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[amandaonwriting]

The Top 10 Writing Posts From June 2018

These were the new Writers Write posts you enjoyed most in June 2018:

1. 5 Truly Unusual Ways To Round Out Your Characters
2. 5 Reasons Why Verbs Are More Effective Than Adjectives
3. 9 Literary Terms You Need To Know
4. 5 Ways To Improve Your Author (Or Any) Website Immediately
5. Joyce Carol Oates’ 7 Rules For Writing
6. 16 Young Words for Old People
7. 9 Quick Fixes For Short Story Writers Who Run Out Of Ideas
8. First Novel Jitters: 6 Things To Do When You Finish Your Book
9. Geoff Dyer’s 10 Rules For Writing Fiction
10. Scene Salad – The Simplest Way To Make The Most Of A Scene

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[doktorgirlfriend]

“Why does Tumblr romanticize Hades so much?”

Idk Clarice, maybe we’re just tired, and life is uncertain, and we like the idea of a stable husband with a steady job and a big dog and his own place away from all the loud, shapeshifting-kink party gods.

[swan2swan]

Persephone, we know this is you.

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[catchymemes]

Get this man working on the next Star Wars movie

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[comawhites]

The Mummy (1999) dir. Stephen Sommers

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[eevielearnsfrench]

Can someone just………………. explain French to me?

[markedbyx]

its spanish but you speak it in cursive

[celticpyro]

You have 11 letters. You pronounce 4 of them.

[futurebartallen]

Learn to speak spanish. Now learn to speak italian. Now subtract the spanish from italian. You are left with french.

[iamnotswarley]

Latin, but then make it fashion

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[mikewytrykus]

The Milt Kahl Head Swaggle
(Source: Cartoon Brew)

[purpleneenee]

I love it when you can pick up an animator’s quirks. 

[blairtrabbit]

     I’ve read in old interviews with Milt Khal’s fellow animators that he did the swaggle to purposefully show off. Moving the head in 3-d space is an exceptionally hard thing to do but Khal upped the level of difficulty to a place many animators wouldn’t go.
     Not only are they all doing the swaggle you’ll notice they are all TALKING while they are doing it. This is back in the days where you had to use a timing sheet to pace your animation and a head swaggle doesn’t work if its too slow or too fast so he had to figure out the right speed so it looked natural while the character finishes what they have to say while not interfering with the distinct mouth shapes.
      Not only did Khal do it without any shifting weight problems or timing issues he would often do it while moving the rest of the body. This isn’t his signature move just because he was good at it.This is his signature move because he was one of the only people skilled enough to DO IT AT ALL.

Milt Khal was a MASTER.

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[setheverman]

don’t worry, you’re still in the “early life” part of your wikipedia page

[halalbarbie]

[imakegoodchoices]

#this is the positive version of this post #it is friendly and brings luck

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[tastefullyoffensive]

“For those who are worried: the hole he was hiding in led to the outside so he wasn’t trapped inside! I closed the door after taking these pics to keep him safe.” - robotfur

[dexer-von-dexer]

A dragon and his hoard

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Resources for finding literary agents

[keyboardsmashwriters]

It’s always a good idea to begin your research as early as you can, because A LOT is still not enough. When you round up your data, make sure you check out every website, twitter, or other networking site an agency might have.

To jump-start your research, here are all the resources I’ve compiled over the process of my own querying journeys (also, these sites are free, and a few of them have donation pages or additional services if you do find them helpful):

• Agent Query – is a great website with a database of agents. AQ also has additional resources like how to submit to a literary agent and how to write a query.
• Query Tracker – is updated quickly, especially when agents close to submissions for periods of time. QT has individual message boards for each agent page so writers who are querying can see approximate and recent response times that other writers are getting. Additionally, agent pages also have graphs and lists of clients and other useful things.
• Absolute Write – is a forum for writers that has a whole branch for members to discuss agents, response times, goings-on, so on and so forth. Other helpful threads include workshopping chapters and queries – which, if you’re fairly new to querying, is highly recommended.
• Literary Rambles – is a blog run by Casey McCormick and Natalie Aguirre, and they post really sweet, in-depth profiles and blurbs from interviews of literary agents in the YA (young adult), MG (middle grade), PB (picture books) and CB (chapter book) realms.
• Writer Beware – is sponsored by the SFWA (Science Fiction Writers of America) with support from the MWA (Mystery Writers of America). They update with publishing scams and schemes and traps with advice on how to spot and avoid them. They also have a blog and a facebook page.
• What to do when you’ve finished your manuscript – is advice I put together to help writers to prepare their manuscripts and submission needs. Many writers begin querying before they’re ready.
• Avoiding publishing scams – another quick tidbit of advice on steeling oneself against the temptation of “too good to be true” offers. The aforementioned sites are linked here as well.

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[haliahli]

Love this. #words #OE #English #linguistics

[selladaw]

No, you don’t understand. This is an actual thing though.

[languagevillage]

“deerlore” for zoology and “toothhealer” for “dentist"…

[nekobakaz]

**rubs hands** WORLD BUILDING RESOURCES!!!!

[meridok]

ironish brimstoneling

[jcatgrl]

my brain hurts trying to read that wikipedia article but also everything is hilarious.