a beating heart

      ❝ 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡. ❞ 𝕥𝕒𝕤𝕪𝕖 || 𝟙𝟡 || 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕛

[tyypewriter]

okay so i know i haven’t posted in forever buT i just made a youtube channel to post all of my edited audios for writing and character/scene inspiration and oml i’m just ??? so excited ?????

if anyone wants to listen to my first audio it’s here !!! and let me know if you enjoy it !!!

[tyypewriter]

hiatus ~ 🌻

hey lovelies !! just letting u know im gonna be taking a break from social media for a while. i just wanna focus on other things for a bit & see how it affects my productivity 💛 

[sheholdsyoucaptivated]

“MY ARROGANCE KNOWS NO BOUNDS AND I WILL MAKE NO PEACE TODAY, AND YOU SHOULD BE SO LUCKY TO FIND A WOMAN LIKE ME” | Jenny Holzer, “Projections”

[klexquisite]

Important note : this is a projection by artist Jenny Holzer, but the text comes from a poem by Arab American writer Mohja Kahf, ’Ishtar Awakens in Chicago’. Holzer used Kahf’s work with her full agreement, I believe they’ve collaborated several times, but please check out the full context of the poem below.

My arrogance knows no bounds And I will make no peace today And you shall be so lucky To find a woman like me

Today neither will the East claim me nor the West admit me Today my belly is a well wherein serpents are coiled ready to poison the world, and you should be so lucky.

All I have is my arrogance I will teach it to lean back and smoke a cigarette in your faces, and you should be so lucky

No I will make no peace even though my hands are empty I will talk as big as I please I will be all or nothing And I will jump before the heavy trucks And I will saw off my leg at the thigh before I bend one womanly knee

I am poison And you will drink me And you should be so lucky.

[whymanwrites]

*begins wrapping chocolate and wine* Anyone else???

[notkatniss]

i put a joke in the hozier ama and he answered it earnestly i wanna fucking scream. this is it baby

[notkatniss]

like. SCREAM

[filibusterfrog]

fantasy prosthesis

[jaywrites101]

I’m not going to lie, these are awesome ideas!! I’d been toying around with metal limbs (I mean, who hasn’t after Full Metal Alchemist?) but magical animal bones and porcelain is just downright inspired! These open up an even more diverse and unique character pool and are much more entertaining than “They just re-grew it with magic.”

I could easily see some warrior badass go take down a dragon with one arm just so he could graft on its forearm. 

[seashellronan]

*handwrites “asdfghhjkjs ily” on your birthday card*

[emptytheroll-deactivated2020052]

crazy how so many of your experiences as a girl are shaped based on whether you are perceived as attractive or not

[an-elysian-metanoia]

i know studyblrs really promote handwriting notes and aesthetically pleasing notes but i just want y’all to know it is OKAY to take notes on the laptop too. sometimes your professor talks too fast or you can’t handwrite everything on the slides or your handwriting becomes messy. taking notes on the laptop is way better than taking no notes or putting off taking notes in the hopes of maybe writing them later!!

[visual-learning]

by byclairee.

[avelera]

Stuff I Learned at My Writing Workshop (That I’m Kicking Myself in the Head for Not Realizing Sooner):

-  The difference between a book that grabs you from the beginning vs. one that you’re on the fence about tossing out the window is winning your trust. It’s why it’s “easier” to read books by authors you already know, or fanfic where you’re familiar with the characters. Winning the reader’s trust as quickly as possible should be your first goal as a writer when you’re going back and editing your first draft. This can be accomplished by things like: speaking authoritatively about the subject (even if it’s utter bullshit), graceful prose, or establishing quickly in the story what it’s about. For example,“Character A had a problem. Character B didn’t love them back, so Character A was going to kidnap them so they would.” Maybe it’s not a story you want to read, but you are now firmly couched in what you signed up for in this story and the promise the author is going to deliver on before the end. 

- Characters need goals. They need goals in every moment and in every scene. Every character needs a goal in every moment and in every scene. Maybe they’re not directly pursuing that goal right this very moment but it’s probably always at the back of their mind. Romances and detective stories are the easiest to deliver on this need. Character A wants to win their love. Detective A wants to solve the case. Even when they’re having tea with grandma, their thing is at the back of their mind. Keeping your character and your story focused on this thing they want helps pull your reader along and keeps them engaged on the “So what?” and “Why are we reading this scene?” questions of why they should keep reading.

- Characters shouldn’t just have things they like, they should have obsessions. This is the one I’m kicking myself for. The scientists in Pacific Rim are eccentrically obsessed with studying their thing. Thorin in the Hobbit is obsessed with regaining his home. Katniss Everdeen is obsessed with protecting her sister. Every crazy whackadoodle fandom darling character is obsessed with something. What do they have in common? They’re intensely obsessed with the thing that they care about. We love characters who are obsessed with things beyond reason, whether it’s reclaiming their home stolen by a dragon, or building artisanal bird houses, saving your sister, or studying monsters. Everyone “likes” things, but people and characters who are obsessed with something fascinate us. Examine the characters you’re most attracted to writing in fanfic, and examine your original characters if you’re trying to build those, and figure out what are they obsessed with and how does that inform their character. That’s the thing that’s going to make readers care about them. 

[allloversbetray]

With this bullet lodged in my chest, covered with your name, I will turn myself into a gun, because          it’s all I have, because I’m hungry and hollow and just want something to call my own. I’ll be your slaughterhouse, your killing floor, your morgue and final resting, walking around with this         bullet inside me ‘cause I couldn’t make you love me and I’m tired of pulling your teeth.

Richard Siken, excerpt from Wishbone (via allloversbetray)

[sleepbby]

I love humans inability to shut the hell up. we always talking. to other humans, to animals, to inanimate objects like toys or machines. to ourselves!!!! we always talking, we’re so eager to be social. I love it

[mioxenoblade]

There is no actual, tangible reason why we allow people to starve, to be homeless, to suffer and die needlessly. Food is plentiful. Empty homes are plentiful. Medicine is plentiful. It’s hidden away behind constructs and we pretend those constructs mean something. There is an empty home and a homeless family, give them it. There is a sick child and common medicine to treat it, give it to them. There is a starving person and so much food wasted by corporations or hidden behind a dollar sign, feed them.

[cwote]

New Aesthetic: KINDCORE

Be nice to people

Compliment people out of the blue

Send people random asks telling the they’re great (hint, hint)

Draw Random fanart for people (hint, hint, hint)

Be patient when someone is having a rough time and lashing out

Never assume anyone is truly bad

Smile more :))

[rexuality]

who’s your mom’s celebrity crush? if you don’t know she’s not mom'ing hard enough

[forever-graphically-frozen]

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I remember looking for the Russian version of this movie, just to hear what it WOULD HAVE sounded like, and this is what Once Upon A December would have sounded like. This is the official Russian dub, taken from the movie.