#keep on writing

[vomitingwords]

"I don't want to think about it now," one of my closest friends once told me. "I'll think about what I can do once I'm already in that situation," she even added.

Before we got into this conversation, I was ranting about my life. And why are things not happening the way I want them to? As if the universe is against what I want. These past few months have quite stressed me out, and I don't have anyone to tell these things to. Because, honestly, I never wanted to bother anyone. I am just a typical person who keeps things to herself. Especially if it's too personal for me to share.

Earlier, while I was traveling to work, this conversation struck me once again. And I just remembered that I also said that before to someone I know. I used to think that way. I used to tell other people the same phrase every time they asked me what I would do if I were in a certain situation. And you see, I used to not overthink too much. Yes, I am an overthinker, but not to the point that I am experiencing now. I just thought that my overthinking got the best of me. I'm on the verge of quitting everything that I'm passionate about. In short, I was so close to giving up and stopping everything that makes my heart feel alive. I haven't felt so genuine in a while, as if everything I wrote was nothing but mere words that have no meaning at all. Something I don't really feel like writing about. I stopped having a long conversation with anyone. I stopped listening to what they really had to say. And just think, think, and think until it's time for me to go to sleep.

But then I remembered who I was before. I remembered that girl who doesn't easily give up on things just because she's stressed out. I remembered that girl who loved to lift people up with her words. I remembered someone who would not let anyone stop her from achieving what she wanted. I remembered who I was. I remembered myself saying, "Let's see what I will do if I'm in that situation." Even if I am not sure what I can exactly do when that moment comes, even if I'm not sure if I'm still alive to witness that, I remembered how hopeful I was. And I remembered how much faith I have that things will always work out. And even if they don't, it just means that it wasn't meant for me at all.

I just want to tell you that sometimes you have to remind yourself of the old you—the you who have lived and survived in the past—just to get you where you are right now. And remember that if you don't like where you are right now, you still have a chance to do something that might change where you're going. It might be a tough road to walk on. But the most important thing is that you've done something. You've never abandoned yourself and just given up on what you really want to do.

Hello, I'm just dropping by // ma.c.a

#spilled ink #spilled words #spilled thoughts #readables #writers on tumblr #relatable #excerpt from a book i'll never write #quotes #academia #keep on writing #tumblr writers #writings #writeblr #female writers #writers and poets #inspirational #motivational #self healing #healing #literature #literary quotes #self help #self worth #self love #self care #wordsofwisdom #spilled tears #spilled guts #spilled poetry #spilled writing

[thequeenofthewinter]

Writing Improvement

First, I’d like to say there is no shame at all whatsoever in putting your writing out there. And second, there is absolutely no shame in trying to rewrite and improve. Writing is a creative skill just like drawing, playing a musical instrument, or singing. It requires practice and for you to flex your muscles. Even seasoned writers don’t always write perfection every time.

Most importantly, if you don’t write, you can’t improve. Push down that fear of rejection or of being seen as "not good enough". You are good enough. Writing should bring you joy. It doesn’t matter if anyone else likes it. It matters if YOU enjoy it. That’s it. Other writers understand this, and most would offer you encouragement and see you develop happily. (I know I certainly would!)

Finally, do not compare yourself to others. It’s harmful to your creative spirit. We all develop at our own pace. You don’t write like anyone else, and it's a beautiful thing! And you have something to offer: your words, your perspective, and your story.

#writing encouragement #keep on writing #everyone improves #writing #writing fanfiction #how writing a fic works #writeblr

[courfee]

people’s takes on fic stuff fucking baffles me. i see people going on and on about word counts and complaining when updates “take too long” or refusing to read wips entirely bc they’re too impatient and i just… i cannot understand this shit.

i know that the majority of these people have had to write something for a class in school at some point. it took you weeks to write a five paragraph essay for a grade. most of the time, that’s less than 1k words.

there’s nanowrimo, where the usual goal is to write 50k words in one month. which is understood by participants as an incredibly challenging goal. it’s hard. most people who start don’t complete it in time. it takes a lot of dedicated time. it’s exhausting. and there are so many fics out there that are significantly longer than this - and you can read them for fucking free!!!

it breaks my brain how people don’t seem to understand how much effort and time it actually takes to write something.

it’s even wilder to me that people will just skip over fics entirely based off of how many hits or kudos they have. why even bother searching by ship or tags or what have you if you’re just going to discount 90%+ of your search based off of how many people read it before you. the more common place that becomes, the less amazing fics will end up getting read in the first place. it takes hits to make hits.

all of this is just so wild to me i cannot wrap my brain around it. and i hate going into fic writing for this fandom knowing damn well that i’m in a fandom where people who might genuinely enjoy something i spent hours of my time on will never even consider glancing at it because i’m not “popular” enough. i don’t publish fics for clout and approval, but there’s a reason why i share them in the first place. i’ve written plenty of fics just for myself, or for a few friends to read. but if i take the time to publish and post something, it’s because i want to share it! i put it out there hoping that other people might enjoy it like i do. because sharing that feels good. and it sucks to think that there are people who might have shared in that enjoyment with me, who will never see it because we’ve started putting this weird standard on shit.

i don’t know about other writers, but that’s exactly what i’m talking about when i say that fandom dynamics as of late are sucking the joy out of creating. i write because it brings me joy. i publish/post/share because seeing something i wrote bring someone else joy, brings me even more joy. and watching this whole shitstorm of people being shit to fic writers or completely discounting most fics for one reason or other, just cuts that down so much for me.

idk i have a lot of thoughts and feeling about this but at the end of the day it frustrating and, at times, a bit heartbreaking.

honestly you said it all. all of this.

one thing i wanna add is in regards to nanowrimo: 50k words in a month (1667 words a day btw) is incredibly hard and a lot of people don't manage it, but a common factor i've witnessed between those that have done it is that they went into it having fully planned out their stories. because writing isn't only putting down words on paper, you have to figure out what to write, if you want a great plot you usually have to plan for that, and even once you've written it all you still have to go over everything and edit it. there is even more time and effort that goes into writing that people don't see and just take for granted. it's absolutely a labor of love, and the labor part is strongly emphasised here, and still we offer it for free only for people to be bitchy about it

i just hope you keep the joy of it all, because the entire point of fandom should be that it's done for fun and with the purpose of bringing you fun...

sending you all the love there, at least we are enough people in this fandom who write and draw and cosplay and make edits and all the other things there are for creation that we can support each other through it all

#asks #gotta be honest i didnt even know you could send asks this long i thought there was a character limit of like tweet length... #giving you a hug rn #keep on writing #itll get better again eventually #it has to cause the only other alternative is that the fandom disappears completely

[outsidersproxy]

I'm on chapter 13 for the Hellsing Ultimate phycological horror fanfiction!

The story takes place over 8 days, and I'm currently on day 3.

I've been writing non-stop all week and I'm really excited about that.

#hellsing ultimate #Hellsing #hellsing fandom #Hellsing Ultimate fanfiction #fanfiction #hellsing fanfiction #fanfiction update #psychological horror #horror fanfiction #psychological horror fanfiction #horror #writing #am writing #keep on writing #writing project #wrote all week #writing week

[angrypaperearthquake-tbbb-main]

Y’ALL, MY HEART 🥺

This is the latest comment on my Akayona fic, “A Menstruation Explanation” 😭

They’re not even part of the fandom and they liked it. They don’t even know any of the characters and they thought it was funny. I do not have the words to begin to express how inexplicably elated I am. I squealed like a school girl. This feedback is what every writer hopes and dreams to receive: a completely unbiased opinion of their work.

Thank you reader! You have made my day, month, and year 💚

#to all my writer friends #keep writing #even without comments #keep on writing #it will come #fanfiction #fanfic #fanfiction writer #fanfic writer #writer #writers #writers on tumblr #writing #write #ao3 #ao3 comments #archive of our own #novice writer #yona of the dawn #akatsuki no yona #akayona #a menstruation explanation #one shot

[cristalknife]

Kadam Week 2023

Welcome to another year and edition of the Kadam week

while the “official” week to post is in the first complete one of May, running from Sunday 7 to Saturday 13 please feel free to be inspired and use any of the following prompts at any time. Stories can be found here or on this AO3 collection

Day 1 ~  Kadam playing with sidewalk chalk like they're kids again.

Day 2 ~  His voice had never sounded so cold

Day 3 ~ Failed kidnapping (doesn’t need to be angst attempted intervention from Kurt’s Lima’s friends do count as kidnapping) additional humour bonus prompt

Adam: We almost got surprise adopted! Adam's apples: What? Kurt: We almost got kidnapped.

Day 4 ~ It’s just for one night

Day 5 ~ Stars in your eyes 

Day 6 ~ Secrets     

Day 7 ~ We need a break ~ aka it is vacation time inspired by the following pictures:

source Chris Colfer’s IG

source Oliver Kieran-Jones‘ IG Please let me know if you answer any of those prompts so that I can add your story to the master list. Also let me know if we want to make an ao3 collection for this year too or not

#Kadam Week 2023 #kadam week #kadam glee #Kurt Hummel #Adam Crawford #writing prompt #keep on writing #long post #glee fic prompt #glee

[chaospoetryandcookies]

The purpose of writing fantasy when so many wrote it before

I wrote a short story lately. Space fantasy YA, about a pricess having to choose between her freedom and duty... Nothing too special or original, I was aware of that.

But I liked the story. I liked Fenn, my main character, I created her life way beyond that story I published - her whole childhood, her adulthood, her ups and downs, making friends and enemies, hell, I even came up with her parents' story! I started wondering if I should write a novel with all that, although there was a thought that kept coming back: "this story is like hundreds of others, you're literally so unoriginal, who would even want to read that".

I ignored it, started writing a prologue anyway. The thought still didn't go away when I was planning a whole novel plot - by the moments it was getting louder. I didn't know how to get rid of it until very recently.

I found a story on wattpad, also YA, typical fantasy, happening in non-existing kingdom and time. The main character, having ridiculous imaginary name, being blonde with beautiful curls and green eyes and of course being a rebel and trouble maker. Of course there's magic, an aunt of the main character that's pain in the ass, a few kingdoms and in the middle of the continent there's a big, scary, ancient forest that's a home to all magic. I was rolling eyes with some fragments of the story but read it anyway and liked it very much. And just then, when I got so involved in this not-really-original story, I realized that I should continue on writing mine and why.

Because the purpose of fantasy is not to be the most original. There are so many things that all stories have in common and that's okay, in fact that's a part of fantasy genre. We read fantasy stories to escape from reality, even if they all start to sound alike.

(Actually I love when artist get creative with the details, leaving the cliches in the place)

You know, that's just a thing I had to realize myself as an author.

If you read this longass post to the end and maybe you yourself think that your story isn't worth telling or not interesting enough - trust me, it really is :))

#fantasy #writers on tumblr #writer things #writerslife #my wirting #writing struggles #writerscommunity #writer problems #fantasy writing #keep on writing #it's worth it #writerscorner

[blacklightthedutchie]

Sometimes, when you're writing a poem - or a story - your brain gets fixated on a specific point. If you try so hard to make it perfect, then you'll never make any progress. Just force yourself to get something down on the paper, and tidy it up later! Another way to think about it is this: if you keep your pen in the same spot for too long, you'll just get a big dark puddle of ink. So just move your hand, and go with the flow!

Monika, DDLC

#dont overwork yourself #stay calm #keep on writing #ddlc

[pretendfan]

Trying to write the latest {Roommates} chapter but instead I’m deep in the Adrian Chase hashtag💀

I’m a bit worried I won’t do chapter 10 any justice, the build up has killed me but will I deliver?😱

(Pics of Adrian in is FF uniform because OMFG he looks so sweet and hot at the same time, HOW?!)

#adrian chase x female reader #vigilante x female reader #roommates fic #Adrian chase brain rot #currently writing #adrian chase is a babe #adrian chase #freddie stroma #vigilante #slow burn to eventual smut #fluff and heart eyes #this is it #keep on writing #easily distracted by Adrian #I blame this dude entirely #adrian chase fan fics

[ladyramora]

Good evening. I don't remember which of your works I read first. I do remember encountering them after falling down a small rabbit hole of links originating in Pintrest, back when I used Pintrest. It was your work and that of a few other head cannon writers that inspired me to dust off my old Tumblr account. And also writing small bits on my characters, because I am a bit nutty I guess.

The rabbit hole of links is always an interesting time lol. I am kinda curious what linked you to my Tumblr/fics. I'm glad you got inspired! The world needs more joy and art in it. Writing is another one of those things that is both joy and art 💕

I, myself, am also a bit nutty. I think the best people are.

#ram replies #apologies for the delayed response #keep on writing #i wish you the best of luck and all the inspiration and motivation to work on your stories

[thebetawolfgirl]

Message to all the Timmy Fic writers!

I’ve been having a really shit week. But to be perfectly honest the Timmy fics I’ve seen on here are really helping calm my mind so keep writing them guys! They’re really helping me!

#timothee chalamet fanfiction #to all the fancfic writers #timothee fanfic #thank you #keep on writing

[unchartedthelostlegacy]

i love graffiti. "comics and jazz are the only american art forms" you forgot graffiti. did you remember graffiti? That art form birthed in Philly and NYC in the early 70s by poor Black kids. that art form that spread all over the world and influenced so many. that's used without irony in commercials when they're trying to appeal to a "young urban" customer.

did you forget graffiti? that racism broken windows theory victim? that reach the establishment takes claiming that it's exclusively violent gang members throwing up those full-color pieces and wildstyle tags in the middle of the night outsmarting fifty security cameras because the billboard was ugly anyway. as if, even if it was, it wouldn't be impressive as all hell. risking brutality and fall damage so your art can occupy the space a gentrified condo named something like "Coluumna" took away from you. proving that despite only assholes affording to live here anymore there's still a soul beneath it. an animal with dripping stripes and teeth that go clack-clack tsssss

#graffiti #it's like how they claim touching a paper that had drugs on it can kill a police officer #manufactured fear of art itself because of who made it #you won't invest in addiction recovery or keeping libraries open or extracurricular programs but you'll sure as hell give cops overtime #so they can beat a kid writing on a shutter #writers have such big dick energy

[charliejaneanders]

The United States has always been a terrible place to be sick and disabled. Ableism is baked into our myths of bootstrapping and self-reliance, in which health is virtue and illness is degeneracy. It is long past time for a bedrock shift, for all of us.

Long covid has derailed my life. Make no mistake: It could yours, too.

#covid #quotes #writing #long covid #madeline miller #holy shit this article is devastating #please keep masking and testing

[buggachat]

something so fucked up about Chat Noir’s whole deal is that he is in a lot of ways Adrien playing a character. Like Adrien picked up his miraculous and was told he’d be a superhero so he was like “ok, time to act like a superhero!” and he lets himself have fun w it and play up the role and let loose and kind of just allow himself to be silly and goofy and have fun and for once in his life not care about performing Perfection™.

But. But none of the other characters KNOW THAT. So everyone just sees Chat Noir and is like “look at this guy’s ego. He’s so full of himself. Surely it’d be fair to knock him down a few pegs” without being aware of how few pegs he actually HAS. He’s like the “insecure character who overcompensates in ego” trope except he’s really not doing it unironically, he’s just having a fun LARP pretending to have self worth in his off-hours but nobody else is on the same page about it being a game and he refuses to tell them. He just dramatically pouts about it and lets them laugh and pretends like he’s not internalizing it and it is almost 3 am and my brain forced me to write this instead of sleeping I’m gonna take a melatonin

#writing this my brain was like: what if he actually likes it? #what if he likes people openly criticizing him in ways nobody actually does to Adrien agreste? #because Adrien Agreste is perfect and can do no wrong. maybe he enjoys being insulted or something #and then I remembered chat noirs multiple breakdowns about feeling unworthy and yknow what yeah I don’t think he likes it LOL #do normal people actually fall asleep when they lie down #if you can’t tell I recently decided to make my random ml musings your guys’ business instead of keeping it to myself #hope you enjoy

[lazylittledragon]

if i had a nickel for every au spawned from twitter that i SWORE i was going to be normal about

#i'd have like. five. which isn't a lot but IT KEEPS HAPPENING #stranger things #platonic stobin #steddie #steve harrington #robin buckley #eddie munson #here we go again boys #i've had this floating in my head for a Minute and i was like #nah i'm not gonna do it #maybe i'll anonymously write a fic #but no we're mombin posting on main #i think on twt we agreed it's a 'what's the worst that could happen' situation #platonic co parents can be so so so personal #also i have One more stobin wip and then bg3 again i swear #when i have a baby i Will be putting my giant black wings on beforehand #they have to know what kind of family they're coming into #cw pregnancy

[pangur-and-grim]

twitter is broken today 😭 are there any other ways that people search for anthologies to apply to?

#I want to keep writing stupid little stories that barely fit the theme