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The Emperor and Temperance

Whenever you're the emperor, you mustn't lose your temperor. I mean, by means of temperance, find balance in your governance.

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The Star and Seven of Cups

You're putting the water back, because all the cups are already full of things.

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Justice reversed and Five of Swords

The system isn't going to help you, so you're taking matters into your own hands.

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“I don’t know what living a balanced life feels like. When I am sad, I don’t cry, I pour. When I am happy, I don’t smile, I glow. When I am angry, I don’t yell, I burn. The good thing about feeling in extremes, is when I love, I give them wings. But perhaps that isn’t such a good thing, cause they always tend to leave and you should see me, when my heart is broken. I don’t grieve, I shatter.”

— Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey

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Heather Christle, from “Directly at the Sun,” in What Is Amazing [ID in ALT]

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Happy Together (1997) Dirección: Wong Kar Wai.

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“The more you read, the more you will write. The better the stuff you read, the better the stuff you will write.”

— Annie Dillard

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new tarot card proposal: the none of swords. it’s for when you don’t have any swords and you’re sad about it :(

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Three of Swords and King of Cups

This is objectively miserable, but you’re trying to maintain a philosophical attitude about it.

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Horror

Horror

The devil they knew was much less frightening than the unknown.

It was a bloodcurdling scream and he belately realized that it had come out of his own throat.

Someone stared at her through the window. She had always felt safe in her own home, shutting out the scary, real world. But a window is just glass, and glass... oh it breaks so so easily...

This place was giving him the creeps and he couldn't put his finger on why.

She came home after a long night out, going to her bedroom, ready to undress and get into her cozy bed. But the bump under her blanket was nothing she could explain.

Going to your own funeral and see who would cry - it sounded almost fun. If it wasn't for the fact that they could hear and see everything, but could not make a sound to stop them from closing up the grave around them.

One Word Prompt Lists

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ᴛɪᴘꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇʀꜱ [ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴀ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇʀ]

don't let your skill in writing deter you. publishers look for the storyline, not always excellent writing. many of the greatest books came from mediocre writers—and also excellent and terrible ones.

keep writing even when it sucks. you don't know how to write this battle scene yet? skip ahead. write [battle scene here] and continue. in the end, you'll still have a book—and you can fill in the blanks later.

find your motivation. whether it's constantly updating That One Friend or posting your progress, motivation is key.

write everything down. everything. you had the perfect plot appear to you in a dream? scribble down everything you can remember as so as you can. I like to keep cue cards on my nightstand just in case.

play with words. titles, sentences, whatever. a lot of it will probably change either way, so this is the perfect opportunity to try out a new turn of phrase—or move along on one you're not quite sure clicks yet.

explain why, don't tell me. if something is the most beautiful thing a character's ever laid eyes on, describe it—don't just say "it's beautiful".

ask for critique. you will always be partial to your writing. getting others to read it will almost always provide feedback to help you write even better.

stick to the book—until they snap. write a character who is disciplined, courteous, and kind. make every interaction to reinforce the reader's view as such. but when they're left alone, when their closest friend betrays them, when the world falls to their feet...make them finally break.

magic. has. limits. there is no "infinite well" for everyone to draw from, nor "infinite spells" that have been discovered. magic has a price. magic has a limit. it takes a toll on the user—otherwise why can't they simply snap their fingers and make everything go their way?

read, read, read. reading is the source of inspiration.

first drafts suck. and that's putting it gently. ignoring all the typos, unfinished sentences, and blatant breaking of each and every grammar rules, there's still a lot of terrible. the point of drafts is to progress and make it better: it's the sketch beneath an oil painting. it's okay to say it's not great—but that won't mean the ideas and inspiration are not there. first drafts suck, and that's how you get better.

write every day. get into the habit—one sentence more, or one hundred pages, both will train you to improve.

more is the key to improvement. more writing, more reading, more feedback, and you can only get better. writing is a skill, not a talent, and it's something that grows with you.

follow the rules but also scrap them completely. as barbossa wisely says in PotC, "the code is more what you'd call 'guidelines' than actual rules". none of this is by the book, as ironic as that may be.

write for yourself. I cannot stress this enough. if what you do is not something you enjoy, it will only get harder. push yourself, but know your limits. know when you need to take a break, and when you need to try again. write for yourself, and you will put out your best work.

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“if there is a light then i am going to swallow it. if there is a god then i’m going to make him cry.”

— s. osborn, from “blasphemies at the 5th street station,” published in The Rising Phoenix Review   (via horrorshow)

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― E.M. Forster, Howards End

[text ID: The house was very quiet, and the fog—we are in November now—pressed against the windows like an excluded ghost.]

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imy

Daunting nights and 

longer days that 

linger as far as time can stretch 

Back in my room 

Just us two 

Burning in flames of desire 

Back in my thoughts

chained by regret

I wished things were different

All this time spent in my head

Where it is safest for you and me

The only place to look for you

& save the part of you in me

the part of you that 

breathes through my mind 

every thought that 

fired from heart 

sparks the flame in me that 

burns for you 

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King of Wands and The Hanged Man

Yeah, I’m just trying to keep things running around here, and they’re always kind of hanging around, not doing anything really, looking like they know something you don’t, kind of creeps me out…

They’re right behind me, aren’t they?

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i‘m at least 40% dying right now

will keep you updated if the percentage increases