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"Books have a way of finding their way into our lives, usually, right when we need them the most."

“Books have a way of finding their way into our lives, usually, right when we need them the most.”

- Clover Donovan

"The only ‘ironclad rules’ in writing fiction are the laws of physics and the principles..."

“The only ‘ironclad rules’ in writing fiction are the laws of physics and the principles of grammar, and even those can be bent.”

- Val Kovalin

✐ DAILY WEIRD PROMPT ✐100% ORGANIC ZOMBIESWrite about a...

✐ DAILY WEIRD PROMPT✐

100% ORGANIC ZOMBIES

Write about a character as they stumble upon a strange tree. The catch? At night, this tree bears its ‘fruit’ in the form of shambling bodies rising from the earth. Double catch? Soon enough, this character realizes that… this forest is full of trees just like that one.

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"Language does not always have to wear a tie and lace-up shoes. The object of fiction isn’t..."

“Language does not always have to wear a tie and lace-up shoes. The object of fiction isn’t grammatical correctness but to make the reader welcome and then tell a story… to make him/her forget, whenever possible, that he/she is reading a story at all.”

- Stephen King

maxkirin:Good morning, dear followers~ ✿Today is Friday, and...

maxkirin:

Good morning, dear followers~ ✿

Today is Friday, and you know what that means, right? It’s time for me to remind you what a great day today is… to MAKE GOOD ART, and take lots of silly selfies because why not ;p

*ahem*

Ladies and gentlemen (and, of course, the rest of us not included within that binary), it is with great excitement that I relay the following news:TODAY IS A GREAT DAY TO MAKE ART.If you were waiting for a sign that today should be a day for you toWRITE,DRAW,MAKE MUSIC,...

"Don’t let yourself slip and get any perfect characters… keep them people, people,..."

“Don’t let yourself slip and get any perfect characters… keep them people, people, people, and don’t let them get to be symbols.”

- Ernest Hemingway

"The Universe doesn’t like secrets. It conspires to reveal the truth, to lead you to it."

“The Universe doesn’t like secrets. It conspires to reveal the truth, to lead you to it.”

- Lisa Unger, Beautiful Lies

★ DAILY CHARACTER QUESTION ★Never Give UpWhat is the one...

★ DAILY CHARACTER QUESTION ★

Never Give Up

What is the one thing that would push your Protagonist to turn around and abandon their mission? Write a scene where a companion asks them to consider giving up.

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"There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever be."

“There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever be.”

- Doris Lessing

✐ DAILY WEIRD PROMPT ✐SILENT MILLSWrite about a character as...

✐ DAILY WEIRD PROMPT✐

SILENT MILLS

Write about a character as they explore an abandoned factory that is said to be haunted. The catch? The factory is not actually haunted, though it is home to something worse. Double catch? This character has no recollection of how they got to the factory in the first place.

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