GUYS THERES FANART FROM CH.23 By @knockknockwhosthereartistism This One In Particular Made Me Giggle

Bold of you @dontjinxit18 to assume that I won’t repost all of these even IF I’m busy 🤨. Anyways, you guys come check out this fanart of drunk Bill singing at Stan and Ford’s birthday party! It gives me life 🥰

Sapphosscribe’s A Human Condition chapter 21

Sorry for the constant posts @sapphosscribe you don’t have to repost all of these. I still have more and I’m sure you’re busy. I just love this story and haven’t been able to draw anything but that for weeks.

It’s here, dear readers! Your regular Sunday update!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58360870/chapters/163920049

Come uncover the MaLarkey Code!

It’s my birthday, dear readers!!

In honor of the occasion, I present to you Spoilers Without Context for Act 2 of A Human Condition on ao3 😉🥳

See you all soon 😉

LOVEY DOVEY FANART GUYS!! Celebrating Valentine’s Day with this awesome scene of Ford and Bill by @dontjinxit18

Get you someone who looks at you like that 😉🩷

Happy Valentine’s Day! This image is from Sapposscribe’s A Human Condition, chapter 25

@sapphosscribe

Guys, fanart for Ch. 30 just dropped! @knockknockwhosthereartistism gave us a whole comic of Ford’s last question 😍 Check it out!

A conversation from Chp. 30 of A Human Condition

@sapphosscribe

The chapter update is coming tonight guys. It’s just taking a little longer than anticipated. 😮‍💨

The stormy weather the past few days has helped with the writing though 😉

Not to be a critic or anything, buuut I found some typos in AHC. If someone were to, sayyy, write up a document pointing them out as a poorly disguised excuse to reread the whole thing from the beginning, would you be okay with that? Would you *want* the hypothetical document????? If it were to exist?

Umm??? Absolutely, I’d love that!! 🥰 I always try to correct as many typos as I can while editing but, tbh sometimes ya girl is half asleep OR I add in scenes or tweak lines that create mistakes I don’t catch.

I was going to go back once it was finished to comb through and fix as many as I could, but if you’re volunteering I’ll gladly accept your services!

Thanks a bunch! 💖

SENDING THE OLD YEAR OUT WITH FANART!! @crypt-idkeeper drew Bill from Chapter 21! I continue to be surprised and deeply flattered by how much you guys are enjoying this fic. A new update fast approaches, stay tuned… 😉

new year, new me

this is fanart for the gravity falls fic "a human condition" by @sapphosscribe , specifically chapter 21 when ford and bill make eye contact. this human bill design is not accurate to the fic and is my interpretation of human bill because I struggled to visually depict him in the fic due to his vague depiction of him as well as my own inability visually depicting what writers are depicting, but i think he still slays the fit from the fic either way :3

i didn't know how i felt about the background so you get to options, also the sketch, cause i'm one of those people who hates their art once i add colour.

to @sapphosscribe i wanted to say i absolutely love your fic and thank you for inspiring me to try to capture it in my own work such as this, very intrigued for the next chapter and hope you're doing well.

and to anyone else, i'm really trying to experiment with my and create a defined art style as i hate how fluid it is and how i am unable to lock in and actually create what i want too, so i was wondering if anyone had any advice? i'm really enjoying using this particular brush and how it reminds me of crayons and drawing as a child, i think the messy style is here to stay, but it could still use work, also ignore the hand holding the mics cord, i didn't wanna waste hours on it.

Writing Advice For Fanfics or Novels

Hello, my dears! As requested by @ilay-snt I thought I’d share my writing process with you all! I’m going to split this post into two sections of general advice and then how I personally construct a story.

Disclaimer: I’m no professional by any means. I’m basing this solely off two creative writing classes I took in college and what I find to be personally helpful so if it doesn’t work for you, that’s totally fine! Everyone writes differently!

General Advice:

1. First and most importantly: You Have to Write for Yourself.

Write the story that you want to read. Not only will it keep you motivated to keep going but it frees you to try whatever you want without being worried how it will be received by others. As long as you’re happy with your work, that’s all that matters. Your audience will find you.

(Hello audience! *waves excitedly*)

2. Write Everday

This one might sound a little daunting, but it doesn’t need to be a lot or necessarily “everyday”. It’s just a way to consistently practice, to help you find your author voice, and create a habit.

Writing everyday could be a poem or a paragraph or a whole chapter! It’s whatever you choose to make it just as long as you get something down. It doesn’t necessarily even need to be good. You can always go back and edit, but if you only write when inspiration strikes, you might never sit down to do it in the first place. Practice finding your way through the words to get at what you want, rather than waiting for the words to come to you.

If you’re REALLY really stuck. Then might I suggest you-.

3. Get Feedback

As a chronic second-guesser, I can’t tell you how helpful it is to have someone read your story and help structure the plot. I’ve had a lot of instances where something I’d been struggling with for days was resolved by getting coffee with a friend and having them look at it with new eyes.

Get yourself a beta reader or just someone who has good taste whose opinion you trust to help you work out problems. Two heads are often better than one!

4. Analyze media you admire

A lot of people like to limit it to reading authors you love and looking at the way they create stories, which is very helpful, but don’t neglect other forms of storytelling like movies and TV shows or even videogames! Think about what you like from your favorite things and why you like them.

As an example, one of my favorite pieces of media is the Mass Effect Trilogy. Mostly because it subverts the narrative of the Lone Hero archetype present in other franchises like Halo and Assassins Creed. The protagonist Shepard relies on their teammates abilities and support throughout the game to complete missions and eventually save the universe. Similarly, I like stories where there’s a cast of interesting and diverse characters surrounding the main protagonist who are essential to the plot.

Go dig through your own favorites and figure out what kind of characters you like, tropes you enjoy, and overarching themes that speak to you. From these, you can draw inspiration for your own stories and figure out what you want to write.

4. Take Breaks and Be Present

Writing doesn’t happen in a vacuum! If you feel like your inspiration is running dry or you’re in the middle of a block, go out and do things you enjoy or, better yet, try new things!

Be fully present in the moment and look at the world around you as if for the first time, talk to people you run into, or draw from your friends/family for inspiration. There’s a whole world of possibility out there just waiting to be written down or reinterpreted. Don’t be afraid to take breaks and have fun! Writing should never become a chore!

Now that that’s out of the way, let’s dig into my own personal process:

My Writing Process

1. Everything Begins with the Outline

When I have an idea for a story, I try to do a rough outline first of the big plot points: the beginning, the middle, and the end, then fill in as much as I can in between.

My chapter outlines are never very well defined up until I reach the point where I sit down to write. It’s only then I begin to flesh out what I want to do. I take everything from the previous chapter and what I know is coming up to shape what needs to happen in the moment. I work better with flexibility so I can wander off the path a little rather than rushing from point A to point B.

2. After the Outline, The Character Sheets

Character sheets are probably the most important part of my writing. I like to give my characters as much agency as possible and allow them to steer the story rather than the story steering them. Unfortunately, the only way to accomplish this is to know them inside and out.

Most of my character sheets start with the basics: what does this character want more than anything, what do they actually need, and what do they fear. From there, I can identify their goals for the story and for each chapter, their personality traits, their likes and dislikes, how they respond to conflict, etc.

When I’m writing, the character sheets are my own personal holy book. If I can’t make them move around the scene anymore, a quick look at that will normally get me back on track.

3. Structuring Each Chapter

Normally, I have a goal in mind (or several) I want to reach. Whether it’s progressing the plot or just one character’s arc, I allow those goals to drive the action, then set the characters loose like rats in a maze.

Often, I try to think “what can go wrong here?” and then how that character would react to the set backs or interact with each other based on that.

In a few cases, the characters just do what they want and then entirely new scenes develop I didn’t plot out beforehand from following after that instinct.

On the whole, I allow the characters A LOT of free will to shape the story while holding up the basic structure for them to work within and I’ve found it really makes the story come to life.

4. The Point of It All

Generally, everyone I’ve met who’s a writer has something to say and the story is the medium for that. The most important thing when I’m writing and I’m buried neck deep in the twists and turns of the plot is to not forget why exactly I’m writing it in the first place. So I have a little manifesto of sorts at the top of my outline, only a couple sentences at most, that strips the entire story down to the one central idea I’m trying to convey or an overarching theme.

For example, if I had to sum up the central idea of House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (Great book by the way, can’t recommend it enough) it’s that true family accepts you for who you are and can come from unexpected places. Also, it’s essential to stand up to unjust systems in defense of others.

I try to find my own my own theme like this to keep in sight for my story. So I don’t veer too far from the purpose of it.

Anyway, that’s my advice for any other writers who are starting out, hope this was helpful in some way! All of you have a good day! 💖💖

Stanford Pines invoked his name. He called out, and someone came…

Hope everyone is ready for tomorrow’s update to A Human Condition. To see what else lies in store…