teamfelton:

That felt good. - Not good. Brilliant!

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#dramione #hp

asheathes:

Animated posters // (click to enlarge)

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#hp

magicfolk:

“WHY ARE YOU WORRYING ABOUT YOU-KNOW-WHO?
YOU SHOULD BE WORRYING ABOUT U-NO-POO —
THE CONSTIPATION SENSATION THAT’S GRIPPING THE NATION!”

6 years ago + 1661 ♥
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#babies #george weasley #fred weasley #hp

clark-kents:

When in doubt, gotta get those thighs of betrayal.

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#baby #sebastian stan

bisexualremuslupin:

We always talk about the relationship between Lily and the Marauders but how about jAMES AND LILY’S FRIENDS???? LIKE SURELY THE MY-FAMILY-IS-ALSO-YOUR-FAMILY-NOW DYNAMIC IN JAMES AND LILY’S RELATIONSHIP WAS NOT ONE SIDED

  • While the Marauders basically accepted Lily with open arms even before she and James started dating, I feel like Lily’s friends are trickier to please because they know how much of a bully James was and they have every right to be suspicious of him even as he’s growing out of it. However, they, like the Marauders, are also dramatic nerds. The second they find out that James and Lily are friends now, they manage to turn the corner of the Common Room into an interrogation room. “Guys??? Do ANY of you want to go down to dinner with me???” “NOT NOW LILY LARGER THINGS ARE AT STAKE - Potter, answer Dorcas’ question” By the end of their first term in sixth year, though, they’re all super tight. 
  • The day everyone is leaving for the holidays, Lily finds James at the Hogsmeade station but before she can ask him why he’s there when he’s staying for the holidays, she sees him helping Marlene with all her luggage as they talk animatedly about something ( “what do you MEAN Dorcas is spending the holidays at your place” “it’s nothing, james oh my god.” “you are BLUSHING U NERD. write to me okay don’t leave anything out or i will hex you”)
  • Potions class where they’re dealing with a lot more fire than usual and the whole room feels like a boiling pot but Sirius is okay because he knows James always carries an extra hair tie for him so he just grabs James’ wrist. “Sirius what” “…hair tie?” “oh, sorry, i lent it to Alice” “you WHAT” “she’s had a really bad day today okay you don’t understand”
  • During the Easter holidays, James invites everyone over at his place to just hang out. remus, sirius, peter are so used to the place that they just kiss Mrs. potter on the cheek and go up to james’ room while he introduces the girls. mrs. potter taking one look at the girls and going all “okay so which one of you is responsible for my lack of sleep because my son could not shut up about - what was it, again, james? oh right - ‘her dazzling eyes and lips that look like they taste like firewhiskey and candy and hope’?” and everyone is laughing except for a very red james potter and a smirking lily
  • James is very much over his immature, hexing-people-for-fun days, but the moment some boys call Marlene a homophobic slur, he sends about 8 different hexes and jinxes their way. He ends up with a week long detention, polishing trophies. That week, Marlene carries around a very dramatic “Free James Potter” picket sign to all her classes to annoy the teachers. (“Pete, why didn’t I ever think of that” “Because you’re always the one in detention with him, Sirius”)
  • One night when the girls are just lazing around the fireplace, James bursts in like he had a huge crisis “okay i know you lot have been feeling left out because we have a cool name and you don’t-” “not really” “-and i apologize bc i know you want in in the whole thing with your own nicknames and everything-” “actually no” “ it’s always been the four of us, me moony padfoot and wormtail… HOWEVER YOU CAN BE LIKE THE SECOND WAVE OF MARAUDERS” “….oh god….no…don’t” “THE MORE-AUDERS” “JAMES NO”
  • The day of Frank and Alice’s first date, James goes to him beforehand like “Hi Frank Longbottom, right?” “James you’ve known me for years” “What exactly are your intentions with Alice?” “Are you joking” and Alice passes by and Frank is just signalling for help and Alice just smirks and crosses her arms like “you didn’t answer James’ question”
  • James french braiding Marlene’s hair before Quidditch practice because it always gets in the way and using magic to make her ponytails hold always ends up messy. “That should be able to keep your hair neat, I can twist it into a bun later if you need” and Marlene is just looking in the mirror in awe because it’s so neat and well made “how are you so good with hair holy shit” “are you forgetting who my best friend is”
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#YESSSSSSS #marauders era #hp

solangelo-is-my-drug:

In my history class, we were debating about breast feeding and all the boys were like “ew gross women should go in the bathroom or not do that in public” and I never talk in that class, but I felt compelled to input my opinion so I said “men think the display of a woman’s body is good until it’s no longer for their pleasure” and everyone just shut their mouths and looked at me. I’ve never seen so many boys open their mouth to defend themselves and have nothing come out in my life.

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#burn

enginesinrepair:

DARK HARRY POTTER | Ginny Weasley

She never recovered from Lord Voldemort’s possession. Voices and vicious visions plagued her dreams and his darkness ate her soul, bit by bit, night by night until only a deep chasm was left.Until she could feel the poison seeping into her veins, her magic. Until her long ago love for Harry Potter turned black with hatred. Until she wanted nothing more than to see him bleed.
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#yyyees #ginny weasley #hp #au #hp au

cyrusassists:

If you’re looking to create a new character but find yourself stuck with no refreshing ideas, look no further. I’ve compiled a long list of random choice generators that will not only create new and exciting characters for you but they will also provide assistance in making your role-play and/or plots much more exciting. The first half will aid you in character building, whereas the second half is entirely miscellaneous and meant to add a spice to your RP.

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#writing
Underrated mythological creatures in YA books

grangerandherbooks:

I have always loved mythological creatures, but I think too many YA paranormal books focus on four creatures: vampires, werewolves, angels and fairies. So with the help of my followers (really they did all the work, I just wrote down the books into categories), I have compiled a list of books with underrated mythological creatures. Just to clarify, I haven’t read most of these books.

So if you like:

Mermaids:

  • Sea Change by Aimee Friedman
  • Siren by Tricia Rayburn
  • Fathomless by Jackson Pearce
  • Forgive My Fins by Tera Lynn Childs
  • Of Poseidon by Anna Banks
  • Teeth by Hannah Moskowitz
  • Ingo by Helen Dunmore
  • Sirena by Donna Jo Napoli
  • Ascension by Kara Dalkey
  • Deep Blue by Jennifer Donnelly
  • Lost Voices by Sarah Porter
  • Wake by Amanda Hocking  
  • The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler
  • Tangled Tides by Karen Amanda Hooper
  • Tempest Rising by Tracey Deebs
  • Lies Beneath series by Anne Greenwood
  • The Siren by Kiers Cass
  • Daughters of the Sea by Kathryn Lasky

Ghosts:

  • Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
  • A Wounded Name by Dot Hutchison (A retelling of Hamlet)
  • Shades of London by Maureen Johnson
  • The Riddles of Epsilon by Christine Morton-Shaw
  • The Hollow by Jessica Verday
  • Shade by Jeri Smith Ready
  • Hereafter by Tara Hudson
  • Ruined by Paula Morris

Necromancers:

  • The Darkest Powers trilogy by Kelley Armstrong
  • Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen (a trilogy) by Garth Nix
  • Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride
  • The Johannes Cabal series by Jonathan L. Howard 

Demons:

  • Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
  • Personal Demonsby Lisa Desrochers
  • Demon Lexicon series by Sarah Rees Brennan

Banshee:

  • My Soul To Take by Rachel Vincent
  • Sidhe’s Call by Christy G. Thomas 
  • The Banshee Initiate by Kelly Matsuura

Goblins:

  • Runemarks by Joanne Harris
  • The Goblin Wood by Hilari Bell
  • The Hollow Kingdom by Clare B. Dunkle

Monsters:

  • The Monstrumologist series by Rick Yancey
  • Pretty Monsters by Kelly Link

Dragons:

  • Eon by Alison Goodman
  • The Dragon of Trelian by Michelle Knudsen 
  • Enchanted Forrest series by Patricia C. Wrede

Soul Colector:

  • The Collector by Victoria Scott

Water horses:

  • The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

Pooka:

  • Other by Karen Kincy

Dracons/draki:

  • Firelightby Sophie Jordan
  • Talon by Julie Kagawa


Unicorns:

  • Rampant by Diana Peterfreund
  • The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle 

Greek mythology:

  • Oh. My. Gods. by Tera Lynn Childs
  • Pegasus by Robin McKinley
  • Antigoddess by Kendare Blake

The Devil:

  • Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke

Different creatures:

  • Darkness Becomes Her by Kelly Keaton
  • Enchanted Ivy by Sarah Beth Durst
  • Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
  • The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff
  • Beautiful Decay by Sylvia Lewis
  • The Changelings by Elle Casey

Succubus:

  • Mesmerized by Julia Crane and Talia Jager

Egyptian mythology:

  • The Chaos of Stars by Kiersten White

Chimaera:

  • Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

Djinn:

  • The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud

Skin-walkers:

  • The Darkness Rising trilogy by Kelley Armstrong

Trickster gods and demons:

  • Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge (A retelling of Beauty and the Beast)

Original mythology:

  • Books of Great Alta series by Jane Yolen

Genies:

  • As You Wish by Jackson Pearce

Selkies:

  • Seven Tears into the Sea by Terri Farley
  • Half Human by Bruce Coville

Reapers:

  • The Madison Avery series by Kim Harrison

Polynesian mythology:

  • Wildefire by Karsten Knight

Nightmare:

  • The Nightmare Affair  by Mindee Arnett
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Writing Masterpost

mylifehasbeentakenoverbygayhalp:

Character Help

Dialogue

General Help

Plotting

Prompts and Ideas

Research

Revision

Setting

Sounds to listen to whilst writing

Tools

This took me a good few hours and a lot of effort to make and even though it was mainly for myself anyone can feel free to use it, for the note it is still under construction and I am undergoing fixes. So If anyone actually does use this other than myself and notices a broken link or something not quite right, could you please inform me about it? Thank you.

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#writing

thewritingcafe:

10 Tips on Writing Strong Scenes For a Novel or Story | WritersDigest.com

writing-tips-blog:

A story or novel is, in essence, a series of scenes strung together with narrative summary adding texture & color. A work of fiction is many scenes, each having a beginning, middle & end. The beginning of each scene is what we’ll address here.

10 Ways to Launch Strong Scenes

Categories: How to Improve Writing Skills, How to Start Writing a Book, 1st Chapter, Literary Fiction Writing, What’s New, Writing Your First Draft Tags: craft/technique, fiction.
October 11, 2011 | Jordan E. Rosenfeld | Comments: 0

Any story or novel is, in essence, a series of scenes strung together like beads on a wire, with narrative summary adding texture and color between. A work of fiction will comprise many scenes, and each one of these individual scenes must be built with a structure most easily described as having a beginning, middle and end. The beginning of each scene is what we’ll address here.

The word beginning is a bit misleading, since some scenes pick up in the middle of action or continue where others left off, so I prefer the term launch, which more clearly suggests the place where the reader’s attention is engaged anew.

Visually, in a manuscript a new scene is usually signified by the start of a chapter, by a break of four lines (called a soft hiatus) between the last paragraph of one scene and the first paragraph of the next one, or sometimes by a symbol such as an asterisk, to let the reader know that time has passed.

Each new scene still has a responsibility to the idea or plot you started with, and that is to communicate your idea in a way that is vivifying for the reader and that provides an experience, not a lecture. Scene launches, therefore, pave the way for all the robust consequences of the idea or plot to unfurl. Each scene launch is a reintroduction, capturing your reader’s attention all over again. Start each scene by asking yourself two key questions:

  • Where are my characters in the plot? Where did I leave them and what are they doing now?
  • What is the most important piece of information that needs to be revealed in this scene?

Only you and the course of your narrative can decide which kinds of launches will work best for each scene, and choosing the right launch often takes some experimentation. Here we’ll cover 10 key techniques for launching scenes in three main ways: with action, narrative summary or setting.

ACTION LAUNCHES
The sooner you start the action in a scene, the more momentum it has to carry the reader forward. If you find yourself explaining an action, then you’re not demonstrating the action any longer; you’re floating in a distant star system known as Nebulous Intellectulus—more commonly known as your head—and so is the reader.
Keep in mind the key elements of action: time and momentum. It takes time to plan a murder over late-night whispers; to cause an embarrassing scene by drunkenly dropping a jar at the grocery; to blackmail a betraying spouse; or to haul off and kick a wall in anger. These things don’t happen spontaneously, they happen over a period of time. They are sometimes quick, sometimes slow, but once started, they unfold until finished.
The key to creating strong momentum is to start an action without explaining anything:

Albert leads them all into the dining room and everyone drifts around the large teak table, studying the busily constructed salads at each place setting—salads, which, with their knobs of cheese, jutting chives and little folios of frisée, resemble small Easter hats.

“Do we wear these or eat them?” asks Jack. In his mouth is a piece of gray chewing gum like a rat’s brain.

Lorrie Moore plunges her reader into the above scene in the story “Beautiful Grade.” Although the action is quiet, there is physical movement and a sense of real time. The lack of explanation for what is happening forces the reader to press on to learn more. The action gives clues to the reader: The characters are led into a room full of wildly decorated salads that one character is uncertain whether he should eat or wear, which gives a sense of the environment—probably chic. We get a feeling for Jack—he’s got a good sense of humor. Clearly something more is going to happen in this environment, and judging from the tone of the paragraph, we can probably expect irony and humor.

Action launches tend to energize the reader’s physical senses. To create an action launch:

1. GET STRAIGHT TO THE ACTION. Don’t drag your feet here. “Jimmy jumped off the cliff” rather than “Jimmy stared at the water, imagining how cold it would feel when he jumped.”

2. HOOK THE READER WITH BIG OR SURPRISING ACTIONS. An outburst, car crash, violent heart attack or public fight at the launch of a scene allows for more possibilities within it.

3. BE SURE THAT THE ACTION IS TRUE TO YOUR CHARACTER. Don’t have a shy character choose to become suddenly uninhibited at the launch of a scene. Do have a bossy character belittle another character in a way that creates conflict.

4. ACT FIRST, THINK LATER. If a character is going to think in your action opening, let the action come first, as in, “Elizabeth slapped the Prince. When his face turned pink, horror filled her. What have I done? she thought.”

NARRATIVE LAUNCHES
Writers often try to include narrative summary, such as descriptions of the history of a place or the backstory of characters, right at the launch of a scene, believing that the reader will not be patient enough to allow actions and dialogue to tell the story. In large doses, narrative summaries are to scenes what voice-overs are to movies—distractions and interruptions.

Yet a scene launch is actually one of the easier places to use a judicious amount of narrative summary, so long as you don’t keep the reader captive too long. Take the opening of this scene in Amanda Eyre Ward’s novel How to Be Lost:

The afternoon before, I planned how I would tell her. I would begin with my age and maturity, allude to a new lover, and finish with a bouquet of promises: grandchildren, handwritten letters, boxes from Tiffany sent in time to beat the rush. I sat in my apartment drinking Scotch and planning the words.

The above bit is almost entirely narrative summary, and the only action—drinking Scotch—is described, not demonstrated. There is no real setting, and the only visual cues the reader has are vague and abstract. However, the narrative summary does demonstrate the nature of the character, Caroline—she feels she must butter her mother up, bribe her even, in order to ask for something she needs, which turns out to be a relatively small thing. It reflects Caroline’s tendency to live in her head, and shows us she’s the kind of person who must prepare herself mentally for difficult things—a theme that recurs throughout the book. It’s also useful because Caroline spends a lot of time by herself, cutting herself off from her relationships, and, therefore, it is very true to her personality. In just one short paragraph of narrative summary, the reader learns a lot about Caroline, and Ward gets to action in the next paragraph:

Georgette stretched lazily on the balcony. Below, an ambulance wailed. A man with a shopping cart stood underneath my apartment building, eating chicken wings and whistling.

If the entire scene had continued in narrative summary, it would have had a sedative effect on the reader, and the scene’s momentum would have been lost.

A narrative approach is best used with the following launch strategies:

5. SAVE TIME BY BEGINNING WITH SUMMARY. Sometimes actions will simply take up more time and space in the scene than you would like. A scene beginning needs to move fairly quickly and, on occasion, summary will get the reader there faster.

6. COMMUNICATE NECESSARY INFORMATION TO THE READER BEFORE THE ACTION KICKS IN. Sometimes information needs to be imparted simply in order to set action in motion later in the scene. Opening sentences such as, “My mother was dead before I arrived,” “The war had begun” and, “The storm left half of the city underwater,” could easily lead to action.

7. REVEAL A CHARACTER’S THOUGHTS OR INTENTIONS THAT CANNOT BE SHOWN THROUGH ACTION. Coma victims, elderly characters, small children and other characters sometimes cannot speak or act for physical, mental or emotional reasons; therefore the scene may need to launch with narration to let the reader know what they think and feel.

SETTING LAUNCHES
Sometimes setting details—like a jungle on fire, or moonlight sparkling on a lake—are so important to plot or character development that it’s appropriate to include visual setting at the launch of a scene. This is often the case in books set in unusual, exotic or challenging locations such as snowy Himalayan mountains, lush islands or brutal desert climates. If the setting is going to bear dramatically on the characters and the plot, then there is every reason to let it lead into the scene that will follow.

John Fowles’ novel The Magus is set mostly on a Greek island that leaves an indelible imprint on the main character, Nicholas. He becomes involved with an eccentric man whose isolated villa in the Greek countryside becomes the stage upon which the major drama of the novel unfolds. Therefore, it makes sense for him to launch a scene in this manner:

It was a Sunday in late May, blue as a bird’s wing. I climbed up the goat-paths to the island’s ridge-back, from where the green froth of the pine-tops rolled two miles down to the coast. The sea stretched like a silk carpet across to the shadowy wall of mountains on the mainland to the west. … It was an azure world, stupendously pure, and as always when I stood on the central ridge of the island and saw it before me, I forgot most of my troubles.

The reader needs to be able to see in detail the empty Greek countryside in which Nicholas becomes so isolated. It sets the scene for something beautiful and strange to happen, and Fowles does not disappoint.
These final three methods can create an effective scenic launch:

8. ENGAGE WITH SPECIFIC VISUAL DETAILS. If your character is deserted on an island, the reader needs to know the lay of the land. Any fruit trees in sight? What color sand? Are there rocks, shelter or wild, roaming beasts?

9. USE SCENERY TO SET THE TONE OF THE SCENE. Say your scene opens in a jungle where your character is going to face danger; you can describe the scenery in language that conveys darkness, fear and mystery.

10. REFLECT A CHARACTER’S FEELINGS THROUGH SETTING. Say you have a sad character walking through a residential neighborhood. The descriptions of the homes can reflect that sadness—houses can be in disrepair, with rotting wood and untended yards. You can use weather in the same way. A bright, powerfully sunny day can reflect a mood of great cheer in a character.

Scene launches happen so quickly and are so soon forgotten that it’s easy to rush through them, figuring it doesn’t really matter how you get it started. Don’t fall prey to that thinking. Take your time with each scene launch. Craft it as carefully and strategically as you would any other aspect of your scene. Remember that a scene launch is an invitation to the reader, beckoning him to come further along with you. Make your invitation as alluring as possible.

This article was written by Jordan E. Rosenfeld.

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#writing
The problems of writing

clevergirlhelps:

  • Having a Beginning
  • Having an Ending
  • But WHERE’S THE MIDDLE?!?
  • HOW DO I GET TO THE ENDING
  • WHAT IS A PLOT
  • WHAT ARE PLOT DETAILS
  • WHAT IS WRITING

And most importantly:

  • HOW DO I TITLE

FRIENDS

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#writing

legit-writing-tips:

writersyoga:

Quick 50 Writing Tools - Roy Peter Clark 

Some good info on here.

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#writing
maisiewilliams: “ [Based loosely off of this fangirl challenge] I wanted to make a shorter, TV oriented challenge that might force me to make some hard choices about my favorite shows. I thought I’d post it, in case anyone else wants to give it a...

maisiewilliams:

[Based loosely off of this fangirl challenge]

I wanted to make a shorter, TV oriented challenge that might force me to make some hard choices about my favorite shows. I thought I’d post it, in case anyone else wants to give it a shot!

  • [5] tv shows
  • [5] female characters 
  • [5] male characters 
  • [5] otps 
  • [3] bromances
  • [3] seasons
  • [3] episodes that make you cry
  • [3] episodes that make you happy
  • [2] quotes
  • [2] holiday themed episodes
  • [1] pilot
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#tv shows #reference #meme
Anonymous said: Hello! Just wondering, how many times have you read/watched HP to know the story in such details? Also, do you have other favourite fantasy/no fantasy books recommendations? thanks!
firewhisky replied:

I honestly could not tell you how many times I’ve read the books or watched the films over the past 13 years. It’s definitely been a lot, though. As far as other book recs, nothing is really in the same vein as HP for me but I like

  • anything by Rainbow Rowell (though she writes contemporary YA, not fantasy, but her books are so lovely)
  • the Grisha trilogy by Leigh Bardugo
  • the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
  • The Coldest Girl in Cold Town by Holly Black
  • the Splintered series by A.G. Howard
  • A Song of Ice and Fire by GRRM (obviously)
  • The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
  • the Demonata series by Darren Shan
  • The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
  • The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
  • the Abhorsen trilogy by Garth Nix
  • the Graceling Realm series by Kristin Cashore

That’s all I can think of off the top of my head but I hope you can find something in there you like!

-Ashley

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#book rec