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Hiya! I love your blog it's absolutely amazing. I'm an aspiring author and I was wondering.. How do you overcome writers block?

Hello there, writerly friend~ ♥︎

I have to be straight-forward with you, because I need to be honest right now. This is the sort of question that I have difficulty answering… because every time I try to tackle this very (very) general and vague question I end up writing something that’s a little too meta and I become afraid of what people will think of me.

But, then again… I get this question an awful lot, and while I wish that people would look at my Mega Masterpost (which is updated every Sat...

✐ DAILY WEIRD PROMPT ✐ONLY YOU (FOOL)Write a story from the...

✐ DAILY WEIRD PROMPT✐

ONLY YOU (FOOL)

Write a story from the point of view of a character facing trial… and they are being accused of trying to destroy the world. The catch? This character is innocent. Double catch? The only person who knows the truth is the one who set this character up.

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!

Of course this was going to happen. She makes a good point...

Of course this was going to happen. She makes a good point though :p

I literally just walked into my room singing “My Friends” (from Sweeney Todd)....

I literally just walked into my room singing “My Friends” (from Sweeney Todd). It’s good to be back.

"It is said that science fiction and fantasy are two different things. Science fiction is the..."

“It is said that science fiction and fantasy are two different things. Science fiction is the improbable made possible, and fantasy is the impossible made probable.”

- Rod Serling

"I’ve lost both parents in the last two years, so you pick up on that stuff. That’s the most terrible..."

“I’ve lost both parents in the last two years, so you pick up on that stuff. That’s the most terrible thing about being an author— standing there at your mother’s funeral, but you don’t switch the author off. So your own innermost thoughts are grist for the mill.”

- Terry Pratchett

✶ DAILY CHARACTER QUESTION ✶We All Made SacrificesPick one of...

✶DAILY CHARACTER QUESTION ✶

We All Made Sacrifices

Pick one of your secondary characters:

Write a scene where they have to take a life. How do they justify killing someone? How would they react if they found out that the person they killed was… innocent?

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!

"Nothing is as real as a dream. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it...."

“Nothing is as real as a dream. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it. Because the dream is within you, no one can take it away.”

- Tom Clancy

maxkirin:[WRITING ABOUT HORROR] is a mix for writers haunted...

maxkirin:

[WRITING ABOUT HORROR]is a mix for writers haunted by the creatures that lurk in the shadows. This mix contains 16 of my favorite tracks for writing eerie tension, horror, and the moment just before that jump-scare. If you’re looking for unobtrusive writing music that can keep you on the edge of your seat, then you have come to the right place— wait, what’s that right behind you? No, don’t look!

It’s too late to turn back now…

♪ Listen to this mix on 8tracks ♪

Looking for more writing...

"People on the outside think there’s something magical about writing, that you go up in the attic at..."

“People on the outside think there’s something magical about writing, that you go up in the attic at midnight and cast the bones and come down in the morning with a story, but it isn’t like that. You sit in back of the typewriter and you work, and that’s all there is to it.”

- Harlan Ellison