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The sound of rain or the sight of snow? Bun or braids? Mary Janes or Doc Martens? Dracula or Frankenstein? Cemeteries or libraries? Philosophy or language? Tweed outfits or all black?

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contact.

stay safe💫

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Darkly academic research ideas for your time indoors (because you're not a heathen):

The lives of great classical composers.

Ancient Egypt's social hierarchy and attitudes towards women, homosexuality etc.

Poisons.

The tea trade, and how it became so important to British culture.

18th century fashion and the production of clothing.

How corsets aren't the terrible patriarchal torture devices everyone thinks they are.

The use of recreational drugs in the late 19th century.

The French revolution.

Methods of forensic investigation at crime scenes.

Controversy in psychological studies.

Matriarchal societies.

How nostalgia influences fashion, media, and literature.

The nature versus nurture argument.

The history of trains and railroads.

Symbolism in art.

Just a few research rabbit holes to throw yourself into if you're bored. :)

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#masculine feminine fashion #masculine #feminine #fashion #outfit #dress #state of mind #what a concept

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Dark Academia // Style inspiration

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about to give this method a try!

Keeping Writing Logs

A little while ago, I mentioned keeping logs of your writing sessions as a way to help you stay motivated on your projects and to avoid burnout. And then I said I’d elaborate on that, so here I am!

I myself am relatively new to keeping records of my writing sessions, but already they’ve helped me to hold myself more accountable when it comes to sitting down to write. Here’s a look at the general spreadsheet I’ve created to keep track of what I’m doing when I write, with some information drawn out to avoid spoilers.

Let’s go over why I included each one and how each column helps me track what I’ve been doing and how I can improve.

Date and Project.

As one would guess, the purpose here is to see how consistently I’ve been working on what I’ve been working on. Seeing just the date could be helpful, but then I would have trouble seeing which projects might need a little bit more love. Seeing just the projects helps me see which ones I’m making progress on, but not how consistently I’m doing it. So I record both!

Simple Goal and Simple Progress.

For me personally, I do best when I have a quota and a content goal to fulfill. The simple goal is what I want to do in terms of words on the page. This manifests for me usually as words or finishing sections, though sometimes it’s also in terms of time. To me, the simple goal is putting words on a page, no matter what direction they go in.

Project Goal and Project Progress.

This is where I give my simple goal a direction to follow, and then I compare that to the direction I actually took and what I was able to do. This is good for me because I can look at my log and see what I’ve been doing to determine my next content goal as opposed to reading over the past couple pages and possibly missing the context.

In essence: The combination of simple and project goals says, “I want to do this in this many words/by the end of this chapter or section/in this much time.”

Time.

Honestly, it’s cool to look back and see how much time you’ve spent on your writing, especially because it’s so important to so many of us. It’s a form of validation for me, seeing that actual time of mine has gone into doing something I love. Functionally, you can also check out your typing speed in WPM, or you can note any sessions where the words might have come more easily or it might’ve been tougher to write.

Feeling.

This one is important but often overlooked. How did you feel about your writing as you were writing it? This may help you in editing, especially if you’re able to note any areas that you didn’t feel great about that need more love in future drafts.

These are the things that it was most effective for me personally to document, but these aren’t the only possibilities! Here are some other ideas:

type of development (writing, read-through, outlining, character development)

new breakthroughs

changes made in the draft to be accounted for in future drafts

breaks taken

background noise/music

time of day when you started writing

anything that affects you as a writer that you think is worth noting!

Though I’ve not been doing it for very long, documenting my writing sessions has done a lot for my motivation as a writer, and I really recommend it for anyone who’s considering giving it a try. Until next time, happy writing! <3

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my interpretation of Ophelia.

#black #girl #skin #water #flowers #ophelia #hamlet #shakespeare #classic literature #english literature #light academia #light academia aesthetics #dark academia #dark academia aesthetics #uni #university #student #beautiful

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your skin just like pearls

best thing in the world

#brown #black #girl #skin #academy #classic literature #english literature #light academia #light academia aesthetics #dark academia #dark academia aesthetics #uni #university #student #beautiful

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indoor & outdoor

#writing #writer #style #outfit #classic literature #english literature #light academia #light academia aesthetics #dark academia #dark academia aesthetics #uni #university #student

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Beautiful.

#beautiful #girl #woman #curly #hair #curls #brown #black #light academia #light academia aesthetics #dark academia #dark academia aesthetics #book #books #uni #university #student #study

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Timothée Chalamet

© Landon Nordeman for behind the scenes of Vanity Fair (2019)

#dark academia #da #da tips #tsh #tsh edit #the secret history #donna tartt #the secret history edit #timothee chalamet #vanity fair #books #richard papen #henry winter #gothic #reading #writing #currently reading #medusa #iwwv #if we were villians #shakespeare #little women #dead poets society #castle #dracula #literature #library #college #university #witch

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“What happens when people open their hearts?“ " They get better.” ― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

#vulnerability #what does it mean to you? #bare #raw #honesty #intimacy #skin #thoughts #journal #journaling #light academia #light #dark #dark academia #uni #university #student #human #life

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How to add elements of dark academia into your home life

1) conduct a tasting session using all the fancy foods you can find in your house, splashes of crimson wine or juicy grapes bursting with flavour or tangy cheese that melts away on your tastebuds

2) work your way through your own home library, searching for hidden gems of lost knights or weeping heart romances 

3) share your secrets with the full moon, it gets lonely and enjoys the company 

4) pour your frustration and anger and fear onto pages of emotion, create beauty out of your poison 

5) write letters to your loved ones, scarred with your peony kindness and violet sweetness, either post them to remind them you’re thinking of them or if not store them, glowing and waiting for the day you can hand them over in freedoms person

6) soak up the vibrant spectrum of emotion bleeding out of classical music, shut your eyes and listen to the shaking violins and shouting trumpets 

#dark academia #the secret history #kill your darlings #dead poets society #aesthetic #moodboard #creative writing #writeblr #studyblr #coronavirus

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learning to fall back in love with reading is the most fulfilling thing i’ve done in years.

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“squeeze in every last piece of happiness.”

ig: cawefee

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concept: 

i’m surrounded by people who get me. we discuss poetry and classic novels, pouring over each other’s annotations and musings. we spend our time outside of school in the local library and in coffee shops, sipping earl grey tea and black coffee and perusing the aisles for literature and prose - anything to distract us. we debate philosophy and do poetry readings and quote wilde and the romantics and everything we love. we write and draw and paint and share our loves openly and without any shame. we understand each other’s yearnings and hopes - we just click.