cah:
Over a year ago, just as we were on the verge of removing a nonsensical and poorly performing card I’d written for Cards Against Humanity back before we knew how to write well, “Swooping” took on a new significance thanks to Urban Dictionary. I found the card safeguarded by a self-referential paradox further guaranteed by its cultural dissemination: the more people were confused by “Swooping,” the more people looked it up on Urban Dictionary and upvoted it in an effort to make sense of the card.
In the spirit of giving this holiday season, please help me keep this mediocre card in the game by continuing to upvote it. Thank you for your time, and long live the Paradox.
- Eli from CAH
writingmyselfintoanearlygrave:
Things to do as a famous writer;
- Make a “fan blog” of ur book of Tumblr and stalk ur fandom from within.
- Go to a book store, find ur books, sign a copy, then leave.
- Write purposefully bad fan fiction of ur book and post it anonymously.
- Buy a copy of ur own book and write commentary in the margins, then sell it online.
- Cosplay ur own character to a con, don’t let anyone know it’s you.
- Using your “fan blog” befriend another fan online. Ask them to video chat you, record their reaction.
- Draw purposefully bad fan art and post it anonymously.
- Read ALL of the fan fiction of ur book, then declare random ones you like as cannon in the comments.
- Talk to aspiring writers online or at schools and encourage them.
- Become a beta reader for one of ur fans.
- Hold long in depth conversations with a fan who doesn’t recognize you, disagree with everything they say.
- Ask to talk a picture with people who recognize you on the street before they have a chance to ask you first.
- Anonymously commission artists to draw ur characters, then surprise them by posting it to ur “official blog.” Make sure you credit them so you draw more attention to their amazing artwork!!!
- Tease ur fans about the next book coming out.
- Tell ur fans a character is gonna die in the next book, but not say who. Watch them squirm.
Life goals
Yesssss
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It’s already begun
in my head Jake Coolice looks like a grownup version of that kid from the Burger King Kids’ Club and you’ll never convince me otherwise.
There’s only a million of these out there, but none that I have found were consolidated into one post, were too vague, were overly complex, etc., etc., etc. I’ve made my own post of colors of import.
I’ve probably missed stuff. Send me an ask if I have, or if something is horribly wrong. I want this to be as accurate and updated as possible. Hopefully someone finds this helpful. ^^
