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maxkirin:There will never be a better time to write, than...

maxkirin:

There will never be a better time to write, than right now. So, sit down, open up a fresh new document, and get that book done! You can do this! ♥︎(Inspired by this post).

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"I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I..."

“I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities I have visited.”

- Jorge Luis Borges

Heeeey, so I'm writing a story that I really love, but I've hit a road bump. There's a scene that I have to write that is crucial to the plot, but from a writer's (and likely reader's) perspective, the scene is boring. Do you have any advice on spicing up

Hello there, writerly friend~ ♥︎

I like you, because this is a question I have been meaning to tackle for ages! I’m super excited to finally get a chance to talk about this :D

Before we begin, though, I want to give the usual disclaimer that the following is not gospel. It’s just my take on this situation. Consider this advice as building blocks. Take the ones you like, play around with them, and make them work for your own writing style~ ♥︎

And, with that out of the way, let’s take it from the...

"Writers are always anxious, always on the run—from the telephone, from responsibilities, from..."

“Writers are always anxious, always on the run—from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the world.”

- Edna O’Brien

✶ DAILY CHARACTER QUESTION ✶Pack Your Stuff, We Are...

✶DAILY CHARACTER QUESTION ✶

Pack Your Stuff, We Are Leaving

Pick one of your secondary characters:

If the Protagonist was to fail in their mission, what is the first thing this character would do?

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"In my view, a writer is a writer because even when there is no hope, even when nothing you do shows..."

“In my view, a writer is a writer because even when there is no hope, even when nothing you do shows any sign of promise, you keep writing anyway.”

- Junot Díaz

maxkirin:Hello, writerly friends~ ♥︎Turn off your...

maxkirin:

Hello, writerly friends~ ♥︎

Turn off your phone.
Close the door.
Put on headphones.
Get your notebooks out.
WE ARE GOING TO WRITE.

The Virtual Writing Academy is back in session! This week we are going to be looking through the eyes of a ‘criminal,’ along with questioning morality in fiction!

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"The first draft is just you telling yourself the story."

“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.”

- Terry Pratchett (via maxkirin)

✐ DAILY WEIRD PROMPT ✐SONG OF THE SIRENWrite a short story...

✐ DAILY WEIRD PROMPT✐

SONG OF THE SIREN

Write a short story from the point of view of a character as they walk along a beach late at night. The catch? This character begins to hear something a very alluring song. Double catch? The source of this ‘song’ is a creature unlike anything this character has ever seen.

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"No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader."

“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.”

- Ernest Hemingway