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[mantis-religiosa-writes]

WRITING CONTEST #1

Contest Details:

Where to submit - mantisreligiosa.press@gmail.com

Either paste your text within the body of the email (with the title) OR send a document as a PDF file.

The Prompt:

Submit a flash fiction piece between 100-300 words or a poetry piece of 40 lines or fewer. All entries must contain these three words (flora, steep, AND guide). If these words are not present, your submission will not be considered.

Feel free to provide your Tumblr user so I can credit the winners. At least three winners will be selected for this contest.

The Deadline - October 20th

[once-upon-a-reblog]

Daily pep-talk time!

What do you do on a day when you're 86 kinds of tired?

Just a little.

A little bit counts.

CreateIt22

[ojirocardigansniper]

discovering the insane hack that if you want to think more about a story you are making up and like so much. well you can just write down what you think happens. instead of only thinking about it and then getting distracted easily. tihs is crazy!!! who knew!!!

[cordeliawhohung]

Hello o7, sorry to be messaging so late, but I'm a chronic lurker, but I used to write for another Fandom. Anyway, I sorta want to start writing again for CoD and have a story idea, but I was wondering if you have any advice in writing for CoD characters and forwriting reader inserts. Hope this ask isn't too much of a bother, and thank you for your time.

so happy to hear someone's wanting to get back into writing! i'm absolutely terrible with advice, but here's my two cents.

1: Watch the games. You don't have to play the campaigns yourself (it's.... honestly not worth the money anyway) but there are tons of commentary free play throughs on YouTube! Don't just watch the cinematics either. There is tons of banter, dialogue, and character development that takes place during active missions. It'll really help you get a feel for the characters.

2: Know that, no matter what you do, you'll probably end up creating your own version of these guys in your head lmfao. I don't think there's a single writer here who doesn't someone tweak the boys to their liking in some sense, myself included. Know that things will also change if you're doing different universes as well. For example, In Limbo is a mafia!au, and so Simon isn't exactly going to act just like his canon version would, and that's okay! Things can be different sometimes, and it'll make more sense if they are.

3: Do a bit of research if you're not from the area. This goes more for the non-English folks, but there are cultural/regional differences between the boys that are good to take into account when writing! They'll say things differently, have slang, things of that sort. Not everyone does this, but I think it adds more to the characters if you do.

4: For reader inserts especially, keep things vague when talking about appearance. Unless you're writing for a specific type of reader (ie fat reader, black reader, etc) you'll want to ensure you don't accidentally close people off from trying to feel connected to your character/reader. Try not to talk about physical appearances and if you do, keep them vague.

Your cheeks warmed > your face turned red You looked up to kiss > you leaned in to kiss bruising is going to look different on different skin tones etc (there's more i just... cannot think of it rn)

Obviously there can be exceptions. I've read stories that take place in like, old western times or ye old days of England where f!reader has long hair because that's sort of what was expected at the time, so if you're doing something like that, just make sure to tag it! Also, everyone makes mistakes or slips up, so it's not the end of the world if you do this by accident, just something to keep in mind.

5: It's okay to give your reader a backstory in longer fics. Actually, please give them a backstory in longer fics. If you're doing some short one shot (or if it's like just pure smut or something lmfao) backstory isn't really an issue. But if you're writing 100k words plus, if you keep things too vague about the reader then there's like... nothing for anyone to care about, if that makes sense. There's no story, there's no character, you're just describing things that happen and there's no emotional stake in the mess. I hate to speak for everyone, but I get the feeling a majority of people read insert stories not to see themselves exactly mirrored in the character, but to just pretend that they're in a different universe for a while.

but yeah! that's about all i've got for you. the best advice really is to just keep writing. you're going to constantly improve and work off of what you've already created, and you'll learn how you like to do things and what feels most comfortable for you (:

[nari-is-reading-and-writing]

Coraline by Neil Gaiman. This isn't the first brilliant description I have noticed in it, and I don't believe it will be the last one.

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[sivaprasadbose]

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[larryneilson37]

A casual glance at the record makes Black Sab- bath look like an extraordinarily well functioning machine; six Warner Bros. albums are certified Gold (three of those Platinum) and the band has sold over six million records. Things have appar- ently been running so well for Black Sabbath for so long, that very little consideration has been given to the four musicians, the actual music they create or their attitudes about what they do. To the contrary, drummer Bill Ward, singer Ozzy Os boume, guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler have very definite ideas about their craft.

One thing Bill Ward likes to make clear is that Black Sabbath have matured considerably since the days when "Iron Man" and "War Pigs" first supershocked a comparatively laid-back music scene in 1971.

"We've leamed an awful lot about making records, about getting them to sound the way we want them to sound, in the last couple of years," he says. 1974's Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath was the first Sabbath album to be entirely self- produced. "It took us about four months to do, and we did it the way we wanted to. We worked on Sabotage for about eight months."

Tony Iommi smiles when he recalls the record- Ing of the group's first album, Black Sabbath. "We did that one in twelve hours, because we were under all the pressure a young band works with: we had to get the recording done and get back out on the road again. We've come a long way since then."

Black Sabbath was released in the states in June of 1970 and while it wasn't that long ago, it's long enough to keep Black Sabbath out of the ranks of johnny-come-lately British bands.

"We came up the 'old way," Bill Ward claims. "We had been together over a year when we recorded the first album, two years by the time we first came to America. It wasn't like we just suddenly appeared on the scene overnight. We did our share of working six nights a week, three sets a night, all over England and Europe."

By the time Black Sabbath first landed on American soil, fans of loud rock & roll were more than prepared: Black Sabbath and Paranoid were immediate best-sellers and both "Paranoid" and "Iron Man" received consider- able radio play. The band's audience grew quickly and continues to be fiercely loyal. By the time the band arrived in the states for their 1975 tour-opening dates in Toledo and Chicago, they were greeted with advance sell-outs and faced the prospect of arranging additional dates. It was a gratifying situation to the band, who, with the exception of their 1974 Califomia Jam ap- pearance, hadn't seen their American following since 1972.

"I'd say our audiences have matured some- what too, Ward explains. "When we started, I think we appealed to a younger group. People associated us with the 14 to 17 year old crowd, but now I like to think it's maybe 14 to 30. They've grown up with us. We've sort of gained some new territory in the audience area.

And we still managed to give them what they want to hear when they come to our live shows," Ward claims, affirming the close relation- ship the band has always had with its fans. As Ozzy will gladly tell anyone who needs to be

Like Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath, Sabotage was self-produced, self-written and performed. The band's thoughts about the album pretty well define the present status and future ambitions of Black Sabbath. "Now that we're producing our- selves," Tony Iommi explains, "We've got this freedom thing. We can be on both sides of the mixing board-out in front of it and sitting behind It-at once."

What makes Black Sabbath so powerful is their proven ability to perform clean loud rock & roll, and Geezer Butler and Ozzy Osboume's flair forwriting highly distinctive lyrics. "I suppose I get pissed off with the world so I write a lot of it in our lyrics," Ozzy explained to one magazine inter- viewer. "I always think about the downer side before I think about the up. I always want to make people happy. Even if it's bringing out their downer, it still gets them off and I love it."

Released early in 1976, the two-record set We Sold Our Soul For Rock 'N' Roll is about as good a chronicle of Black Sabbath music as one could ask for. The definitive greatest hits collection, We Sold included "Paranoid," "Iron Man," "Black Sabbath," "Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath," "Children of the Grave" and eleven other metal master- pieces.

Discography: Black Sabbath (June 1970) Paranoid (Jan. 1971) Master of Reality (Aug. 1971) Volume 4 (Sept. 1972) Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath (Dec. 1973) Sabotage (July 1975) We Sold Our Soul For Rock 'N' Roll (Feb. 1976)

[julia3838]

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[mahadi2020]

Метранпаж - вёрстка книг онлайн в браузере. Попробуй бесплатно! Более подробно смотрите вот тут по ссылке, заходите #верстка #книжная_верстка #дизайн #индизайн #нейросеть #метранпаж https://metranpage.com/forwriter

[heruntitled]

10 reasons Why no one is reading your book and now to change it

[jenniferniven]

Presenting •Write Your Story• a writing workshop with bff @angelo_surmelis and me! Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll talk writing tips and tricks, do writing challenges and exercises, and (hopefully) answer all your writing/publishing questions! And you’ll have the chance to see your work published in @germmagazine !!! So join us for our first IG live session, Thursday April 16 at noon ET/9am PT! We can’t wait to help you write your story! ✍🏻❤️ #writingworkshop #writeyourstory #writeyourlife #angelosurmelis #thedangerousartofblendingin #allthebrightplaces #holdinguptheuniverse #breathlessbook #write #forwriters #authorsofinstagram #letswrite #writerscommunity #writinginspiration #writingprompts #germmagazine #letscreate #stayhome #isolate2gether https://www.instagram.com/p/B-z_xfkpj-i/?igshid=eg126kmzcbvi

[kridious]

Time spent writing is, indeed, time spent wisely. Know more about “DEV,” its unexpected twists and turns, and get your copy of the book here: https://www.ukiyotoindia.com/product-page/dev Also available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/DEV-Rishabh-Dubey/dp/B088LJJBZJ . . . . . #RishabhDubey #DEV #KridiousTales #authors #forauthors #writers #forwriters #getpublished #writingcommunity #UkiyotoPublishing #TheWriteAdvice (at India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZxDf-0vBPQ/?utm_medium=tumblr

[rahul-kumars-stuff]

Please follow me on instagram as well link in bio.. Rahul Kumar Time to complete this #musingtime. #writerhardestthings #YourQuoteAndMine Collaborating with YourQuote Baba #oneliner #yourquoteandmine #forwriters #satify #hardwork Read my thoughts on YourQuote app at https://www.yourquote.in/rahul-kumar-c4e3m/quotes/satisfy-maximum-readers-b9jekn (at Delhi, India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQvkvjMM73v/?utm_medium=tumblr

[charlotteecraig]

ART IS WORTH IT; YOU ARE WORTH IT 

The past few years, I’ve been feeling great amounts of anxiety surrounding the pretty green book in this picture. I’ve questioned the worth of this book, of my writing talents, and, ultimately, myself. I’ve questioned whether this novel is good enough, if I’m good enough, and even if my commitment to this project is worth it. I grew to believe that I was just wasting my time. No one cares about this project. No one is going to read it. Even as I sit here, writing this brief post to all four of my followers, these notions haunt me. 

Every time I sat down to write the sequel to this novel (which I’ve been working on for YEARS now), I found myself wading in this pool of anxious thought. I’ve been trapped in the realm of “What ifs”. As a writer, or any artist for that matter, it is so hard to tune out the opinions and expectations of others, whether they have been spoken or not. Our art is something we have spent time developing. We have poured our sweat and tears and hearts upon each page, canvas, or song. It’s scary putting yourself out there in that way, knowing you will undoubtedly receive rejection and judgment. Knowing that, to some, you have just wasted your time. 

During this journey of completing the sequel to my novel, The Winds of Destiny, I have seriously debated giving up. I’ve spent days writing scenes only to delete them. I’ve spent a few hours crying over my keyboard. I have torn up pages of notes. I’ve wanted nothing more than to chuck my laptop out the window. I believed that this was not worth it. That writing my novel was not a productive use of my time. Being enrolled in full-time schooling added to this. I had professors telling me that fantasy was not real literature. Others who convinced me that school readings and assignments were more important than anything else in my life. All of my writing, whether essays or fiction, were under constant judgment and scrutiny by my superiors. I was brought to believe that what I was passionate about wasn’t worth it. My art was not worth it. 

That I was not worth it. 

This week, I came across this quote from one of my favourite authors, Sarah J. Maas. When asked what advice she would give to fellow writers, she said, “Read a lot, and write a lot. Write what you love, even if people tell you it’s not worth your time. And never, ever give up.” 

I had heard this advice before. However, it was not until I read this quote that it finally began to sink in. Perhaps it was because Sarah J. Maas, the current queen of new adult high fantasy, was the one saying it. Maybe it was because this was already something I was coming to realize… 

Every time I struggled to persevere when writing, was when I was writing in light of the opinions of others. It was not for myself. It was not simply because I loved writing, or my characters, or their world, or because I loved the story. It became about pleasing others. It became about what others thought about me. Not just my writing. It was only then that I failed. When I believed that my worth was in the words I was typing and the worlds I was creating. It was only then, encamped in my wonderings of the opinions of others, that I considered giving up. 

Today, I come to you with a few wise reminders. I write this not simply for you, but for myself. These reminders are for me and, hopefully, for others who floating along the same stream as I…

Artists, you cannot produce your best work under the limitations and expectations of other people. You cannot love your art when you are constantly worried about what others will say or think. Make art for you first, and them second. Write the stories you want to read. Paint the pictures you want on your wall. Produce the songs you want to hear. Do it because it is something you love. You are passionate about these things for a reason. Creating is not a waste of time; it is worth it. It is part of who we are - who God himself made us to be when he created us in His image. In the image of the “Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them” (Psalm 146:6 NIV). 

Do not believe the lie that your art, thoughts, and ideas are not worth it. Because it is. 

Art is worth your time.  It is valuable.  It is productive.  It is worth it.   You are worth it. 

[jpolish-writes-queer-ya-fantasy]

Utterly ridiculous editing hair is utterly ridiculous. I have nothing to say in my defense. #editing #writerslife #authorsofinstagram #authorsofig #transauthors #nonbinaryauthors #lesbianauthors #enbyhair #writing #writinglife #forwriters