May222013
yeahwriters: OH YOU KNOW JUST A WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN TURN WORDS INTO CATS

yeahwriters:

OH YOU KNOW JUST A WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN TURN WORDS INTO CATS
4PM
mccoymedical: starfleetgrad: aileine: I couldn’t help myself. hey look it got even BETTER I CAN’T BREATHE SEND HELP

mccoymedical:

starfleetgrad:

aileine:

I couldn’t help myself.

hey look it got even BETTER

I CAN’T BREATHE SEND HELP

(via viking-burger)
4PM

celestialsheperd:

gaysealapproves:

I found this nice tutorial/anatomy advice spread created by meghanhetrickof deviant art.

She gave me permission to post it up here to share so go make sure to visit her and look at her other creations of goodness! 

FUCKING THANK YOU.

EVERY ANIME AND HENTAI ARTIST NEEDS TO FUCKING READ THIS SHIT.
4PM
tastefullyoffensive: [marlomeekins]

tastefullyoffensive:

[marlomeekins]
4PM

prose is architecture: Writing Tips #69: How to Style Profanity

bookgeekconfessions:

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Some time ago, I wrote about the suitability of profanity in prose. My conclusion was that, depending on the context, it’s up to the producer to decide whether to publish profanity and the reader whether to accept or reject it. But if you, the producer, decide to…

4PM

(Source: lolthatsme)
May202013

(Source: the-excel, via tastefullyoffensive)
2AM
“Being a good writer is 3% talent and 97% not being distracted by the internet.”

(via worldinink)

— the writer reblogs, being distracted by the internet

(via cameralinz)

(via yeahwriters)
May172013

mauve-soul:

*Leaves room with the Wise Man’s Fear in hands*

Mom: That book is huge! How can you read something like that?

Me: Mom… This is a good thing. 1100 pages… This is a GOD among books, and I am blessed to be in its presence.

Mom: *serious face* Have you been reading it all day?

Me: Yes, but I’m only on page 405! I need to make more progress!

Mom: Maybe you should take a break…

Me: *Instantly runs back to room* No! Kvothe needs me!!!

(via kingkillerarchives)

5AM

amaeza:

untruc:

amaeza:

you know, i’m a raging lesbian and i was never distracted by what other girls in my classes were wearing in high school. this is a male problem, not an “attracted to women” problem.

This is an “inability to respect women” problem.

Which is a male problem.

(Source: amaezo, via alterabsurdum)

5AM

banesboner:

sugar-velvet:

mrsmelchiorgabor:

this is what heterophobia would look like if it was real. if you believe that heterophobia is a real thing that exists, please watch this because you will see that it simply doesn’t exist, that it never has and never will. 

tbh I think everyone should watch this anyway because it’s very clever and very powerful

I’m like crying and shaking

Everyone needs to watch this

it also appears gender roles are reversed, which is interesting 

(via iamterra)
May122013

prose is architecture: Writing: Your Characters Must Earn (or Have Earned) Their Skills

  • Magic (and other skills—especially physical skills) must be practiced. Yes, your wizard could be the “chosen one,” but remember that even Harry Potter had to practice his patronus charm. In The Matrix, Neo had to learn how to get used to working within the system.
  • Knowledge must be studied: Your character probably wasn’t born with world knowledge floating around in her brain. She might have a high IQ, but she still needs to study. Hermione Granger read

6PM

prose is architecture: The Nine Types of Intelligence

psych-facts:

1. Naturalist Intelligence (“Nature Smart”)

Designates the human ability to discriminate among living things (plants, animals) as well as sensitivity to other features of the natural world (clouds, rock configurations). This ability was clearly of value in our evolutionary…

(Source: neurolove.me )

May112013
teachingliteracy: amandaonwriting: How to end your novel The Dos and Don’ts By James V. Smith Jr. Don’ts Don’t introduce any new characters or subplots. Any appearances within the last 50 pages should have been foreshadowed earlier, even if mysteriously. Don’t describe, muse, explain or philosophize. Keep description to a minimum, but maximize action and conflict. You have placed all your charges. Now, light the fuse and run. Don’t change voice, tone or attitude. An ending will feel tacked on if the voice of the narrator suddenly sounds alien to the voice that’s been consistent for the previous 80,000 words. Don’t resort to gimmicks. No quirky twists or trick endings. The final impression you want to create is a positive one. Don’t leave your reader feeling tricked or cheated. Dos Do create that sense of Oh, wow! Your best novelties and biggest surprises should go here. Readers love it when some early, trivial detail plays a part in the finale.  Do enmesh your reader deeply in the outcome. Get her so involved that she cannot put down your novel to go to bed, to work or even to the bathroom until she sees how it turns out. Do resolve the central conflict. You don’t have to provide a happily-ever-after ending, but do try to uplift. Readers want to be uplifted, and editors try to give readers what they want. Do afford redemption to your heroic character. No matter how many mistakes she has made along the way, allow the reader—and the character—to realize that, in the end, she has done the right thing. Do tie up loose ends of significance. Every question you planted in a reader’s mind should be addressed, even if the answer is to say that a character will address that issue later, after the book ends. Do mirror your final words to events in your opener. When you reach the ending, go back to ensure some element in each of your complications will point to the beginning. It’s the tie-back tactic. Merely create a feeling that the final words hearken to an earlier moment in the story. By James V. Smith Jr. Source for Dos and Don’ts. Visit Writers Digest for more.

teachingliteracy:

amandaonwriting:

How to end your novel

The Dos and Don’ts By James V. Smith Jr.

Don’ts

  1. Don’t introduce any new characters or subplots. Any appearances within the last 50 pages should have been foreshadowed earlier, even if mysteriously.
  2. Don’t describe, muse, explain or philosophize. Keep description to a minimum, but maximize action and conflict. You have placed all your charges. Now, light the fuse and run.
  3. Don’t change voice, tone or attitude. An ending will feel tacked on if the voice of the narrator suddenly sounds alien to the voice that’s been consistent for the previous 80,000 words.
  4. Don’t resort to gimmicks. No quirky twists or trick endings. The final impression you want to create is a positive one. Don’t leave your reader feeling tricked or cheated.

Dos

  1. Do create that sense of Oh, wow! Your best novelties and biggest surprises should go here. Readers love it when some early, trivial detail plays a part in the finale. 
  2. Do enmesh your reader deeply in the outcome. Get her so involved that she cannot put down your novel to go to bed, to work or even to the bathroom until she sees how it turns out.
  3. Do resolve the central conflict. You don’t have to provide a happily-ever-after ending, but do try to uplift. Readers want to be uplifted, and editors try to give readers what they want.
  4. Do afford redemption to your heroic character. No matter how many mistakes she has made along the way, allow the reader—and the character—to realize that, in the end, she has done the right thing.
  5. Do tie up loose ends of significance. Every question you planted in a reader’s mind should be addressed, even if the answer is to say that a character will address that issue later, after the book ends.
  6. Do mirror your final words to events in your opener. When you reach the ending, go back to ensure some element in each of your complications will point to the beginning. It’s the tie-back tactic. Merely create a feeling that the final words hearken to an earlier moment in the story.

By James V. Smith Jr.

Source for Dos and Don’ts. Visit Writers Digest for more.

(via worddocs)
3AM

Music can save lives. Reblog this and add an inspirational song. You never know if someone on your dash might need it.

  • Unbound- Avenged Sevenfold
  • Make It Stop - Rise Against
  • Save You - Simple Plan
  • Yellow - Coldplay
  • F**kin Perfect - P!nk
  • Who You Are - Jessie J
  • Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars
  • Skyscraper - Demi Lovato
  • The Scientist - Coldplay
  • Adam's Song - Blink-182
  • Fix You - Coldplay
  • The Middle - Jimmy Eat World
  • Shake It Out - Florence and the Machine
  • Never Give in - Black veil brides
  • 4 Words (To Choke Upon) - Bullet For My Valentine
  • Saviour - Black Veil Brides
  • Hold On Till May - Pierce the Veil
  • Famous Last Words - My Chemical Romance
  • Who Are You Now - Sleeping With Sirens
  • If I'm James Dean, then you're Audrey Hepburn - Sleeping With Sirens
  • Iris - The Goo Goo Dolls
  • Invincible - Muse
  • Screenager - Muse
  • Blackout - Muse
  • This Too Shall Pass - OK Go
  • Lover Dearest - Marianas Trench
  • The Masterplan - Oasis
  • Whatever - Oasis
  • Butterflies And Hurricanes - Muse
  • The perfect kiss - New Order
  • Stay young - Oasis
  • Beside You - Marianas Trench
  • You've got the heart of a star - Oasis
  • Stop crying your heart out - Oasis
  • Born This Way - Lady Gaga
  • All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
  • Legacy - Memphis May Fire
  • Vaulted Ceilings - Memphis May Fire
  • What I've Done - Linkin Park
  • Sanctuary - Paradise Fears
  • Therapy - All Time Low
  • Porcelain - Marianas Trench
  • Never Too Late - Three Days Grace
  • The Storm - Of Mice & Men
  • The Great Hendowski - Of Mice & Men
  • Forever and Always - Parachute
  • Breathe - Sia
  • Between Two Lungs - Florence and the Machine
  • True Colors - Cyndi Lauper
  • A Match Into Water - Pierce The Veil
  • Disasterology - Pierce The Veil
  • Try - P!nk
  • Stay - Mayday Parade
  • In the end - Black veil brides
  • Someone, somewhere - Asking Alexandria
  • Still Breathing - Mayday Parade
  • Good enough - Evanescence
  • Heather's song - Andy McKee
  • It gets better - Todrick Hall
  • This is the future - Owl City
  • Keep holding on - Avril Lavigne/Glee Cast
  • Rooftops - Lostprophets
  • Climb - Miley Cyrus
  • Beautiful - Christina Aguilera
  • Just breathe - Pearl Jam
  • Glitter in the air - P!nk
  • Here's hope - Owl City
  • Arms - Christina Perri
  • Hold on till may - Pierce the veil
  • Second and Sebring - Of mice & men
  • Bullet - Hollywood Undead
  • Oh well, Oh well - Mayday Parade
  • Breathe- The Cinematic Orchestra
  • Here I Am - Bryan Adams
  • Someone Who Cares - Three Days Grace
  • A Drop In The Ocean - Ron Pope
  • Beneath Your Beautiful - Labrinth
  • Till Death Do Us Part - BrokeNCYDE
  • The sun will rise - Kelly Clarkson.
  • The World is Ugly - My Chemical Romance
  • The Light Behind Your Eyes - My Chemical Romance
  • Local Man Ruins Everything - The Wonder Years
  • Don't Lose Hope - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
  • Not Alone - Family Force 5
  • The Way She Feels - Between The Trees
  • Carry You - Close Your Eyes
  • The Fighter - Gym Class Heroes feat. Ryan Tedder
  • Hero of War ~ Rise Against
  • Young Heart ~ We Are The Ocean
  • You Are Not - Young Guns
  • Iridescent- Linkin Park
  • Face Up - LIGHTS
  • Weightless - All Time Low
  • Glad You Came- The Wanted
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