[ivyblossom]

[casey-jane-lewis]

Fanfic authors: READ THE WHOLE FUCKING PAGE

[cthonical]

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND VALUABLE LESSONS YOU CAN LEARN AS A WRITER. I SAY THIS AS A READER AND A PROFESSIONAL GENRE EDITOR.

[nomette]

This is decent fanfic advice, if a little aggressive, but I’m reblogging it for the horrifically accurate callout of people from California.

[mikkeneko]

At one point when writing a fanfic I was stuck with the dilemma that the plot of the story centered around a couple’s marital troubles, but there would be no  reason for the couple to share this information with a passel of strangers they had just met. I ended up resolving this by creating a telepathy mechanic, the worldbuilding aspects of which ended up taking over half the fic.

[galvanizedfriend]

[leatherleaves]

I recently started working in hospitality, and I’ll tell you guys right now, the trope of “there was only one bed” is not as rare as you’d think in real life. A few times a week, at least, I have guys come in who are working together on projects in town or passing through who have to literally book the last room I have available for the night and lo and behold — there is only one bed, and guess what, they give each other a side-eyed look and begrudgingly take it. So write it up, it happens all the time!!!

[karis-the-fangirl]

[blatant-phishing-attempt-bot-de]

Never let your There Was Only One Bed dreams die. I was secretly in love with my best friend for over a year when she graduated and moved to Oklahoma (like 1000 miles away) for grad school. Between that travel restrictions, we were so scared we’d never see eachother again.

At the end of summer, when Covid numbers were at a lower point, I took the risk to visit her in her new apartment and I quickly realized that, unlike when I’d spent the night at her house before, the couch wasn’t made up like a bed. She explained that since her new couch was so fancy and pink, I couldn’t possibly sleep on it, and so I needed to sleep in the bed with her. You know, out of necessity. I woke up with her snuggled around me in the middle of the night.

We’re dating now, and I genuinely think I’m going to marry her. Just the other day, though, I mentioned that if she hadn’t been weird about her fancy couch, I probably never would have like confessed my feelings. AND THEN she stood up, took the cushions off the fancy couch, UNFOLDED IT INTO A HIDE-A-BED, and said “I KNOW.”

THIS GIRL. ORCHESTRATED. BED SCARCITY. JUST SO SHE COULD MAKE THE “ONLY ONE BED” EXCUSE. Y’all when I said I just about lost my goddamn mind, I just about lost my goddamn mind. I love this sneaky bitch so much and the moral of this story is BE THE ONE BED YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD.

[leet911]

Fanfic imitates life, and life imitates fanfic. It’s full circle really.

[dduane]

(chortle)

#there is only one bed #and life and art are standing there next to each other staring at it #and breaking out in a cold sweat #just hold that thought while I open a new project in Scrivener…

[whitepeopletwitter]

[iraffiruse]

I’ve hit the motherload

[memescomedy]

[ithelpstodream]

[ithelpstodream]

[roguestorm]

the batgirl movie should honestly go the ant-man route of saying “here’s this character who used to be this superhero and we haven’t done the work in other movies to establish this as a legacy but we’re going to tell you it is and you’re gonna buy it” and make babs oracle and the mentor for the actual titular hero of the movie

[beyhive4ever]

BEYCHELLA 2018

[setheverman]

mirror selfie

[lord-kitschener]

Obviously I want you to take care of your pets and make sure they get food and fresh water on a regular basis, but cats being huge drama queens and screaming hysterically at you and acting like they’re tragic famine victims who haven’t eaten in weeks and are about to drop dead from starvation right mcfuckin now, because you’re 10 minutes late feeding them is always going to be one of the funniest things to me

[artaeum]

the cat who lives at the vet clinic i volunteer at was mad yesterday because his dinner was half an hour late due to a busy day. he proceeded to go to all the (empty dw) garbage cans and tried to knock them over and started desperately scavenging for scraps of food because obviously no one loves him or cares about him and if he must eat garbage to survive then so be it

[instructionsfordancing]

not food related, but one time my cat cried at me for 20 minutes before i worked out that the reason why she was upset was because there was a coat hanger on her favourite cushion

[lord-kitschener]

This is absolutely beautiful and changed my life, thank you so much. Please protect her from hangers at all costs

[catsuggest]

wow. am STORVING and humaines here making joke laugh at cate honger ?!

[goldenmeme]

My cat is a social eater who is not food motivated at all, so I was baffled when I first got him because he didn’t seem to care about food but he would SCREAM at me for hours when I knew his bowl was full. Any time I went to double check that he did indeed have food, he’d book it to the bowl and snarf like his life depended on it, but as soon as I walked away he’d follow me screaming again.

Eventually I figured out that he just wanted a dining companion and was screaming about how we’re a family and families eat together, god damnit! I moved his food bowl under my computer desk and it fixed the problem. But if I’m ever out for more than 12 hours I’ll come home to find him in a passive-aggressive kitty huff because dinner has been ready for hours but he’s been trying to be considerate (unlike some humans) and waiting for me to eat it. 

[leeferal]

My cats are indoor cats. Being indoor cats, they can’t go outside to hunt for food (mice, rats, birds, etc) to gift to my sister and I.

But they know that the kitchen has food. They know where the easily accessible cat food is. And obviously my sister and I are just Really Big Stupid Hairless cats.

So if my sister and I go without leaving our rooms for too long? My cats will sit outside our doors and scream for our attention, lead us to their food bowls, and then only stop the screaming and leading once they see us sit down at the table and eat something. Because they think we’re hungry.

[akuyaku-reijou]

Your cats are the sweetest beings on the Earth, it makes my heart warm knowing that they exist. They love you very much and they care so much, they want you healthy and happy and will make sure you don’t neglect yourself and oh god they are so perfect. Real pure love exists, I am happy to be alive today.

[labratinspace]

my cat throws a fucking ft 

[starsinursa]

my fat, 14-lb cat will sometimes passive-aggresively lick her empty food bowl. and not just in passing, to make sure it’s empty or to get up all the tasty crumbs… no, she will loudly and persistently rasp her bowl clean until there isn’t a speck of flavor left. i’m convinced she does this to make a point to me. “hooman, you see this? bowl is empty!”

then, if i still won’t give her more food, she’ll go to the dog’s bowl and make a big show of trying to eat the dog’s food.

all this takes place after she’s already been fed for the night and already ate it all.

[jaaneymann]

this is such a pure thread i will always reblog

[abomination-station]

does anyone else just think of katy perry and like, not feel anything? Like when you think of her your mind just blanks and all you feel is hollow wind blowing through your skull because she’s just kind of there, trying so hard but failing to leave even the most basic impression upon your psyche? might just be me

[irreleventblue]

I’M LAUGHING SO HARD OH MY GOD

[mikey-xoxo]

ME

[babyanimalgifs]

More dog snaps

[xxchumanixx]

Hilarious🥀👐

[lokiwholockfactory]

This is so my favorite Thor movie

[blanska]

that “oh shit” line is my absolute favorite moment in the history of Thor movies

[supacutiepie]

Why does this fucking movie read like a god damn crack video but ITS ALL CANON AND REAL WTF MR WAITITI

[birdsofasweaterflocktogether]

@simplysymphonic

[windwardstar]

I literally only have one rule in my writing and it is this:

No matter what I put my characters through, they make it. They get to make it to the end of the story and have everything work out and be ok.

Because that’s the story I need. So it’s the kind I write.

[windwardstar]

If you want a piece of writing advice: write a story that is what you needed to hear at whatever age your target demographic is. I can guarantee you there’ll be someone out there who needs to hear it as much as you did. And maybe you’ll help them the same way someone else’s story did for you.

[boothewriter-deactivated2018122]

For some reason, this hit home and I never realized it that I did this for my stories too

[77lllll]

[theyarenotaboy]

Put this in the MOMA

[witchdaggers]

a year later this is still the funniest video on the internet and i can’t even adequately explain why

[lewisaur-deactivated20210222]

wow

[onion-souls]

It’s a perfect blend of several major kinds of comedy: confessional, relatable observation comedy (who hasn’t had someone make an incorrect presumption based on your appearance?), absurdist prop comedy, and character comedy revolving around her looks, voice, and mannerisms. And reclining (almost) out of frame is the perfect button on the skit. It’s comedy genius.