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aela ; 21 ; intj follows from: allthoselayersofsilence

[nondelphic]

"just write a little every day" ok but what if i write nothing for 3 weeks and then suddenly type like i’m being hunted by god

[hollowgods-deactivated20250921]

Being told to stop using em dashes in my writing because ChatGPT uses them a lot and people might think it's written by AI...

[leadmetowar]

sometimes when I'm writing I'm like oh fuck i dont know what comes next uggghhh guess I'll just have to make it up :////// bitch... ur making the entire thing up ...it's fiction... thats the fuckin premise

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

beginning to suspect that if I ever want to have a published novel I will have to actually write a novel, which is frankly ghoulish

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

I know I have a novel in me but it seems to be lodged in like. I don't know. my appendix.

[twistinthekaleidoscope]

at some point your story will rupture and cause you unbelievable pain until it is taken out into the world

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

why is this so moving

[gr8writingtips]

people should be allowed to read and write bad books

[gr8writingtips]

i'd rather read 1,000 bad books written by real people than one good book written by ai

[kestalsblog]

Not every story is about seeing yourself in it. Sometimes it’s about learning to see other people too.

[doesnotloveyou]

@tearyeyedcat this was beautifully written, thank you for adding it!

[ellierenae]

write unpublishable things. it's good for you.

[bumblebeebats]

I feel like some people need to relearn Genre Expectations... "Man, this tragedy sucks!!! Why didn't they just do XYZ, then everything could have ended happily!!" well, then it wouldn't be a tragedy, would it. "Man, this lighthearted teen romcom is terrible, it's so sappy and unrealistic!!" Well, yeah. If it had been gritty and dark, it wouldn't have been a lighthearted romcom, would it. Is the writing actually bad or are you just trying to order a milkshake from a Home Depot

[so-many-ocs]

you think writing is mostly making up rich worlds and complex characters and devising their interactions, but really it's mostly double-checking the meanings of incredibly basic words just in case you have been using them wrong your entire life. and that's ok

[writeouswriter]

[ashstfu]

reading a good interesting book after a horrible reading slump and suddenly you can feel the sun shining again and the sky is more beautiful than ever and birds are all singing songs to you

[ao3commentoftheday]

Don't think about writing as just the act of getting words down on a page.

Brainstorming ideas. Daydreaming about the characters. Researching the world they inhabit. Trying to come up with a fucking title.

If you only count the time you spend sitting at a keyboard, you're not giving yourself credit for all of the work you did leading up to the moment when the story is finally clear enough in your mind that you can start putting it into actual words.

[the-golden-comet]

Exactly! Creating a story is more than just typing it out. That’s only one part of the glorious web we weave.

Brainstorming, gather inspiration by reading/watching movies or shows, fantasizing our characters in scenarios, meditating to allow your brain to free-think. Creating art or music inspired by your characters, drafting mood boards, finding headcanons. These activities are ALL a part of the creative process.

Yes, writing your ideas down and crafting the drafts are important in the story-sharing process, but never feel guilty if you need time to rest and gather inspiration passively. The happier you are, and the more relaxed you are, the more naturally that story will flow out of you. 💖✨

[what-even-is-thiss]

Sometimes fiction doesn’t have a moral to the story. Sometimes fiction points at something and goes “Ever thought about THAT???” And you look at what it’s pointing at for a bit.

[kittyit]

if you start reading books again. you will feel at least a little better. I promise

[sourdough-seal]

one time a professor asked me if i’d ever wanted to write anything “more important” than romance. and i said no. i was put on this earth to write about sad people kissing. and if another writer ever came up to me and said they wanted to write 400 pages containing nothing but a character baking a single loaf of bread each day, then i would tell them to do that. people don't write something because it's important. they write about something and that is what makes it important

[lem0nademouth]

nothing makes u feel stupid quite like being a writer. out here googling “rooms in a house” to make sure i didn’t forget one of em. blockhead behavior.

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