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“Do you remember the way the girls would call out “love you!” conveniently leaving out the “I” as if they didn’t want to commit to their own declarations. I agree that the “I” is a pretty heavy concept.”

— David Berman, "Self Portrait at 28" (via oofpoetry)

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Apparently the tongue is the fastest healing part of the human body. But why do I still have your love strangling my tongue to death? It’s been months and I’m still in pain. Please understand that I’m still try to get rid of your taste.

- Alexa Evangelista, the book I’ll never finish writing

And I love the rain, but I can't live in a storm.

EDEN, “take care”

#this is definitely my favorite quote of his #EDEN #music #song #lyrics #lyric #rain #storm #poem #poetry #vertigo #aesthetic #words

my dream life looks like living in a little cottage on the the top of a grassy hill, complete with a flock of sheep, and a simple town at the bottom. I live there with my femme wife, who designed and built the cottage with her own two hands, and together we take care of the sheep. and sometimes we host intimate but beautiful dinner parties with all of our closest friends, and after we eat we all sit in the living room in front of a roaring fire place, sipping red wine, and talking until the early hours of the morning. we all just fall asleep there, sprawled out on the couch and the floor, and wake up groggy but so so happy. my wife and I sometimes take trips into the town to trade our hand spun yarn for fresh vegetables and handmade soap. and in this cottage i have a typewriter, and i write beautiful plays heavy with metaphor and flowery language, and when i send them off to theaters they get performed. my wife and i attend the opening night of a piece she knows i wrote just for her, and when we return home we make gorgeous love. the wine we drink tastes sweet, like berries and pure gold. the sheep have wool so soft that when you touch it, it feels like nothing is even there. the bed we share is as vast as any ocean, and nothing can ever harm us when we lay there together. the sheep give birth to lambs of pure silver, and the love they have for each other and for us can be felt in the air, and harvested in jars where it looks like a rose gold honey, and tastes just the same. the sun always rises, and we are happy purely because we are alive.

- bliss

#writing #poetry #poet #poets on tumblr #prose poetry #prose poem #short story #farmcore #lesbian #gay #queer #sheepherding aesthetics

wow im finally posting original works when the fuck did that happen

#bliss rambles

today i am thinking of a friend back home

they live exactly 1,044 miles away from me now

and on that first night i spent all by myself in a hotel room

in a land much colder than i am used to

i sat with my laptop in front of me on that fluffy hotel comforter

and angel spoke to me live from the screen

singing their favorite song by their favorite band

“i always liked the thought of maybe being a runaway”

it had quickly become a favorite of mine as well.

now i dont know if angel is alright

and i cant leave this new place to check.

“i could sing the songs that we used to sing way back when”

i promise i will come home soon

i just hope it will be in time to see you well.

-bliss

#poem #poets of tumblr #EDEN #bliss writes #words for angel #poetry #music

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I’m wondering, how do I come up with good ideas to write a sub-plot that actually fits into the story and won’t make the reader lose the connection with the main plot?

How to Write A Sub Plot

If you look back on every single bestselling book ever printed, the chances are that most, if not all of them, contain sub-plots.

A sub-plot is part of a book that develops separately from the main story, and it can serve as a tool that extends the word count and adds interest and depth into the narrative.

Sub-plots are key to making your novel a success, and, although they aren’t necessary for shorter works, are an essential aspect of story writing in general.

However, sub-plots can be difficult to weave into the main plot, so here are a few tips on how to incorporate sub-plots into your writing.

1. Know Your Kinds of Sub-Plots and Figure Out Which is Best For Your Story

Sub-plots are more common than you think, and not all of them extend for many chapters at a time.

A sub-plot doesn’t have to be one of the side characters completely venturing off from the main group to struggle with their own demons or a side quest that takes up a quarter of the book. Small things can make a big difference, and there are many of these small things that exist in literature that we completely skip over when it comes to searching for sub-plots.

Character Arcs

Character arcs are the most common sub-plot.

They show a change in a dynamic character’s physical, mental, emotional, social, or spiritual outlook, and this evolution is a subtle thing that should definitely be incorporated so that the readers can watch their favorite characters grow and develop as people.

For example, let’s say that this guy named Bob doesn’t like his partner Jerry, but the two of them had to team up to defeat the big bad.

While the main plot involves the two of them brainstorming and executing their plans to take the big bad down, the sub-plot could involve the two getting to know each other and becoming friends, perhaps even something more than that.

This brings me to the second most common sub-plot:

Romance

Romance can bolster the reader’s interest; not only do they want to know if the hero beats the big bad guy, they also want to know if she ends up with her love interest in the end or if the warfare and strife will keep them apart.

How to Write Falling in Love

How to Write a Healthy Relationship

How to Write a Romance

Like character arcs, romance occurs simultaneously with the main plot and sometimes even influences it.

Side-Quests

There are two types of side-quest sub-plots, the hurtles and the detours.

Hurdle Sub-Plots

Hurdle sub-plots are usually complex and can take a few chapters to resolve. Their main purpose is to put a barrier, or hurdle, between the hero and the resolution of the main plot. They boost word count, so be careful when using hurdle sub-plots in excess.

Think of it like a video game.

You have to get into the tower of a fortress to defeat the boss monster.

However, there’s no direct way to get there; the main door is locked and needs to have three power sources to open it, so you have to travel through a monster-infested maze and complete all of these puzzles to get each power source and unlock the main door.

Only, when you open the main door, you realize that the bridge is up and you have to find a way to lower it down and so forth.

Detour Sub-Plot

Detour sub-plots are a complete break away from the main plot. They involve characters steering away from their main goal to do something else, and they, too, boost word count, so be careful not too use these too much.

Taking the video game example again.

You have to get to that previously mentioned fortress and are on your way when you realize there is an old woman who has lost her cattle and doesn’t know what to do.

Deciding the fortress can wait, you spend harrowing hours rounding up all of the cows and steering them back into their pen for the woman.

Overjoyed, the woman reveals herself to be a witch and gives you a magical potion that will help you win the fight against the big bad later.

**ONLY USE DETOUR SUB-PLOTS IF THE OUTCOME HELPS AID THE PROTAGONISTS IN THE MAIN PLOT**

If they’d just herded all of the cows for no reason and nothing in return, sure it would be nice of them but it would be a complete waste of their and the readers’ time!

2. Make Sure Not to Introduce or Resolve Your Sub-Plots Too Abruptly

This goes for all sub-plots. Just like main plots, they can’t be introduced and resolved with a snap of your fingers; they’re a tool that can easily be misused if placed into inexperienced hands.

Each sub-plot needs their own arc and should be outlined just like how you outlined your main plot.

How to Outline Your Plot

You could use my methods suggested in the linked post, or you could use the classic witch’s hat model if you feel that’s easier for something that’s less important than your main storyline.

3. Don’t Push It

If you don’t think your story needs a sub-plot, don’t add a sub-plot! Unneeded sub-plots can clutter up your narrative and make it unnecessarily winding and long.

You don’t have to take what I’m saying to heart ever!

It’s your story, you write it how you think it should be written, and no one can tell you otherwise!

Hope this Helped!

#reference

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What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? 1993

I have mixed feelings about this movie, but I needed a good cry tonight.

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dear God take care of her when i can’t

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Me when I pet a stray cat and it then runs away

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They hired a 17 year old at work today. She’s not even 3 years younger than I am and every time she speaks I feel confused. Realizing I’ve become more of an adult, I try not to talk to her that often. We’re two different worlds that I don’t know how to connect.

It’s late, there’s no rush in the restaurant, and there’s not much to do except prentending to clean the same spot for 20 minutes. She’s on her phone in the foyer while I’m cleaning a tv screen. I change the channel to the news to see what happened in the area this week, but instead I land on a courtroom report. There’s a man, angry, defying anyone who dare go against his word. He avoids questions professionally and seems confident in his speech. He claimed he did not do it.

There’s a woman. She says she doesn’t want to be here today, that’s she’s terrified, that she’s telling nothing but the truth. She describes sexual assault from a drunken man with no remorse. She speaks now to save others. The women behind her look devastated. I know that I hold the same expression.

Then I see that the 17 year old is next to me. She’s watching the screen intently and her face holds an awful grimace. She sees me looking and hardly blinks when turns.

“I really want them to believe her.”

She says it and suddenly she and I are the same person. I know her pain and she knows mine. We are scared little girls and bruised women. I feel compassionate, but I’m angry that this is what connected us. I’m angry that she knows this shame that we didn’t fucking ask for. I’m angry that no one believed us when we told them.

She turns to go back to the foyer. I assume we both knew there was nothing to say, but if one person can tell a courtroom about what happened to her, I think I can say something.

“Hey,” I called after her. She turned.

“Me too.”

the accuser // hnl 2018

danger

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I had this one lucid dream where a lady came up to me and said, “Don’t control the dream,” really softly. I had the same dream again a couple days later but instead of just one lady. I was surrounded by a whole group of people with glowing eyes just saying, “Don’t,” and I got so freaked out that I never tried to lucid dream ever again.

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I really feel like when we sleep we just kinda cruising in another demesion.

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Some examples of why the Oxford comma is generally a good idea

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Please don’t let the Oxford comma die. If you were apathetic about it before, I think this will help you understand why it is necessary.

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On the other hand, these sentences are pure gold.

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old english word of the day: earendel, a shining light, ray

inkskinned

i dream that i pick splinters out of my body, one piece at a time. when i try to float, my body rolls in the air like a wave.

it was a good dream. i have learned that you are a rotted tooth. i am scared of the healing but in the end it makes good. i give myself to a week of just-soup. i give myself up to a year of not-you.

i trade hurt now for healed later. i trade get over it for get hurt again. i trade up.

my hands hurt. i move on.