🫀Lilith🫀

@KitsuneNineTales it helps a lot thank you! I'll be honest, at first it was just a little vent story I came up with then I decided to develop it. I know you can't see it right now but if you do end up reading it in the future you can see that I based it off my own thoughts and feelings 

@X-eclipse22-X Do content warnings before each chapter. Make sure that the writing isn't glorifying Self-H or Unaliving. 
            
            Examples of things that count as glorifying are: Going into extreme detail about SH. Not addressing the feelings behind the SH and acting like character is just fine after doing it. Having another love interest be like "Baby I think your scars make you beautiful" or "I think it's cute that you do the same SH as me". Having the SH or Unaliving thoughts be magically cured once a love interest says "You need to just love yourself". Having someone always come to save OC  during Unalive attempts and "curing OC with their love". Having OC use Unalive threats as leverage to get what they want.
            
            All those things should be avoided as they romanticize those things and that's what makes writing harmful. Toxic positivity is one of the biggest issues plaguing writing around these topics.
            
            Some good things to do would be to have any love interest or friend of the OC only say things that are proactive, "Hey I'm here for you", "It's normal for you to relapse, don't be too hard on yourself, you can get through this and I will be here for you", "It's OK to feel depressed and want to Unalive (use the actual word tho) and I'm really glad you shared that with me instead of acting on those thoughts." Also don't shy away from showing the toll that Unalive attempts and SH has on the characters around OC. It can be really stressful to deal with those things and it won't always be "Babe I love you" sometimes it will be "I'm really scared right now are you sure you're okay"
            
            Hope this helps

@ X-eclipse22-X  Calm down, I tried to write a book and published it, and I forgot about it, and after like 4 months I remembered about it and I went to see if I got any views and there was none. I considered deleting it. 
            Moral of the story: NEVER BACK DOWN NEVER WHAT?

@X-eclipse22-X Open up a blank document, call it "Brain Dump" and just jot down all your thoughts. No wrong answers, just get creative. 
            
            As we grow up we start to lose our creativity because we question all of our thoughts and think they're stupid. But they are not. Chances are if you love a trope, someone else does too even if it feels "predictable".
            
            For example, I loved Divergent (the first book, the others kinda disappointed me) and that scene where Tobias and Triss are stuck in a box that's closing in and he says he can hear her heart beating fast. I EAT THAT UP. So one day I want to find a way to emulate that feeling I got.
            
            OK I rambled too much, but the document, it's super helpful. Go do it. It really helps me get out of my own head and actually write something down.

Thank you all!

@X-eclipse22-X Happy late b-dah

@X-eclipse22-X nahhhh 
            Happy birthday gurlll

@X-eclipse22-X Alright, I'll DM you with an ideas chart

@KitsuneNineTales normally I have something in mind but I'm just completely lost with this one

@X-eclipse22-X Do you have any basic premise in mind or are you completely lost and have no clue?

@chindeya you're welcome!