@live-oncoffeeandflowers - Tumblr Blog

Hi Tumblr! Are any of you from way back still around? I haven’t posted since 2017, but I randomly decided to log in again… so here I am.

A lot has changed since then. Life threw some challenges my way, but I found myself again, grew a lot, and now I’m thriving.

I’d love to hear from my old Tumblr connections -- how have you been?

#let's reconnect?#I must get back to work so I'll reply to any messages later #I really hope all is well

tastefullyoffensive

How to give grandma a heart attack. (by Steec)

thoughts-memories

dankmemesreasonforliving

I wonder if Misty is comfortable 😂🐶

#I'm amused #usually Rosie is the weird one #my dogs

arabwife

me: *is overwhelmed by things i absolutely have the time to do*

envyavenue

Aldo the Malamute by Dylan Furst.

#beautiful

plastic-apple

I would rather wander around a store for 9 hours than ask an employee where something is and this I do not understand

#I'm way too shy

boredpanda

Dad Of 4 Girls Tweets Conversations With His Daughters, Proves Parenting Is Fun

sourcedumal

Lmfaoooooo children will roast you. Truly

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The 5-year-old is SAVAGE. LOL

thislifeshitistrash

“I read her the instructions” 😂😂😂

chiclovesyou

Stars, fairy lights, laughter

hey friend :D

Stars: What are your favorite blogs? aww man! you guys know I can’t pick my favorite ones! lol I love you all equally. I’ll give some shoutouts tho

my home girl Tara has always been there for me @live-oncoffeeandflowers

my cute lovely friend Hannah is the best. she always likes my text posts and pays attention to whats going on on my blog @downpoursofmoonlitraindrops

my girl Christine for sticking around as long as she has and always being there to encourage me when I’m having self confidence issues @imonlylivingforyou

my man Adrian for being super cute but also a really talented musician and also because we have a flourishing BROmance @followthered

:D

Fairy lights: If someone wanted to get to know you, what should they read/watch/listen to? that’s actually a really good question.

my two favorite TV shows ever are Justice League/Justice League Unlimited & Scrubs. also my favorite TV show right now is Flash (duhh). I also think the IT Crowd is very very funny. watch anything from the DCAU. also watch AtLAB or Voltron Legendary Defender.

Laughter: List 5 things that make you happy.

1. family2. puppies3. drums4. sunny days5. my church

live-oncoffeeandflowers

If you aren't already, you should all follow and become friends with Chic! He's excellent 😄

#thank you again Chic for being so kind #I am here for you

allsonargent

ALL OF JIM’S PRANKS ON DWIGHT » 3x03 - The Coup

wordsnquotes

I’ll tell you about it if I ever get it straight in my head.

Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms (via wordsnquotes)

thequotejournals

Introverts don’t get lonely if they don’t socialize with a lot of people, but we do get lonely if we don’t have intimate interactions on a regular basis.

Sophia Dembling, The Introvert’s Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World (via thequotejournals)

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searching for that fine line between “i need to stay informed” and “i can’t take any more of this.”

lizard-is-writing

How to Plot A Complex Novel in One Day (It WILL take all day)

Now first, I have to say, that the plot you’re able to come up with in one day is not going to be without its flaws, but coming up with it all at once, the entire story unfolds right in front of you and makes you want to keep going with it. So, where to begin?

What is your premise and basic plot? Pick your plot. I recommend just pulling one from this list. No plots are “original” so making yours interesting and complicated will easily distract from that fact, that and interesting characters. Characters will be something for you to work on another day, because this is plotting day. You’ll want the main plot to be fairly straight forward, because a confusing main plot will doom you if you want subplots.

Decide who the characters will be. They don’t have to have names at this point. You don’t even need to know who they are other than why they have to be in the story. The more characters there are the more complicated the plot will be. If you intend to have more than one subplot, then you’ll want more characters. Multiple interconnected subplots will give the illusion that the story is very complicated and will give the reader a lot of different things to look at at all times. It also gives you the chance to develop many side characters. The plot I worked out yesterday had 13 characters, all were necessary. Decide their “roles” don’t bother with much else. This seems shallow, but this is plot. Plot is shallow.

Now, decide what drives each character. Why specifically are they in this story? You can make this up. You don’t even know these characters yet. Just so long as everyone has their own motivations, you’re in the clear.

What aren’t these characters giving away right off the bat? Give them a secret! It doesn’t have to be something that they are actively lying about or trying to hide, just find something that perhaps ties them into the plot or subplot. This is a moment to dig into subplot. This does not need to be at all connected to their drive to be present in the story. Decide who is in love with who, what did this person do in the 70’s that’s coming back to bite them today, and what continues to haunt what-his-face to this very day. This is where you start to see the characters take shape. Don’t worry much about who they are or what they look like, just focus on what they’re doing to the story.

What is going to change these characters? Now this will take some thinking. Everyone wants at least a few of the characters to come out changed by the end of the story, so think, how will they be different as a result of the plot/subplot? It might not be plot that changes them, but if you have a lot of characters, a few changes that are worked into the bones of the plot might help you.

Now list out the major events of the novel with subplot in chronological order. This will be your timeline. Especially list the historical things that you want to exist in backstory. List everything you can think of. Think about where the story is going. At this point, you likely haven’t focused too much on the main plot, yeah, it’s there, but now really focus on the rising actions, how this main plot builds its conflict, then the climactic moment. Make sure you get all of that in there. This might take a few hours.

Decide where to start writing. This part will take a LOT of thinking. It’s hard! But now that you’ve got the timeline, pick an interesting point to begin at. Something with action. Something relevant. Preferably not at the beginning of your timeline - you want to have huge reveals later on where these important things that happened prior are exposed. This is the point where you think about what information should come out when. This will be a revision of your last list, except instead of being chronological, it exists to build tension.

Once you’ve gotten the second list done, you’ve got a plot. Does it need work? Probably. But with that said, at this point you probably have no idea who half your characters are. Save that for tomorrow, that too will be a lot of work.

After you’ve plotted the loose structure of your novel from this, see my next post to work on character!

#for future reference

tagged by @chiclovesyou Thank you Chic :)

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A - Age: 25 B - Biggest fear: Failure. I don’t want to put all my effort and energy towards something only to be let down or not succeed. This goes in many aspects of my life. C - Current time: 6:45 PM D - Drink you last had: Earl Grey Tea E - Every day starts with: wishing I can cancel the day and stay in bed, but then getting up and having a coffee. F - Favorite song: It changes all the time, right now I’m really digging “Castle on the Hill” by Ed Sheeran G - Ghosts, are they real: I don’t think so. H - Hometown: Winterpeg, Manisnowba I - In love with: currently Hockey (hopefully my boys play well tonight) J - Jealous of: people who have their lives completely together K - Killed someone: nah L - Last time you cried: Last night as I was trying to sleep. I get really anxious sometimes. M - Middle name: I have two. Breanne Elizabeth N - Number of siblings: 4, 2 sisters, 1 brother, and a brother-in-law. O - One wish: to fast forward my life a couple years so I don’t have to deal with the unknown. P - Person you last called/texted: my bf for both. Q - Questions you’re always asked: How’s school? R - Reasons to smile: Life. There’s so many beautiful aspects if you look for them. S - Song last sang: I can’t remember. T - Time you woke up: 4:30am :/ U - Underwear color: yellow V- Vacation destination: CUBA. All over Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Iceland, and Western Canada. W - Worst habit: Overthinking a small detail or situation until I blow it up and stress over it and create an issue that wasn’t initially there. And then once I do that, it’s hard to stop. X - X-rays you’ve had: my teeth Y - Your favorite food: I do love Chinese food :) Z - Zodiac sign: scorpio. I tag anyone who wants to do this.