Writing Prompt #3045

ohh im a multishipper too but my main is definitely honakoha ^^

YOU LIKE HONAKOHA?!?!?!?! DO YOU WANNA BE MUTUALS I LOVE HONAKOHA SO MUCH AA

OHH SUREE !!!!!! HONAKOHA FOREVERRRR

you’re so mean i’ll jump out the science lab ;(

requesters, what do yall use my collages for? i'm js curious since not all of yall use it as a banner/pfp/wtv

can i just say i crode

leo/need kailen sillies

len pretty pretty please leoni len specifically but i don't mind any other card as long as it's purple(ish)

you know who i am, lol <3

one purple len collage for u!! chat why he ourple

i was gonna not add ichi5 len but i didnt rlly wanna put bug len in there and hes cute so eh

as always, my reqs are open!! ^^

ao3 is crazy because you'll read the most gut-wrenching 200k word slowburn that leaves you sobbing into your sweater at four in the morning and the author will be applejacksmonstercock

you're going to be fine its normal at least for me (lol)

i also had this phase with one of my still WIPs, where i just wrote out everything and i felt so proud

it was meant to be for a character's birthday its been 5 months.

for me personally i just wait until i feel like it theres nothing stopping me from completely stopping other than myself

just take your time. i've experienced it too at worst you'll blank out on the project forever until you remember and have good ideas at best you'll find motivation

i hope the best option happens to you because ignoring a project can make you feel really guilty but remember you're doing it with your own free will

or maybe i misinterpreted all of that in that case my bad

Does anyone else experience this?

I know what happens in this chapter. It’s all in my head. I have an outline. I just need to write it out. But it’s been weeks since I’ve written a single word.

I started this project out strong. I wrote an average of 2-3k words a day over the course of 9 days. I ended up writing a total of 15k words. But now I have to fill in the blanks in between the initial scenes I was so passionately writing. So I’ve lost all that motivation and inspiration that initially kept me going.

I don’t understand why I’m like this. It’s infuriating.

Some idiot: "Why are you reading your own fic, that's shallow and stupid"

All fanfic writers and writers everywhere: "Who the fuck do you think I wrote it for?!"

When Your Characters Feel Flat....

1. Give Them Contradictions

Nobody is consistent 24/7, and your characters shouldn’t be either.

“She was always kind, always helpful, always smiling.” what is she, Jesus? “She was kind, but she had a sharp tongue when someone pushed her limits.” not perfect but we can fork with this

Contradictions add dimension. A character who is kind and irritable when tired, is more human than one who’s perpetually pleasant.

2. Give them flaws and shit

“He was brave, but his impulsiveness often made things worse before they got better.”

3. Add habits or what they say, umm....quirks

Quirks make your characters memorable without needing an info dump.

“She was shy.” or maybe.... “She tugged at her sleeves whenever someone asked her a direct question, her gaze darting across the room like she was searching for an escape route.”

4. Their interactions with people, animals, objects

“He was a loner.” that's it? or...“He kept his coworkers at arm’s length — just a guy in the background, clocking his hours, counting down the minutes until he could go home to Dusty, his dog, his favorite being in the world.”

5. Their habits/traits/quirks could be explained by their backstories

Why are they the way they are?

“She never trusted anyone.” Or...“She never trusted anyone—not after her best friend turned on her in high school, a betrayal that still stung ten years later.”

6. Add some form of "Internal Conflict"

“He didn’t want to leave.” Or...“He didn’t want to leave, but staying meant admitting he cared—and caring always led to heartbreak.”

7. You could make them perfect if you want but please for the love of God, don't.

Just don't. It's a major turn-off.

“She was confident in her abilities.” or....“She was confident in her abilities—until she stood on stage and realized she couldn’t remember the first line.”

8. Allow them a character arc. Evolution.

Because simply put, Stagnant characters are flat characters.

Let's say there's a girl who sees asking for help as weakness — she hides her bruises, builds her walls, endures alone. But over time, not through grand speeches but through small seemingly unsignificant moments she learns that letting people in isn’t weak. She realizes relying on others, and letting others rely on her gives her strength and hope.