Trying to Finish Things like Neil Gaiman Told Me

"Finish things, just whatever it takes to finish, finish. And then get on with the next one. You will learn more from a glorious failure than you ever will from something you've never finshed." -Neil Gaiman

[st-pam]

[coolbattlegirl]

Reblogging for the future

[mikedawwwson]

Why Did They Come?

[wobblyjimbles]

TOO FUCKIN’ phenomenal to NOT reblog!!!!

[jasonpriestley]

The Scooby-Doo Project (1999)

[acreaturecalledgreed]

fun fact this special scared so many kids so fucking badly (b/c the blair witch aspect was played weirdly straight) that CN never aired it again 

[hz-archive]

you’re telling me this is real and not a shitpost

[preciousbeaan]

I seriously thought this shit was fake until I looked it up

[drawing-bored-deactivated202312]

that one time a parody of a fake found footage film is believed to be fake until footage is found.

[dykebrucespringsteen]

i found an extended version of the one above in which scrappy is inexplicably out in the woods and the gang, rightly, is scared shitless by him

[isuzu9]

[cassafrasspie-deactivated201703]

WHAT THE HECK

[awkwardspeller]

The only Frozen I will rewatch.

[0hi0is0nfire-deactivated2020041]

Found these two things today. Anyway Mexico is cool and reblog with other additions if you see them

[safitheartist]

Reminder: these are not wild fires. They were set on purpose by the Brazilian goverment.

It's great that other countries are doing something but please keep in mind that the Brazilian goverment has to be held accountable for the damage they have done even after this crisis is resolved.

[uncle-knobheads]

Fic authors deserve more credit.

Story time: I started a book about 23 hours ago and just finished it. Also in that time I slept for 10 hours, spent time with family, was at work, etc. Anyway, I enjoyed the book (Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda). But it felt like it flew by, so after I finished I looked up the word count because what are pages? Pages are meaningless. I only function in word counts anymore.

The estimate I found was 58,580. My immediate reaction was “oh, that’s why. That’s nothing!” But what a shitty response. Because no. That’s not nothing. That’s a whole. Damn. Book. An entire novel! And Fic authors regularly bust out 30k, 50k, 100k, 150k words. AND THEY DO IT FOR FREE. WHILE WORKING AND LIVING THEIR LIVES.

So anyway, thank your favorite fic author today because they deserve it. Because they’re amazing. They’re the MVPs.

[galadrieljones]

Some rough word count equivalencies for you, via famous novels, just to give you an idea of what OP is saying:

30k fic = Animal Farm by George Orwell

50k fic = The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

75k fic = Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger

100k fic = To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

150k fic = The Two Towers by JRR Tolkien

200k fic = Moby Dick by Herman Melville

250k fic = Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling

300k fic = A Feast for Crows by George RR Martin

350k fic = Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

400k fic = Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

[a-shakespearean-in-paris]

I WROTE SOMETHING AS LONG AS MOBY DICK AND I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW

[princesweetpea]

I can’t believe I’ve surpassed Animal Farm.

Holy shit.

[iffeelscouldkill]

This is awesome. With that said, huge appreciation also to fic writers who write shorter fics - 10k, 5k, 1k, 500 words. Because yeah, huge long fics get a lot of love, and a lot of labour goes into them, but the same is true for tiny fics as well. Not everyone is banging out huge great novels, but little ficlets are fantastic and still bring readers a ton of joy.

So if you’re feeling a bit downcast because you can’t write that 50 chapter epic or your latest WIP is “only” 2k and it still took you ages - that’s amazing. Seriously. Not everyone is naturally wordy or prolific. And you can say a ton with just a few hundred or thousand words.

Props to short fic creators - you guys are awesome.

[alakeeffectgirl]

The moment I realized that in the average year, I write and post enough fanfic to equal a novel that falls between To Kill A Mockingbird and The Two Towers was a HUGE moment for me. I’ve only posted one thing that passed thirty thousand words ever in my ~career~, but it all adds up. 

[raat-jaaga-paakhi]

@avani008 @carminavulcana @glyphenthusiast @walburgablack @parlegee @mayavanavihariniharini @heyifinallyhaveablog @incurablescribbler - Thank you, all of you, and all those wonderful writers I have lousily missed, but loved reading nonetheless. You carve your mark more than canon on us fans and lovers. Thank you for being who you are. Thank you for bringing those people we love alive. 

[fencer-x]

*looks at “Gone With the Wind” and rolls eyes*

[throwbackblr]

[awkwardspeller]

[awaari]

floof!

[herongraystairs-tid14]

DON’T SCROLL PAST THIS

for the last 2+ weeks, the Amazon has been catching fire. Yes, it’s the season where that’s normal but because of the sayings (aka incentive) of our new president, some farmers are taking advantage of that and intentionally setting the trees on fire. Yesterday, because of this, the sky of São Paulo looked like this. AT THREE IN THE AFTERNOON.

Hospitals of the northern states are filling up with people (especially children and seniors) claiming they can’t breathe properly. ALREADY ENDANGERED ANIMALS ARE DYING. THIS IS SERIOUS.

Germany and Norway, huge donators to the Amazon cause will stop sending money because they don’t see results (that can also be credited to our president, who has been tweeting angrily ever since - not because he cares about the environment, btw). That money gives this guy and his team equipment to save little guys like these:

THIS AFFECTS EVERYONE, NOT JUST BRAZILIANS. The Amazon is the largest rainforest in the world, and it’s being destroyed. WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.

If your country is holding elections, vote for someone who cares about this. Don’t let another Bolsonaro or another Trump have the power to do something and then do nothing. This is going to shape our future — if we have one.

PLEASE REBLOG, EVERYONE NEEDS TO SEE THIS!!

side note: not to sound bitter or ungrateful but also like what’s up with Europe… y’all exploited South America for centuries but just because you “aren’t seeing results” you stop helping altogether?? if you really wanted to help you wouldn’t stop because you think you aren’t helping lol

[enbyelf]

theres a petition going around. PLEASE sign it. this is HUGE

[miellekingsleigh13]

Please reblog to spread the news. This is important.

[whitepeopletwitter]

[classicintp]

I’m posting this multiple times today so everyone sees it, you should too.

[xxtc-96xx]

Seems like there was a lot of covering up with it but now is too big to hide anymore

[blackness-by-your-side]

my utopia

[gentlyepigrams-deactivated20180]

The drag queen from this photo has spoken up about the photo.

I won’t speak for all liberals, but I’d like to see a future where it isn’t a big deal for a woman in full modesty garb to sit next to a drag queen in NYC. It’s become a bit of a sensation, but her and I were just existing. The freedom to simply be yourself in a sea of people who aren’t like you is a freedom we all deserve.

[theroguefeminist]

The central irony is that this isn’t some hypothetical future–it’s just present day reality. This is a picture of two ordinary people going about their normal lives despite how haters want to politicize it lmao. So the underlying message is not “future liberals want” it’s “people conservatives want to eradicate”

[counterpunches]

the underlying message is not “future liberals want” it’s “people conservatives want to eradicate”

[gokuma]

The freedom to simply be yourself in a sea of people who aren’t like you

[transgirlpinup]

Always reblog.

[fencer-x]

Thoughts?

I kind of want to do a reverse fic-based Secret Santa, wherein people anonymously submit to me fic prompts they want to see (from a variety of pairings I propose) and I’ll write the ones I think I can handle, not knowing who proposed them, and then on Christmas I’ll post them and you can see if you got a ‘present’ from me.

Idk how feasible it is or if people would be interested enough it’d be worth it (ideally I’d want a bunch of different prompts so I can choose ones I really click with), but maybe??

[awkwardspeller]

@fencer-x

[catchymemes]

[werewolfviking]

[padawanton]

A very good archetype that I like a lot

Male protagonists that are the most/one of the most powerful characters in their world but are actually very soft and nice and don’t necessarily want to fight anyone 

[keybladesoras]

Thank You Kyoto Animation!

[weavemama]

maybe gangster whales is what we need in order to fight climate change

[moro-nokimi]

Whales, you’re doing great sweeties

[awkwardspeller]

[childhoodruiner]

Retweet

[baebiebleu-deactivated20190611]

Nahhh, can’t risk it.

[imkiwhereslevi]

✨sorry y’all

[whimslight]

im sorry yall

[biggestniq]

I work in insurance yall, I ain’t risking shit

[chairman-buttlicker]

I’m cool with superstitions, but now I don’t trust any of you fucks behind the wheel…

[swaggiemcgee-deactivated2024081]

I’m sorry y’all