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Bank account: you can afford to walk downstairs

The greatest part of a writer’s time is spent in reading, in order to write; a man will turn over half a library to make one book.

by Samuel Johnson (via nita16)

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Take it from me: If you hear the past speaking to you, feel it tugging at your back and running its fingers up your spine, the best thing to do—the only thing—is run.

Lauren Oliver, Delirium (via wnq-writers)

Something I Never Thought Of About Writers Block

I was practically bouncing out of my seat with excitement as my favorite author stepped up to the mic Thursday night. Seriously, I’m in love with @nealshustermanreal (not like that...I don’t think) He’s one of my biggest inspirations, and I was stoked to hear his advice on writing. That’s when he brought up something I never thought of. There is no such thing as writer’s block. Okay, so like I said, I was buzzing in adrenaline overdrive, so I’m going to have to paraphrase here (and probably make up a few things) but here’s how it goes... Writer’s block doesn’t exist—momentum does. Unless your brain is the mythical perpetual motion machine physicists everywhere have been dreaming of, then you will lose your momentum. But here’s a cool little fix: Neal Shusterman suggests putting down your manuscript, and starting up a new one. What? But wouldn’t that just lead into a downward spiral of half-written manuscripts? That’s what I thought, but what he’s saying here is, instead of smashing your skull through the block until your creative mind shrivels and dies, ride your momentum. Once your momentum for one story runs out, start up a new one. Once the momentum for that story runs out, go back to your old one, and keep switching up like this until they’re done. As someone suffering from extreme writer’s—er, I mean—lack of momentum, this is something I’m more than happy to try. So, I’m putting my current manuscript away, just for a little while, and picking up a new one, and let me tell you, this new idea has me bouncing out of my seat almost as much as seeing Neal Shusterman. I’ll keep ya’ll updated on how well this works for me. No matter what happens, at least I’ll still be writing, and that’s a hell lot better than wallowing alone in the excuse called “writer’s block.”

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I'm raising money to help pay for my girlfriend's brain surgery. She was diagnosed at the beginning of December with a left temporal meningioma. We won't know if it's cancerous or not until it comes out and it needs to come out asap. Currently she is unable to work/drive and requires supervision...

Cristina is a fellow writer and book nerd, and a very good friend. She has been suffering greatly for a long time due to a brain tumor that needs to be taken out ASAP. Unfortunately, because of financial issues, she’s had to postpone her operation. Please, PLEASE help. If you can’t donate, that’s totally fine, a simple share here, facebook, twitter, wherever, would mean the world to us. Thank you so much. Love you all.

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“I was only good at one thing: words. I had read more, much more, than anybody else, and I knew how words worked in the way that some boys knew how engines worked.”

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heywriters

The writer's guide to horses to help you write realistic scenes. Find out how far a horse can travel, how long a horse can gallop, and more.

HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL:

focus on your own shit.

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How to write your book step 198

Sometimes the writing comes like lightning and it strikes you and you have to write while it’s hot. Here’s a thing I like to do… it’s sort of like planning as you go. It happens when I am thinking too fast. When my ideas need to be recorded before I forget them. In this rush of inspirational magic, I can’t write well.. I have to write fast instead. So I will change the tense and the perspective of the novel to get the concept down. Then I can come back later and rewrite it into same style as the rest of the book.

For example I might be writing a scene where She comes home to find that her brother has let himself into her house,but I will have the conversation in my head ready to come out for a few paragraphs time, so I simply write "she finds brother in house - she gets a surprise because she thinks that he is a burglar" then I will go on to write the conversation. There’s always time later to come back and fill in that void.

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If I were a character in a book, it’s very likely a magical cure would have popped up exactly when I needed it. The world around me is fixated on finding a cure and I can’t say that I share their enthusiasm. Would I turn down a treatment with a 100% success rate? Possibly not. But you have to consider that, just as people who become disabled have to receive rehabilitation to adjust to their new life, so would I if I became sighted. I’d have to learn to read and write visually, use the computer with a mouse, possibly drive a car. Conveniently, when a blind character is cured, authors tend to gloss over the whole adjustment period. The blind character magically has all the skills someone sighted from birth would have without receiving any training.

Holly Scott-Gardner, “When Blind is Forever” (via disabilityinkidlit)

It’s Important to Laugh

Writing’s the most stressful endeavor I’ve ever taken on, and just like any stressful endeavor, laughter’s the best medicine to get me through the process. I like to write silly things into serious scenes to make my future self giggle while editing, but the best is when I catch something my two, goofy-ass critique partners slip in. Case in point...

“Portland’s nothing like Dallas MOTHER-TRUCKIN’ TEXAS!!!!!”

I think you can guess what was added to this sentence. As an added bonus, it's taught me to pay attention to my editing, else I hand my manuscript off with stuff like that.

Another great story, just for the hell of it...

One of said critique partners sang a whole chapter of mine as a hip-hop/soul opera. Finding these kinds of gems in the vast ocean of writers is a very rare and beautiful commodity, and I think it attests to how essential having fun is in your writing process.

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