"Love is the only energy I’ve ever used as a writer. I’ve never written out of anger, although anger has informed love."

— Athol Fugard (via writersrelief)

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books on the staircase (by omoo)

"The story is one that you and I will construct together in your memory. If the story means anything to you at all, then when you remember it afterward, think of it, not as something I created, but rather as something that we made together."

— Orson Scott Card (via amandaonwriting)

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» WritingJunk: How to write women, black people and any other kind of characters: Sexism, racism and discrimination in literature

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By Adrian B.

(Disclaimer: This article contains language that might be deemed offensive by some. It only reflects the opinions of the author)

Lurking through the internet, I found an article on women characters and how “classic literature” is “sexist” because of their…