me: this scene is so boring i wish i could write this other scene i’m really excited about instead
brain: you can
me: explain how
brain:
Tag: writing
10 AUs I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO READ
1. I need to get this rare book for my studies but you’re that asshole who didn’t bring it back for 3 weeks now and I check the library everyday for you AU
2. I try to shoplift my favourite sweets and tuck too much of them into my jacket but I bump into you and they all fall to the ground so I scream RUN RUN TAKE ALL YOU CAN CARRY and you do and we hide somewhere and share the prey AU
3. You’re sitting with a group of friends directly behind me at the movies but your annoying sarcastic comments on the film crack me up and you notice me laughing AU
4. I accompany my little cousin on halloween to go trick-or-treating but you won’t open the door although I know you’re at home and stinkin’ rich so I plot a revenge plan with all the kids from the neighbourhood AU
5. We are at an art exhibition and we stand in front of a big abstract painting for a long time until you say very calmly: ‘that’s definitely a penis.’ and we both start giggling and everybody’s staring at us AU
6. You’re a street artist and constantly paint on my nice house facade and everytime I have it cleaned again you come back and redo it until I finally catch you and oh heck you’re cute and actually talented AU
7. It’s too hot and too full in the tube and we stand too close together but oh you smell so heavenly and now I can’t get you out of my mind AU
8. You’re my tutor at university and I have a crush on you so I come late on purpose so you’ll notice me AU
9. You boom into my lectures with your annoying riot demo group and I want to make sure you won’t pass that class but you are tough and clever AU
10. You’re the first barista who finally wrote my name correctly so I’ll buy you a coffee and a muffin on your break AU
+Bonus: I’m so drunk and ring your doorbell at 3am because my ex used to live here AU
Happy Writing ♡
AU prompts: masterlist of lists
Okay so if you’re anything like me you see those lists of au ideas floating around and you like them but when it comes time to write something and you need an idea you have no idea what you tagged them as or if they’re buried somewhere in your likes so….have a list of some of the ones I’ve come across!
This is updated with new lists and fixed links fairly frequently so check back here if you’d like more!
(updated on december 29th, 2015)
themed:
- super long list of college aus
- more college aus
- super super long list divided into different themes
- even more college aus
- autumn aus
- it’s really cold outside aus
- meet-ugly
- art school aus
- femslash aus
- they know each other but don’t know that they know each other aus
- awkward first meeting aus
- MORE college aus
- airport related aus
- fake married/dating trope
- really long, sectioned au list (some random some themed)
- pub aus
- royal aus
- assassin aus
- opposites attract
- roommate aus
- party meet-funny aus
- rivalry to romance aus
- really competitive otp aus
- “we’re bad at dating” aus
- hot mess aus
- hot mess aus pt 2
- hot mess aus pt 3
- hot mess aus pt 4
- art major aus
- business aus
- some more college aus
- reincarnation aus
- height difference aus
- neighbor aus
- theater aus
- commuter aus
- science aus
- ridiculous sentence prompts
- high school aus
- single parent aus
- established relationship aus
- fantasy aus
- apartment aus
- mythological creatures au
- reverse fairy tales
- angsty otp aus
- ot3 prompts
- pretend to be NOT dating/married aus
- hogwarts aus
- “oh god i’m so sorry” aus
- bookstore aus
- disability aus
- halloween aus
- soulmate aus
- weather/seasonal aus
- road trip aus
- bed sharing aus
- sick!fic aus
- not-so-fluffy roadtrip aus
- aus for when your otp are both assholes
- friendship to romance
- more ot3 prompts
- “things are going terribly” christmas aus
- hidden relationship aus
- arranged marriage au starter sentences
- music major aus
- shippy roommate aus
- language aus
- christmas aus
lots more under the cut, the post was getting unwieldy
me: I’m just going to open up my WIP and maybe write a humble 500 words or so-
my brain: ok 50 words
me: no I said-
my brain: 10 words
me: no I’d really like to make some progress-
my brain: 0 words. reward yourself with netflix for opening the document
me: ok that sounds fair
Me: (reading my own WIP fic) man this is great. someone should finish this
I often wonder what happened to authors of unfinished fanfictions.
I hope they’re having a nice life
we absolutely are not and that unfinished fic haunts us to this day
*¼ through a fanfic* wait i’ve read this before
*2/4 through a fanfic* lol no i haven’t wtf is hapenning
* ¾ through fanfic* OMG I’VE READ THIS BEFORE
Alternatively:
*¼ through fanfic* Wow, this is a great, unique plot!
*½ through fanfic* Holy shit, what happens next??
*¾ through fanfic* I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THIS WILL BE RESOLVED!!!
*fanfic finished, kudos button mashed* AO3: You have already left kudos here. 🙂
Alternatively Alternatively:
*¼ through a fanfic* Oh man I forgot this part.
*½ through a fanfic* Oh man this is ramping up well!
*¾ through a fanfic* WHAT HAPPENS NEXT DAMMIT!
*checks author* The author is you.
# relatable
You are providing a vital life service when you do this and your magic ears are appreciated.
@ other writers: how the hell do you write short things????
I think it involves blood magic.
@ other writers: How in the hell do you write long things????
It definitely involves blood magic.
@ writers: how in the hell do you write
its blood magic all the way down
@ writers: How do you learn blood magic?
it definitely involves writing
*loud sobbing*
You bored, or feeling artsy but don’t have any inspiration…? *updated!*
Do you need to distract yourself? Or are you simply bored? Here are some great websites to make the time pass.
- create pixel art
- Awesome photo editor and art program, all free…!
- Totally free transparent textures
- make a cute chibi
- draw some cool generative art
- be a graffiti creator
- create a picassohead (you don’t need to be a picasso to do so)
- paint online
- another awsome site to create pixel art on
- and another one
- create your own mandala
- or color one
- create an avatar
- or you can try creating your own superhero
- here you can interact with organisms in different environments to see how to music changes
- here’s a website that translates the time into hexidecimal colours,
- Here is a website where you can travel along a 3D line into the infinite unkown
- here is a website where you can listen to rain with or without music
- Need a model in a certain pose for drawing? here
- Want to build your own planet
- here is a website where you can create your own galaxies
- make your own pattern (very useful if you need a new background)
- create next hit comic
- make a city which looks like something from 90′s games
- draw a mandala like design
- jig saw puzzles
- more jig saw puzzles to solve
- create a stunning HTML5 animation – no coding!
- make a movie
- create and dress up dolls
- play a piano
- you can also play a guitar
- create sounds
- another sound creator
- create a logo
- design your dream home
- sketch rooms
- explore fashion trends and create your own sets
- build a website
- try this app for building a website
- Or maybe start learning how to code!
- design your own t-shirt or a beanie or sweatpants and order them
- design your own phone case
- pretend to be a graphic designer with this cool online tool
- Make your own Glitch art
- Here’s another glitch art maker
- And another!
- Holy hell, here’s a third!
make an image look like it was created by a commodore 64
- freaking cool text generator!
- Easy to use word processor
- Make up really cool patterns or run your photos through it 🙂
- Write an essay on anything with no hassle
- Wanna see how something you write would look like if it was on JacksFilms YGS((Your Grammar Sucks videos on YouTube))?
- Make pictures out of text
- ASCII word generator
- Need an idea for some fanart-here 😀
Still haven’t found something that would float your boat? Try these:
- watch a documentary
- learn to code
- do something yourself
- workout with the help of this great youtube channels
- learn things
- play pokemon or zelda or other awesome old school games
- waste your time on miniclip
- play games at additing games
- or try games at agame
- calm your thoughts
- the quiet place
- it will be okay
- vent or listen to someone
- pour out your soul
- explore the sky
- look at art from around the world
- virtually visit museum of iraq
- explore world with arounder
- create a music playlist
- list through rare books
- scroll useful science website
- create sand art
- brain games
- try out tastekid and discover new favorite band or movie or book
- interactive 3D anatomy
- random street view
- post a secret
- create a family tree
- find our what’s the difference between x and y
- help scientists and become volunteer researcher
- create your own font
- read a classic short story
- In the mood to read, but not sure exactly what book to go for?
- scribble on maps
- listen to letters
- play with acrobots
- listen to podcasts
- make a bucket list
- Ever want to see the most truly useless websites in creation?
- Prank a friend with this blue screen of death!
- Zone out watching the colors drip down
Maybe none of these peeked your interest-maybe you’ve been wanting to create an o.c, but never really knew how to start-or you just enjoy making O.C’s….
This masterlist is to help you in making your own OCs….it can also apply to developing RP characters i suppose! (´ヮ`)!
How to Write Better OCs:
- basic tips on how to make your oc even better
- tragic backstory? learn how to write one/make yours great
- writing specific characters
- a wordier, great guide on how to develop your character
- kick out those vague descriptions and make them AWESOME
Character Development:
- how to actually make an OC
- Q&A (to develop characters)
- more Q&As
- giving your character a backstory
- how to write an attractive character
Need an Appearance idea?
- Humanoid generator? check
- Here’s another one
- and maybe if you didn’t like those this’ll work
- Need Monsterpeople?
- Well, then here ya’ go
- Maybe you need Cats?
Diversity
- adding more racial diversity
- avoiding tokenism, AKA, how to add diversity to your cast not just because you “need” it
- writing sexuality and gender expression (doesnt include non binary, if you have a good ref to that, please add on!)
- masterpost on writing more diversity into your story
- cultures of the world
- guides to drawing different ethnicities (not just a great art reference, but also really helpful in appearance descriptions!)
Mary Sue/Gary Stu
- Test to see if your character is a Sue
- Explains subdivisions of Sues/Stus
- Powerful Characters Don’t Have to Be Sues
Villains
- villain generator
- need an evil sounding name for your evil character? bam
- villain archetypes
- what’s your villain’s motive for being a villain?
Relationships
- character perceptions (What your character thinks of themselves and what others think of them)
- how to write strong relationships between two characters
- 8 ways to write better characters and develop their relationships with others
- OCxLove Interest Handbook
- develop your couple with good ol’ Q&A!
- how to write realistic relationships
- how to write relatives for your characters (this is more OC related to a canon character, but will help in writing family members in general)
ARCHETYPES
- 12 common archetypes
- 8 archetypes for male/female characters
- female archetypes (goes pretty indepth from two main categories)
- a list of archetypes
NAMES
APPEARANCE
- tips for better design
- basic appearance generator
- pinterest board for character design (includes NSFW and images of skeletons/exposed muscle (?) so tread carefully!)
- clothing ref masterpost
- Clothing generator
- Another clothing generator
- More clothing generator
- Aaaand even more
- Steam punk clothing
- Char Style preference
- Dress Generator
DETAILS
- give your character better powers
- a list of professions
- proactive vs reactive characters
- positive and negative traits
- interest generator
- skills generator
- motivation generator
- 123 ideas for character flaws
- list of phobias
- Oh shit someone died
- Backgrounds and stuff? yep
- Quirks
- Personality. you need that shit
- Need something fandom related?
- City generator hell yeah
- location? got ya
- World-building?
- make your own god damn laws
- Landscape.
Need Item names?
- Fantasy/sci-fi/etc. medicine names
- Stuff to make things more interesting.Weapons, clothes, treasures… whatever your characters need.
- Item & Artifact Generators
Other stuffs!
DUDES
YES THANK U KIND PERSON OMG
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