Aria's Writing Corner

My little corner for all sorts of writing advice, questions you want to ask, and in general, lots of writing advice and different resources.

[maxkirin]

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 Saturday by the way) and find the answer to their question, I have not really tackled Writer’s Block in general. So, let’s talk about it— okay?

I will be brave, and you will listen with an open mind, okay?

Let’s pretend I am a Doctor, and you are a patient. You walk into my clinic and tell me that you get headaches all the time. Of course, I prescribe you headache medicine and we both go our own ways.

Now, let’s pretend I am a Writing Advice Blog (which I guess I am ;p), and you are a Writer (which you certainly are). You come into my blog and you tell me you have writer’s block. Now, I could just give you my cure for Writer’s Block— but what does that achieve? Just because it worked for me does not mean it will work for you. And if next week you come back asking for more help then have I really given you the tools to overcome Writer’s Block, or have I just put a band-aid on your problems and say you have ‘healed’?

No. I have something more useful for you.

You see, people think Writer’s Block is something like the cold— that you catch it out of the blue, but I disagree. Writer’s Block is a problem with you. Yes, it is something that is going on with you— and thus you have the tools to overcome this. You just need a little help realizing exactly what you need to do~

I want you to step back for a moment. I want you to take a deep breath and consider the following question. Forget about what is going on right now. Forget about your phone notifications, and that email that you meant to send last week. Forget about them for just one minute and focus on this:

What do I need, more than anything, to finish this book?

What is the first thing that came to mind? What was the first enormous hurdle that rose before your path? Our greatest foes are just that— great, huge in size, and they make themselves known to us if we call to them. Remember: this foe is a part of you, and thus you hold the tools the defeat them, destroy them, or have them join your side.

But you need to be honest with yourself in order to see them for who they really are.

‘Writer’s Block’ is a fancy catch-all term for a bunch of things— and to be honest I don’t like to use it, because it adds a veil of mysticism, almost romanticizing the problem instead of focusing on overcoming it.

Again, consider the question you asked yourself earlier.

What do I need, more than anything, to finish this book?

Are you bored with this story? Be honest with yourself. If what you need is excitement, a spark to re-ignite that flame, then you already know what you need, and I can help you.

Are you afraid of the opinions of your peers? Be honest with yourself. If what you really fear is what people will think of you, then you already know what the problem is, and I can help you.

Are you tired of this story, and you want to write something else? Be honest with yourself. If you dread writing this story, but you don’t want to feel guilty by leaving it, then you already know what the problem is, and I can help you.

Are you afraid that writing is a waste of your time? Be honest with yourself. If you are really afraid of that, then you know what the problem is and I can help you.

Because let me tell you… you hold within you the answer to your questions, because the foe blocking the path is a part of you. I am sorry of this offends a lot of people, but it is a really big part of American culture to blame your problems on other people. It’s easy to just remove yourself of all blame and demand the world to fix you. And I know that I am opening myself to hate by saying that, but trust me when I tell you that I used to be a very rotten person. I used to demand things of the world, and I used to blame my problems on everyone but me.

“Why did you let me do that?” was something I used to say a lot, because rotten people like to act like they had no control over their actions.

But I changed. I got tired of being who I was. I got tired of being rotten. I got tired of blaming the world for my failures, and I got tired of not achieving my dreams because I was afraid of taking responsibility for my destiny.

If you have read this, and you still think that the problem is not you, then it most certainly is. And while some people look at that and feel insulted, I have found empowerment within it. You are the source of your problems, and thus you have the power to fix them. Even if it deals with things that may seem external, you can still fix them.

“But I don’t have time to write”

“But I am too young”

“But people will hate me”

“But I don’t have talent like other people”

If you can’t talk about what is stopping you without centering it around yourself (I/me) then the problem has to do with you.

And this is good.

Because you have the tools within you to overcome your problems. You just need to be honest with yourself, stop blaming the world around you, and take action. And – just like that – that foe will step out of the way. Your path will once again be clear, and you will be able to return to the things that truly make you happy.

The things closest to your soul.

I hope this helps. Part of me didn’t want to publish this, because it is more about Life Advice than Writing Advice, but it was time. I hope that those of you who followed me all the way through (this rather long post) will find the same empowerment I did when I realized… I held the key to my own personal definition of happiness.

I haven’t suffered from Writer’s Block ever since~ ♥︎

[thewritersphere]

[marinaprose]

(1) Overusing Adverbs

For Example: “Get out, Michael. I swear to God, get out before I try to kill you. I wasted two years of my life on your pathetic cheating ass. Get out!” Tara yelled angrily.

Adverbs are, more often than not, useless additions to your…

[maxkirin]

In order to get inside their skin, I have to identify with them. That includes even the ones who are complete bastards, nasty, twisted, deeply flawed human beings with serious psychological problems. Even them. When I get inside their skin and look out through their eyes, I have to feel a certain - if not sympathy, certainly empathy for them. I have to try to perceive the world as they do, and that creates a certain amount of affection.

George R. R. Martin (via maxkirin)

[culturenlifestyle]

[wordsnquotes]

culturenlifestyle:

Pen Names of Famous Female Authors

“For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.” ― Virginia Woolf

Female writers were often mocked, degraded and neglected. They were coerced to submit their literature anonymously, under pseudonyms or with initials, in order to be accepted. Even Jane Austen had a pseudonym before she became a recognized author and J.K. Rowling was asked to change her name to attract male readers. Find out what the Brontë sisters, Jane Austen and others called themselves in order to overcome sexist readers and publishers!

Read the infographic here!

[knitmeapony]

Things I Learned From Sir Terry Pratchett And His Marvelous Worlds (A Necessary List)

The dogged determination and patience of one person to do what is Right and Necessary may not always win the day or even be noticed, but it will tip the balance just a little in the direction of good.

“[T]he innocent had everything to fear, mostly from the guilty but in the longer term even more from those who say things like ‘The innocent have nothing to fear’.”

Help when you can, lift when you can, work as you can, but never be afraid to ask ‘will I get paid for this?’

Everyone’s got hidden depths.  Some people have beautiful hidden mountain glades filled with adorable doe-eyed bunnies.  Some people have black oubliettes filled with nightmares and worse. Endeavor to be the sort of person that has both sorts of depths as neighbors.  Plumb them with caution.

Find a place to call home, and know it so well you can tell what street you’re on by the feel of cobblestones through your boots.

You can always come home again, but that doesn’t mean you’re moving backwards.

There is never a bad time for a pun.

There’s also never really a good time for a pun.

You might as well just stay braced for a pun at all times, and ride them when they come with as much grace as you can manage.

The fact that you can replace ‘pun’ with ‘disaster’ in the last three rules says a lot about the human race.

Many people can survive absolutely anything as long as they know where their next meal is coming from. Others can not survive much, no matter how many meals they know about, and there’s no shame in that, nor admitting that, nor leaning on others to get there.

You can protect children and you can teach children, but never perfectly in either case.

You may not be able to change the world, but that doesn’t mean you have to stand for any sort of nonsense in your personal life.

Everybody has somebody.  It could be a friend, a lover, a spouse, a writing partner, or even That One Person You See At The Coffee Shop each day.  Sometimes they exist to comfort you.  Sometimes they exist to drive you absolutely mad.  Be open to either as a form of self-improvement.

Death comes to us all, but memory is long and time is tricky.  The end for you is, most likely, not really the end for everyone else.  

If you know the end, if you can see the end, there’s no need to be resigned.  Keep walking on cheerfully, whistling right up to the precipice, and let people remember you by the beautiful song you leave in the air.

Thank you, sir.  You will be missed.

[unfollow-this-blog-already]

The linguistics of horror

There’s a very distinct pattern in what one might, if one were being… incautious, name “Internet horror-speak,” a particular patois that’s arisen in the latest years of this very era, a peculiar dialect lashed together from the flesh of Lovecraft and the sinew of internet culture and the bones of… something bony. Okay so I’m probably not going to be able to keep that gag up. It’s the language of Dread Singles

HOT SINGLES IN YOUR AREA, TRAVELING THE SUNKEN WAYS, DRINKING FROM THE LIPS OF THE LOW ONES, WISHING THEY’D WORN MORE SENSIBLE SHOES

and Welcome to Night Vale

Mayor Pamela Winchell The fences in the caves. A heart throbbing for what it cannot have. A heart not having what it needs to throb. The fences in the caves. Heat from below and above, but all is cold betwixt. The fences in the caves. The fences in the caves.

to which I refer.

What interests me though is that’s there’s a very distinct pattern and sort of grammar to how this Internet Horror-Speak (hereafter IHS) works, one I’ve been trying to work out for a while now. There are some very obvious patterns, as well as some subtle ones I’m not sure how to put into words. These are the rules I’ve sussed out, though:

One of the most important rules, and I think the one that might be the most surprising to a lot of people, is to use simple, mundane language. Empurpling the narrative with gratuitous polysyllabisms and grandiose prose is actually wholly deleterious to the desired effect. This actually makes a lot of sense. Purple prose has a serious abstracting effect, in that it draws the audience away from the action and makes it sound more like they’re listening to a story. So using purple prose to describe your indescribable horrors can make them feel less real, where using everyday language helps connect the audience and make them feel more like there’s some grotesque violation of normalcy going on

Use fewer ‘s-constructions. Say “the blood of the fallen,” not “the fallen’s blood;” “the intestines of dawn” not “dawn’s intestines.” This is a less solid rule, and it’s still possible to have a powerfully creepy effect with the ‘s-construction, particularly if the construction comes sentence-finally: “They beat them with sticks around which were wrapped dawn’s intestines,” but “They wrapped the intestines of dawn around thick oaken sticks.”

Use older words. “For” instead of “because,” “kin” for “family,” etc. If this makes them shorter than their modern counterparts, all the more effective.

Don’t use commas with conjunctions, just string conjunctions together. So “They laughed and writhed and screamed and died in the gaze of a smiling god,” but not *”They laughed, writhed, screamed, and died in the gaze of a smiling god.” This one’s variable, but I see the former more than the latter and to me it feels like it has more impact and is more visceral. The latter sounds more planned out, more official, more normal.

Use old-fashioned constructions. “The”+[adjective] constructions are a favorite, as are “the [adjective] one(s).” “The laughing ones steal away the dreams of the hopeful and feast on the teeth of the indolent,” “There are no innocent in this place, for to gaze on the Ancient Ones is to know that innocence is a lie, that blood and fear and corruption are the engines of all that breathes.”

Break word associations. If I start a sentence with “The toaster,” you’re probably going to expect something like, “the toasted fell off the counter,” or “the toasted exploded,” not “the toasted laughed” or “the toaster bled.” There are words we associate with animate things and words we associate with inanimate things, and mixing them up can lead to weird mental reactions. It’s why things like “SPANK HAIR — LICK EYES — WHISPER INTO ASS” are so funny. They make us build associations that we didn’t have previously. A toaster isn’t a thing that bleeds, and hair isn’t something you spank, so putting those words together tends to slightly mess with people and throw off our reading. Welcome to Night Vale does this SO MUCH.

Cecil Wednesday has been canceled due to a scheduling error

Cecil Here’s something odd: there is a cat hovering in the men’s bathroom at the radio station here

Cecil Alert! The sheriff’s secret police are searching for a fugitive named Hiram McDaniels, who escaped custody last night following a 9 PM arrest. McDaniels is described as a five-headed dragon

Last but not least, be vague. Let your words imply terrible and alien machinations at play, let them hint at vast supernatural tableaux of incomprehensible splendor and horror hanging just out of sight waiting to be glimpsed, but don’t ever explicitly tell anybody what’s going on. I put this one last because even though it’s the most important, it’s the most obvious, and I think everybody already knows this about horror. But it’s worth noting that IHS generally dials this up way higher, to the point where it’s hard or impossible to tell what parts are literal or metaphorical. Take this sub-par example:

Moving through the ashen ways of eons past, realms of fire and smoke and emptiness rising up and twisting around its path the beast walked on, burning all it perceived.

One on level, it’s possible that we’re talking about a minotaur arsonist who’s taking to the backroads during a forest fire to avoid the cops. On the other, we could be talking about some incomprehensible eldritch abomination warping its way through infernal dimensions outside space and time, ravaging worlds at its passing. Or anything between. I think this is probably the single most salient feature of IHS: its utter vagueness, and lack of proper context to distinguish the metaphorical from the literal.

But anyway. This is a fascinating memetic phenomenon and one I’d love to see some proper research done on this, beyond the idle musings of a lazy linguist with too much on her hands to spend time analyzing hard data.

[girl-like-substance]

Rhythm! The subtle things and the things that you ‘feel’ that you’re having trouble articulating? It’s rhythm. Rhythm is one reason why the last example is ‘sub-par’, and it’s absolutely key to (for instance) Welcome to Night Vale. There’s a pulse going through the prose that organises and structures how it’s read. English tends towards an alternation of strong and weak stresses; if you organise your words so that they start to reinforce that stress pattern, then congratulations, you’ve just invented the basics of English poetry. Part of what makes this particular brand of horror-speak so effective is a heightened control over the stress patterns of the language—not as much as in metrical verse, but still more than is usual for prose. Here’s the Mayor Winchell example from above, but with the stresses marked:

Mayor Pamela Winchell The fences in the caves. A heart throbbing for what it cannot have. A heart not having what it needs to throb. The fences in the caves. Heat from below and above, but all is cold betwixt. The fences in the caves. The fences in the caves.

It’s not perfect. Sometimes there are two or three syllables between stresses, sometimes only one—that’s normal, for English, because we speed up or slow down our reading depending on the rhythm we are unconsciously picking up from the words. Sometimes the stresses are unvoiced, in the form of pauses like rests in music. But you can see how underlying a lot of what Winchell is saying is a rhythmic pulsing that when read gives the effect of a kind of gnomic chanting that alters the atmosphere of the statement considerably. When you pronounce this aloud, it gives that characteristic Welcome to Night Vale effect; on the page, its power is lessened, but the rhythm is still strong enough that you can detect it, even if you don’t know that you’re doing so.

Most importantly, the presence of exaggerated rhythm is a conventional signal to your brain that it’s now reading poetry, and that puts you into a different mindset—a mindset where you are expecting the ambiguous, the non-literal and the metaphorical. It’s the mindset you get into when reading poetry, where your interpretative mind engages with a text that works on both a metaphorical and a literal level at the same time—exactly the ‘vagueness’ described by velartrill above.

What I’m saying, in essence, is that a (conscious or not) awareness of rhythm is key to being able to write sentences in this style. The choice between ‘s constructions (“dawn’s intestines”) and old-fashioned x of y constructions (“intestines of dawn”) is down to which will best work with the rhythm of your sentence; the effect of the [adjective] ones construction can also be judged based on its rhythmic potential. Almost every effect of IHS, apart from its predisposition towards short, familiar words (which I think is more of a general horror thing; effective horror writers tend to use the vocabulary of their audience), has its roots in its essentially rhythmic nature: its constructions, its rhetorical figures, its ability to waver between metaphorical and literal without committing itself to either.

Tl;dr, IHS is basically prose poetry with a horror angle and a deliberately Anglo-Saxon focus to its words. More of an English literature approach than a purely linguistic one, I suppose, but that is my field, after all.

[reallyquantum]

All of this is fantastic! I knew I recognized the style of the regional gothic posts as being like Night Vale, but I wasn’t sure exactly what it was that was the same other than some wording.

[ariaquillcorner]

As someone who dabbles in horror (though you probably didn’t know that), this is really, really awesome!

[maxkirin]

What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it.

J.D. Salinger (via maxkirin)

[maxkirin]

Hello, writerly friends! Today’s video is a quick pep talk dedicated to all of you writing at the moment, but most importantly, dedicated to those doing Camp NaNoWriMo~ ♥︎

➤ Have a writing question you’d like me to answer? Leave it in the comments, it may just make it into a video!

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Keep writing, the world needs your story~ ♥︎

[aimmyarrowshigh]

Foz Meadows on Portrayal of Sex in Media

[evillisa-hell]

I agree, all men should learn about women’s sexuality by reading My Immortal.

[fozmeadows]

Hi friend! Foz here. Just a couple of points:

-  I’ve specified good fanfiction in literally the first tweet. While this is, obviously, a value judgement wherein YMMV, My Immortal is famous for being arguably the most terrible fanfic ever written, and is therefore demonstrably not what I’m talking about. Similarly, I’ve seen other responses to this post bring up 50 Shades, which, despite its popularity in mainstream circles, is pretty much universally regarded as being not just terrible fanfic, but an excruciatingly bad and dangerously inaccurate portrayal of BDSM that romanticises abuse. So no: these are not the droids you’re looking for.

- Here’s the thing, though: you already knew that. The decision to respond to this post with a flippant reference to a fic that’s notorious precisely because of its poor quality is exactly why I used up precious Twitter characters to specify good fanfic, even though I shouldn’t have had to. Every mode of artistic expression is composed of good, bad and mediocre works, but when it comes to genres that are traditionally viewed as less worthy or literary - like fanfiction, or romance - we have a reflexive tendency to conflate the bad with the whole, such that the good is implied to be either exceptional or nonexistant. I specified that I’m talking about good fanfiction, not because I think such fics are an exalted minority, but to pre-emptively combat the assertion that they are, and then you’ve gone and made it anyway. So, thanks for that.

- But while we’re on the subject of quality, let’s make a very important distinction. Though fanfic is a largely unmediated medium, it’s not bad; it’s amateur, in the very literal, dictionary-definition sense of engaging or engaged in without payment; non-professional. While there’s a stereotype that lots of ficwriters are teenage girls - which, why is that always wielded as an insult? oh right, misogyny, carry on - a lot of us are, in fact, grown-ass adults of varying genders, some of whom also happen to write professionally in other contexts; like me, for instance. I’ve read fanfics that are unquestionably as good as, if not better than, many professionally published works I’ve read, some I’ve simply enjoyed or felt meh about, and others where I’ve mounted up on my Nopetopus and ridden off into the sunset after the first paragraph. It’s a grab bag, is what I’m saying, but if you think that’s an inherently different spectrum of enjoyment over quality than applies to any other medium, then I’d politely invite you to reconsider the matter. 

- In conclusion: fanfic might not be your bag, but it has its own culture of editing, collaboration, publication, criticism and dissemination, its own conventions and subversions of same, its own extensive history and trope awareness, and, yes, its near-unique status as a medium invested in female sexual desire. That doesn’t mean there aren’t other things straight dudes can do to learn the mystical ways of What Women Want like, oh, say, talking to them, always bearing in mind that women are not a goddamn hivemind, but given that there are a frightening number of guys out there whose first or primary exposure to any type of porn is whatever degrading mainstream het they can scrouge up for free without virusing the hell out of their PCs, then yeah: I’m gonna go out on a fucking limb and suggest they maybe balance it out with some fanfic.

[multishipperpirateking]

Does anyone else ever think about how traditional fiction is categorised by plot/setting (romance, crime, thriller, fantasy) but fanfiction is categorised by the emotions it’s meant to give you (hurt/comfort, fluff, angst, smut)?

[ariaquillcorner]

I’d love any thoughts on what you guys think about this, honestly!  

[maxkirin]

Hello, writerly friends~ ✿

In the last two years I’ve made a lot (and I do mean a lot) of Story Seeds, and writing prompts. Of course, during that time people kept asking me if I would compile them into a book… and I said I would never do that.

Why, when I can just make more Story Seeds! :D

What you see above is my latest book: 400 Story Seeds to Crush Writer’s Block. The book is filled, to the brim, with ALL-NEW Story Seeds by yours truly!

What are Story Seeds, you ask?

Story Seeds are little bundles of ideas & questions to get your mind rolling and to kick your imagination into over-drive! A Story Seed may come with characters, locations, objects, situations, or all of the above. It’s up to you to fill-in the blanks, to connect the dots and find the story that only you could tell.

Best of all is that this book is available in multiple formats from day one! You can pick it up on Amazon, or on Gumroad if you prefer your eBooks DRM-FREE. Or, you can pick up the hefty Paperback– which is 240 pages of Story Seeds! woah :0

✿ Get this book in Paperback: Direct - Amazon

✿ Get the DRM-FREE eBook Bundle

✿ Get the Kindle Edition

PS: And, as with all of my books, if you purchase the Paperback version through Amazon, you will get the Kindle Edition for FREE~ ✿

[icybluepenguin]

How to praise writers and influence fics

I’ve seen a lot of posts recently reminding readers to leave feedback on fics, which is great!!  Writers deserve all the love they can get.  Likes, reblogs, comments, messages, these are the lifeblood of writers.  They are proof that people are reading, that they’re enjoying, and that they want more.  

But maybe readers don’t know what to say.  Maybe you’re new to Tumblr, new to reading fan fiction, shy, or just not sure how to say what you want to say.

Let me start by saying, no matter how popular the blog or how cool you think they are, everyone loves a compliment.  If you’re worried about sounding silly or bothering people, let me assure you- a message will make your writer do a happy dance (depending on the writer, they may actually get up and dance.  I have.)

Here’s the basic ways of communicating with writers on Tumblr:

Likes and kudos- these are great, they’re the high-fives in this world.  They’re the “hey, nice” nod. Reblogs- even better, because they mean exposure.  More people see the story and that makes us really happy.  A reblog with a comment is amazing, especially one that entices others to read.  These make a writer’s day. Comments and messages- these are the thing that keeps us going.  Most of us have anon turned on- and if we don’t, just let us know you want a private reply.  (And, if your writer has anon off, it probably means they’ve been getting hate and deserve extra love.) Recommendations- recs are like coming in to work to find someone baked your favorite cake and left it on your desk.  Recommendations make your writer feel so loved and valued!

So, that’s all good, but what do you actually SAY to writers?  It doesn’t have to be much or take a lot of time.

A simple “This is great/funny/hot!” is wonderful.  "Best fic I’ve read this week!“  "Funny as hell and cute too.”  "You have to read this, it’s awesome!“  "I can’t wait for more of this.”  "I hope you keep going!“  These are great in reblogs and in messages.

Even better is specific feedback.  We love specific feedback, because it tells us what readers liked and what they didn’t.  Want to influence our next fic?  Tell us what you liked about this one and I bet you it will keep showing up!  Specific feedback is just telling the writer what you liked.  It doesn’t have to be long or complicated, either.  (But if you write a lot, we will love you so much.)

Was there a character you liked?  Talk about them:  "I love how you wrote X” “Y was so funny!”  "OMG I wanted to STRANGLE Q!“  "You can really feel X’s frustration.”  "Y has so much depth, they’re a really well-rounded character.“  "R says so much with so few words, it’s amazing.”

What about a part or line you enjoyed?  "That bit in the park- LOVE IT.“  "I have never read a better description of a cup of tea.”  "The way you wrote about his fear, that was heartbreaking.“

Was there a part that made you feel something?  Happy, sad, angry?  "That last sentence killed me, he’s so broken.”  "I wanted to jump around when they finally kissed!“  "This chapter was so tense, my heart was pounding by the end.”

Did the characters or plot or setting remind you of your life?  "I live in Brussels, that’s just how that street looks.“  "When Y talked about R, I knew exactly how he felt.”  "You captured that lost, aimless feeling perfectly; I’ve so been there.“

Are there unanswered questions?  Mention how much you want the answers.  "I can’t wait to find out what’s in the basket!”  "That was a cliffhanger ending, wow.“  "How is she going to explain THAT?”  (some writers are touchy about  predicting, though, so stay away from “I bet he’ll throw that letter out.” or “X is clearly coming back.”)

A few closing notes: be enthusiastic if that’s your style, go crazy with exclamation marks, smileys, caps!  Tell a writer if you’re rereading their work- very little makes us happier than knowing our writing has the staying power for a second, third, sixth, tenth read.  Did a reread give you a new insight or feeling about the fic?  Tell us!  We will be so excited to hear.  And remember, recommendations are wonderful- putting up a random post tagging your favorite writers or fics you’re enjoying will show the writers that they’re writing is more than a flash in the pan and they’ll get some new readers too!

We can’t do this writing thing without you guys.  So thank you so much!  Without readers, we’re just talking to ourselves.  We love and appreciate you for reading- but we need to know you’re doing it.  We need feedback like we need air.  Don’t let your favorite writers suffocate! :)

[thewritersphere]

[maxkirin]

♥︎ Daily Writer Positivity ♥︎

#318 Show your enthusiasm & passion on the page. Show your readers how much you love this world, and they’ll love it as well.

Want more writer inspiration, advice, and prompts? Follow my blog: maxkirin.tumblr.com!

[danielle-writes]

Some advice for when you’re writing and find yourself stuck in the middle of a scene:

kill someone

ask this question: “What could go wrong?” and write exactly how it goes wrong

switch the POV from your current character to another - a minor character, the antagonist, anyone

stop writing whatever scene you’re struggling with and skip to the next one you want to write

write the ending

write a sex scene

use a scene prompt

use sentence starters

read someone else’s writing

Never delete. Never read what you’ve already written. Pass Go, collect your $200, and keep going.

[bookcharactersthough]

This is the literal best writing advice I have ever read. Period.

[aerogrammestudio]

From  How I Became a Famous Novelist by Steve Hely