Hilda by Duane Bryers
This formula, based on the Hero’s Journey, is widely cited as a winning outline for contemporary stories. But there are alternatives to this method, if you can apply the concepts of scene, series, and theme to your work.
Reblog for potential future use. I miss writing. Maybe I find a way to pick it up this summer...
Pole has ruined me for real life. All I want to do is wear skimpy ass clothes, twerk around, and work on some new moves. #wishiwasashowgirl
I needed to read this. If this is something I want to do in the future, I need to accept that this will not be easy, nor will it be something that comes naturally. I will really have to work at it.
straight boys are weak and pathetic, queer girls walk into the ladies changing room and see ten women naked, do they stare? do they say something inappropriate? do they make them uncomfortable? no because they have the common fucking sense to recognise when a situation is sexual and that people deserve the most basic level of respect to not be harassed, yet here we are banning shorts and low cut tops in school because straight boys are weak and pathetic
okay i made this post this morning and it has since had eighty two thousand notes, it’s been featured on reddit, facebook, twitter i’ve been sent multiple death threats and messages that i don’t even want to describe
and i have to apologise
i’ve seen the error of my ways
straight boys are not ’weak and pathetic’
straight boys are weak, pathetic and fucking annoying
I will reblog this every time I see it posted
John O’Donohue (via naturaekos)
When you spend so much time imparting lessons, sometimes you forget how hard it was to learn the lesson you're teaching. Sometimes you forget that learning takes emotional investment. That you have to push past feelings of embarrassment, shame, disappointment, and the "human nature" response of just giving up because it's better than failing again. Looking back, I stopped doing things that were hard or took extra effort once I was done with my gen eds in college. And that was like...5 or 6 years ago. For 5 or 6 years, I haven't had to do anything I was not good at. I took classes in my major, which always came easily to me, and then went into a profession that, while difficult, is entirely within my skill set. And while I've experienced some failure since then (because what teacher hasn't), I haven't failed at something outside my skill set, or something that made me feel vulnerable. You might be wondering where this is coming from, or what I'm talking about at all. I recently auditioned for a burlesque troupe as the next step in trying to own my body and view myself as not just intellectually worthwhile, but physically attractive. I worked for hours on the audition piece, but when it came down to it, I tanked hard. It was a combination of nerves, costume malfunction, and a lack of confidence, and I knew I wasn't gonna make it as soon as the song was over. But I finished the audition. I did it in the first place, which is a huge step forward for me. And if I can get up the courage in the future, I think I'd like to try it again. It hurt more than I thought it would, but again, I think that's because as adults we spend so much time protecting ourselves from failure and calling it "honing out skills" that we sometimes forget how much it really takes to accept failure, move beyond the emotional reaction, analyze the lesson, take something away from it, and then to finally move on and find the courage to try again. Right now, I'm still in the emotional stage. And I'm not going to try to stop myself from feeling it, because ignoring it is so much worse than dealing with it. I know eventually I'll be left with a lesson learned, a new experience, and hopefully I can find the courage to keep learning and try again. So yeah. I'm gonna let myself cry about it. Then I'm gonna put on my big girl pants and move on. And after that, maybe I'll even try again.
It’s hard not to love yourself when you’re in lingerie this pretty.
First submission :)
Waaaant.
I am all about stories where the hero and villain know each other very well and were once friends, but I could deal with it being used another way.
What if instead of being used for drama, for wistfulness and pleas to join the other side, it was more like the hero looking over a battlefield going Seriously, who does she think she’s kidding, she’s been using the same chess strategy since we were seven or the villain picking a headquarters in a specific climate because she knows the hero hates hot weather or deciding Send in some forces to round up all the copies of his favorite poet’s work, that’ll tick him off.
Or most of all them still having inside jokes with each other.
#the forces on either side wear uniforms the color that the other one cant stand #makes sure to stop the import of their favorite candies. like all other food and stuff can pass. just not THOSE candies #’DID YOU KIDNAP MY CAT?!’ ‘Yeah. He’s a sweetheart. Can I keep him?’ ‘GIVE ME BACK MY CAT.’ ‘Yeah ok.’ #sends cat back with a bow and ‘next time don’t keep your key in the same place you did when we were room mates dumbass’ #’Ma’am…the enemy has sent over a…a turkey?’ ‘…That mother fucker HE WAS SUPPOSED TO NEVER MENTION IT AGAIN. THAT’S IT. SEND HIM A FUCK#ING GOAT HE’S TERRIFIED OF THEM
In case you need a little ray of sunshine.
Thanks, Tastefully Offensive! Have a safe and happy Halloween everyone!!
IT’S OCTOBER!!!
Guys don't like that much makeup.
then I suggest they just stick to a lightweight bb cream and mascara
YES.
We are not tape that no longer sticks the more surfaces it’s put on. We are not locks that “shouldn’t be opened by more than one key.” We are not fucking pieces of gum that’s no longer chewable once one person chews it. We. Are. Not. Things.
We are not pitiful flowers with no more petals or a soda can full of spit. We are not cupcakes with all the icing licked off. We. Are. Not. Things
We are not things for you to chew up and masticate and be done with. We are not for your consumption. We are not entities who exist only so long as we maintain your interest. We are not easily digested. We. Are. Not. Things.
Put this in the history books