#thebackstory

[insideunwrittenthings]

"LOSING ROUTINE”// the backstory.

this was a song i didn’t think i would want to repost as it was one of my old demos i thought i would leave buried. and then i pressed play on it again and thought, huh..! not that bad.. as much as this song sounds like a relationship-is-over song, for me it actually was a friendship-is-over song. friendship breakups can be as hard if not harder than the romantic kind especially since we don’t talk about them as much and as such there are less remedies for them. i think what makes them harder is that we don’t ever see it coming.  we know we could break up with bfs, gfs, hubs and wubs really but friendships? our vulnerability isn’t as obviously on the line and maybe that’s why these breakups can spike us so deeply. and this one was mine. me. holding onto something that wasn’t being held onto on the other end. fixing something with sorrys that at some point i couldn’t add another. and slowly, very slowly, seeing what the cracks really meant. and that they were needed.

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[kamerareadyartistry]

Repost from @kbla1580 • #REPOST @bigprezzdawgg @mischainspires, host of #TheBackStory on @kbla1580, asked @iamuniquebook founder @jenniferdvassel to share her advice for people who are trying to discover their gifts. Here's her response. The full interview is now on YouTube! Search: "Jennifer Vassel KBLA 1580" C R E D I T S Shot by @photosbyrome Edited by @bigprezzdawgg Makeup by @_kamthebeautiful • • • _________________________________ #makeupbyme #glambykam #lamua #makeupartist #makeup #makeupformelaningirls #makeupformelaninwomen #makeupforblackwomen #makeupforblackgirls #makeupuplovers #makeuplooks #makeupbeat #viral #wakeupandmakeup #fashion #fyp #explorepage #blackwomen #selflove #selfcare #goldeyemakeup #glitter #juviasplace #hudabeauty #nars (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb5zFaBPBnU/?utm_medium=tumblr

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[spookeyzesty]

oh mah gah someone in my fg suggested we make backstories for our mc characters and i am so obsessed send help 

#im amkeing a power point with mine #im like putting the clothes they wear and shit #she said she could make thebackstories and im fine w/ that but oh mah gah i am going bonkers #dsmp has changed us all LMFAO

[michaelholley]

One of my favourite things is studying the backgrounds and childhoods of exceptional human beings! Bios are fascinating Too often people just assume that someone is successful because of positive circumstances, so I love studying their story myself and finding that everyone has hardships. Its how we attack those hardships that determine where we ultimatelty end up. Here's a bit on Bill Gates! #billGates #thebackstory

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[theblogofcastingrain]

The Writer’s Insanity is Showing

So I was pouring through scrapped chapters today for... reasons... and thought I’d share something funny with you guys in case you were interested in hearing it!

One of the things I do when I’m really stuck on a chapter and just can’t seem to write it right is taking notes. It’s actually weirdly helpful? Not so much in finishing the chapter itself, but in giving the sense of accomplishment that you’ve finished something. It also helps me organize my thoughts a little, and have them all in one convenient place instead of scattered around my head while I’m stressed out. And it keeps me from forgetting things! Which is great.

But it also varies depending on how... uh... exasperated I am ahaha. So sometimes I’ve written things nice and orderly like this:

-- [Mental note for tomorrow when I have time to edit: -- Ch 61 edit out body check save for 62 for aftermath scene. Also take out unnecessary information for Gehenna, leave for Rowan. Minimize scene, focus on their fight and the aftermath. Overall needs conveyed remorse over past decisions, recollection of events G should not know, fear and paranoia of white/black torture

Other times I’ve written things that are a bit more expressive like this thing:

-- So the original plan was for Gaster to poison the smol bean Rowan in an attempt to get their barrier down, since the barrier was making them extremely ill. Then Thistle and whats-his-nuts come swooping in, the barrier is forcibly tethered to Bracken’s soul so when Grillby comes in to save the day I don’t have to kill off a smol bean. -- Except if I really wanted to exacerbate Gaster and Grillby’s relationship? Grillby should totally kill the smol bean. -- But the last chapter that went up totally had Rowan sitting there, so if Gaster isn’t taking their barrier down then what the fuck is Rowan gonna be there for? And how do I reveal TheBackstory™ for Gaster if he’s not telling Rowan a story before the smol passes out?

And then there’s this unhelpful text wall of bs:

-- So basically Terros is the oldest right and he’s also the one that’s emotionally distanced himself the most from the rest of the world because he’s been alive for fucking forever okay. Then there’s Oria, the only other one of them that has a personality. She’s also the youngest I guess? Fuck if I know. Anyway she’s still trying to figure out how the world works. She knows nothing outside the other elementals. She’s still older than Grillby though poor G is just a year old little baby flame poor teeny fucking spark anyway Oria right she’s fuckin’ like I dunno maybe ten twenty something and she’s just lookin around at the world with those big bright eyes because she has no idea what the hell is going on never fought in agoddamn battle before never met another elemental that wasn’t made out of stone or nothin and she’s like the only stone one that survives maybe I dunno I kinda also wanted Terros to survive goddamn why did I even write in the other two they’re just vegitables plot devices thing fuckdamnit.

Guys I have three paragraphs of this and almost none of it actually made it into the story, or the personalities were switched between the different characters.

Anyway! Take notes kids. It helps the brain juices flow -- and apparently lets out anger too heck if I know.

#writing advice #? #really it's just more of me talking about my writing process #anyway! thought you guys might find it interesting ahaha #the barking writer #the writing process #note taking

[foodonthetableatl]

#MixtapeMondaze My ears blessings this Monday! @jordan_harrison7's #TheBackstory is far from disappointing.....as usual. #LinkInHisBio #FoodOnTheTable #FoodOnTheTableATL #EAT #SuperCrew #HipHopForever #RealHipHop #Atlanta #NewYork #HipHopFiends #UndergroundATL #EATorStarve #EntertainAboveTypical #UnsignedHype #HipHop #HipHopHeads #Love #Art #Fashion #Music #Tidal

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[insideunwrittenthings]

“better” // the back story

i started writing this song back in 2013. i was sitting the car on a random street, not yet ready to head home. still clinging to my pencil and paper days, the first verse and chorus spilled out words i didn’t know i felt.  

strangely, these first parts were written when said person was still prevalent in my life. since i couldn’t seem to finish the next verse, i ended up forgetting about it and left it tucked away in the scrappy sheets i found in my bag. i found it again many months later and saw how foretelling it was. eerie. 

space really tells you a lot. you really don’t know how much you can’t hear your own voice until the voices of others begin to disappear. and that’s when you see how happy you are now, in seeing how unhappy you were then. 

the song didn’t have a bridge until i rediscovered this song yet again a few months ago. the final lines “was this ever enough..” made question my old (and current) self and how i really felt. and helped me to finally feel finished with this piece. it only took me 5 years to get there *sheepish grin*. this song now has definitely turned from one i felt almost nonchalant about to one that is important to me. *nods head*

love, maia.

photo taken in cesky krumlov, oct 2016

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[insideunwrittenthings]

daybreak // the backstory

I uploaded a song today. "Daybreak". Finally. While I might be tempted to whine about how long it surprisingly took to put the demo together, I'm happy that it's done and I'll free it from the egg I've kept it in for the past month. I think I started writing Daybreak a year ago. It was one of those songs where the arrangement came really quickly, the melodies, the chords, the keys riff. I had the first verse written in that first moment with it, and I knew one of the main hooks was going to be "I'll be awake". And then I was stuck. I carried this song everywhere with me (more like, on my phone - thankyou Evernote!) and every few weeks I was like, aha! This is what the song is about! To, what the frack were you thinking girl, that idea is terrible. The power of the mind to convince oneself eh? I had my first solo overseas trip back in September last year and the anticipation I felt for it was enormous. America, where dreams are made of hey? I wanted to get out of my own little box and I knew there was just something about the land across the water that was going to change me. So the night before my flight, I decided to stay up. I figured, hell I'll have 26 hours to sleep on the plane. I'll do that then. I remember chatting on facebook with my Seattle cousin at 4am and he was like, hang on, why are you messaging me right now?! But that feeling of anticipation, that feeling of teetering on the edge is what this song became about. And I remember just feeling like that staying up during those AM hours. This trip wasn't gonna a holiday. I wasn't gonna be chillin' by the beach getting a tan (or a dirty sun stain if you have my skin tone, let's be real). I had my clothes and guitar packed, a loose itinerary, and plain nerves. this was a step to go somewhere else by myself, to challenge my wits and change.  i didn't know what it was, but I knew and was dying to grow from it. And hell, 10 months later, I'm sitting here living in that country. And going to work my ass off to get to stay. so I guess I can say, that moment in time really was something, and I still carry that feeling with me now. peace sign, maia:)

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