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On Rules

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 “There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.” 

Works to #writelikecrazy by

millionsmillions:The Feminine Mystique turns fifty this month,...

millionsmillions:

The Feminine Mystique turns fifty this month, and to mark the anniversary, Noah Berlatsky wonders how Agnes Grey, an Anne Bronte novel,  illustrates and critiques the arguments made in the book.

One of the feminist greats turns 50 this month. Guess who?

tvgropes:the english language may be difficult to learn but at least we dont insist on assigning...

tvgropes:

the english language may be difficult to learn but at least we dont insist on assigning genders to inanimate objects

#Quotes to #write by.

Happy V day lovelies! @kdiaries @99boxesofshoes @alixboyle...

Happy V day lovelies! @kdiaries @99boxesofshoes @alixboyle @femworking @lifeinapyramid @evafakatseli

"Stories aren’t about things. Stories are things.Stories aren’t about actions. Stories are, unto..."

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Stories aren’t about things. Stories are things.

Stories aren’t about actions. Stories are, unto themselves, actions.

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Bret Anthony Johnston (via mttbll)

this. thisthisthis. this is the problem with most of the video game story submissions we get, instead of Mike Meginnis’ beautiful “Navigators.” this was my problem with a lot of Tenth of December. this is why we try to emphasize that we like stories with video games, fireworks, baseball, etc. not about video games, fireworks, baseball, etc…

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vicemag:Anne of Green Gables Is Now Totally BoneableThis is...

vicemag:

Anne of Green Gables Is Now Totally Boneable

This is what Anne looks like on the new cover. Anne of Green Gables should not be jerk-off fodder, but here we are.

The new book jacket of Anne of Green Gables has been causing a stir among fans of the book, who say that (paraphrasing): “That whore is not Anne of Green-fucking-Gables.”

It might be a coming-of-age story, but this edition really seems to focus on the “of-age” aspect—as in, “barely legal.” Furthermore, enough of the plot is predicated on her red hair to suggest that whoever took this photo didn’t bother reading the book. What is this, fifth grade? Read the book before you hand in your assignment, cover art designer dude.

Based on this cover, I would guess that Anne of Green Gables is the sultry tale of a romp in the barn with the farmer’s daughter, not a story about a spunky, adventurous, red-headed orphan with her own unique sensibilities.

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"When Tolstoy first started working on the novel, he envisioned Anna as a kind of empty tramp, but..."

“When Tolstoy first started working on the novel, he envisioned Anna as a kind of empty tramp, but the more he wrote, the more sympathetic he became to her plight. Still, at no point does he absolve her of moral responsibility for her own decisions, as some readers are too apt to do. Anna is a tragic figure, not merely because she is an emotionally deprived woman in a loveless marriage surrounded by empty hypocrites. She is also a victim of her own her romantic illusions, of making, in Tolstoy’s words, “the eternal error people make in imagining that happiness is the realization of desires.” By giving herself over to the fantasy of complete liberation, Anna becomes a slave to her passions, a star in a tragic story partly of her own design. She is a stark illustration of Tolstoy’s belief that one of the central problems of modern social life isn’t just that we’re all playing roles on a stage, but that those roles often end up playing — and destroying — us.”

- Andrew D. Kaufman, “How Joe Wright Got Anna Right, and the Critics Got It Wrong” (via millionsmillions)

On Anna, one of our favorite novels…

fantagraphics:Warning: The Comics Journal 302 must be read...

fantagraphics:

Warning: The Comics Journal 302 must be read with care or injuries could ensue. It’s 672 pages of pure awesome so you better work out.

This has happened to me.

fantagraphics:Our own Jen Vaughn shows you how to get in shape...

fantagraphics:

Our own Jen Vaughn shows you how to get in shape with The Comics Journal #302.

Getting in shape with comics.