abramsbooks:

Lev Grossman on writing from Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction by Jeff Vandermeer. Image by Sam Van Olffen

mattniskanenseyebrows:

OCTOBER IS NEXT WEEK

OCTOBER IS THIS WEEK

OCTOBER IS TOMORROW

Current Mood

“screaming internally over my own lack of progress but still not motivated enough to actually change my way of doing things”

I have a thought about ‘kill your darlings.’ There seems to be a general notion out there in the ether that the phrase means, ‘Hunt down every sentence or image you really love and cut it down like a pernicious weed.’  That, my dears, is bullshit.

In my opinion, what it really means is, ‘If you’re rewriting a whole scene just so that a paragraph or conversation you’re in love with will work, and it still kind of doesn’t, maybe it doesn’t really belong in this story and you should print it out and put it in a lovely, decorative folder labelled DARLINGS to read on those days when you hate every sentence you’re writing.’

Delia Sherman, American fantasy writer (via ellenkushner)

sarcolinedream:

I imagine a world of invisible
things: the honey light that
surrounds you; or a dream in
which you silently recite poetry.
There’s a butterfly in your
slender hands becoming a wild
ocean, tendered only by your
calming voice. But the truth is
a million things we can’t even
name, a future ache; a past tense
glance. Inside of us (where a
shadow is buried) the daytime
stars remain, forever unseen.

— Invisible, Michelle Tudor

When you’re having a good writing day

greater-than-the-sword:

Reading over it:

Say it with me

what-are-thoooooooose:

It is NOT okay for a man to hit a woman.
It is NOT okay for a woman to hit a man.
Just
Don’t hit anybody okay that’s not how we solve problems
😐

You mean to say violence is not the answer to all problems??! Hollywood action films have lied to me!!!

vaesna:

and tell the whole world

                                    “N o,  Y o u   M o v e.”

I’m currently outlining my story and as I am doing so, there is no clear antagonist for the main plot. It’s not Man vs Man, more like Man vs Self. Do I need an antagonist for the plot to go on or is that just fine?

nimblesnotebook:

The antagonist is whatever opposes the protagonist. The antagonist does not have to be a person. As long as you have conflict of some kind, you can have a plot.

September: Halloween prep month
October: Halloween month
November: Christmas prep month and post halloween depression month
December: Christmas month
Every other month: sad time