Jennifer’s Body (2009) Dir. Karyn Kusama

Rewatching "The Boiler Room Job" and they really did just give Eliot a machete and set him loose in the jungle with an asshole conman ceo huh

I can’t write these scenes bro I just can’t

This blog is dedicated to collecting receipts of Ableism and ableistic users.

I am not here to start or engage in discourse, just collect receipts of Ableism that I see.

If you see an ableistic post, note, thread or user, just @me on the ableistic thing you want me to look at and I will look into it.

The ask box and submissions are open. Submissions are for screenshots of Ableism, the ask box is primarily open for suggestions of ableistic users to look at.

Some things to keep in mind:

The owner of this blog is mentally ill and mentally disabled in multiple ways.

They are also a minor.

This is a side blog and not my main.

writing advice for all forms of media: make the stakes high!! make the world about to end!! put everyone’s lives on the lines! their loved ones! their sanity!!

YOU NEED HIGH STAKES FOR PEOPLE TO CARE

one of the most popular games of 2019: *Goose game with literally some of the lowest stakes, a goose throws your mail away and doesn’t care, goose steals socks, goose cannot die, everyone is having a blast*

Tag yourself I’m Aled’s iPad

How to write a character-driven plot

The Character-Driven Plot Wheel

1. Emotions drive actions.

Make your hero act on their deepfelt emotions. This not only adds meaning to their actions, but also helps communicate to readers your hero’s core emotional struggle.

2. Actions trigger consequences.

When your hero acts, give their actions consequences that affect the plot, themselves, and/or the surrounding characters. For example, driven by curiosity, maybe your hero opens Pandora’s box; maybe they act recklessly and someone dies; or maybe they stand up for what they believe in, but at great personal cost. Consequences raise the stakes and empower your hero with agency.

3. Consequences compel change.

Use the consequences of your hero’s actions to create a crucible of growth — challenges and situations that force them to take the next step on their character journey. That step may be forward, or backward, and it may be large or small; but something inside them changes.

4. Change influences emotions.

When a character goes through a change, even a small one, allow it to affect them emotionally. Maybe they feel increasingly frustrated or guilty. Maybe they’re afraid, having just taken another step closer to abandoning their old way of seeing the world. Or maybe they finally feel peace.

Regardless of the form it takes, remember to reflect your hero’s change in their emotions. Then let their emotions drive action, to trigger consequences, which will compel further change.

Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

And there you have it! That’s how you write a character-driven plot.

So what do you say?

Give the wheel a spin.

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Your stories are worth telling. For tips on how to craft meaning, build character-driven plots, and grow as a writer, follow my blog.

When it comes to your writing, you are allowed to do the following:

Be proud of your work.

Have fun. 

Enjoy the process.

Celebrate milestones no matter what they are, whether that’s 100 words written in a day, 5k words finished this week, or a final draft.

Take breaks.

Rest.

Do other things that have nothing to do with writing.

Work as fast or as slow as you like.

Write “cliches”.

Outline.

Fly by the seat of your pants.

Partly-outline it and fly by the seat of your pants the rest of the way.

Rewrite.

Write to publish.

Write with no intention to publish.

Write for only yourself alone.

Feel free to add on!

It would be remiss of me, as an English history blog, not to post the goings-on of the Handforth parish town council.