#Writers

Ikhide R. Ikheloa

ikhide

I would like to say something about what really bothers me about how many Nigerians, especially those at home view African Americans, especially in the context of the Black Lives

toksvig 🌱

toksvig

Story is ancient. Life is constant. All we do as writers is take existing threads and weave them anew. We are the weavers, we are not the fibres. We are

The Pog Queen's Man

zenyanna

bisexuality needs greater, healthier representation in media. so too do gay men and lesbians. this shouldn't be a one in, one out situation. richie is gay in the film and

Thaddeus Q Pennywhistle

oh_by_Jingo67

"...and verily it was that the peepul, beset by illness, were unable to complete the gathering of the harvest. The Lord said 'Nae borra! Just give me what thee have

Rebecca Grenier

beccagrenier

Screenwriting Notes Thread for my no followers. This applies to notes outside of a writers' room. Not the authority, this is what I bring: 3+ years experience reading for festivals,

Washire RP Tips

WashireRPAdvice

Advice #29: Do not romanticize vampires.Vampires have been fetishized from their original lore to the point they're no longer what they were when they were first written.They're meant to be

Dr. Sophie Coulombeau

SMCoulombeau

So I’m late to this, but I’m just catching up on the #ReclaimHerName kerfuffle. And, given that Naming And Literature (with a side of gender) is kinda my thing, I

Zuza Kostera

z_kostera

Listen up ALL I need for #TeenageBountyHunters season 2 is for Sterling to present April heart necklace or something with "A + S" engraved so April can tell everyone that

Sam Black

SamuelHBlack

Here’s a great test case to explain my confusion regarding the free speech+anti cancel culture crowd. Free speech exists to enable and depends upon an exchange of ideas. The only

Jarrah Hodge 🖖 @ 🏠

jarrahpenguin

Law and Order Season 1 Episode 11 starts with the discovery of a black girl who’s been raped and has misogynist slurs written on her body. She blames white cops.

Sarah Hollowell 🐋

sarahhollowell

Outside of the fact that I agree white writers shouldn't be writing books from the perspective of POC because the shitty reality is that there's a limited amount of spaces

Tara

janelloween

The way I feel about the Buffy ep Dead Man's Party vs how I feel about Hakeldamamake it make senseNo, not like rhetorically, I honestly need to make it make

Isaac

IzzaacATLA

We need to stop pretending that Bryke are some super genius writers and representation kings, and super nice people, they aren’t. They fucked over LOK, whitewashed characters, and said some

His Bark Materials 🌌

OneiricCanid

This is fucked up and extremely harmful. Don't tell stories that aren't yours to tell, sure. But if the story you are telling has BIPOC characters in it, TELL IT.

James K Puchowski

kvisleis

"This 'Scots'-writer isn't even using Scots words or phrasing. He's using English as a template!"Introducing, Norwegian. The following sentences are identical in meaning:Hun er ikke bevisst på om det var

Lauren Rheaume

laurenxelissa

The first work I ever did for @GrubWriters was volunteer for The Muse and the Marketplace conference in 2011, and I haven’t missed a Muse since. That first one was