I hope your wings are big and fluffy

Nell. it/they. 31 living with DID/OCD/EDS/auDHD writer when I can find the time I like to rummage around and dig up ancient tumblr posts from days gone by (there's no ai posts there either) forgive me if my speech is unclear or absurd, I am trying my best practice community care, clean the air, wear a respirator if you are able to my diary credits

[robdogdraws]

Amazing: This dancer is considered an 'Essential Worker'

[classic-art-favourites]

Summer Flowers by Edward Cucuel (1875-1954).

[veramila21]

A summery beach look ☀️

From the animal crossing QR code book vol 1

[circemo]

moo

[nordsea-horizons]

🍃messy garden by the farm🌾

[snowdrop-milk]

raffle day animal crossing (2001)

[captainmolasses]

Isabelle doodle

[jisuto]

[midnightinshadow]

[bijinn]

it’ll sort itself out

[derpyquag]

Everything you've ever wanted

[moldavite]

my fav thing in the entire world is witnessing people try new things. almost teared up at this bc i love it so much

[bot]

[criminell]

congrats mr number one guy!!! ^D

In the end, they truly did love tv…

[criminell]

bf just walked into the bedroom where I’m assembling a furniture and said “well, I think I’m going to go soulless mode” and I’m just sitting here like. Damn 😩 I always knew that one day these delightful summer days would come to an end and it would be Time. I just didn’t know it would be today…

well he just came out of the bathroom and it turns out he meant shaving his head off like solas dragon age

[loverscross]

How do people write to such a high word count, I max out at 700-1500 before giving up. I would love to learn but every resource I find assumes I have entry-level knowledge ( I don't. )

[official-impravidus]

word count tips from a guy who has over 2 million words on ao3

- first of all, you’re doing great. 700-1,500 words is a lot more than you are giving yourself credit for. i can write 1,500 in an hour and a half on a good day. that’s a lot of time!! especially for someone who has other priorities in life other than fanfic.

- writing stamina is real and is an actual “muscle” that does grow and strengthen with repetition as time. it’s something you can expand and build with practice.

- don’t get too wrapped up in perfection. get words on the page and don’t get in your head about if they’re the right ones. you can fix garbage but you can’t fix nothing.

- write what excites you. i know nonlinear writing is sacrilege to some people so this may not work for you, but for me personally if i get stuck, i just jump to something i want to write. sometimes that means writing out only dialogue that i add to later. sometimes it means several paragraphs of world building. you’ll be surprised about how much you end up writing if you don’t adhere to the structure rules and add stuff later.

- don’t feel pressured to write it all at once. most of the greatest novels were written over the course of months, even years. sure, there are authors that can crank out 10k in a day (i’ve done it - it’s killer and i was exhausted after) but having realistic goals can help.

- to add to that, setting achievable goals is also important. don’t shoot for the stars just yet or else you may find yourself feeling disappointed. give yourself small checkpoints that you can have mini rewards for.

- when it comes to brainstorming and outlining, i find making a list of plot points and character beats with no specific order that i then organize later into a sequential outline is helpful. outlines are another way to have a tangible proof of your progress

- don’t burn yourself out on one project. breaks are important and so is nourishing your mind

its 1am so thats all from me for now! hope this helped

[ennieasys]

This is SO HELPFUL - a person trying to post their second chapter ever on ao3

[whatacartouchebag]

As someone who's been plinking out words here and there for something like twenty plus years: never feel bad for putting out something short.

Short fic has ALWAYS existed in fandom, and while it's a lil lost to time, they used to have specific names depending on the length of them.

Sentence fic are usually very short and neat; a few sentences at best, and something to flex your creative brain with compact world-building.

Drabbles are generally around the 100 word mark.

Ficlets are getting up there, and usually cap out at the 1K mark.

Anything past that, and you're looking at short fic territory!

Again, never ever feel bad or down on yourself for creating something you feel isn't big or long or sprawling. Three sentence challenges exist. Short fic has always existed. At the end of the day, you're still creating something and giving it life, and isn't that always what it's about? Nurturing that lil spark inside of you and watching it grow?

[boltlightning]

can everyone do me a favor and tell me your favorite thing to put on toast in the tags

[boltlightning]

i love this post so much. all the replies are like

"i'm so basic.....i just like a lot of butter or jam :(" (as though those are not god's best and most beloved condiments and his greatest gifts to mankind)

"FUCK health guidelines FUCK my cholesterol and most importantly FUCK diet culture i'll put a dumpster full of butter on my toast and not even GOD will stop me" (no notes. god would encourage this)

doxxing one's self by mention of polarizing regional delicacies (i am so curious about vegemite i must admit)

"does a grilled cheese count as toast?" (not for the purposes of this post)

"i don't like toast please don't kill me" (i appreciate the honesty but i fear this post is not for you)

people who put full ass meals on toast (based)

people who do not but eat toast as a full meal (based)

melty peanut butter (absolutely based)

"it's a guilty pleasure but...nutella 😳" (relieve yourself of fear and enjoy your dessert toast)

special shoutout to the pots-havers adding extra salt. also the one person who mentioned kaya. i see you and am in agreement

[boltlightning]

other highlights

beans on toast defenders (i will always support beans in any diet)

really strong opinions on what counts as toast and what does not for the purposes of this post (i left it vague for a reason)

a million avocado toast recipes that sound so delicious

someone who soft announced their pregnancy in the tags (congrats!)

"do i...have POTS?"

"KAYA TOAST MENTIONED 🇸🇬🇸🇬🇸🇬 🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾" (my people. my people. my people)