Twaeggy - The World Is At My Feet And I Am Standing On The Ceiling

i’d like to see a really ineffectual malicious AI character

(via The Last Point of View Cheat Sheet You’ll Ever Need - DIY MFA : DIY MFA)

by Lazette Gifford

Description of main characters in first draft stories often fall into two wide categories — far too little or way too much.  Writers see their characters and they want their readers to see them, too.  However, sometimes they can go too far in description, especially in the main character.

What?  Don’t you want the reader to see the main character just as he or she is?  Yes, you do.  However, you need to consider two things about readers.  First, they have vivid imaginations and can ‘see’ characters without every detail drawn in.  Second — and the more important of the two — the reader wants to connect with the main character in some way.  This may mean that she wants to see the character as herself or she may want to imagine the character as a favorite star.  If you give too much description, you erase that connection.

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Proud of my city.

highly recommend keeping a small portrait of a historical figure who met a grisly end on your work desk. for perspective.

Fetus Pretty Little Liars Cast

When writing couples, I like to use the Kiss Rule:

If they have to kiss for you to know they’re in love, you’re not writing a romance right.

let’s stop seeing sex as the biggest thing you can do to show someone you love them