[funnytwittertweets]

[clarablackstone]

This just seems to fit today. Lyrics are By Myself by Linkin Park.

[perfectquote]

“If you can’t do anything about it then let it go. Don’t be a prisoner to things you can’t change.”

— Tony Baskin

[clarablackstone]

Easier said than done, yet worth doing nonetheless.

[clarablackstone]

Omitting parts of who you are, what you experience, feel, believe does no one any good. Emotional honesty is difficult, but worth it.

[clarablackstone]

Found this on Facebook and damn if it isn't me, lol. I really want to get some writing done today, if I can get the gray matter to cooperate.

[writingdotcoffee]

“Write regularly, whether you feel like writing or not, and whether you think what you’re writing is any good or not.”

— Anne Lamott

[clarablackstone]

Advice I really ought to take.

[whitepeopletwitter]

No worries

[screnwriter-old-deactivated2021]

mundane scenes are important.

This is some unconventional writing advice, but here me out, because it's important and I don't see it being talked about enough:

Not every scene you write has to be essential to drive your plot forward. That's it. And your story doesn't need to be at high stakes at all times to be considered interesting, either.

Your scenes, that you include, should always be crucial to your story. Not important. Crucial. So, yes, it is important that your story isn't filled with scenes that don't affect or drive your plot forward, but it is also okay to include scenes in which your characters simply... exist.

Maybe it's not necessary to show your characters at work, signing papers at a desk (unless a dragon comes in and sets fire to the place or they get fired), but it might be necessary to have your characters invite a couple friends over, make some pancakes, and crack some jokes! A scene like that, while it might not contribute much to the overall plot of your story, will help bring life into it!

Giving your audience glimpses into your characters life, not only helps them connect with your characters, but it's a way for them to start caring more deeply about both your characters and the relationship between them.

Your story CANNOT simply be ACTION ACTION ACTION. Yes, it is important for your scenes contribute to your plot, but you can't forget the importance of establishing characters, as well as the world they live in and the dynamics between them!

YOUR PLOT IS ONLY HALF OF IT. If a scene is rendered useless in terms of plot development, but contributes in any way to the development of a character or relationship, it is not useless, nor is it a waste of space!

Learn what it means for a scene to be completely useless and what it means for it to be useful in terms of characterization, worldbuilding or exposition. You don't need to cut those scenes. Every scene has to serve a purpose, but there is a lot of purposes to be served.

So let your characters breathe, even for just a second. There needs to be down time. Otherwise the emotional impact you try to bring upon your audience won't come into play, because they have not been given enough time with your characters to start caring about them.

[thoughtkick]

“She doesn’t want to hear that she is flawless. She wants to hear that she is loved regardless of her flaws.”

— charmingwinds

[write-on-world]

[clarablackstone]

I feel just a bit called out by this! 🤣

[beeftea78-deactivated20200113]

oh! I have to tell you guys a great story one of my professors told me. So he has a friend who is involved in these Shakespeare outreach programs where they try to bring Shakespeare and live theatre to poor and underprivileged groups and teach them about English literature and performing arts and such. On one of their tours they stopped at a young offenders institute for women and they put on a performance of Romeo and Juliet for a group of 16-17 year old girls. It was all going really well and the girls were enjoying and laughing through the first half - because really, the first half is pretty much a comedy - but as the play went on, things started to get quiet. Real quiet. Then it got up to the suicide scene and mutterings broke out and all the girls were nudging each other and looking distressed, and as this teacher observed them, he realised - they didn’t know how the play ended. These girls had never been exposed to the story of Romeo and Juliet before, something which he thought was impossible given how ubiquitous it is in our culture. I mean, the prologue even gives the ending away, but of course it doesn’t specify exactly how the whole “take their life” thing goes down, so these poor girls had no idea what to expect and were sitting there clinging to hope that Romeo would maybe sit down for a damn minute instead of murdering Paris and chugging poison - but BAM he died and they all cried out - and then Juliet WOKE UP and they SCREAMED and by the end of the play they were so upset that a brawl nearly broke out, and that’s the story of how Shakespeare nearly started a riot at a juvenile detention centre

[dukeofbookingham-deactivated202]

Apparently something similar happened during a production of Much Ado at Rikers Island because a bunch of inmates wanted to beat the shit out of Claudio, which is more than fair tbh

[let-the-awful-song-be-heard]

honestly Shakespeare would be so pleased to know his plays were nearly starting brawls centuries into the future

[theabigailthorn]

I played Claudio once and I fully support this

[bemusedlybespectacled]

“When we took Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure” into a maximum security woman’s prison on the West Side…there’s a scene there where a young woman is told by a very powerful official that “If you sleep with me, I will pardon your brother. And if you don’t sleep with me, I’ll execute him.” And he leaves the stage. And this character, Isabel, turned out to the audience and said: “To whom should I complain?” And a woman in the audience shouted: “The Police!” And then she looked right at that woman and said: “If I did relate this, who would believe me?” And the woman answered back, “No one, girl.” And it was astonishing because not only was it an amazing sense of connection between the audience and the actress, but you also realized that this was a kind of an historical lesson in theater reception. That’s what must have happened at The Globe. These soliloquies were not simply monologues that people spoke, they were call and response to the audience. And you realized that vibrancy, that that sense of connectedness is not only what makes theater great in prisons, it’s what makes theater great, period.”

Oskar Eustis

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I'm fairly certain old Will would be absolutely thrilled by all of this!

[sassycolortheorist101-blog]

some fucking resources for all ur writing fuckin needs

* body language masterlist

* a translator that doesn’t eat ass like google translate does

* a reverse dictionary for when ur brain freezes

* 550 words to say instead of fuckin said

* 638 character traits for when ur brain freezes again

* some more body language help

(hope this helps some ppl)

[clarablackstone]

Always useful to keep something like this around.

[clarablackstone]

I started this writing journey back in 2017 living by "everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear". It's the truth for me, especially when it comes to writing and being published. While I recognized that everything I wanted was indeed on the other side of fear, that fear still controlled me. Fear has, in some way or another, controlled my life for longer than I care to admit.

It still does.

The difference now is that I'm fighting it. I'm done letting fear dictate so many aspects of my life. Of course, saying that doesn't magically make it all go away. It's a battle every single day. Some days I emerge triumphant, others I stagger away from, bloodied, bruised and wanting to give up. Yet I don't. Surrender isn't in my vocabulary.

One moment, one minute, one hour, one day at a time, I will defeat this beast. I will chase down that dream, no matter how long it takes. I don't pretend to know what achieving it will look like, other than seeing my work on a store shelf. Romance, erotic romance and pure smut have been my focus for a long time. While I still love writing them, I've been branching out to further explore other genres. What finally makes it across that finish line could be anything at this point.

Do I expect this to be easy? Nope. I'm crazy, not delusional. I expect some days it will be a battle and others as easy as breathing. I will push through when I can and show myself understanding and compassion when I can't. I will celebrate the little wins and acknowledge the hard days and losses without dwelling on them. Fear will no longer determine my destiny. I will.

[clarablackstone]

Hey, look at that, I'm back! Wow, how long has it been? The last couple of years have destroyed all concept of time for me. But life is turning around and I think it's about time I got back to it. Will the first thing be smut? Romance? Psychological horror? Who knows - not me!

[memewhore]

[clarablackstone]

My kind of people!

[thatfoolsophie]

yes fake-dating is an absolute top-tier trope when it goes the usual route of “oh no we have to pretend to be dating but wait…i’m catching legit feelings” but i am ENCHANTED by the idea of fake-dating that’s actually fake all the way through. every moment that’s usually blushy becomes comedy gold.

[thatfoolsophie]

making direct eye contact with your 100% platonic bestie for one second of “well this is about to happen” before you kiss fully on the lips. stealing bites of their food bc they can’t tell you to piss off without blowing your cover. there was only one bed but it’s just like the six thousand sleepovers you had as kids and you put on your favorite movie and fall asleep in each others’ space. and you don’t need to fall in love with them bc you already love them exactly the way you want. also blackmail material into the next century

[clarablackstone]

Finding Life Again

It certainly has been a while. Hi there, folks! My apologies for the extended absence from, well, everything.  I’d like to explain a bit, in hopes that maybe my sharing this might help someone else. A warning – this does deal with emotional abuse.

First off, the Hus-bot and I are polyamorous. We have been for almost five years now. We have both had several “other” partners over the course of…

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