“Stories never really end…even if the books like to pretend they do. Stories always go on. They don’t end on the last page, any more than they begin on the first page.” ― Cornelia Funke
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It’s okay to read through your first draft and realize that 75% is terrible. That’s why we refine. That’s why we have second, third and fourth drafts. The trick is to not give up and just lay on the floor when you come to that realization.
“No writing is wasted. Did you know that sourdough from San Francisco is leavened partly by a bacteria called lactobacillus sanfrancisensis? It is native to the soil there, and does not do well elsewhere. But any kitchen can become an ecosystem. If you bake a lot, your kitchen will become a happy home to wild yeasts, and all your bread will taste better. Even a failed loaf is not wasted. Likewise, cheese makers wash the dairy floor with whey. Tomato gardeners compost with rotten tomatoes. No writing is wasted: the words you can’t put in your book can wash the floor, live in the soil, lurk around in the air. They will make the next words better.”
— Erin Bow (via observando)
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Headcannon:
By the end of “TCOG”, Tina, who has defied the law repetedly during the incidents of Paris, is informed by the MACUSA that she has crossed the line at last and is dismissed summairly.
Yet right after this, Theseus asks if she would like to work for the british ministry of magic … as head of the aurors department, he can recruit her, though they still have to negotiate with Torquil Travis as head of the department for magical law enforcement … either he agrees because of her high skilll and morals, or the british aurors, either for her part during the incidents of New York and/or Paris or because they have found a liking in her, argue strongly for her employment… maybe also pointing out that Newt Scamannder may “become less of a problem when she is around…”
She signs in for to her new post and moves to London, where her and Newt finally get a chance of further process in their relationship - not to mention since Theseus is now constantly demanding that his brother finally asks her out…
Hey JKR, whaddya say we make this canon, hmm?
“The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”
— Syliva Plath
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