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are you really a writer if you don’t constantly doubt the originality of your stories and aren’t overwhelmed by a crippling fear that your work isn’t good enough?

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Taking a break from my main blog for a little bit. I need to focus on improving my life, one aspect being that I don’t write enough. I’ve got a product in the works, one that I want to talk about soon.

#personal

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>> fml

<< What's up this time?

>> some asshat broke into my box

<< LMAO what and they stole your SNES emulator?

>> they trashed it! half my shit is gone and they filled it up with fuckin junk files!

<< You've gotta be kidding me. What script kiddie did you piss off?

>> dude i wasnt doin shit!!! i was just downloading a few movies and i woke up and my computer was fubar

<< Wait, but I thought your mom paid for some top-of-the-line firewall?

>> SEE thats whats so crazy bc like

>> idiot didnt delete the logs

>> hes got some kind of crazy software to hide his ip and crack my firewall but he was too dumb to clean up after himself

<< So you DID piss off some skiddie. What was it this time? Did you talk shit on his mom or mess up his KDR?

>> idk but like

>> look at these logs

>> Uploaded 06/09/09 Logs

<< That sure looks like a wall of text!

>> fuck you

>> he left breadcrumbs EVERYWHERE

>> every step of the password cracking process is in here

>> … i could recreate this

<< Yeah, but what good is that if you can't trace where he's coming from? You can't hit him back. >> dude nobody has something like this. imagine if you and me did?

<< You and I*

>> stfu

#oc #new idea i'm working on #i like fleshing out characters through back and forths #it's really useful for me to figure out who they are

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i know only a couple people follow this blog but

your girl has another story idea

because i’ve never been able to pick one and stick with it lmao

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i know i haven’t exactly been active since i started this blog, but hopefully that’ll change in the near future

i want to be on more, but i’m reluctant to promise i will because i know how i am

ANYWAY the reason i thought to log in is because i suddenly had an idea pop into my head, fully-formed, for a magic system that i would like to see, or make

the issue is this system doesn’t fit into any of my existing ideas

brain, why must you taunt me so

#inky-speaks #for real #i've already got too many stories in my head

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I was listening to an art podcast and I heard someone use “creative hibernation” as a term to describe a period of time when your creative energy and flow of ideas is slowing down.

Honestly, it sounds so much better than “art block”. To me, “creative hibernation” sounds less like a negative thing and more like an organic part of the creative process. 

“Art block” sounds very definite. They sound like something you MUST actively fight against to break them down in order to continue. “Hibernation” on the other hand sounds more like a thing that happens every now and then but that will go away on its own when it’s time. It’s a stage of gathering energy for the next creative pursuit. Art block on the other hand is an artificial, mental block that actually just seems to solidify the more you treat it like an obstacle to get around.

All creative people go through this type of slowing down all the time and it is completely alright. I thought I would share this because I think the right kind of mentality is actually one of the most important things of recovering your creative energy.

#ref #writers block #helpful