I think conflicting motivations would ramp up the tension at the climax if the character is faced with an ultimatum: - Both decisions would satisfy the respective motivations. - Both decisions would come with some kind of repercussion. #WritingCommunity I made a meme:

I need some help! What are your favourite mysteries? Film or books, please! Trying to research plot and character archetypes. I'm compiling a list! #WritingCommunity #WritingQ #WriterSky

Finally going to have a bit of time to do some writing tonight! So excited! What's your favourite thing to have on-hand while you write? I'll copy the best answer! #WritingCommunity #WriterSky

Alright settle a debate for me please. If a vampire's curse is broken, do they, a. Revert to the age they were when they were first bitten or, b. Rapidly age by however many years they've been alive? #WritingCommunity #WritingQ

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Alright, how long does it usually take you to do an outline and don't you dare ask me about that bloody piece of string 😩 #WritingCommunity #WritingQ

Do you also name every character in your #WIP '____' until you finish outlining or are you normal? #WritingCommunity #Writingq #Writersky

I figured I'd make a 🧵for my three #YouDeservepIt pitches! #litagents, if you're interested, you can click here to see each pitch 😚

Hello new friends! Please tell me your favourite genre tropes! I'm an absolute sucker for a twist ending. #WritingCommunity

aight y'all we're a week out and since february is SHORT, let's kick things off early 💜 BLACK HISTORY MONTH QUERIES FOR BLACK AUTHORS ARE OPEN!! submit here! link will also be on my linktree, featured in my bio #writingcommunity #blacksky #blackwriters #blackhistorymonth

After ages of destruction, a god approaches a jaded soldier and her team on the frontlines for help, bringing with him a revelation that could return peace between the gods and humans, but only if they can trust each other to work together and see this new mission through. #YouDeservepIt #WIP #A

A grieving, pansexual teen girl comes back to her haunted home & steals a second chance with the bi boy she’s cursed to kill *if* she kisses him again💀 & is desperate to hold on to her murdered cousin’s traumatized spirit, who’s threatening to end him before the hex can. 👻 #h #ya #YouDeservepIt

The literary feel & longing angst of DON’T LET THE FOREST IN X SHE IS A HAUNTING 17 yo Simone is Haunted & Hexed But she’s desperate to hold on to the bi boy she’s cursed to be the death of & won’t let go of Cousin Nina’s increasingly malevolent spirit. 🖤THE TRUTH OF FEAR🖤 #YA #H #R #Q #P2Ppit

THE LAST BOOKSTORE ON EARTH X DUSTBORN Pure reds are expected in the labs and this pure red has a secret biological sex that could save all of humanity from the sun. But can’t a girl just fall in love with her new cannibal friend first? #YouDeservePit #Q #YA #SF

TERMINAL CAFE + THE WIZARD OF OZ Four misfits flee a half-dead future Boston, following the call of a long-lost voice to a desert city no one can seem to remember. In its heart they will find out what "alive" really means. But first they have to save humanity. #YouDeservePit #A #WIP #SF #hopepunk

In 18th century Slovakia, a young widow murdered and turned to vampirism by a herbalist sect must confront their elusive leader to reclaim her humanity. THE HISTORIAN X A DOWRY OF BLOOD 🖤🦇🖤 Agent's guide included 📖 #YouDeservepIt #A #H #Q #gothic #literary #vampire #writesky #folkhorror #LGBT 🏳️‍🌈

One last push for our Writer's Group! We're six-strong at the moment and we're looking to form long-lasting, trusted relationships! Please see below a bit of what we have to offer! If you're interested, please join here! Lurker-friendly! discord.gg/2HY42fDA #YouDeservepIt #WritingCommunity

After his two best friends break up, 17yo comic nerd Zach gets stuck in the middle–just like with his parents. So he dresses up as his favorite superhero to patch their relationship incognito. His plan was foolproof. Though catching feelings wasn’t part of the plan. #YouDeservepIt #YA #R #WIP

When her marriage hits the rocks, an Ivy League professor, her playwright husband, and her Broadway legend mother-in-law/best friend set out to rescue their imploding family by trying to make a hit musical despite the spectacular failure of their latest collaboration. #YouDeservepIt #Q #S #WF #A

Find my #YouDeservepIt posts here! ✨🧵

ON SUB A failed restaurateur must rescue her hometown holiday feast, but there’s more at stake than food when her college fling’s vengeful ex arrives. With a bullseye on her back, she must save the feast, herself, & the man she's desperate not to lose again. #YouDeservepIt #OS #A #R

🖤 Imperialistic religion vs displaced nomads 🖤 Dragons misused as weapons of war 🖤 Healing from personal & political trauma 🖤 Written from MMC's POV 🖤 Agonisingly slow burn enemies-to-lovers romance "𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘴, 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘶𝘴; 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘚𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘶𝘴, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘶𝘴." #youdeservepit #a #wip #f

#YouDeservePit LOVE, SIMON x LIFE IS STRANGE ❤️ Opposites Attract 🎆 D-Day is Coming? 🏳️‍🌈 Openly Bi LI x Closeted MC 🎸 Musician LI ❤️‍🩹 Anxiety + Dyscalculia Rep 📺 Nostalgic Vibes 📚 Prestigious Private School #WIP #LGBT #YA #R

GIDEON THE NINTH x THIS BODY'S NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR BOTH OF US A demihuman private eye and her zombie frenemy must track a magical artifact past a shape-shifting millionaire, around a drunken necromancer, and through alligator cops...unless they want to watch the world burn. #YouDeservepIt #Q #A #F

#YouDeservepIt is done for me! It's bedtime in the NL. I'll leave you with this from book 3 in the series I pitched today: “You've become an animal,” the Admiral noted. “Close,” Melina said. She raised her blade. “I'm a beast.” Good luck pitching and thank you all! #WIP #A #F #musclemommy

Lucy's life turns upside down when she steals the mysterious Keyring. Now hunted by Fae assassins & aided by a ragtag group of magic creatures—the fate of the magical world now rests on her reluctant shoulders and Lucy must decide if she wants to be the hero...or not #YouDeservepIt #wip #a #f

DRESDEN FILES X BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER While meeting her dad, Edie Grayson falls in love with his seaside town. Unfortunately, there's a dark undercurrent here. Edie has to find out: what is wrong in Bludeye Beach? 🫂Found family 💕Slowburn romance 👻Monster menagerie #YouDeservepIt #Q #A #H #F

Welcome to The Witch and the Grocer, we’ve got: • #ownvoices disability rep • unreliable narrator • butches. loads of em. • at least two actual ghosts • femme/butch • nonbinary half-satyr bff • pining. oh the pining. • a blight? i guess? • orange cat #YouDeservepIt #RF #Q #A

#YouDeservepIt An agent’s guide to my YA Tangled x Anastasia cozy fantasy, THE FORGOTTEN REALM, feat: 🪻Disability and LGBTQ rep 🧚Swiss folklore ✨Found family 🎊Whimsical festivities 🐶A really cute dog Querying in March! #WIP #YA #F

LEGENDBORN x AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER Either she fulfills her family's legacy, or she dies with it. 🤸‍♀️ Badass female protagonist 💧🪨🔥🌪️ Elemental magic system 🌆 Urban fantasy in NYC 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Magic competition 🌈 Diverse ensemble cast #Q #YA #F #YouDeservepIt

Roan, a selkie, is forced aboard a pirate ship. A god offers to free him if he sabotages the crew. The problem? The captain is as captivating—and dangerous—as the monsters in the sea. #LGBTQIA+ romance | action-adventure | found family #OFMD x Irish Mythology #WIP #YA #romantasy #YouDeservepIt

📕SIX TIMES WE ALMOST KISSED 📗CRACKED UP TO BE 📘THROWAWAY GIRLS 🔥Latina Main Character 🔥Catholic High School 🔥Enemies to Lovers 🔥Sapphic Love 🔥Mental Health Rep 🔥Passionate Sports Girl 🔥Serial Killers 🔥Love Conquers All 🔥Cooper the Corgi #YouDeservepIt #YA #Q

INTERSTELLAR meets NOPE with the emotional appeal and first alien contact of ARRIVAL (2016), & the suspense and alien hostility of FIFTH WAVE Today is 2094 & dealing with grief. What worse could possibly happen? #YouDeservePit #YA #literary #scifi #book

INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE x PERCY JACKSON 12 y.o. Félix gets body slammed to a parallel dimension where magic is real and his recently deceased mom is alive. But when a dark force threatens his new life, he must fight to stop it before it destroys both dimensions #YouDeservepIt #MG

For one Prince, the road to salvation is littered with corpses, and 3 equally bloody truths. That the voice that calls to him from the dark is no stranger. That this life of hell was no accident. and that the real monster was never the beast lurking under his skin. #YouDeservepIt #agentsguide #F

An achillean romantasy in a post-apocalyptic world reclaimed by the fae—fae who demand sacrifices to satiate their blood lust. 🗡️🌲🍄🍂 #YouDeservePit #A #F #SF #LGBT

One Dark Window x Belladonna 🏠A sentient house 💀 A deadly curse 🦌 A mythical stag with eyes like death Tayah flees to Ravensford for a fresh start, but the town’s secrets—and a charming carpenter—may ruin her before she can escape. Gothic fantasy with a feminist edge. #youdeservepit #wip #f #a

🕵️‍♀️ROBIN HOOD meets DEATH NOTE & IRON WIDOW 🔴 w/ editor interest! 🌟 In the ultimate feminine rage escape, a smart and fearless 17-year-old girl takes "destroy the patriarchy" a little too literally #litagents #YouDeservepIt #YA #Q #T #booksky #writingcommunity

✨ DON'T LET THE FORREST IN x THE MUPPETS ✨ Dear #litagents & #Editors, My 64,000-word YA horror with surreal, subversive, and slightly grotesque elements, THE HUGGLEBEEZ, is a cross between The Muppets and fandom mascot horror (FNAF, Amazing Digital Circus, DHMIS) #YouDeservepIt #Q #YA #H #Spec #T

KINSHIP, a pitch-black thriller with horror elements featuring queer characters, long-lost siblings, and (of course) murder. 6 literary agents are currently reading it. Wouldn't you love to read it too? #Q #A #T #H #YoudeservepIt

Would you choose immortality? #youdeservepit I present to you House of Valentine. My adult dark gothic fantasy with comparables to the Hunger Games, Interview with a Vampire and a twinge of Romeo and Juliet. Blurb, Moodboard, and journal excerpt included: #A #Q #F #amquerying #querying

When Olive’s nature-loving daughter goes missing, she reluctantly accompanies a grumpy half-beast mercenary on a journey through the Wilds to find her. 🍃 Eco-horror fantasy 🍃 Dual POV mum/daughter 🍃 Love, lust, life & death 🍃 Elemental second world 🍃 Everyone is morally grey #youdeservepit #wip #a

An Agent's guide to REIGN OF NIGHTMARES. 🔥Adult Romantic Fantasy 🖤Gothic ☠️Horror vibes (but make it fun) ❤️‍🔥Slow burn/forced proximity 💫Fated mates 🕷Monsters & Magic 🗡High stakes 💔Betrayals & plot twists 💞Found family 🌈Diverse ensemble cast #YouDeservepIt #Q #A #F #RF

SUCCESSION X THE BELL JAR Following the suicide of her sales agent Rebecca Solomon, New York CEO Cassandra Feuerbach becomes entangled in the hypocrisies of the New York elite as she uncovers a controversial social experiment that took Rebecca's life. #UA #Q #A #YouDeservepIt

Meet Lana, Chosen 1 of 4 Lana always knew she was special, so wasn’t surprised when she found out she was the Chosen One. Then she encounters 3 more heroes on the same quest. Can she learn to work with them before an earthquake destroys their homes? #YouDeservepIt #Q #mg #F

Gay crimes! Trans wrongs! Enemies to enemies! My #YA (?) #swashbuckler #WIP for #YouDeservepIt imagines us in the playground of a colorful, heightened past. Can one defeat the patriarchs with the very weapons of masculinity? Well, one angry trans boy can sure try stabbing them a lot.

#W #YA #H #UA #YouDeservepIt Stranger Things meets IT meets Species. There’s a mystery in Locust Creek. Girls are missing. But who or what is taking them? When Star’s best friend/crush is murdered, she decides to investigate. But what she finds isn’t human. #QueerProtagonist #Feminist #Southern #80s

Posting my agent guide for #youdeservepit today!