Lim Heng Swee

Lim Heng Swee

One of the best pranks I’ve ever seen, even the dog was shook…

I liveeeeeeeeeee for pranks!

PRANKS LIKE THIS.

Look at this. Look at the EFFORT this took.

No random screaming, no calling people slurs, no one lost anything or got hurt, THIS. THIS. Is a great prank. I hope everyone involved is having a fucking great day.

characters and world-building

kkennnicolee said:I really find your work inspiring. When I find myself in a writer’s block, my favorite book to re-read is Clockwork Princess. That passage about Tessa, Will and Jem? *Chefs kiss* What was your creative process for creating such a detailed world and well-rounded characters? I’ve done so many different outlines, I get lost in the process of it all and find it hard to actually translate it onto paper. 🖤

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Whee, writing questions. I enjoy them! OK, so, a couple of things: No one kind of writing process is going to work for everyone. It isn’t a one size fits all type of thing. You have to find out what works for you.

I can certainly talk a little about how I do things. I am a relentless outliner — as I’ve mentioned before, my outline for Chain of Iron is a horrifying 60,000 words. Part of that is that my publishing schedule necessitates that I write quickly, and outlining is one way to make that possible.

That said, I often notice that for a lot of people starting out writing, outlining is where they get bogged down. They fill notebooks with thousands of words about their characters and their world, and they wind up stuck in the process of making notes about character and world building without ever writing any actual story. It’s easy to wind up there because outlining can expand and expand, as can the process of adding endless details about your world (what kind of lamps do they use? Who’s on the money?) or magic system. 

So you get lost in the maze, but the thing about a maze is that you find out whether its solvable by running someone through it. In this case, you find out if your characters work and your world works by writing story. Only actually writing your characters interacting with each other and the plot will present you with the questions you need answered. You may not need to know what’s on the money but you may (as I have had to do for Sword Catcher) need to learn a lot about how armies work, or unusual details about crocodiles. But you likely won’t know that starting out. Put your characters in situations that pull the best and worst out of them; that’s how you’ll get to know them.

Clockwork Angel had about six different beginnings I threw away before I figured out who these characters were and how they worked. But I never would have figured those things out without those starts. So don’t think But if I start writing and don’t use what I write, it will be wasted effort. That effort isn’t wasted; that effort teaches you what you need to know and therefore, where you’re going.

do you think straight people understand what a mammal is

a hundred years of animations have taught us that no

they’ll tell me to take a biology class cuz im trans and then turn around and put tits on a duck

This has to be one of the funniest bits of internet commentary I’ve ever read

Lake Cove House, Seattle by Stuart Silk Architects.

Interior Designer: Amy Baker Interior Design.

📷 Aaron Leitz.

Grey's Anatomy is such a hard show to "restart" because you know you're just signing yourself up for impending heartbreak again. The traincar accident episode was the first time my heart got ripped out of my chest. And the guy that dies via bus saving that woman. Oh god 💔. No we skip that episode.

His & Her House / FMD Architects

Photos © Derek Swalwell, Peter Bennetts

Conceito aberto bb

The Cable House, Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia by Tom Robertson Architects | 📷 Tatjana Plitt

Interesting what they all have in common…

@ All the people in the notes saying “it’s bc they’re side characters!! Stop making it abt race when it isn’t!!”

1) yes it is about race

2) Bucky and Loki are both side characters and they have entire sub-fandoms stfu your whiteness is showing

tags by @wing-heads

The Raven Cycle

↳ “Fate,“ Blue replied, glowering at her mother, “is a very weighty word to throw around before breakfast.” 

“Pet crows give their owners names. This is identified by a unique sound they make around specific people that they would not otherwise make.“

oh my GOD

well shit

Clearly, to the crows, we’re the pets.

have y’all seen that nasa pic of the earth with the sun behind it on the night time side it really really fucked me up my own soul became solid and like………….. weeped!

who wouldn’t see this and then look deeply into their own emotional playing field to see what improvements could be made purely inspired by the vulnerable earth. this is the face of all literal gods

That’s actually called the Overview Effect- something experienced by some astronauts that makes them see that “from space, national boundaries vanish, the conflicts that divide people become less important, and the need to create a planetary society with the united will to protect this “pale blue dot” becomes both obvious and imperative”.

Do you ever wonder if there’s something wrong with us?

tag yourself ; gothic literature edition

Frankenstein: The great outdoors, half-read books, unorthodox ideas, pencil sketches, easily frightened, contemplates existence a lot, dislikes winter

The Picture of Dorian Gray: Old bookshelves, bold fashion choice, loud laughs, philosophical conversations, kisses on the hand, can be a dick sometimes, loves new languages but never commits

Dracula: Red lipstick stains, white billowy dresses, always cold to the touch, flickering candles, has eye circles, wants to believe in ghosts, only likes religion for the aesthetic

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde: Filled notebooks, foggy evenings, afraid of failure, oversized clothing, secretive whispers, stays up too late, bottles up emotions

The Phantom of the Opera: Rose petals, old perfume, being an overdramatic bitch, sings to self, handwritten letters, snowy nights, secret spaces

tsc meme: [1/10] ten scenes → breakfast with the blackthorns 

queer eye (1x02): saving sasquatch

that’s easily a Jesus cameo

julian's subplot of qoaad

EZRA MILLER for The Line of Best Fit (2018), ph. Mathew Parri Thomas.

did you mean: harry potter