The Writer's Jar

The place for inspiration. I very much wish for this to become a Writer's paradise. I intend to fill it with Quotes, advice, prompts, & pictures. Most of what I put up will be things that I have used and worked for me. Please Enjoy!

[blindbee]

[avodaco]

me when i get my student loan

[g8dtier]

this is the money cat. reblog in 30 seconds and you will find yourself with more wealth

[strikercorbie]

#this is the only money cat i will reblog because it’s actually doing the manekineko pose151,646 notes (via lolwhutninja)

OMG YOU’RE RIGHT

[nonespark-blog]

and it has its right paw up! the correct paw for this. and from the markings on its ears, it looks like it might be a calico cat. which is the luckiest kind!

[carrionbeast]

extremely lucky cat

[ladynorbert]

I don’t even care if it actually works, I’m mostly reblogging because it’s freaking adorable.

[sweet-cherry-fairy-deactivated2]

cute cat and need money, good post, 10/10

[allthenamesilikearetaken]

in case anyones interested in the other versions

http://www.namaii.com/manekineko/maneki-neko-types.html

[mmusclechan]

Y’know I reblogged this a bit ago and was saved from financial probation and getting kicked out of school because of it, just mere months from graduation. Got a call from the financial aid advisor telling me that they made a mistake with filing my account (or some other sort of clerical error) and said that, basically, they owe me money. Welp.

[winjennster]

Last time I reblogged the money cat, I won two $100 gift cards at work.

[vincent-van-gtg]

[fitnessdesire]

Can’t risk it

[laderdesders1]

The duck of creativity. I waited so long for it.

[sweetpea-imagines]

I need creativity rn

[conniebbyscandycane]

Same.

[levi-ish]

I’m a writer, so…

[abrieftasteoflove-deactivated20]

[adultwednesdayadams]

Something Rotten!

[ariaste]

omg a musical song about COMPLAINING ABOUT WRITING My whole life I have been waiting for this. MY WHOLE LIFE.

[once-upon-a-reblog]

OH MY WORD

[erebusodora-deactivated20190104]

YES.

[catdaggers]

@tinydadman

[bambis-baby]

I REBLOG THIS EVERY SINGLE TIME IT COMES ON MY DASH AN I HAVE LOVED IT EVERY TIME

[writing-in-the-grave]

Literally every writer needs to watch this

[ausllyspercabeth]

This entire musical was amazing!!

[the-pink-owl-deactivated2024082]

Christian Couple Prepares to Open First U.S. Home for Sex-Trafficked Boys

Chris and Anna Smith, who are poised to open the first safe house in the United States for sex trafficked boys, didn’t set out to be trailblazers. They founded their Christian ministry, Restore One, in 2012, hoping to open a facility for girls in ...

First Home in the U.S. specifically for sex-trafficked boys is set to open in late 2016. Of course neighbors pulled a stink and tried to get the house shut down before it even opened. 

The founders are still trying to take donations to help cover maintenance costs. You can find more information about this ministry and donate here. 

[tumb1r-core]

OOOOH THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR MANY REASONS

[takashi0]

Excellent

[prolifeproliberty]

I CANNOT believe how much resistance they’re facing. 

People are worried about their property values when these young boys have literally been sold as sex slaves and raped and abused in who knows how many other ways. They just need a safe place to heal and protection while they testify against their abusers so we can put the actual criminals in prison.

And people are worried about them “taking their medicine” like we’re trying to cure them of something. These are trafficking victims. But apparently people are more worried about these boys than they are about making sure the people who abused them go to prison. 

[egalitarian-rose-quartz]

Oh man, as soon as I get a little extra money I’ll be donating to this fine cause because this is just fucking great. I hate all the shit they’re getting for it, but shit or no shit I want to support these people.

[lets-male-empowerment-blog]

This is very important 

[the-pink-owl-deactivated2024082]

I love that every few months this post gets another surge of notes, and now is good a time as any to give an update.

In late Fall last year, the area of North Carolina where this house is set to be opened experienced a lot of very bad flooding. This has set them back. They wanted to be open by now, but they have finished restoring the house and are now working on furnishing it so they can open soon. 

The link above is broken, so here is an updated one. You can see they  now have a registry for Target and Walmart open. If you want to donate by buying items they need to furnish it, you can do so this way. 

You can also make a donation or become a monthly partner here. 

[turtrussel-deactivated20181023]

I am so unbelievably happy that this exists!

[lightening816]

REBLOG THIS SO HARD!!!

[nekoseren-deactivated20180920]

!!!!!

[theeggshavelegs-deactivated2019]

Please reblog and help these people

[lewd-plants]

…On fourth of july, of all days.

I love you, Dixie.

SIGNAL BOOST!

AND DONATE!!!

[did-you-know]

[endcetaceanexploitation]

Washoe was a chimp who was taught sign language.

One of Washoe’s caretakers was pregnant and missed work for many weeks after she miscarried. Roger Fouts recounts the following situation:

“People who should be there for her and aren’t are often given the cold shoulder—her way of informing them that she’s miffed at them. Washoe greeted Kat [the caretaker] in just this way when she finally returned to work with the chimps. Kat made her apologies to Washoe, then decided to tell her the truth, signing “MY BABY DIED.” Washoe stared at her, then looked down. She finally peered into Kat’s eyes again and carefully signed “CRY”, touching her cheek and drawing her finger down the path a tear would make on a human (Chimpanzees don’t shed tears). Kat later remarked that one sign told her more about Washoe and her mental capabilities than all her longer, grammatically perfect sentences.“ [23]

Washoe herself lost two children; one baby died shortly after birth of a heart defect, the other baby, Sequoyah, died of a staph infection at two months of age.

[sonyvegaspro12]

more about Washoe:

after the death of her children, researchers were determined to have Washoe raise a baby and brought in a ten month chimpanzee named Loulis. one of the caretakers went to Washoe’s enclosure and signed “i have a baby for you.” Washoe became incredibly excited, yelling and swaying from side to side, signing “baby” over and over again. then she signed “my baby.”

the caretaker came back with Loulis, and Washoe’s excitement disappeared entirely. she refused to pick Loulis up, instead signing “baby” apathetically; it was clear that the baby she thought she was getting was going to be Sequoyah. eventually Washoe did approach Loulis, and by the next day the two had bonded and from then on she was utterly devoted to him.

*information shamelessly paraphrased from When Elephants Weep by Jeffrey Masson.

[georgiejohn]

Even more interestingly, after Washoe and Loulis bonded, she started teaching him American Sign Language the same way that human parents teach their children language. It only took Loulis eight days to learn his first sign from Washoe, and aside from the seven that his human handlers learned around him, he learned to speak in ASL just as fluently as Washoe and was able to communicate with humans in the same way she could.

[death-limes]

now if y’all don’t think this is the tightest shit you can get outta my face

[closet-keys]

Next of Kin by Roger Fouts is an excellent book that tells the story of Washoe from her childhood through adulthood and raising Loulis, recounted by one of the leading researchers who worked with her for years. 

[killushawn]

If you're not scared right now about losing net neutrality; You should be. Study up folks, or 2018 is going to fucking suck.

[bitchasskillua-blog]

This isn’t my type of post but Net Neutrality is so important.

Forget your page’s aesthetic, share this with everyone you know. Without Net Neutrality, the internet itself would change.

Companies would be able to charge websites if they want them to load faster than others on your computer. This means that they would purposefully bottleneck speeds on every website that doesn’t have the funding to pay for it faster speed. There’s NO reason for this. Are you a small business with a website and can’t afford to pay enough to get faster speeds? Too bad. Are you someone with a personal blog? Slow page loading. Do you want to view a website written by a nonprofit organization for your school project? You’ll have to wait until the page loads because, since they’re nonprofit, they can’t afford to pay enough to cable companies so that their page loads faster.

An alternative to this would be having to pay for faster internet. Internet service should be priced by usage, not speed. For home internet, unlimited use isn’t all that expensive so it’s really common. You wouldn’t want to pay extra for more speed.

This would possibly affect the way that the internet works on other devices such as your phone, gaming system, laptop, tablet, etc.

We NEED Net Neutrality.

If a company doesn’t agree with a specific website, they could purposefully limit traffic to their site. This would be censorship, something that nobody likes.

There are many other reason as to why you should protect Net Neutrality.

This is an issue whether you’re a Republican, Democrat, Left-wing, Right-wing, young, old, male, female, rich, poor, etc.

EVERYONE SHOULD ADVOCATE FOR NET NEUTRALITY.

[killushawn]

^

[dinovia-grant]

Guys, also think about he wider costs. Every business, school, hospital, pharmacy, first responder, government service—every single one uses the Internet. So, yes, the individual user will pay more for access, but so will the institutional users. The thing is, the institutional users aren’t just going to eat the increase in costs. They will pass them on to the consumer. They always do.

Education, healthcare, every single product and service, plus your local, state, and Federal taxes, will all GO UP.

Losing net neutrality will affect the cost of every single product and service offered in this country. Every. Single. One.

[rainbowwhimsyart]

THIS IS FUCKING IMPORTANT. DON’T DROP THE BALL HERE. DON’T ASSUME OTHERS ARE GOING TO PICK UP THE SLACK. EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO READS THIS AND LIVES IN THE US NEEDS TO TAKE ACTION.

IF WE LOSE THE INTERNET AS WE KNOW IT, LIFE IS GOING TO BE AN ABSOLUTE TERRIFYING MISERY, MORESO THAN IT ALREADY IS. THIS IS NO JOKE.

Here is a link to a site that will let you put in your phone number and it will call you, give you a script, and then auto-dial your state reps for you. Here’s a screencap of that same script.

Also included: some screencaps of something my friend wrote and gave permission to share, since they did a very good job of articulating why this is a big fucking deal.

http://act.freepress.net/call/internet_nn_call_congress/?source=fptwitter

[neat-space]

Hey every one needs to see this. I know a lot of you have seen it already, but this is important. For those of you who live in the US, please please please take action, or you won’t even have a blog to view this on anymore. I know you’ve all probably seen this a billion other places by now, but it’s so important.

This is the blog and platform i can reach the most people on, so suspending the theme is worth it until this gets sorted.

[rocket-roquill-raccoon]

Gamora: You think I’m going to stop an interdimensional beast with a sword?!

5 years later …

Hawkeye: *shoots at Thanos with arrows*

[thewritersjar]

Nanowrimo

Nanowrimo has arrived (at least here it has).  Everyone ready?  Excited?  Me too!

[thewritersjar]

Don't think and then write it down.  Think on paper.

Harry Kemelman

[thewritersjar]

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

George Eliot

[thewritersjar]

Never demean yourself by talking back to a critic... Write those letters to the editor in your head, but don't put them on paper.

Truman Capote

[thewritersjar]

You can never know enough about your characters.

W. Somerset Maugham

[thewritersjar]

Do you love it?

Why do you write?  Is it an escape for you?  Do you simply love it?  What is writing to you?

Personally, writing is the love of my life and I greatly hope to continue to love it enough that I die with a pen in my hand, writing, writing, always and forever writing.

[thewritersjar]

Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us get up and go to work.

Stephen King

[thewritersjar]

No man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.

C.S. Lewis

[thewritersjar]

He who finds peace in his heart has found his palace of gold.

DEMI

[thewritersjar]

The worst they can do is say 'no'.

Thoughts about publishing