Writer Leopard Advice

"Writing requires discipline, but disciplined writers are not necessarily prolific. Most good work..."

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:29:15 +0100

“Writing requires discipline, but disciplined writers are not necessarily prolific. Most good work gets produced over time, sometimes many years, allowing the writer to grow with the material, to allow her world, her command over craft, and her psychological maturity to coalesce at just the right moment to produce something of value. This process often involves dreadful periods of not writing, or, worse, periods of writing very badly, embarrassingly badly. As time passes in a writing life, the writer learns not to fear these arid periods. The words come back eventually. That’s the real discipline: to train the mind and heart into believing that words come back.
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Be willing to wait. In the meantime, write when you don’t feel like it. If you can’t write, read.”

- Monica Wood, The Pocket Muse (via mysandrist)

nevver: Writer’s advice from writers

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:46:43 +0100

nevver:

Writer’s advice from writers

How To Poison Your Fictional Characters

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:57:59 +0000

How To Poison Your Fictional Characters:

therevenantwrites:

A short list of several types of poison and their effects.

"Being a good writer is 3% talent and 97% not being distracted by the internet."

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:57:51 +0000

“Being a good writer is 3% talent and 97% not being distracted by the internet.”

- (via worldinink)

— the writer reblogs, being distracted by the internet

(via cameralinz)

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Sun, 20 Jan 2013 01:37:31 +0000

"Write? I was dying of desire for it, of love, dying to give writing what it had given to me."

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:24:13 +0000

“Write? I was dying of desire for it, of love, dying to give writing what it had given to me.”

- Hélène Cixous, “Coming to Writing“ (via Interior Forest)

Um. Hello. I am not really sure if you can help me. But, do you know a website that you write short...

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:16:41 +0000

Um. Hello. I am not really sure if you can help me. But, do you know a website that you write short stories and its just a chunk of it and people read it online and if they want to read more, they pay like a dollar to read the whole story.

be good if you can get back. c:

— iwishdog

Tazzy: Unfortunately I’ve never heard of a website like this, but I’m posting this here so any of our followers who might know more can shed some light on the situation! :)

So, does anyone know of a website like the one iwishdog asked about?

r u editing essays???

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:13:42 +0000

Tazzy: Iiiiiii really have no idea what you’re trying to ask here. As in, do we edit our own essays that we might have to write for whatever reason, or are we willing to edit other people’s essays? (Answer: no, I personally will not edit someone’s essays- such as for schoolwork etc- because 1. I have my own essays to write and 2. That’s cheating, so.)

Um. Rephrase this message and send it in again, perhaps?

jaymug: Creativity takes no excuses.

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 16:01:01 +0000

jaymug:

Creativity takes no excuses.

mydearestdream: To All Writers of Everything Ever latenightspooky: I need to rant about...

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 08:00:46 +0000

mydearestdream:

To All Writers of Everything Ever

latenightspooky:

I need to rant about this:

Also known as the best writing program ever! It’s a full-screen writing program!

So you open it up, and it looks like this:

You’re thinking, “Ok, so what? It’s a screen with a picture. Whoopdie do.” But it get’s better! It’s customizable!

See that “appearance”? Click it.

You can also use custom fonts that you have installed!

See that “music”? Click it.

If you drag your own music into the folder, like so:

You get this!:

But wait! It gets better!

See “typing sounds”? You can change those too!

Perhaps the best is - YOU CAN USE ANY PICTURE FOR THE BACKGROUND. It will automatically fade it for you!

Seriously, guys, this tool is wonderful. You can use it for:

Research papers

Novel writing

Play writing

Short stories

Homework assignments

Ranting about your friends when they piss you off

Writing your shopping list

It auto-saves. It exports to .rtf. Hotkeys from Word for italicize, underlining, and bold work. You can print RIGHT FROM THERE.

And the seriously best thing ever?

It fits on a flash drive. The entire thing with added music is maybe 131MBs.

The bestest thing ever.

It’s free.

illesigns: Pixars 22 Rules of Story Telling

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:00:37 +0000

illesigns:

Pixars 22 Rules of Story Telling

connotativewords: December 4, 2012 This one is specifically for...

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:00:46 +0000

connotativewords:

December 4, 2012

This one is specifically for all of you who have told me that you don’t think you’ll ever be able to write well or believe that you shouldn’t even try. This is for all of you who are afraid of putting your thoughts onto paper because it still doesn’t seem safe. This is to show you that we all have our fears and flaws, but in that, we can find our strengths and sound. So if you allow yourselves to open up to every aspect that makes you who you are, and you find the courage to share it with others, the outcome of your words will be beautiful no matter what.

We’ve all got potential.

amandaonwriting: 100 Beautiful and Ugly Words by Mark...

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:00:39 +0000

amandaonwriting:

100 Beautiful and Ugly Words

by Mark Nichol

One of the many fascinating features of our language is how often words with pleasant associations are also quite pleasing on the tongue and even to the eye, and how many words, by contrast, acoustically and visually corroborate their disagreeable nature — look no further than the heading for this post.
Enrich the poetry of your prose by applying words that provide precise connotation while also evoking emotional responses

Beautiful Words

Amorphous: indefinite, shapeless

Beguile: deceive

Caprice: impulse

Cascade: steep waterfall

Cashmere: fine, delicate wool

Chrysalis: protective covering

Cinnamon: an aromatic spice; its soft brown color

Coalesce: unite, or fuse

Crepuscular: dim, or twilit

Crystalline: clear, or sparkling

Desultory: half-hearted, meandering

Diaphanous: gauzy

Dulcet: sweet

Ebullient: enthusiastic

Effervescent: bubbly

Elision: omission

Enchanted: charmed

Encompass: surround

Enrapture: delighted

Ephemeral: fleeting

Epiphany: revelation

Epitome: embodiment of the ideal

Ethereal: celestial, unworldly, immaterial

Etiquette: proper conduct

Evanescent: fleeting

Evocative: suggestive

Exuberant: abundant, unrestrained, outsize

Felicity: happiness, pleasantness

Filament: thread, strand

Halcyon: care-free

Idyllic: contentedly pleasing

Incorporeal: without form

Incandescent: glowing, radiant, brilliant, zealous

Ineffable: indescribable, unspeakable

Inexorable: relentless

Insouciance: nonchalance

Iridescent: luster

Languid: slow, listless

Lassitude: fatigue

Lilt: cheerful or buoyant song or movement

Lithe: flexible, graceful

Lullaby: soothing song

Luminescence: dim chemical or organic light

Mellifluous: smooth, sweet

Mist: cloudy moisture, or similar literal or virtual obstacle

Murmur: soothing sound

Myriad: great number

Nebulous: indistinct

Opulent: ostentatious

Penumbra: shade, shroud, fringe

Plethora: abundance

Quiescent: peaceful

Quintessential: most purely representative or typical

Radiant: glowing

Redolent: aromatic, evocative

Resonant: echoing, evocative

Resplendent: shining

Rhapsodic: intensely emotional

Sapphire: rich, deep bluish purple

Scintilla: trace

Serendipitous: chance

Serene: peaceful

Somnolent: drowsy, sleep inducing

Sonorous: loud, impressive, imposing

Spherical: ball-like, globular

Sublime: exalted, transcendent

Succulent: juicy, tasty, rich

Suffuse: flushed, full

Susurration: whispering

Symphony: harmonious assemblage

Talisman: charm, magical device

Tessellated: checkered in pattern

Tranquility: peacefulness

Vestige: trace

Zenith: highest point

Ugly Words

Cacophony: confused noise

Cataclysm: flood, catastrophe, upheaval

Chafe: irritate, abrade

Coarse: common, crude, rough, harsh

Cynical: distrustful, self-interested

Decrepit: worn-out, run-down

Disgust: aversion, distaste

Grimace: expression of disgust or pain

Grotesque: distorted, bizarre

Harangue: rant

Hirsute: hairy

Hoarse: harsh, grating

Leech: parasite,

Maladroit: clumsy

Mediocre: ordinary, of low quality

Obstreperous: noisy, unruly

Rancid: offensive, smelly

Repugnant: distasteful

Repulsive: disgusting

Shriek: sharp, screeching sound

Shrill: high-pitched sound

Shun: avoid, ostracize

Slaughter: butcher, carnage

Unctuous: smug, ingratiating

Visceral: crude, anatomically graphic

Notice how often attractive words present themselves to define other beautiful ones, and note also how many of them are interrelated, and what kind of sensations, impressions, and emotions they have in common. Also, try enunciating beautiful words as if they were ugly, or vice versa. Are their sounds suggestive of their quality, or does their meaning wholly determine their effect on us?

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"Start writing by thinking, not wrestling with words."

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 08:00:57 +0000

“Start writing by thinking, not wrestling with words.”

- Jonathan Price, Put That in Writing

"Write for yourself. Everyone else will come after."

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:00:57 +0000

“Write for yourself. Everyone else will come after.”

- Unknown

"The more I write the more I learn about writing. It is easy to say what looks good or sound good on..."

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 08:00:29 +0000

“The more I write the more I learn about writing. It is easy to say what looks good or sound good on paper until you experience it for yourself.”

- Jeanette Michelle

"You fail only if you stop writing."

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:01:06 +0000

“You fail only if you stop writing.”

- Ray Bradbury

"However great a man’s talent my be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once."

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 08:00:56 +0000

“However great a man’s talent my be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.”

- Jean Jacques Rousseau

Hi! I'm seeking writers for my start-up blog and was wondering if you could post an advertisement for me on your blog. The advertisement can be seen here: themidnightreviewdottumblrdotcom. Thanks!

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:30:10 +0000

Tazzy: Hey everyone, go check out this blog! The Midnight Review is seeking people to write for them and they need your help!

Even if you don’t offer your help, go and give them a follow and a reblog for support, eh? :3

"Once writing has become your major vice and greatest pleasure only death can stop it."

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:01:01 +0000

“Once writing has become your major vice and greatest pleasure only death can stop it.”

- Ernest Hemingway