This blog is a mess

I'm trying to write, I swear. Just a girl and her alter egos. Imma let them take over the world while the real me is drinking tea, hiding from my enemies. All of a sudden I have 2 WIPs and I'm not working on none of them (great 👌). Trying my luck with fantasy, urban fantasy and YA; awkward and INFP

[leafvy]

i’m finally back with another name list! this time it’s beautiful uncommon names + their meanings, enjoy! Female: Adeena - Noble, gentle, delicate Agrafina - Wild Horse Ailith - Seasoned warrior Aislin - Vision Alaia - Beautiful shore Aloïsia - Famous warrior Amadrya - Tree Nymph Amara - Eternally beautiful Amaris - Child of the Moon; promised by God Ambrosine - Immortal Amice - Friend Anneliese - Favour; Grace; my God is a vow Annika - Sweet faced, God has favoured me Annistyn - Resurrection Aoife - Beauty, radiance Arianwyn - Woman of Silver Ariella - Lioness of God Asena - She-Wolf Asra - Travel at Night Asterin - Star Atalia - God is great Atarah - Crown Aurelia - Golden Aviva - Springlike and fresh Avyanna - Strong, powerful, beautiful Ayelet - Musical instrument; Gazelle Aziza - Precious Bathsheba - Daughter of an Oath Behtan - Strong beauty Bellona - War-like Betina - God’s promise Betla - A Woman who finds God in her oath Blyana - Strong Brina - Protector Briony - To grow; to sprout Briseis - One whom Achilles loved Cecily - Blind Cerelia - From the Springtime Ceren - Young Gazelle Charis - Grace and beauty Chaska - Star Goddess Chryseis - Golden Citlali - Star Goddess Clemenza - Merciful Corvina - Raven-haired Cynth - Moon Goddess Cyrilla - Lordly Czarina - A born Empress Cǽlestis - Heavenly Davina - Beloved Davrusha - Bee Desdemona - Ill starred Dhara - The Earth Dinah - God will judge Drusilla - Fruitful Dušana - Soul; spirit Edlynne - Princess Eira - Merciful Elara - Moon of Jupiter Eletta - Little Elf Elide - Battle Elizabella - Pledged to God Elowen - Elm Elska - To love Elspeth - My God is bountiful Enya - Fire Epona - Protectress of Horses Essie - Star Estefania - Crown Evolet - To breathe Farren - Wanderer Faustine - Fortunate Fenelle - White shouldered one Feyre - Human huntress Fiametta - Little flame Fifer - One who plays the Fife Filomena - Lover of strength Flanna - Red-haired Fleur - Flower Forsythia - Peaceful one Gadina - Flower garden Giséle - Noble offspring Hadassah - Myrtle tree, righteousness Hedda - Fighting a battle Hollis - One among Holly trees Imrie - Musical one Inerys - Literary inspired Ingemar - Of the Sea Ione - Violet coloured stone Iridessa - Resembling a Rainbow Iscah - She will look out Isolde - Ice-ruler Jenica - God’s gracious gift Kainda - Hunter’s daughter Kanani - The beauty Katalin - Pure Kathika - Bestower of courage Keelin - Slender; fair Kenna - Born of Fire Keturah - Incense Keziah - Cassia tree Kirsi - Frost Kova - Tough Ksenia - Wanderer, welcoming Leora - Light unto me Liusaidh - Warrior Loana - God is gracious Lovanna - Graceful warrior Luludja - Flower of life Mairéad - Pearl Makatza - Untamed; wild Malka - Queen Malle - Beloved Margita - Pearl Maris - Of the Sea Marzena - Dreamed one Mattea - Gift of God Maven - Brilliant; intelligent Mavi - Blue Meara - Sea Medha - Peacock Melantha - Dark Flower Melisande - Work; strength Merindah - Beautiful Miliana - Industrius; eager Minka - Resolute; strong Mirella - Admired; peace; wonderful Morgayne - Bright sea Muriel - Shining sea Nadalia - Born on Christmas Nadia - Delicate Narah - Queen of the Wolves Nascha - Owl Navya - Worthy of praise Nayadeth - Powerful Nayaya - The Apple of the eye Nereida - Sea Nymph Nesryn - Wild Rose Neysa - Pure Nila - Blue Nilsa - Defender Nimue - Lady of the lake Noelani - Heavenly mist Odelle - Harmonious Olene - Ancestor’s relic, heritage Opalina - Precious Gem Orlaith - Golden Orpah - Fawn Orsolya - Little She-Bear Penrose - Little Village Photine - Light Poloma - Bow Prisca - She who is ancient Renna - Little prosperous one Reumah - Exalted Reyna - Peaceful Queen Rhosyn - Rose Rieka - Protecter of the Wolf Rohana - One who travels a higher path Rohese - Fame; kind Ruthella - Friend Ríona - Pure Sabella - God is my oath Sadira - Lotus tree Salōmē - Peaceful Samaira - Enchanting Sansa - Charm; praise; invocation Saoirse - Freedom Sarai - Princess Savea - The Swedish nation Seallie - A Princess Selah - To pause and reflect on God’s word, to praise Sereia - Mermaid Shaye - Hawk-like Shivani - Flower Sidra - Like a star Sigrún - Secret victory Sitara - Star Solandis - Delicate flower Sorcha - Radient Svenja - Swan battle maiden Sybella - Prophetess, Oracle Tamar - Date Palm tree Taysa - Bound together Tova - Good Vaia - Purple Flower Valda - Spirited Warrioress Valeriana - Strong Vanadey - Forest Goddess Vanya - Butterfly Vela - Constellation in the Southern Sky Venelia - Of the Sea and Wind Verity - Truth Verna - Born in the Spring Victoriana - Victorious, grace Vigdís - War Goddess Viorica - Bluebell Viveca - Life Winola - Fair one Xiomara - Welcoming Zemira - A song Zephaniah - God has concealed; protected Zerenity - Calm Zilla - Shadow Zina - Shining, going back Zisel - Blinded Zoraida - Enchanting Woman Male: Aksel - Father of peace Alarik - Noble leader Alasdair - Defender of Men Alaster - Defending men; help Alec - Defender of Mankind Alejo - Helper; defender Aleks - Helper and defender Alesandro - Mankind’s protector Alessio - Defender Amadeus - Love of God Amory - Brave; powerful Andrik - Manly Andronicus - Man of Victory Anik - Soldier Arden - Great Forest Ashby - From the Ash tree farm Aytac - Moon crown Beauregard - Beautiful gaze Belen - Arrow Bemus - Platform Braddock - Broad Oak Bram - Raven Calix - Handsome Carsten - Follower of Christ Casimir - Polish, peace Caspian - Place name Cephas - Rock Cicero - Historian Cillian - Church Col - Victory of the people Connell - Strong Wolf Constantine - Constant Cy - Proud Dake - Dragon Demitrius - Lover of the Earth Deo - God-like Destan - By the still waters Drayce - Dragon Dru - Vision Egan - Little fire Einri - Home ruler Eliezer - God is my help Elis - Jehovah is God Embry - Flat-topped Hill Emeric - Leader Emir - Commander; Prince Emlen - Rival; eager Ender - Biblical Village Enoch - Dedicated Ephraim - Fruitful Erastus - Beloved Errol - Leader Erzsebet - Pledged to God Estevan - Crown Evander - Strong Man Ezekiel - God strengthens Ezio - Eagle Fallon - In charge Faustus - Lucky Felipe - Loves Horses Ferran - Journey; daring; brave Finnian - White Flavian - Blond Gideon - Having a stump for a hand Gwaine - Little Falcon Hagan - Strong desire Hayes - Hedged Valley Hester - Star Icarus - Legendary figure Isandro - Liberator Issachar - Reward Jaxith - Kind-hearted Jedidiah - Beloved of Jehovah Josephus - God will add Kahlo - Spanish Artist Kaius - Rejoice Kal - Most beautiful Karan - Pure Kase - Vigilant; wakeful Kato - Second of twins Keelan - Lean Keir - Dark; Black Kellan - Powerful Kenaz - This possession Keros - The reed of a Weaver’s beam Kosmos - Order Kristo - Christ-bearer Kyrell - The dark Kyril - Lordly Landis - From the grassy plain Layland - Protector of Men Leander - Lion Man Leopold - As brave as a Lion Leven - Life Lucian - Man of light Ludovica - Renowned Warrior Lyle - From the Island Magus - Magician Malkiel - God is my King Manasses - Causing forgetfulness Marcellus - Little Warrior Mattenai - Gift of God Matteo - Gift of God Mattias - Gift of God Maverick - Independent; Nonconformist Mordecai - Warrior Nathair - Snake Nehemiah - Comforted by God Neo - New Nero - The strong one Nicodemus - Vcitory of the people Nicos - Poeple’s victory Obadiah - Servant of God Odysseus - Full of wrath Olin - To inherit Omer - Sheaf of Grain Oren - Strength; fine; tree Orien - The Hunter Orrin - Mountain Othello - Acute Othniel - Strength of God Pancras - All powerful Quintavius - Wisdom; reason; intelligence; eighth Rand - Wolf’s shield Renny - Prosperous Reuel - Friend of God Reuven - Behold, a Son Richter - Judge Ryker - Rich Salvatore - Saviour Sansone - Sun Santos - Saint Silas - Woods; Forest Silvius - Wood; Forest Sirius - Sparkling Solomon - Peace Soren - Thunder Spiro - Spiral Stayros - Crowned Stefan - Crowned Stefano - Crown Sterling - Highest quality Tassos - Harvester Thaddeus - Gift of God Thane - Attendent Warrior Thorin - Thunder Torben - God of Thunder Torren - Swift; strong Trefor - Large settlement Ulric - Power of the Wolf; might Urion - From Heaven Uzziah - Strength of the Lord Vale - From the Valley Valor - Great bravery Vasilios - With royal blood Vaughn - Small Viggo - War Vitalis - Life Ward - Guardian Warlon - English house Warner - Guard; protector Warrick - Strong leader; defender Wendolen - White circle Wolfgang - Journey of the Wolf Wulfric - Wolf power Wylan - Polish Village Wystan - Battle stone Zaire - The River Zaire Zelek - A shadow

[hklunethewriter]

Having all the necessary parts in order to start writing but your brain just not FEELING it yet

[dragonhoardingwips-deactivated2]

@fantasy-studiies

[fantasy-shadows-deactivated2020]

Why you gotta call me out like that?

[lookerdewitt]

“I’m a writer” I whisper as I look up war statistics

“I’m a writer” I whisper as I look up when the blender was invented

“I’m a writer” I whisper as I figure out how many times you can get shot without dying

[vampireapologist-archive-deacti]

“I’M A WRITER” I shout when someone uses my laptop and I left the page open to stab-wound references.

[thegirlyoudontwanttomeet-deacti]

“I’M A WRITER!” I yell as I stare at a wall for hours instead of actually writing.

[alienawareness]

“I AM A WRITER!” I cry as I buy a notebook to pile on the thousand’s I have.

[theunamazingauthor]

“I’m a writer?” I say, when my family asks what I’m doing with my life.

“I’m a writer.” I say, when I rewrite the first sentence of my stories over and over again.

“I’m a writer!” I say, when I’m hit with those blazing moments of inspiration.

[alienawareness]

It got better so I’m reblogging again. Also,

“I’m a writer.” I groan as I face plant the floor because I attempted to scale a couch to get to my notebook.

“I’m a writer.” I murmur as I watch videos on escaping straight jackets.

“I’m a writer, not a serial killer. I promise.” I say as I’m being interrogated for my suspicious browser history.

“I’m a writer.” I scoff when my parents call me anti-social.

“I’m a writer. I got this.” I say as I down more coffee for the sake of one more chapter.

“I am a writer.” I grunt as I try not to write in class because the teachers always glare.

[im-only-human-221]

“You’re a writer Harry.”

[writing-in-the-grave]

“I’M A WRITER.” I yell at my computer’s webcam do the FBI agent assigned to me doesn’t put me on a watch list.

“I’m a writer., not pregnant.” I say as my mom sees the baby name website bookmarked on my computer.

[dahldahlbills]

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: y’all👏 have👏such👏amazing👏ideas👏

Where do you get them from??? Let me love and support every single one of you?? Y’all are all geniuses!!!

[patientno7]

the suffering never ends

[sinksanksockie2]

This is the real process

[thewritingbeast-blog]

Resources for you!

Character Ideas:

Character creation masterpost

Character Alignment Chart

More character alignment descriptions

Muslim Character questions

Characters with magical powers

Building a new character advice

How to create a character for an online or tabletop RPG (also a good guide on creating characters in general)

Royalty/nobility TV Tropes page

Basic character profile

OC masterpost

Random character generators - (1), (2), (3), (4)

D&D Character Building Tool

Character Design Ideas:

How clothing affects a character’s personality

Character Design Inspiration blog

Concept art, fan art, cool art to be inspired by

Character design references and inspiration

Sources for POC character design ideas and models

Create your own character model using HeroForge

For horned characters

Body and hair types guide

Random outfit generator

Naming Help:

Amazing site with an endless amount of naming resources

General advice on avoiding naming appropriation

Hispanic Surnames

Gothic Victorian names

Huge master list for character things in general

Masterlist of names of all types - including but not limited to ancient/old world names, Celtic, African, Northern European, Southern and Central American Native names, Japanese, Chinese, Mongolian, Polynesian, and more

Another name masterlist

How to pick a character name guide

Yet another names masterlist

Creating Background/backstory:

Character Sheet/Development Sheet

Another character development list

In-depth character personality, motivations and traits sheet

320 talents and passions for characters

On writing likes and dislikes that aren’t frivolous

Why you should write non-human characters non-conforming to the gender binary

Stereotypes, tropes, and archetypes

Random backstory generator

Assassin and thief character tropes to avoid

Character Interactions and putting your character into your world/story:

Comparing character height/height references

Characters who are scientists and writing about them doing science

Describing what different voices sound like

Describing skin tones

Writing friendship interactions that are platonic

Why having one character knock their friend unconscious to prevent them from doing something is a bad idea

Advice on shipping OCs with canon characters and what to avoid doing

Sweet Polly Oliver and Sweet on Polly Oliver situations (think of Disney’s Mulan for an example)

How to write multiple viewpoints/juggling a main cast of more than 4 to 6 characters

How to make readers care about your morally gray hero/anti-hero

On platonic OC and canon character relationships

How to avoid Godmodding in RPs

When it’s cheap to kill off a character

Writing dialogue

Things you shouldn’t do to canon characters

Avoiding purple prose in writing and RPs

Slang resources

Dialogue tips

Websites to chart your story/plot/character relationships

Bonus art masterlist!

[the-writing-fandom]

When you check your word count, and it’s only at 20 words:

[thesnadger]

Hurt/Comfort is such an interesting thing. It’s basically an entire genre of fanfiction. I’d argue it satisfies a very basic, vital need–the same way that horror satisfies the basic need to be scared in a safe, controllable space. 

And yet it doesn’t really have an equivalent outside of fan culture. "Tearjerkers” can sometimes come close, they’re probably the closest thing to a mainstream hurt/comfort genre that there is. But those types of books and movies don’t usually focus on the “comfort” aspect in the same way, and don’t make use of tension and release.

I think every good hurt/comfort fic makes use of tension and release just as horror does, whether the writer is consciously aware of it or not. Though of course the tension and release in h/c comes from different sources than in horror. Instead of anticipating something frightening, you anticipate the intimacy and/or validation that comes from the “comfort” part you know is eventually coming. That’s what provides release of the tension built up during the “hurt” scenes.

I could write a goddamned essay about this it’s so fascinating. 

[pinesinthewoods-deactivated2023]

This is a great definition/analysis of it! I’ve been interested in this too. It’s always been my favorite fanfiction genre. It’s to the point where reading just angst is not enough, there is something left unfulfilled if the character does not have the ‘tension and release’ and just remains under whatever stressor at the end. I think part of the reason I like it so much, is often in mainstream media characters DO NOT have that ‘healing moment’, shall we say. Too often, there may be a sad/traumatic/stressful event and the character is shown to just pick themselves up from it and move on like nothing happened. Which is not realistic as we all know, so I think the hurt/comfort genre in fanfiction is a kind of a response to that. The “filling in the blanks” of when a character needs a moment of healing or validation to continue onward, because that in a sense is more relatable then the “super hero” character who can move through it like nothing damaged them. 

[fannishcodex]

this is a very good definition of it and why I probably like it so much

[hippity-hoppity-brigade]

imo h/c is also built on the trust between two or more people. that when one of them falls there WILL be someone to validate their pain, soothe their wounds (physical or emotional), and not only pick them back up but remain with them even when they’re back on they’re feet. it’s not hurt/recovery; it’s not the super-human, masochist bullshit mentioned above. 

h/c builds a world in which we (as readers and in part as the parts of characters we identify with) are given permission to fall apart. h/c is the freedom to show pain because you know that there are people who will notice you being hurt – and will do their best to not only comfort you, but will also validate your reasons for being hurt, take your side completely, and help you get to the place you need to be to recover. 

[liz-cat-meow-deactivated2020011]

school is over!! u know what that means!! ;)

[liz-cat-meow-deactivated2020011]

*doesnt know how to manage unstructured time*

[mecharose]

half of writing is deciding what scenes are fun to imagine in your head vs. which scenes actually belong in the book

[headspace-hotel]

Try telling the difference between a book you want to write and a book you just want to read without expending any of the effort of making it exist

[kittyknowsthings]

[noriannbraindripshere]

[awed-frog]

when you’re trying to write and your last two functioning brain cells start yelling at each other

[lynati]

…I have literally NEVER been called out so hard.

[dandiliiontea-deactivated202105]

You ever get a writing craving? Like not even a sudden inspiration where there’s something you want to write. Just like…a craving for the physical act of writing. Like if I don’t drag a pen across a notebook page immediately I might explode?

[alisonzai]

[maureen2musings]

The midnight sun is back in the far North 

maxrivephotography

[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. 

[labradoritedreams]

[headspace-hotel]

So you want to write your first book.

You have this awesome story idea in your head, and you want to turn it into a book, but you’ve never written a complete, full-length novel before. 

Everyone who’s ever written a book, even bestselling authors, was once where you are. I remember when I was, and that’s why I’ve written this list of things I wish I knew back then. The clickbait title of this list would be “Things No One Tells You About Starting Your First Novel.” Either way. 

Why haven’t you started? I don’t mean to be rude. But this is a question you need to ask yourself. If the answer is “I haven’t figured out the right way to start it” or “I haven’t got the plot all figured out” or any variation of “I’m not ready,” I’m here to tell you that you never will be ready. The thing you are waiting for is simply not going to happen. You can wait longer if you feel you have to, you can figure out as much of the plot as you think is important, but if you wait to be ready, you will still be waiting when you’re dead. It’s a leap of faith. You have to take the plunge, feeling unprepared and incompetent. 

You will hate the first chapter. You will want to stay there forever, editing and tweaking, trying to get it to be the way it was in your head. You have to just get it out of the way as fast as possible. Just focus on putting as much distance between you and that first chapter. The first chapter will be a huge disappointment and that’s fine. Don’t get stuck. It’s a trap. 

You have to absorb this: This is not the book you will be publishing. No, I don’t mean that eventually, these ideas and characters won’t be in a published book. I mean that the thing you’re making right now will have very, very little in common with anything you eventually publish. This is the absolute worst, crappiest version of that story you have in your head and as painful as it is, you have to get through that massive shit pile version before you can get to anything better. 

Sit your ass in your chair and open your notebook or document at the same time every day. You don’t have to write if you feel stuck. You can write one sentence some days, or one paragraph. But the sitting your ass in the chair part is non-negotiable.

Counterpoint: You might need a break. That’s fine too. I just can’t emphasize the helpfulness of having a habit. 

Another counterpoint: Don’t start a habit in which you write right before bed if you want to sleep after you’re finished with this book because for about a month of not having a writing project your brain will refuse to sleep until you write. 

That feeling of utter, horrific, stomach-curdling panic? It’s normal. Everyone feels this. 

You will hate this book. Get through it. It’s bad. That’s okay. It’s a first draft. You’re doing something that almost by definition sucks, and you’re doing it for the first time. 

You will probably cry. You will want to set your manuscript on fire. You will hate this book and you will cry about it because it hurts so damn much and its so damn frustrating. All of these things are acceptable, just don’t delete the only copy of your book you have. 

I’m serious. No matter HOW BAD it is, or HOW MUCH you want to, you do. not. delete. anything. 

Drink water, eat snacks, and have a playlist if you can write to music. 

Make all the Pinterest boards you want. Go nuts. Draw your characters. Write bad fanfic of them cuddling. Be your own cringiest fan. 

Absolutely refuse to be ashamed of being your book’s cringiest fan. 

There will come a point when you realize the plot just doesn’t work, and the characters are totally different than when you started out. When you hit this point, you must patch what you can and move on. You must not and cannot quit. 

Counterpoint: you can quit, but finishing one book will teach you more than 100 half-books will. 

Please don’t quit. Quitting leads to stagnating. You have to be able to look at a problem from the other side to learn how to solve it. If you leave a book incomplete, you will keep doing that, over and over again, until you get over yourself and lower the bar and FINISH. 

The bar needs to be reeeeeally low. Like. Bury that bar. Dig a grave for it.

Trust your characters. Let them do their thing, and follow them around, doing your best to write it down. Don’t be afraid to ask them what’s going on. Don’t be afraid to go with things on instinct. 

Don’t be afraid to let your characterization sprawl and be contradictory. That’s how characters process themselves. Again: First. Draft. 

Writing a book is like giving birth: it’s an ugly, and scary, and painful process, but at the end you’ll be here in a pool of your own blood with your heart and soul in your arms, slimy and somewhat ugly, and you will love it so much it terrifies you to your core. 

(You will also hate it. That’s normal.) 

All that fear and inadequacy and feeling that you shouldn’t be literate is normal. You’ll panic and you’ll think to yourself “do NORMAL writers get in this much of a mess over their books??? I know they probably panic but THIS much??” They do. Trust me. 

When you are feeling like shit over your book, play an RPG, go for a walk, or read. Most of all, go to bed and sleep on it. 

It takes a while of writing books before they stop feeling like your first one. 

One day you will look back on all the problems you can’t seem to get past and the solutions will seem simple. 

No story will ever really leave you. Don’t feel like you have to get it out now and get it out correctly. Your story will always still be waiting for you in the end, even if it’s changed along with you. Don’t be afraid. 

It’s going to be okay! Really.