Reader/writer

I am just a reader ✨ Book goal: 31/100 Writer 💗

[ericabridget]

Just finished a book that completely pulled me in and now I’m sitting here thinking about the characters like they’re real people 😭📚

You know a story is good when you keep replaying scenes in your head hours later. I love finding books that make me forget about everything around me for a while.

Honestly grateful for authors who spend months (sometimes years) creating worlds for readers like us. Writers deserve way more appreciation than they get.

[ericabridget]

[ericabridget]

I don’t want a perfect love story… I want the kind that feels like slow burns, stolen glances, and “I’d choose you in every lifetime” energy 🥺📖

[sofikochalvari]

It’s amazing when an author returns after several years, bringing with them a deeply personal experience that they then pour into a fanfic—someone finished university, got divorced, adopted a dog, moved to another country, or came back from a big journey; someone had their heart broken, while someone else recovered from a serious illness.

You’ll never know where I’m from or what language I speak, but you’ll be able to feel what I’ve been through in your own heart, and we’ll end up closer to each other than all the people around us.

Fandom is a space where the experiences of millions of people live on, and all that matters is that we can all feel the same things in different corners of the world. Gender, age, financial status, nationality—none of it matters. I love this process.

[ijustwannawritepls]

How to Write When You Don't Feel Like Yourself

There are going to be days (or weeks, or months) where you sit down to write and feel... disconnected. From your voice, from your characters, from your ideas. Like the person who used to write your stories just packed up and left.

They didn't. They're just tired. Here's how to keep writing anyway:

Lower the bar (Until it's on the floor) You are not here to write something brilliant. You are here to write something. A paragraph. A sentence. A single line of dialogue. Movement matters way more than quality.

Write around the story Don't force it. If you can't write the scene, try: ⋆ A character ramble / journal entry ⋆ A conversation that won't be included in the final draft ⋆ A list of things the character would never admit out loud ⋆ A messy summary of what should happen Engage with the story from a different angle.

Borrow a voice until yours comes back No, not with AI. Read something that feels close to what you want to write, or watch a scene that captures the tone, then write immediately after. Not to copy, to reignite your instincts.

Write the emotion, not the plot. What is your character feeling in this moment? What are they afraid of? What do they want but won't say? What's being kept from them? The emotion leads, the plot catches up later.

Stop trying to "feel like a writer" first. You don't write when you feel like a writer. You feel like a writer because you write.

You are still a writer, even on the days it feels distant. Especially then.

[ericabridget]

Still building, still learning, still reading 📚

Every page is a step forward. Let’s grow together 💯

[ericabridget]

i just finished We Chase Shadows by Richard Osman and i need a moment.

there's something quietly masterful about the way this man writes. on the surface it looks like a fun, globe-trotting mystery, Italian hills, Palm Springs, Barcelona, and yes, it absolutely is that. but underneath all the wit and the clever plotting, there's this deep, aching humanity that sneaks up on you when you least expect it.

Amy, Rose and Steve are back, chasing an elusive and ruthless killer across continents and yet somehow what stayed with me wasn't the mystery itself. it was the spaces between. the way these three mismatched people show up for each other. the way secrets don't just belong to the suspects, they belong to everyone, including the people we think we know best.

the case feels impossible. everyone is hiding something. and isn't that just… life? we spend so much time chasing what's just out of reach, answers, closure, people, and the chase itself becomes the thing that defines us.

Osman writes like someone who genuinely loves people. even the flawed ones. especially the flawed ones. and in a world that often feels cold and chaotic, there's something deeply comforting about that.

if you haven't picked this one up yet, please do yourself a favour. it'll make you laugh, it'll make you think, and it might just make you feel a little less alone.

which book has made you feel genuinely seen as a reader? i'm always looking for my next one.

[liorabookstudio]

Writer, why does inspiration always show up at the worst time...?

like I’ll be doing nothing important all day no ideas, no motivation, just vibes

then the second I lie down or step away… suddenly my brain decides it’s time.

full scenes, random dialogue, perfect lines and I’m just there like… Do I really have to get up for this?

sometimes I tell myself I’ll remember it… and you already know how that ends

be honest do you get up and write it down… or risk losing it?

[ericabridget]

there's a specific kind of grief nobody talks about,

losing someone who is still alive.

they didn't die. they didn't disappear. they're still out there, probably laughing at something, probably living their life just fine. but the version of them you loved? the dynamic you two had? the way they made you feel seen without even trying?

gone.

and the worst part is you can't mourn it out loud. there's no funeral for a friendship that quietly fell apart. no closure for a love that just… stopped being reciprocated. you just carry it. you see something that reminds you of them and for a split second your chest does that thing, that tight, hollow thing, and then you keep moving because what else are you supposed to do?

i used to think losing people got easier the older you got. that you'd build some kind of emotional armor. but i think it actually gets harder. because by now you know how rare it is to find someone who gets you. and when that person becomes a stranger, or worse, becomes someone who chose to leave, it hits different.

you don't stop loving people just because they're no longer yours to love. that's the part that lingers.

have you ever grieved someone who's still alive? how did you carry it?

[versesofourhearts]

-versesofourhearts

[ericabridget]

Calling all readers & writers 👀📚

Let’s support, share, and grow together. Drop your favorite book below 👇

[ericabridget]

Reading isn’t a hobby, it’s a whole lifestyle 📖🔥

Who else disappears into books like I do?