The Right Writing

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You can take for granted that people know more or less what a street, a shop, a beach, a sky, an oak tree look like. Tell them what makes this one different.
Neil Gaiman

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jacko-as-a-pun:

so basically here’s an actual important thing that needs doing. fuck monsters for five seconds and listen to this. 

tumblr user http://stfufood.tumblr.com/ has made it their personal challenge to have someone commit suicide however possible. they post links to people’s tumblrs asking their followers to send them hate messages. they are constantly railing against people with anxiety/depression saying they should kill themselves and rid the world of them.

well how about this, i’m making it my personal challenge to have their tumblr removed to stop the hate. if you want to help email abuse@tumblr.com and explain what’s going down. we need stfufood brought down before someone gets seriously hurt. 

if you take the time to do this, then thank you very very much. i love you all. 

If you’re easily disturbed, don’t click on their blog. There’s some NSFW stuff. Just report them. Stfufood literally thinks people with disorders and mental illnesses shouldn’t be allowed to live because of all the “suffering” those people have to endure by just living.

If you want to see one of Stfufood’s posts telling people to commit suicide without wading through NSFW posts, look here. But be warned: it’s probably one of the most terrible things you’ll ever read on Tumblr.

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When you need to do a lot of research on something

  • When it’s a scientific field. If you want to include lots of biology in your book, you’d better know more than ninth grade biology.
  • When it’s another culture, or even your own culture in the past. If you rely on only prior knowledge and you get something laughably wrong, you can offend a lot of people.
  • When you want to include the best item in a large category, such as dog breeds or guns, for a specific job.
  • When you’re making an allusion to a book you haven’t read (not a good idea in the first place).
  • When you’re talking about the human body in extreme conditions

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How big is your total wordcount?

I’ve heard from several authors and websites that many people really start getting good once they’ve reached one million words.

Take the wordcount of every story you’ve ever written and add it up. Does it fall short? There’s nothing wrong with that. You just haven’t lived long enough yet to reach a million at your own pace. Get writing.

Does it reach a million?

Then proclaim from the rooftops how awesome you are because you deserve it.

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liquor-inthe-front:

Single Woman’s Title = Miss
Married Woman’s Title = Mrs.
Unknown Woman’s Title = Ms.

Married Man’s Title = Mr.
Single Man’s Title = Mr.
Unknown Man’s Title = Mr.

Because a woman only has status if she is married

think about it.
add an apostrophe to Mrs = Mr’s.
think about it.

and then go throw up. 

IT’S SHORT FOR MISTRESS

NO, NOT MISTRESS AS IN “THE OLD MARRIED MAN KEPT A SECRET MISTRESS”

MISTRESS AS IN

GASP

THE FEMININE FORM OF THE WORD MISTER

STOP MAKING UP WORD ORIGINS AND THEN GETTING OFFENDED I SEE THIS KIND OF STUFF ON TUMBLR ALL THE TIME IT’S SO ANNOYING

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