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i always get nervous when my cat is staring off in the distanceÂ
and his tail is like *!!!!!*
When you didnât study for the right test. OMG HIS FACE
Kind of gives you chills .
Good Lord, how delicious! I wanna do that! The next time Iâm in a cathedral, Iâm doing it.Â
As she stood inside an ancient and empty church in MontefrĂo, Spain, Malinda Kathleen Reese belted out one of the best Christmas carols of all time-âO Come, O Come Emmanuelâ and the end result was just heavenly.
Iâm obsessed with this because A. Victorian Christmas Carols B. European Cathedrals C. Itâs gorgeous and fuckin choristers are my favorite
SITES FOR WRITERS
Fantasy name generator
Fighterâs block - try to defeat a monster by writing
Childâs Traits Calculator ; predict a childâs appearanceÂ
Childâs Traits Calculator ; predict other traits
Fifty Plot Twist Ideas For Your Work-In-Progress!
Name generator (Character, Baby, Last name, etc.)
Plot generator ;Â Inspiration for your next novel, film or short story
Character generator ;Â Generate Rich Characters in Seconds
Writing Exercises ;Â This site provides (completely free) writing prompts and exercises to help you get started with creative writing and break through writing blocks.Â
Notebook ; create your characters, worlds, objects, places, etc. and save them
Festisite ; Create a fake license, marriage certificate, credit card, ticket and you can find other stuff as well.
The most common last names in the US
Lists of most common surnames
List of most popular given names
List of the least common surnames [last names] in America, rank 16,001-20,000
Fantasy name generator (again)
Random Name Generator (Choose origins, gender, etc.)
Said is dead (Remember that you can use said, donât use it to less.)
How Much Blood Can The Human Body Lose?Â
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The 6 Types of Collars Every Man Should Know by NameÂ
18 Different Types of Sleeves Design Patterns
What are the most widely practiced religions of the world?
Differences Between a Short Story, Novelette, Novella, & a Novel
Hemingway editor ;Â It grades your writing by its readability.Â
Zen writer ; writing without distractions (Might not be free after a while)
33 Ways to Write Stronger Characters
75+ bad habits for your character
30 SCENE IDEAS FOR CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
10 Things Writers Donât Know About The Woods
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Free writing worksheets
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when u know the way ur dad acts is because of his own unresolved issues/trauma but at the same time u know u dont deserve to be treated the way ur being treated but u cant do anything abt it
Good bye 2018
*shows up 15 months late with starbucks* anyway hereâs my vine compilation (volume warning!)
I was in line at Aldi and this girl with two toddlers in front of me had her card declined and she looked so fucking sad and said âlet me call my husband real quickâ and it was only 18 dollars, so I just paid for it, and she was very sweet and then as she walked off, the lady behind me said `âYou know that was probably a scam, right?â and like, even if it was, like what a sad fucking scam, right? 18 dollars at the Aldi. If youâre âscammingâ me for some Tyson chicken and apple juice and cauliflower, then just take my fucking money.Â
âA scamâ people are fucking wild. Â
This happened to me, too. A woman had used WIC for the majority of her stuff (which I say from personal experience is such a long and embarrassing process) and to buy the remainder of her groceries, which included diapers and wipes, she used a card, and it got declined. I bought the other $30 of her groceries because hey, Iâve been there, and now Iâm not. She was extremely emotional and began to cry and even hugged me. My mom called me on the drive home and could tell I had been crying myself, asked what was wrong, and when I told her what happened, she berated me for being âduped.â I couldnât believe she could be so disappointed in one of her children for doing something- nice? Is that the hill you want to die on? Getting mad about people needing groceries?
I once paid for a womanâs bill at the vetâŚit wasnât a big one, but she was trying to pay for some medication for her dog, and her card was declined. And her lip started trembling, and she says âI donât get paid until Tuesday, would he be ok until then?âÂ
So I just told them to add the $20 something onto my bill, and I thought she was going to break down crying right there.
And I donât care if it was a scam or not. Just do nice things for people sometimes.Â
Do good recklessly.
I think âDo good recklesslyâ would be fantastic word art to hang on oneâs wall. Artistic people, go!
tips for writing more
As someone with adhd I have a lot of trouble being productive and staying focused. This year iâve developed a few techniques that have really helped me write more!
Write for a set amount of time Every day I write for one hour. Sometimes I donât write much, other times I write a lot. Whatâs important is that I have one hour every day to sit down and do it. Making it a habit is important! Also, the fact that I have a set end point helps me to focus.Â
Have a writing space I never seem to be able to focus as well when iâm writing from bed. Now what I do is I have a table in the living room, and I go there to write. Thatâs what I do there, and when I sit down at that table, it puts me in the mindset to write.Â
Have writing music I have playlists for certain stories! Personally I have to listen to ones that are soft and mostly instrumental. When I listen to the playlist, I know itâs time to write!
Have a writing candle This one might be a personal thing, but I like to have a scent associated with a task.Â
anyone else have specific things they do that help them focus or be productive?
âI rode my bed alone holding your name between my teeth like a knife.â
â - Joan Larkin, from âSelf-Loveâ
âThis is your daily, friendly reminder to use commas instead of periods during the dialogue of your story,â she said with a smile.
âUnless you are following the dialogue with an action and not a dialogue tag.â He took a deep breath and sat back down after making the clarifying statement.Â
âHowever,â she added, shifting in her seat, âitâs appropriate to use a comma if thereâs action in the middle of a sentence.â
âTrue.â She glanced at the others. âYou can also end with a period if you include an action between two separate statements.â
Things I didnât know
âAndââ she waved a pen as though to underline her statementââif youâre interrupting a sentence with an action, you need to type two hyphens to make an en-dash.â
You guys have no idea how many students in my advanced fiction workshop didnât know any of this when writing their stories.
How I turned an idea into an outline
With NaNoWriMo around the corner, I thought I might show you how I plotted my novel.
This is the story structure I used:
0% inciting incident
0%-20% introduction in the world, ends with a point of no return
20% first plot point: the hero receives his marching orders
20%-50% response to the first plot point
35% first pinch point: reminder of the nature of the antagonistic force
50% midpoint: big fat plot twist that changes the heroâs AND readerâs experience
50%-80% attack: the stakes are higher now
65% second pinch point: again reminding the reader of the antagonistic forces at hand
80% second plot point: the final injection of new information into the story to give the hero everything she needs to become the primary catalyst in the storyâs conclusion (no new information past this point)
80%-100% resolution + final conflict + return home
I didnât make this up. I think itâs by Larry Brooks, if The Internet informs me correctly. Fun Fact: once you pay attention to it, youâll see this structure everywhere. Just take a look at any Harry Potter book, for example.
These points are the âbonesâ of my story. Next, I decided what âfleshâ to put on them.
I simply made a list of things I like to read about:
Books about books and libraries
Magic
Quirky characters
Intelligent, fast-paced and sometimes silly
So, I combined this list and the structure points into a story that makes sense. Because I donât want to spoil my plot / I am still to shy about my wip, I will make up a new plot for this post, so I can show you.
0%: The hero does something magical without knowing how she did it. She discards it, because everybody knows it canât have been real.
0%-20%: We see the daily life of the hero: she is unhappy because all she wants to do is read, but she is not allowed to. She reads in the dead of night and is punished for it by her evil stepcousin. She finds a book on magic.
20% It all clicks together: she can do magic!
20%-50% The daily life for the hero changes. Instead of reading all night, she practices magic. She now loves books even more. She has little victories over her evil stepcousin, but hasnât won yet.
35% The evil stepcousin finds out that she can do magic and takes away the magic book.
50% She discovers she can do magic without the book.
50%-80% The hero is not the only one who is bullied by the evil stepcousin. Her younger cousin is a victim as well, and he doesnât have magic to defend himself. The stakes are raised, this is bigger than herself now. The younger cousin also wants to read, so they have several bonding moments over reading.
65% The evil stepcousin hurts the younger cousin, heâs in a coma now.
80% The hero discovers the evil stepcousin could do all these evil things because he knows magic too.
80%-100% The hero confronts the evil stepcousin, fights him off, nearly loses but wins in the end. He gives up and releases his power over the younger cousin who wakes up from the coma.
Itâs not the most genius plot ever, but I literally made this up in minutes. So can you! And imagine the genius plot you can come up with if you spend more than a few minutes on it.
Then I calculated how many scenes I need in which part of the story. My wip is a YA or 12+ book, so I want it to contain about 75,000 words in total. I want my scenes to be around 1,000 words long to keep it snappy, so I need 75 scenes.
Scene number 1 (0%) is the inciting incident, scene number 15 (20%) is the first plot point, scene number 26 (35%) is the first pinch point, scene number 37 (50%) is the midpoint, scene number 49 (65%) is the second pinch point, scene number 60 (80%) is the second plot point and scene 75 (100%) is the last scene.
Some sidenotes on the 1,000-word scenes:
Thatâs more of a vague rule of thumb than a strict rule. If your scene needs to be longer or shorter, make it longer or shorter of course. My wip has some 2,300-word scenes as well.
Having 1,000-word scenes does not mean I have 1,000-word chapters, that would be really short. I will divide my novel into chapters after Iâm finished writing my first draft.
For NaNoWriMo, maybe you could write scenes of 1,667 words, so you do one scene per day. A 50,000-word novel has 30 scenes of 1,667 words. Inciting incident is at scene 1, first plot point at scene 6, first pinch point at scene 11, midpoint at scene 15, second pinch point at scene 20, second plot point at scene 24 and scene 30 is your last scene. Thatâs just an idea, you got to see what works for you.
Then I made up in one sentence what will happen in every scene. For example: âThey meet the dragon and he sends them on a sidequest.â Now my outline consists of 75 one-sentence scenes. This way, I prevent the problem of the sagging middle and other pacing problems and I still get to surprise myself when writing.
From those one-sentence scenes, I flesh out every scene into a first draft, using the process I described in my post How I never have to face an empty page when I write.
And thatâs my first draft! I hope everything is clear. Feel free to ask me questions if it isnât.
Iâm gonna tag a few people I admire, who I hope are interested. If you arenât, feel free to ignore me, or message me to take you off my tag list. If you would like to be added to my writing advice tag list, let me know.
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He told me a story about a station platform concrete stretching like a ribbon pulled taught across the topography of Europe She had a face that was round as an opal mouth the same shape and colour as peonies opening in sunlight He tells me how he reached out to water the bed of her spine, pluck her head from her shoulders "I can't do this any more" She tells him and is swept away weightless pink and maroon on the wind He tells me that story more than once. . . #poetry #illustration #ink #poems #words #selfportrait #newproject #love https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqr_E-uB6lw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qrmwtbo1wda0
I am looking for you again. In airports when your last name is called over the intercom, through clouds of smoke, in parked cars I pass. I keep telling myself to forget the smoke-screened version of you I have created, the one who has your hair and ambles from place to place. âThink of HIM,â I say. âOf who he really was.â Think of the piles of dandruff on his pillow, the sarcastic way he said âI love you,â and the way he said, âThis doesnât mean weâre going to date againâ after kissing you. Think of the pictures of his hand on her knee only a week after you stopped talking. Think of every minute you spent waiting for him to pick you up. Think of the way he never loved you. Do not, I repeat do NOT, think of the way he looked at you mid-conversation, or the hours you spent in his bed giggling and hiding under the covers as his fan blew on your back. Do not think of the way he blurted out that he loved you. It was not âperfectâ. Quit telling yourself so. Forget the front seat of his car and the humid air that leaked through the cracked window. Burn the field where it happened for the first time to the ground. Do not look back on every moment and wonder where you went wrong or what you could have done to keep his attention. Erase every damned song that reminds you of him and only listen to songs that came out in the past year, songs that have not been spoiled by his memory. Think of the way he did not want to join in the trivia game at the restaurant you ate your last meal at because everybody else who was playing was in their forties. Think of him pressed against her, the same way he was against you, in a fucking shed. Think of the way your feelings embarrassed him. Do not think of his record collection, or the books you talked about, or the way he touched you. Do not tell yourself that he has been the only one whoâs understood. Do not whisper his name. Do not think of him as the first boy to grab your hand as he drove, do not think of him with a noose around his neck, do not think of his kisses. Do not. Do not. Do not.
How To Fall Out of Love | Lora Mathis (via lora-mathis)
This is what itâs like
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âThis sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. The writing is getting boring. The sound of it drones. Itâs like a stuck record. The ear demands some variety. Now listen. I vary the sentence length, and I create music. Music. The writing sings. It has a pleasant rhythm, a lilt, a harmony. I use short sentences. And I use sentences of medium length. And sometimes, when I am certain the reader is rested, I will engage him with a sentence of considerable length, a sentence that burns with energy and builds with all the impetus of a crescendo, the roll of the drums, the crash of the cymbalsâsounds that say listen to this, it is important.â - Gary Provost
Reading this was so satisfying woah
Sometimes I think about this post and Iâm still fascinated by it