hi i’m dino ClockworkDinosaur/le2biian and i write sometimes! this is my writing blog where i sometimes post ficlets and other misc things that don’t make it to ao3, as well as reblog posts related to writing

i’ve written fics, poems, visual novels, and original short stories

homestuck specific work is under the pseudonym le2biian

everything else (mostly TAZ rn) is under the pseud ClockworkDinosaur

drawing fanart of my fics, writing within AUs/fics inspired by my AUs, and anything else like that is Always Okay just tag me because i want to see!!

thewriterswitch:

Me: Opens document with unfinished writing

Me: Yep, it still exists *closes document*

thewritingumbrellas:

Writing advice from my uni teachers:

• If your dialog feels flat, rewrite the scene pretending the characters cannot at any cost say exactly what they mean. No one says “I’m mad” but they can say it in 100 other ways.
• Wrote a chapter but you dislike it? Rewrite it again from memory. That way you’re only remembering the main parts and can fill in extra details. My teacher who was a playwright literally writes every single script twice because of this.
• Don’t overuse metaphors, or they lose their potency. Limit yourself.
• Before you write your novel, write a page of anything from your characters POV so you can get their voice right. Do this for every main character introduced.

astaticworld:

the experience of writing something, posting it, and then having people comment about their favorite parts through their eyes is just. such an incredible experience. it’s like getting to re-read your own writing again for the first time and it always gives me such a giddy feeling when people pick up on things i don’t realize i’m putting out. 

studentlifeproblems:

fanficmemes:

fanficmemes:

I wish all writers who haven’t been able to write in a long time bc of depression a very I love u and I promise u will write again

the-writers-bookshelf:

This is for the slow writers out there. Those who take weeks to write one chapter. Those who take years to finish one manuscript. Those who regularly write only 100-300 words in several hours. Those who take months to put out a new chapter. Those who haven’t touched their stories in years but it’s still a WIP because they can’t stop thinking about/taking notes for scenes/etc.

I see you. You’re valid. Keep up the good work!

violsva:

sapphicsupergirl:

(hears a song lyric) this would make a great all-lower case fanfiction title

(hears a song lyric) wait, i’ve seen this as an all-lower case fanfiction title

discordiansamba:

very inconsiderate of my fic to not write itself

toboldlywrite:

by-ethan-fox:

toboldlywrite:

Are you really…. not supposed to…. describe what your characters are wearing….

I think there’s a great deal of misinformation on this topic.

I believe it’s fine to describe what your characters are wearing. However, like all things, it should serve some kind of purpose.

For instance, describing winter clothes helps impart to the reader a sense of how cold it is. Describing summer clothes helps explain how warm it is.

Describing an outfit before a social event gives a window onto the character’s sense of fashion, or explains their reverence (or lack) for the event; for example a character can wear a black suit to a funeral, or watch from a distance while wearing a t-shirt and jeans. These impart a different attitude.

An outfit may be described purely to give a little more interest to a character; to give the reader a bit more insight into who they are, through the way they present themselves. It may have no greater significance to the wider story but this is still a reason to do it.

So the “purpose” doesn’t need to be super-vital to the story. It can be just because “describing this to the reader helps them appreciate the character or scene”, but that’s still a purpose.

I like that last comment because I think it can apply to a lot of things in storytelling! Anything that shows some element of your character has a purpose to the story even if it doesn’t exactly advance the plot.

this is getting out of hand /j