susiethemoderator:

lazy-fangirls-world:

inwincible-mutton-chops:

sheriffsunshine:

danielkanhai:

i like when you’re in the grocery store and you see people buying eggs because they always pick up the carton and then open it like it’s a metal briefcase full of cash involved in a drug deal and they’re confirming it’s money. “don’t bother counting it, it’s all there. 12.” then they always pick one up and inspect it like, “yeah, it’s grade A alright…the real deal.” 

People are checking to see if any of the eggs are cracked you walnut

Tbh, I always saw my mom check the eggs in the carton and for the longest time I didn’t know why and everytime I went out and bought eggs I’d copy her because that’s what everyone does, open the carton. So I’d always just end up staring at an open carton of eggs in the grocery store thinking “Yes. These are eggs”. And I’d buy them. 

That last post tho 😂😂😂

After reading this post; I’m wondering how many adult humans are out there opening egg cartons at the grocery store not because they want to check and make sure there are no eggs cracked…

but because they perceived it as a cultural norm 😂

onlyblackgirl:

hypnotic-flow:

dogsrulepeopledrool:

transsexual-privilege:

dasha-loses-it:

dusklunae:

dasha-loses-it:

the-jingle-birdy:

intjint:

D:

STAHP

Fun fact: that dolphin is doing that to get high.

He’s WHAT?

Yeah. Dolphins deliberately prick themselves on blowfish to get a small dose of their poison which makes them high.

Dolphins are stoners? Im not even surprised

Here’s a video!

dolphins are mammals, this doesn’t surprise me

That blowfish just tryna go home.

prompts-and-circumstance:

letswritesomenovels:

Don’t say it was “delightful”; make us say “delightful” when we’ve read the description. –C.S. Lewis

I found this great piece of writing advice from C.S. Lewis on twitter today.(courtesy of @thatboycanteach)

I know the phrase “show don’t tell” confuses a lot of people who are new to critiquing/workshops, because all writing is telling… isn’t it? 

But this is exactly what writers are talking about when they use that phrase. 

This is also why, when critiquing your work, writers might tell you to remove adjectives and adverbs, or why you might hear that those two types of words are “bad writing.” It’s not that you’re never allowed to use an adjective or an adverb, but that–like Lewis says–it’s much more preferable to be terrified, than to be told something is terrifying. 

Whenever you tell your reader what the characters in a story are experiencing, instead of letting your reader have an experience alongside your characters, you miss an opportunity to invite your reader into the story. If you miss too many, eventually your reader will stop waiting for their invitation and simply leave. 

Wonderful advice from a wonderful author