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Carcinisation
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Writing advice from my uni teachers:
- If your dialog feels flat, rewrite the scene pretending the characters cannot at any cost say exactly what they mean. No one says “I’m mad” but they can say it in 100 other ways.
- Wrote a chapter but you dislike it? Rewrite it again from memory. That way you’re only remembering the main parts and can fill in extra details. My teacher who was a playwright literally writes every single script twice because of this.
- Don’t overuse metaphors, or they lose their potency. Limit yourself.
- Before you write your novel, write a page of anything from your characters POV so you can get their voice right. Do this for every main character introduced.
This is legit good writing advice, especially the first bullet point! In playwriting class we did a bit where every bit of dialogue had to be an accusatory question and it was glorious.
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In summer, the Hitokotonushi Shrine in Ibaraki sets up on oasis for bees where they can safely collect water
Source: Spoon & Tamago (and on Twitter)
At the ancient Hitokotonushi Shrine in Japan’s Ibaraki prefecture, which was founded in the year 809, a particular breed of care and kindness is paid to the local bees. During the summer months, Hitokotonushi Shrine has a tradition of transforming a section of their water basins, intended for human visitors, and dedicating them to our pollinating friends.
Bees don’t only drink the water but they also use it to regulate the temperature of the hive, feed their young, as well as dilute stored honey. And bees can sometimes drown when searching for water so the shrines has spent a good deal of time and consideration on the design of their bee oasis, which includes moss and several other had surfaces to climb on.
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cringe running on my fail commute
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“Steam from my morning tea, here and there, merges with the haze of dawn”
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Hijikata Toshizo
Original: 朝茶呑てそちこちすれば霞けり
Read all of Hijikata’s haiku poems here: https://shinsengumi-archives.tumblr.com/post/683071924948058112/hijikata-toshizos-haiku-poems
image source: WhiteWind歴史館
The Hijikata family grew green tea in their garden. It must have been delicious…
The illustration on Hoshida Kei’s website depicts training in Shieikan on an early spring morning. People used to rise at dawn when there was still fog, then sit down for breakfast and tea, with the dawn haze clearing after everyone had gone about their business. Hoshida Kei writes in a commentary that modern Japanese usually get up later and hardly ever see the morning fog. Well, for many of us, it’s a familiar sight :)
I had my morning tea. I was doing this and that It’s getting misty.
People used to be early risers.
They would get up before dawn and get a lot of work done before breakfast. Then they had breakfast, drank tea, and sighed in relief.
After that, while they were doing whatever it was they were doing, the morning haze finally started to dissipate. It was the beginning of a spring day, and he felt as if he might doze off if he sat in the sun.
In the days when there was no electricity, no gas, no running water, and everything had to be done by hand, time must have been used carefully.
Today, when the morning haze cleared up, we might just be starting to get up, rubbing our sleepy eyes…
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A skittering crab has a small gift for you! 🦀
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What a precious occurrence! 🎈 Chibird loves balloons and wants you to have this one.
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Image from page 195 of “Children and gardens” (1908)
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🌊 Sea cow (Sirenians)🐄
Manatee, dugongs and extinct friends
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no animal image has seriously made me physically weep like this one has
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© Bremina Elena, 2018
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Local Inoshishi
We don’t usually see the inoshishi during the day, but I am guessing with the recent snowfalls, they are particularly hungry. They didn’t run off when we stopped to watch them, as they were so intent on snuffling for food. The smaller one would wag his tail when he found something to eat, which almost made him cute.
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