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All those who aspire to complete novels should recognise what a unique skill this is, and why it is completely worth forsaking a standard career, a steady income, and even, hard as it is to say, the slim chance of publication.
So few people are skilled writers, and even fewer have the imagination and skill to write an accomplished novel. In a world drowned by distraction and where "steady" jobs are in danger of disappearing, now is actually the perfect time to pursue writing fiction.
Writers, if they are wise, will never be unemployed. Our myriad skills can be leveraged into numerous positions.
Write novels!
Been thinking about this a lot lately... It's especially good advice for those of us that are terrible plotters. Just take it one step at a time.
#novel#write#writer#author#novelist#write novels#love novels#reading#books#read books#read more books#read or die
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Reading Mockingjay as an adult is extra devastating because. Of course the plucky teenager and her ragtag friends aren't going to sneak into a government building to kill the president with a bow and arrow. That's absolutely ridiculous. It's the kind of thing that's only possible in the kind of propaganda that Coin developed. But she's so good at it that in some ways she tricks the reader into thinking that's the kind of story this is, too--even after 3 books reminding us that pretty much everything that Katniss does the second she volunteers is manipulated by adults pulling strings to make propaganda in some form or another.
#rotating it in my brain#monstrous-femme said Coin was using the YA novel format as propaganda#and yeah. YEAH#where's that review that's like. oh. turns out it wasn't about the love story after all.#thg#the hunger games#mockingjay
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Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena // Alain de Botton, Essays in Love // Eden Robinson, "Writing Prompts for the Broken-Hearted" // Chloe Liese, Always Only You // Anne Carson and Euripides, An Oresteia // Two—Sleeping At Last // Studio Bones, SK8 the Infinity // Trista Mateer, "is it okay to say this?" // @moodylilac // D. H. Lawrence, "The Rainbow"
#theme: the essence of love#web weaving#webs#web weave#poetry#prose#aesthetic#prose poetry#literature#book quotes#novels#art#books#novel quotes#quotes#love quotes#love poems#poem#writing#words#inspo#parallels#compilation#anime#sk8 the infinity#franz kafka#anne carson#euripides#lyrics#song lyrics
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when the teasing goes from cute and innocent to ‘oh that turned you on, didn’t it?’
#desiblr#desi tumblr#text post#dark romanticism#desi academia#dark academia#intimacy#writers on tumblr#romance novels#romanticism#teasing#spilled writing#artists on tumblr#desire#desi shit posting#light academia#love language
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finally got some time to finish this heehee and an important detail under the cut
look at him!!!!!!
#critical role#critical role fanart#cr 2#the mighty nein#fjord stone#jester lavorre#fjorester#critical doodles#once again repeating how much i love drawing these mock novel covers
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hey writers we have to talk.
if you've read any romance or fanfic in the past twenty years (i know you have), you know that there are a certain number of scents associated with hot dudes. you can probably recite the list of Things Men in Fic smell like in your sleep: leather, black pepper, pine, sandalwood, "something uniquely him", clean sweat, and if the character has ever fucking been within 50 yards of a firearm, something called "cordite".
here's the thing.
NO ONE SMELLS LIKE CORDITE.
cordite was a highly specific type of smokeless gunpowder developed in the 1890s by england specifically and used mostly in wwi.
if your good-smelling guy is not (a) english (b) using a very specific type of british rifle (c) dying in a trench in flanders, he does not smell like cordite. technically even if he does meet all those conditions he still doesn't smell like cordite because he smells like trenchfoot.
the point is, cordite is so far from universal that no one but the most hardcore gun nerds give a single shit about it. making your Sexy Hero smell like cordite is like naming a cassette-only bootleg live recording from the 1970s as your favorite grateful dead album. everyone at the party hates you immediately and knows you're doing it for clout. also, it's just factually... wrong. please stop. i know everyone else is doing it, but you can do the right thing here, i believe in you.
so what do people who are using guns smell like?
well if your story is set before the late 1880s, the smell of a fired gun is black powder, which, unfortunately, smells like seventeen flatulent cows have been shoved in a tire factory. trust me, you do not want your Hot Dude to smell like black powder. it's b a d.
if your story is set after the late 1880s, guns are using some variety of modern 'smokeless' powder - which speaking broadly doesn't really have a ton of scent when used. it does have some, but it's sort of non-descript: the best way i can describe it is the sweet, ozone, hot-plate smell of popping your car hood with a warm engine.
people who use guns a lot don't smell like fired guns all the time anyway, so while those scents might work in a fight scene, they're not realistic all the time. but there are some things that your Sexy Shootist will smell like basically 24/7 and that's metal and gun oil. metal you can go and sniff (i recommend non-stainless steel), but if you want a reference, most gun oils have a sharp, organic smell that's not dissimilar to canola oil but muskier and with a tang overtop. it's not unlikely leather is in the mix as well due to routine handling of leather equipment and gear. modern gear also tends to have a certain smell although it varies by production country and storage conditions - lots of opportunities there.
in conclusion: gunslingers and hired killers and military folks can be sexy and smell great on page, but i am begging you not to say "cordite" when you mean "gunpowder" ever again. we can do this. we are writers and therefore pedants. i believe in us!
#i will kiss the first romance writer who makes their MMC smell like cosmoline on the mouth#(actually don't cosmoline smells fucking awful)#firearms#romance novels#fanfic#meta#writing reference#also if anyone has a hypothesis about WHY cordite took off i would love to hear it#historical firearms#nb4 the gun nerds show up yes this post does contain sweeping generalizations about the history of gunpowder
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my favorite genre of women is running from creepy castles/houses
#god i love this art style#gothic romance#gothic horror#art#these are all from older gothic romance novels
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A man who didn't have a father.
A man who didn't have friends.
A man who lost his mother.
He lived only when he read the book.
#didn't have such strong hyperfixation on anything in a last year or something#im reading the novel with really crappy translation and still im so invested in the story...#artists on tumblr#art#artwork#digital art#orv fanart#orv#kim dokja#i love him so much btw he's my baby🥺🥺
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Carrie is fat in the book. Learning that completely blew me.
The use of pigs blood makes so much more sense. The reason she was bullied so relentlesly, even though she does nothing to nobody, makes so much more sense. The relationship with her mother makes so much more sense.
I know they aren't going to, but I wish they would cast someone fat in this new Carrie adaptation. From the articles I've seen, they are already speculating which skinny actress it's going to be.
How many times can they tell the story the same exact way? The answer: endlessly.
I don't know what's worse the total erasure of fat people in movies or the only story we get to see ourselves in are the love yourself fatty movies.
#carrie white#carrie stephen king#stephen king#mike flanagan#their all gonna laugh at you#fat erasure#fatphobia#book to screen#book adaptation#novel adaptation#carrie 2013#carrie 2002#sissy spacek#chloe grace moretz#angela bettis#love yourself#carrie the musical
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two people will go through similar things & learn to cope in different ways
print ♥︎ song
#I just love these two the more I read & get to know them#I could write a novel on my izutade thoughts. it's so beyond Shipping okay. secret fifth thing#you know how it is with teen girls who are weird about each other (and how they never figure out why until later)#[clenches fist] it's about... what they REPRESENT to each other...#anyway I hope they meet again someday and I hope they're both in a better place about it. I hope they can become real friends about it then#what if ogre girls and cat girls were real huh. what then.#dungeon meshi#izutade#inutade#izutsumi#llamahearted Big Anime Girl extended universe
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Answer the question, shizun.
Based on that one silly text meme LMAO
#svsss#scum villian self saving system#scum villain#luo binghe#shen qingqiu#shen yuan#bingqiu#love gay people#svsss fanart#mxtx svsss#mxtx novels#fanart#scum villain self saving system fanart
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If Aaron and Katelyn's love story was ever told from Katelyn's POV, I feel like it would follow so many YA romance tropes. Like the bad boy with an attitude problem who keeps pushing you away? It's because he has a tragic backstory and a strained relationship with his brother. He's occasionally extremely violent? Okay well he's also the sweetest and most caring boy in the world and like honestly he's just really misunderstood. You guys can see each other, but it needs to be a secret relationship. He's a jock, but like, he's not like other jocks. Also the mafia is involved somehow.
The biggest difference is that she never felt like she had to fix him (and he never had to fix her either) and for that I stan this couple so much.
#like aaron's life is insane and she just rolled with it#the STRENGTH this woman has#but like seriously she's in like a slightly distorted wattpad novel#aftg#idk their ship name actually#aaron minyard#katelyn mckenzie#all for the game#andrew minyard#aftg extra content#aftg extra content spoilers#i love them your honor#the foxhole court#the raven king#the kings men
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Girlpool—Before the World Was Big // memorial bench quoting Toni Morrison's Sula // @inanotherunivrse // Iain S. Thomas, I Wrote This For You // Zadie Smith, Swing Time // Fall Out Boy—The Kids Aren't Alright // Audrey Emmett // Mikko Harvey, "For M" // Mahmoud Darwish, Memory for Forgetfulness: August, Beirut, 1982 (tr. Ibrahim Muhawi) // Langston Hughes, "Poem"
#theme: old friends#web weaving#webs#web weave#poetry#prose#aesthetic#prose poetry#literature#art#book quotes#novels#novel quotes#books#quotes#words#reading#friendship#on friendship#writing#inspo#parallels#compilation#song lyrics#poems and poetry#poems#langston hughes#on love#nostalgia
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That it’s clearly habit for them to divide up whatever food they’re given according to who can eat what is such a great little moment.
#as much as I love the grand scale space opera sort of stories it’s moments like this that really grab me#star trek tos#spock#jim kirk#leonard mccoy#star trek novels#time for yesterday#a.c crispin
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Yandere visual novel games recommendations
These are all free to download from itch.io on computer. I’m not sure if any of these could work on any other device but most probably not. All of these games aren’t finished either and it’s the demo you play. Still, you have content to play and it doesn’t end after 5 minutes, I promise.
14 Days With You- by cutiesai
Here’s a link to the official tumblr blog
OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION:
"14 Days With You" is an upcoming romantic horror visual novel centred around Ren, a mysterious individual who seems more than obsessed with you — and is willing to do anything he can to have you.
Prescription:LOVE - by Livingslime
OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION:
"You wake up in a hospital with no memory of how you got there. A kind and attentive doctor assures you that you will be under his care, patiently nursing you back to health. No one seems to know what caused your condition. "
The Kid at the Back - by Fantasia | TealCat
OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION:
"There's this guy, pretty tall guy, often times people don't even realize he's there but he is. Usually sits at the back, wears nothing but black. His eyes however, were bright, red as the autumn leaves, and they for sure aren't leaving your eyes once you lock with his."
Heart Cage - by rice love coffee
OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION:
You are a detective who has just moved to a new town. You are involved in a serial killer case, and three mysterious residents (Or more?!) are approaching you!
Don't trust anyone! But... can you?
Please Don’t Hate Christmas- (also) by rice love coffee
OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION:
Yandere x Otome x Christmas x Urban Legend!!
You last celebrated Christmas a few years ago. This year, you returned to your hometown---Snowflake Island, with your childhood friend, Albert. Albert treats you so well that you choose to stay forever. However, you forgot something in the past, and it's still not solved...
(A/N: it was a long time since I played this ⬆️ but it shouldn’t have changed much- when I played it was really good. )
#visual novel#yandere#yandere game#Yandere visual novel#yandere x player#Yandere video game#misstycloud recommends#the kid at the back vn#14 days with you#prescription love#heart cage#rice love coffee#teal cat#Please Don’t Hate Christmas vn
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