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Understanding The Plot of Your Book

Sounds silly doesn’t it? ‘Of course I understand my book’, I hear you say, I would have said the same before. You might be right, but here is a very simple exercise/test to ensure that you do:

One line summaries. 

Previously, these words invoked a feeling of dread in my soul but they don’t need to! It all changed once I started to follow this easy structure:

While struggling with their everyday life, Character finds the catalyst; BUT when the stakes rise they must learn the theme before the consequences ruin their life. 

Let’s take The Hunger Games for example: 

With her family on the brink of starvation, 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen must leave them and take her sister’s place in the Hunger Games, an annual event where 24 teenagers fight to the death until only one survives; But when she is hunted by a pack of elite, highly trained tributes, she must learn who she can trust and form an alliance before they kill her and her family are left to rot.

Well damn, that sounds dramatic and enticing, but it also lays out our characters life, wants and challenges all in a single (albeit rather long) sentence. 

After writing my one line summary, I began to understand my plot in a much clearer light. I understand my theme, my focus and it allows me to ground my plot as I edit my manuscript. I only wish I’d known to do it before!

Whatever stage your at—drafting, editing, querying—I highly recommend you give this a try. Feel free to drop a one sentence summary of your WIP below as getting feedback is always really helpful! I’m there much could be done to improve the one line summary I’ve given above, so feel free to improve on that too. 

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Art by Kelsey Landsgaard

when it hurts (listen here)

Call Me By Your Name ~ { Monet } PART 1 

Here are some of my favourite under-appreciated shots from the Japanese Booklet.

It’s so beautiful, guys! I love the format (it’s actually quite big). 

Also, it seems the order of the shoot wasn’t as chronological as they made us believe, so I have even more appreciation for Timmy’s and Armie’s acting craft, seriously.

And Armie was on the set even when he wasn’t in the scene (Elio and Marzia friends forever scene on the piazza).

I absolutely love Amira:

Le Dancing:

Just a heads-up for all the armpit kinkers ( @shes-gone-rogue @shellgoes211 @holdmygazeoliver ):

I feel this one is not enough talked about, honestly:

*sound on*

creds: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bk5QTBaFGkS/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=gtaqk9vjsap5

In case anyone is having a bad night:

Here is the fudgiest brownie in a mug recipe I’ve found

Here are some fun sites

Here is a master post of Adventure Time episodes and comics

Here is a master post of movies including Disney and Studio Ghibli

Here is a master post of other master posts to TV shows and movies

*tucks you in with fuzzy blanket* *pats your head*

You’ll be okay, friend <3

 via  Gridllr.com   —  find those forgotten Likes!

reminder:

it’s okay to have days where you don’t study at all if you need a mental and/or physical break.

it’s okay to prioritize other things in your life over school, if they’re more important to you and benefit you moreso.

it’s okay to fail a test or get a bad grade or get on the bad side of a teacher; your academic career will never go perfectly, but that doesn’t mean it’s spoiled forever, and that you will go nowhere.

it’s okay to not be accepted into programs, classes, clubs, or anything of the sort. just keep going forward, and new & better things will come along.

failure! is! okay!

breaks! are! okay!

you! are! okay! 

Details of Oscar Wilde’s tomb: Pére Lachaise Cemetery, Paris (France).

It was a tradition to Oscar’s admirers kiss his tomb in a demonstration of love and respect for his legacy. Unfortunately, the stains were causing some demage to the monument’s structure. However, you still can leave a kiss to Oscar Wilde: now, the tradition was adaptaded to kissing the glass that protect the beautiful tomb instead — the art is preserveted and Oscar is still getting love and kisses from people that came from all beautiful and peculiar places around the world.

2021 vibez.

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