writing I guess

My biggest priority WIPs are: A play adaptation of Frankenstein called Vicky Franco and a YA novel about emo kids called A Little Less Sixteen Candles, feel free to ask any questions about either

[frankherbertsdune]

Okay I'm trying to design a poster for a play (it's silhouettes because it's a theatrical play lol)

which is better?

Option 1 (lady in a lab coat in the middle)

option 2 (lady in the lab coat off to the side)

Remaining time: 2 days 11 hours

(note: the basic outlines of the characters were traced from Canva assets because I can't draw silhouettes, the arms and legs, clothes, hair, accessories and everything were done by me. Text, background, and texture are all from Canva)

Reasons why I like each one under the cut:

Option 1 propaganda: the friends I asked said this one is better, the triangulation looks good, I like that the lab coat lady is further forward and the others seem to be signing to each other and ignoring her

Option 2 propaganda: I prefer the text under the characters and the format of this one, the actual title looks better on this version, you can see the heart more clearly, the creature is centered even if she's smaller and she's clearly talking to the third person

[frankherbertsdune]

Rumpelstiltskin had the right idea if I made a deal with a lady that I could kidnap her newborn son as long as she couldn't guess my name and then I want to my home to sing a song about how she's never gonna figure out my name was Rumpelstiltskin, and then the next day I showed up and she asked if my name was Rumpelstiltskin, I too would get so fucking mad that I grab my leg and tear myself in half

[goth-queen]

[sandersstudies]

My Shakespeare students (they are 12) wanted to summarize the lessons they learned this semester. If. Um. Anybody would like to see.

[sandersstudies]

I cannot emphasize enough that they made these with very little input from me.

Henry the Fifth

- ALWAYS encourage others to do their best.

- NEVER talk about people behind their back.

Antony and Cleopatra

- ALWAYS check your produce for pests. [They liked this one so much made a rap about it.]

- NEVER count your chickens before they hatch.

Hamlet

- ALWAYS act decisively

- NEVER tell your girlfriend to go to a convent and become a nun [Oh boy they REALLY liked this one]

Romeo and Juliet

- ALWAYS collect all the important information before making an important decision

- NEVER bite your thumb at us, sir. [They enacted this scene in the original language a lot, except they swapped every “sir” for “bro.”]

The Merchant of Venice

- ALWAYS pay your debts.

- NEVER judge based on appearances, because “all that glisters is not gold.”

The Tempest

- ALWAYS try to forgive others.

- NEVER be a colonizer. [Yes, a middle schooler said this]

Midsummer Night’s Dream

- ALWAYS stay on forest trails

- NEVER fall in love with an ass. [They were excited about this one for obvious reasons.]

Twelfth Night

- ALWAYS stay in touch with those important to us

- NEVER read other people’s mail

Macbeth

- ALWAYS wash your hands. [One of the girls performed Lady Macbeth’s entire Out Damn Spot monologue at the end of the semester]

- NEVER succumb to peer pressure.

[sandersstudies]

Yeah, I was re-reading the Tempest like “hmmm will they even understand the subtle themes here… this might be a cut-and-dry magic story to them.”

Kid 1 (known intellectual): Wait, Prospero is like… a colonizer to the magical creatures. He showed up on their island and enslaved them.

Kid 2: Enslaving people is bad! Is Prospero a bad guy?

Kid 3: But Caliban is bad! He wanted to kidnap Miranda.

Me: Yeah, it’s kind of hard, isn’t it? Just like how in real life most people are a mix of good and bad.

Kid 4: …is this why Shakespeare is supposed to be, like, really good?

[dykekingofhell]

frankenstein(s): weird science

[timetravelhouse]

I wanted to let you know that your vid will screen tonight at Vid Party, part of Wiscon (a feminist and diverse scifi/fantasy convention - currently online only). Thanks for making such an amazing vid, it is contributing to a beloved event!

[dykekingofhell]

sick!

[starlettisketches]

Animal Farm covers I designed!!

I wish these were real I don’t really like any of the existing animal farm covers that much 😭

[frankherbertsdune]

It's so funny to me that Mary Shelley, her husband, John Polidori, and Lord Byron had a competition to see who could write the best horror story and she wrote fucking Frankenstein. Imagine losing a competition that badly. Imagine just doing a silly little competition with your friend and she basically invents a new genre and creates one of the most famous characters in fiction. Imagine being proud of your little story and then she shares one that people will still read every day in 200 years. Imagine doing a writing competition with your wife and she becomes so recognizable that you'll always be known as Mary Shelley's husband

[frankherbertsdune]

Since my dad found this on Reddit and my brother found it on Instagram and it became my most well known post, this has become a little bit of a running joke in my household, especially the part where so many people made the exact same comment of trying to argue that Percy Shelley is just as important/influential as Mary, if not more

And so when I was babysitting my nephew, my brother saw my copy of Frankenstein and made a joke like "woah, was this written by Percy Shelley's wife???" and then today, I went to my dad's house and he gave me a really nice hardback copy of Frankenstein and made the same joke pretending to be shocked to learn that Percy Shelley's wife wrote a book. The three of us reading the exact same comment hundreds of times on every iteration of this post fried our brains so much that the three of us share one brain cell and it's only capable of the one joke about us being shocked that Percy Shelley's wife was a writer too

[frankherbertsdune]

Update: I'm watching the 1931 Frankenstein movie, and it actually says in the opening credits "From the novel by Mrs. Percy B. Shelley" lmao

[frankherbertsdune]

I made a community specifically for people writing scripts if anyone is interested. Plays, movies, TV, shorts, skits, radio plays, whatever it may be. Meant to be a place for providing feedback, advice, beta reading, but also with the explicit goal of being a place where you can seek out a cast to do a reading (so, technically, for both writers and actors)

Here's the invite link - go crazy! Even if you just have the tiniest bit of an idea and no idea where to start, or if you've written a 7 Act epic or a film trilogy, you're welcome

[frankherbertsdune]

Does anyone wanna check out a 9 page comedy stage play I wrote for a competition? My friend editor is asleep rn and also I feel like maybe more eyes than a singular theater kid and a singular person who doesn't know shit about theater might not be the perfect range

[ashenmind]

“monsters in the backrooms” is still such a funny concept to me

“here’s a space that’s odd and makes you feel uniquely alone, like no one has ever been here before, but don’t worry, we put a critter in here because we thought that was boring”

[fishmech]

So you only like the first 62 words of the 80 word post that established the concept? Fascinating.

[ashenmind]

yes

[ashenmind]

like that last paragraph is exactly what I described; an author overplaying their hand because they don’t grasp that the space being empty is far more interesting than anything you could possibly put into it

[ashenmind]

there are 1001 one things you can put into the backrooms that are more interesting than monsters

once you have done that, find something else to do with your creative efforts. not everything needs to be suitable for a video game.

no. wander my halls for 10,000 years.

[isabellebissonrouthier]

*hypnotizes you* write your book write your book write your book

[cpericardium]

hey everyone "I" have something to show "you"

[cpericardium]

[cpericardium]

[jewfrogs]

this is so mean but sometimes i see published writing and suddenly no longer feel insecure about my own writing ability. like well okay that got published so im guessing i dont have much to worry about

[itsprettygrimm]

I have a very specific image in my head of what Simon and Baz’s dorm looks like and it’s not logical but it’s also not changing

[rainbowrowell]

Same.

[krisrix]

The potentials for the layout of their room haunt me - I yearn to have an official-ish design for it so badly.

@carryonsimoncarryonbaz and I have spent literal days of our lives researching towers and turrets and making mockups 😂

[rainbowrowell]

I am going to try to draw it, and it’s going to show you how terrible I am at both drawing and spatial relationships.

[rainbowrowell]

[itsprettygrimm]

WE DID IT BOYS

(thank you, rainbow, for indulging me. so so so excited for cherry baby!)

[doomsday-dj]

There was recently a copyright infringement case in YA and I need everyone to know that the following sentence was in the legal decision:

“Hot, sexy, dangerous boys, central to virtually all young adult romance novels, cannot be copyrighted.”

[kuttithevangu]

“Regarding setting, the court held that both works taking place in Alaska high schools was not protectable because Alaska is a public place and setting a teen novel in a high school is a common genre convention.”

Freeman v. Deebs-Elkenaney | Loeb & Loeb LLP

Freeman v. Deebs-Elkenaney | Loeb & Loeb LLP

[bitt-better]

Oh my god

[frankherbertsdune]

Behold the drawing I did instead of studying! I'm probably gonna hate it in 20 minutes which is why I'm posting it now lol. In fact I just noticed that the angle of her ear is off but I really need to do this study guide lmao

I'm open to comments on her design, just pls refrain from pointing out the technical errors I know they're there 💀

[beaft]

bitch moment: obviously this is subjective but a lot of modern queer lit (especially YA) has this specific tone that i find really grating. i want to call it "smug" but that's not exactly it. it's more like, that sense that the author is utterly convinced of the correctness of their own worldview and expects everyone else to agree with them on principle

[beaft]

two poles on this one btw

author is scared of me = terrified of ambiguity, uses excruciatingly precise language to avoid being misinterpreted, treats diversity as a box-ticking exercise, bends over backwards to explain itself when Literally No One Asked, all morally grey actions have to be immediately justified and resolved

author wants me dead = protagonist is unfailingly righteous and good, antagonist is irredeemably evil strawman, narrative refuses to make space for opinions/experiences that don't perfectly match up with the author's perspective, lots of Teachable Moments where an ignorant character is kindly shown the error of their ways by a wiser, more enlightened character

[mikkeneko]

#these things are not opposites on a spectrum#I see these mindsets packaged together more often than not#the author wants you dead because they are scared of you