“We Don’t Read And Write Poetry Because It’s Cute. We Read And Write Poetry Because We Are Members

YES OMG YES YES§ AFTER THE YEAR OF HAYLEY KIYOKO, THE YEAR OF JANELLE MONAE YES! I AM LIVING

“20gayteen” is such a powerful name for a year. I’m gonna miss it when it’s 2019

Me: I want to finish this chapter

My brain: then turn on your laptop and write it

Me: disgusting. Horrifying. Terrible. Dreadful. Awful. Appalling. Ew.

“happy endings” this “sad endings” that– you can debate the relative merits of each till your mouth goes dry and it’s still not a meaningful binary. Is the ending coherent and emotionally appropriate for the story? Cool.

Daydreaming of a life where I live in a little forest cottage and tend to my berry plants in the morning, check on my beehives in the afternoon, and sit with my arm around the love of my life on a porch swing sipping tea in the evening

Here's something I don't see writers practicing enough: how big things can permanently change your character.

I see people putting their characters through war, abusive relationships, health disorders, and intense grief. Since popular writers often fail here, I hope you guys are also considering how these things will affect your character in the long run. I don't mean "Oh, they have bad dreams now and are jerks to everyone, but only for a little while." I mean has their entire outlook on life changed dramatically, and if so how? Does it show? Do they try to hide it and move on, or do they accept that this is who they are now? Does it take them a long time or a short time to realize things can never again be the way they were? How does that affect them? Do they choose to keep this new personality, or do they try to change it?

Not everyone wants to acknowledge this type of development in a character because it gets in the way of their plans or disrupts plot. Also, some characters are made of stern stuff or are just flexible enough to survive with their personality intact. Yet, major events in a story should leave a noticeable impact on a character, the more personal the event generally the bigger the personality change.

Just think about it if you haven't already, y'know?

my writing process is just flipping back and forth between "i am unworthy of the written word" and "i am a literary god" and there is literally no in between

I think I should be a vampire because I would take advantage of my mysteriousness & powers & immortality to kill pedophiles thanks for coming to my ted talk xx

Oh, so you’re a male writer? Describe a female without mentioning her tits.