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Isn’t it odd how much fatter a book gets when you’ve read it several times? As if something were left between the pages every time you read it. Feelings, thoughts, sounds, smells…and then, when you look at the book again many years later, you find yourself there, too, a slightly younger self, slightly different, as if the book had preserved you like a pressed flower…both strange and familiar.

Cornelia Funke, Inkspell (via observando)

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10+ Times Writers Took Book Dedications To Another Level

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Are you frustrated you can't leave second kudos on AO3? or third kudos? or whatever-who's-counting kudos?

Well, have I got the html for you!

Plop any of these in a comment (by copy&pasting the code) to make an author's day and show your appreciation!

Second kudos: <img src="https://i.ibb.co/tHMjbb6/second-kudos.png" alt="second kudos">

Third kudos: <img src="https://i.ibb.co/52bggQH/third-kudos.png" alt="third kudos">

nth kudos: <img src="https://i.ibb.co/6y7qGtC/nth-kudos.png" alt="nth kudos">

yet another kudos: <img src="https://i.ibb.co/wKtcj0s/yet-another-kudos.png" alt="yet another kudos">

It will look something like this (and will be transparent with white outline on dark backgrounds):

Feel free to spread and use these as much as you like! (and if you have ideas for other variations, let me know ✌️)

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sometimes there's a little fictional guy i want to latch onto forever like a leech. in a normal way

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I'm just saying man,,, if I hear one 'dear' or 'darling' come outta jonmartin this season ill lose my mind game over I feel like jon would be surprisingly pretty casual abt it too and I just,,,,, will Perish Completely

listen i don’t really… go for pet names even to that mild degree, and i’m really REALLY fixated on how jon and martin say each other’s actual names. BUT i am willing to compromise w/ you here and offer up the possibility that terms of endearment become a kind of suffix for them, said so easily and naturally that they start to just blend into one word, barely an audible dash between them.

“jon-love.”

“martindarling.”

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writing is simple. i put my characters into a situation that i, the author, cannot figure out how to get them out of and i close the document

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more climbing fic stuff !!! fic by toneofjoy aka @rainydaymonk !!!

now there is beau and molly :)

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I have nothing to say for myself.

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okay, so here’s a thing i do that i never see talked about in writing circles: prewriting.

prewriting, for me, serves two functions: one, to stave off writer’s block and get me hyped up to write, and two, to make sure the tone of my writing stays consistent. i know we’ve all encountered that problem where we’re writing glorious purple prose, take a five minute break, and come back unable to write sentences more complex than those in a picture book. prewriting is, in essence, any refresher of your wip that you look at before you start writing. my prewriting agenda takes about 15 minutes, and it goes like this:

For ~10 min i read a published book that has the prose i want to emulate (in this case, Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo) For ~5 min I look at the WIP: moodboards or graphics i’ve made, my outlines, and most importantly, the chapter (or several chapters) that precede what i’m about to write. this is the most important step for me, as it reminds me of what’s going on and the flow of the story. cons of prewriting: it’s very, very easy to get distracted by all the cool inspiration you have and not actually write. to prevent this, i set a timer. a loud one. even though this might seem like obvious advice, consciously establishing a writing routine, including a proper setup, boosted my word count like mad, and i hope it benefits some of you as well. peace.

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It’s been ages since I painted anything Critical Role related… So here’s Gilmore! :)

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the universal experience

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in which everything is exactly the same, except everyone but essek is a muppet

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This is a set of illustrations inspired by Liam O'Brien’s round of Narrative Telephone featuring Caleb Widogast recounting an old Empire fable. 

–also did a bonus version of the same academy room setting, but where Jester fixes the end of the story, while the rest of the Chaos Crew assists as lookouts. :p

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your dariax is so cute i've been staring at him forever. thanks for sharing your art!

this guy's got a certain something...

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Being on tumblr is like being a raccoon. I dig through the garbage for shiny things I like. Sometimes I find good things to share with my friends. Sometimes I find something horrifying, and also share it with my friends.