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Because Someone Needs To: A Guide to Writing Characters Who are Over 30 Part One, Ending Relationships

First, let me start by saying this isn’t because I don’t value young writers. By contrast, I’ve met a lot of writers who are churning out better stuff at 16 than people in their forties. That’s why I’m doing this. It’s not skill that makes people who are younger unable to write people who are older, it’s just experience. So I’ll be writing some pointers. If you have specific questions, just ask, I’ll get to them.

Problem One: ″Well I’m friends with all my exes…″

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posted 1 month ago by drakonlily and tagged as breaking up is hard to do adulting how to write someone over 30 htwpo30 writing
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The Wutai Project →

askveld:

Since I’ve written what’s linked above I’ve gotten into a lot of really interesting conversations about what other fans think the culture of Wutai would be like. Everyone’s ideas are extremely interesting and in places, very inter-sectional. To that end, I am going to start the Wutai Project this fall. 

Basically I’m going to make an AO3 collection for fan made resources like the one linked above. Maps, music, myths, and studies would be included. I’d then be able to point to this as a joint resource when either I, or someone else, wants to write fic. If you’d like to help out, or be included, or have any ideas, let me know! Everyone will get full credit, since it’ll be submitted on AO3 and linked a lot in my journal/tumblr. 

The only thing I’d ask is that you try to not contradict other “sources”, instead work with them. This way no one using this resource will run into confusion. 

More discussion to come! I’ll probably want to skype about it the weekend before Otakon. I really encourage everyone to try to participate. No one’s canon is “too silly” or small or anything. I really would love to see a ton of folks involved. 

posted 10 months ago by drakonlily via askveld and tagged as fanfic wutai writing
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Dear Hojo:

jar0fstars:

Baby, thinking about the bulk of your tert-butoxide in my olefin has me diene. C’mon, dealkylate my little toulene until it’s aromatic—I want to feel your lone pair bumping against my conjugation. Mm, I could just pull out your ketone and tautomerize it enol night long.

Tell me my electronegativity gives you a dipole moment. Flip my halide and substitute me with a back side attack. Your hydrolysis will open my cyclic ester every time until you leave me quivering in a mess of carboxylic acid

I’m hybridized for your orbitals: give me your pi bond and I’ll show you all my resonance structures.

~Lucy

Everything is beautiful and nothing hurts.

posted 11 months ago by drakonlily via jar0fstars and tagged as Stuff Drak makes me write Why can't I quit you? Science porn Talking nerdy This is a sickness Think of the children Run away writing Crack
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Trying to Invent Perpetual Motion: Gee, I don't know how to research writing Characters of Color tastefully: →

nellasaur:

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missturdle:

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posted 1 year ago by drakonlily via elementalsight and tagged as writing racism privilege oppression oppression reduction awareness fantasy science fiction
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How Shadow of the Colossus Taught me Empathy

gamessavedmylife:

Akshay Mathew relives a playthrough of Shadow of the Colossus that affected him so profoundly that he turned off the console before the last Colossus. Spoilers for Shadow of the Colossus. 

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posted 1 year ago by drakonlily via pinkpillsanity and tagged as shadow of the colossus empathy writing
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sanguinesaint asked:
( That would be lovely. :] )

In response to a request for Vincent/Veld things! I love to share the love so here it is:

There’s my AO3 account, my ladyfriend’s AO3 (filtered here), and I started a very small Deviant Art group

I’m also slowly working on a website and I have a Dreamwidth for fanfic

The Ask Vincent Valentine tumblr is one of my RP partners, so they’re pretty Vineld leaning.

And then there’s this fic that I like. Hope you enjoy and feel free to ask for requests or anything.

posted 1 year ago by drakonlily and tagged as writing vineld
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