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"Hell is empty and all the devils are here."

“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.”

- William Shakespeare, The Tempest

"Stories never really end… even if the books like to pretend they do. Stories always go on...."

“Stories never really end… even if the books like to pretend they do. Stories always go on. They don’t end on the last page, any more than they begin on the first page.”

- Cornelia Funke

maxkirin:CLICK HERE TO VOTEHello, dear followers~ ♫I...

maxkirin:

CLICK HERE TO VOTE

Hello, dear followers~ ♫

I looked through your (awesome) submissions, and I am super-excited to finally open up the voting on what should be my NEXT Writing Playlist. As always, I will end up making all four of these mixes. The mix that gets the most votes will be made first, and go up on Tuesday September 9th!

With all the formalities out of the way, let’s look at our contestants c;

►►► NO HERO. Welcome to Dangertown, USA. Nobody is a saint, everyone has vices, an...

"The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much..."

“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”

- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

maxkirin:Hello, writerly friends, the VWA is back! You can...

maxkirin:

Hello, writerly friends, theVWAis back! You can leave the tissues at home, today we are going to get a little silly ;3

What is the VWA?

TheVirtual Writing Academyis a weekly writing class where we explore strange writing exercises. This is NOT a lecture. You are not going to learn by listening— but by doing. So, take out your notebooks because we are going to write!

Missed our previous classes?Check out the playlist!

If you want more writing advice videossubscribe to me on Youtube, and,...

"Writing is a job, a talent, but it’s also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary..."

“Writing is a job, a talent, but it’s also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon.”

- Ann Patchett, Truth and Beauty

✶ DAILY CHARACTER QUESTION ✶No Pun IntendedPick one of your...

✶DAILY CHARACTER QUESTION ✶

No Pun Intended

Pick one of your secondary characters:

Write a scene where this character tries to lighten the mood with a funny story from their past. Does it help?

Want to publish a story inspired by this prompt?Click hereto read the guidelines~ ♥︎ And, if you’re looking for more writerly content, make sure to follow me:maxkirin.tumblr.com!

"Write about the emotions you fear the most."

“Write about the emotions you fear the most.”

- Laurie Halse Anderson

Savannah asked:Hi. I’m writing a militaristic spy...

Savannahasked:

Hi. I’m writing a militaristic spy against the government and I was wanting to know what simply HAS to be in it. Like what is psychologically done to create a spy or what kind of spy work should there is. I don’t want this to be a James Bond lets shoot and blow stuff up, so I’m 100% trying to approach this realistically.

Hello there, Savannah! Let me first thank you for your continued support, it really does mean the world to me~ ♥︎

Now, as for your question(s) I absolutely get...

"I write almost always in the third person, and I don’t think the narrator is male or female..."

“I write almost always in the third person, and I don’t think the narrator is male or female anyway. They’re both, and young and old, and wise and silly, and sceptical and credulous, and innocent and experienced, all at once. Narrators are not even human— they’re sprites.”

- Philip Pullman