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I don't create characters on purpose, I listen to a single song and let the character concept scratch and claw its way out of my bones.
So this is the apps/sites I've used in the last couple of months.
I used Focus Writer for a while on my laptop, but it was only stored locally and didn't have anything for plotting/world building. For pure writing though I quite liked it.
Then I tried Reedsy Studio, which I really loved but doesn't have an offline option and it glitches a lot saying that you're offline when you're not. I did really like their plotting/world building tools, though they needed a bit of tweaking which is to be expected for a program that's still in beta. Once they sort out the glitches and bring out the offline option (which will be paid iirc, so will have to see what the pricing is) I might check it out again.
After that I wound up back on MS Word, which I'm happy with for now, although I am looking for a tool to track my writing goals.
For world building I use Obsidian. Not sure if I'll stick with it but I am kind of obsessed with the little chart it makes for you.
For screenwriting I use Trelby.
Hello fellow writers of Tumblr!
Does anyone feel like sharing the websites they use for writing or what apps? I know Google docs isn't the best, so I'm trying to expand my horizons a little. Would love to hear ya'll's recommendations!
The constant battle between the urge to write and the need to be functional the next day
Just wrote 355 words. Very proud of myself.
Just… could these little bursts of creativity come before 4am next time?
favourite things about first drafts:
square brackets with notes to self mid-line like [does this make sense with worldbuilding?]
ah yes, Main Character and their closest friends, Unnamed Character A and Unnamed Character B.
bullshitting your way through something that you probably definitely need to research later
also square brackets to link up scenes. [scene transition idk] my beloved
the total freedom of word vomits
"I'll fix that later"
the moment when the world and characters start to gain a life of their own
pieces falling into place as you write that you were uncertain about before you started
the accomplishment of Made A Thing
These are gorgeous!!!!
The ivory funnel scares me though
It’s the season of mushroom🍂
having a freeze response to stress is so funny in the context of normal adult stressors. millions of years of evolution are trying to tell me that the email will not find me if i stay very still and do nothing
sometimes you need dialogue tags and don't want to use the same four
romance is lame and overrated i love mentor/mentee relationships in fiction and especially when theyre sort of fucked up
I thought this was a comment on writing stories yourself versus giving a Gen AI a prompt. But yeah no I'd love a 100k (in money) so I can then work on reaching 100k (in word count).
so you want to be a writer aka someone who drinks lukewarm coffee at midnight while arguing with imaginary people, googles things like “how much blood loss is fatal” while eating snacks, gets emotionally attached to characters they’ll probably kill off, stares at a blank page for hours just to write one sentence and delete it immediately, has 27 unfinished projects but starts a new one anyway because it’s different this time, and spends more time daydreaming about interviews they’ll never give than actually writing—congratulations, you’re already halfway there.
Oh the chaos
this is so niche but I believe I've just peaked
It's kinda past the new year now but this is gorgeous
happy new year from the batch family <3
The liveshow honestly gives me so much joy
Finally watching the recording of the W359 liveshow, and:
I find it so funny that for the liveshow, they needed a time in the chronology when A) as many of the characters were together as possible, B) they all generally liked each other, and C) nothing too life-threatening was going on, and all they could come up with was 5 minutes during episode 26.
Zach Valenti's expressive little hand gestures are everything.
COMMANDER HILBERT.
The looks Minkowski gives Eiffel are exactly how I imagined them. She's so over it.
"I'm taking one of my frequent holidays away from the station," Hera says as she plops herself down a few feet away from the other two.
ZACH VALENTI MOVING BACK AND FORTH ON DIFFERENT SIDES OF EMMA SHERR-ZIARKO TO BE EIFFEL AND HILBERT-
He's running back and forth while they argue. This is great.
(loud noises that a space station probably shouldn't be making)
No one storms in like Isabel Lovelace.
Oh, you guys were NOT kidding about the Minlace shit. Lovelace pushing Eiffel out of the way so she can stand close enough to Minkowski to kiss her... the yuri is real.
Eiffel crossing over to where Hera is standing to talk to her...my heart.
They're both staring Eiffel down from either side as they lecture him.
And now Minkowski is pushing Eiffel out of the way to get closer to Lovelace. Sir, you are third-wheeling some badass lesbians right now, and I hope you know that.
Eiffel talking to himself (recording) vs. Eiffel talking to himself (tin can voice) vs. Eiffel talking to himself (Hilbert)
The fact that when Eiffel programs recordings of himself to talk to, they're arguing with him... really says something about his entire mindset.
LOVELACE, YOU ARE MY WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD.
Minkowski's so dramatic. She should have been onstage.
"Doctor", he says, referring to the blank space where he stands when he delivers his other set of lines.
Cecilia-Lynn Jacobs does an *excellent* job acting out Lovelace's sheer... Lovelace-ness.
Every time Minkowski and Lovelace give Eiffel twin disapproving looks, I gain two years back onto my life.
Minkowski's little giggle when Lovelace tells Eiffel off, and that smile she has going... this is the moment when she fell in love with her, I swear.
Seriously, her smirk is my everything. Emma Sherr-Ziarko deserves all the awards.
MINKOWSKI ACTING OUT THE RECORDINGS--
"SHUT UP, HILBERT." (Valenti sadly retreats to his Eiffel spot)
Lovelace looks *very* much like she's about to kiss Minkowski to shut her up. S4 is when I started shipping them, but their dynamic in S2 is also top-tier,
Minkowski walking off slowly in exasperation...
THE BOOK.
"Well, all right, I do." Renee Minkowski, I would do anything you asked without a moment's hesitation.
Her singing voice is SO musical theater. Seriously, she deserved to play Christine in Phantom of the Opera or something.
New headcanon: Eiffel wasn't joking and actually has a fuckload of DND dice on him at all times.
Aw, Eiffel has so much faith in Minkowski. He trusts her so much.
Minkowski's Lovelace impression scaring the shit out of Eiffel is funny on SO many levels.
Hera looks almost offended by this whole thing.
"Eiffel does bad Hilbert impression" will always be funny no matter how many times it happens.
Why does Eiffel's Minkowski voice sound like a Muppet-
I am not immune to Minkowski and Lovelace finishing each other's sentences. In S2 it mostly only happens when they're yelling at Eiffel, but still.
"The captain and I need a moment to... come up with some creative disciplinary action." Is that what the kids are calling it these days? (If I ever write that Minlace fic, I'm totally using that.)
Cutter is even more terrifying when you can see his face.
Minkowski is SO done. She cannot deal with one more thing today. Neither can Lovelace, honestly.
Minkowski and Cutter interacting will never not be the funniest shit ever to me, because they are on OPPOSITE ends to the "very literal" to "speaks entirely in niceties and metaphors" spectrum. The communication between Eiffel and the aliens was easier.
Minkowski's military face -
Ohhh, I don't like the way Cutter looks at Hera one bit.
The way the entire audience cringes when Cutter says "if I wanted the station to just stay in orbit, the Hephaestus would be run by a real person." Hera IS a real person, you motherfucker.
(aggressive Memoria flashbacks)
Cutter, you SHIT. Go get fucked.
(even more aggressive Memoria flashbacks)
(I need to relisten to Memoria)
(I will probably ruin my entire day and possibly my entire week if I relisten to Memoria)
My poor sweet Hera. She deserves the world.
So does Minkowski.
Eiffel, you poor idiot-- Even Cutter looks tired.
Cutter quoting Pryce and Carter is so funny considering he wrote the damn book.
Don't you dare touch him, Marcus Cutter. Stay far away from my communications officer.
Eiffel, you goddamn idiot. I love you but Jesus Christ.
The bit where Eiffel puts his head down in the corner and then stumbles back out to the girls --
"It's like we were there!" Isabel Sofia Lovelace, never change.
When Cutter laughs, my heartbeat shoots UP.
The girls' looks at the moment can best be described as "God save me from Doug Eiffel", "hopefully Cutter doesn't follow through on that threat to decomission me" and "of course he fucked everything up", respectively.
Minkowski almost looks proud of her moron now. Lovelace still looks over it.
Minkowski putting her hand on Eiffel's back- they're my awful friends and I love them.
(disgruntled Russian growl)
Lovelace patting Eiffel on the shoulder while telling him he did a good job is delightful.
Aww, Minkowski and Eiffel friendship moment!
Utter darkness. That was a great use of my hour. Highly recommend.
Reblog if you're a writer who re-reads their own work for funsies.
Hazards of being in space I guess
oh my god why does this silly little radio man keep floating away into space
Time Travel Fix-It-Fic idea where a Bad Ending happens, but then one of the characters is magically sent to the beginning of the story. it seems like they're the only one who's been sent back in time and they're like "Huh, is this my second chance? I have to try my best to fix everything! I have to do it on my own though, if I tell anyone else that I've lived a future with [Bad Ending], they would never believe me" so they try to push things toward a better outcome while staying secretive about the time travel thing. but it turns out that every character was sent back in time and everyone is trying on their own to fix the situation, but all of them think they're the only one who was sent back in time and that they have to hide it from the others, so they're all being secretive from each other and trying to act normal while fixing everything and they all have different ideas of what "fixing everything" even means and all of them are stupid and it just devolves into everything being worse
like this
Horrifying idea, but not entirely unrealistic
Idk if Star Wars already did this but what if there was a Jedi during the clone wars that just had their medics euthanize wounded clones
Stills and closeups under the cut, including the beard & glass Jeff Goldblum look 😏
hey if you're a UK resident can you sign this petition and if not please rb to spread the word
this is an official UK government petition that they have to respond to if it reaches 10,000 signatures
this is so so important to me and mine, and I'm asking you to Do Something so I'll respect your time and keep it brief
in the UK, if 100k sign a a government petition it will be brought to Parliament and debated. y'all know this country is suffering from some 80s-style bigotry right now, and this is one symptom: almost 200k fuckholes have come together to force the government to discuss whether it is 'appropriate' to tell children that queer people exist. this is a big symbolic victory for them. and i am burning with fury.
please, if you're from the UK, sign this counter-petition so they can at least see how much of a minority they are. simply put, the attempt to put these bastards in their place isn't gathering enough steam. there are barely 2000 more signatures now than there were this morning (27th January 2023), and that isn't enough. i refuse to let these people feel even a moment of victory or satisfaction. please help.
polish government has opened a website for ukrainians seeking safety and trying to cross the ukrainian-polish border:
ua.gov.pl
as of 13:10 polish time, it has been said as many people as possible will be let through the borders. they are also supposed to let through children who do not have passports, as to not divide families.
My amazing boyfriend is now a poet
Random Rhymes #1
Axolotls are cute because they wear baby suit