Get Scribbling!

This needs to stop.

There’s nothing wrong with writing a story with purpose and meaning, but when you limit yourself to writing a story around those morals, then you restrict what you can write.

Write what you want to write. 

Write stories for fun. 

Write stories with no moral messages and see what meaning other people read into it.

Write a story by focusing on the characters, the plot, the narrative, whatever; just write the story you want to tell, becasue if you limit yourself to writing around that moral message then you lose the possibility to open your text up and create depth to it by having multiple meanings and moral messages, contradictions and ideologies that your readers will hold onto and literature students will gush over.

Life In 3 Acts

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The Bechdel:

two or more women talking to each other about something other than a man

The Mako Mori:

at least one female character with her own narrative arc that is not about supporting a man’s story

The Sexy Lamp:

a female character that cannot be removed from the plot and replaced with a sexy lamp without destroying the story.

Chef’s Specials:

The Anti-Freeze:

no woman assaulted, injured or killed to further the story of another character.

The “Strength is Relative”:

We did it amigos. Another list! I am so grateful that you all are sharing your ideas to help inspire others (faith in humanity restored)

“Where is my fucking pudding?!”

“I thought we agreed to never use butter for that reason again…”

“Well if it’s the guy who never shuts up about toilet paper!”

“Honey, did you see my sniper rifle?”

“Oops…”

“God damn it he died. Whatever. Just leave him there.”

“Listen, I know you’re upset, but please put down the baking soda before someone gets hurt.”

“Look, about the monkey…”

“I don’t understand! I only used a finger.”

“It’s not as hard as you think, I promise.”

“well this is what i call hell of a night”

“How could an entire school disappear?”

“What do you mean the brownies are "not quite brownies”?“

"Yes, I understand that its cool, but why does your toaster have wings?” “Well its alive of course. It flies.”

“Don’t turn that on!”

“Wait…I’m also- technically- underage and you’re a stranger…should I be screaming also?”

“I though you meant "literally” metaphorically. “

"Ok so don’t get mad but I might have started a war.”

“Good morning… I see the assassins failed again.”

“You’re a murderer, how are you working at a hospital?”

“That cat just stole my cereal!”

“Did you see that? Please tell me you saw it.”

“Hey, can you stop shooting people right now? We’re trying to sleep.”

“THIS IS WHY WE CAN’T HAVE NICE THINGS KEITH!”

“If you think I’m leaving you and your demon eyes and evil horns you’re wrong.”

“What do you mean, this isn’t Earth?”

“Damn it, ____! Not peanuts again!”

“Why did I just press the big red button?”

“So tell me again why this dead body is being sent to Goodwill?”

“Lucifer, I know that we said we would share rent but you never said anything about your brother living with us.”

“God dammit, I’m supposed to be a bat! Why the hell am I a possum, Karen?!”

“Sarah, where’s the dog?” “Up in space?”

“You had only one job and it wasn’t even a difficult task, but seriously, how did you end up like this!?”

“Well I never said I WASN’T going to kill the bartender …”

“I mean, it was only a small eldritch being, so it wasn’t that bad…”

“Hold me back bro!”

“I think there’s a new lifeform evolving in my fridge.”

“WHAT THE FUCK?!”

“Can we have lunch now, or do you still want to continue looking at dead people?”

“I can’t believe you ate my cheese…we’re over”

“Sometimes I wonder why we’re still friends.” “Because I turned you into a cyborg after being shredded by an explosion and you owe me.” “…Fair enough.”

“Well, I didn’t quite expect to wake up pregnant either and yet… here we are, so can you please pass me that can of bread?”

“Ok, I know I said ‘You can throw a hairbrush at them’, but I didn’t actually mean it!”

“When I told you to feed the dog I didn’t expect you to feed him the neighbors cat.”

“Clearly, you’ve never gotten rid of a body before…”

“This sort of thing never happened when I was dating your brother.”

Sometimes, I wonder about you. And then I worry.“

” Wait, wait, wait, start from the very beginning. how did you manage to set the house on fire with that??“

"For fucks sake, dude, how many times do I have to tell you that that’s not what penises are for?”

“One woman’s terrorist is another woman’s freedom fighter.”

“This isn’t right… the humans shouldn’t be able to move on their own.”

“Why is unicorn blood on our shopping list?”

“Must you unhinge your jaw like that when you eat? It’s disgusting.”

“You’ve violated the law, my trust, and your friend. Tell me, why should I believe anything you say?”

“No, no don’t open the fridge, I need to keep they eyeballs cold.”

“did he break his jaw again by falling down a flight of stairs?” “Passive aggressive much?”

“For the last time, put the declaration of independence back!”

"That isn’t permanent, right?”

“You know, ripping someone’s beating heart right out of their chest with your bare hand looks cool in anime, but irl it’s just unsanitary…”

“She didn’t tell you” “Tell me what” “He’s dead”

“But his dad is an asshole–” “HIS AUTHOR IS AN ASSHOLE”

“You are here and you haven’t tried to kill me yet. You must want something from me.”

“The salesperson made a flying tentacle monster sound a lot more alluring, I swear!”

“Okay…the radiator just growled at me”

“Dude, were you listening to me? Why are you barking?” “I’m not barking. I thought YOU were barking!”

“How did you get that bump on your lip”

“Buddy. You need to chill, and put that knife away before I get out my gun.”

“ ” I dare you to take your shirt off" “ no” “ I doubledare you” “No” “I tripledare you” “ god dammit Steve , im not wearing a Shirt!”“

"Why the fuck are there founding fathers in our living room”

“Girls only say 'I will not dignify that with a response.’ when they’ve done the thing you’ve just accused them of.” “Do you know this, because you’ve done it?” “I will not dignify that with a response.”

“They think we’re terrible but really we’re only mediocre”

“You’d think by now we’d stop bringing death into these things. Look at them, they have anxiety!”

“Ok, first of all asshat, stop touching me. Second, that is never going to work out! Third, stop TOUCHING me.”

“So if I do understand, you’re telling me that you created insects robots. The same one that destroyed the city. ”

“Why is THIS in your fridge? This is some serious contraband.”

“Please tell me you’re joking about marrying the bastard’s son we call Satan.” “ Don’t talk about your mother like that!!”

“Did you explode the microwave again?!”

"Honey where’s the dog?” “Like I said, I’m making a smoothie.”

“Fifteen bucks you can’t hook up with Satan.” “Make it twenty.”

“I don’t know, maybe because he has some semblance of taste?

"What could possibly make you think eating three tons of cheese for the mice in radiation-test labs was okay?!”

“Who actually let the dogs out?”

“Hey, you don’t know how many bodies are buried in my backyard.”

“I told you to kill me.” “I did. Just this morning.” “Well, shit!”

“So… This isn’t the end, is it? I mean I still want to hang out with you at least. Maybe go for another space adventure, hm?”

“I’m sorry, it was the HEAT OF THE MOMENT,”

"Hey, wanna go out for a romantic moonlight killing spree?”

“So, you’re into …..? Huh, I never would’ve known.”

“Did you hear that scream?” “Yes, I’m the one who screamed”

“What are you doing?”

“But really, why would anyone need two dozen armadillos?”

“You can’t keep 'solving’ your problems by going to another dimension!”

“I still can’t believe you assassinated a unicorn.”

“Wait, you have FOUR knives?” “No, no. I have four knives ON me.”

“I’ve killed a man using only a copy of Hamlet and a computer mouse. I am NOT afraid of you!" 

"What the hell are those?”

“Are you sure you’re not an arsonist?”

“I know, right? You’d suspect any of them of secretly being an alien, but not…”

“Why didn’t you stop?”

“So, start explaining why there are dozens of puppies in my guest room.”

Writing a historical novel means knowing how far they can travel on a horse, This is good info right here.