when pen meets paper;;

[entertainmentweekly]

Anyone have a fic rec?

If you have some fan-tastic fic, we wanna read it!

[secondalto]

Um, yeah, NO. Mostly because of this sentence in the terms and conditions:

 Entries become sole property of Sponsor and none will be acknowledged or returned.

I encourage everyone to boost this, please don’t let anyone you know who writes fic to enter this contest.

[scu11y22]

For my fic writing friends.

[majorenglishesquire]

It’s incredible that this is a promotion about how Entertainment Weekly has literally zero idea how fanfiction actually works.

“Write us a piece of fanfiction - don’t post it anywhere, so no one knows you wrote it - and we’re going to repost it as some dope hetero 50-Shades sexing, claim all credit and recognition, edit it if we want to, and completely ignore the fact that fanfic, in itself, is not actually okay with most original content holders. LET ALONE profiting off of it. Which is what we’d be doing – selling fucking magazines off the work you gave us for free you absolute sucker. Also here’s a screencap of the greatest example of fanfic bastardization and bullshit profiteering in history thus far.”

Get. Away. From. My. Writers.

Get the fuck away from my writers.

Don’t let your friends do this. Protect fanartists at all costs.

[winjennster]

Nope. Nope nope nope. Noping away from this as fast as possible. Fuck you EW.

[dduane]

Somebody at EW is profoundly unclear on the concept. Several somebodies. NUMEROUS somebodies. On numerous counts.

Writers: NEVER give any publisher all rights in your work. NEVER EVER.

[thewritershandbook]

[trailerparkeaden]

[distractingredirection-blog]

that moment when his response to you remembering a weird word’s spelling but not a common one’s is:

“when you know as many words as you do, it’s bound to happen”

& you just know, all over again... ^~^

[distractingredirection-blog]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY5UUt7f3OA)

[ourwritingtherapy-blog]

52 short stories in 52 weeks

1. A story entitled “A New Beginning”.

2. A story about rising to a challenge.

3. A retelling of a fairytale.

4. A story about three siblings.

5. A story set in London.

6.  A story about finding something that has been lost.

7. A story about a journey.

8. A story set during a war.

9. A creepy story.

10. A story featuring a countdown.

11. A story set at a full moon.

12. A story about a contest or competition.

13. A story that takes place entirely inside a vehicle. 

14. A story from a villain’s perspective.

15. A story set at a concert or festival.

16. A story that begins with a gunshot.

17. A story set in a country you’ve never been to.

18. A story about a historical figure.

19. A story set in a theatre.

20. A story written in 2nd person narrative.

21. A story set on another planet.

22. A story written from the perspective of someone dead/undead

23. A story about a birthday.

24. A story that ends on a cliffhanger.

25. A story set at the summer solstice.

26. A story about nostalgia.

27. A story that features a song or poem.

28. A story that ends at sunrise.

29. A story opening with the words “F*** you!”

30. A story about a magical object.

31. A story set at sea.

32. A story about a curse.

33. A story set 100 years in the future.

34. A story about loneliness.

35. A story that features a real recent newspaper article.

36. A story written from an animal’s perspective.

37. A story about a scientific discovery.

38. A story set on another planet.

39. A story with only one character.

40. A story about a secret.

41. A romance that ends in tragedy.

42. A tragedy that ends in romance.

43. A retelling of a recent Hollywood movie.

44. A story that takes place the year you were born.

45. A story about a near-death experience.

46. A story about anger.

47. A story about a magic spell.

48. A story set in a strange small town.

49. A story about justice being done.

50. A creation myth.

51. A story set at Christmas.

52. A story entitled “The End”.

[promptly-written]

Promptly-Written Photo Prompt: Vacancy

Photo credit: Amelia Fletcher

[lambsprout]

“and the universe said…”

[captainlitebrite]

is there anything on earth more anxiety inducing than being given unclear instructions and then put under time pressure

[discoursehag-deactivated2016120]

#short answer: no

[trifleofthemind-deactivated2014]

#long answer: fuck no

[distractingredirection-blog]

5,385 ^-^

might not be a very big number considering it’s the 11th already, but I have only have two times to actually make any headway on my word count, so I feel pretty good about my 5k in two sittings.

[writingbox]

Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it’s the only way you can do anything good. William Faulkner

[sunsets-and-sweet-tea]

[wordpainting-deactivated2023071]

Sweet

[alloftheprompts]

Prompt Set #593

We know about all of it.

You have to be prepared.

I want to learn the truth.

Do you ever sleep?

It must have been a dream.

Have you heard of sugar?

You can’t kill him.

You found no aliens.

A lot will change.

We aren’t powerless.

[medea-azyungele]

when you’re in your twenties and start to realize how young the protagonists of the novels you read are: 

[teaandinanity]

And at some point the protagonist goes,

And you just go,

[schakira]

#bonus points if you started out reading them when they were older than you and you grow up and surpass them and it’s just holy shit [x]

[amyoung-deactivated20171003]

I believe you have to write every day–make the time. It’s about having an organized mind instead of a chaotic and untidy one. There is a myth that writers are bohemian and do what they like in their own way. Real writers are the most organized people on the planet. You have to be. You’re doing the work and running your own business as well. It’s an incredibly organized state. [Also reading]…one of the things reading does do is discipline your mind. There are no writers who are not readers.

Jeanette Winterson (via ourwritinglives)

[jasminslibrary]

On the bus and just watched a sixish year old girl walk into a tree because she was reading and keep going without looking away from her page.

Good on you, random girl, I’ve been there too. Keep walking. Keep reading.

[amandalovelace2-deactivated2021]

she’s going places

[greatfay]

hopefully not to more trees

[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.

[anexperimentallife]

Special note: “Kill someone” means kill someone in the story. Please do not kill random real life passers by every time you hit a block. My lawyer says misunderstanding writing advice is not an acceptable defense. See you all in 25 to 50 years.

[writersrelief-deactivated202404]

How’s NaNoWriMo treating you?