legendarydefenderallura: Spirited Away isn’t a movie it’s an emotion
Read moreWHEN I AM ON TUMBLR FOR VINE COMPILATIONS AND TAIKA WAITITI TO SALVE MY DEPRESSION BUT 8 KINDS OF DISCOURSE ARE RUNNING HOT
psliterary: Pixar’s 22 Rules of Writing Rule #7: Come up with your ending before you figure out your middle. Seriously. Endings are HARD, get yours working up front.
Read moreSCRIPT GODS MUST DIE: Character Arcs – Order, Chaos, Reorder – Script Magazine
SCRIPT GODS MUST DIE: Character Arcs – Order, Chaos, Reorder – Script Magazine
Read moreIm eleven chapters into my novel and ive been considering re writing what ive already got bc in my head ive got ideas to modify the plot etc etc.. Do you think I should re write even though Im not finished, or finish then edit and all that?
heywriters: Leave notes concerning those changes (most writing programs even have a “comment” option) and press on. Only go back if it will bug you not to and if you don’t have a deadline. Or you just want to and don’t have a deadline, your writing your rules. Press on to the finish! Always press…
Read moreThe Tunnel Vision Problem
In your plot, events (hopefully) will happen that move the story forward. Often, they only happen to put a necessary condition into the plot. When you prioritize your own convenience in putting those conditions in place, you miss big chunks of the emotional story. frinstance – you need the protagonist’s dad out of the way…
Read morehow old are you?
writerlyn: Old enough that this is a rude question.
Read morenoctumsolis: quasi-normalcy: Of course, the real way to tell whether you’re in a Hard SF novel is if people keep providing you with unsolicited explanations of basic physics and everyday technology which you should, by rights, already know. It’s interesting that you choose to express this sentiment by means of a computer whose principle operational…
Read moreidealisticshoujohearts: cookiecutterwitch: vr-trakowski: deducecanoe: whopooh: daimonie: motherfuckingshakespeare: runecestershire: runecestershire: persephonesidekick: harmonicakind: yknow if romeo had just Cried on juliets corpse for a couple hours instead of drinking poison Right Then they would have been Fine The moral of the story is: always take time to cry for a few hours before making important decisions. So…
Read moreravencharm: I’m sick of people telling writers not to use an idea because it’s “overused” or “not original.” A huge part of writing is making the idea your own. Do you want to write about vampires?! THEN FOR GOD’S SAKE, WRITE ABOUT VAMPIRES! Oh, dystopian futures are overused? PUT YOUR OWN SPIN ON IT! Guys,…
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