“Rule One, You Have To Write. If You Don’t Write, Nothing Will Happen.”

A dear friend Bobbi Malanowski shared this with me in her comment to my post and, I just saw it now.I wanted to share it with you all too.I wish you a weekend filled with magic.

Arrogant 14-Year-Old Sentenced to Life in Prison #crime

Monsters. Who keeps raising these things? It is wrong and, those who spawn them should be held accountable for putting these things on humanity.

So far, at 50. Lol.

Trying to find ANY sort of internships or jobs in SC that even barely pertain to my major/would count as the credit hours I need for my degree just results in a whole lot of

1. False clues! Layer in false clues in alongside clues that lead to the truth of your plot twists.

2. Misdirect! Don't withhold from your readers, but give them a clue and then immediately follow that clue by a misdirecting clue.

3. Means, motive, and opportunity! Give your characters means, motive, and opportunity that will all lead to the twist.

4. True/False Clues! Weave in false clues alongside truthful clues early on and then sprinkle them in from there on. However, characters shouldn't be handed clues; they should be earned.

5. Lastly! Establish both red herrings and the antagonist's real guilt simultaneously.

Hope this is helpful to those writers who are trying to catch readers by surprise! 🤎

If you love #FleetwoodMac “Gypsy” and all those heavenly female singers from the 70’s you’d simply adore The Kim White Band- Shelter. If you want real music that speaks to you with the tone of the voice and not just the lyrics. Not all the harmful dangerous noise that they call music these days. If you have a soul and, what goes into that soul matters to you then, listen to this. At least, for a few minutes, you’d get that feeling of when the world made sense and, seemed safe and doesn’t seem to have gone mad as it all seems now. It’s beautiful escape. It stays with you. #morningfresh - The Kim White Band- Shelter

The Shiloh Hendrix Case Marks A Turning Point In The Racial Double Standard

I’m happy for Shiloh.

Simple.

A dear friend Bobbi Malanowski shared this with me in her comment to my post and, I just saw it now.I wanted to share it with you all too.I wish you a weekend filled with magic.

(via https://youtube.com/watch?v=c7xlTRW8ZLA&feature=share)

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Writing Scenes Out of Order

Gonna be honest with y'all, I have never ever written a story completely in order. I am actually incapable of doing that. Even though I write the most detailed outlines known to man before I even think about writing, I still can’t write the scenes in order. I swear by this because I sincerely believe that writing scenes out of order increases my productivity which I’ll talk about later. Even if you haven’t done this before, I recommend everyone try it at least once, so without further ado, here are a few reasons that you should write your stories out of order. 

You Can Write The Ending First

When you write your scenes in order, generally that means that you’re going to write the ending last. In my experience, the ending is one of the most important things in your story, so I recommend that even if you write everything else in order, always write the ending first. Writing the ending first always gives you a light at the end of the tunnel. It gives you a destination to eventually reach. Even when you feel like your story is going absolutely nowhere, it allows you to go back and see what you want the ending to look like from the beginning which should help your motivation and hopefully lessen that pesky writer’s block!

Oh, Those Continuity Issues 

Continuity issues are the absolute worst. I can never seem to remember the way that I described stuff at the end of the book when I’m writing everything back at the beginning. One thing that does get frustrating about writing scenes out of order, is keeping up with continuity like what season it is, what characters have already met, and even who is alive and dead at certain points. Writing scenes in order eliminates these issues because you are writing everything in the order that it happens. I would most definitely recommend keeping an outline or at least a sheet of notes when you’re writing scenes out of order, so that you can keep yourself organized and lessen the continuity issues that you have to go back and fix in later drafts!

You Can Follow Your Inspiration

I plot every scene out extensively, but if I do have an idea for a scene, I immediately write it down and worry about where it fits into the story later. For me, this increases my motivation because at least I’m writing something even if it wasn’t in my original outline. Every story has scenes that aren’t the most interesting, and as writers, those can be the hardest scenes to write. Especially if you write all of the interesting scenes first, you won’t have anything to look forward to when you’re struggling through the more transitional parts of the story. This is just my opinion, but whenever I write in chronological order, my motivation goes down a lot. I like writing whatever scenes I want to write instead of writing what comes next in the story. Knowing that I can write whatever scene I want to next makes me super excited about writing

Sprinkle In That Foreshadowing

Y’all know how much I love me some well done foreshadowing. It’s simply one of the best things about reading and writing. But, writing foreshadowing can be really complicated if you aren’t sure how the story ends or even how the foreshadowing will fit into the story later. Because I normally write the ending scenes first, when I finally get around to writing the beginning scenes, I can easily sprinkle in little bits of foreshadowing or allusions to later scenes. It also helps me not overly foreshadow anything because I can go to the end and make sure I’m not doing too much.