#writer's notes

[okwrites]

Breaking 3 Writing 'Rules':

If you have ADHD or ASC or are some other flavor of neurodivergent, the 'rules' many big name authors post about how they've reached success can actually make you feel REALLY BAD because you can't always do the same thing.

Building a positive relationship with writing can make all the difference in getting you writing more.

'Write every day.' - Don't write every day, write when the mood strikes. But you can trick your brain into work mode by trying different things. Put on your shoes when it's time to write. Light a candle. Put on the same playlist every time. After a while, it'll be like a light-switch. When you light the candle, your brain will find writing easier. Just don't force it. When you try to force writing, you build up frustration and resentment if you don't get anything out. Some days just won't be writing days. That's FINE, lots of authors don't write every day (even if they say they do).

'I write 1000 words every day!' - Well, if you WANT to write and are struggling, a goal of 1000 words seems really far away. So do incremental goals. One sentence. One paragraph. 100 words. Usually by then you're in the flow of things and you can write 1000 words pretty easy. And again, celebrate every single one of those goals so you want to keep doing it. If you have to? One sentence, walk away, come back later, add another, GOOD JOB, two whole sentences!

'Sit down and block out x hours every day just for writing.' - Actually, the best way I've found to write is to tell my brain the deadline or end time is really, really soon - so I write in 20-30 minute chunks, and then walk away or take breaks and come back if I want to later. By setting that arbitrary shorter deadline, my brain can see an end and will work harder and focus more because it knows it's just for a little bit. If 20-30 minutes is too long, start with 15 minute chunks.

#adhd culture #adhd #adhd problems #adhd writer #writer #writers #writing #author #authors #fantasy author #authors on tumblr #writeblr #writers on tumblr #writerscommunity #creative writing #writer's notes #asc #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #autism #asd

[aftergloom]

Experiencing a very stupid idea (again) and I’m reminding myself that you don’t come to fandom asking for permission to write said stupid idea: you write the stupid idea then beg forgiveness.

#and then you get into your box and hide #writer's notes #amwriting

[saltyfilmmajor]

why are all the enemies to lovers prompts about school it all seems so juvenile (derogatory)

#what's that post about how Middle Aged Women are the backbone of fandom and fic culture #Genuinely i find that age and life experience makes you a better writer #I don't mean to shit on young writers or anything i myself am one after all #but i find that the most common prompts come out of people with limited life experience #No one would fucking say that or behave like that #Also My version of Enemies to lovers is quite literal not like having beef with that guy in the office #I just want to write about two middle aged spies hate fucking #writer's notes

[youvebeenlivingfictional]

the notes you leave yourself when you can't decide if you want a story to get smutty or not

#writer's notes #writing #writing problems #not fic #well not technically

[iguessitsgrace]

New Year, same me!

#thoughts #writers #poem #poetry #writer's notes #writing #love #inspiration #mental health #excerpt from a book i'll never write #new year #new year 2023 #goals #new year goals #lol #same shit different day

[thatrandomblogsays]

I’m so happy for them

[Image Description: Castiel from Supernatural is saying I love you, underneath is an image of Dean Winchester with the caption: “After four months of striking the WGA has a reached a tentative agreement & finalizing the contract. If all goes well writers will get to return to work with better pay and protections. They did it. Go unions”]

(Source)

#wga solidarity #wga strong #after months of watching union busting and anti union tactics #wga is coming out strong #hopefully sag is next! #writers strike #support unions #wga strike #sag strike #supernatural meme #destiel #destiel meme #workers rights #fuck the amptp #destiel news #mine #we’ve hit the note amount where people start fighting in the notes #stop fighting kids #but also the strike was absolutely necessary #withholding labor is how unions negotiate for better rights #the CEOs are multimillionaires who refused to pay proper wages #they needed to receive heavy losses so they’d actually come to the table listen to union demands

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

the fact that shakespeare was a playwright is sometimes so funny to me. just the concept of the "greatest writer of the English language" being a random 450-year-old entertainer, a 16th cent pop cultural sensation (thanks in large part to puns & dirty jokes & verbiage & a long-running appeal to commoners). and his work was made to be watched not read, but in the classroom teachers just hand us his scripts and say "that's literature"

just...imagine it's 2450 A.D. and English Lit students are regularly going into 100k debt writing postdoc theses on The Simpsons screenplays. the original animation hasn't even been preserved, it's literally just scripts and the occasional SDH subtitles.txt. they've been republished more times than the Bible

#due to the Great Data Decay academics write viciously argumentative articles on which episodes aired in what order #at conferences professors have known to engage in physically violent altercations whilst debating the air date number of household viewers #90% of the couch gags have been lost and there is a billion dollar trade in counterfeit “lost copies” #serious note: i'll be honest i always assumed it was english imperialism that made shakespeare so inescapable in the 19th/20th cent #like his writing should have become obscure at the same level of his contemporaries #but british imperialists needed an ENGLISH LANGUAGE (and BRITISH) writer to venerate #and shakespeare wrote so many damn things that there was a humongous body of work just sitting there waiting to be culturally exploited... #i know it didn't happen like this but i imagine a English Parliament House Committee Member For The Education Of The Masses or something #cartoonishly stumbling over a dusty cobwebbed crate labelled the Complete Works of Shakespeare #and going 'Eureka! this shall make excellent propoganda for fabricating a national identity in a time of great social unrest. #it will be a cornerstone of our elitist educational institutions for centuries to come! long live our decaying empire!' #'what good fortune that this used to be accessible and entertaining to mainstream illiterate audience members... #..but now we can strip that away and make it a difficult & alienating foundation of a Classical Education! just like the latin language :)' #anyway maybe there's no such thing as the 'greatest writer of x language' in ANY language? #maybe there are just different styles and yes levels of expertise and skill but also a high degree of subjectivity #and variance in the way that we as individuals and members of different cultures/time periods experience any work of media #and that's okay! and should be acknowledged!!! and allow us to give ourselves permission to broaden our horizons #and explore the stories of marginalized/underappreciated creators #instead of worshiping the List of Top 10 Best (aka Most Famous) Whatevers Of All Time/A Certain Time Period #anyways things are famous for a reason and that reason has little to do with innate “value” #and much more to do with how it plays into the interests of powerful institutions motivated to influence our shared cultural narratives #so i'm not saying 'stop teaching shakespeare'. but like...maybe classrooms should stop using it as busy work that (by accident or designs) #happens to alienate a large number of students who could otherwise be engaging critically with works that feel more relevant to their world #(by merit of not being 4 centuries old or lacking necessary historical context or requiring untaught translation skills) #and yeah...MAYBE our educational institutions could spend less time/money on shakespeare critical analysis and more on... #...any of thousands of underfunded areas of literary research i literally (pun!) don't know where to begin #oh and p.s. the modern publishing world is in shambles and it would be neat if schoolwork could include modern works? #beautiful complicated socially relevant works of literature are published every year. it's not just the 'classics' that have value #and actually modern publications are probably an easier way for students to learn the basics. since lesson plans don't have to include the #important historical/cultural context many teens need for 20+ year old media (which is older than their entire lived experience fyi)

[etz-ashashiyot]

No see results, we die like artisans

#please also note #I didn't include writing prose fiction because lbr half this site are writers lol

[porcupine-girl]

#wga strike #destiel #destiel meme #writers strike #notes

[rain-writeswriting]

Holy heck. It's been long since I posted on here. New short story coming up in a couple minutes. I hope yall enjoy.

P.s. I started film school this week so expect scripts in the near future.

#writer's things #my writing #writer's problems #star talks #not a fanfic #writer's notes #film school

[zwoelffarben]

Edit: A writer's strike has not started. The Guild's membership has just authorized one in the cause that Guild reps and studio executives cannot come to an agreement on the contract.

Don't pull out the spirit holloween banners yet, is all I'm saying.

Edit 2, circa May 1, 2023: The studios have refused to negociate with the writers' guild in good faith, leaving the guild no choice but to strike.

A WGA STRIKE HAS BEGUN.

#for the sake of most recent information being circulated‚ this post will be locked with a link to the most recent news #thank you everyone for my first 20K notes post #destiel news #writers' guild of america #strike #wga #writing #hollywood

[saltyfilmmajor]

Draft Excerpt

#glass box boyfriends #lunt #Lane x Ethan #Writer's notes #Ethan: I've been clocked and I DONT LIKE IT

[iguessitsgrace]

As my feelings for you get deeper, yours are slowly fading.

~Iamgrace

#feelings #thoughts #writers #poem #poetry #writer's notes #writing #relationship #love #inspiration #mental health #excerpt from a book i'll never write #emotions #sad #heartbreak #psychology #broken #take care of your mental health #love quotes #quotes #sad poetry #sad but true #hurt #i hate this

[meerealsssss]

if this gets 3.35k notes then i'll try to work some more on editing my book, i'll befriend the trans student teacher, i'll practice more art, and i'll try to find out who i am.

no one is gonna see this and i doubt this will reach 3k

not tagging anyone because people are scary

deadline: march first (@cannedworma's birthday :3)

edit: okay guys we got to the number

#notes #tumblr notes #writers on tumblr

[randomnotebookthoughts]

I wonder if anyone ever fantasizes about having a life with me.

#random notes #random thoughts #randomnotebookthoughts #female writers #writers and poets #writers on tumblr #thinking out loud #obsessive daydreaming #love #love poetry #spilled ink #words #quotes #text post #feelings #poets corner #poets on tumblr #original writing #love poem #relationship

[kotaface]

My favorite thing about fanfic is watching a writer go through all 5 stages of grief as their fluffy one-shot inexplicably becomes a 100k-word novel.

#this is a self callout btw #authors notes are the best part no I’m not accepting criticism #fanfic #fanfiction #fanfic writers #writing is hard