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New Year, New Me...kind of

My dreams and goals for 2018...

My last blog post was almost four months ago, and for the past few weeks it’s been making me more and more anxious thinking about what to write for my next post, when to post it, if it’s even worth continuing because I’d left it too long. It had become this tight knot in my chest, accompanied by an immense feeling impending doom, all because I’ve not written on this blog since September.

Then I…

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dependancy and addiction are not the same thing. dependancy and addiction are not the same thing. dependancy and addiction are not the same thing.dependancy and addiction are not the same thing. dependancy and addiction are not the same thing. dependancy and addiction are not the same thing. dependancy and addiction are not the same thing. dependancy and addiction are not the same thing.

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An Average Writers Daily Agenda:

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me and @themindescapeblog (whom I love dearly) having Ice Ball banter

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[amidthefallingsnow]

Chronic Illness means always having to think about what other people are going to think. Will they still believe me? Does this look like I’m exaggerating my illness? Am I hiding this the right way? Do I look well enough? Do I look sick enough?

[youngchronicpain]

chronic pain isn’t just dealing with pain

-it is choosing between making food or taking a shower

-it is having to take meds on an empty stomach and dry heaving through a morning

-it is knowing that you can’t possibly balance your school/work, social life, and physical fitness all at the same time

-it is barely being able to handle one

-it is years of having to miss out on years of events and parties and being dubbed “antisocial” because of it 

-it is spending 99% of your time in pain and alone 

it is so much more than “just pain”. I think abled people forget that chronic pain really does permeate every aspect of a person’s life. 

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- it’s losing friends because they think you should “paint on a smile” to make special events fun for them. Even though you’ve walked up and down hills, and are in complete agony.

- it’s having your significant other say that you don’t pull you’re weight with chores.

- it’s breaking down at work, if you still can work, because you’re having a bad day and customers are shouting at you.

- it’s the depression that comes along with chronic pain to join the party.

- it’s constantly worrying about money, work, personal relationships and events, causing you to stress out, which in turn causes more pain.

- it’s not being able to fully enjoy anything anymore, because you know if you push yourself too far with anything at all you will suffer for the next 3 - 7 days.

[themindescapeblog]

-it’s having no-one understand that even on your good days where you can laugh and smile and go out, you’re still in pain. you’re never not in pain.

-it’s having it constantly on your mind because it hurts so much and being told ‘it probably feels worse cause you’re thinking about it all the time’.

-it’s having to lie about your pain levels because they just don’t get that yes, you’re really at a 10, and no, you’re not exaggerating.

-it’s feeling guilty for having a good day because you convince yourself that maybe you’re not as sick as you thought you were. then feeling like death for the next week and hating yourself for thinking you were getting better.

-it’s so many things it’s exhausting.

[snowydragons]

[fictionwritingtips]

Writing the Falling Action

So, your story has hit its climax. The moment your readers have been anticipating since the beginning of the novel has arrived, but where does it go from there? At the turning point of any story, there needs to be something important that happens after it—ultimately leading to the resolution.

But what’s the falling action and why does it matter?

Here are a few things the falling action should accomplish:

Address the aftermath of the climax

The climax is a big moment that has major impact on your novel. Clearly, your characters shouldn’t just move on without feeling sometime or addressing that impact. What will your characters do next? How will they get over what just happened? Use the falling action to let your characters (and readers) take in what occurred. What are the consequences?

Unpack the conflict

The conflict should begin to unravel at this point. If your protagonist had to make a tough, life-changing decision, how does that change the conflict? Remember, you’re leading up to the resolution now, so there should be very few new problems introduced. How has the conflict changed? What will your heroes/villains have to do now?

Helps correctly pace the novel

Falling action isn’t all about the aftermath and conflict, it also helps flesh out your novel so it doesn’t end too abruptly. There needs to be more than the climax and then a few paragraphs explaining what happened to your characters.  Stories usually don’t end on their high point! What happens after the main problem of the story has been resolved and what are the direct effects of the climax?

Builds a bridge to the resolution

Start working to the resolution through the falling action. Where will your characters end up? How has the story been pushing them there? Begin tying up loose ends and figure out what everyone’s “new normal” will be. The climax should have a direct influence on the falling action and resolution.

-Kris Noel

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Hollyshorts Film Festival 2017

Hollyshorts Film Festival 2017

This time last year I was waiting anxiously to start my Scriptwriting degree at Bournemouth University. I’d only ever really written short stories and poetry but had a strong interest in the screenplay format. So to sit here now, jet-lagged, after having travelled half way across the world to represent my screenplay in a Film Festival is a really strange feeling. I can’t wrap my head around how…

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I can’t caption this as I’m on my phone and out knocking but if someone captions this I’ll love you forever…

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Photo reads: 

Labour offers hope if you have long-term illnesses or disabilities:

Scrapping the Work Capability Assessments and Personal Independence Payment assessments

Ending pointless reassessments of people with severe long-term conditions

Scrapping the punitive sanctions regime

Scrapping the bedroom tax

Increasing ESA by £30 per week for those in the work-related activity group and repealing cuts in UC LCW

Uprating carer’s allowance

Reinstating housing benefit for under-21s

Scrapping bereavment support payment cuts

Reviewing the cuts to work allowances in Universal Credit

Reviewing the decision to limit tax credit and Universal Credit payments to the first two children in a family (the so-called “rape clause”)

[themindescapeblog]

If you are registered to vote in the UK, go out and vote!! I know who i’m voting for, it doesn’t matter if we vote differently but please, MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD! We are voting for our future! 

[themindescapeblog]

You have one hour guys, VOTE VOTE VOTE ❤️

[politicalsci]

please take a few minutes to vote today and make a difference. it’s not enough to just register, you need to vote. take as many people as you can with you who are also eligible to vote. call your parents and grandparents and talk about why you want a labour government.

reminder: you don’t need a polling card to vote. just go to your polling station and give your name and address. the polls are open from 7am to 10pm today. you can find your polling station here http://www.labour.org.uk/index.php/pollingstation

your vote is so important.

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I am so impressed with and proud of the people around me, so many peers of mine have gone and voted today. I just did. 

Young people please go vote you have until 10PM. Make a difference in the world!

[themindescapeblog]

You still have until 10PM, GO VOTE!! 😁

[nikator]

Don’t Vote Tory

There’s really not much for me to say; just don’t vote Tory. Anything but Tory. Look up your constituency and find out who the second party is (if in Tory seat) and vote for them. If you’re in a constituency not held by the Conservatives and they have even a slight chance of getting in, vote for your current MP. Don’t let the Tories get your seat, or, conversely, don’t let them keep it.

This may be our last chance in a generation to save our country. Please, don’t waste the opportunity.

[themindescapeblog]

If you are registered to vote in the UK, go out and vote!! I know who i’m voting for, it doesn’t matter if we vote differently but please, MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD! We are voting for our future! 

[themindescapeblog]

5 Tips For School Leavers

5 Tips For School Leavers

I’m writing this post as I know those of you in Sixth Form or College are going through your final exams before you leave school forever and embark on your journey into the real world. Whether that means you’ll be taking a gap year, starting Uni soon or going straight into the world of careers, I hope these tips can help any of you who might be feeling a little lost, stressed or confused.

I’m…

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[themindescapeblog]

Dealing with a panic attack

Dealing with a panic attack

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, so I have decided to reblog a post I wrote about a year ago about how I deal with panic attacks. I wrote this when I was in an extremely difficult point mentally, and it was very difficult to write, and is still very difficult to share. But I think it’s important to share posts like these to raise awareness and ultimately break the stigma attached to mental…

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