Forbidden City
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-making the facial expression your character’s making and trying to describe it
-writing entire scenes in your head as you shower and not remembering most of it by the time you get to your computer
-deciding you can’t do something you’ve been looking forward to until you write what you told yourself you were going to write, resulting in you laying in your bed doing nothing
-having two completely different ideas for your story to go in and both seem equally good but you can’t do both and you also can’t choose
-having docs with stories you know you’ll never finish but not deleting them anyway, even if they’re only a couple sentences long
-getting random bursts of productivity that could go towards homework or cleaning your room or writing and you know you’ll only be able to do one
-getting inspiration from the most random things
-writing at inopportune times because a perfect line or dialogue just popped into your head and you have to get it down before you forget it
-“what are you writing?” “……..a story”
– “what do you want to do when you grow up?” “uunnghnnggguughhhhh”
-reveling in the embarrassment you put your characters through
WOW WHY ARE THESE ALL SO TRUE
I DO ALL THESE. NO LIE.
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REPRESENTATION MATTERS.
Representation is SO important.
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REPRESENTATION MATTERS.
Representation is SO important.
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For this #FourGodsFriday, I wanted to show you all a great intro to Daoism that I found. Throughout the book, Gen grapples with understanding and coming to terms with Daoism, his relationships and role in the universe, and what that means for him as a prince and an immortal. I’d also like to make clear that although many of the gods in the story are labeled as Daoist deities, the Four Gods themselves are actually Chinese folk and tribal deities that existed long before Daoism came onto the scene 2,500 years ago, but later made their mark on the Daoist pantheon. There’s a great explanation in the video and Laozi said himself, “The Dao that can be spoken is not the true Dao.” Which means that no matter how us human beings try, we can never truly explain Daoism or the Dao in its entirety. It is all encompassing and just is. And that’s what Gen is trying to find in his path to morality and divinity. Check out the video for a better explanation. See you all next week!
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