Some words stay in your head long after they’re spoken.
Robin Roe (via bnmxfld)
"How do I stop being scared of-" You do it scared. The courage arrives WITH the action, not before it. Don't wait to feel confident before you act because the key to confidence is usually doing the thing while still scared as fuck
We’ve come full circle
I am simply thankful for your existance- whether I am meant to be a part of it or not.
Beau Taplin (via qvotable)
Writing advice from my uni teachers:
If your dialog feels flat, rewrite the scene pretending the characters cannot at any cost say exactly what they mean. No one says “I’m mad” but they can say it in 100 other ways.
Wrote a chapter but you dislike it? Rewrite it again from memory. That way you’re only remembering the main parts and can fill in extra details. My teacher who was a playwright literally writes every single script twice because of this.
Don’t overuse metaphors, or they lose their potency. Limit yourself.
Before you write your novel, write a page of anything from your characters POV so you can get their voice right. Do this for every main character introduced.
Scusa per il ritardo, c'era coda sull'A4.
“The Queen Of Soul” Aretha Franklin (born Aretha Louise Franklin in Memphis, TN) - March 25, 1942 - August 16, 2018, RIP