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The older I get, the more aware I am of how certain 911 calls impact my ability to sustain any amount of energy.

Why am I exhausted? I’m not the one who was stabbed. I’m not the one who found a dead body lying in the roadway.

And yet. I wish to nap. For a very long time.

#dickens 911

instacelebs

blackmiracleworker-deactivated2

YESSSSSSSS

blacklindabelcher

there’s no fucking way…

alt-and-black

LISTEN. HOLD UP. LOOK. OK NOW. I CANT. WHAT. LISTENNNNN.

longlivedickens

MOVE OVER MAN BUN.

I have not one damn clue.

#me

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.

#I need this bookmarked right now

shewolfofengland

Whilst in Sydney in 1994, a man apparently tries to assassinate Prince Charles. And not a single fuck was given by His Royal Highness.

deutschemark

(x)

heartyounot

I’m dead at his face in the last one like “Did you even try?”

aletolover-deactivated20151208

And then when he gets pushed he’s like “Wait no let him try!”

morepopcornplease

his composure is just everything I aspire to be

thosedarnwindsors-deactivated20

OMG IT’S BACK!

minimiddletons

CHARLES IS THE BEST OMG

realityofroyals-blog

Like how he stands there as if, “Okay, I’ll be perfectly still and we’ll see if you can hit me this time. Come on, it is like I’m giving you a head start.” He’s more annoyed with his cuff link than the wanna be assassin.

duchess-of-aquitaine-deactivate

FOREVER REBLOGGING THIS.

longlivedickens

Look. There's like an entire police force and two children standing behind him not jumping into action or running away. This must be what it feels like to live in a country that doesn't fear gun violence.

fleetwoodhag

the 100 au where everything is the same except lexa’s right hand titus is titus andromedon from unbreakable kimmy schmidt

crazyintheeast

Someone do this!

longlivetheheda

“Titus get me my sword”

longlivedickens

Bonus: Titus doesn't get killed off, fall into the angry Black person trope, or become a villain.

#the 100

bluewanderings

y’all need to know what happened in the spanish masterchef last night

okay so we’ve got sweet little laura here

laura is 8 years old. even though she’d been constantly ignored and undervalued by some of the other contestants because of her age, she was definitely one of the best. everyone thought she’d definitely get to the final.

last night was the semifinal.

she wasn’t doing too badly until the last test, which was so hard that it had only ever been done in the grown-up masterchef. the contestants had to follow the instructions of a professional chef who cooked at the same time they did. it was not a test in which you could afford to waste time or get distracted.

and laura, poor, sweet, tiny laurita, whose pots and pans were almost as big as she was, got burnt.

she tried so, so hard to carry on with the test. she knew that having the burn treated would take up too much valuable time, so she kept cooking. but she couldn’t. the burn was bad, she was fighting back tears, and even the judges were starting to get worried. she had to go.

at this point, spain began to cry.

everyone thought it was game over for her. she’d be too far behind when she came back. there was no way she’d be able to make up for lost time.

BUT THEN

SWEET CINNAMON ROLL LUKAS SWOOPED IN AND COOKED IN HER PLACE AND TOOK CARE OF HER DISH AND INGREDIENTS WHILE HE WAS COOKING HIS OWN THING

THIS WAS THE SEMIFINAL AND HE WAS PUTTING HIS PLACE IN THE FINAL AT RISK SO HE COULD HELP HIS FRIEND

HERE YOU CAN PRACTICALLY SEE THE JUDGES AND THE CHEF ASKING THEMSELVES IF THIS IS REAL LIFE

SPAIN WAS BAWLING

and then laurita came back with a heavily bandaged hand. she tried to continue, but it was too much for her since she was basically cooking with one hand.

AND LUKAS KEPT HELPING HER

in the end, laura had to leave for good. she just couldn’t cook. she tried, though, and she was asked if she wanted to leave twice before she said yes.

and so our princess left.

thankfully, at least something good happened. lukas made it to the final, and most of spain is rooting for him.

these kids are angels, guys, and i’m crying. i’m crying so much.

postmodern-sin

@colbytumbls relevant to your life

longlivedickens

IM CRYING & IM NAMING MY NEXT CHILD LUKAS.

doomsdayy

Emma seeing Killian in new clothes

[x]

kalin7art

Can we talk about the fact that you CS guys used a gif of Emma looking at Regina to make that example?

vcass-deactivated20160910

there was an error indeed

winged-mammal

it strikes me that this post could serve as a handy weapon against the “you’re seeing things” anti-sq argument

longlivedickens

I'm not even in the OUAT fandom and I know Emma doesn't look at the pirate like that.

geschaeftskalteeisfrau

Myka Bering//Superman AU (for my darling @ohsoblackandwhite)

// If you like, please reblog. Do not repost and don’t use without asking for permission.

#I would watch this non stop forever and always goodbyyyyyeeeeee

heartandthesoul

this is the show

#but Helena is about to say a few things to valda for looking at her woman's ass

primaryassets

webgeekist

ITS THE FUCKING WAREHOUSE WHY COULDN’T PETE HAVE BEEN KNOCKED UP IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO PERFECT.

BECAUSE TW: NELL SCOVELL

wentiqo-deactivated20170723

no but it LITERALLY would have been perfect. I mean think about it. Pete has always been much more the family man than Myka. you know he will make a great dad. he’s the one who’s expressed any interest in being a parent. it makes complete sense that he would pick up that artifact, and think about where the warehouse is leading him, and them, and will he ever have the chance to find a wife and settle down and have a kid, he would love to have a kid, and WHAMMY he’s got a belly out to there and gets to waddle around and have Myka groan about him having even more insane food cravings and him insisting because he’s eating for two now Mykes come on I need a third burrito and they’d be searching the lady’s apartment and Myka would be all wouldn’t it be a second burrito if you’re eating for two? and Pete would knowingly shake his head and explain that Little Pete (no not that one) needs a little extra for the road, too, just in case, all the while trying to awkwardly maneuver his ungainly belly into a squatting position to check the lower bookshelves without falling over and mumbling about how he has a whole new sympathy for his mother IT WOULD HAVE BEEN PERFECT I AM FOREVER PRESSED ABOUT IT

racethewind10

#Do I have to manip a pregnant Pete now?

YES

longlivedickens

Okay but how devastated would Pete, who probably loved the movie Junior and watched it a hundred times, be if he was pregnant with and caring for a live fetus for any amount of time and it just suddenly disappeared?

I mean, he never would have let Myka neutralize the artifact. There would be a Warehouse baby. And Myka can only avoid changing a dirty diaper for so long.