yeah i think im over this @dejasquietplace - Tumblr Blog

You actually cannot skip to being good at a creative endeavour that you haven't put much practice into. You cannot trick your way out of the 'knows that your work is not what you want it to be but don't know how to improve it' stage by planning or reading or talking about it really really hard. At some point you just have to craft through it until your brain finds it's own unique way back to the 'everything I make slaps' stage and be prepared to start the cycle all over again. You just have to make that project you're excited about slightly less good than you want it to be. (Says this standing in a pool of blood and covered in blood and also coughing up a little blood)

who would win

gayle waters-waters

lestat de lioncourt

Voting ended onMar 16

qvavzerr

Im in love with this story

#saw the motley and went o _ o and then i saw the white streak in the hair and gasped #my fitzfools…….#beautiful art op #rote

rowanisawriter

write insane shit that’s way beyond your perceived ability and skill level even if you don’t finish it even if you think it sucks

ghost-in-the-library

rest in peace forum thread deleted before its time

ethereal-ecologies

Hirō Isono

#secret of mana 🥺#so recognizable and beautiful

redstonedust

big fan of when a character is dead and the narrative frames them in a very angelic, soft, gentle manner but then it turns out not only are they still alive (plot twist) but theyre alive in the most gruesome and horrific way. your loving kind mentor who motivates you to fight in their memory came back wrong and theres blood and dirt under their fingernails from clawing they way out of the grave.

butch-tradwife

For everyone who ‘used to love reading’ but now hasn’t finished a book in years, you CAN get it back. Genuinely start bringing a book (preferably short and either fiction or a non fiction topic you already really enjoy) everywhere you go and when you have 5-20 mins waiting for the bus or at the doctors office or mechanic or whatever, get out your book and read it! You don’t have to finish it quickly or even read it often but it is so good for your brain and fun to get into the habit of reading more (and replacing being on your phone for those moments). Source: I read 0 books in 2023 and I’ve read 12 in the first 4 months of 2026

kazzzistired

Feeling inspired... Might put off writing and think about it the whole time

ndnbutch

the author’s thinly veiled nothing #notwriting #straightupnotwritingit

officialspec

this picture of my cat makes me feel like i woke up during an alien abduction

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rathayibacter

sometimes artists worry if their art is actually capable of making the world a better place, or if its all just wasted effort. what you need to remember is: all art is evil, and the sole aspiration of the artist should be to maim as many onlookers as possible.