Lamisa ✨

20 | Writer | @themindfulmint on Instagram & Wattpad

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Overcome Writer’s Block

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Writer’s block is real, no debating over this one. These are some tricks that work for me.

Listen to a song which vibes out for your plot and think reflecting on the lyrics of the song.

Walk while listening to the songs (works best for me to think)

Change your device for writing ( switch to writing on your phone and vice versa)

Change your writing schedule or routine

Write something else ( a poem or short story)

Read. Read. Read (take a break from writing. This refreshes your mind.)

Set small writing goals. (Write 20 words a day)

Listen to authors and writers on the Internet, their writing story and tips or tricks. (Jenna Moreci & Alexa Donne are great Youtube channels. They will definitely ignite the fire in your writing!)

Don’t look at the achievement goals of other writers ( for god’s sake )

Watch a movie and take a social media detox.

Create aesthetics and mood boards ( my favourite)

Research about the setting or things in your story (very productive for your story)

That’s all for now! Have fun with your wip and don’t stress out. You can do this! 💚

[thoughtkick]

Don’t take anything personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.

Don Miguel Ruiz (via thoughtkick)

[pens-swords-stuff]

Me when I finally finish the first draft of my WIP

[quotefeeling]

We all have bad days, but one thing is true; no cloud is so dark that the sun can’t shine through.

Miranda Kerr (via quotefeeling)

[quotefeeling]

I crave space. It charges my batteries. It helps me breathe. Being around people can be so exhausting, because most of them love to take and barely know how to give. Except for a rare few.

Katie Kacvinsky (via quotefeeling)

[quotefeeling]

Destroy the idea that you have to be constantly working or grinding in order to be successful. Embrace the concept that rest, recovery, and reflection are essential parts of the progress towards a successful and ultimately happy life.

Unknown (via quotefeeling)

[quotefeeling]

You can’t cling to the past. Because no matter how tight you hold on… it’s already gone.

Ted Mosby, How I Met Your Mother (via quotefeeling)

[quotefeeling]

It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you but no-one can walk it for you.

Rumi (via quotefeeling)

[adviceformefromme]

Switch off your fucking phone. Come on, be strict with yourself for once. How the fuck are you going to smash through your goals without any structure to your day, to your life? No more floating around like a lost cloud in the sky, no more moping in bed starring at the screen. This is your fucking life. Stop leaving everything to chance because what you’ll realise is your dream life isn’t going to just happen to you, you have to create it. Literally plan your life tonight. Month by month decide what you want to do, where you want to go travel and quit with those limiting fucking beliefs. WHY the fuck not make it happen? Why would you not want to give yourself the best fucking shot at winning this year? Seriously. No more fucking excuses. 2023. Make if fucking count. 

[quotefeeling]

I like to listen. I have learnt a lot from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

Ernest Hemingway (via quotefeeling)

[thoughtcascades]

We often take the things we have for granted, but the reality is that everything we have and everything we are can be taken away from us in an instant. It is important to appreciate what we have and make the most of our time.

[spectralsuggestions]

i like the concept of soulmates—not a “you’re destined to meet me, and love me” kind of soulmate, but a “i’d pick you, every time.” kind of soulmate. a “no matter what happens, and what has happened, i want to go through it with you.” kind of soulmate. a “i love you by choice, and you’re a blessing, and i’m going to continue thinking about you this way not because i have to but because i want to.” kind of soulmate. a “you help me rest easy when everything is difficult” kind of soulmate. a “in every possible outcome, i want you there, to share it with me.” kind of soulmate.

[quotefeeling]

Loving someone is giving them the power to hurt you, but trusting them not to.

Tommy Brown (Criminal Minds)

[stuckinapril]

“i think i’m losing myself” says local girl who has yet to even find herself

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(via violentwavesofemotion)

[skylerchasesbooks]

How To Write Humor

Making people laugh takes some skill and finesse, and, because so much relies on instinct, is harder to teach than other techniques. However, all writers can benefit from learning more about how humor functions in writing.

1. Identify Your Style Of Humor

Everyone has a different sense of humor. We all find different things funny for different reasons. This is why it’s important that before you sit down and try to write funny things, you think about your own personal sense of humor and how you want to mine that to produce a piece of humor writing.

1. Observational/situational humor: This involves finding humor in mundane, everyday situations.

2. Anecdotal humor: This involves mining personal stories for humor.

3. Dark (or gallows) humor: Finding humor in darker, more unpleasant circumstances or aspects of life, like death, suffering, and unhappiness.

4. Self-deprecating humor: This involves you, the writer, making fun of yourself for comedic effect. Having a sense of humor about yourself endears you to others.

5. Satirical humor: Looking to the various faults of individuals, organizations, or society and mining them for comedic purposes.

2. Use The Rule Of Three

The rule of three is a common rule in humor writing and one of the most common comedy writing secrets. It involves establishing a set pattern with two ideas and then subverting that pattern with a third, incompatible idea. For example:

“Can I get you anything? Coffee? Doughnut? A better attitude?”

3. Mine Humorous Anecdotes From Your Real Life

This is especially pertinent for humor essays. If you think about it, most of the funny things in your own life are things that our friends and family also find funny. These are the stories we tell over and over. These are the stories we use to bond or connect with others.

And personally I do this a lot.

4. Leverage Cliches

While clichés are something most writers try to avoid, it’s important to recognize them. Humor relies in part on twisting a cliché—transforming or undermining it. You do this by setting up an expectation based on the cliché and then providing a surprise outcome. For example: “What doesn’t kill you makes you stranger.” In humor writing, this process is called reforming.

Hope these help! Thank you and like, Share and Follow For more!

NEXT UP WILL BE QUICK TIPS ON HOW TO WRITE HUMOR, stay tuned!

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ways you can further develop your main character

give them a misbelief

no characters have a personality when the plot starts. all of them have backstories, a past, and a mindset that they grew up with!

basically, a misbelief is the wrong mindset that they grew up with, and is also a belief that will be restructured by the end of your novel.

this not only shows character growth and development as their mind is "restructured" or they learn their life lesson, but also drives the internal plot of your story, which differs from the external (or action) plot that most people seem to read.

+ this gives readers a deeper insight to your character!

give them a goal

every character has a goal, or something they want in their lives. having them strive for it would essentially drive your plot, and may also help you dig deeper into your character's motivations!

this goal doesn't always need to be achieved, or may be impossible to (for example, someone wanting to meet a loved one who turns out to be dead; they may have not reached their goal, but it took them on a journey)

this goal should also be concrete if possible! vague ones like "they want to be happy," isn't very helpful. what do they think will make them happy?

(side note: wanting everything to be the way that it is can also be a goal, cause they're striving to make things go back to the way they were!)

more notes / explanations here! most of these notes in this post are taken from story genius by lisa cron, and i thought they might help. please take all this information with a grain of salt, and maybe use it in a way that'll work best for you! <3