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a magnificent poem about twisted words (correct me if i’m wrong)

words cannot bruise anymore than feathers, but the hooked hand of a beak leaves spotting reds and purples near your eye, and marks you out — liar.

white feathered birds live for a thousand years, turtles for ten thousand, and you would now come to my door at night wondering why the sun above whirls by.

you’ve crushed a thousand origami cranes with the carelessness of your fall from heaven’s graces, drowning in three feet of shallows, plumage stained strawberry bright. all too sweet, all too tart.

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The Golden House

Thank you to everyone who helped me out with my last post! I’ve decided to use @gettingitwrite‘s advice and post just a bit of my story here on tumblr.

In case you’re curious, I won’t be using Wattpad for now, but a smaller platform run by Werdsmith, a writing app. #novicemuch

If you do check out my short story, do know that comments and criticism are very much welcome! This is my first ever piece of work, so apologies in advance if it’s trashy :^)

Categories: Drama, Realistic fiction

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Prompt: There’s an urban legend about a taxi cab that doesn’t take you where you want to go, but where you need to go.

“Where do you think you’re going!” she screamed.

He didn’t even bother to lean forward, clench his neck, jam his fists into his pockets. It didn’t take much willpower anymore to not look back to the window. But he still saw her. Just like all the other times, he knew she was there, watching, her face riddled with angst and fury and regret.

A scream of wheels came up. Good timing, he thought.

He yanked the door open and got in. The engine hummed.

“Where to today?” the cab driver asked.

“Anywhere else.”

They took off.

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i’d like to show you guys a story

so i finally got around to writing a short story and would love for the writing community here on tumblr to see it. but i was wondering what writers usually do. 

would you, a prospective reader, prefer to access it through a link to another site like wattpad or just see it all dumped in one post here?

would really appreciate advice, as i’m new to this :)

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Me: “I read every free second.”

My unread books on the shelves: 

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this is one of those “i have so many questions” statements

The shepherd’s cousin has a secret identity.

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especially love 1, 7, and 13

Writing Prompts

1. “I’m not taking advice from someone who ran into a door once.”

2. “Have y’all ever heard the concept of teamwork before?”

3. “Repeat after me. ‘I love myself because I’m rad as hell.’”

4. “You’re just jealous of my exquisite outfit!”

5. “No! Come back here! I am going to make you look elegant!”

6. “I dunno man, I just think the aliens are out there. They probably have really cute alien dogs too.”

7. “Over yonder, into the forest as thick as the ocean itself, lies the truth. The truth of the kingdom.”

8. “So, we are pirates now? I guess that’s pretty cool. I’m down.”

9. “I said, I LOVE YOU AND YOUR FACE!”

10. “The wedding is taking place at a lazer tag arena.”

11. “I’m here to pick up my dog, their name is Carrot.”

12. “I bet you couldn’t go one day without saying that word.”

13. “Ever wondered what it would be like to be a tree?”

14. “Interesting, I never did look at it from that angle before. How peculiar indeed.”

15. “I AM GOING TO YELL NICE THINGS AT YOU! I LOVE YOUR HAIR! IT IS VERY SHINY!”

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Bank account: “You really can’t afford to be buying more books.”

me:

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our family doesn’t usually eat fruits, but yesterday my dad came home with strawberries from the supermarket. i asked why and he looked me seriously in the eye and said “ratatouille”

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stay positive

When you’re writing your first draft and you know it could be better

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please reblog and keep this alive, i would like to see the many reactions tumblr has

one time my big group elected a leader to lead a project and he started off by saying, “ok boys,” and one of the girls said “wait how about us?” and he hesitated for a long time before saying “ok guys”

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Brushing your teeth before going to the dentist is an ageless version of cramming on the day of an exam

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completely relatable

me, writing: *approaching climax* me: … me: … me: … me: oh, i have to figure this out? 

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tbh there’s no need for ‘discreetly’ when it’s just another excuse to poke your sibling

ways to use chopsticks:

•  holding 1 chopstick in each hand, slide the meat until it drops onto ur plate

•  stab the fleshy parts so as to pick it up

•  discreetly poke ur older sister so she helps u

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Mooooooom! He’s touching it!

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how did they know i’m always either at A or B