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Head in the Clouds

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“Daydreaming is the highlight of my day.” | HE/HIM please and thank you | 19 and evil
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During one semester of PE in high school I got put in a section called Team Sports. This was significantly better than a regular unit because the athletic kids were able to play and I largely got to sit and watch.

Months were devoted to what they called Pickle Ball but I’ve since learned was basically ping pong with larger than average paddles. The paddles had been through the absolute wringer, all padding had been rubbed and torn off by a relentless stream of bored adolescents like myself.

This presented me with a unique opportunity. I had a pencil, nominally used to keep score. I had a blank wooden panel. And I had large stretches of time sitting on the sidelines.

Every day I’d pick a blank paddle. I’d doodle little animals, bizarre monstrosities, and a bunch that were just a huge eye in the middle with the words “Big Brother is Watching”. What can I say; I was reading 1984 at the time.

When we finally finished with the paddles and moved on to badminton I completely forgot my dozens of illustrations.

It wasn’t until several years later that it got brought up again. I was hanging out with a friend and their younger sibling. We were listening to them lament their high school experience of the day. “But I won the Pegasus paddle, so that was cool.”

“Wait- what?”

“Yeah, most of them are just Big Brother, so they’re not exciting, but there’s only one Pegasus so we fight over it. Last week I had an elephant I really liked though.”

“You guys fight over the paddles with art on them…?”

“Yeah!”

My friend turned to me and asked, “Didn’t you make all those drawings?”

Their sibling lit up, “You made them?!”

I sat in silence as the complexity of the world and the waves we leave behind as we move through it washed over me. I contemplated how intertwined I was with the rest of existence to create such a beautiful moment.

I had made art on a whim out of boredom and it had an effect on someone else’s day, someone who through random happenstance years later was telling me about it all unknowing.

Their sibling was delighted when I drew them another pegasus on the spot and announced that they’d be the talk of PE now that they’d uncovered the mystery artist.

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Does anyone have the fucking tiktok video of the overly enthusiastic rich bearded guy showing off his new hiking shoes in his Mansion and the Woods, but then another dude duets with it to make it look like he's escaping from being held prisoner please please

edit THANKS @smellslikebot

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I think the most heartbreaking thing is…writing does take practice. You’re probably not going to be at your best when you start out. The worst part about writing is that you’re going to be very shaky and probably pretty bad before you can get pretty good. Writing, like all forms of art, takes practice and discipline and willingness to try and keep going, no matter how difficult it may seem. And it can suck! We all know that! Creative ruts and writers block are tough but inevitable aspects of the process of writing. But just know that if you’re not satisfied with your work now, it only means that you’re going to be even better in the future. One day you’ll be able to look back at your work and go, “wow this kinda sucks, but that just means that I’ve gotten better now!” Writing takes time. You’re not gonna get good overnight. So keep going! Keep pushing! You only get better from here :)

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Structuring Your Fight Scene

adapted from <Writer's Craft> by Rayne Hall
  1. Suspense
  • Show your characters gearing up, readying themselves.
  • The pace is slow, the suspense is high (use suspense techniques)
  • Provide information about terrain, numbers, equipment, weapons, weather.
  • May have dialogue as the opponents taunt each other, hurl accusations, or make one final effort to avoid the slaughter.
  • Don't start too early - we don't need to see the hero getting out of bed, taking a shower and having tea.

2. Start

  • Fighters get into fight stance: knees slightly bent, one leg forward, abdominal muscles tensing, body turned diagonally, weapons at the ready.
  • Each side will usually try to be the first to strike, as this will give them advantage.
  • The movements in this section need to be specific and technically correct.

3. Action

  • This section may be quick or prolonged. If prolonged, no blow-by-blow descriptions are needed.
  • Focus on the overall direction of the fight
  • Make use of the location to make characters jump, leap, duck, hide, fall, etc.
  • Mention sounds of weapons

4. Surprise

  • Something unexpected happens: building catches fire, a downpour, relief force arrives, staircase collapses, bullet smashes into the only lightbulb and everything goes dark, hero losses his weapon, etc.
  • Add excitement, raise the stakes.

5. Climax

  • Both sides are tired and wounded
  • The hero is close to giving up, but is revived with passion
  • Move to the terrain's most dangerous spot: narrow swining rope-bridge, a roof-edge, sinking ship, etc.
  • Don't rush the climax! Hold the tension

6. Aftermath

  • The fight is over: bes buddies lying dead, bandaging, reverberating pain, etc.
  • Use sense of sight and smell
  • The hero may experience nausea, shaking, tearfulness or get sexually horny

Fight scene length

  • Historical/adventure/fantasy: 700-1000w
  • Romance: 400-700w
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