John

[Ryan @rydudebro]

Maybe the internet wasn’t a mistake.

[Trek Central @TheTrekCentral]

"Let's make sure history never forgets... the name... Enterprise."

#StarTrek60 #StarTrek #StarTrekDay

[The Toy Baller @BallerToy1327]

To boldy go

[Will Ojanen @WillsWorldMN]

Took this from TikTok.

[reason @reason]

Police officers in Polk County, Georgia, shot and killed a small pet donkey. Now the animal's distraught owner is vowing legal action.

Read more: https://t.co/bLHB1JZQ0C

[John @John022SB]

@thesecoldbones You've got this!

[John @John022SB]

@KittyDoesCos I'm sorry X is doing that to you, that's a travesty, you deserve to be seen by everyone!

[Liza Libes @pensandpoison]

Check out my full guide to writing your first novel here: https://t.co/wZASjgKduB

[Liza Libes @pensandpoison]

HOW TO *ACTUALLY* WRITE A NOVEL

• Read great literature. The best way to develop your writing voice is to read as much great literature as you can—and to identify your biggest influences. There are no better teachers than the literary greats.

• Skip the creative writing classes. I firmly believe that creative writing classes do more harm than good to your writing voice because of the amount of standardization that happens in these workshops. Old books will take you much further than classes taught by writers you’ve never heard of.

• Live a little. There’s no one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to novel writing, but what most great novels have in common is that they were born from experience. Live your life, explore the world, shuffle back to your desk in the early hours of the morning… and then write.

• Come up with a viable idea. In my experience, this is usually the most difficult part because ideas never come to you when you’re actively trying to summon them. Be patient. In many cases, inspiration strikes randomly.

• Sculpt your characters. If you want to write psychologically believable novel characters, forget almost everything you’ve been taught about character development. “What do they want?” “What’s their wound?” “What do they fear?” Human beings rarely know the answers to these questions, so if you attempt to answer them, you’ll be creating cartoon characters rather than real people. Instead, pay attention to the actual people around you. Talk to as many of them as you can to get a fuller picture of how each person operates. Pay attention to quirky details in your day-to-day life that you can steal for your story.

• Start with big questions. Literature should explore life’s big questions rather than just tell a story. Start with a question and have your characters wrestle with it throughout—and make sure they eventually find some answers.

• Build a world. “The symphony must be like the world; it must embrace everything.” Replace “symphony” with “novel,” and you have my philosophy on novel writing. Make your world as immersive as possible with sights, sounds, smells, and memorable artifacts. These aspects will make your world come alive (yes, description matters).

• Do your research. Some novels require a lot of research; others, not so much. You’re welcome to do your research along the way rather than loading up on research before writing.

• Outline your chapters. You don’t have to have every single chapter mapped out before you start writing, but whether you’re a careful planner or a more spontaneous artist, I would at least recommend having a running list of notes somewhere outside of your draft.

• Find your muse. It can be a person, a piece of music, a work of art, a beautiful poem, or even a landscape. Who’s my muse? The ghost of Dostoyevsky. Duh.

• Start drafting. I usually aim for a chapter a week, which means I’m churning out about 3,000 to 5,000 words every seven days. But regardless of how quickly you’re moving, the most important part is to carve out time to sit down and write as often as possible.

• Write 500 words a day. That’s only 200 days to complete a 100,000-word draft—less than a year! Don’t worry too much about sounding perfect in the first draft—just keep writing so that you’re continually making progress. You can always come back and polish your sentences during the editing stages.

• Revise. I leave all major revisions until after I’ve completed my first draft. At this stage, I might spend an hour or two on a single sentence until it sounds perfect.Make sure your themes and big ideas make sense throughout. Clean up any outstanding plot holes or awkward phrases.

• Write the novel that YOU want to read rather than the novel that everyone else wants you to write. You will be reading that damn novel more than anyone else on this planet.

[John @John022SB]

Flocked after citizen complaint https://t.co/qIA5Nk2liK via @YouTube

[John @John022SB]

@thesecoldbones Good luck!

[John @John022SB]

SWLA marks six years since Hurricane Laura https://t.co/Z6Btpxv5M3

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starbase, Louisiana will be built to support thousands of Starship flights a year with missions launching to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars, and beyond

[reason @reason]

Can the state seize your land and give it to your competition for…a parking lot?!

Reason’s @BessByers shares more about this land grab, and how @IJ tried to stop it.

[John @John022SB]

#spacex
Starbase Louisiana: SpaceX announces enormous $100 billion Starbase launch site https://t.co/vK4jyrGi6e

[Star Wars Culture @SWCultureLive]

So we’re gonna play that game…

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Watch Falcon 9 launch 29 @Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida https://t.co/zg4KNfCxWC

[Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 @TulsiGabbard]

We are praying for everyone in Hawaii dealing with the devastation as Lala moves through the state. Here’s a link to emergency resources for each island if you need help: https://t.co/B4LfC6Fusb