alternative viewpoints. Gullibility : Trusts too easily, often leading to being misled or deceived. Obsession : Becomes excessively fixated on particular ideas or details. Aloofness : Maintains emotional distance, appearing detached or indifferent. Intolerance : Refuses to accept differing perspectives or lifestyles.
Writing Advice for Brainstorming
Mix genres and time periods: Experiment by combining elements from different eras or genres to create unique settings and narratives.
Use "what if" scenarios: Pose unexpected questions (e.g., What if time travel operated on emotions rather than mechanics?) to spark novel ideas.
Draw from diverse mediums: Engage with art, music, or even scientific papers to inspire unexpected plot twists.
Embrace absurdity: Let illogical or surreal ideas guide you; sometimes the wildest thoughts lead to compelling stories.
Reverse clichés: Identify common tropes in your favorite genres and deliberately invert them to create fresh perspectives.
Incorporate personal anomalies: Transform your idiosyncrasies and personal struggles into rich, multi-dimensional characters.
Use mind-mapping: Visually plot your ideas in a freeform way to uncover hidden connections between disparate elements.
The opposite of “manic pixie dream girl” is “depressed goblin nightmare man,” and, judging by this site, it’s just as attractive to some.
tw: theft, body horror, facial disfigurement
Hee hoo I got your nose!🫰👃
Funniest fandoms are where the fans are like, "I'm obsessed with this. I don't recommend it even slightly."
Yay, unsolicited advice time! Or, not really advice, more like miscellaneous tips and tricks, because if there's one thing eight years of martial arts has equipped me to write, it's fight scenes.
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Fun things to add to a fight scene (hand to hand edition)
It's not uncommon for two people to kick at the same time and smack their shins together, or for one person to block a kick with their shin. This is called a shin lock and it HURTS like a BITCH. You can be limping for the rest of the fight if you do it hard enough.
If your character is mean and short, they can block kicks with the tip of their elbow, which hurts the other guy a lot more and them a lot less
Headbutts are a quick way to give yourself a concussion
If a character has had many concussions, they will be easier to knock out. This is called glass jaw.
Bad places to get hit that aren't the groin: solar plexus, liver, back of the head, side of the thigh (a lot of leg kicks aim for this because if it connects, your opponent will be limping)
Give your character a fighting style. It helps establish their personality and physicality. Are they a grappler? Do they prefer kicks or fighting up close? How well trained are they?
Your scalp bleeds a lot and this can get in your eyes, blinding you
If you get hit in the nose, your eyes water
Adrenaline's a hell of a drug. Most of the time, you're not going to know how badly you've been hurt until after the fact
Even with good technique, it's really easy to break toes and fingers
Blocking hurts, dodging doesn't
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Just thought these might be useful! If you want a more comprehensive guide or a weapons edition, feel free to ask. If you want, write how your characters fight in the comments!
Have a bitchin day <3
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Good Traits Gone Bad
Exploring good traits gone bad in a novel can add depth and complexity to your characters. Here are a few examples of good traits that can take a negative turn:
1. Empathy turning into manipulation: A character with a strong sense of empathy may use it to manipulate others' emotions and gain an advantage.
2. Confidence becoming arrogance: Excessive confidence can lead to arrogance, where a character belittles others and dismisses their opinions.
3. Ambition turning into obsession: A character's ambition can transform into an unhealthy obsession, causing them to prioritize success at any cost, including sacrificing relationships and moral values.
4. Loyalty becoming blind devotion: Initially loyal, a character may become blindly devoted to a cause or person, disregarding their own well-being and critical thinking.
5. Courage turning into recklessness: A character's courage can morph into reckless behavior, endangering themselves and others due to an overestimation of their abilities.
6. Determination becoming stubbornness: Excessive determination can lead to stubbornness, where a character refuses to consider alternative perspectives or change their course of action, even when it's detrimental.
7. Optimism becoming naivety: Unwavering optimism can transform into naivety, causing a character to overlook dangers or be easily deceived.
8. Protectiveness turning into possessiveness: A character's protective nature can evolve into possessiveness, where they become overly controlling and jealous in relationships.
9. Altruism becoming self-neglect: A character's selflessness may lead to neglecting their own needs and well-being, to the point of self-sacrifice and burnout.
10. Honesty becoming brutal bluntness: A character's commitment to honesty can turn into brutal bluntness, hurting others with harsh and tactless remarks.
These examples demonstrate how even admirable traits can have negative consequences when taken to extremes or used improperly. By exploring the complexities of these traits, you can create compelling and multi-dimensional characters in your novel.
Happy writing!
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How to Plot A Complex Novel in One Day (It WILL take all day)
Now first, I have to say, that the plot you’re able to come up with in one day is not going to be without its flaws, but coming up with it all at once, the entire story unfolds right in front of you and makes you want to keep going with it. So, where to begin?
What is your premise and basic plot? Pick your plot. I recommend just pulling one from this list. No plots are “original” so making yours interesting and complicated will easily distract from that fact, that and interesting characters. Characters will be something for you to work on another day, because this is plotting day. You’ll want the main plot to be fairly straight forward, because a confusing main plot will doom you if you want subplots.
Decide who the characters will be. They don’t have to have names at this point. You don’t even need to know who they are other than why they have to be in the story. The more characters there are the more complicated the plot will be. If you intend to have more than one subplot, then you’ll want more characters. Multiple interconnected subplots will give the illusion that the story is very complicated and will give the reader a lot of different things to look at at all times. It also gives you the chance to develop many side characters. The plot I worked out yesterday had 13 characters, all were necessary. Decide their “roles” don’t bother with much else. This seems shallow, but this is plot. Plot is shallow.
Now, decide what drives each character. Why specifically are they in this story? You can make this up. You don’t even know these characters yet. Just so long as everyone has their own motivations, you’re in the clear.
What aren’t these characters giving away right off the bat? Give them a secret! It doesn’t have to be something that they are actively lying about or trying to hide, just find something that perhaps ties them into the plot or subplot. This is a moment to dig into subplot. This does not need to be at all connected to their drive to be present in the story. Decide who is in love with who, what did this person do in the 70’s that’s coming back to bite them today, and what continues to haunt what-his-face to this very day. This is where you start to see the characters take shape. Don’t worry much about who they are or what they look like, just focus on what they’re doing to the story.
What is going to change these characters? Now this will take some thinking. Everyone wants at least a few of the characters to come out changed by the end of the story, so think, how will they be different as a result of the plot/subplot? It might not be plot that changes them, but if you have a lot of characters, a few changes that are worked into the bones of the plot might help you.
Now list out the major events of the novel with subplot in chronological order. This will be your timeline. Especially list the historical things that you want to exist in backstory. List everything you can think of. Think about where the story is going. At this point, you likely haven’t focused too much on the main plot, yeah, it’s there, but now really focus on the rising actions, how this main plot builds its conflict, then the climactic moment. Make sure you get all of that in there. This might take a few hours.
Decide where to start writing. This part will take a LOT of thinking. It’s hard! But now that you’ve got the timeline, pick an interesting point to begin at. Something with action. Something relevant. Preferably not at the beginning of your timeline - you want to have huge reveals later on where these important things that happened prior are exposed. This is the point where you think about what information should come out when. This will be a revision of your last list, except instead of being chronological, it exists to build tension.
Once you’ve gotten the second list done, you’ve got a plot. Does it need work? Probably. But with that said, at this point you probably have no idea who half your characters are. Save that for tomorrow, that too will be a lot of work.
After you’ve plotted the loose structure of your novel from this, see my next post to work on character!
Polin Modern aus -
august - Every August the Bridgertons show up in the tiny town at the sea Penelope lives in. And for just that one month, he's hers.
The Wager - Penelope can’t sleep because Colin’s rakish ways in the room next door keep her up at night. So they make a bet.
~ A modern take on Penelope’s request for a kiss ~
Down Bad - Penelope drunkenly confesses her love to her best friend’s brother, leaving her mortified come morning.
Two months later, in a desperate attempt to move on, she brings her new boyfriend to the Bridgerton’s annual weekend away.
But if Colin Bridgerton doesn’t love her back, why does he look like he wants to kill him?
Hickey - Two weeks after their breakup, Penelope shows up with a suspicious love-bite on her neck.
Colin is burning with jealousy thinking of the man he must murder now.
It's You I Like - Colin has finally grown tired of traveling all over the world with nowhere to really call home, so he's moved back home and taken a job at his brother Anthony's company.
On a mission to rescue his stolen car keys from his sister Eloise, he encounters Penelope Featherington for the first time in a few years. They were friends once, but drifted apart when he spent the majority of his time thousands of miles away.
When they find themselves watching a steamy scene on a tv show together, sparks fly unexpectedly. Was it just the heat of the moment? Or could there be more to this red-headed wallflower than meets the eye?
Black and Blue - After Colin goes off to Greece again, leaving Penelope again heartbroken, Penelope decided to move on and is in a relationship with Angus. Penelope has lost her sparkle though, and Eloise is utterly beside herself with worry about her best friend. Can Colin come home and save her?
Can I tell you a secret? (He's not you) - When Colin has too much to drink at a family gathering, Penelope takes him home and a secret is revealed that could change their friendship forever…
My Give's a F*cks Are On Vacation - Penelope has a secret…since the age of 13-years-old, she has been in love with best friend Eloise’s 17-year-old brother Colin. She had always convinced herself she would be happy with her love being unrequited…she’s his little sister’s bestie, anything else would be a bonus.
It’s just a pity that for the last three years, she’s also been Colin’s ‘friends with benefits’ friend. I mean, it’s not like Colin could ever want a relationship…technically he already has a very public girlfriend…his fellow presenter Marina, on his travel log TV show. So what if it is only a showmance with his co-presenter?
However, after their latest hook up, Penelope overhears Colin talking to the press and realises Colin is never going to see her as anything more than a friend and she finally decides to move on with her life. She’s 26 years old…she can’t give the best years of herself to a friend looking for benefits, right?
So what if she decides to take her new boyfriend Alfie Debling on the Bridgerton family vacation and Colin unexpectedly turns up? They were never in a real relationship…it should be perfectly okay…except Colin has a secret too…
Eloise really picked the wrong time to let her ‘Give A Fucks’ go on vacation.
vacay - Penelope and Eloise have been friends for four years now, and this summer she gets invited to the annual "Bridgerton Vacay" (yeah, it's a thing).
or.: Penelope has this huge crush on Eloise's older brother and now has to spend 10 days with him and his family on vacation.
Lady Sings the Blues - Before leaving for India, Colin had a one-night stand with the mysterious lead singer of a band he saw at a local club. Months later, he's back home but still unable to get the mystery woman out of his mind.
When he runs into her again at Benedict's costume party, the pair pick up right where they left off and they end up in bed together again. Only this time, she doesn't disappear in the dead of night. Instead, he finds himself waking up next to none other than his sister's mousy best friend, Penelope Featherington.
cardigan - Penelope Featherington leads a quiet life. She goes to work, she takes care of her family and every Friday evening she meets her friends for dinner.
That is, until, the Colin Bridgerton, famous Hollywood actor, opens the door to her best friend's apartment.
Colin Bridgerton should be happy with the life he's leading. He's famous. He's newly single. He has everything money can buy. But something's missing.
across the hall - “After years of traveling all over the world, seeing incredible things and meeting fascinating people, Colin Bridgerton took everyone by surprise when he said he was coming home and wanted to pursue teaching.
He reached out to Penelope first, asking for advice and a bit of help with the certification process. Penelope was glad to help him; her heart was warmed by Colin’s newfound passion for education, and slowly but surely, Colin was ready to apply for teaching positions. It wasn’t until he had secured a spot at Penelope’s school that she began to grow nervous.”
Childhood friends Colin and Penelope teach in classrooms across the hall from one another. Penelope, in her fourth year of teaching English, shows first-year-teacher Colin the ropes of their now shared profession. As they spend more time together throughout the term, the pair come to see one another in a new light, and the lines between friendship and something more begin to blur.
Fairground Attractions - The day of the Mayfair Fair makes Colin confront his feelings when there is an accident. Eloise has to live with the fact that her last words, full of anger, might be the last she would say to her friend.
Francesca/Penelope friendship era.
What's a Little Sex Between Friends - When Colin learns that Pen's lack of time for a relationship hasn't dimmed her need for sex, he offers up his cock to spare her from the purported dangers of booty calls. Who knows, maybe he can convince her to want more. Specifically, with him. He'll at least have a grand time trying.
Pen has missed out on too much in life because of her blasted unrequited love for Colin. Realising that the only way to be rid of him is to let him break her heart, she decides to stop holding back and freefall into love. And onto his cock. A few orgasms will help hasten her towards her goal, after all.
Swirling sex into friendship poses complications; and between assumptions, equivocations, and a complete inability to ask for what they want, Colin and Penelope find that there is nothing little about 'a little sex between friends.'
invisible string - At ten she first enters his life. At eighteen he falls in love with her. At twenty-six he loses her.
Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton meet at eight and ten. He dreams of making it big as a musician, she dreams of staying close to home. But somehow, something keeps them together, some invisible strings keeping their lives intertwined, even when they don’t want to be.
And isn't it just so pretty to think all along there was some invisible string tying you to me?
It's Just Sex - “Hey,” Colin said sheepishly, anxiously brushing his hand behind his neck. “I’ll take your virginity if — you know — if you want me to.”
Platonic sex, sex between friends, friends having platonic sex.
It won’t be a problem, right?
Or the classic: ‘I’ll take your virginity but don’t fall in love with me” finds everything they’re looking for in a person who ‘just wants to get over with having sex for the first time so they can get over the mental hurdle and start dating around.”
a dozen days in december - Twelve days before Christmas, Penelope joins Colin and his family at Aubrey Hall for their annual holiday celebrations. Festive traditions, close proximity and meddling Bridgertons might finally be enough to push these two horny idiots over the edge.
Yay, unsolicited advice time! Or, not really advice, more like miscellaneous tips and tricks, because if there's one thing eight years of martial arts has equipped me to write, it's fight scenes.
.
Fun things to add to a fight scene (hand to hand edition)
It's not uncommon for two people to kick at the same time and smack their shins together, or for one person to block a kick with their shin. This is called a shin lock and it HURTS like a BITCH. You can be limping for the rest of the fight if you do it hard enough.
If your character is mean and short, they can block kicks with the tip of their elbow, which hurts the other guy a lot more and them a lot less
Headbutts are a quick way to give yourself a concussion
If a character has had many concussions, they will be easier to knock out. This is called glass jaw.
Bad places to get hit that aren't the groin: solar plexus, liver, back of the head, side of the thigh (a lot of leg kicks aim for this because if it connects, your opponent will be limping)
Give your character a fighting style. It helps establish their personality and physicality. Are they a grappler? Do they prefer kicks or fighting up close? How well trained are they?
Your scalp bleeds a lot and this can get in your eyes, blinding you
If you get hit in the nose, your eyes water
Adrenaline's a hell of a drug. Most of the time, you're not going to know how badly you've been hurt until after the fact
Even with good technique, it's really easy to break toes and fingers
Blocking hurts, dodging doesn't
.
Just thought these might be useful! If you want a more comprehensive guide or a weapons edition, feel free to ask. If you want, write how your characters fight in the comments!
Have a bitchin day <3
How to write a kiss scene
requested by: anon request: How do I write a good kiss scene? As how do I describe it? What details or words would make it good?
What goes into the writing of a kiss scene?
details to incorporate:
the sensations in their stomach, their chest, and their knees
the way their breathing changes shortly before the kiss
the feeling of the other's hands
the texture of the other's clothing
the moment they realise they've reached the point of no return
the feeling they're left with after the kiss
words to use...
... to describe the kiss:
tentative
tender
hesitant
quick
soft
gentle
delicate
languid
feathery
familiar
exploring
hungry
heated
fiery
frantic
impatient
sloppy
messy
aggressive
... to describe how they feel about the kiss:
nervous
excited
giddy
anxious
apprehensive
ambiguous
surprised
reassured
certain
confident
relieved
eager
greedy
... to show what the lips do:
exploring each other
brushing over each other
locking
devouring
touching
sealing
pressing against each other
capturing
lapping
tasting
crushing together
travelling (the other's body)
trailing (down to the other's chin)
grinning into the kiss
caressing
lingering
... to show how their body reacts:
feeling warm all over
buzzing
humming
pumping/palpitating heart
clenching lungs
joy bubbling up
tingly stomach
warm chest
burning cheeks
sweaty palms
blood rushing through their veins
... to describe what their hands are doing:
tangling in their lover's hair
wrapping their arms around their lover's neck
intertwining their fingers with their lover
resting on their lover's hips
pressing into their lover's shoulder blades
cupping their lover's cheeks
touching their lover's chin
curling their arm around their lover's waist
resting on their lover's shoulders
grabbing their lover's collar
sneaking up under their lover's shirt
brushing over their lover's bare skin
lightly squeezing their lover's butt
focus on:
the sensations instead of what's physically happening. (the protagonists might very well not know themselves what is happening exactly, but they feel very precisely)
I hope this helps <3
When The World Is Free ✨Masterpost✨
Pairing: Benedict Bridgerton x fem!reader, WW2 AU.
Rating: General audiences, except chapters 10 (which can be skipped) and 15 both of which are 18+/minors DNI.
Status: COMPLETE (40k words)
Synopsis
It is late summer 1939, when you arrive in Paris from New York to begin a year of adventure. A deal struck with your parents to see a little of the world before settling down and marrying your ‘childhood sweetheart’ Stanley.
You soon find yourself with a spirited young English housemate Eloise, enjoying all that the cosmopolitan European city has to offer…. Until a few weeks later when war is declared. In this newly uncertain world, Eloise’s mother dispatches her brother to bring her home. Your plan is to board a ship back to America… but circumstances conspire to leave you possibly trapped in France with no way home. Eloise refuses to leave the country without you, even as you secretly grow attached to her beguiling brother, Benedict, who is everything Stanley is not.
There appears to be only one solution to your dilemma to ensure safe passage out of the country as invasion seems imminent… but it will mean your life is forever changed, even when the world is free again.
Built from a story outlined and requested by @amillcitygirl
Chapter Links
Chapter 1 : Sous le ciel de Paris
Chapter 2: La Valse de Paris
Chapter 3: C'est Un Gars
Chapter 4: Le Rideau Tombe Avant La Fin
Chapter 5: Sans Y Penser
Chapter 6: J'ai Dansé Avec L'Amour
Chapter 7: Mon Ami M'a Donné
Chapter 8: Je N'en Connais Pas La Fin
Chapter 9: Partance
Chapter 10: Hymne à L'amour (18+ rating, minors DNI)
Chapter 11: Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien
Chapter 12: Je T'ai Dans La Peau
Chapter 13: С'est Lui Que Mon Cœur A Choisi
Chapter 14: Un Coin Tout Bleu
Chapter 15: La Vie En Rose (18+ rating, minors DNI)
Epilogue: Peace Ever After
Titles: Fic title taken from the song ‘The White Cliffs of Dover’ By Vera Lynn (1942). Chapter titles will likely all be Edith Piaf songs.
Disclaimer: While I have tried my best to research the time period and the history of events, ultimately, this is a work of fiction and may have some factual inaccuracies. This may be due to the nature of the requested storyline and/or the author's unintended errors. Credits: dividers by @/saradika [x], gif by @/captainbucky-yt [x]
Something in Our Seas Masterlist
Benedict Bridgerton x Reader (Pirate AU)
18+ Always
Summary: When members of the Bridgerton family on a voyage run aground, they are forced to live amongst the pirates that find them. The Bridgertons are taken along the mystical, magical, and terrifying journey of The Crimson King.
Set in the early 18th century.
Series Warnings: probably not historically accurate; pirate typical violence - so like blood and murder and shit; eventual smut; most definitely not historically accurate (all of my pirate knowledge comes from film/tv); drinking; ooc characters probably
Background Relationships: Kate Sharma x Anthony Bridgerton; Penelope Featherington x Colin Bridgerton; Simon Basset x Daphne Bridgerton; Theo Sharpe x Eloise Bridgerton; Will Mondrich x Alice Mondrich
Tags specified before each chapter
Last Updated: 06/10/2024
*indicates smut
Chapter One - Horizons Change
Chapter Two - No Sign of Land
Chapter Three - Floating in Glass
Chapter Four - Mystic Creature, Come to Me
Chapter Five - Hang For Your Hollow Ways
Chapter Six - War With Ego
I keep thinking abt this comment and giggling
Cori’s Adventures in Seducing an Emo Nerd MASTERPOST
Chapters:
1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8.1 - 8.2 - 8.3 - Extra 1 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15
WEBTOONS
TAPAS
ZENDAYA COLEMAN by Zoey Grossman | The Zendaya Edit x Boohoo
you telling me americans don’t have these tasty little morsels?
there’s an ariana stan on twitter who got her phone taken off her and is accessing it thru any device she can find lmaoooo
Gotta make money somehow
I got to marry my wife, and our pupper was our flower girl. 2.5 years ago this wasn’t possible, as it wasn’t legal in Australia. It rained our whole wedding day, but was so worth it in the end with our phenomenal photographer.
Elementary school kids:
Scholastic book fair: this man tattooed himself to become a lizard
Shuri, knowing damn well Antman is bout’ to shrink directly next to Peter: GIMME YOUR FUCKIN MONEY
Peter grabs Antman and yeets his little ol’ ass into a wall
***
Thor, launches his battle axe into the ceiling
Loki, technically being ‘17’ (argument on that linked here): THIS IS WHY MOM DIDN’T FUCKING LOVE YOU
***
Peter puts on Only by Nicki Minaj
Steve, even though he still has no idea what a 'vine’ or a 'meme’ (pronounced Mehmeh) is, naturally reacting like: No. No! Turn that off! NO!
me @ demons: it’s free real estate
THE MOST PURE!!!
Endgame-ish Spoilers
Can we just appreciate how Tom kept the secret from everybody while filming Far From Home? Because that's a BIG part of both the end of Endgame and Far From Home. Like the Russo Bros wouldn't even give our boi™ the full script for Endgame. Our little Tommy boy CAN keep a secret.
