bekahboo2391:
Where has this been all my life!?
But remember that sometimes that the only word that can work well is said. Sometimes that’s the only world that can convey what you want to get across, and one can tell when a thesaurus was used for every word
![okayophelia:
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read like a motherfucker. don’t learn from your betters, just inhale them. imprint rhythms and chokeholds and things-that-shoot-up-your-spine into your fingertips. read how romance novels create characters so vivid you want to fuck them and have them be fucked. read brutal minimalism and extravagant prose. read children’s books to remember about wonder and post-modernists to remember about freedom. read because at some point you will be so full with the consumption of language you will need to start pouring it back out again.
write like an asshole. write things when you’ve stayed up so late you are delirious. write when you’re drunk. write when a song has made you feel catastrophic. write when you’re famished. write when you’re spitting mad. write so you don’t curl up in the bottom of a shower and sob. write when people have torn strips off you. write when you’re high on adrenaline. write because there’s a monster on your back and you need to make it real and separate from your soul. eventually, you will not need any of these props to make you brave enough.
seriously. that’s it.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/dbde2a6de27795837c65888a59db80ca/tumblr_ml0ujyBTX41qa0tmpo1_500.png)
okayophelia:
[made rebloggable by request]
read like a motherfucker. don’t learn from your betters, just inhale them. imprint rhythms and chokeholds and things-that-shoot-up-your-spine into your fingertips. read how romance novels create characters so vivid you want to fuck them and have them be fucked. read brutal minimalism and extravagant prose. read children’s books to remember about wonder and post-modernists to remember about freedom. read because at some point you will be so full with the consumption of language you will need to start pouring it back out again.
write like an asshole. write things when you’ve stayed up so late you are delirious. write when you’re drunk. write when a song has made you feel catastrophic. write when you’re famished. write when you’re spitting mad. write so you don’t curl up in the bottom of a shower and sob. write when people have torn strips off you. write when you’re high on adrenaline. write because there’s a monster on your back and you need to make it real and separate from your soul. eventually, you will not need any of these props to make you brave enough.
seriously. that’s it.
A weird thing I find incredibly helpful for art/writing.
deadcantdraw:
Eplans.com is a website that sells blueprints for houses.
This might not seem that helpful but if you want a characters house you can make selections based on what sort of house you want them to live in.
Then browse through the results and find the house you want. Then you can view the blueprints and have a room layout for that house, which can help with visualising the space they live in.
It makes describing generic homes so much easier.
Anonymous said:
hi! I need help with the title for a short story. It's about a boyfriend and girlfriend who skip school for a day and go around their state. Can you help me?
Hm… I may need more information than that, but I’m also terrible at titles. You may want to try one of the Beta-readers, but I’ll keep thinking about it. Sorry I couldn’t be of more help. -Allison, Admin of Ink-Spirational
Legit Tip #50
legit-writing-tips:
queen-of-asgard-at-221b:
legit-writing-tips:
A lot of writers try really hard to be original, and end up with stories that are a mish-mash of complex, contradictory ideas that make no sense.
Don’t try so hard for originality that you end up losing the story. Go for simpler stories and rely instead on characterization to “spice things up” and make things unique.
this is good. I need to remember this.
Just remember, three of the best things a story can be are simple, honest and true. (True as in, true to human experience and emotion, not as in “a true story”…).
"
It has often been said
there’s so much to be read,
you never can cram
all those words in your head.
So the writer who breeds
more words than he needs
is making a chore
for the reader who reads.
That’s why my belief is
the briefer the brief is,
the greater the sigh
of the reader’s relief is.
And that’s why your books
have such power and strength.
You publish with shorth!
(Shorth is better than length.)
"
teachingliteracy:
explore-blog:
To counter one of the most abused words in (screen)writing, Go Into The Story has put together 115 word alternatives to the active verb “walks.”
