#romanticsrn

thank you for sending this in! <3

11. classic or modern? why?

going to have to go with modern because i think i read more modern works than classic ones (excluding the ones i read for classes i take)

35: Name a book you consider to be terribly underrated

the good mother by karen osman and (i know its not a book but) just fanfiction in general tbh 

36: Name a book you consider to be terribly overrated

yikes i have a few: the silent patient by alex michaelides (worst book i’ve read in 2020), eleanor and park by rainbow rowell (seriously this one is so problematic), one of us is lying by karen m. mcanus 

@suiteinphd: a musicology phd student who is about to have their first publication in an academic journal (congrats!)

@akaristudies: a high school piano major

@violinandchill: a violinist with super cool hair~

@frondiestudies: a cellist who’s very nice!

@vanillastudies: another very nice cellist!

@heather-journal: a music student from italy who loves baroque music and recently graduated (congrats!)

@libraery: a musicology and classical saxophone performance major

@saxblr: a saxophonist, music liberal arts major, and anthropology minor

@bassoonisms: a bassoonist who loves music, dance, and paintings

@perks-of-being-a-violinist: more of an aesthetic blog, but plays violin and is interested in studying music education

@lavietudier: not a music blog, but plays flute, enjoys transcribing songs and pieces, and would be happy to talk with you about music anytime!

@howtomusicmajor: one of the best sources for navigating your way through being a music major

@you-had-me-at-e-flat-major: a composer and instrumentalist with music memes

@lingling40hrs: a violinist with more music memes and is a fan of twosetviolin and recently became a concertmaster (congrats!)

Daphne Du Maurier; if you could become anyone, who would it be

i think i have one of my close friends in mind

George Orwell; if you could travel to a different time, where would you go

we shall assume weʼre only visiting and not staying?

Happy STS! Thanks for the question! ✨

I answered this a little bit in this ask so please check it out! To expand on that answer a bit, I typically thrive on structure and tried-and-true plot arcs (such as the character's journey) to make a basic plot for my wips. I always make sure that my wips have a beginning, middle, and end to cover my bases and then I expand from there. I use a story structure with vague emotional prompts for every point in that plot arc that helps drive the narrative. I typically start a WIP knowing how I want it to end and beginning but it’s the middle that I usually flounder with. 

The best tips that I can give you are:

Use a story structure to build your plot/novel off

Find a notetaking or visualization method to write down all of your plot information (including subplots like romances, etc) to keep everything straight. (In that answered ask, I mentioned that I use three different methods for plotting which are story structure, scene cards, and a plotting spreadsheet)

Do as much research into your characters, setting, and situation as possible. That will help guide you in the plotting process. If you know as much about your world and your characters as possible, then plotting comes easily because you find problems in your world that your characters can solve.

love; not wrong (brave) - eden

i love you - billie eilish

someone to stay - vancouver sleep clinic

please don’t say you love me - gabrielle aplin

break my heart again - finneas

somebody else - the 1975

saved - khalid

chasing fire - lauv

want you back (acoustic) - 5 seconds of summer

i don’t wanna love you anymore - lany

(sorry this took me so long >.< )

you know you are always a pleasure! I always buy my pens from a small local store, they are very inexpensive (1-2usd), (also quality is often dependent on chance), though this oneʼs inscription says it is a Dikawen K8. there is a small chance it might be a replica though.

as to how I write, I donʼt have any rigorous technique, but I sometimes draw “guiding” lines on my paper—just diagonal pencil lines to help keep my slanted letters even. also I have learnt both the american/canadian way of holding a pen and the more traditional way, and I find I do not write very well with the former. this image is very close to how I hold a pen.