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"You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus."

“You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.”

- Mark Twain

✐ DAILY WEIRD PROMPT ✐GODS WILL BE WATCHINGWrite a story from...

✐ DAILY WEIRD PROMPT✐

GODS WILL BE WATCHING

Write a story from the point of view of a god in charge of a planet. The catch? Their job is actually to make sure an ancient (and powerful) relic remains hidden. Double catch? Humanity is (as always) screwing things up. They’re about to dig up the relic.

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!

Hello there, writerly friends~ ♥︎I have been running this...

Hello there, writerly friends~ ♥︎

I have been running this advice blog for a long while now, and although I’ve answered tons of questions and made tons of resources for writers, I think that there is something very important that I have not really touched on… and that is that every writer, regardless of experience or age, has the ability to inspire others.

I mean it.

Writing is such a fluid medium— every writer can find their own way to tell stories. This is the freedom of writing.That is why...

"Young writers should read books past bedtime and write things down in notebooks when they are..."

“Young writers should read books past bedtime and write things down in notebooks when they are supposed to be doing something else.”

- Lemony Snicket

✶ DAILY CHARACTER QUESTION ✶After All He Has Done For YouPick...

✶DAILY CHARACTER QUESTION ✶

After All He Has Done For You

Pick one of your secondary characters:

What is the one thing they would never do for the Protagonist? Write a scene where they realize this, in the worst way possible.

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!

"All good writing is built one good line at a time. You build a novel the same way you do a pyramid...."

“All good writing is built one good line at a time. You build a novel the same way you do a pyramid. One word, one stone at a time, underneath a full moon while the fingers bleed.”

- Kate Braverman

maxkirin:[WRITING IN THE DARK] is a mix for writers looking...

maxkirin:

[WRITING IN THE DARK] is a mix for writers looking for inspiring and yet unobtrusive music. Over the years I’ve found myself returning to certain tracks — in part for the feelings they evoke— but mostly for their ability to aid my writing process without distracting me from the story.The above is a selection of my favorites~ ♥︎

♪ Listen to this mix on 8tracks ♪

Ever since I answered this question, people have been asking me for my favorite music tracks to listen to— well, here you go...

"It is perfectly okay to write garbage— as long as you edit brilliantly."

“It is perfectly okay to write garbage— as long as you edit brilliantly.”

- C. J. Cherryh

✐ DAILY WEIRD PROMPT ✐MY PUPPETWrite a story from the point...

✐ DAILY WEIRD PROMPT✐

MY PUPPET

Write a story from the point of view of a character who is being mind-controlled by another person. The catch? The person controlling them is someone close to them. Double catch? This character knows who it is.

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!

"The best index to a person’s character is how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and how he..."

“The best index to a person’s character is how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and how he treats people who can’t fight back.”

- Abigail Van Buren