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✿ Daily Story Seed ✿Backup RestoreWrite about a character as...

Daily Story Seed

Backup Restore
Write about a character as they wake up one morning and begin to have awful flashbacks… of a previous lifetime. What triggered this? What awful truth has just been revealed to them? And, above all, could it be that the burden of this knowledge is too much to bear?

Any work you create based off this prompt belongs to you, no sourcing is necessary though it would be really appreciated! And don’t forget to tag maxkirin (or tweet @MistreKirin), so that I can check-o...

"Don’t be dismayed by the opinions of editors, or critics. They are only the traffic cops of the..."

“Don’t be dismayed by the opinions of editors, or critics. They are only the traffic cops of the arts.”

- Gene Fowler

♥︎ Daily Writer Positivity ♥︎#287Nearly every author and artist...

Daily Writer Positivity

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Nearly every author and artist wishes they had gotten started earlier. Take their advice, and start your journey now!

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maxkirin:Alternative Title: Secret Meows, Xmas Ducks, and Sweet...

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Alternative Title: Secret Meows, Xmas Ducks, and Sweet Goodbyes.

Missed the previous episodes? Check out the playlist!

Welcome back to Max Plays, a gaming segment where I play through a story-focused video game and examine the way that it builds a narrative. This time around I am playing through the award-winning Gone Home, a narrative exploration game by The Fullbright Company. In this game we take the role of a young woman returning home after being abroad to find an empty house and...

maxkirin:Hello, writerly friends~ ♥︎My Writing Advice Masterpost...

maxkirin:

Hello, writerly friends~

My Writing Advice Masterpost is back! Now featuring the best questions and answers from the last three years, along with all of the videos from my writing advice YouTube Channel!

This post will be updated every week with new writing advice videos, playlists, and responses! So, make sure to bookmark THIS page and follow myblog (maxkirin.tumblr.com) so you don’t miss a thing!

Writing Advice Compilations

The NaNoWriMo Survival Guide M. Kirin’s NaNoWriMo 2014 Writing...

maxkirin:♥︎ Daily Writer Positivity ♥︎#286You can’t control how...

maxkirin:

Daily Writer Positivity

#286
You can’t control how people will react to your work. Some will love it, some will hate it. Don’t focus on pleasing people, focus on making the art YOU want to make.

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maxkirin:Hello there, my lovely followers~

maxkirin:

Hello there, my lovely followers~

Today is Friday— and that means it’s time for the weekly reminder to write, make art, and dedicate some time to the things that mean the most to YOU!

PS: Did you know this weekly reminder has been going for over a year now? This weekly Friday segment began a little over a year, along side my Story Seeds & Character Questions! Crazy how time flies, huh?

And now, ladies and gentlemen (and of course, the rest of us not included within that binary), if...

maxkirin:♥︎ Daily Writer Positivity ♥︎#285You think you don’t...

maxkirin:

Daily Writer Positivity

#285
You think you don’t have any talent? Write anyway. as long as you keep writing you will be better than those with “Talent” who don’t write.

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maxkirin:Hello, writerly friends! ✿In celebration of 52 weeks...

maxkirin:

Hello, writerly friends!

In celebration of 52 weeks ofStory Seeds, we’re doing a sale on my best-selling book: 400 Story Seeds to Crush Writer’s Block!

From now until March 15th you can pick up digital copies of this book 52% OFF, making the price of this awesome book a mere $1.92!

This deal is active on Amazon Kindle and on Gumroad (which is the best deal of the two, since you get the book in multiple formats and free of DRM!).

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What are St...

maxkirin:Hello, writerly friends! I believe there are subjects...

maxkirin:

Hello, writerly friends! I believe there are subjects in writing to which there are no unbiased answers. So I thought, instead of just sharing *my* opinion, that we would have an open forum. Share your opinion and answers in the comments! Let’s talk about: Pacing!

Today’s open forum questions are:

Give an example of “good” pacing. Why did it work?
Give an example of “bad” pacing. Why did it not work?
Considering the answers above, what tips would you give to someone to improve the pacin...