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@hugthepanda12

Well, I can't draw, but enjoy some photos~ Reblogging mostly. Fandoms: dbh, naruto, undertale, GOOD OMENS AND XIAOLIN SHOWDOWN... and some other~
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The creator of the popular cartoon Shrek, William Steig, drew his character from the professional wrestler Maurice Tillet.

The real "Shrek" knew 14 languages, played chess brilliantly, and despite his unique face and great strength at first glance, he was a very modest and friendly man.

He was born in 1903 in Russia, in the Urals, into a French family, which in 1917 returned to France in connection with the revolution.

#shrek#wow the more you know#william steig#maurice tillet
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You've seen this message around, yeah? No doubt you've seen that one post telling you to add a few filters to your adblock, but maybe that's stopped working recently. Well I'm here to tell you, don't do that! You may be actively preventing yourself from getting around the anti-adblock!

Here's the skinny: Youtube's anti-adblock is not very sophisticated. It really is incredibly easy to bypass, but Youtube is continually changing how you get around it to try and stay ahead of the guys maintaining adblock. The good news, though, is that uBlock's volunteers are constantly updating the default uBlock filters to get around that!

If you want to get around YouTube's anti-adblock, you need to follow the instructions from the official uBlock origin team here.

DO NOT manually input any filters!!! Youtube regularly changes how to get around those, so you WILL be up shit creek when those filters become obsolete!!!

In addition, since Youtube regularly updates the anti-adblock to require a new set of filters, there are periods where the filter maintainers haven't quite caught up yet and uBlock fails again. Don't worry; this never lasts for very long. I've seen the "YouTube doesn't allow adblock" message maybe once in the past few months and it went away after ten minutes.

Please spread this post around instead of the other one!!! The other post explaining how to bypass anti-adblock is incorrect, and I must reiterate, may actively obstruct attempts to bypass Youtube's adblock!!!

#yt#yeah i don't lke these :(#so that's very useful info thanks
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illesigns

Pixars 22 Rules of Story Telling

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duamuteffe

9 is worth the price of admission, holy crap.

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pantheonbooks

This is genius. So many great writing tips!

And this is why Pixar is a master in their field.

Why do I feel so weird reblogging this… this is the weekend dammit!  Anyway, great advice.

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cranky-crustaceans

Pixar you have no idea how much this actually helps me.

These are all fantastic pieces of advice.

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leareth-svraiel

For reference

For great reference

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  1. Admire characters for attempting more than what their successes have been.
  2. Keep in mind what’s interesting to you as an audience, not what’s fun to do as a writer
  3. Trying for theme is important, however you won’t see what the story is about until you’re at the end of the story. Got it? Now rewrite.
  4. Once upon a time there was ____. Every day, ____. One day, _____. Because of that, _____. Because of that, _____. Until finally, ____.
  5. Simplify. Focus. Combine characters. Hop over detours. You’ll feel like you’re losing valuable stuff but it sets you free.
  6. What is your character good at or comfortable with? Throw the polar opposite at him. Challenge him. How does he deal with it?
  7. Come up with your ending before you figure out your middle. Seriously. Endings are hard. Get yours working up front.
  8. Finish your story. Let go even if it’s not perfect. In an ideal world you have both, but move on. Do better next time.
  9. When you’re stuck, make a list of what wouldn’t happen next. More often than not, the material that gets you unstuck appears.
  10. Pull apart the stories you like. What you like in there is a part of you. Recognize it before you use it.
  11. Why must you tell this story in particular? What’s the belief burning within you that your story feeds off of? That’s the heart of it.
  12. Discount the first thing that comes to mind. And the second, third, fourth, fifth—get the obvious out of the way. Surprise yourself.
  13. Give your characters opinions. A character being passive or malleable is easy for you as a writer, but it’s poison to your audience.
  14. What’s the essence of your story? What’s the most economical way of telling it? If you know that, you can build out from there.
  15. If you were your character, in this situation, how would you feel? Honesty leads credibility to unbelievable situations.
  16. What are the stakes? Give a reason to root for the character. What happens if he doesn’t succeed? Stack the odds against him.
  17. No work is ever wasted. And if it’s not working, let go and move on — if it’s useful, it’ll show up again.
  18. You have to know yourself, and know the difference between doing your best and being fussy. Story is testing, not refining.
  19. Coincidences that get characters into trouble are great. Coincidences that get them out of it is cheating.
  20. Excercise. Take the building blocks of a movie you dislike. How would you rearrange them into what you DO like?
  21. Identify with your situation/characters. Don’t write ‘cool’. What would make YOU act that way?
  22. Putting it on paper only allows you to start fixing it. If a perfect idea stays in your head, you’ll never share it with anyone.
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megpie71

Boosting signal

#pixar#writing tips