Hey it’s totally normal to act out the things your characters do to try and block out a scene right? Totally normal, right??
Totally normal
via @byjillianmaria
I am in such suspense
figuring out how much damage a fictional character can cause with a very specific item that I don’t currently own
COMMIT TO THE BIT
Experiment time! Yes I’m in the bathroom shhhh it’s fine don’t worry about it
PLEASE WHAT ARE YOU DOING IT’S KILLING ME
The people need to know
okay i have a new writeblr...idk what I'll do with it, but DM me if you want to know it
Mind telling me why in the replies/tags?
idk if i should ask but. . . what's the general writeblr concensus of this.
i didn't add #polls in the tags but if possible, a boost would be nice. just for research.
Idk I do kinda want start another writeblr but the shit I write is uhhhhh [redacted] so
psa: if you’re an artist/writer/creator of any kind who posts their work on social media, you will sometimes go a while without posting something new. and you will think, “oh no, I haven’t ceated content for my followers in (x amount of time)! i’m letting them down/will lose followers!”
that’s the devil talking, and you have to punch him and then go about your day
Dear [Agent],
[An optional brief introduction, no longer than 2 - 3 sentences, perhaps where you elaborate on the #ownvoices of your manuscript, or pointing out certain things in your manuscript that the agent asks for. I reiterate that this paragraph is optional. Unless you have a very specific reason to be querying this agent—for instance, if they tweeted an MSWL for a heist novel and you’re querying a heist novel—there is no relevance, so don’t include this paragraph.]
[The first paragraph of your summary introduces the world, the main character, and their Normal. For instance, Cynthia lives in the times of a pandemic and works to continue living in their new normal. Every day, Cynthia chooses to get up and keep living and making the most of their situation while trying to find something to do to be useful.]
[The second paragraph of your summary introduces the plot. To continue with the above idea, Cynthia has been tasked with trying to find a cure to coronavirus, but all they have to work with in their home is duct tape, tangerines, Tylenol, and a never-give-up attitude.]
[The third paragraph introduces stakes, aka what will happen if Cynthia doesn’t discover a cure with the resources they have at home. Luckily for them, however, a woman named Jane they had a one night stand with needs a place to crash after she was evicted. Cynthia agrees to let her stay as their roommate, especially because Jane brings with her the missing ingredient to the cure for coronavirus, a magic bean she stole from a giant–but there’s only one magic bean. If Cynthia and Jane can’t find a way to make more beans, they might be sent to the realm of giants forever.]
[The closing paragraph goes like this: Complete at 89,000 words, THE MAGIC BEAN is an Adult contemporary fantasy with potential for a companion novel. I believe it will appeal to fans of Erin Morgenstern and Naomi Novik. Briefly explain who you are and share what you’re comfortable with about yourself—I say I’m 26, headed to grad school for archiving, and that the book is #ownvoices for genderqueer representation. Also mention if you have any connection to the publishing industry. I mention who I was previously represented by, why we amicably parted ways, and that I’ve mentored in many writing contests.]
[Final closure: Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to hearing from you!]
[Best,]
[My name]
[My phone number and, though optional, my twitter handle]
*i’ve been in the publishing industry for nine years now, have mentored many authors who went on to be published by the Big 5, and worked in writing contests to help writers, not only with their manuscript, but with their pitch and query letter and comps etc. i know what i’m about 😉
Hey everyone! I want to dedicate two months in 2023 to reviewing the published works of indie and self-published authors of tumblr. The current state of the publishing industry frustrates me as both a consumer and future author, but I see the imaginative works of so many fellow writers through this app and hope that we can collectively shine a spotlight on the talent showcased here. My reviews will be posted across social media platforms and shared on all major book review sites (like Goodreads, Amazon, B&N, Indigo).
I do not want free ARCs or copies of your work. I personally believe it’s important for us to increase the book sales of smaller, debut authors so they can find a larger audience. I will pay for all of my copies, as I have the means to do so.
I do want you to please reblog this post and share the title, link, genre, and description of the book you have published or will be publishing in 2023.
Feel free to use or adjust the below sample template, or respond with your own.
For my creative writing followers in college and high school, I just want to say that NaNoWriMo is not worth your sleepless nights, slipping grades, anxiety, or sanity. The moment it stops being fun or rewarding is when you need to pull out.
I say this because my creative writing club in college pressured everyone to do NaNo. We would reserve a room the first weekend in November for a whole night, and my club president would get very upset if anyone got tired and left early. She genuinely ran that group like a sweatshop. Everyone would have to share their daily word count and there was this awful shroud of extreme competition and shame that lasted the whole month.
If you find yourself in that environment get out before you lose all joy and pleasure from writing. It took me six years after graduating college to recover from burnout and start writing creatively again. Creative writing is a gift, don’t squander it on pointless competition.
Hi all! This is going to be a quick introduction because this whole thing is a massive work in progress, but welcome to the Writers of Color Archive, a project meant to set up and run a searchable database for writers of color in the writeblr community.
To put it simply, what we especially wanted to do is take the responses to @jezifster's post (see here) and make it easy to find new writers and content to support. Are you a [genre] writer who wants to interact more with other [genre] writers? Do you want to find Ko-Fis to donate to or Patreons to subscribe to? You should be able to do that and more once this project is running.
Right now, we're working on a Google Form attached to a Google Sheet. (There's an entry on the form to give you an idea of this might look like at the end.) Please note that if the form is what people want to stick with, it'll be another option to getting your info in the archive, rather than a complete replacement to the post itself. One of the many purposes of this sideblog is to keep up with the post and reblog new entries when we find them. Please feel free to continue reblogging the post.
Another purpose of this sideblog: To give you an opportunity to let us know what you need. And first and foremost, the form and the sheet aren't final just yet. Please feel free to test both out and let us know what you think! Is it easy to navigate? Is there information we can add? Something else we need to change? Please don't hesitate to let us know! Our anon asks are on, and we'll also be keeping an eye on replies and reblogs.
That's about all for now. Once we're sure we've got a system that works for everyone and the right info this sort of database needs, we'll be able to start the migration process. Thanks so much for reading, and thanks in advance for everything!
lestat de lioncourt + donatella
I’m obsessed with some of you being shocked re: recent events. Ask any writer of color on Tumblr and the majority of us will say it’s never been a safe space for us. There have always been racists and people who would defend them. Gets a little uncomfortable when they’re your friends, huh?
Labeling these things as “drama” or “discourse” is minimizing actual harm being done to people of color. Not listening to people of color when they say something is harmful and choosing instead to sit in your echo chambers with your white friends is also harmful.
Stop protecting racists and bigots. Re-evaluate your biases. Boost voices of color.
Love how I said I was going to try to publish year.
Word of advice: don’t try to work full time, get a master’s, and pursue publishing all at once.
“one word titles are bad and uncreative and it might even be presumptuous to think you can associate one word with your fiction ” is literally such a bad media take. what are y’all talking about? why are you mad?
i just saw someone bitch that parasite, a perfectly named film, has a one word title.
what is going on
GOD YES THIS
why do people even have an issue with this? why are people now judging creatives for the number of words in the title of the piece?
there’s like this whole Type of Guy now whose ability to engage with art as a whole is just… fundamentally broken.
lol i didn't realize anyone actually followed this blog
