wisdom begins in wonder

curiosity, no cat killing

[thebarkeepwrites]

Hi!! I followed you here from ao3 lol. This is nothing new but I just wanted to say that I absolutely love your fics and your writing brings me a lot of joy. Thank you so much for sharing them with The Internet™ <3<3<3

Staaaaahp. Thank you so much! Your comments bring me lots of joy, and I absolutely love them--this current story would probably not have gotten very far without your encouragement. I also love your writing! Top tier feelings!

[thebarkeepwrites]

Hi, I was wondering if you had any advice for writing long fics? I’m currently three chapters into mine and it’s a little bit of a struggle. Yours are a great inspiration and I wondered if you have any tips on how to make it a bit easier

Hello, anon! My advice is to outline. I have a big document where I break down the basic plot of my fic, and then I divide it into chapters. I flesh out each chapter with a paragraph description of what beats I want to hit in that section, and I keep going until I have the whole thing basically planned out. Things change along the way, but when you have a basic trajectory and small goals, it's easier to kind of keep yourself plugging away (like right now--I am writing something that did not appear on my original outline for among the roses green, and I love it, but I still know where to go next because of that outline).

It's also fun because there might be a chapter you're really excited to write, and that keeps you going because you're like, "Oooh, chapter six is only two chapters away! I can't wait!"

This system has worked really well for me with all my Newsies stories. It keeps me organized, keeps me motivated, and has resulted in complete fics every time. You can always move things around, but it helps to know where you're going!

[wekiaam]

ben fankhauser as nigel in something rotten is definitely the casting choice I needed to happen💕

[thebarkeepwrites]

Did I drive nine hours one way to see this boy from the front row? I did. Was it absolutely worth it for this absolute gem of a show? It was. He was a delight.

[thebarkeepwrites]

Just popping in from your stories on ao3 (I’m the one rereading every chapter of “for you are my fate, my sweet” and commenting on every chapter) and I just wanted to say I absolutely adore your writing. Your stories are just incredible

WHAT?! Thank you! I never get asks on this account, and you made my whole day. Thank you, thank you, thank you! My stories love you! I'm so glad someone likes them. :-)

[spotconln]

You got us in the pape? You got yourselves in the pape.

David Jacobs & Katherine Plumber in Newsies (2017)

[doctorcrusher]

girls who learned all their vocab from books and are now constantly embarrassing themselves by pronouncing words slightly wrong in conversation

[fuks]

[rebloggingliteraturememes]

[mushiimune]

tears—

Unheard of. Jack isn't one to cry. He learned to hold everything in a very long time ago, and that's just what he did until he couldn't anymore. Contrary to Jack's personal bias, even no-good rabble-rousing cowboys have a limit before the glass evidently tips.

[mushiimune]

Oh I am doodling lads aplenty.

[mushiimune]

Mayer is more than proud of his son. Mostly because he finally found an opportunity to stand up for what's right that isn't in the middle of algebra class. But hey, he's growing into quite the impressive young man, and that's good, too.

[thebarkeepwrites]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Not that anyone is reading this one (I think my last post got zero interaction, haha), but old habits die hard. Here, have some romance, if you want it!

“Did you—Miss Katherine, where did you learn to kiss like that?”

She blinked back at him. “I’m not sure. I’ve never done it until now.”

Jack pressed a whisp of a kiss to Katherine’s lips, and she almost whined when he pulled away. He leaned his forehead against hers.

“Never?”

“Not like that,” Katherine murmured.

Jack laughed and tucked his face against her neck. His nose tickled behind her ear, and she shivered as she felt his lips touch down at the crest of her jaw.

“Should we make sure it wasn’t an accident then?”

He nipped gently at her ear lobe. Katherine’s knees practically gave out beneath her.

“Katherine?”

His breath was so warm. She let him hold her closer.

“We’d better try again,” she whispered.

Jack leaned backward so that he could see her face, the flecks of green in his hazel eyes suddenly more intense. “For sure?”

Every muscle in Katherine’s body quivered like a plucked bowstring.

“For sure.”

[prettyscar]

“Look there she goes, that girl is strange, no question. Dazed and distracted, can’t you tell?” requested by @dalmatias

[gingermalarkey]

I’m the King…

[guerrillatech]

[whisperofthewaves]

this leaves out the most crucial tip you'll ever need:

-site:pinterest.*

excludes the entirety of pinterest's evil domainverse from image search

[soratayuya]

Reblogging for the Pinterest addition

[heroofthreefaces]

I think you mean “reblog for the pinterest subtraction”

[glitteringroseangel]

I saw an article called “Make Peace With Your Unlived Life” and it really made me stop and think. So much of our lives is mourning for what we didn’t become. It’s a waste. We didn’t waste any opportunities. What came and went was not meant for us.

[1800snostalgia]

Mugshot of a 2-year-old Francois Bertillon, arrested for eating a basket of pears

Follow for more 1800s nostalgia

[nonlinear-nonsubjective]

#who the fuck arrested a two year old #what police officer was like YOU’RE COMING WITH ME SON #was it javert #i bet it was javert (x)

[luanna801]

So actually these photos were taken by the kid’s uncle, Alphonse Bertillon, who was a French police officer and inventor of the mug shot. These photos were just taken as a joke, probably when Bertillon was developing his mugshot technique and needed someone to practice on.

No actual two-year-olds were arrested in the creation of these photos!

[albaficalover]

“1880s nostalgia” with a pic from 1993 yes of course

[onion-souls]

There was also an 1893

[love-god-herself-deactivated202]

From people thinking a toddler was actually arrested, to people somehow misreading “1800s nostalgia” as “1880s,” to this person thinking a fucking daguerreotype was taken in the 1990s… this whole thread was a ride I didn’t expect to take today. 

[love-god-herself-deactivated202]

[urbanfantasyinspiration]

This is worse than the math post

[burning-cathedrals-deactivated2]

What the actual hell