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a handful of (probably) unpopular opinions on writing:

  1. a kiss scene doesn’t have to lead to sex. it can, ofc, but it doesn’t have to. your characters can kiss for the sake of kissing and nothing more. kissing is hella enjoyable in and of itself, so it doesn’t always have to be a means to an end
  2. a story doesn’t have to be steeped, marinated, and executed with tragedy to be a Real Story. obviously you can and should put your characters through the wringer, but if you don’t tell a story with hope and happiness it’s not really a story worth telling. be brutal but don’t be 100% dismal and bleak
  3. a fantasy doesn’t have to be centered on a war, especially if you don’t feel fully capable of writing about war. they’re tricky and unruly beasts, and if you aren’t willing to give them the proper treatment (read: not romanticizing them), you’re better off not writing about war in the first place
  4. your royal character can be fine with arranged marriages. they don’t always have to run away to escape them only to fall in love with the betrothed they were running from in the first place
  5. on the note of romances, your story A. doesn’t need a romance if it doesn’t fit and B. doesn’t necessitate every character getting into a relationship by the end. for some people, romance isn’t their idea of a happily ever after, so you don’t have to force that into your book
  6. perhaps the most unpopular, but it needs to be said: your female character should not slap your male character. ofc there are times when a slap is warranted, but if he’s just being a dick he doesn’t need to be slapped. that’s physical assault and abuse, which should never be acceptable, even if it makes some people laugh (it shouldn’t and yet it always does 🙄)
  7. your female character A. doesn’t have to be thin, B. doesn’t have to be a Strong Female Character, and C. doesn’t have to go through nauseating hardships (read: sexual assault or physical abuse) for her story to be worth telling

these are all i can think of off the top of my head. feel free to add on if you think of any!

just because a story has “literary merit” doesn’t mean it’s actually good. there are no superior genres.

just like fantasy doesn’t need to be centered on war, it also doesn’t need to be centered on medieval england. fantasy can happen at any time in any region of the world with any level of technology.

traditionally feminine values/traits in characters of all genders doesn’t mean they’re an inferior or weak character.

a female character can want power or have a desire to rule and not be evil.

poc and lgbtq+ characters deserve to be in genre fiction, and there doesn’t need to be a “reason” to justify their existence.

Oh my God I love thisss!

The tea for today

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some really beautiful african architecture because honestly this site is so western-centric

mako

unknown

cameroon

burkina faso

mali

Ndebele

burkina faso

please add more if you can!

these are SO BEAUTIFUL

MALI IS MY FAVORITE. I LOVE THE COLORS 😍😍😍😍😍

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The rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia

The Great Temple of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel, Egypt

The Nubian Pyramids at Meroe, Sudan

Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria, Egypt, a commemoration of the destroyed Library at Alexandria

Bosjes Chapel, South Africa

The Gando School by Diébédo Francis Kéré, Gando, Burkina Faso

The Dyeji Building, Luanda, Angola

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but first: you must help me with ⇛ this ⇚ (i check)

IMPORTANT: if you didn’t help, do not like this post!!!

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“The common question that gets asked in business is, ‘why?’ That’s a good question, but an equally valid questions is ‘why not?”

— Jeff Bezos (via thegoodvybe)

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“I am slowly learning to let go of anyone who doesn’t appreciate my existence.”

— Juansen Dizon, Self-Taught

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Star

We live lives

aching for things

we cannot name

Stars, they shine so bright

caressed, and filled

with darkness

and with light

We’ll never be the same

We bear wounds

that never should be borne

There is a light

illumination

shelter, till the morn

A Star, she shines

through the deepest,

darkest night

patient, holy, and true

When all goes wrong

and nothings right

Look up

She shines for you

————————————————————Happy birthday, to @september-stardust !

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I love this

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Lol I think a lot of you misunderstood my post. I just want to clarify that I’m not “lonely” and that’s not the reason why I want a relationship. I want a relationship because I want the sort of intimacy, bond, and trust that comes with it