fatima aamer bilal, excerpt from moony moonless sky’s ‘i am an observer, but not by choice.’
[text id: my fist has always been clenched around the handle of an invisible suitcase. / i am always ready to leave. / there is not a single room in this world where i belong.]
divine maddness // something a little brighter and a little bit wrong
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EMILY BADER as JANE GREY and EDWARD BLUEMEL as GUILDFORD DUDLEY MY LADY JANE Episode 1 Who'll Be the Next in Line?
me, struggling to write: hmm, this part is a little difficult. maybe i should check my planning document, which i created as a helpful tool for my writing process!
the planning document:
The Ghosts of Hellas by Vasily Polenov, 1905.
Wake up babe, new life-hacks just dropped
when u come up with a tiny change for your story that not only makes the writing flow better but also hammers in the character motivations and story theme
i love characters who do the “i worship the myth i make of you” and in turn dehumanize and get wrong the object of their devotion and love. yes project a thing that does not exist onto a pedestal and kneel at it like it is your altar. this will surely not blow up in both of your faces eventually
I’m telling you all, at least TRY the Snowflake Method for planning your novels.
I’ve been struggling to get a hold of my stories for over a DECADE; I used several programs to plan and sort ideas and narrative beats, I slapped notes on a corkboard on the wall. Nothing stopped me from STARTING ALL OVER each and every time because I got lost in the middle. Character motivations got lost, the plot became too convoluted, other works of fiction influenced me the second I took a break from working on my drafts. I lost my voice. Every time.
Now, with ADHD meds and some measure of focus (also a thankfully older child that tends to sleep more regularly lol), I’ve started my planning with the Snowflake Method. I used to consider myself a pantser. Turns out I just HAD TO go by the seat of my pants because there was no structure.
I’m only at the 3rd of 10 steps (storylines of the main characters), but I can already feel the difference in how these notes are coming together. The structure inherent to this method allows me to see what will work and what will be too much to introduce at a certain point in time, would overload the narrative and bog it all down (leading to me stopping; again).
Have a look at it. Seriously. ESPECIALLY if you usually consider yourself someone who’s bad at planning.
Նռան գույնը // The Color of Pomegranates (1969), dir. Sergei Parajanov
if you are lucky you will love someone and their hair will thin and their breasts will sag and you will kiss them everywhere over and over again
I was having a conversation with someone who was lamenting over how to maintain attraction to our partners as their bodies change and age and feeling self conscious herself about that process and I was like. we should be so lucky as to see them through these many years as we are seen ourselves. Hope that helps u understand
reminds me of this quote i love
Glasses // Jonathan Coulton
the first law of tragedies: the end is already written and inevitable. the second law of tragedies: your actions are all your own and you can choose to get off this ride whenever you want. the third law of tragedies: we both know that you are never going to do that.
Muse Found in a Colonized Body, Yesenia Montilla
