You Dont Start Out Writing Good Stuff. You Start Out Writing Crap And Thinking Its Good Stuff, And Then

You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That’s why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.

Octavia E. Butler (via writingbonesblog)

nanowrimo tip #25:

every time you see a user with a higher word count than you, write them into your story as a soon-to-be corpse or antagonist

Me: *Sees long post of writing tips that I should really study*

Me: Nice

*Reblogs and never looks at it again*

writers in films: “my life is my art!!! I am troubled and reclusive and maybe also crazy and therefore create characters to deal with my pain? I need drama… to create! -indulges in lengthy inspiration montage with delicate nightclothes and cigarettes/booze- me irl: “stop using semicolons, you whore,” I mutter to my unfinished novel, dressed like a hobo and drinking cold tea. my phone on airplane mode so I stop playing on tumblr

Writer Tip

Think about why you’re telling the story from your character’s point of view. Why them, of all the people? 

If you can’t answer “why,” make something happen to them that makes them unique. Give them something that makes them the one person in this world who has this experience, can tell this story.

Me: If I want to foreshadow this well, I have to be subtle.

Also me: The masquerade ball was TO DIE FOR. Evangeline descended the stairs in her BLOOD RED dress, her smile SHARP LIKE A KNIFE. Her entire outfit was a HEART-STOPPER and if LOOKS COULD KILL, everyone would have DIED…to DEATH.