Some Days You Cannot Help But Pity Some People

“What if I write it and it’s bad-”

WHAT IF YOU WRITE IT AND ITS GOOD? WHAT IF YOU WRITE IT AND ITS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANTED? WHAT THEN????

Tropes, Clichés, Themes, Archetypes

A writer’s guide to tropes, clichés, themes, archetypes, and stereotypes.

Trope, Theme, Cliché, Motif, Archetype A post that provides detailed definitions of each of these terms.

Stereotypes, Archetypes, Tropes, Clichés A lengthy guide that provides detailed explanations of these terms, along with examples. Also offers advice and suggestions for how to use them in your writing, and suggests things to consider when using them. Many of the additional resources are broken links. Only about half of the referenced links work.

Tropes vs. Clichés Explains the difference between tropes and clichés. Explains why using a trope that has been used before doesn’t matter, but rather how you use it.

All Stories Have Themes Briefly explains what a theme is, and how every story has themes in it.

Reusing an Idea Too Much A tumblr thread that explains why you don’t have to worry about using the same themes or ideas in your story that have been used before.

How You Tell the Story Matters Explains that different people can do different things with the same basic plot, concept, or trope by using their own voice and style choices.

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happy birthday saki!

some layouts i made for her birthday :D i actually scheduled this post but it got deleted for some reason ahaha ahaha i'm totally fine with it

(is not, in fact, fine with it)

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guilty x punkish :3 also extra silly doodle⬇️

dare i say me-core

finnian jumping and holding onto ciel loop

starmine len x school uniform parka kaito

Snake (スネーク) - Kuroshitsuji: Midori no Majo-hen - Episode 5

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this is my gender

day 8

I ALMOST FORGOT BUT DAILY REKKA AN IS HERE

crystals: 24k

unrelated but it’s 6PM and i’m still in the car otw from school 🫠

my dream as a fanfic writer is for one day, one of my fics to be someones comfort fic. like the fic that they reread when they don't feel good and want to be happy. i want my words to comfort someone one day