jadelyn: karethdreams: socialjusticeichigo: socialjusticeichigo: One drawback of learning a huge amount of your vocabulary through books and reading online is that you’re routinely laughed at because that word you thought was pronounced that way? Is not pronounced even remotely like that. The most reason was faux. I pronounced it the way it looked to me when…
Read morethefilmstage: The 15 must-see films of March.
Read morematt-daddario: Janelle Monáe – Make Me Feel
Read moreDoes it work to have a likable villain? Cause I have a few villains where the audience could see their pov and why they turned out to be the villain. So will it make my protag seem less likable?
heywriters: Real life villains can be likable. Ted Bundy was known for being so charming and charismatic that even the judge at his trial was reluctant to punish him. His childhood had been horrific and it’s highly likely he was the product of incest. Life had done him immense harm he didn’t deserve. That didn’t…
Read moreI like the scars because I like the stories. Bravery, stupidity, pain—none of them come free. Jessica Martinez, Virtuosity (via books-n-quotes)
Read moreWhat is your guilty pleasure movie?
Mr. Darcy: When crows remember people who wronged them and hold grudges, it’s ‘intelligent’ and ‘really cool’ but when I do it I’m ‘petty’ and ‘need to move on’.
Read more20 Basic Plots
thewritershandbook: 1. QUEST – the plot involves the Protagonist’s search for a person, place or thing, tangible or intangible (but must be quantifiable, so think of this as a noun; i.e., immortality). 2. ADVENTURE – this plot involves the Protagonist going in search of their fortune, and since fortune is never found at home, the…
Read moreopen notes on ‘annihilation’
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Read morelouminx: So I’m currently going through The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron, and everything was fine until I read this from Chapter 3 and my head exploded: “Many artists begin a piece of work, get well along in it, and then find, as they near completion, that the work seems mysteriously drained of merit. It’s…
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