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"The main rule of writing is that if you do it with enough assurance and confidence, you’re allowed..."

“The main rule of writing is that if you do it with enough assurance and confidence, you’re allowed to do whatever you like. (That may be a rule for life as well as for writing. But it’s definitely true for writing.) So write your story as it needs to be written. Write it honestly, and tell it as best you can. I’m not sure that there are any other rules. Not ones that matter.”

- Neil Gaiman

dorothy-snarker:You guys, you guys. Did you know there was a...

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You guys, you guys. Did you know there was a marriage proposal after the women’s gold medal rugby match? Olympics volunteerMarjorie Enya (in the yellow) proposed to her girlfriend Brazilian team rugby playerIsadora Cerullo (in the green). And, you’d better believe, she said yes. Blame it on Rio, indeed.

inthecloneclub: Hayley Kiyoko

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Hayley Kiyoko

Using Inaction to Raise the Stakes

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Recently someone asked me how to raise the stakes of their novel without big action scenes and I thought this question deserved further attention. It’s important to remember that you don’t need to use action to create tension—there are other simple ways to do it.

Here are a few tips on using inaction to raise the stakes:

Effectively use silence

When a character doesn’t say something when they should, this can help build tension. If a character asks, for example, “Do you lov...

"Write, write, write, motherfucking write. Write better today than you did yesterday and better..."

“Write, write, write, motherfucking write. Write better today than you did yesterday and better tomorrow than you did today. Onward, fair penmonkey, onward. If you’re not a writer, something will stop you — your own doubts, hate from haters, a bad review, poor time management, a hungry raccoon that nibbles off your fingers, whatever. If you’re a writer, you’ll write. And you’ll never stop to look back.”

- Chuck Wendig: Freelance Penmonkey

ariadneodair:Why Hikaru Sulu being gay is so important:- Star Trek is a huge cinematic franchise....

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Why Hikaru Sulu being gay is so important:

- Star Trek is a huge cinematic franchise. It is huge. It has thousands of fans of all different ages. This is a huge, huge step for diversity in wide spread cinema.

- The writers says Sulu will have a husband and a daughter. Not only will he be happy, he will have a family, he will have a KID. Considering how bleak LGBT representation has been this year alone, having a happy little girl with two Daddys is incredible.

- Science fiction d...

Outlining your novel is a fantastic way to start. It can be...

Outlining your novel is a fantastic way to start. It can be incredibly helpful for people who are detail oriented and like to plan, but can be also nerve-wracking and intimidating to create the perfect outline if you haven’t done it before or if you’re more of a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants writer. A few ideas:

Outline as you go. Ideas are an ongoing process, and if you’re waiting to start writing until you have a“perfect” complete story idea or if until you“finish” making your outline, you m...

racheldavidsonleigh:Hold (Oct 2016) by Rachel Davidson...

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Hold(Oct 2016) by Rachel Davidson Leigh

Interlude Press (@interludepress), Goodreads

Lucas Aday knew his sister’s death was imminent—she had been under hospice care for months—but that didn’t make her death any easier on him or their family. He returns to school after the funeral to a changed world; his best friends welcome him back with open arms, but it isn’t the same. When a charismatic new student, Eddie Sankawulo, tries to welcome Luke to his own school, something li...

the-movemnt:Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz just became the first...

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Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz just became the first Filipino woman to win an Olympic medal!

When Hidilyn Diaz lifted 200 kilograms of steel iron, she also lifted the spirits of her home country.

Diaz, a three-time Olympic weightlifter, became the first Filipino woman to win an Olympic medal when she won the silver medal in the 53kg women’s weightlifting class on Sunday.Diaz’s silver medal win ended a 20-year Olympic medal drought for the Philippines.

The last Filipino to win an Ol...

superheroesincolor:Lez Talk: A Collection of Black Lesbian...

(L to R) S. Andrea Allen, publisher/editor/author; Claudia Moss, author; Krystal Smith, author; and Lauren Cherelle, publisher/editor/author

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Lez Talk: A Collection of Black Lesbian Short Fiction ( 2016 )

“A necessary and relevant addition to the Black LGBTQ literary canon, which oftentimes overlooks Black lesbian writing,

Lez Talk

is a collection of short stories that embraces the fullness of Black lesbian experiences. The contributors operate under the assumption th...