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Tag Game Instructions and Ediquette
It has come to my attention that there are a lot of newbies on Writbelr and you guys want to be involved in tag games but you aren't really sure how they work.
Instructions for the popular games and other things to keep in mind beneath the cut.
If you guys could share this around to help our new friends out that would be great!
I've seen several new users unsure what to do when they're tagged so this is for them (you, if you are new).
Last Line Tag
Share the last line you wrote for a WIP. "Line" is a pretty lose term, it can mean anything from a paragraph to a sentence depending on your personal definition, or depending on how much you feel like sharing. It can also come from any WIP, and normally people share prose but sometimes if they haven't written prose recently you'll see them sharing bullet points from outlines or worldbuilding documents.
Heads Up Seven Up
Pretty much the same as Last Line Tag but, instead of one line, you share the last seven you wrote. Once again, a "line" can be anything from a paragraph to a sentence, they can come from any WIP (you could even have, say 3 lines from one WIP and 4 from another if you want to share both), and it is normally prose but sometimes you'll see people sharing outlines or worldbuilding. It is also very informal. If you want to share eight lines or five lines instead of seven you are completely welcome to do so.
Six Sentence Sunday
Another similar tag. On a Sunday (in your time zone), share the last six sentences you wrote. Again, they can come from any WIP (or multiple WIPs), it is normally prose but can be from other things, and you can share three sentences or ten sentences instead if it please you.
Find the Word Tag
The person who tagged you will have given you four words to find in your manuscript. Ctrl+F your document for instances of those words and share one (if there is more than one) of the lines where they appear. If you don't have the word, you can change it to something similar (for example, you can change giggle to laugh if you don't have giggle in your document) or you can just say you did not have the word and leave it blank. You'll need to pick for new words for the people you tag to find. Try to pick common words, but not too common. Everyone will have a bajillion "said" in their draft but will likely have only two or three "screamed". Pick a mix of nouns, adjectives, and verbs, and an adverb if you want to be spicy.
A Ten But...
Pick a few OCs and use the phrase, "she's/he's/they're a ten but..." to describe them. You are basically saying, "this character would be attractive but for this thing they do." For example, "she's a ten but... she pours vodka into mayonnaise jars and drinks it like a smoothie," or "zer a ten but... zey sabotage all zer friendships."
There are a number of other tag games, but the less common ones will come with instructions.
A few last things about tag game etiquette:
you are under no obligation to do any of the tags you've been tagged in. You are allowed to save them for a month from now, do them tomorrow, or just ignore them entirely. No one is holding you accountable to it.
when tagging someone, especially newer writeblrs, it is generally good etiquette to specify that they are under no pressure to do your tag. Something like "tagging (but no pressure)" is fine.
Generally try to make sure someone is open to tag games before you tag them. If you aren't sure, it is okay to tag them once to see what happens but if they don't respond don't tag them again. Some people will specify in their bio or intro post if they like tag games. You can also make a post asking your followers to interact if they want to be tagged.
Make your own post to respond to the tag. Don't reblog the post that tagged you with your own response.
You can link to the post that tagged you by copying the post link and pasting it into yours. Press the three dots at the top of the post that tagged you and select "Copy Link". On your own post, select a word and press "Paste" or Ctrl+V. The word will be underlined. Anyone who presses it will be hyperlinked back to the other post, like this.
It is polite to like, reblog, and/or leave a comment on a post of the person that tagged you.
Put particularly long posts beneath a Read More.
You can tag as few or as many people as you would like, or you can leave an open tag for anyone who sees the post and wants to participate. You can also tag people and leave an open tag.
That's all Folks! And have fun with the tag games!!
Asking something out of curiosity. Please reblog to help get as many answers as possible!
As we made our way into the city, the greenery gave way to apartment complexes. Clusters of satellite dishes mushrooming from the sides of the buildings were the only sign of life.
what is your favourite book of all time? has it influenced your writing in any way?
That’s a hard question to answer🤔 I have had several favorites. They’ve all influenced my writing though.
Hey! I’m gonna assume you guys like using Tumblr correct? What about AO3? TikTok? Or any other platform that fandom spaces thrive? Then you need to give a fuck about the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA).
KOSA is a act currently being talked about in congress that is labeled as a act that prevents minors from seeing 18+ content. It being labeled as that seems okay and good, yes, but that’s not what this bill is about.
KOSA, if put in place, will make so the attorney general of each state gets to pick which platforms will be banned in their state. And this doesn’t been censorship of minors, this means censorship of everyone of ALL AGES.
“My attorney general wouldn’t ban this sites.” Yes, they might not. But don’t think about yourself right now. MILLIONS of people will be without spaces to escape too. Millions of people will be without access to websites that allows them to talk to people. Millions of queer people wouldn’t be allowed on to places they were originally welcomed.
“Okay? But they’re only trying to ban nsfw content?” And what do all republications see as nsfw? Queer people. Especially trans people.
KOSA is just another bill that will allow nation wide bans on topics such as sex, gender, sexuality, and more. This act does nothing more except erase queer people from online spaces, and further pushes the anti-trans beliefs (and genocide) circling our country right now.
Y’all need to give a shit about this bill like you should still be giving a shit about the RESTRICT ACT (which still hasn’t been turned down yet btw).
This act opens the door from any site such of tumblr and quotev to be banned, to YouTube if your AG doesn’t like it for ANY reason. And don’t forget, VPN’s can only do so much, and the government already wants to ban those.
What can you do? CALL YOUR FUCKING CONGRESS REPS. EMAIL THEM. I don’t give a shit, all I care about is this bill that doesn’t speak for the people getting blocked and not being put in place. Bills like this further push our nations descent into facism. And if there’s a way to prevent that, we better fucking do it.
KOSA
CALL YOUR CONGRESSIONAL MEMBER
I got porn in my DM’s. Does this make me a local now🤔
Watching YouTube videos of capsule hotels and it reminded me of stuff I’ve seen of Opium dens. Reincarnation has to be real.
Talking meaning chatting online, interacting irl, or even exchanging one or two messages. I just want to see how much tumblr users actually talk to each other!
Please reblog so more people can answer
Writblr Intro
I’ve been lurking long enough, it’s time…
Cat-51yrs old (she/her)
I’m a fledgling writer who is still trying to leave my safe nest. I write across many genres, but all of my stories have a touch of romance (WLW)
My aim with this blog is to connect with the writing community; maybe find a couple of mutuals to help with accountability.
That moment when one of your MCs makes a decision you hadn’t planned on and now you both have to live with the consequences of her actions
That moment when one of your MCs makes a decision you hadn’t planned on and now you both have to live with the consequences of her actions
Hey, what's up, writeblr? Piggying back off this thread is a more formal attempt at getting an idea of who browses Tumblr's writing community and how.
All questions except the ones regarding the time are optional. The time questions are required because those are the three that kicked this whole shebang off, and it's probably the three people are most interested in. The rest are just to get an idea of what folks should best focus on and what's less important.
And yes, you read that correctly: answers are entirely anonymous (to the general public—there's a voluntary question at the end that will tell me who you are so I can tag you when the results come out), but answers will eventually be compiled into one public post that will hopefully give writers an idea of when writeblr's actual peak hours are and who their audiences might be. This will hopefully help authors connect with readers—or at least reassure them that they do have readers.
This survey will be open until August 6, exactly one month from now.
Furthermore, this survey is open to all members of the writeblr community, whether you're into original fic, fanfiction, poetry, graphic novels—pretty much anything. Folks who are more into reading than writing are also welcome. In other words, if there are words involved, your opinion is welcome!
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. My askbox is anon-friendly, and my DMs are open to mutuals, if you don't wish to ask publicly via comments/reblogs.
Thanks so much for your responses!
(Also, yes, please feel free to boost this post to increase sample size.)
YOU CAN NOW ONLY ACCESS STUFF ON FF.NET THROUGH M.FANFICTION.NET - BACK UP YOUR STUFF NOW THE NORMAL URL NO LONGER EXISTS!!!
(Please reblog this so people who used the site can find out and copy their stories, reviews and important conversations before it is too late!)
As someone who works in a bookstore I will say the HEA rule for romance will probably always apply but I think the monster lovers are coming out of the closet(or maybe cave). More people are admitting to reading it, so more readers are talking about it and recommending it.
🌼?
🌼 -- least favorite genre to write
SO I'm actually gonna say Romance and Erotica, which is a shame because I actually enjoy writing romance and sex, but I find the expectations readers have for those genres to be so strict that I don't think I'd enjoy writing a ROMANCE novel if you get me
like I see romancelandia refusing to accept or read books with characters that don't look a certain way -- last I saw people were outright saying they just recast every man as Henry Cavill if he doesn't have That Look or refusing to read it if he doesnt and I dislike that a lot? Like obvi I get people will see characters as they do but to get a character description that like, you don't like and just deciding oh he's Henry Cavill now, idk man
I also really dislike the requirement for every book to have a happily ever after or a happy for now to be Hella stifling because it limits what KINDS of romance I can write, maybe I wanna write something more tragic idk
the rigid and strict expectations and refusal to accept deviations in the genre make writing for it feel really stifling and unsatisfying, but that's just me -- I know a lot of folks love writing it snd hey that's great, I just don't don't enjoy it personally
Hey I'm gonna start something that'll maybe go nowhere let's go
Please reblog
Do reblog if you answer, I need a large test group. 
Let's create a character!
Doing a fun little Writing Game over the next few days. Every day we create a new aspect of our character.
Let's decide on some character traits: What kind of positive character traits does our character have?
Tell me in the tags what character trait you like in a character!
Name | Hair Colour | Eye Colour | Physical Feature
Please reblog to increase data size. Please also add how long you think it would take and why.
Poll because I'm curious:
I ask for the "roots" because of this idea that in some "cultures" families are very big, and in other "cultures" they tend to be small, and I want to know to what degree this applies to cousins 😄
Please reblog for a bigger sample size 🤗
If you said yes to the first 3 please explain in the tags what animal it was and what was the damage
