50 Dialogue Prompts

tag yourself im egg

yeh i know soup and coup don’t rhyme but isn’t it funny that when you remove the lower part of s it becomes c

pls consider

THAT WAS FUCKING AWESOME!!

Some guys figured out how to use one of the new artifacts to do cool tricks, anyone else tried it?

Aang: Zuli! Look what I bought you!

Azula: you know I don't like cheesy stuff.

Aang: yeah I know, but when I looked at them I thought about you... I can gave them back if you want

Azula: *looking at both flowers and plush and blushing hard* I never said that.

I couldn't decide which version I prefer, so here both!

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Yeah, pretty accurate!! Ship it to the moon!!!🌛

Canon azulaang:

Tumblr azulaang:

EVERYBODY NEEDS TO REED THIS SHIT!!!🔥🔥📖📖

NOW!!!

Aloy enters the Hades Proving Lab, Lis following along via Focus connection. A copy of GAIA lies within…and so does an encounter with some very familiar faces…

It is not long before Aloy picks herself up and reenters the bunker, preparing to finally go retrieve the GAIA kernel buried within. She enters the ruin in silence, Elisabet still on the line with her, waiting, waiting. She explodes the Firegleam off the gene-locked hatch, and can’t help but smile a little when Elisabet exclaims in surprise.

“Did you know that was going to happen?” the other woman asks, shocked.

“Had a pretty good idea,” Aloy responds, letting her amusement color her voice a little. “What, don’t like a good explosion?”

“Pyromaniac,” Elisabet mutters. “Somewhere, my mother is laughing at me and telling me we get the children we deserve.”

hey i was hoping for some advice on how to stop planning fics and actually START?? like i feel like i have to plan out every chapter and then just feel paralysis at actually starting at the fear of the fic derailing into something else (which is part of the beauty ik) any advice helps :’(

HELLO NONNY! First of all, totally flattered you'd want to come here for advice. Second, gosh, yes, this is one of the most difficult parts of fic writing. Happy to try to help out, though this might get long!

So I see that you're primarily concerned with multi-chaptered/longfics here! It's been a minute since I've hunkered down to work on one of those myself--but this is a good warm-up question for me, as I've got a couple current ideas (including original work) that would necessitate more long-term planning.

When you're writing and publishing a longfic, you pretty much have three options, each with a varying degree of rigidity.

Plan your entire fic (however you like--outline, flow chart, etc.!) and finish writing it in its entirety before posting on a schedule per chapter. Benefits here include the ability to let your plot/characters grow organically without being bound to something you've already posted. No worries about a plot "derailing" if you're able to course-correct something earlier in the midst of it! Also, you're able to write in genuinely any order in this case. Downside, though, is that motivation can be a struggle here.

Plan your entire fic roughly and start writing at the beginning. Give yourself a few chapters of leeway (maybe 3-4 ahead of posting??) and post on a schedule while working on future chapters. You'll still be able to account for organic growth, here, but you are more bound by items that have already been posted. A good plus, though, is the motivation you might get from readers along the way.

Plan your entire fic, start writing at the beginning, and post chapters as they're finished without leeway. GREAT for feedback, but it's super easy to get yourself stuck as new ideas develop.

For an original work with the goal of publication, obviously, I'd use option one. For fic writing and posting on AO3, though, I'd make it my goal to pursue option 2. It's a really nice balance of keeping yourself and your plot on track but also picking up some sweet serotonin along the way.

Regardless of your posting method, it also seems like you'd benefit from hearing how I plan longfics in general. Using a typical indentation format, I start with the bare-bones structure of the plot to help determine chapter breaks (which can change as the actual writing occurs) and overall actions. Once I have the main ideas spelled out, I'll go back and fill out each section into as much detail I have in mind at the time. This will definitely vary chapter section by chapter section. Some ideas will already be specifically developed! Others might stay bareboned.

From there, I head to the opening chapter, as I personally write in order (you might not!). I'll fill in the chapter section with as much detail as possible (scenes, dialogue, in-depth prose notes, etc.) to make actually writing out the chapter as easy as possible for me. Using an excerpt from one of my longfic outlines, here's how a ready-to-be-written chapter section might look:

also note how messy they actually are lol

Once I have that level of detail done, I'll write the chapter. It really helps because while the planning was still "planning," it becomes a lot easier to translate the Plan into actual prose. After the chapter drafted and then finished, I'll move on to the next section and flesh it out exactly the same way before writing. Rinse and repeat!

That way, I have my overarching framework all good to go, but the little living details are the ones that can change as the work itself is completed! I think it's a happy medium between rigidity and natural flow, in which neither really impedes the other.

Bottom line, though? Best way to start writing is to just start. Easier said than done, and something that's really hard for my brain to accept as well. It's a universal struggle. But when you find the tools that work for You, it's fantastic!

God this got so much longer than I intended. Apologies and thanks if you sat through all of this without your eyes glazing over. As for me, I'm off to keep agonizing over planning and actually starting various one-shots, lmao.

I made the mistake of reading the transcripts of the director’s commentary on the episodes of ATLA, and some things really stood out:

1. It’s astonishing how there’s zero commentary on any of Azula’s softer moments.  They actively shy away from talking about any of them.

2. Azula is “crazy” because she’s manipulative and has “an over the top personality”?

3. Bryke seem to have no knowledge or understanding Azula’s backstory, and in fact the idea of Azula having a backstory doesn’t really seem to cross their minds.

4. I’ve increasingly convinced that no one on the writing team was attempting to write Azula with a tenth of the complexity she ended up having.

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While this isn't my own work, I can't help but want to share because of how amazing it is!! And azulaang fic, most of the characters are very ooc but it's an AU set after "Crossroads of Destiny" where Aang is captured by Azula. I HIGHLY SUGGEST YOU CHECK IT OUT!!! Its still on going and the author has stated there will be a sequel!!