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"I have depression. Most of the time, that means I have a small, quiet sadness living inside me that simply Exists and Is, no matter what. That's not always a bad thing. Sometimes it helps me to empathize. Sometimes it helps me to feel. Sometimes it helps me to care. It's only when the small, quiet sadness becomes a monster that it's dangerous."

-Anonymous

#quote #sad quotes #mentalhealthquote #mentalhealthstruggles #mental health #mental health quotes

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Ok, time to be a cliché:

Reblog this post if you are a writeblr. If you post about your WIPs and/or share writing advice, then this post is for you! I can't promise I'll follow you, but I'll definitely check out your blog!

Feel free to drop a little info about yourself in the reblog!

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My brain has decided that no, you are not writing until you clean your room. Feels kinda stupid, ngl, my room has been A Depression Nest TM for ages now, and I don't plan on cleaning it anytime soon.

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if you’re having a bad day, here’s a cute little marching band

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If you look at the sky for long enough

It feels like you can fall into it.

#thoughts #iwasinthecarandiguessithinkbetterthen? #maybepoetryidk #writingblr #writerblr #writeblr #art #writing #mywriting #travel #ish

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Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

Look buddy, i’m just trying to make it to Friday.

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Howl’s Moving Castle ハウルの動く城 2004 | dir. Hayao Miyazaki

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A, C, X, and Z for the get to the writer ask game!!

A - Does writing energize or exhaust you?

It definitely exhausts me! I think primarily in concepts, so putting my thoughts into words that make sense is so tiring, and sometimes frustrating when what I see in my head is definitely not what the words are showing. I love writing anyway though, haha.

C - Do you use a real name or a pseud? 

For my writing, my penname is Lane Beck. I think I’ve probably thrown my real name on tumblr somewhere, but my tumblr friends lovingly refer to me as Milkshake, and I love it.

X - What inspires you as a writer?

Definitely reading! Despite the fact that I’m not good at words, the beauty of them never ceases to astound me, and when someone utilizes those words and weaves them into a masterpiece, it makes me want to do it, too.

Z - What made you decide to write your story?

I have no idea! I often come up with things that would be cool to have a book about, and then I’m like “Okay, so now I need to make this make sense.” So I’m working on it, and maybe it’ll eventually turn into something tolerable, haha.

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Milkshake!! Hello! I'm just coming by to check on you and ask you how you're doing! How is your Sunday (or Easter if you celebrate)? I hope you are well!

Zofija, hi!! Sorry I didn’t see this earlier. My Easter was kind of a lazy day which was nice. I’m still super tired and burnt out and just sick of school, but other than that, I’m okay! Thanks so much for checking in, you are so sweet!

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Thanks for the tag Zofija!

Last Song: Nothingness by Kanisan

Last Movie: Is it a bad thing that I don’t actually remember?

Currently Reading: 1984 by George Orwell, and Divergent by Veronica Wroth

Currently Craving: A break from all of the everything and to walk somewhere pretty and aesthetic.

Tagging (no pressure!) @shadowlight-inkedthoughts, @aligned-stars-writing, @just-another-messy-studyblr, @adelinemwriting, @the-writing-avocado

Catch Up Tag!

Thanks for tagging @pepperminttegan & @i-lovethatforme for tagging!

Rules: tag 9 people you’d like to know better/catch up with.

Last Song: Mermaid - Skott

Last Movie: Space Sweepers - An excellent eat-the-rich found-family space opera with some amazing characters, I’ve been losing my mind over this movie, go watch it!

Currently reading: The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie for published books, and I just caught up on @pepperminttegan‘s The Velvet Curtain and am about to read @awakening5‘s Ripple Effect: Moonlight and @floreatcastellumposts‘s Wood for the Trees

Currently watching: just finished Derry Girls and slowly working my way through Leverage, Teenage Bounty Hunters, Lucifer, Lupin, Schitt’s Creek, TFATWS, and the Suez Canal Soap Opera

Currently craving: vacation and 3 more coffees

Tagging: @whiffingbooks / @laughingtoyourself / @fanfictioningfangirl / @red-leafy / @esloon / and anyone else who wants to join!

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Ahhh, thanks so much!! 

@adelinemwriting @hearteyeswrites @aligned-stars-writing @the-writing-avocado @theemptyjournal @chantofjasmines

💛🌼🌼💛 Send this to the twelve nicest people you know or seem to have a good heart and if you get five back you must be pretty awesome 💖✨💖✨

Aw this is sweet. I don’t really partake in these but my good friends do deserve some love this fine Sunday.

@lovelyblossomcherry @londonspidey @fall-in-summer @sunnymfskies @oceanggirl @spideysquackson13 @canwekissforever-hazzy @hxrryhxlland @mischiefmanaged011 @felicityparkers @yourstrulyamour @parkerpeter24 @duskholland

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Get-to-Know-the-Writer Ask Game

A: Does writing energize or exhaust you?

B: What’s your writing kryptonite?

C: Do you use your real name or a pseud?

D: Do you tend to write what you want, or what your readers want?

E: What other writers are you friends with?

F: Do you prefer to write stand-alones or series?

G: If you could tell your younger self anything, what would it be?

H: What’s your favorite under-appreciated novel? 

I: What’s your writing spirit animal?

J: How many unpublished and half-finished books do you have?

K: How many hours a day do you write? Days per week?

L: How do you select the names of your characters?

M: Are you primarily a writer? Or do you consider it a secondary career?

N: Do you hide secrets/easter eggs in your books?

O: What types of scenes are hardest for you to write?

P: What’s your biggest writing flaw?

Q: Do you have a specific process for writing?

R: What’s your writing set-up like?

S: How long does it take you to finish your first draft?

T: Do you believe in writer’s block?

U: Do you want to be/are you professionally published or self-published?

V: How would you feel if your story turned into a movie?

W: Are you a planner or a pantser? Or somewhere in between?

X: What inspires you as a writer?

Y: Are your characters based off of people you know? Yourself? Or no one at all?

Z: What made you decide to write your story?

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Sometimes, you just gotta be self-indulgent with your writing, even if other people say it’s “cliche” or “overused”.

Write that masquerade ball with the lush gowns and the breathtaking stranger with the tempting smile peeking out from a trickster’s mask. Even if people say it’s been done a thousand times before and they don’t want to read it.

Write it because you like it

Write that happy ending that is so sweet, it’ll rot your teeth right out of your head. Even if people say happy endings that sweet aren’t realistic or whatever

Write it because you like it.

Write that heart-wrenching death scene just so you can write something decadently comforting afterward. Even if people complain that death scenes are only for the DramaTM.

Write it because you like it.

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I know you’ ve already did this, but...

if you get this, answer with 3 random facts about yourself (or your book/oc) and send it to the last 7 blogs in your notifications, anonymously or not!

YAY ANOTHER ONE. I love this so much.

 I’m learning ASL and I desperately want to become fluent. I’d love to be trained as a translator, even though I want to be a nurse.

I adore candles, but I usually have to make them because scented ones from the store give me headaches.

 I love origami and if you give me a square of paper, it’s probably gonna be some sort of creature within a few minutes.

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Actually, to be kind to all the people I sent this, I’mma find random other mutuals to ask instead. So OtHeR people can get dragged into the game. *more evil laughter*

if you get this, answer with 3 random facts about yourself (or your book/oc) and send it to the last 7 blogs in your notifications, anonymously or not!

Yay, another one! These are fun. And I’m pretty sure @chocolatehouse is in my last 7 notifications again, so this is gonna go back and forth and forth and back and it’ll be great. *evil laughter*

 If for some reason I don’t want coffee (gasp!) then apple juice or apple cider is my go-to drink. 

 I am constantly writing letters. I have one person who I consistently write letters to, one person who I write letters to but keep in a notebook where they can’t find them, and then I randomly write letters to no-one at all. Letters are my favourite and if you write me a letter I will literally be so excited.

 I have no idea what my love language is but I suspect that it is receiving gifts, and that makes me feel selfish and narcissistic ahaha.

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if you get this, answer with 3 random facts about yourself (or your book/oc) and send it to the last 7 blogs in your notifications, anonymously or not!

Yay, another one! These are fun. And I’m pretty sure @chocolatehouse is in my last 7 notifications again, so this is gonna go back and forth and forth and back and it’ll be great. *evil laughter*

 If for some reason I don’t want coffee (gasp!) then apple juice or apple cider is my go-to drink. 

 I am constantly writing letters. I have one person who I consistently write letters to, one person who I write letters to but keep in a notebook where they can’t find them, and then I randomly write letters to no-one at all. Letters are my favourite and if you write me a letter I will literally be so excited.

 I have no idea what my love language is but I suspect that it is receiving gifts, and that makes me feel selfish and narcissistic ahaha.

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Building Character 📙

#I'mjustgonnadrinkcoffeeandactlikeihaventjustbeencalledout #whyisthissuchastruggle #someonehelpmegetmyacttogetherplease