Classical Noire Whimsey

Writer, sketcher, whimsical old fashioned loon. Here to experience life and follow some deep rooted dream.

[doctorjennifermelfi]

darcy you walnut

[hup123hup123slapslap]

and I’m afraid

[mattmcguigan]

[chaotic-melody]

sometimes i think about the fact that in Red vs Blue there’s a canonical half human half alien mpreg baby that plays little league basketball.

[yes-this-is-groot]

[inkofpink]

It’s too early but I laughed louder than I should have

[coolhandofagirl-deactivated2015]

i know i’ve been saying “please watch this” a lot lately but PLEASE watch this

[fuckyouroosterteethproductions]

Even if you don’t like Funhaus, please watch this.

These nearly laugh until they passout.

[sailortweek-deactivated20210915]

Srobbles.

/\ No Refunds /\

[madlori]

Writing advice you're not going to like.

People sometimes send me Asks wanting writing advice.  I suck at it.  I don’t really know how I do the writing, or how one should do the writing, or what one should do to get better at the writing.  All I can ever think to say is “write a lot of stuff and you will get better at the writing.”  Which is true, but hardly a bolt from the sky.

Well, as it turns out, I do have one piece of Legit Writing Advice, and I am going to share it with you, right now.  If you were in any of my writing workshop groups at a con, you’ve heard this advice already.

Warning: you’re going to fucking hate it.  But if you do it, you will thank me.

If you have a piece of fiction you’re serious about, something you might want to actually shop around, or just something you really are into and want to make it as good as you can…do NOT edit it.

Repeat.  DO NOT EDIT.

REWRITE.

As in, print out the whole fucking thing and re-enter it, every word (or use two screens).  Retype the whole thing.  Recreate it from the ground up using your first draft as a template.  Start with a blank page and re-enter every. single. word.

I hear you screaming.  OH MY GOD THAT’S INSANE.

Yes.  Yes, it is.

It is also the most powerful thing you will ever do for a piece of fiction that you are serious about.

Now, let’s get real.  I don’t do this for most things.  I don’t do it for my fanfiction.  But if it’s something original, something I might like to get to a professional level - I do it.  You absolutely COULD do it for fanfiction.  It’s just up to you and how much time you want to sink into a piece.

You can edit, sure.  But you WILL NOT get down to the level of change that needs to happen in a second draft.  You will let things slide.  Your eyes will miss things.  You will say “eh, good enough.”

The first time I did this, on someone else’s advice, I was dubious.  Within two pages, I was saying WHY HAVE I NOT BEEN DOING THIS ALL THE TIME.  I was amazed at how much change was happening.  By the time I got to the end, I had an entirely different novel than the one I’d started with.  When you’re already re-entering every single word, it’s easy to make deep changes.  You’ll reformat sentences, you’ll switch phrases around, you’ll massage your word choice.  You’ll discover whole paragraphs that don’t need to be there at all because they became redundant.  You’ll find dialogue exchanges that need reimagining.  Whole plot points will suddenly be different, whole story arcs will reveal their flaws and get re-drawn.

You cannot get down to the fundamental level of change that’s required just by editing an existing document.  You have to rebuild it if you really want your story to evolve.  You will be AMAZED at the difference it will make.

It will take time.  It will seem like a huge, Herculean task.  I’m not saying it’s easy.  It isn’t.  But it is absolutely revolutionary.

Try it.  I promise, you will see what I mean.

*PSA: Tipsy!Lori wrote this post.  In case you couldn’t tell.

[mooncalfe-deactivated20231020]

maybe i should try this with my comic scripts.

[rosalarian]

This advice is real.

[sexioto]

[crilbyte-deactivated20240607]

Oh shit. No. Shit. Thank you

[victorpopejr]

Ppl who used to work at a fast food place never want you to eat there

[captioned-miscellaneous-videos]

Person 1: “Don’t eat that!”

Person 2: [annoyed] “Why not?”

Person 1: “I used to work at Taco Bell!”

Person 2: “Let me guess, they used fake meat?”

Person 1: “No. But they cook it with fake fire!”

Person 2: “What?”

[our-hideout-world]

“”EXPECTO PATRONUM!” Harry yelled. Nothing happened. Harry gripped his dick tighter and shook it up and down until a thick, whispy white substance protruded from the end of it.” 

[haveabiscxitpotter-blog]

“Panting, Harry fell forwards over the hydrangea bush, straightened up and stared around. There were several faces peering through various nearby windows. Harry stuffed his dick hastily back into his jeans and tried to look innocent.”

[basillisks-deactivated20170923]

“He had not been this close to Malfoy since he had watched him muttering to Crabbe and Goyle during Dumbledore’s speech about Cedric. He could feel a kind of ringing in his ears. His hand gripped his dick under his robes”

[dead-seriously-deactivated20160]

LOL dark-blueeeee

[matt-the-blind-cinnamon-roll]

“My dick.” Said Ron. “Look at my dick.” It had snapped, almost in two, and the tip was dangling limply, held on by only a few spare splinters.

[dancing-slapstick-hurricane]

kilometre77

[fuks]

I am ready to die

[the-blackjay]

What I really want to know, is does the body decompose? Does it just stay there forever? I’m not an expert on moon science, but I want answers.

[tardis-mind-palace]

moon science fact: since there is little to no atmosphere on the moon, your body would probably not decompose, but it would get hit with like hella amounts of radiation from the sun and be kinda radioactive

[fidefortitude-deactivated202011]

I’ve always wanted my corpse to be eternal and radioactive

[kristakittyfish]

so apparently “asexual reproduction” is no longer the preferred scientific term, so if anyone makes a sponge joke or whatever just scream “IT’S AGAMETIC KNOW YOUR SCIENCE” and throw a textbook at them

[bluerayofsunshine]

#this is pronounced ‘ay-guh-mee-tick’ because it means that an individual of a species reproduces without fusing gametes with another#it is more correct because it has nothing to do with sexuality at all#in fact at least a few species trigger reproduction by having sex (via emmalyn)

[dangeruwebbu]

[waywarddaughtersdream-blog]

[kristakittyfish]

so apparently “asexual reproduction” is no longer the preferred scientific term, so if anyone makes a sponge joke or whatever just scream “IT’S AGAMETIC KNOW YOUR SCIENCE” and throw a textbook at them

[bluerayofsunshine]

#this is pronounced ‘ay-guh-mee-tick’ because it means that an individual of a species reproduces without fusing gametes with another#it is more correct because it has nothing to do with sexuality at all#in fact at least a few species trigger reproduction by having sex (via emmalyn)

[nue-deactivated20130114]

i get so uncomfortable when people ask me what im doing on the computer like can u not

[buckbuchananbarnes]

[archiemcphee]

Hold the moon in the palm of your hand, give it a great big hug, or let it illuminate your room with Luna, an enchanting spherical lamp designed by Taipei-based Acorn Studio. Originally created for use on concert stages and in music videos, the studio is now hoping to produce Luna on a larger scale. The radiant full moon lantern is handmade from glass fiber and non-toxic latex and is available in seven different sizes via an ongoing Indiegogo campaign:

Head over to the Luna Indiegogo campaign page for additional info.

[via Inhabitat]

[parliamentrook]

yes I will take 100