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My friend: *suffering*

Me, trying not to just say oof: My heart oofs for you

coral

Don’t you think there is always something unspoken between two people?

etoile-filantes

“She’s warmth and I’ve been cold my whole life.”

— etoile-filantes

tomhardysteeth

have i ever told y’all about the greatest moment of my academic career

i was a freshman in college and i had this history teacher who was ~edgy~ and his hotness level on ratemyprofessor was off the charts and he was the first teacher i ever heard use the word “fuck.” anyway he would do this thing every so often where we’d have a “quiz” and the first two questions were always really easy and the last one was hard - they were all similar questions, and the point was to show what you learn about history and what you don’t.

so one day he’s like okay kids time for a quiz and the first question was who killed abraham lincoln. the second question was who killed JFK. third question was who killed william mckinley.

we all take a few minutes and write down our answers, and then the teacher asks the questions again so we can shout out the answers. everybody answered the first two with really no problem.

now, keep in mind that this class was at 9 a.m. and i was exhausted All The Time during my freshman year of college so i sat in the back in my sweats and never said a word and the teacher definitely had no clue who i was.

so you can imagine his surprise when he asked the class who shot william mckinley and without missing a beat i said, “czolgosz,” pronounced correctly and everything.

my teacher froze and in a very stern voice asked, “what was that? what did someone just say?”

i repeated: czolgosz.

my teacher: “who said that?”

i raised my hand, and my super cool history teacher glared at me. he then asked me how the hell i knew the answer. he said that in the TWENTY YEARS he’d been teaching this stupid class, nobody, not A SINGLE PERSON, had ever known the answer to that question.

i then had to quietly explain to a room full of people that there’s a musical called assassins and there’s a song about czolgosz shooting william mckinley at the great pan american exposition in buffaloooooooo (in buffaloooooooo)

kamicokrolock

The arts are important.

I shocked a teacher once because I could recite the preamble to the US Constitution (got bonus points to), She asked why I’d taken it upon myself to memorize it. I had to explain it was in a School House Rock song….

dukeofbookingham-deactivated202

My weird encyclopedic knowledge of Led Zeppelin saved my ass in a meeting with a prof in the first year of my PhD when he made some obscure reference to Kenneth Anger, whose name I literally only know because he lived in Jimmy Page’s basement for a while when they were working on Lucifer Rising. Never undervalue your offbeat artistic interests.

vaspider

Back when I was a practicising witch, in college, my Astronomy 100 teacher was stunned that someone in class knew when the solstices were, and what they were, on the first day of class.

my-aesthetic-vibes

Autumn in Canada 🍁

Credit

soleuna

A little guide to a happier life

Be nice to yourself and others

Buy that cute shirt

Drink plenty of water

Love your flaws

Don’t judge people

juliamstarr

I’m really looking forward to blossoms again. I need spring! :)

Instagram // Prints

dovecitadel-blog

current mood and relationship status in a picture

ursawood

i just think characters who are kind & gentle doctors/scientists are inherently gay. mad scientists are also inherently gay. science is gay

thesubcon10ent

do you ever read a fanfic that’s just SO well written that you JUST

feministism

writersblockbecomesunblocked

How Long Your Stories Should Be (And What Publishers Want)

First of all, thank you so much for over 8,000 followers!!

Short Story

-Under 500 Words is described as flash fiction. It’s one scene

-Between 1,000 and 8,000 Words is a short story

-Between 5,000 and 10,000 Words is as long as a short story should ever be

Novella

-A story between 10,000 and 40,000 Words

Novel

-Anything over 40,000 Words is considered a novel, but 50,000 should be the minimum amount of words you should have (If you’re trying to get published)

-Most novels are between 60,000 and 100,000 Words

-Publishers generally don’t like more than 110,000 words, unless you’re already established

Adult fiction

-Between 80,000 and 100,000 Words

Science and Fantasy

-Generally Between 90,000 and 120,000. Not abnormal to reach the 150,000 range. (It takes time to build a whole new world)

Romance Novels

-Between 50,000 and 100,000

Crime, Mysteries and Thrillers

-Between 70,000 and 90,000

Young Adult

-Between 50,000 and 80,000