Thank you so much to everyone for entering! There were an abundance of beautiful, quality blogs in contention, and Kajal ( @prongsxdoe ) and I wish we could give awards to all of you (◕ᴗ◕✿) After looong contemplation:
murtlap: best writing - you soothe our souls :’) winner:@mxrcusflint
fwooper: best newcomer* - who are you? freaking awesome, that’s who (for under 500 followers and/or 6 months) winner:@howlingremus runner ups: @lunalocegood,@aurorarsinistra
bowtruckle: nicest blogger - pickett no further explanation necessary winner:@aliciavspinnet runner ups: @themalfoyboy
demiguise: best multifandom - you saw the different directions and you took all of them good for you winner:@visenyatargaeryn runner up: @inkdeaths
Summary: “People say you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone. Truth is, you knew what you had, you just never thought you’d lose it.“ Lance is forced to leave something behind; Keith tries desperately to replace it in the only way he knows how. [x]
Lance tries to cope with losing his tail, and Keith realises the lengths he’s willing to go to make things right. Meanwhile, all the powers that be are shifting their pieces.
Finally, the emotional pay-off chapter in times for Valentines day!! - there’s actually going to be 17 chapters now haha. This was really hard for me to write, I’m stressed that after such a long narrative journey it’s flat and not emotional enough. I really hope you enjoy and aren’t too disappointed ahhh…emotionally it’s. we’ve been building to this for a while.
if you’re still here 200K+ later, I’m. so so grateful for your endless patience and the fact you still bother to read.. i’m. thank you so much. I love you guys. If you have any feedback at all, crit etc, I’ll be forever grateful!
We’ve all been there. Some people have it all the time. Some say it doesn’t exist. I class writer’s block as anything from lack of motivation to not being able to solve a plot problem. Whatever it is, here’s a list of activities to try and get those creative rivers running.
Move. Pick up your laptop and go to a different room. They say a change is as good as a rest and this can be true with writing. Move to the kitchen. Write outside. Go to a coffee shop. Sit in the cupboard under the stairs and block out the world. Just change up the scenery.
Swap Medium. If words just aren’t doing it for you make aesthetics, mood boards, draw maps or characters. Victoria Aveyard once said she designed book covers and let the plot stew in the back of her mind.
Write Something Else. Working on other projects can give you inspiration for what you’re working on now. Find some prompts. Write irrelevant short stories or character studies. Write about your characters as kids or at defining points in their lives.
Plot. Hands off the keyboard, open up one of those many unused notebooks I know you have and start scribbling vague, half formed ideas. Allow yourself to write things you might discard later. Allow yourself to try and work through an idea you like but don’t understand yet. Try and work out the next 10 steps. 10 things you want to cover. 10 scenes. 10 days. Whatever it is, just write it down.
20 Minutes Rule. I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again. Sit your butt down in that chair and write for 20 minutes. I don’t care if it’s trash. I don’t care if you’re going to delete it all later. I don’t care if it’s nonsense. Do it. 20 minutes of writing nonsense is still more productive than 20 minutes staring at that wall. After 20 minutes if you still don’t want to write, leave it, but you just might find yourself inspired.
Finally, Take Time Off. If none of this is working, it’s likely a sign of burn out. Take some time for yourself and just do nothing. “Write every single day,” yeah sure if you wont to be a machine who pumps out words instead of art. Sometimes you need to recharge before you move forward and that doesn’t just mean getting a good nights sleep. Look after yourself and be kind. This isn’t a race against the clock, you have your whole life to publish a book.
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Ohhh I definitely need to do this. I’ve been in a slump lately and maybe it’s just that I haven’t been able to actually sit and write something that I enjoy telling. Maybe some of these things can help me spark some inspiration and new ideas in general! I should try typing in a coffee shop though cause I think that’s what’s throwing me off is not having a change in where I type ;w;
