Insomniac-arrest's Writing Blog

MY BOOK Hey, this is my side blog for original short stories, fanfic, writing tips, quotes, and book stuff! Wonderful header by Punziella and lovely icon by elstrawfedora  Visitor count: var sc_project=11737333; var sc_invisible=0; var sc_security="28ce58ce"; var sc_text=2; var scJsHost = "https://"; document.write("");

[insomniac-dot-ink]

Diary of a Ghoul Gig Worker Masterpost

Part I

Part II

Part III

Part IV

Part V

Part VI

Part VII

[pmamtraveller]

The little i had left by Luca Ponsato

[skytouches]

“Finally, Some Concrete Career Advice” by Natalie Shapero, published by The Rumpus

[maramontwrites]

It's such an amazing feeling when someone picks up on something in your writing that you 100% intended but didn't think people would notice. Like, YES!! My writing properly conveyed the thing it was supposed to!!! You are so awesome for noticing that!!! I am so awesome for writing that!!! I feel so good about my story now!!!!

[artbypontpilat]

I actually once illustrated a book set in the Terry Pratchett universe. "And Yet the Turtle Moves" was published in Russia, and I illustrated the cover.

[bodyintheriver]

Wip. I think the resurrection beasts are cool.

[charish-cherish]

[thoradvice]

things get better slowly. you’ll wake up and you won’t feel an aching dread in your chest, but feel lighter. you’ll start to notice little things that make you smile: sunlight, soft pyjamas, hot tea, biting into fresh fruit. you’ll seek out these things, and your life will get warmer and fuller. day by day. you may still have days where you can’t get out of bed, but they’ll be fewer - small dark spots in a world of colour. if things aren’t too good yet, please remember that recovery is slow. show yourself some kindness. you deserve it.

[salemwitchtrials-deactivated202]

Coming to Writing, Hélène Cixous

[bunniboiz]

"it's ok to show (x) in fiction as long as the bad guy gets punished!" the bad guy doesn't have to get punished. in fact the bad guy can win altogether. the bad guy can entirely get away with it. hope this helps

[bunniboiz]

and this part might make some people's head explode but: characters can be written to forgive things you personally wouldn't ever forgive. not everything is written as what you'd perceive to be the right choice. not everything is a self-insert & protagonists don't have to be relatable.

[wanderingcoasties]

“The LEGO Movie was my favorite movie of 2014, but it strikes me that the main character was male, because I feel like in our current culture, he HAD to be. The whole point of Emmett is that he’s the most boring average person in the world. It’s impossible to imagine a female character playing that role, because according to our pop culture, if she’s female she’s already SOMEthing, because she’s not male. The baseline is male. The average person is male. You can see this all over but it’s weirdly prevalent in children’s entertainment. Why are almost all of the muppets dudes, except for Miss Piggy, who’s a parody of femininity? Why do all of the Despicable Me minions, genderless blobs, have boy names? I love the story (which I read on Wikipedia) that when the director of The Brave Little Toaster cast a woman to play the toaster, one of the guys on the crew was so mad he stormed out of the room. Because he thought the toaster was a man. A TOASTER. The character is a toaster. I try to think about that when writing new characters— is there anything inherently gendered about what this character is doing? Or is it a toaster?”

— Bojack Horseman creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg commenting on how weird gendered defaults in entertainment are, and why we should think twice about them. Excerpted from this longer original post. (via 360degreesasthecrowflies)

[talenlee]

of course his name is WOKESBERG,

[riding-with-the-wild-hunt]

Swords of the wandering star

(Anguirel and Anglachel for @esotolkienweek day 4: relics)

[insomniac-arrest]

People have overused Catholic Guilt to the point they cannot recognize the clear and haunting Protestant Shame in front of their eyes. that character Knows they could have worked harder

[toast-the-unknowing]

#also known as: the ronan lynch vs the adam parrish @cheeeryos

[paper-wounds]

[thisandthatandeverythinginbtween]

This.

[iamaine]

repeating this to myself as a list of daily affirmations

[insomniac-dot-ink]

have you tried to equip <wife> for [writing feedback] ?

No! 😣 that’s why I have to write book!

[beardedmrbean]

Next up someone is going to claim that the Narnia series isn't kids books.

Kids books is probably not the best way to word it, you can enjoy them at every age, including your childhood, as you get older you may find new truths in them, but they're still good for any age.