If a cowboy had knuckle tats they would say ROOT and TOOT
Yep! That's exactly why I had to post about it.
October 2014 (w/beard and freshly shaven) - October 2024
I'm sorry, but these "writing issues" represent a character flaw in the *writers* that desperately needs to be addressed off the page before they ever sit down to write.
I see loads of posts highlighting what guys do wrong when writing female characters, but none offering solid guidance. So I wrote a blog. Chaps, please read. I hope it’s useful 👇 www.emilyinkpen.com/blog/writing...
I see a lot of posts highlighting examples of male writers getting descriptions of female characters wrong. Of male writers falling back on tired sexist tropes that place women as props in the male MC...
Tired: Hunger Games is just a rip-off of Battle Royale. Wired: Hunger Games is just a rip-off of They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Me nodding along to every fucking page of Thomas Ligotti's conspiracy against the human race: I Have Derpession
No, haven't even heard of that one.
I started my transition at 40, already quite bald, so I know some people won't ever consider me pretty. But a) fuck 'em if they can't see it, b) *I* can see it, which is far more important, and c) I only think about killing myself about 10% as much as I used to, which is even more important still.
Hey, I saw your mum down at the dick sucking factory yesterday! Yeah, she finally convinced my dad to join the union. It's cute how they're becoming work buddies.
I shared this essay in the newsletter, but one thing I forgot to mention is that I think it describes why so much of what I read online ends up feeling hollow - writers relying on accepted signs and symbols instead of thinking about what they actually want to say. alreadyhappened.xyz/p/she-said-i...
ceci n'est pas une 'hangout epidemic'