February 2012
6 posts
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Tumblr, I need your help.
jtoday:
theskydragon:
Yeah, yeah, I had to put that there. Sorry. Please stop scrolling for a second, if you can, even if it is just to scroll to the bottom.
I am going to start reaching out for help, for a very good reason. And I’ll try not to make the explanation too long and all.
Six years ago, I met this amazing girl. I’m going to call her Kuma. She is a few years older than me, but...
Gee, I don't know how to research writing...
missturdle:
So You Want to Write a Fantasy: Writing Female Characters
So You want to Write a Fantasy: Culture
SYWTWAF: Writing What you Don’t know
A list of adjectives to describe physical attributes, Or, As it turns out, I could go to Starbucks with half this list
Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
Some primers
More Primers
RaceFail ‘09: Or where Deepad’s I didn’t dream of...
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Using Real Psychology in Your Writing
thisisnotpsychology:
What Will Your Character Do When Disaster Strikes? by Carolyn Kaufman, PsyD
Characterization and Conflict: Using Psychological Tests to Improve Your Writing by Carolyn Kaufman, PsyD
Gathering Information from Characters: Types of Questions by JJ Cooper
Using Body Language in Writing by JJ Cooper
Body Language Cheat Sheet by Carolyn Kaufman, PsyD
USING ARCHETYPES IN...
“You don’t write books to make money, you do it because this is what you love...”
– Neil Gaiman (via neilgaiman)
January 2012
10 posts
102 Resources for Fiction Writers →
thinkings0ber:
102 Resources for Fiction Writers
vulpesinculta:
Are you still stuck for ideas for National Novel Writing Month? Or are you working on a novel at a more leisurely pace? Here are 102 resources on Character, Point of View, Dialogue, Plot, Conflict,…
“Don’t let the world convince you that you can’t write. That may ultimately be...”
– Lev Grossman (via oliveryeh)
nerdquirks:
aureate: (adjective)
1. pertaining to the fancy or flowery words used by poets
2. of a golden color or brilliance
nerdquirks:
sabaism: (noun) the worship of stars
nerdquirks:
acosmist: (noun) one who believes nothing exists
nerdquirks:
paralian: (noun) one who lives by the sea
nerdquirks:
aubade: (noun) a love song which is sung at dawn
starstealing:
25 Things Writers Should Stop Doing
nudityandnerdery:
1. Stop Running Away
Right here is your story. Your manuscript. Your career. So why the fuck are you running in the other direction? Your writing will never chase you — you need to chase your writing. If it’s what you want, then pursue it. This isn’t just true of your overall writing career, either. It’s true of individual...
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Repeat after me:
You can always edit later.
It’s not nearly as bad as you think it is.
Just write whatever you think of.
No second guesses.
You can always edit later.
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!
poemcast:
Are you a poet or a poetry enthusiast?
Ayumi here, and I’m going to sound like a car salesman for a few minutes while you read this. (Feel free to skip any time. I believe “j” is the magic key for that.) I fancy myself a bit of a poet, and as I discovered in my workshop class this past semester it’s really helpful to have regular deadlines to work on one’s poetic voice. Also, I’ve...
November 2011
5 posts
Anonymous asked: Not only do I like your blog (haha I found it) but I also am OBSESSED with you secretly. Ok here we go.. I got this idea from a Tumblr spam I got once lol.. I think you like me too and you were always too shy to admit it :3 go to crushmatches(dòt)com (wtf it wont let me link regular) and make an account there. Then look up the profile 'gottagetme19' (me obviously) I left body...
pilgrimsoulinme:
Why do you write? What do you think is “good writing”? What are the hallmarks of quality writing? What are the badges of bad writing? What makes you a “writer”? When do you get to become part of the writing club? Is it when you get published? Is it when some famous author notices you and takes you under his wing as his next big project? Is it when you are starving with no...
“A novel is a piece of architecture. It’s not random wallowings or confessional...”
– John Irving (via yeahwriting)
October 2011
11 posts
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“You write your first draft with your heart and you re-write with your head. The...”
– Sean Connery (via booksandnerds)
zeusyimhome:
Neil Gaiman: 8 Good Writing Practices
ilovereadingandwriting:
Write.
Put one word after another. Find the right word, put it down.
Finish what you’re writing. Whatever you have to do to finish it, finish it.
Put it aside. Read it pretending you’ve never read it before. Show it to friends whose opinion you respect and who like the kind of thing that this is.
Remember: when...
“There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly;...”
– Ernest Hemingway (via aspiretowritemore)
“I never used to write down all the ideas that occur to me while writing. I...”
– Gabriel García Márquez (via m-orente)
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Write with Me
jtoday:
Would anyone want to do this with me? Post the beginning of a story on your blog (or a dozen beginnings. Just start writing.) and others can reblog your story, and continue it. And people can reblog what they’ve done and keep it going. And if five people take the story in five different directions… just… these things can grow wild and become their own things. And if some of them fizzle...
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“The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being...”
– Vladimir Nabakov (via andreawrites)
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“We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.”
– Ernest Hemingway (via yatwriter)
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September 2011
12 posts
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“The first duty of the novelist is to entertain. It is a moral duty. People who...”
– Donna Tartt. She wrote one of my favorite books, The Secret History. (via yeahwriters)
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“You must write every single day of your life. You must read dreadful dumb books...”
– Ray Bradbury (via atomos)
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“Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how...”
– Nathaniel Hawthorne (via yeahwriting)
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yeahwriters:
Writing Challenge Trade Off
This sounds like a pretty cool new Tumblr, it just looks like it needs some people to help get it going.
From their home page:
WCT-o stands for Writing Challenge Trade-Off. The idea of this is to challenge other writers to write what they have problems with. This means that if you have problems with characterization, you will be challenged to write...
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Progress as an Extended Cake Metaphor
alicevernon:
The more I write this novel, the more I realise how different the process is to creating a short story. There’s so much to think about, and so much to plan. As a baking enthusiast, I’d have to use the analogy that my short stories are made like a basic sponge cake, ingredients are weighed perfectly, but then it’s bunged in a bowl. This novel, though, it’s like a ten-tiered...
“We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always...”
– Frank Tibolt- (via cuehappiness)
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“A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; a bad novel tells us the truth...”
– G. K. Chesterto (quotationspage)
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August 2011
49 posts
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“There is a great deal of work and worry in between the draft that makes a book...”
– Ally Carter (via themermaidfiles)
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“Front-rank characters should have some defect, some conflicting inner polarity,...”
– Barnaby Conrad (via yeahwriting)
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I like to write in REALLY BIG FONT so that I feel like I’m always writing A WHOLE BUNCH. And to keep myself from gloating over my progress. And to keep me from rereading too much of what I just wrote. :P
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“it rarely takes more than a page to recognize that you’re in the presence of...”
– josh olson (via justababybunny)
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Make Time for Your Writing
writingjunk:
July 16, 2011
Let Your Partner Sleep. Have a small flashlight, penlight, or reading lamp near your bed so you can easily write during the night or early morning without disturbing your sleeping partner.
A Question for the Sandman. Prior to going to bed, write a question you have about your writing project. This question may relate to a character, plot point, article them, or some...