February 2012
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40 gutsy fictional heroines →
amandaonwriting:
We’re celebrating fiery females of the literary world, from the likes of Astrid Lindgren’s precocious Pippi Longstocking and Stieg Larsson’s fearless Lisbeth Salander, to Virginia Woolf’s quietly determined Mrs Ramsay and Agatha Christie’s dignified yet unyielding Miss Marple.
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23. Stop trying to make things perfect.
– The real world doesn’t reward perfectionists, it rewards people who get things done.
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What sitting down to edit makes me do...
Finally decided to sit down after my evening of cleaning. I picked up my writing journal, which I hadn’t touched since December, and opened to reread where I had left off of my Corey/Riggs story. Yes, it’s currently untitled. Yes, that’s kind of a bummer, but it does leave things to explore. I’ve devoted a number of short stories to these to and figured it was about time to...
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Loopholes →
I wanted to play with the acronym “LoL”, since I went after ILU in my last poem. I wasn’t sure how things would turn out considering there didn’t seem much I could do with two letters. I am surprisingly pleased with the result, even if it’s not my favorite or my best. It gave my brain a run for its money. Or power. Or whatever it is my brain has.
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Musings of a Wannabe-Writer: A few of my thoughts... →
papercrushed:
“I’m so funny!”
“But…would other people think that’s funny?”
“I should totally change this character’s name.”
“Wait, what does this character look like again?”
“Comma. No, semi-colon. No, definitely a comma.”
“Did I really just write that?”
“I’m never going to finish this book.”
“Don’t…
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“I think books are like people, in the sense that they’ll turn up in your life...”
– Emma Thompson (via theprobablestars)
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I Live in Your Tomorrow
I live in your tomorrow wondering where it went when it was mine yesterday
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Shifts in Sound and Sense →
About the Poetry: Left to Linger
Once, I was told my poetry echoed the childhood game of “Telephone.” I play with communication through call and response. I twirl structure and sentences around images and abstracts. I leave things to linger on the tip of the tongue.
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this isn't happiness.: 10 Tips on Writing Well... →
nevver:
Read the Roman-Raphaelson book on writing. Read it three times.
Write the way you talk. Naturally.
Use short words, short sentences and short paragraphs.
Never use jargon words like reconceptualize, demassification, attitudinally, judgmentally. They are hallmarks of a pretentious ass.
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Constant. On loop now for over three hours. 110...
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5 Till Midnight
I just spent the last 3 hours spending quality time with my journals. The kind that are wireless and have no internet connection. The pen and paper kind.
I read the entries from the year from hell. Saw myself horribly turned around and saw myself right my world again. I reveled in the now and shared it with who I will be in the future.
I found forgotten petals between pages and used them to...
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12. Stop thinking you’re not ready.
– Nobody ever feels 100% ready when an opportunity arises. Because most great opportunities in life force us to grow beyond our comfort zones, which means we won’t feel totally comfortable at first.
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I am going to grad school. Again. For writing this...
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She is Lazarus.
“I am not man, nor will I be again.”
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Tomorrow, coffee shop and my book. If you offer me...
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Right now, this very moment, I'm reading. What are...
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“Also, I met the most awesome dude today. He told me he was a writer, so I said,...”
– Katie Pruett, from a random comment of hers on a random blog post of mine.
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Just popped this song on repeat last night. Loving...
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I find myself shunning my work because I don’t have time to delve deeply into a book while I’m there. And I teach English. I find that a little silly, and somewhat ironic.
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disneyoftheweek:
fuckyeahdisneysongs:
Once...
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“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via madseoul)
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Edna St. Vincent Millay
designatedcreeper:
Stranger, pause and look;
From the dust of ages
Lift this little book,
Turn the tattered pages,
Read me, do not let me die!
Search the fading letters, finding
Steadfast in the broken binding
All that once was I!
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This morning I woke up feeling the most alive I've...
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I'm Going to Write Letters
I don’t care if she doesn’t end up reading my letters. The point is, no other author has moved me enough to even make me want to write them. I don’t care if it seems that I am falling into the pit of “fanmail”. I know it isn’t, and that is enough.
She has spurred me to another reawakening. She has become me and whispered in my ear about my life through her...
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“The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.”
– Gustave Flaubert
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I can feel it aching to be let free. "Not yet,"...
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I have the need to experience how something epic makes me feel. Every time I watch RotK, I am beat about on the inside. Beat about but never broken. I am pulled and torn in my desire to write when I am done.
Why doesn’t anyone ever finish watching those kind of movies in the day time, when exhaustion does not hold sway over fingers on keys?
I want to shout out to someone in the longest...
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“Advice? I don’t have advice. Stop aspiring and start writing. If you’re writing,...”
– Alan Watt (via neil-gaiman)