#learning to be an author

[chroniclesofatimeandplace]

Day Two of Being an Author

Nearly two weeks seems to have escaped me in my updates but fear not, for I have still been working on my journey! I have worked on the outline for my novel (which is being called Project Doors for the moment) in preparation for NaNoWriMo this year and attempting to gain inspiration for how the story may go. I attended a large book sale my local library puts together every year, which seems to have garnered a lot of popularity since the last time I've attended.

My goals for the upcoming weeks are to finish the outline of Project Doors and begin hashing out the true souls of the characters. My classes will resume here soon, so I'll be finding myself with significantly less time to dedicate to my writings. However, I will try the best I can to manage both.

L. M. Lewis

[monsoon-of-art]

[reallybadblackoutpoems]

meditations on first philosophy (1641) - rene descartes

"who give a shit"

[throesofincreasingwonder]

"A story doesn't need a theme in order to be good" I'm only saying this once but a theme isn't some secret coded message an author weaves into a piece so that your English teacher can talk about Death or Family. A theme is a summary of an idea in the work. If the story is "Susan went grocery shopping and saw a weird bird" then it might have themes like 'birds don't belong in grocery stores' or 'nature is interesting and worth paying attention to' or 'small things can be worth hearing about.' Those could be the themes of the work. It doesn't matter if the author intended them or not, because reading is collaborative and the text gets its meaning from the reader (this is what "death of the author" means).

Every work has themes in it, and not just the ones your teachers made you read in high school. Stories that are bad or clearly not intended to have deep messages still have themes. It is inherent in being a story. All stories have themes, even if those themes are shallow, because stories are sentences connected together for the purpose of expressing ideas, and ideas are all that themes are.

[anneapocalypse]

So, just curious how many writers and creators will have to be forcibly outed by relentless harassment before we acknowledge that "This queer characters was written by a cishet person and that's why they're bad" is not good criticism.

[crispyliza]

I've got you all figured out fanartists

[nerdpoe]

Jason Todd is stealing the tires off of the Batmobile, when a man walks up on him doing it.

The man stares at him, nods, and just says "I'll keep a look out, man, go go go!"

So Jason does, and he gets all four tires with the man's help.

The man introduces himself as Danny Foley, and asks Jason if he wants to go get some burgers.

Danny, meanwhile, has decided that yes. This is the child he will adopt. He just has to convince the kid of that.

Batman has to call in Alfred to bring around his backup vehicle with spare tires, and little Timmy gets some wonderful shots of Batman having to replace his own tires.

@simplestoryteller

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Get Their Ass.

[First] Prev <–-> Next

[rottmnt-residuum]

promised raph angst. so much under the surface

this takes place right before leo and mikey get back from checking hidden city entrances

[azriaann]

them dancing is my favourite thing ever i think!🥹

[alien-bluez]

Lark can't handle nice things, and as he says "always fucks it up."

Drew a scene from this fic here, please please go read it right now!

[chroniclesofatimeandplace]

Hello there!

For those who have found their way into my humble abode (yes, I do live on Tumblr), hello! Make yourselves at home! Have a cup of coffee, why don't you?

My name is L.M. Lewis, a potentially indie realistic fiction writer. My purpose for this blog is to hold myself accountable for progressing my writing, potentially finding some friends along the way. I chronicle my days of learning to be an author; what I did that day, how I got there, and what my future goals are.

Truth be told, I may also shitpost here from time to time.

I am always open to interactions and growing a community over here on Tumblr. Feel free to drop a question, reblog, or simply just lurk. All are welcome.

[bluastro-yellow]

Kurvitz stresses that Kim doesn't actually have a character sheet hidden in Disco Elysium's code. Imagining that Lieutenant Kitsuragi has only one natural attribute point in Motorics helps the ZA/UM team to understand the depth of his character beyond what's referenced in the game's dialogue. "We just came up with this stuff for coherency," says Kurvitz. "And because we're nerds."

"I like to think Kim has a Thought Cabinet project called Revolutionary Aerostatic Brigades that he's worked on since he was a teenager," Kurvitz says. "This raises the learning caps for his Reaction Speed and Interfacing."

Kim's high Volition skill makes him impervious to prying, Kurvitz says, as the detective can find out on occasions being met with Kim's brick-wall resolve. Kim often chastises these whims of the detective's, but will occasionally play along. The Lieutenant finds his new partner funny, says Kurvitz.

Kim is naturally shit at Motorics and thinks Harry is funny source

[reallybadblackoutpoems]

allegory of the cave (380 bc.) - plato

“socrates: now consider the following. barkbarkbark”

[i-was-today-years-old-when]

i learned that in 1963 a 16 year old sent a 4 question survey to 150 well-known authors (75 of which replied) in order to prove to his English tutor that writers don't intentionally add symbolic content to their books (x)

[novlr]

Get the pacing right

When pacing a scene, it's important to know what kind of scene it is.

Less description quickens the pace. More description slows it down.

Keep your action scenes short and punchy, and your emotional scenes deep and descriptive.