#the art of fiction

[wellconstructedsentences]

To write with taste, in the highest sense, is to write with the assumption that one out of a hundred people who read one's work may be dying, or have some loved one dying; to write so that no one commits suicide, no one despairs; to write, as Shakespeare wrote, so that people understand, sympathize, see the universality of pain, and feel strengthened, if not directly encouraged to live on.

The Art of Fiction by John Gardner

#the art of fiction #john gardner #on writing

[saresmusings]

Joan Didion, The Art of Fiction No. 71

Interviewed by Linda Kuehl

ISSUE 74, FALL-WINTER 1978

The Paris Review

#joan didion #saresmusings #the paris review #the art of fiction #linda kuehl #1978 #for you page #writers quotes #quotes #interview #on writing #joan didion quotes #thoughts on writing #author quotes #writer quotes #female writers #essayist #author interview #fall 1978 #winter 1978 #dreams #nightmare #qootd

[relicariums]

The Art of Fiction, John Gardner

#quote #the art of fiction #john gardner #on writing

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

The Paris Review@parisreview

“I am not interested in reality at all. I am interested in my inner life.” 

—Aharon Appelfeld

#Aharon Appelfeld #quotes #The Paris Review #The Art of Fiction

[braxiatel]

I honestly and truly believe all good AUs should be a little “”””ooc”””” in the sense that good characterisation involves understanding that changes a characters backstory and circumstances will have an effect on how they respond to the world around them

Good characterisation isn’t about creating a perfect 1:1 canon replica it’s about understanding why a character is different in your work and about grounding the changes you do deliberately choose to make in canon character traits

#also you know art is subjective doesn’t just mean quality wise #we all view fiction through the lense of our own lives and thus we all interpret it in our own unique way #writing #the void collection

[aberrantcreature]

The secret wish is to write a fanfic that someone loves so much they make fan art of it, or to create a drawing that someone creates an entire fic based off of it.

#fanfic #fan fiction #ao3 #fanfic writing #fan art

[browsethestacks]

Arthouse Muppets

Art by Bruce McCorkindale

#Comics #Arthouse Muppets #Bruce McCorkindale #Film #Muppets #The Muppets #Sesame Street #Jim Henson #Art #The Good The Bad And The Ugly #Seven Samurai #Network #Ringu #The Ring #Pulp Fiction #Ocean's Eleven #Clue #Princess Bride #An American Werewolf In London #Star Trek II The Wraith Of Khan #The Wrath Of Khan #Star Trek #Humor #Humor Comics #Bert And Ernie #Statler And Waldorf

[rainbowhitter]

Today, the 13th of April, 2009, is this young man's birthday.

#my art #digital art #digital painting #digital illustration #art #illustration #characterart #fiction #fictional character #fantasy character #homestuck #homestuckday #homestuck 413 #413 #john egbert #homestuck fanart #fanart

[miamaimania]

Journey into the Surreal: Virgil Finlay's Illustration for 'Famous Fantastic Mysteries', 1943

#art #science fiction #contemporary #famous fantastic mysteries #surreal #virgil finlay #illustration

[cr1nge-culture]

one of the best fics i've ever read, one that had me addicted to my phone and crying, wasn't even prose. it was a huge, casual, bullet-pointed outline with every detail of an au that the author never got around to writing in full. and it was amazing.

let this be a message to all you who want to write but can't do it "normally": write it! someone out there will eat it up. whether that be poetry, tiny drabbles, or bullet pointed list: your work is always worth it. your art (yes, art!) will alway deserve to have its moment in the spotlight. why? because you made it. even if it wasn't done in a traditional matter, it came from your brain and your creativity and that is amazing.

♡

#writing inspiration #writing inspo #fanfiction #ao3 #fanfic #fiction #writeblr #writing #alternate universe #writing prompts #art #creativity #creative writing

[porcelainnpines]

putrid air

#reference photo/inspo is by brendan burton (@burtoo on twt) #original character #digital painting #oc artist #queer artist #digital art #trans artist #lgbt art #oc #oc artwork #cowboy oc #historical oc #western oc #historical fiction #character design #cowboys #rosie #horror art #creepy art #unsettling art

[lazylittledragon]

more domestics to warm the soul <33

#art #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #astarion #tavstarion #until they sort out the daywalker thing he's getting the taako special #if you're not putting astarion in fabulous outfits then what are you doing #also fuck you astarion for being the only fictional man that i can't Dad #that man would throw an orphan into a volcano for one corn chip #it is so important to me that dorian's eyes look like he's never had a thought

[animentality]

#twitter #fiction #writing #writers on tumblr #art

[relicariums]

The Art of Fiction, John Gardner

#quote #john gardner #the art of fiction #*ping* 'jazzing around' has been added to mel's lexicon

[vetyr]

HEAVENBREAKER

Commissioned illustration for Sara Wolf's (Insta: @ authorsarawolf; Twitter: @ Sara_Wolf1) upcoming book, Heavenbreaker! Thanks so much for being an awesome client <3

If you'd like to reach out with questions about a commission, email [email protected] 🫵

#artists on tumblr #commission #illustration #digital art #scifi #constellation #fantasy #science fiction #space opera

[lotus-pear]

soukoku as one of my dearest renaissance paintings

#instead of paying attention to the lectures in ap art history i just look at the paintings my teacher puts on the slides #and decide which ones fit my fictional pairings #i wish i remembered this one i think it was by bernini but i'm not 100% :(((((( #sighhh i'll go check again if anybody wants the og #i listened to luminary by joel sunny while painting this and the vibes were ethereal i felt like i was ascending #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #bsd #dazai osamu #osamu dazai #nakahara chuuya #chuuya nakahara #soukoku #skk #lotus draws