Scribe Sisters

A pair of writers, mainly from Quotev. We can answer questions, give advice, and generally try to help in the midst of any writing trouble.

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A Hero’s Life for Me

You know what sucks? Life. Know what sucks worse? Tell me, because I haven’t found anything yet. Life really started to suck for me in sixth grade, on a field trip that was supposed to be fun. Things started to go bad on the lunch break.

“You know, we should help them,” Cara bit into her sandwich promptly after whispering that to me. We were sitting together at the top of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s staircase.

Cara was staring, a sarcastic smile on her face, at Jackson and Grover. She usually was nowadays. “Want me to do it?” I had to ask, since Cara is the leader of a small gang that, technically, I’m a member of.  We bully the bullies. It doesn’t solve the problem, but it helps in some cases. One such case was Nancy; a rather unkind girl who seems to love messing with Jackson.

“Oh no, get me down there,” she stuffed the last bit of sandwich into her mouth.  Another thing about Cara: she has a leg problem. I don’t ever remember the name of what she’s got, but it hurts her to walk. So, she has a wheelchair. Don’t let that fool you though, she’s vicious. Not to mention she has a gang of about twenty people marching to the beat of her drum.

I started to wheel her up the handicap ramp, she said hello to our Latin teacher, who was also in a wheelchair. He was reading a book, as per usual, and was very focused on it. At the bottom of the ramp, I quit pushing the chair. I didn’t know what she was going to do, but I knew that she didn’t need my help. She’s very independent.

Oh boy was I unprepared for what she was going to do.

I could see Jackson getting mad. The kid looks dangerous, I’ll admit. There’s something unnerving about his eyes that other people don’t seem to notice. This twerp Nancy couldn’t be bothered to notice danger if it bit her. Not even Cara, building up speed across the sidewalk, shaping up to hit her.

By the way, my name is Thorne.

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Do you ever just look at the moon and can’t believe how pretty it is

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Why do we always end up here

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General Differences Between Heroes and Anti-Heroes

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2. The classic hero is not always a peace keeper or a conformist. In fact, heroes are always shaking up the power structure and ideologies because that’s what heroes do.

3. The antihero can have a moral compass and stand up to bad guys in addition to well-intentioned people the anti-hero thinks are pushy, uninformed, arrogant, etc.

6. There are plenty of hot anti-heroes out there (Draco in Leather Pants, anyone?). There are fewer plain-looking classic heroes, but they do exist.

7. Antiheroes can have love interests, although the love interest is more likely to move on or die (especially if the male anti-hero needs a motivation)

11. Heroes of all shades are chiefly reactive: responding to problems within their society. If anything, antiheroes are more likely to be reactive because they’re constantly trying to one-up the antagonist.

12. Antiheroes can be Fallen Angels. They can also be ginormous dicks of their own accord.

13. Swearing, drinking, taking drugs, and sleeping around is “bad boy behavior”? Nah. Almost everyone swears and drinks, and sleeping around or taking drugs doesn’t make you inherently bad.

16. Antiheroes can change. If you have an antihero protagonist, they should change because character arcs are important.

19. There is no way I would ever consider Edward Abusive Jerk Cullen as a classic hero.

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Heroes VS Anti-heroes

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Six Major Narrators

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A Haiku about the Enter Key.

Ahem.

Use the Enter Key, Do not be afraid of it. Push the freaking key.

It’s harder to have too many paragraphs than it is to have too few. Too many is emphasis, too few is confusion.

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Many people hear voices when no one is there. Some of them are called mad and are shut up in rooms where they stare at the walls all day. Others are called writers and they do pretty much the same thing.

Margaret Chittenden (via imaginethewords)

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Combat descriptions

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How eye learned to draw eyes. Plus this new art program deserves a comic type test. I hope the resolution isn't too bad, since I'm posting these from my phone. -Milyj