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Eliwood S. Gheist @eliwoodsgheist.com · 20h

Happy #WIPSnips 14 - Ultimate!

From my werewolf romantasy, EYES SHINE SILVER IN MOONLIGHT. Luke's deep in his "I won't say I'm in love" angst, and his bff Ramsey is wingmanning as hard as she can.

“You bribe me with my favorite drink,” Luke groaned. “And now you want me to play this childish game of who likes who?”

“Honestly, I came here to help you feel better after you had to deal with your dad." Ramsey leaned back in her chair. “I didn’t realize you were this far in the self-denial thing.”

“It’s irrelevant,” Luke said firmly, lifting his head again. “One, this job is temporary. Two, the feud is not.”

“Feuds end all the time."

“This one isn’t going anywhere,” Luke insisted. “And three, she’s not interested.”

“Four, full moon in three days,” Ramsey said, her lips curling into a grin. “Moonlust, my man. It’s the ultimate icebreaker.”

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Orchid Memoria 💎🐉 @khemia.moe · 20h

Good morning, jewels!

The dragon is especially sleepy today since random noises kept waking her up. I'm going to need something way stronger than coffee to get through the day.

Speaking of coffee. You still on for that coffee and donut date?
💎🐉

#vtuber #vsky

Orchid sideeying the viewer with a wide smile.

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Blue @bluetomoshibi.bsky.social · 2d

Shouri: Yes, she's the cool big sister
Taika: Yes, they should probably be in prison, or executed.
Pacifica: No
Rebecca: No

Holly: No

Arlo: No
Linh: Yes, they sure are mermaids

Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · 3d

Does your MC have any siblings? Are they part of the story? What are they like? #WritingPrompt

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Blue @bluetomoshibi.bsky.social · 1d

Happy tri-tail Tuesday Blueskyers!

Chapter 229 of my original novel is now up! 💙📚

Find out what happens next in today's update - available FREE on Royal Road: www.royalroad.com/fiction/7478...

Please help me spread the word! Re-posts massively appreciated!!

#WritingCommunity
#Author
#WritersLift

Pruned Trees Re-Sprout!! ~ Ragazza Volpe Magica ~

"Challenging the status quo on your own is impossible, isn't it?"In the rhythm-blessed realm of Riterra, Maestro Shouri leads an aimless life. To choose a Resonator is no simple task, and a world less...

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Eliwood S. Gheist @eliwoodsgheist.com · 21h

Happy #PlotTober 14!

I am a little torn about ending Below Bludeye Beach; it's book 3 of a planned set of 4, but I've tried to make each book feel like its own adventure, self contained. I have an ending in mind where the characters grow and save the day; but I also keep debating...

Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · 1d

#PlotTober Day 14: Story endings

Answer the prompt on the card by quoting this post. Remember, answering a prompt is always optional. Even if you don't share it publicly, I hope the prompt encourages you to think about it privately.

#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #WriteSky

#PlotTober - a WIP plotting game by @gunsmile.bsky.social

14. Now that you have some ideas of your story's beginning and the main character's goals & growth, can you come up with a few different story endings that would be satisfying for a reader?

Remember: Use the #PlotTober hashtag, engage with others, and have fun!

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Prof Emily but Spoopier Now @professoremily.bsky.social · 1d

#PlotTober 13

Beginnings! So I've already written a first chapter a long time ago (though it needs to be rewritten now that I have a better grasp on the world). We're starting off at the literal beginning for the twins: their birth.

Their father Elisgood Blake is only just starting to become 🧵

Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · 2d

#PlotTober Day 13: Story beginnings

Answer the prompt on the card by quoting this post. Remember, answering a prompt is always optional. Even if you don't share it publicly, I hope the prompt encourages you to think about it privately.

#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #WriteSky

#PlotTober - a WIP plotting game by @gunsmile.bsky.social

13. Let's begin brainstorming the main plot points of our WIPs. Knowing what you know of your main character(s), what are a few potential ways you could begin their story?

Remember: Use the #PlotTober hashtag, engage with others, and have fun!

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Samantha Boo-reaux @woodenvelt.bsky.social · 1d

#PlotTober 13

We are starting off in transit. Wren, Spencer, Bruce, and Molly are going to be on a coach leaving the city. They are going to stop for the night in a small town, rent rooms in an Inn, then sneak out to throw off a tail.

#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #Wrencer

Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · 2d

#PlotTober Day 13: Story beginnings

Answer the prompt on the card by quoting this post. Remember, answering a prompt is always optional. Even if you don't share it publicly, I hope the prompt encourages you to think about it privately.

#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #WriteSky

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Teresa @dimreaper.bsky.social · 1d

The story opens with Atl preparing for the tournament where he will fight the other candidates to the death for the crown. He gets outed as trans, and must make the decision to go through with the tournament anyway even without support from the Hive, only the drones, and he plans to die+
#PlotTober

Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · 2d

#PlotTober Day 13: Story beginnings

Answer the prompt on the card by quoting this post. Remember, answering a prompt is always optional. Even if you don't share it publicly, I hope the prompt encourages you to think about it privately.

#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #WriteSky

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Hiria Dunning @hiriadunning.bsky.social · 1d

#PlotTober
Oh god........
So I do have this one ending in mind already. I'm scared of posting it because I might piss some people off. At the same time, given the character arcs as I've outlined them so far, and the rules of the world as I've established them, I kinda feel like I have to...
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Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · 1d

#PlotTober Day 14: Story endings

Answer the prompt on the card by quoting this post. Remember, answering a prompt is always optional. Even if you don't share it publicly, I hope the prompt encourages you to think about it privately.

#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #WriteSky

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SkarabraeAuthor @skarabraeauthor.bsky.social · 21h

#OctoberWorldbuilders

14. A strategy for winning tournaments in Re: Shattered Memories is pushing your opponent outside of the ring.

#WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity

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SkarabraeAuthor @skarabraeauthor.bsky.social · 21h

Armand from I Only Love My Greatest Enemy is a moroi, a living vampire. When he dies, he'll turn into a strigoi, an undead vampire. The other strigoi expect him to join vampire society then. Armand has other plans.

#WritingPrompt #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity

Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · 1d

Spooky season is upon us! Tell me about your Vampires 🧛 #WritingPrompt

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Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · 1d

Spooky season is upon us! Tell me about your Vampires 🧛 #WritingPrompt

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 1d

the protagonist isn't always the hero. they are just the person the book is about. sometimes authors write books about people who are bad and it does not mean that the author is bad

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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SkarabraeAuthor @skarabraeauthor.bsky.social · 21h

#AwesomeCharacters

For each of my MCs in Re: Shattered Memories:
Dante: Yes but barely. Updates his account once a month if even that.

Augusta: Uses it often. Mostly posts political news.

Millia: Doesn't use it.

Robert: Ran out of space.

Janek: See a

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Charlie Delta (has been a ghost this whole time! 👻) @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

For the sake of this hypothetical, your characters have social media in their world.

Do they use it? What kind of things are they posting about? Pictures, video, or text? What do they have as a profile pic?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Charlie Delta (has been a ghost this whole time! 👻) @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 1d

Fox made an account once, but has never posted. She sometimes lurks. Her profile picture is the default image because she never changed it.

Av'ry posts a lot of selfies and landscape shots of the (non-secret) places they visit. His pfp is a carefully selected picture of himself.

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Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · 1d

#WIPSnips

Hellfire is barely a metaphor now. They use it, mainly, for light. Seems there is a connection between the Director of Infernal Resources and it, though.

Interesting...

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmWriting

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Charlie Delta (has been a ghost this whole time! 👻) @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

For the sake of this hypothetical, your characters have social media in their world.

Do they use it? What kind of things are they posting about? Pictures, video, or text? What do they have as a profile pic?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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SkarabraeAuthor @skarabraeauthor.bsky.social · 21h

#PlotTober Day 14: Story endings

Well, Re: Shattered Memories is years, possibly decades, from ending. So, I'll talk about the story of mine that has ended: Accountant Isekai. Its ending is designed to be as humorous as possible, as it is a comedy.

#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #WriteSky

Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · 1d

#PlotTober Day 14: Story endings

Answer the prompt on the card by quoting this post. Remember, answering a prompt is always optional. Even if you don't share it publicly, I hope the prompt encourages you to think about it privately.

#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #WriteSky

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Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · 1d

Daemrin's social media is just the stupidest fucking pictures of him at the gym, him at the gun range, drinking and hanging out with his friends, his spaceship, and (much later) some couple photos of him and Lex but in that dumb jock frat boy way.

Charlie Delta (has been a ghost this whole time! 👻) @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

For the sake of this hypothetical, your characters have social media in their world.

Do they use it? What kind of things are they posting about? Pictures, video, or text? What do they have as a profile pic?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · 1d

#PlotTober Day 14: Story endings

Answer the prompt on the card by quoting this post. Remember, answering a prompt is always optional. Even if you don't share it publicly, I hope the prompt encourages you to think about it privately.

#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #WriteSky

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Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · 21h

I, too, will keep my answer today vague. SpaceWIP Book 1 will end with Daemrin coming to terms with his brother's death, completing the Trial of Succession, and marrying Lex. Lex, too, will overcome certain fears and things that hold her back to make an irreversible choice. #PlotTober

Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · 1d

#PlotTober Day 14: Story endings

Answer the prompt on the card by quoting this post. Remember, answering a prompt is always optional. Even if you don't share it publicly, I hope the prompt encourages you to think about it privately.

#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #WriteSky

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SkarabraeAuthor @skarabraeauthor.bsky.social · 21h

Well, in Re: Shattered Memories, there is falconry. Which is fun for some people and seen as a dating activity.

#ttrpg #authors #gamemasters #worldbuilding #storydevelopment #writingcommunity #writersky #writingprompts

Kiki Lee | Author ✒️ 🩷💜💙 @kikilegendlore.bsky.social · 23h

Authors and Gamemasters, today's world building question!

What fun and unique social activities exist in your world?

#ttrpg #authors #gamemasters #worldbuilding #storydevelopment #writingcommunity #writersky #writingprompts

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Kiki Lee | Author ✒️ 🩷💜💙 @kikilegendlore.bsky.social · 23h

Authors and Gamemasters, today's world building question!

What fun and unique social activities exist in your world?

#ttrpg #authors #gamemasters #worldbuilding #storydevelopment #writingcommunity #writersky #writingprompts

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SkarabraeAuthor @skarabraeauthor.bsky.social · 21h

Well, in Re: Shattered Memories, Dante would like to tell the others about the modern world.

#ttrpg #authors #gamemasters #characterinsporation #characterdevelopment #characterquestion #writingcommunity #writersky #writingprompt

Kiki Lee | Author ✒️ 🩷💜💙 @kikilegendlore.bsky.social · 23h

Writers and TTRPG Players, today's character question!

What's the one conversation that your character would like to have with a party member?

#ttrpg #authors #gamemasters #characterinsporation #characterdevelopment #characterquestion #writingcommunity #writersky #writingprompt

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Kiki Lee | Author ✒️ 🩷💜💙 @kikilegendlore.bsky.social · 23h

Writers and TTRPG Players, today's character question!

What's the one conversation that your character would like to have with a party member?

#ttrpg #authors #gamemasters #characterinsporation #characterdevelopment #characterquestion #writingcommunity #writersky #writingprompt

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