Though I live many lives wandering through books, I am not lost to any except for reality.
Welcome to my little corner of bookish tumblr. My name is Milagro. Just another book lover and dreaming writer. You can ask me anything about books. I love fanfreaking over characters and plots with other booklovers. Feel free to ask me any questions or recommend me any books. (: You can reach me at milagrobooks@gmail.com.
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Over the last year I’ve gotten hundreds (if not thousands :0) of writers sending me their story-ideas and asking me if they’re ‘good.’ Now, instead of continuously copy-pasting the same response, or worse ignoring them, I decided to format my thoughts into a nice-and-simple test c;
Now, since I have a feeling some of you still have questions, let me post here my answers to the responses I’ve gotten from this test:
Is this seriously the test?
Yes. Just 3 questions. Not more. Not less.
You’re saying that if I find the story-idea ‘fun’ to write, then I’m good to go?
Yes.
Even though you know nothing about my story-idea?
Nope. I don’t care what your story is actually about. All I care about is that you have fun. Seriously. If you have fun writing it, the reader will be able to tell. It’s easier to be passionate about something you enjoy. On the flip-side, have you ever read anything that was written by someone who clearly was not having ANY fun? Ask your English teacher if they can tell when someone actually enjoyed writing an essay. You may be able to half-ass a cake and make something edible, but you can’t half-ass a book and expect people to like it.
Even though I think this story idea is similar to that of another book?
Jorge Luis Borges said that there are only 4 types of stories: a love story between two people, a love story between three people, the struggle for power, and the journey. The truth is that, really, the idea for the story does not matter. It’s not what you say, but how you it say that matters. And, I don’t know about you, but I think it’s easier to get your voice across when you’re actually enjoying the process of writing c;
How do I make my story-idea more ‘fun’?
Be honest with yourself. Write about what excites you. You don’t have to write about anything you don’t care about, or meet some sort of imaginary guidelines. Writing is art. Write about anything you want. Additionally, you may want to checkout my (Strange) Guide to Planning Your Novel, it’s built on this entire philosophy.
I hope this helps! I have gotten this question so many times, I thought it would be best to just put my answer out there for all of you c;
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I know it seems sort of silly to host a giveaway after only 100 followers, but I’m truly grateful for every single one of you. I absolutely love the book community and am happy to be a part of it!
So let’s get started!
RULES:
▪ Since this is a celebration to my wonderful followers, you need to be following me
▪ This giveaway is open internationally via bookdepository
▪ In order to enter, all you have to do is either likeorreblog this post
▪ There will be onewinner, and they will get to choose any one of the books pictured above
▪ You will be able to enter this giveaway until September 5th
▪ The winner will be selected at random and they will be contacted via ask box. Also, I will need your address for delivery, so make sure you’re comfortable with that before you enter please (:
▪ The winner will have 24 hours to respond, otherwise a new one will be selected.
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“Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
- Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. The Brothers Karamazov. (via wordsnquotes)
The following is a summary & analysis of Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review article, “Law of the Noose: A History of Latino Lynching” by Richard Delgado.
SUMMARY
Delgado attempts to shed light on a largely unknown history of Latinos, particularly Mexican-Americans in the…
people who make fun of trigger warnings are fucking horrifying.
It’s like, here’s someone who’s gone through something absolutely fucking horrible—let’s stay war, or rape, or violence, or abuse, or molestation, or something you cannot fucking imagine—and they just don’t…
If people are really going to assume that guys with long hair are gay and girls with short hair are lesbians then I am going to assume that all bald men are actually eagles.
the notebook problem: you see a notebook. you want to buy the notebook. but you know you have like TEN OTHER NOTEBOOKS. most which are STILL EMPTY. you don’t need to notebook. you’re probably not gonna use the notebook anyway. what’s the point? DONT BUY THE NOTEBOOK. you buy the notebook.
she told me i was romantic when i told her i would haunt her as a ghost. her red lipstick stained everything she kissed. everything but me. i watched her walk from room to room like she was floating six inches above the ground. that voice; angelic harps playing in hell. there wasn’t enough beer in the world for me to block out her beauty and her brains, her evil and her plans for my brittle-bone destruction. i didn’t mind. maybe i didn’t mind.
