If Your Plot Feels Flat, STUDY It! Your Story Might Be Lacking...

If your plot feels flat, STUDY it! Your story might be lacking...

Stakes - What would happen if the protagonist failed? Would it really be such a bad thing if it happened?

Thematic relevance - Do the events of the story speak to a greater emotional or moral message? Is the conflict resolved in a way that befits the theme?

Urgency - How much time does the protagonist have to complete their goal? Are there multiple factors complicating the situation?

Drive - What motivates the protagonist? Are they an active player in the story, or are they repeatedly getting pushed around by external forces? Could you swap them out for a different character with no impact on the plot? On the flip side, do the other characters have sensible motivations of their own?

Yield - Is there foreshadowing? Do the protagonist's choices have unforeseen consequences down the road? Do they use knowledge or clues from the beginning, to help them in the end? Do they learn things about the other characters that weren't immediately obvious?

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3 months ago

Ok, I've seen this sentiment before, but the amount of Kindle Unlimited ads I've been seeing is forcing me to repeat it-

Kindle Unlimited is offering two free months of unlimited ebooks. As a trial. Which will then become a paid subscription.

Your local library is offering unlimited ebooks all the time. Forever. No contracts, no predatory practices, no tracking of how long you spend on each particular page in the hopes that information about your habits can be sold for a profit.

Use your library. They want so badly to give you all of the things for free.


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6 months ago

fifty questions for rook

(no spoilers!)

veilguard is finally here yall!!!!! and now a set of character building questions for rook, because i wanna know all about them! there will be more question lists as I play the game, but those will be marked with spoilers and under a readmore for the next sixty days

1. How old is Rook?

2. How did Rook get the nickname? What do they think of it?

3. What was Rook’s life before their faction?

4. Which faction did they join, and why? How long has it been?

5. What was life like for Rook before joining the Veilguard?

6. What was the reason that brought Rook to Minrathous?

7. Why does Rook agree to join the Veilguard?

8. What makes Rook a good leader?

9. What is Rook like on the battlefield?

10. Does Rook know their history? Do they know of the HoF, Hawke, the Inquisitor?

11. Does Rook keep up with current events? (How aware of the situation are they at the start of the game?)

12. Does Rook have any family? Do they keep in touch?

13. Did Rook bring any trinkets/sentimental items to The Lighthouse?

14. What does Rook see when they look in the mirror?

15. What’s the first thing people notice when Rook enters a room?

16. Got any tattoos? What’s the story behind them?

17. How’d Rook get those scars?

18. Their fondest childhood memory:

19. What is Rook’s love language? What love languages do they respond best to?

20. What’s it like to see them smile? Their laugh?

21. What does Rook’s voice sound like? One of the voice options available, or do they have a different accent/voicecast?

22. Most embarrassing memory as a teenager:

23. What does Rook wear in the off hours? Do they like dressing up?

24. Does Rook have any nightly rituals before bed?

25. How does Rook like to spend their free time?

26. Rook is in charge of the grocery list. What’s on it?

27. When was the last time they cried?

28. Does Rook have any pets/animal companions?

29. Any vices?

30. What is Rook’s class? Did they choose it?

31. What specialization does Rook pursue? What called them to it?

32. How would a desire demon tempt Rook?

33. What do fear demons look like to Rook?

34. How does Rook begin their day?

35. Ultimate comfort food meal:

36. What would Rook say are their flaws?

37. Does Rook ascribe to a faith?

38. Did Rook have any relationships before Veilguard?

39. What is their room at The Lighthouse like?

40. Describe Rook’s bed:

41. What’s on their nightstand?

42. Something Rook regrets:

43. Is Rook the type to gossip?

44. What is Rook really good at?

45. Who was Rook’s closest friend before joining the Veilguard?

46. What does it take to earn Rook’s trust?

47. What’s Rook’s temper like?

48. A color, flower, animal, and weather to describe Rook:

49. What will always make them laugh?

50. Are they a mystery, or an open book?

+1 What does Rook smell like?

4 months ago

stop paying for shit you can pirate

this (OceanOfPDF) is a good website for pirating books thats a lot easier than looking for vk epubs, there are pdfs and epubs for a LOT of books and the site is the easiest to use and most comprehensive of the ones that I've found

the free kindle app (don't pay for amazon kindle) lets you send these files to all of you devices with the kindle app at the same time, you can use this site or find the email addresses for your devices in your amazon account (this is amazon tutorial for how to use the send to kindle email), the files are identical to ebooks that you buy for kindle, you can also upload any epub or pdf files from your device to google books and read them there exactly the same

this (12 Foot) is a good site for reading any articles that are behind a paywall for free, not sure it if works with academic journals and papers but it definitely works for stuff like the nyt

this (the Pirates Bay) is the classic and one of the best sites for pirating movies, tv shows, video games, books, and more, you will need to have a torrent installed to download and use these files, I use utorrent (free)

this (the internet archive) is a site that's good for a lot of stuff, its a nonproft free library type program, the book downloads do not work with the kindle app even if the file type is correct but the pdfs can be opened normally with any pdf reader

this is a cracked spotify apk, I think this one might be for android only and this is a link to spotiflyer which is an app that lets you pirate songs from spotify, youtube, and a few others to put on an mp3 player or flashdrive or cd or just to have them downloaded but separate from the spotify app, works on android, windows and mac

this is a very detailed step by step tutorial on getting ALL of the sims 4 dlc for free (it takes a LONG time to download the actual dlc, set aside at least 12 hours where you won't need to restart or turn off your computer but it works perfectly) you will need a torrent and file extractor but the tutorial links to reliable free apps for both

8 months ago

Emergency kitty vet commissions:

Emergency Kitty Vet Commissions:
Emergency Kitty Vet Commissions:

Hello everybody! I've taken my cat Sabrina to the vet recently and i need to cover for some blood test and ultrasound bills( it was probably the priciest thing) I will probably need a couple more visits, so i'm opening some extra commissions slots ahead of time!

My pricelist and tip jar:

Tips: hipolink.me/needlesslycryptic/tips

Please follow the links below to access all options, if you don't see an option you want on the price list please dm me and we can discuss it.

23 usd portrait: https://hipolink.me/needlesslycryptic/products/23-usd-portrait

27 usd portrait(with hand): https://hipolink.me/needlesslycryptic/products/27-usd-portrait-with-hand

40 usd chest-up portrait with bg: https://hipolink.me/needlesslycryptic/products/40-usd-single-character-chest-up

55 usd waist-up with bg: hipolink.me/needlesslycryptic/products/55-usd-waist-up--with-background-

60 usd 3 character portraits : hipolink.me/needlesslycryptic/products/3-character-group-commission

80 usd 4 character portraits : hipolink.me/needlesslycryptic/products/4-character-group-commission

84 usd 2 character waist-ups: hipolink.me/needlesslycryptic/products/2-character-waist-up-commission

84 usd tarot card : https://hipolink.me/needlesslycryptic/products/84-usd-tarot-card-commission

98 usd 5 character group: https://hipolink.me/needlesslycryptic/products/5-character-group-commission

Thanks so much for reading this and please boost this if you can!

I also take full body commissions but the price depends on complexity. Please dm me about that option if you're interested in.

7 months ago
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1 month ago

It’s May Day

you know what that means. it’s also international workers day!

highly recommend picking up the following books from our collection!

Cover image of the book “Out in the Union: A Labor History of Queer America" by Miriam Frank

Out in the Union: A Labor History of Queer America by Miriam Frank

Cover image of the book “My Desire for History: Essays in Gay,  Community, and Labor History” by Allan Bérubé

My Desire for History: Essays in Gay, Community, and Labor History by Allan Bérubé

cover image of the book “Queer Career: Sexuality and Work in Modern America” by Margot Canaday

Queer Career: Sexuality and Work in Modern America by Margot Canaday

4 months ago
Messy Little Hands Drawings

Messy Little Hands Drawings

Has 40 swatches, most are infant scribbles, some are toddler!

Mesh re-color, Plutosims mesh!

If you cannot see all the swatches, place it down and then change the color swatch!

All of our CC can be found by typing “ Donut ” into the search bar!

(recolor of Pluto Sims art attack posters)

Link back to Pluto Sims original object ORIGINAL CREATION

Meant to be used with Pluto Sims posters but this does include the mesh with it. (Thanks to the creator being very generous so please check them out!)

This is just a recolor and all credit goes back to Pluto Sims from whence the original idea came from.  

Name: Donut Co. Messy Little Hands Drawings

Buymode description: As soon as they can wiggle, giggle, and play; All the littles want to draw! With all little hands and teeny tiny brushes, we made sure you can display your littlest ones drawings! Even babies like to mush paint about, so why can’t they? We say no more! Be amazed, as all those teeny tiny hands can learn to clap, while you display their first masterpieces! Now, who has a babywipe?  

Will be releasing more content soon! stay tuned! ❤️

(NOT affiliated with EA or Maxis in any way! We just make CC! )

Download: Curseforge- https://legacy.curseforge.com/sims4/build-buy/donut-co-messy-little-hands-drawings Googledrive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_WthBMFLdnAFo26psfC6VJZ7-CN2rw4h/view

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/83878090?pr=true


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8 months ago

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