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- Unsplash - photography, illustration, and art
- Pixabay - same as unsplash
- Pexels - stock photos and videos
- Stockvault.net - stock photos
- freepngimg - icons, pictures and clipart
- Veceezy - vectors and clipart
- Kissclipart and kissPNG - more vectors and clipart (often transparent!)
- Getdrawings - simplistic images and drawing tutorials
- Gumroad - photoshop brushes (and more)
- Canva - needs login but has lots of templates
- Library of Congress - historical posters and photos
- NASA - you guessed it
- Creative Commons - all kinds of stuff, homie
- Even Adobe has some free images
There are so many ways to make moodboards, bookcovers, and icons without infringing copyright! As artists, authors, and other creatives, we need to be especially careful not to use someone else’s work and pass it off as our own.
Please add on if you know any more sites for free images <3
Thanks for the information!!
I will reblog this everytime i see it
Ok so while we’re at this, I just checked out Unsplash, and it’s an AMAZING site for free images?
cannot stress enough if you have chest hair how important it is to unbutton your shirt enough to show it off
WIP Wednesday!
I've been working on a couple of things this week, but for now I'll post some of the third chapter of the Kenrick/Toni fanfic, Under Haveren's Moon
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How to Fix Underwriting
1. Slow down at emotionally important moments.
Big emotions need space to land. If a scene feels rushed, pause the plot briefly to show how the moment affects the character.
2. Add reactions, not explanations.
Instead of explaining what a character feels, show it through physical responses, hesitation, or small actions that reveal emotion naturally.
3. Ground every scene in the senses.
If a scene feels thin, add one or two sensory details—sound, texture, smell, or temperature—to make the moment feel lived-in.
4. Let thoughts interrupt action.
A line of internal thought can deepen a scene without slowing it too much. Thoughts show stakes, fear, longing, or conflict beneath the action.
5. Expand consequences, not events.
You don’t need more things to happen—you need to show what matters. Focus on how events change relationships, decisions, or self-perception.
6. Strengthen setting where emotion peaks.
The environment should echo or contrast the emotion of the scene. Setting is not decoration—it’s emotional reinforcement.
7. Add specific details instead of general ones.
Underwriting often relies on vague language. Swap “they argued” for one sharp line of dialogue or a specific breaking point.
8. Let dialogue breathe.
Short dialogue exchanges without pauses can feel flat. Add beats—silence, gestures, interruptions—to give the conversation weight.
9. Show transitions between scenes.
If scenes jump too quickly, readers feel disoriented. A brief transition helps establish time, mood, and emotional continuity.
10. Clarify stakes early in the scene.
If readers don’t know what can be lost, scenes feel empty. Make sure the character wants something specific and fears losing it.
11. Use the “what are they feeling right now?” check.
After each major beat, ask what emotion is dominant in that moment. If it’s missing on the page, the scene is likely underwritten.
12. Expand scenes that feel “too clean.”
If a scene resolves too neatly or quickly, it probably needs more tension. Messy emotions and unresolved feelings add depth.
Trying to get better about sharing my posted works here, and possibly some WIPS bc I fell off of that and I think it hurt some of my motivation for the longer fics I'm writing. Set myself a goal to get the first draft of an original novel completed this year, as well as work towards 200k words posted on AO3. I am unsure of how realistic these goals are, but here we go.
Just posted my first fic of the new year on AO3! TPK continues to rot in my brain. So, here's the link: Throw Her on the Pile has spoilers up to episode 114 of campaign one of The Players Keep. I am still working on chapter 10 of All Things End, and chapter 3 of Under Haveren's Moon.
Love you all~
credit: @redbeantofu on twt
Meanwhile, he's thinking about all the things they could do together... 😏😏😏
( a collection of too close for 'just friends' prompts. adjust phrasing as necessary.) feel free to make edits to better suit your muse.
- They’ve always hugged, but lately those hugs linger just a beat too long.
- Sharing a bed during a trip—neither of them sleeps much because they’re too aware of the other’s presence.
- Accidentally slipping into couple habits (buying each other food, remembering their exact coffee order, fixing their collar, etc.).
- Friends teasing them for acting like a couple… and both of them freezing because it hits a little too close.
- One notices the other’s dating profile and feels irrationally territorial.
- The line between “friendly banter” and “flirting” has gotten blurry.
- A partner/bystander points it out bluntly: “You know they’re in love with you, right?”
- A fight about boundaries—because one of them wants more, but is terrified of losing the friendship.
- A drunken kiss that neither of them can stop thinking about.
- Everyone else assumes they’re together already… and they can’t quite correct them.
- “Do you have any idea what it does to me when you look at me like that?”
- “You’re supposed to be my safe place, not the reason my chest feels like it’s going to explode.”
- “We can’t—God, we can’t cross that line.”
- “Say it. Say you don’t feel it too, and I’ll drop it.”
- “You don’t get to touch me like that and still call it friendship.”
- “Stop smiling at me like I’m yours.”
- “If this is just friendship, then why can’t I breathe when you’re this close?”
- “You’re going to ruin me, and you don’t even know it.”
- “One more second like this, and I’m not going to be able to stop myself.”
- “Tell me you don’t want me, and I’ll believe you.”
- “Don’t kiss me like that and pretend it means nothing.”
- “We’re not supposed to do this. We’re not supposed to feel this.”
- “I’d rather lose my mind than lose you, and right now I think I’m losing both.”
- “Do you want me to beg? Is that what this is?”
- “If we cross this line, nothing will ever be the same. And God help me, I still want to.”
- “If you keep touching me like that, I won’t be able to stop.”
- “Friends don’t ache when the other leaves the room. So what does that make us?”
- “Tell me to go, and I will. Please—say something before I do something we can’t take back.”
- “Don’t call me your best friend when you’re looking at me like I’m more.”
- “If this is nothing, then why does it feel like everything?”
- “You don’t get it, do you? Every time you smile at me, it feels like a promise.”
- “You’re in my head all the time, and it’s killing me. Friends aren’t supposed to feel like this.”
- “If we cross this line, you’re not just my friend anymore. You’re my downfall.”
- “You’re standing too close.”
- “Do you even know what you’re doing to me right now?”
- “Stop making me want something I can’t have.”
- “I can’t lose you to this, but God, I can’t stop wanting you either.”
- “You’re looking at me weird.”
- “That wasn’t a… friendly thing to say.”
- “Do you always stand this close?”
- “Why does it feel different when it’s you?”
- “You’re supposed to be my best friend, not the one making my heart race.”
- “That… didn’t sound like a joke.”
- “Stop holding me like that. Friends don’t hold each other like that.”
- “Do you even realize how you’re looking at me right now?”
- “Don’t call me yours. You don’t mean it.”
- “I can’t breathe when you touch me like that.”
- “Say we’re still just friends. Lie to me.”
- “We’re not supposed to want this.”
- “If this is nothing, then why does it feel like everything?”
- “One more second and I’m not going to be able to stop myself.”
- “Every time you laugh, I forget we’re not allowed to be more.”
- “Tell me you don’t feel it. Please. Tell me I’m imagining this.”
- “You can’t just kiss me and act like it means nothing.”
- “I’m trying so hard not to want you, and you’re making it impossible.”
- “If you keep looking at me like that, I swear I’ll ruin everything.”
- “Tell me to go, or I’m not going to.”
- “You’re mine. God help me, I don’t care what we call it—you’re mine.”
- “I’d rather destroy this friendship than pretend I don’t want you anymore.”
- “Do you want me to beg? Because I will.”
- “We’ve already crossed the line. The second I realized I loved you, we did.”
- “Stop staring at me like that. You’re my best friend.”
- “You can’t just… say stuff like that. We’re supposed to be friends.”
- “Friends don’t make my heart do backflips when they smile.”
- “Why does it feel like I’m cheating when you go on dates?”
- “Don’t hold my hand if you don’t mean it.”
- “We’ve been friends for years, so why does it suddenly feel different?”
- “Don’t kiss me like that if you’re going to pretend it didn’t happen.”
- “You’re supposed to be the one I tell about my crush, not be the crush.”
- “That’s not a friendly kind of jealousy.”
- “If we’re just friends, then why do I feel like you’re mine?”
Rb for... reasons. Tpk fics. Original story. Just...endless opportunities right here.
200 Fics!!
The Players Keep has officially hit 200 fics on AO3. I was lucky enough to post the first one back in March of this year and luckier still to find a group of absolutely incredible fans and writers that wanted to build a supportive and creative community.
Thank you to all the beautiful Keepers out there but especially to @itscamel who was the first to reach out to me and read my stories and encouraged me to keep writing.
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Here's to 200 more in the new year!! 🥂🥳🎆