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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 5h

#whistpr #SWEET (I've shared this line before. It's my definition of bittersweet🥲)

Somehow her love only added to the grief throbbing in his heart, mixing even more sweetness into the pain, and making him want to cry all the more.

#Whistpr Daily Word @whistprword.bsky.social · 1d

A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.

Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.

Tag your post: #whistpr

Word for October 12, 2025: #SWEET

#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity

Drawing in white ink against a black background of a spiny porcupine bent over with its nose in a sweet-smelling fanciful blue flower with green stem and leaves.

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#Whistpr Daily Word @whistprword.bsky.social · 1d

A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.

Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.

Tag your post: #whistpr

Word for October 12, 2025: #SWEET

#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 5h

#SFFChat 12 (a poem from Bound By Heart)

Blood and snow by promise vowed
All I ever was is given
For your broken wounded bond
The scars I bear which should have claimed me
Are overwritten with scars for you
Engraved by my own hands upon my heart
By choice and not by bondage
(more in alt text)

MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 8h

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 8h

He gets a lot of true joy, it's just not from success, at least if it is he doesn't notice.
I will admit that for someone who's so insistent that being kind makes him happy, he also receives a lot of joy from seeing the kindness of others.

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👻Scarlet🎃Mitchell☠️ @scarletvmitchell.bsky.social · 11h

Lol, everyone here knows I love to share snippets, even when totally rough and unedited 😅

But showing the full work? I’m pretty shy about that. It has to be pretty well edited before I’ll show a beta, and I only show a select handful.

That said, I‘ll read rough snips and improv to my writing group

Susan Savage Lee @susansavagelee.bsky.social · 14h

Do you show your WIP to anyone before you finish it? I never do until my stories shape shift into their final form #writingq #WritingCommunity

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 8h

- but several times in the story he's aware that if he'd never gotten himself imprisoned, if he'd never suffered, he would never have freed the other prisoners.
I guess the only time he notices success is when it's bittersweet.
In those cases he uses it to cope with guilt & failure.

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 8h

#AwesomeCharacters

For someone so focused on clinging to the good, Lawcket notices failure much more than success.
Usually if he's aware of success it's because success & failure are mixed. He feels a ton of guilt over the pain brought to his family by the trouble he got himself into, - 1/2

Charlie Delta (has been a ghost this whole time! 👻) @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 10h

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

We talked before about how your character handles failure, let's do the opposite: how do they handle success?

Are they a good winner? Do they gloat? Feel like they still need to do more? Downplay their role?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 8h

#AwesomeCharacters

For Rider, success is only his duty. He rarely even notices small successes.
He does make note of success when he was certain he'd die failing. But not to gloat, simply for looking back on when he again faces the impossible.

Charlie Delta (has been a ghost this whole time! 👻) @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 10h

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

We talked before about how your character handles failure, let's do the opposite: how do they handle success?

Are they a good winner? Do they gloat? Feel like they still need to do more? Downplay their role?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Charlie Delta (has been a ghost this whole time! 👻) @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 10h

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

We talked before about how your character handles failure, let's do the opposite: how do they handle success?

Are they a good winner? Do they gloat? Feel like they still need to do more? Downplay their role?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 17h

#WIPSnips
(I gave up finding any spiritual-ish instances, which is embarrassing, but almost everything was practical)

“Maybe you wouldn't understand any better than I did, but what's done is done. I hope you won't hate me for being glad I'm home, not dead.”

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 1d

The #WIPSnips word for October 12th is "hope"

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
October 12 - hope
Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration
Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics
Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine.
Support others on the #WIPSnips tag!
Hosted by rosie-j-potter.bsky.social

The image behind the text is a border that is black with stars with a light blue rectangle highlighted by a fuchsia line. An illustrated caticorn holding a pencil and writing in a book with a rose behind one ear is in the lower right corner

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 1d

It does take a kind of organization skill that I'm not sure I have.
It also takes learning how to not need much.

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 1d

That my take, but I'm not sure he has the experience to organize anything complex.

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 1d

- keeping, so good he never gives his name when he's a prisoner, for fear it might get his family hurt.

He does come up with plans on the spot sometimes, & can follow simple plans of nothing important distracts him. His day to day life has a lot of routine elements.

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 1d

- especially given he's mostly just following what his parents do, & adding his own idea here or there when it's helpful.

He's more a wild card when it comes to action. His emotions tend to lead him. The only place he plans is when there's something he has to *not* do. He's good at secret - 2/3

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 1d

#AwesomeCharacters

Lawcket is very practical, & is used to making do with little space & few belongings.
He's simple. If he needs something it has a place where he can easily access it for use. He doesn't keep anything that's not necessary. It make organization rather simple, - 1/?

Charlie Delta (has been a ghost this whole time! 👻) @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

Is your character organized and methodical, or more chaotic?

Do they prefer to plan things out carefully, or be spontaneous and improvise?

Do they keep their belongings neat and tidy, or are they a bit messy?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 1d

#AwesomeCharacters

Rider lives as a traveler, so has few belonging and has never had to organize much beyond figuring out how to carry on his person all the things he needs, without being too hindered.

As for action, he plans but stays prepared to make changes however chaotic they may be.

Charlie Delta (has been a ghost this whole time! 👻) @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

Is your character organized and methodical, or more chaotic?

Do they prefer to plan things out carefully, or be spontaneous and improvise?

Do they keep their belongings neat and tidy, or are they a bit messy?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 1d

Aww, Fox!😂 Somehow this matches her so well. I think I might be getting a feel for your characters.🥰

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 1d

- young child, but likes being outside, & likes Lawcket's dragon. She & Lawcket are very close.
His third sibling is a baby, born shortly before Lawcket is imprisoned.

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 1d

Lawcket's siblings are very much part of the story. 2 of them are even born in the story.
His brother is readily destructive, as a toddler, & prone to envious meanness later. But he's also a cute child, & wants his parents' approval.
His sister, Lelliddy, is much younger. She's very quite for a -1/2

Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · 1d

Does your MC have any siblings? Are they part of the story? What are they like? #WritingPrompt

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 1d

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The last words of Named By Love:
“You really promise?” Song mumbled into Rider's skin.
“I really promise,” Rider said, kissing his hair. “It might still be for you, but for you I'm happier than I could ever have even wanted to be without you.”

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 1d

- & in different ways, at different times to different people, Rider has given his, given his very self.
Everything that's his is Song, for it's used to care for Song. & the greatest gift he will ever give is his own happiness.

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 1d

- He's never possessed much beyond his clothing & tools, & has never used money, so there isn't much he can give.
However, he (like Lawcket) has gifted his service, only in far more bending & often heartbreaking ways.
I consider one's heart & love the greatest gift that can be given.
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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 1d

#AwesomeCharacters I didn't get to Rider last night.

He's never been part of a gift giving occasion, & will only accept practical gifts from almost anyone, in spite of his being deeply sentimental.
Gifts always make me think of his giving Song his cloak, but I've talked about that before.
🧵 - 1/?

Charlie Delta (has been a ghost this whole time! 👻) @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

Let's talk about gifts!🎁

Are there gift giving occasions in your world? If so, is your character easy to buy for?

What do they like to get? (Items, experiences, other?)

Do they give good gifts to others?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Suparna Chakraborti @decidetoread.bsky.social · 1d

From an essay about hooks in stories - this clip seems to fit the mood for "welcome." #WIPSnips
#writingcommunity

When I pick up a book, I'm hoping to find a good introduction. I don't need to be thrown into the deep end of the plot. Use your words to immerse me (the reader) in the world you've created. Invite the reader into your story.

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