Elizabeture

i'm like a stack of unread books but a girl

*seductively takes off glasses* wow you're fucking blurry

It was a dark and stormy night, the darkest and stormiest night imaginable, darker and stormier than anything you’ve ever experienced in your life, wet and wild, like a water park or a wet T-shirt contest or a giant slip ‘n slide. It was crazy. You should have been there. 

Goodnight, and rest in peace, Marjane Satrapi. Thank you for your work and your voice. May we hear you.

Also, check if your library card gives you access to NovelList. There, you can search up a book you like and see a list of genres, themes, and subjects for that book, then choose the ones you like to search on.

when gillian flynn said “I’ve grown quite weary of the spunky heroines, brave rape victims, soul-searching fashionistas that stock so many books. I particularly mourn the lack of female villains — good, potent female villains. Not ill-tempered women who scheme about landing good men and better shoes (as if we had nothing more interesting to war over), not chilly WASP mothers (emotionally distant isn’t necessarily evil), not soapy vixens (merely bitchy doesn’t qualify either). I’m talking violent, wicked women. Scary women. Don’t tell me you don’t know some. The point is, women have spent so many years girl-powering ourselves — to the point of almost parodic encouragement — we’ve left no room to acknowledge our dark side. Dark sides are important. They should be nurtured like nasty black orchids.”

i NEED people to realise foreshadowing is. in fact. a literary device. and not a Bad Thing. the audience picking up on your hints is a Good Thing. because. it makes the story and it’s conclusion make sense. and some people will not see those but enjoy seeing them on a second read through. red herrings are one thing but if your novel consists of nothing but red herrings it’s not a coherent story it’s just a collection of paragraphs that don’t actually plausibly link to one another. you're not fighting with the audience you don’t look clever you look like you don’t know how basic fiction works. be vulnerable for once in your goddamn life and don't treat writing like a game to be won where the audience losing is a good thing.

If you start reading books again, you’ll feel at least a little better. I promise.

[guy whose bedtime is approaching fast] I need to write one billion words right now. and draw everything that has ever existed.

Dahling you simply must read this book! It’s all about this devious little caterpillar who simply gorges himself on all manner of divine things