this image came to me in a sudden burst of enlightenment

the thrilling sequel

looking for writeblr accounts to follow!!!

Hi, my name is Xena! I want to follow fellow writers whose stories I can enjoy and learn from! please interact with this post if you’re a writer account - even if you don’t post your writing!! even if you just post about your writing experiences!!! i want to follow you all! let’s be friends <3

"It takes HOW LONG?" Black Hair is an Art (pt.2)

(This is part two of the hair lessons, focusing on writing/narratives. If you want to know how the styles LOOK, refer to part 1 and its addendum)

Now that you know what our hair actually looks like, we’re going to discuss incorporating that into your writing (original fic, fanfic, webcomics, anything with a narrative). You don’t HAVE to give us a dissertation on "how you studied 'The Black People’s Hair'" in your story. That’s not what I’m asking you to do. I’m just asking you to CONSIDER the effort and existence of it. The same way you put effort into discussing nonblack hair textures? Should be the sort of tenderness and care you put into discussing ours. It does not stand to reason that I have read thousands of stories describing "the silky, black/blonde tresses/waves that fell down their pale back as their lover ran their fingers through them", but Black readers have nothing of the sort to compare to without seeking our own authors out. Our hair deserves some loving and adoration too!

This is a very long post describing hairstyles and how they can correspond to your character's design and decisions, so I'll put a read more here. The sections are organized into 'Twist Out', 'Afros', 'Locs', 'Braids', 'Black Men', and 'Straight Hair' if you Ctrl F. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE take your time to read all of this at some point though, as I put a lot of resources and explanation into this. I'm trusting you!

One of my favourite descriptions of a character ever :)

Orion grinned and stuck his hands in his pockets, letting his coat fall open fully.

Isabel couldn’t contain her gasp.

The man was a walking chemical factory. Slung across his narrow chest was a bandolier overstuffed with flasks, test tubes, and little vials all filled to the brim with mysterious liquids of eye wateringly bright hues. On his belt hung a multitude of bulging leather pouches, a bag of black powder, what appeared to be a jar of dirt, and two pistols with worryingly large chambers.

In short, Isabel got the sense that, if he tripped, he was going to take out everything within a five-mile radius.

“What… did you say your nickname was again, Orion?”

Orion’s guileless beam grew wider.

“Oops,” he said.

“And... why’s that?”

“I’m bad at keeping secrets.”

I'm Indecisive Again~

Making the love interest for a who that nobody knows about. He can trick you into thinking he's a typical romance novel male love interest, but he's actually an optimist with a soft spot for strays at heart.

rentalcar netflix edit! these are still cool right? not that it matters hehehehe I had fun. these are so goofy

do ya like horror? do ya like vampires? do ya like hiveminds? do ya like stories about unhinged young lads eating god? go watch this here thing that doesn't exist! do it!

used a mishmash of two templates :3

if you see any typos, no you don't <3

#0283, #0284

Surskit, Masquerain

Somebody found this last week and reminded me it existed, so I'mma bring it back to this blog because it's about ten days until some of you will need that last one. :D

writeblr: i want to see your very best first lines. hit me with your favourites

My favorite one I have (for something I literally haven't even started yet lol, but the first line idea has been there since conception) is this.

That is also the title of the book. >:3

Kiersten White, The Chaos of Stars

r/opera is mostly “people asking about singing training” and “people getting mad over which singers are the ‘best’” these days HOWEVER sometimes you get gems. today’s is VERDI DINNERPLATE

The Verdi Dinnerplate.

i could fix him… but im going to give him a weird fetish instead

@absolute-nonsense-scribblings forget his name but that one immortal oc u traumatize all the time

SKFKDKFKEOFKRKWK

@prince--kiriona

HELP. YEAH

also i love that we've cowritten the doricule so much that they've ceased to belong solely to either one of us. darius is your oc dorian is mine etc etc

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