Rienextdoor - Rie

Today is another day in which it feels like I can’t do anything right. Another day that makes me hate myself more. Another day that makes me wish I didn’t exist anymore.

“Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different.”

— C.S. Lewis

When you write an amazing line and can’t tell if you’re a genius or just accidentally plagiarized it from a book you read seven years ago:

beginner writing tips!

hey! call me jae. are you a beginner writer or have an interest in writing? here’s some tips to help you start/get better.

i suggest you use ao3 as a writing platform. i find it usually gets you more views than wattpad or fanfiction.net. you can also post your writings here on tumblr if you don’t want to wait for an invite to ao3 (i have a few i can use so if you’d like one i can and will gladly send you one!)

do not- and i repeat- do not!!! put!!! author’s notes!!! in the middle of a chapter!!! it’s so unprofessional and your story comes out choppy! you want to keep your reader invested, and when you have an a/n in the middle of the chapter it just does no good for your chapter!

don’t use slang/dead words unless it’s dialogue! slang/dead words are something you’d use while texting, or for gen z, talking! or words that have been overused and have lost their punch. if you don’t have a large vocabulary, i’d suggest a dictionary or a synonym book. ex: if i wanted to use “love” in a sentence that goes “i love this book!” it doesn’t really pack a punch. instead, i’d use “i adore this book.”

do not overuse parentheses! for example- “You know parentheses? (Those little crescent-shaped thingies?) Well, sometimes they drive me crazy (overuse, lack of clarity, fuzzy writing).” that would be an example of overuse. if your trying to be passive, or put in a point in there that doesn’t necessarily flow with the context of the sentence, i suggest using commas or dashes. of course, you can overuse them too, but they don’t look as choppy.

try to make the flow of you’re story go smoothly. the reader gets confused when you jump from subject to subject!

don’t switch povs during a chapter (you can do it every other chapter). switching povs constantly causes mass chaos in the readers mind. now you can change point of views if your going for a more stylistic story, but i suggest you don’t do that until your intermediate at best.

USE PARAGRAPHS!!!!!! it irks me when writers don’t use paragraphs when they move on to another subject! you don’t have to indent, this isn’t an english paper, but please please hit “return” or “tab” (depending on whether you’re on mobile or computer) to create a new paragraph! a good way to remember this is when your characters are moving on to another action then you make a new paragraph, or when the dialogue switches from person to person.

that’s it for now, reblog if you’d like a part 2/intermediate writers.

luke out for the game tonight? playoffs are hughes-less. is this what we get for saying “raise hell” on easter sunday ://

I could say:

I love Peter P.

And no one would know if i’m talking about Peter Pan, Peter Pevensie or Peter Parker

Dark Academia Playlist

a little dark, a little whimsical, tunes to make you feel like the main character in a film.

roslyn — bon iver, st. vincent

the secret history — the chamber orchestra of london

les mémoires blessées — dark sanctuary

into dust — mazzy star

clair de lune, l. 32 — claude debussy

show me how — men i trust

eyes on fire — blue foundation

over the moon — the marías

falling asleep with a book on your chest — lullatone

solo — five mile town

tchaikovsky: swan lake — pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky

altogether — slowdive

cigar & a 78 — five mile town

visions of gideon — sufjan stevens

thinking of you — cosmic child

headache — grouper

if i’m asleep — five mile town

dark — daffodils

sometimes committed relationships are “boring”. they’re errands and chores and just sitting around together. that doesn’t mean the spark is gone. it doesn’t mean you have to have excitement all the time. you’ve just settled into comfort together.

i want to live a passion-driven life. how.