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[kelsantillana-blog]

My littlest man, Charlie was having a bad dream, but his big brother Milo came over to watch over him. I'm always amazed at how much they take care of each other. It inspired a writing prompt. Put yourself into one of these guys heads in the moment of a nightmare. I'll post mine once I'm done. It'd be great to see some of yours. #writingcommunity #writingprompts #prompts #visualprompt #pictureprompts #sleepingdog #sleepydog #sleepypuppy #writingshare #author #authorsofinstagram #authorlife #authors #writingexercise #writingexercises https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt4w8cVBtxV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17g18mx3b0mqp

[kadaryanto97]

Bahasa Indonesia Untuk Perguruan Tinggi (Terampil Berbahasa, Menulis, Dan Berbicara Di Depan Umum) Pengarang : Fairuzul Mumtaz, S.S., M.Hum. Penerbit : Pustaka Baru Press ISBN : 978-602-376-225-5 Halaman : 200 hlm Ukuran : 23 x 15 cm Tahun : 2019 Original Harga Rp40.000 diskon 10% Rp36.000 Sinopsis Bahasa adalah alat komunikasi antar anggota masyarakat berupa symbol berbunyi yang dihasilkan oleh alat ucap manusia. Bahasa digunakan dalam proses komunikasi untuk menyampaikan pikiran, perasaan, pesan, dan informasi baik antar individu maupun antar kelompok. Penggunaan bahasa tersebut tidak hanya berbentu lisan, tetapi juga berbentuk tulisan. Pada praktiknya, bahasa memegang peran utama dalam interaksi intrapersonal, interpersonal, dan lebih jauh lagi untuk kelangsungan hidup berbangsa dan bernegara. DAFTAR ISI BAB 1 Sejarah, Kedudukan, Dan Fungsi Bahasa Indonesia BAB 2 Ketrampilan Berbahasa BAB 3 Ragam Bahasa BAB 4 Diksi BAB 5 Kalimat BAB 6 Membaca Untuk Menulis BAB 7Menulis BAB 8 Penulisan Karya Ilmiah BAB 9Plagiarisme BAB 10Berbicara Di Depan Umum #ramadhankariim #kamusbahasaindonesia #belajarbahasaindonesia #siswa #belajarbahasa #puisi #belajarnulis #sharingonline #likeforlikes #literaturelover #sastraindo #sastra #belajarbareng #bahasaindonesiauntukperguruantinggi #writingsharing #lfl #nulisasyik #writingtips #artikata #ejaan #nulisyuk #maknakata #istilah #litetasi #menulis #membaca #artikel #sunnah #literasi #esai https://www.instagram.com/p/CAI-ap2BQhs/?igshid=ipnptj0ywxhy

[garrardmcclendon-blog]

Donda West Rule #7 - Beware of politics and faulty hierarchies. - #DondaWest #DondaRules #DondasRules #composition #writingShare >>>

[writerlydays]

I was tagged in this tag game by @c-foley! Thanks! 

1. If you could co-author a book with any author, living or dead, who would you choose?

oooooooh boy. oh boy. boy oh boy. That’s a tricky one. I want to say Terry Pratchett, because he’s my favorite author of all time. But also I would die if he read my crappy writing, so. 

2. If you could get any picture/quote/whatever from a book tattooed on you, what would you get?

There are a lot of Terry Pratchett quotes I’d love to get. Some of my favorites are:

“Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”

“It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living.”

3. If you could bring any extinct animal back to life what would you chose?

Megalodon. I fucking love megalodon. 

4. Dark, milk, or white chocolate?

white chocolate!

5. If you could visit any place on earth where would you choose?

The Mariana trench 

6. What’s your all-time favorite book from childhood?

I still have my copy of The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith

7. What song would you choose as your theme song?

Light My Fire - The Doors

8. Would you rather always be early when everyone else is later, or always late when everyone else is early?

i gotta be early. i gotta do it. 

9.  If you could enter the world of any painting, which one would you choose?

church at auvers

10. What’s your favorite soup flavor?

tomato

11. When writing - pantser, planner, or plantser?

all of the above and also none of the above. i’m a mess.

My Questions:

SAME QUESTIONS BC THEY’RE GOOD AN ALSO IM LAZY AF

Tagging: @writingshare, @seedsofreckoning, @plotmonkey, @ink--and--paper, @by-the-sidelines, @theschoolofmagic

[thewritehag]

10 Questions Tag

Answer the questions given, write ten new ones, and tag ten others!

I was tagged by @isnappedmypencil, who asked me: 

1. Do you have a writing playlist? If yes, how do you decide which songs go on it?

I kinda do, but I can’t listen to them when I’m sitting down to write; I can only handle white noise, if anything. I have some that I use for inspiration when I’m brainstorming or when a song gives me an idea, I’ll write down the idea (like who my not-exactly antagonist is and what her motivations/methods are) and what the song is (like “Castle” by Halsey).  

2. Who is one person who knows just as much about your WIPs and OCs as you do?

No one. The closest is my sister, but I haven’t told her everything because we’re both busy and I want there to be surprises for everyone. Plus, I change stuff a lot.

3. Do you, like many writers, carry around a small notepad and pen or something similar to write in while on the go?

I do, but it’s just in case my phone or other recording devices fail me (which happened when I was interviewing someone for some primary research for my wip).

4. What’s a particularly funny line that you’re proud of?

Okay, so context, ‘cause that’s the only way this line works: I can’t speak for other states or countries, but where I’m from, place-names aren’t always phonetic or they are in the worst ways. It’s usually the former. Alice is a traveling neurosurgeon from Oxford, UK and is settling in with Sloane in Leicester, ID (fictional, btw). So, Sloane and Alice are visiting Sloane’s other friend, Lynne who is a radio broadcaster, who teaches radio, and runs a podcast, and outside her studio is where the beginning to my funny line begins: 

[...]“Whatever her students want to do, some local announcements. Her podcast—Leicester Casting—is also about local stuff, but more about the spooky and weird.”

“Conspiracy theories? Cryptids?” Alice asked.

“Yeah, stuff like that,” Sloane smiled and started down the steps, Chatter at the lead once more. 

“I was joking,” Alice said and followed. 

“You did say you’ve never been anywhere so small, right?” Sloane smirked over her shoulder, then turned back, watching her footing around her kitty. “I’ve been told Idaho’s the kind of place that, if something strange happened, it would happen here, and that would be about right.”

Alice was digesting this.

“Why is it called ‘Lexter Casting’?” She asked while Sloane got to the landing and rounded the corner for the next flight of stairs.

“It’s like a thing about fly fishing. You know, ‘casting a line.’ That kind of thing.”

They continued talking while they took the stairs slowly, even Chatter did, while she was still a few steps ahead.

“Okay, I mean,” Alice said, floundering, “why ‘Lexter’?”

“It’s, um, local? I told you that.”

“Yes, but,” Alice was becoming frustrated, “who is Lexter? Or what is it?”

Sloane stopped in the middle of the second stair from the bottom, Alice bumped into her. Sloane turned around and Alice, pausing before she was likely about to apologize, eyed the smile crawling over her friend’s face.

“That’s the name,” she said, amusement inching up her voice. “Of the town. That we’re in.”

Alice was quiet and Sloane turned back around, going down the final flight. She didn’t turn when Alice gasped and hurried footsteps almost had her falling again when Alice rammed into her back with more purpose. Sloane laughed while she caught her balance, then went back to gritting her teeth. 

Alice propped her back up, practically pinned her awkwardly against the wall and railing. Alice’s eyes narrowed down at Sloane and her clamped-down grin.

“It’s pronounced,” Alice said slowly, lowly, each word scraped under and over her teeth, “‘Leicester.’”

Sloane knew that. She had read it in the numerous books she stocked and sold about hauntings, witches, vampires, and faerie all in the UK, about Black Annie in Leicester, in the East Midlands of England. 

Sloane quirked her head and dropped her smile into a pout. 

“Who’s Lester?” 

5. If you could insert yourself into any scene in your story, which scene and why?

I’d put myself in the scene with the “host witch” who’s being drained by the witch hunters (oh, there’s back story to what she’s hosting), and free her. I hate myself for doing this, but I’m setting up some nefarious antagonists. 

6. If you could cross your story over with another story’s universe, would you? Which one?

Sure. I’d do the Discworld Series by Terry Pratchett. I think it’d be fun and it’s a different sort of fantasy and sci-fi representation than I’m doing. 

7. Explaining your story to someone who asks about it: Keep it short or monologue for days.

I could monologue, easy. I can elevator pitch it, sure, but it’s not as fun. Depends on how much I like the person asking.

8. Have you ever imagined your first interview about your book? Do you ever “practice” answering interview questions to yourself?

Sometimes. I know that I’d have fun and be a real trial for the interviewer.

9. One of your favorite writers wants to beta read your WIP. Who would you like it to be?

Neil Gaiman or Emma Bull.

10. How do you imagine the cover art of your book to look?

I really don’t know. Something minimalist.

~

Alrighty, my writer-type questions:

What’s your writing method?

What’s the worst bit of writing advice you ever gotten and why?

What gif sums up your WIP (I saw this one in another tag game and I really like it, so it’s mine now)?

What tea blend would you make for one of your side-characters (a la adagio)?

What sparks your imagination?

What’s something you hate yourself for doing to your characters, but was absolutely necessary? 

Your antagonist has a sudden craving, what is it?

How do you feel about fanfiction writing?

How do you deal with timelines in your writing?

If you and another writer, anyone, were piloting a jaeger, who would your co-pilot be and what did you name your jaeger? 

And, tagging: @brynwrites, @catandwrite, @writingshare, @angewrites, @crazybunchwriter, @goatscantwrite, @eggletine, and anyone else who also thinks my and @isnappedmypencil‘s questions are too cool to pass up not answering. Tag me back if you do, since I’m nosy. 

[argentenigma]

Sunday Update (Week 24)

Been a really tough week. Had a million things to do at work and home. Somehow, the stars aligned and I made it through. Credit goes to good friends and some really hard work. Everyone came out completely drained, but we still kicked ass and took names.

Something completely unrelated kept my spirits super high: the Lords and Ladies of Tumblr. I’m blown away, people. Imagine my surprise when I woke up Thursday morning to see I had been tagged in a @writingshare writeblr masterpost. 18 new followers as a result. 18 fellow sufferers. It was my guiding light for the second half of my week.

Really good to know that there are open ears out there and an inspiring and supportive community of writers.

Speaking of writing, I have passed the climax. It was tough. It was gritty. It was hard to write. But it’s over. Moving on to the resolution now. My goal of having a complete first draft before the year’s end will be complete a few months ahead of schedule. That’ll let me go ahead and outline the next installment of the series and work on a few short stories in the meantime. Editing here and there. The big revision overhaul will probably start at the dawn of 2018.

It’s so strange to be at the end of this draft. My only solace is that the story is far from the end. There are larger evils at work. More nefarious schemes. More things to discover. More quirky characters to meet. Moments of triumph and moments of downfall. The fun doesn’t stop here.

Keep on writing, folks, and be safe out there.