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@dailywritingpositivity
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I wanted to create a source blog for writing positivity and encouragement so I could easily collect and share the posts that have helped me develop a healthier relationship with my writing. A daily source of good writing vibes for the dash! I’ll probably get most of them from the general writing positivity tags, but if you want to share your posts with me directly, I’ll be tracking #dailywritingpositivity!
It's okay to take a break.
I know it doesn't feel like it. People want you to update your story or post a new work of art. It feels like they're relying on you in a way. And none of us want to disappoint.
But it's okay to take a break when you need to. Maybe you're busy. Maybe you're depressed. Maybe the creativity just isn't creativing for you. That's okay.
You don't owe anyone an update. You don't owe anyone your productivity. You, my dear, are not a machine. You are a person and you, deserve to take care of yourself without guilt or shame.
So take a break if you need to. And come back when you're ready. I promise you, the people who are real fans, they'll wait. Take care of yourself my friends.
whenever i hate my writing and feel like every fanfic i’ve written is not good enough, i remember that:
i’m writing for shits and giggles
i’m not trying to make money off my fanfics so they don’t need to be perfect
they just need to entertain! i try to focus on the joy writing brings me
sure the quality of my writing is not published author-quality but guess what? that’s because i’m not a published author
i don’t have a team of professional editors or beta/alpha readers to double check my work
i have absolutely no professional experience in creative writing whatsoever
like any other art or hobby, i can get better at it by writing even more
my writing may not be perfect but it’s mine. no ai. just me and my brain.
and it may not be perfect but it improved significantly since i started
i will always always be critical of my work anyway, even if it was already perfect
Here's to the people who can't get the words on the page. The people who are too tired after all life throws at them to write. The people who are blocked. The people who are burnt out. The people who can't write because of physical or mental illnesses. The people who don't know why they can't write. And the people struggling with all those other things that get in the way of writing and make it seem or be impossible.
You're still a writer, you're still an artist. And you matter. This world is better since you're in it. Thank you for wanting to write, even if you can't right now. I hope you and your words find each other soon.
The devastating difference between how much time it takes to write something vs how fast people read it lol
you're falling in the trap!! it will be read by many people, many times, and it will live on in their memories. and maybe no single other human will match you in time spent dedicated to your story, but as a collective we will outlast you. acts of creation only grow when they are shared
This. Writing is not like dinner. It can be consumed many times
you write it once so it can be read forever
in 2026, remember how GOOD writing feels. remember how satsfying it is to get your characters to the point you have been dying to get to, where they will experience the love, fear, relief or whatever the feeling you want to bring to life may be. let this year be the year of writing, prgress and of satisfactory endings.
when you write fanfic, you have the power of the entire universe in your hands. write whatever you want. there're no limits. it is your creation, your universe
Remember that in order to recover as an artist, you must be willing to be a bad artist. Give yourself permission to be a beginner. By being willing to be a bad artist, you have a chance to be an artist, and perhaps, over time, a very good one. When I make this point in teaching, I am met by instant, defensive hostility: “But do you know how old I will be by the time I learn to really play the piano/act/paint/write a decent play?” Yes … the same age you will be if you don’t. So let’s start.
~ Julia Cameron
this is advice I've given friends directly before and I've probably also posted it but I really like giving it so here it is potentially again: do not create something for an imaginary bad faith reader.
there will always be someone who finds fault in your work. there will be people who read the messages on it wrong. there will be people who will take every compelling aspect about your work off of it so they can put in their own.
you cannot make art for these people.
you will never write a story that is free from criticism. you will never draw a piece that everyone finds appealing. you will never compose a song that everyone enjoys hearing. you cannot, fundamentally, set out to create something and only think of how you can avoid someone not liking it.
because, and this is key, there will be someone who sees every angle of your story and feels its intent in their heart and gushes to their friends about it. you will draw someone's favorite art and they will make it their phone wallpaper because they want to see it every day. someone will fall in love with your song and loop it on their way to work because it gets them through the day. and THOSE are the people your work is for. THOSE are the people you have to care about, because they love what you make for what it is - because it's itself.
if you set out to create something and file off every sharp edge, prune every thorn, you will be left with something fragile and weak, and it will be fragile and weak for the sake of someone who does not exist but that you were scared of anyway.
sharing art is complex and tangled and powerful, and anything you care enough to create deserves to flourish as itself. get sillay.
Say it with me:
I am a writer. Not a content-producing machine. I am a writer. Not a content-producing machine. I am a writer. Not a content-producing machine.
It’s okay if I don’t have time to write. It’s okay if a chapter is delayed. It’s okay if my words come out messy. It’s okay if I need to take a break. It’s okay if I don’t update every week, every month, or even every year.
My value as a writer is not measured by how fast I post. My worth is not defined by kudos, bookmarks, or comments.
I am allowed to be slow. I am allowed to rest. I am allowed to write for joy, not for an algorithm.
I am a writer. Not a content-producing machine.
And if anyone thinks otherwise, they can wait.
They should invent a being a writer that doesn't come with being isolated and diminishing returns on what you are given back compared to how much you give
So there's this story I love about Paul Williams, right? Famous musician who has done a ton of super popular work over a very long career. Well one thing he really poured his heart and soul into was the movie Phantom of the Paradise which fucking BOMBED. Like, mere words cannot describe how bad this reimagining of Phantom of the Opera But At A Disco went. It absolutely crushed Paul Williams. Broke his heart. His biggest failure.
Except during a tour of his he met who described as a young, nerdy Mexican kid who brought him a copy of the Phantom of the Paradise for him to sign. The kid wouldn't stop talking about how much he loved the soundtrack, and how much it inspired him. This kid was literally one of the few people in the world that loved the movie
It wasn't until Paul Williams ran into the kid all grown up did he realize it was Guillermo del Toro.
And it happened again, too! He also met a pair of young French men who wouldn't stop raving about how much they loved Phantom of the Paradise and how much it inspired them and their own band, Daft Punk. The three of them ended up doing an album together. An album that I would listen to on repeat while writing the early drafts of my book.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that sometimes the creative process seems cruel, unforgiving, and thankless. You can pour your heart and soul into something only to make zero waves. But even a so-called-failure can inspire and lift up someone that needs it. So you gotta keep creating, if only to be the next link in the chain of creativity and art.
Also I don't know about you but I haven't seriously written in months and I honestly feel like I'm going to explode from too many words so like, you also gotta keep relating or else you might explode.
life's too short to write for an imaginary critic that you fear will hate what you wrote
to be clear, odds are good that someone will hate what you wrote, but that doesn't mean the writing is bad. That means they aren't part of your audience.
don't write for them.
how it feels to repeatedly read that one paragraph in your own fic over and over again because it's that good and you're so proud of yourself for having written it
“What if I write it and it’s bad-”
WHAT IF YOU WRITE IT AND ITS GOOD? WHAT IF YOU WRITE IT AND ITS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANTED? WHAT THEN????
embarrassing myself
It is so good to have hobbies like this.
I'm into foraging, especially mushroom hunting. But I am SO BAD at it you guys. Like, I do my due diligence in terms of research and safety, but I'm bad at actually finding the things and also bad at remembering things I need to know to identify plants/fungi confidently. I haven't actually harvested a mushroom in over 2 years now.
HOWEVER. A failed mushroom hunt is still a nice walk in the woods. I don't need to be good at it to have a good time. And while I hope I get better at it, I don't feel pressured or rushed to do so. It's just nice.
