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chitra, he/him, 19 besides the obvious shakespeare i like gintama orv and idolish7 steampocalypse on ao3 and elsewhere mechs sideblog is @lucky-sevens profile pic by @caelinth on insta (comm of aya from idolish7~) mixed race dont believe in proship antiship (bc both have valid points and both r annoying) but if u wanna avoid my problematic era probably block #karaiko and if ur super rigid anti probably dont follow

My Writing

Literary Tense - Honeyfeed

Ever since last year, writer Naomi Furukawa has spent her days alone, pouring out her soul into a tragic fantasy novel. One day, she's hit by a car and wakes up in the world she created, on the outskirts of the Ry'keth Empire. [The "literary present tense" is used when writing about artistic creations. This is because they exist in an eternal present, unchangeable and immutable.]

51.3k - complete - cover by @hehearse

I Don't Even Like Girls - Honeyfeed / Royal Road

Matsuda Rin is a lonely and closeted gay high school boy terrified of drawing attention to himself, who's secretly obsessed with BL manga and otome games. One day, he cracks his head on the stairs and wakes up in the body of Miyazato Ryoya, his favorite love interest from the high school dating-sim Delinquent Love!—surrounded by hot boys, now, but forced by his new otome-game style system to romance the main heroine!

Aiming for 110k - ongoing (Updates Tuesdays and Thursdays) - cover by @nitunioart

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Eating Leftovers (short story) - Honeyfeed

Rising-star director Choi Yeonhee has been a fan of the idol group UN-FINITE for 15 years. UN-FINITE's more of a falling star.

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recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best.

It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence lies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.

see i just don't think mlm ships work with good luck babe because i think that song operates on both the axes of being gay but ALSO being a woman. "when you wake up next to him in the middle of the night / with your head in your hands you're nothing more than his wife" is such a harrowing line because women are socially only defined in their relations to men instead of as their own people especially after marriage (taking his last name, changing your prefix, the physical cost and emotional labor of having children...); women often become relegated to wives and mothers whereas men are afforded agency and personhood outside of their marriages. the line from the song doesn't work for mlm couples because men are very rarely nothing more than a woman's husband no matter how "suffocating" men make marriage seem

it does more harm than good to prop up the myth of the ‘neurotypical’ who completes tasks cheerfully with no issues. this person is a capitalist fantasy. the more you define yourself in comparison to this myth the more you justify social structures staying the same with minor accommodations to the ‘exceptions’ and the continued pathologizing of discomfort under hostile conditions

How to Fix Overwriting

1. Know why you’re overwriting.

Overwriting usually comes from fear—fear the reader won’t feel enough, understand enough, or care enough. When you know why you’re adding too much, you can fix the cause instead of just cutting words.

2. Remove repetition, not emotion.

If multiple sentences express the same idea, keep the strongest one. You’re not deleting feeling—you’re sharpening it.

3. Trust the reader to understand subtext.

Readers don’t need every emotion spelled out. Actions, reactions, and choices already communicate more than explanation ever could.

4. Use one concrete detail instead of many vague ones.

Specific sensory or physical details create stronger emotion than listing abstract feelings. One image lets the reader do the emotional work.

5. Filter description through your character’s perspective.

Your character won’t notice everything, especially in intense moments. Limiting description to what they would notice keeps scenes tight and immersive.

6. Cut intensifiers immediately.

Words like very, really, and extremely weaken prose instead of strengthening it. Strong verbs and images do the job better.

7. Let dialogue stand on its own.

Dialogue already carries tone and emotion through word choice and rhythm. Adding explanations often flattens its impact.

8. Keep metaphors purposeful and rare.

Too many metaphors compete with each other and slow the scene. One strong comparison is more memorable than several decent ones.

9. Read your work out loud.

Overwriting becomes obvious when you hear it. If a sentence feels long, heavy, or tiring to say, it likely needs trimming.

10. Ask what the paragraph accomplishes.

Every paragraph should move the story forward, reveal character, or raise tension. If it doesn’t, it’s probably indulgent filler.

11. Edit separately from drafting.

Overwriting is allowed in early drafts. Clean prose comes from revision, not self-censorship while writing.

12. Cut more than you think you should.

Most overwritten paragraphs can lose 30–50% of their words without losing meaning. Tightening prose almost always makes it stronger.

The "Have you been here?" blog is the best gimmick blog because every post is like "Have you been to this remote convenience store in northeastern Latvia?" and the results are 99.9% no's but then you open the notes and there's 3-5 Latvians losing their absolute minds

❗Achievement Unlocked: Summon 3-5 Latvians

gotta be honest I think a REAL juicy dynamic is when someone has a True Love and a Soulmate and they are two different people

see this person is the love of my life I would follow them anywhere every day is brighter for having them in it. and THIS bastard shares a soul with me we'll find each other in every universe and understand each other in ways no other living being could. neither of us are particularly thrilled about this

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