once a warbler, always a warbler

life only really has one beginning and one end, and the rest is just a whole lot of middle.

[aro-smythe]

hello, I will pretty much shut down this blog starting now!! I’ll leave it open as a kind of archive, but you won’t find any new posts here. That’s because it’s pretty much inactive anyways, and I kinda wanna have all my things in one place again, so you’ll find glee related posts on my main blog @joanthangroff

Go follow, if you’re interested!!!

[stileslydias]

Do any of you have that one tv show that is just so close to your heart? Like you could watch all these other shows; but when you go back to that one, you just feel like you’ve stumbled your way home after being lost for a little while. Maybe the show ended years ago, maybe the show is still airing or is on hiatus, but no matter what the same holds true; when you see it, or talk about it, it feels like home.

[quinnfabrays]

glee meme: eleven episodes [1/11]

↳ “Life only really has one beginning and one end. And the rest is just a whole lot of middle.“ - Journey (1x22)

[saltypersonangel]

Favorite Character Meme : Five Episodes [3/5]

↳Dynamic Duets

[roochezzas]

[x]

[lalalenii]

she looks stunning <3

[gleegifs]

[leamichele-news]

leamichele Got to see my girl @msamberpriley kill it tonight in Dreamgirls in London and she was so absolutely amazing! Love you Amber and so beyond proud of you! ❤️🙌🏻 msamberpriley Thank you for coming! @leamichele! I love you 💕

[underhillwriter]

Yes, I do teach creative writing: your opening scene

The opening scene is the most important piece of your novel. This scene determines whether your reader is pulled in or puts the book down. Here are some important do’s and don’ts.

DO write it as a scene, not a data dump. You may have a fantastic premise, a marvelous alternate history or post-apocalyptic world or magical realism to die for, but if you don’t engage your reader in an actual scene, you will bore them.

DO write a scene that immediately introduces a character that the reader can root for. Yes, I know Stephen King has had great success introducing victims that are then shortly afterward killed off. That’s a horror trope and we expect it. But if you are caught up in world-building and haven’t dreamed your way into a character who is worth following through 100,000 words of writing, your story is pointless. I have read many pieces of fiction by would-be writers who can’t grasp this essential concept, and without exception, they fail to engage the reader.

DO introduce the stakes right away. In case that’s a challenge that needs some exposition to develop, create some immediate stakes (a life threat works) that keep the tension high and the reader engaged until you can lay out the larger stakes.

DO begin in medias res, which means “in the middle of things.” Most beginning fiction writers make the mistake of starting too early in the plot. Meet the monster on page 1. 

DON’T include a flashback in the first chapter. Work on a scene, which means time is NOT compressed. It should include dialog, action, description, setting, and interior monolog. Keep everything happening within that scene for at least the first chapter. You can bring in a flashback in Chapter Three.

DON’T shift points of view within a single chapter. Let the reader establish a strong bond of interest (even if it’s with a POV villain) over the course of a whole chapter.

DON’T open the story with your character waking up unless it’s because she’s got a gun in her face (or a knife to her throat – you get what I mean). We don’t need to follow a character through their mundane daily routine. 

DON’T be coy. Beginning writers often have this idea that they need to hold back on revealing all their secrets – what’s in the box, who’s behind the curtain, where they’re going next, etc. Their well-meant plan is to slowly reveal all this over several chapters. Trust me on this one: tell your readers instead of keeping it a mystery. You WILL come up with more secrets to reveal. Your imagination is that good. Spill it now, and allow that revelation to add to the excitement.

[plaidshirtjimkirk]

*thinking of a title*

*remembering you also need to come up with a summary*

[fuckstev-deactivated20240104]

who said romance was dead

[teamfreewill-imagine]

Being a fic writer like

Friend: How’s the writing going? You’ve been at it for hours

Me:

[melissabenoistdaily]

I’m a music theatre nerd. [x]

[aaronmarquis-deactivated2017110]

[wouldyousingalong]

Glee 02.16 // Supergirl 02.16

[nowiadoreyou-blog]

[emeraldincandescent]

Sometimes writing is like having an enormous lake in your head, and you want to get it out of your head and into a proper place for a lake so other people can come and go swimming and ride jet skis and stuff, except all you have to move the lake is a teaspoon. So you’re just sitting there frantically flinging water out of the lake with your teaspoon and telling people, “Guys, this lake is going to be so cool when it’s done,” but it will never be done. There is so much lake.

[emeraldincandescent]

I didn’t really expect this to be relatable, but if you wanna reblog, go wild.

[chuckcriss-archive]

Once a Warbler, always a Warbler, right?