[ampervadasz]

[unashamedly-enthusiastic]

[huffylemon]

shrimps is bugs

[girthakitt-blog]

Trigger warning: Breakfast by Anonymous

[thebrothersjonas]

writing conclusions in papers is like the stupidest thing ever though like what’s the point of dedicating an entire paragraph to “so yeah i know you just read my paper but this is a summarization of what you read in case you need to be reminded about what you just read” like why can’t the paper just end 

[field-thistles]

I keep seeing this post and similar ones, and if y'all’s teachers and professors have left you with the idea that a conclusion is a summary, they have failed you in a big way.

Your conclusion is your “so what’s the fucking point” section. You’ve given you’re reader a lot of info and now they need to know why they care. Depending on the type of paper you should be giving a plan of action, explaining how this knowledge changes our understanding of the topic, link your paper to other disciplines, suggest further areas of study, etc.

One of the best pieces of writing advice I’ve ever received is that if you can’t envision yourself dropping the mic and strutting off stage at the end of your conclusion then it’s probably not strong enough.

[inspirelocked]

“So whats the fucking point” is more helpful than all 6 years I’ve probably been writing papers

[elodieunderglass]

Listen up, chucklefucks: I have a point to make.

Some shit went down. Here are the receipts.

Here is the tea.

^ Introduction, supporting paragraphs, conclusion: a basic essay structure.

[bri-ecrit]

There are three major things to put into any major essay: 

The What

The “So What?”

And the “Now What?” 

Your conclusion is the “Now What” — you’ve convinced your readers that they need to pay fucking attention to something, and now you tell them what to do next. It’s not just summarizing and wrapping up your main points for the sake of repeating yourself. It’s like the last five minutes of class where I’m reminding students of the big takeaways about what we learned and giving them the homework that reinforces it in a way that holds their attention while they’re trying to pack up their shit and get out. 

[belle-and-bowties]

Would’ve been nice to know this while I was in school!

[marinella-ela]

[cognitohazardous]

this is a bug

[seasonallydefective]

Creature that looks like it was made by a tumblr poll where 40% of people voted “eye” and 5% voted “leg”

[lavender-draw]

hey @onenicebugperday what bug is this

[onenicebugperday]

hamster

[finita--la--commedia]

Jacques Derrida: On Love

[cithaerons]

emery allen, holy things in this world // graham dean, untitled // margaret atwood, there are better ways of doing this // salvador dalí, purgatorio canto 32 // jorge luis borges, the meeting in a dream 

[thefudge]

“Woman was turned into plant, panther, diamond, or mother-of-pearl by mingling flowers, furs, precious stones, shells, and feathers on her body; she perfumed herself so as to smell of roses and lilies: but feathers, silk, pearls, and perfumes also worked to hide the animal rawness from its flesh and odor. She painted her mouth and her cheeks to acquire a mask’s immobile solidity; her gaze was imprisoned in the thickness of kohl and mascara, it was no longer anything but her eyes’ shimmering ornamentation; braided, curled, or sculpted, her hair lost its troublesome vegetal mystery. In the embellished woman, Nature was present but captive…”

— Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex

[thefudge]

“The man who loves danger and play is not displeased to see woman change into an Amazon as long as he keeps the hope of subjugating her: what he demands in his heart of hearts is that this struggle remain a game for him, while for woman it involves her very destiny: therein lies the true victory for man, liberator, or conqueror—that woman freely recognize him as her destiny.”

— simone de beauvoir, the second sex 

[thefudge]

“To speak is to act: anything which one names is already no longer quite the same; it has lost its innocence. If you name the behavior of an individual, you reveal it to him; he sees himself. And since you are at the same time naming it to all others, he knows that he is seen at the moment he sees himself.”

— Jean-Paul Sartre, What is Literature?

[danielle-writes]

Some advice for when you’re writing and find yourself stuck in the middle of a scene:

kill someone

ask this question: “What could go wrong?” and write exactly how it goes wrong

switch the POV from your current character to another - a minor character, the antagonist, anyone

stop writing whatever scene you’re struggling with and skip to the next one you want to write

write the ending

write a sex scene

use a scene prompt

use sentence starters

read someone else’s writing

Never delete. Never read what you’ve already written. Pass Go, collect your $200, and keep going.

[bookcharactersthough]

This is the literal best writing advice I have ever read. Period.

[anexperimentallife]

Special note: “Kill someone” means kill someone in the story. Please do not kill random real life passers by every time you hit a block. My lawyer says misunderstanding writing advice is not an acceptable defense. See you all in 25 to 50 years.

[corpsecoded-deactivated20250106]

— The Incest Diary

[starlit-pathways]

What goes too long unchanged destroys itself. The forest is forever because it dies and dies and so lives.

—Tales From Earthsea: Dragonfly, by Ursula Le Guin

[skvoreshniki-deactivated2023020]

[loudpieroaddean]

not all hauntings are bad

ASDFGHJGK

[thefudge]

“To accept one’s past – one’s history – is not the same thing as drowning in it; it is learning how to use it. An invented past can never be used; it cracks and crumbles under the pressures of life like clay in a season of drought.”

— James Baldwin, from “Down at the Cross: Letter from a Region in My Mind,” The Fire Next Time (via lifeinpoetry)

[florizels]

“We wanted to be throttled, mangled, thrown. We wanted the violence. We wanted something we could never come back from.”

— Jaquira Díaz, Ordinary Girls