On The Fly

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“The author makes a tacit deal with the reader. You hand them a backpack. You ask them to place certain things in it—to remember, to keep in mind — as they make their way up the hill. If you hand them a yellow Volkswagen and they have to haul this to the top of the mountain—to the end of the story—and they find that this Volkswagen has nothing whatsoever to do with your story, you’re going to have a very irritated reader on your hands.”
Frank Conroy (via amandaonwriting)
“I won’t kiss you. It might get to be a habit and I can’t get rid of habits.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Flappers and Philosophers (via penseesduchoeur)

(Source: onehundredrosebuds)

teaservice:

my hobbies include talking about writing things i will never write

Polyvore you bitch.

I randomly discovered iTunes U. Which is this sexy thing that gives you these lectures, or little audios, whatever you wanna call ‘em. I basically grabbed all the writing ones I could and now I’m listening to them while I do chores. Which is pretty phenomenal. 

I’ll probably end up talking about which ones I found particularly helpful.
“Don’t be scared of writing evil stuff. Horror writers often get accused of having horrid, dark minds where violence lurks and evil dwells. But perhaps they have happy, clean minds because all the darkness gets written on the page. We all have dark dreams and taboo thoughts. We just need the courage to put them on the page. People will judge you and your novel regardless so embrace the judgement and put those dark words down.”

fyeahwriterleopard:

(Submitted by i-talk-in-a-daze)