me during shower time: What is my mission here on earth? What would have happened if Hitler got killed before he started the war? What if is there’s a bigger force controlling us right now?
me almost falling asleep: I think I’ve solved the mystery of Atlantis and the cure for cancer and starving in Africa and the problems for all bad things in the universe
me during the day: how do I spell house?
the reason why feminism is being called trendy is because more teenage girls are supporting it and YOU KNOW if teenage girls like a thing it must be fleeting and dumb
I need feminism because young women can’t get involved in the world and demand equality in large numbers without being viewed as ‘dumb.’
People too often conceive of worldbuilding strictly as background research, as a sort of dry and exhaustive homework. Every tiny and immediate detail in a story can be worldbuilding. Every button and widget can imply or reveal something to the reader. You can replace pages of deadly boring infodump with a few comments in conversation, a few glances at what people wear or eat or venerate. You shouldn’t think of worldbuilding as something boxed off from the rest of the text. it can be intrinsic with dialogue, description, etc. It’s crucial (and liberating) to realize that every word you put on a page can and should perform multiple duties simultaneously. Description can be worldbuilding. Dialogue can be character development. Messages within messages, revelation within revelation. Also, remember that nobody can follow all these guidelines all the time without exception or flaw. The point is just to keep aiming higher. It’s art as well as craft. Some parts of it you can measure almost scientifically. Some parts are mad whack inscrutable alchemy. But chances are, if you work hard to lay a solid foundation of craft, you’ll strengthen everything that’s more numinous and subjective, too. There is no “one true way” to write anything, nor one true goal in writing/publishing. Treasure beautiful oddballs and weird experiments.
Scott Lynch, author of the Gentlemen Bastards series, on world-building and the craft of writing and publishing, as collated from a series of tweets I woke up to this morning, (via theletterdee)
I discovered tumblr early last year, right about when I got into New Who (having grown up on classic). A few months later I was encouraged to take up fanfic, and I posted a couple of Jack Harkness and River song stories.
Last summer, further encouraged, I self published my first book.
Then I watched Sherlock, took up my pen (so to speak) and started writing Johnlock.
Things exploded. I got more feedback, love and support then I ever thought I’d get about anything. I found family through my fandoms.
Last month I changed my college major to Film and Media, hoping to focus on screenwriting. I want to tell stories for a broad audience.
All because of what I found in fandom.
songstersmiscellany replied to your post: “The one thing about Tumblr – well, there are others. So, one of the…”:Yes exactly! I stopped attending group chats anywhere, apart from the word wars on Antidiogenes, because I felt horrible after…I’m so thankful you made the chat and that I had to nerve to go to it. That was a HUGE deal for me. But you all are so wonderful and I discovered Granada and The Eagle because of you. You’re the best Tiger!
I just want to jump in here and also say that Tiger’s chat’s are awesome and I love the friends I’ve made there 😀
Also Tiger is why I started watching granada holmes, so there is that too.