I don’t like reading books when I’m drafting (or even revising) a novel. I remember when I was younger, like sixteen (I SWEAR IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO), I’d read a book and be so inspired by what I’d read, I’d emulate it. and not in the like good way, in the Hemingway-wannabe way where I tried to copy the author’s writing style and just flopped around like a dead fish. NO JOKE. but to me, that was somehow the fun part. loving the words the author chose, loving the structure of the sentences the author constructed, loving the way all the sentences fit into each a paragraph like the most beautiful mosaic ever. I wanted to write LIKE THAT. now I’m scared of it.
as a writer, I can’t write like someone else. I have to write like me. I just don’t know if I can help it! certain authors just have a WAY with words and I want it, too. so that’s my problem.
I stay away from things that might influence my writing or my characters or my plot. doesn’t mean I don’t read in general because I definitely read a LOT of manga ALL THE TIME (Idk how it’s very different than a regular book, but w/e). I don’t want anyone to ever think I was way too inspired by so-and-so or this-and-that. but does that even matter?
today I realized that it doesn’t matter where I find my inspiration. mainly because it’s everywhere. TV, movies, books, anime, manga, FRIENDS, pictures I find on the internet, the view of Lake Washington when I cross the 520 bridge, and definitely definitely definitely music. and in fact, when I do stumble upon something that reminds me of my WIP, I don’t want to copy it. I want to do better, and that really motivates me.
good thing I have like 8 books I’ve put off reading because I was scared of them :D but first, ergo proxy.
I pretty much replayed this in my head the ENTIRE EPISODE.
Best commercial ever.
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Me puse a llorar :’c
I am sobbing.
/sobs
I AM TOO HORMONAL TO DEAL WITH THIS RIGHT NOW
noooo why did you post this cries and dies
not gonna lie, this hit me right in the feels
thank god i’m not the only one who cries at these
brb
BRB I JUST DIED
I may have just died of laughing too much
this is literally how I sing Disney songs sometimes hahaha
…how do you watch a Disney movie without doing this?
THIS GUY. MY FAVORITE.
emphasis mine, because seriously, how?
perfect facial expressions
#they rival the facial expressions of my roommate
dude
that’s me too dude
If you come into my room at any point, odds are you will see some version of this.
I am obsessed.
I just relived my entire childhood.
(via kalebnation)
“We were discussing homosexuality because of an allusion to it in the book we were reading, and several boys made comments such as, “That’s disgusting.” We got into the debate and eventually a boy admitted that he was terrified/disgusted when he was once sharing a taxi and the other male passenger made a pass at him.The lightbulb went off. “Oh,” I said. “I get it. See, you are afraid, because for the first time in your life you have found yourself a victim of unwanted sexual advances by someone who has the physical ability to use force against you.” The boy nodded and shuddered visibly.“But,” I continued. “As a woman, you learn to live with that from the time you are fourteen, and it never stops. We live with that fear every day of our lives. Every man walking through the parking garage the same time you are is either just a harmless stranger or a potential rapist. Every time.”The girls in the room nodded, agreeing. The boys seemed genuinely shocked. “So think about that the next time you hit on a girl. Maybe, like you in the taxi, she doesn’t actually want you to.””— Homophobia: The fear that another man will treat you like you treat women
(via delucazade)
I had an insightful conversation with a guy friend of mine about this somewhat. not about homophobia or homosexuality, but about dating. I asked what his biggest fear is on a first date with a girl. mostly about humiliating myself, or the date just being a total disaster. for a girl on her first date with a guy?
will he kill me?
this guy friend of mine was a little skeptical. in a “com’on, really? guys aren’t like that” way. and I mean, it’s true. how many first dates turn into homicide? it’s a scary reality, but not every guy interested in us is out to kill us. but it is still a fear. because maybe society has ingrained in us that the reason a guy is interested in us isn’t because we’re beautiful in the right ways, but because we’ve attracted unwanted attention by acting a certain way, by looking a certain way, by wearing a certain style. so of course no guy is really hitting on us for a GOOD reason. the attention we’re attracted can’t be GOOD.
I wish writers stayed up half as late as they claim they do. WHY IS EVERYONE ASLEEP BY 9PM?
Shoes :: Time to Dance // Starring Jake Gyllenhaal
time to start making a character in my book explicitly for Jake Gyllenhaal…
So to all the people who are genuinely upset that the adorable Amandla Stenberg and smokin’ Lenny Kravitz are playing the characters you grew to love in the Hunger Games: If you can’t stomach the casting choices because of the color of their skin… If you think these casting choices have ruined the story for you… If these characters’ being canonically black has forced you to reevaluate your love for them… I won’t sugarcoat it—you just might be an asshole.
that last line is a very, very good conclusion. I like it a lot.
(via thelobstertank)
