the dreamsmith.

dwell in light, devotion & sacrifice.

[writing-and-nutmeg]

no write only daydream

[fuckyeahlotrcast]

Elijah on the set of Fellowship

[tallahasseemp3]

"Can the absence of words tell a story? Like a pattern in lace, the holes as important as the threads?"

Eden Robins, Remember You Will Die

[sari-papatya-deactivated2018050]

[expressions-of-nature]

by Igor Melekestsev

[runawaymarbles]

I always feel so cheated in stories when characters are walking around with this Big Guilt and then...you find out that the thing wasn't their fault at all. And not in a "they thought they did it but it turns out they were set up" way, or even a "accepting that just because they did A which caused B which caused C it doesn't mean C was their fault", way but where they finally lay out the sequence of events and it's clear that any thinking person would not connect them. Like, fucking commit!!! The character isn't LESS compelling if they actually did the thing! You can't have the haunted brooding meow meow who is...also completely blameless

[feathery-soul-deactivated201408]

[birdplushie]

fiction can be really dangerous there might be a deeply tragic woman in there who starts living in your head forever

[libraford]

A WIP can sit dormant for a year and a half and still be happy to see you.

[libraford]

If you find yourself ashamed of the work that Past You did, that's understandable- you might be a different person now. But the WIP doesn't hold it against you. Maybe you have a better ending now. Maybe its worse. They're just glad to see you're still here.

[libraford]

I wrote myself into a corner about a year ago and then didn't have any time to write due to job things. And for awhile I sort of gave up because I started to feel resentful that I couldn't finish it.

And then about a week ago I dusted off the laptop and got back to it.

And the little people that live in the word document were happy to see me, and we picked up about where we started. And we worked out an ending that made sense and felt good, even if that part isn't written yet.

They weren't mad. And I didn't lose sight of their characterization because they are my friends and I know them. All is well. They knew I needed a break.

[yellow-cat]

i have wild sentences roaming through me at all times

[dreamsmyth]

Not quite writing, but thinking about it. And a third secret thing.

[innerchildabortionclinic]

everyone who is an excellent writer thinks they suck and will never get published. everyone whose writing sucks ass is actually getting published and displayed in barnes and noble

[derangedrhythms]

And what kind of poet? Intimate; confessional; comic; insistently, disruptively female; a word wizard; a performance artist; a crowd pleaser.

Diane Wood Middlebrook, Anne Sexton: A Biography

[bobbole]

Filip Mirazovic, Daughter

[chippedcupwrites]

𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐎𝐍 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐘𝐉𝐎𝐘 & 𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐀 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐊 ➥𝖤𝖵𝖤𝖭 𝖨𝖥 𝖲𝖧𝖤 𝖭𝖤𝖵𝖤𝖱 𝖫𝖮𝖮𝖪𝖲 𝖡𝖠𝖢𝖪 ❛ ━━ ･ ❪ a study in devotional attachment, the torment of longing, and perceived unrequited love ❫ ･ ━━ ❜

- all gifs & image/text/typography edits are made by me - screenplay-style 'poetry' written by me - quote & painting attributions under the cut

A Dance With Dragons by George R.R Martin │ Edmund Blair Leighton, Tristan and Isolde. (1902). │ "Maybe In Another Universe, I Deserve You" by Gaby Dunn │ John Henry Frederick Bacon, Romeo and Juliet. │ Lighthousekeeping by Jeanette Winterson │ The Dead Man by Georges Bataille │ Sir Edward John Poynter, Orpheus and Eurydice. (1862). │ Game of Thrones ep. 6x01 │ "Theon & Sansa screenplay poetry" by chippedcupwrites │ The Blood Pact by Beau Taplin │ Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Orpheus Leading Eurydice. (1861). & Game of Thrones ep. 6x01 │ "Theon & Sansa screenplay poetry" by chippedcupwrites │ Game of Thrones ep. 5x10 & When Nietzsche Wept by Irvin D. Yalom │ "The Wolves" by Isra Al Thibeh │ "Guilty as Sin" by Taylor Swift │ "Epithalamium" by Louise Glück │ Game of Thrones ep. 5x10 │ Arthur Hughes, The Long Engagement. (1859). │ Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare │ "Work Song" by Hozier │ Game of Thrones ep. 8x02 │ “Little Matchstick Girl” by Trista Mateer │ Possession by A.S. Byatt │ "Climbing" by Lucille Clifton │ The Princess Bride, (1987). │ "Sonnet 57" by William Shakespeare │ Game of Thrones ep. 8x02 │ Mirages: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin by Anaïs Nin │ Eugène Decisy & Paul Albert Laurens, La Morte amoureuse. (1904). │ Game of Thrones ep. 5x07 │ "august" by Taylor Swift │ Edvard Munch, Jealousy. (1895) │ "Nature Poem" by Chen Chen │ Game of Thrones ep. 8x02 │ Soft in the Middle by Shelby Eileen │ "Guilty as Sin" by Taylor Swift │ Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin │ Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Carlisle Wall (The Lovers). (1853). │ prettyboykatsuki │ Game of Thrones ep. 8x02 & Edvard Munch, The Kiss. (1897). │ "Theon & Sansa screenplay poetry" by chippedcupwrites │ Love letter from John Keats to Fanny Brawne, (October 13th, 1819) │ Game of Thrones ep. 6x02 │ War of the Foxes by Richard Siken │ Little Weirds by Jenny Slate │ Gaetano Previati, Paolo e Francesca (1887). │ Game of Thrones ep. 8x04 │ Girls Against God by Jenny Hval │ Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo │ Game of Thrones ep. 5x07 & photo source unknown │ The Angel Experiment by James Patterson │ Hilma AF Klint, The Swan, No 3, Group IX. (1915). │ "Anecdote of the Pig" by Tory Adkisson │ Her Garden Yearns More For Visitors Than Water by Fatima Aamer Bilal │ Game of Thrones ep. 8x04 │ Game of Thrones ep. 8x04 │

[harrietvane]

“Modernist manuals of writing often conflate story with conflict. This reductionism reflects a culture that inflates aggression and competition while cultivating ignorance of other behavioral options. No narrative of any complexity can be built on or reduced to a single element. Conflict is one kind of behavior. There are others, equally important in any human life, such as relating, finding, losing, bearing, discovering, parting, changing. Change is the universal aspect of all these sources of story. Story is something moving, something happening, something or somebody changing.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin (via jayemichaela)

[livesunique]

Lismore Castle, Lismore, County Waterford, Republic of Ireland,

Credit: Bill Phelps