young lady drivel

MFA grad student at Sarah Lawrence College. Aspiring Aspirer and Chaser of Dreams.

[romancentureon]

“If you don’t imagine, nothing ever happens at all.” 

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Prepare To Freak Out Over The Paper Towns Trailer

[youngladydrivel]

I was pleasantly surprised by Cara Delevigne’s American accent. #yougocara

[flavorwire]

Not so much into March Madness? Well, perhaps you should look at it another way. 

[therumpus]

We’re all impostors to ourselves. By that I mean that we know instinctively, intimately, the difference between whom we are inside and who we appear to be to others. Most of the time—when we aren’t flat lying about something or playing a particularly stylized role in some heightened dramatic situation—this difference between the internal and the external is modest and manageable. But there are moments when it frightens us, threatening to expose us as inauthentic.

The Rumpus Interview with Walter Kirn, author of Blood Will Out (via therumpus)

[nprbooks]

Today in Book News: our own Alan Cheuse talks to Booktrib.com about the process of writing fiction.  Plus: was a Hong Kong publisher’s 10-year sentence for chemical smuggling political payback?  And Rebecca Mead on motherhood and George Eliot at The New Yorker: "As Eliot’s fiction reveals, both in its stories and in her overarching ethical project, mothers have no monopoly on love and selflessness, on empathy and care, even if it might take motherhood for some of us to discover what the greatest novelists already know."

Read more here.

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“Just start the sentence…and see what happens. This is how we write.”

Jincy Willett, The Writing Class (via writingweasels)

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How do you teach writing to student who movies and TV instead of reading?

[youngladydrivel]

Very interesting to read, especially to a writer who wildly consumes books, TV shows, and movies.

[youngladydrivel]

I hate mornings.

Can it be nap time now? :'(

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[irakalan]

Food Dye Photography by Corey Holms

Photos are made primarily of food dye.

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[youngladydrivel]

21 Amazing Last Lines From Literature That Will Make You Want To Read The Whole Book

A book's final sentence is the ribbon on a packaged plot, tied neatly and prettily before an author hands her story over to her readers' imaginations for good. It's a last chance for a good first impression. Some last lines have the power to disru...

These are all awesome. I wish I could write a last line like one of these. Le sigh.

[youngladydrivel]

Thanks for following, new followers!

In other news, can someone please give me new music to listen to? It's been a while since I've updated my music.

ENLIGHTEN ME, TUMBLR. EN. LIGHTEN. ME.

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[youngladydrivel]

My struggles as a book addict

1: Talking myself out of buying books I can't afford.

2: Having a reading list that I won't be able to complete in one life time.

3: Every book looks appealing.

4: Everyone assumes that I've read every book they mention.

5: Then when I say I haven't read the book they mention, they give me one of "those" looks (you know what look I'm talking about."

6: I actually feel an ache to shop for books...online.

7: I'm running out of room.

8: All the books in one genre start sounding the same after a while.

9: Reading strikes.

10: Book Affairs.

11: Leaving a book half-finished.

12: Never finishing a series.

13: Not sleeping.

14: People talking to me when I'm trying to read a really good book.

15: Having a parent tell you that you read to much and/or spend too much money on books.

16: All of the bookcases and bookshelves on Tumblr look like something made for your future home.

17: Book porn. It's lethal.

18: Doing nothing all day because a book needs to be read.

Accurateeeeeeeeee.