Favorite Fictional Writing-Related Holiday

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What's your favorite fictional writing-related holiday?

Trope-flipping day (no use of tropes allowed for this day)
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3%
Festival of gratitude for writing utensils/applications (send a note of thanks to your favorite pen or writing app)
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6%
Day of remembrance for side characters who were killed off for plot reasons
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39%
Imaginary holiday day (celebrate a holiday from a fictional world)
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34%
Carnival of creativity (bring your writer's block repellent and assorted plot bunnies)
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18%
 
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Big Brother
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Thu Nov 30, 2023 4:11 pm
Big Brother says... · Thu Nov 30, 2023 4:11 pm
The holiday season is coming up! So, dear YWSers, your lovely mods have brainstormed a few fictional writing-related holidays. Which one's your favorite? What other holidays do you wish existed?

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Wed Dec 06, 2023 3:54 pm
Snoink says... · Wed Dec 06, 2023 3:54 pm
Because I write fantasy, I guess I have to celebrate my fictional winter holiday, the Celebration of Ice.

BUT. I also love the idea of remembering our side characters... RIP, dead side characters. RIP.
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Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:57 pm
GengarTheGhost says... · Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:57 pm
Kinda unrelated but one of my friends had a dream about a sock festival. Basically you go to this place and wear/buy/make cozy socks. If that's not already a thing, it should be
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Wed Dec 27, 2023 3:16 pm
AkuRashomon says... · Wed Dec 27, 2023 3:16 pm
i have an unreleased book that a woman becomes queen and it is a holiday in that universe, that's why i chose the fourth one lol

p.s. should i release at least a few chapters??
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Mon Jan 08, 2024 2:43 pm
GengarTheGhost says... · Mon Jan 08, 2024 2:43 pm
Snoink wrote:
BUT. I also love the idea of remembering our side characters... RIP, dead side characters. RIP.


Jokes on you, i killed off my main characters
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Mon Jan 08, 2024 5:58 pm
Poor Imp says... · Mon Jan 08, 2024 5:58 pm
Oy, the Festival of Gratitude for Writing Utensils! Huzzah!

Or the Fictional Day of Imp-lementing Anecdotal Impressions of Impecunious Relations in Dystopian Fiction.
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Thu Jan 11, 2024 6:16 am
ccarson says... · Thu Jan 11, 2024 6:16 am
Idk but side character deaths are the saddest in my opinion because the world of the story feels just a bit less alive without them
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