#Killing Hemingway

[rewritingkel]

Top Ten Tuesday - 10 Random Books from My Shelf

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. The topic for today’s list is “The First 10 Books I Randomly Grabbed from My Shelf” (close your eyes and touch/grab/point to 10 random titles and tell us what they are!…

[kairithemang0]

yalls responses to my first bullshit kiss marry kiss were funny so we’re doing another one

Owen Carvour

Ted Spankoffski

Ernest Hemingway

[mishkakagehishka]

Men have nothing but the audacity

[menlove]

camping for 5 days and what am I doing? getting wizard high and writing beatles yaoi in a hammock

[virtuouslibertines69]

"You are killing me, but you have a right to. Never have I seen a greater, or more beautiful, or a calmer or more noble thing than you. Come on and kill me. I do not care who kills who." - Ernest Hemingway, from The Complete Works; “The Old Man and the Sea,”

The Great White by lpeters, DeviantArt

[spghtrbry]

[hypocratic]

genuinely going cuckoo over chilton for three seasons trying to bag himself a serial killer baddie, to no avail (and peril!!!), only to unintentionally do just that with margot. he's done it! he has no idea!

[fromthestacks]

The Kill Room

[commiefaggoth]

this goddamn presentation is due to-fucking-morrow and I've barely started kill me now

[lascitasdelashoras]

Edicion de clásicos

Literary Prints

[nozomijoestar]

Started new semester today and pissed Abt being disrespected twice by the professor but idk if I'd be able to swap at this point man 😑 (plus the material is already kindergarten shit already so I'm bored too but I kept that to myself prof was rude for other reasons)

: im challenging this and requesting to swap actually bc no you're not gonna get into the habit of disrespecting me for no reason and over pettiness at that with unearned arrogance to boot

[haute-lifestyle-com]

The Kill Room, from Shout Studios and Yale Productions, presents a high-stakes crime dramady as a nearly insolvent art dealer partners with the Russian mob to launder money by selling paintings created by a hit man.

[chronomally]

"Also, unlike Hemingway, Jake [Barnes] is burdened with neither wife nor child." I would categorize this under like "wish fulfillment" personally but okay

[ciderman2k]

The fucking cows, omg.

shitty news outlet tried to use ai for their lokiceratops article. this is the paleoart that was "referenced" (not even lokiceratops):

this is what the ai spat out and was used in the article. incredible.

[impala124]

A homage to FadelStyle kisses till date

Why kissing, though?

“The decision to kiss for the first time is the most crucial in any love story. It changes the relationship of two people much more strongly than even the final surrender; because this kiss already has within it that surrender.” Emil Ludwig

Here it goes—

gif credit : @divineandmajesticinone “Well, it's either kiss me or kill me, that's how I see it.” Tom Waits

gif credit : @iwantoceans “Kiss me, and you will see how important I am.” Sylvia Plath

gif credit : @divineandmajesticinone “One day you will kiss a man you can't breathe without, and find that breath is of little consequence.” Karen Marie Moning

gif credit : @itsallaboutbl “A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.” Ingrid Bergman

gif credit : @nanihirunkits “I didn't want to kiss you goodbye — that was the trouble — I wanted to kiss you good night — and there's a lot of difference.” Ernest Hemingway

gif credit : @itsallaboutbl “Now a soft kiss - Aye, by that kiss, I vow an endless bliss.” John Keats

gif credit : @nick-nellson "What would you do if I kissed you right now?" I stared at his beautiful face and his beautiful mouth and I wanted nothing more than to taste it. "I would kiss you back.” Michelle Hodkin

gif credit : @wanderlust-in-my-soul “If I were to kiss you then go to hell, I would. So then I can brag with the devils I saw heaven without ever entering it.” William Shakespeare

Bonus:

gif credit : @nanihirunkits “The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What's left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars.” Bertolt Brecht

[coffeebeanwriting]

15 Writing Tips from Authors

1) “You take people, you put them on a journey, you give them peril, you find out who they really are.” - Joss Whedon

2) “First, find out what your hero wants, then just follow them.” - Ray Bradbury 

Coffee bean’s analysis: Letting your characters lead the story can result in an authentic, character-driven story, full of real conflicts and natural emotion.

3) “Turn up for work. Discipline allows creative freedom. No discipline equals no freedom.” - Jeanette Winterson

4) “Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too.” - Isabel Allende 

Coffee bean’s analysis: In order to write or eventually share your story with the world, you have to sit down and do the work, even if your brain is empty. Once you show up, the creativity has a chance to spark.

5) “All bad writers are in love with the epic.” - Ernest Hemingway

6) "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." - Leonardo Da Vinci

Coffee bean’s analysis: Being able to turn a complex idea into simple words is harder than one might think— but can elevate your writing. Not everything needs to be epic or overly flowery.

7) “Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life.” - Anne Lamott

8) “I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged.” - Erica Jong

9) “Don’t write at first for anyone but yourself.” - T.S Eliot

Coffee bean’s analysis: Perfectionism will kill any chance you have at having fun and finishing your novel. Let go of that pressure of being perfect and do not worry about being judged. Write for you.

10) “Forget the books you want to write. Think only of the book you are writing.” -Henry Miller

Coffee bean’s analysis: Don’t overwhelm your schedule with trying to write a ton of projects at once. Focus your energy into one (or two) at a time.

11) "A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it." - Edgar Allen Poe

12) “Every sentence must do one of two things— reveal character or advance the action." - Kurt Vonnegut

Coffee bean’s analysis: Even if you’re writing a novel, this advice is brilliant. Whether it’s a sentence, paragraph or whole chapter... make sure they are meant to be in your story. Keep your scenes tidy and thematic, building towards something.

13) “Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” - Anton Chekhov

Coffee bean’s analysis: When writing a novel, give your reader details so that they can picture the scene in their head. Don’t do too much telling (though it has it’s places).

14) “It is perfectly okay to write garbage— as long as you edit brilliantly.” - C.J Cherry

15) “If it sounds like writing … rewrite it.” - Elmore Leonard

Coffee bean’s analysis: Allow yourself to write messily and worry about editing later. Once in the editing phase, if your writing sounds stiff, rewrite it so that it sounds natural.

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