Oh No, He's Meeting All Of Eggman's Standards!

I've already said that my number one piece of writing advice is to read.

But my number two piece of advice is this: be deliberate.

Honestly this would fix so many pieces of bad writing advice. Don't forbid people from doing something, tell them to be conscious and deliberate about it. This could help stop people from falling into common mistakes without limiting their creativity. Black and white imperatives may stop a few annoying beginner habits, but ultimately they will restrict artistic expression.

Instead of "don't use epithets": "Know the effect epithets have and be deliberate about using them." Because yes, beginners often misuse them, but they can be useful when a character's name isn't known or when you want to reduce them to a particular trait they have.

Instead of "don't use 'said'" or "just use 'said'": "Be deliberate about your use of dialogue tags." Because sometimes you'll want "said" which fades into the background nicely, but sometimes you will need a more descriptive alternative to convey what a character is doing.

Instead of "don't use passive voice": "Be deliberate about when you use passive voice." Because using it when it's not needed can detract from your writing, but sometimes it can be useful to change the emphasis of a sentence or to portray a particular state of mind.

Instead of blindly following or ignorantly neglecting the rules of writing, familiarize yourself with them and their consequences so you can choose when and if breaking them would serve what you're trying to get across.

Your writing is yours. Take control of it.

It probably sounds like I'm preaching to the choir here because most of my mutuals are already great writers. But I'm hoping this will make it to the right people.

does anyone wanna hold hands until we feel a little braver

cis people will say “I found out I’m having a baby girl at my anatomy scan and I’m experiencing gender disappointment” but be mad when you say “who knows? maybe you’ll end up with a son anyway”

well okay

I’m reading your fics and I really love them. Coincidentally I’ve also gotten very into fanbinding the past two years, and I was wondering if I could get your permission to bookbind your fics? It would be for personal use only and I would never sell them or use them for profit.

Stares at you with the BIGGEST eyes. I'm gripping your shoulders and not blinking.

Yes. Yes you can absolutely bind my fics. Oh my god. Yes.

Abandon my Eulogy will be officially FINISHED very soon, and I'll go through the fic as a whole to finalize anything (and check for typos again, although you have my permission to fix anything YOU find in your binding process) but I am SO EXCITED

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE POST PICTURES IF YOU DO BIND MY FICS IM LOSING MY M I N D

(and also youre too young for her but you just cant get that one to stick in your brain, can ya?)

au where sonic and silver end up on the ark because i say so

a perfectly normal child being raised on a space colony for scientists that are slightly maniacal

my family wasn't this strict, but in some sects of buddhism you're not allowed to eat the "five pungent vegetables", onions garlic shallots leeks and umm chives i think, really any of those kind of vegetables. probably some monk ages ago was tired of onion farts stinking up the temple. anyways, one time my brother made a soup using all five of them. he said, "one sip of this, and you'll be reincarnated as a flea."

a selection of quick'n'dirty pamphlet binds because i had a bunch of short typesets i wanted to make multiple copies of. am i counting this toward my binderary goal? ehhhhh not really because theyre not hardcovers. but i figured i'd post anyway cuz the lil mushroom one in the front was cute :>

i SO agree about robotnik being aggressive even when he's trying to be affectionate. he's like a dog with no bite inhibition

accidental injuries, too! i have a very silly scene in my head where stone tries to do the good morning hug from behind trope and robotnik gets so startled that he elbows him in the ribs lol

Stone is very proud

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