Bullet Journaling and Writing~ ❤

RMT • 22• ADHD • Author of Mind The Edge Series here•

[gearboxstudies]

New book is ouuuuut!!

(Linked in OP bio bc tumblr)

[gearboxstudies]

Updated my bio to have my book link in it, and tumblr code is fussy, but hey, its done! Have a cat photo.

[mysillycomics]

[somewhatgrownup]

Had to do it

[higher-noon]

[gearboxstudies]

Its so soon???

(First book here in case you missed it!)

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B086FY7T4F/ref=mp_s_a_1_30?keywords=mind+the+edge&qid=1585258369&sr=8-30

[darklesmylove]

me starting yet another wip when my other 20 haven’t been touched in months:

[gearboxstudies]

@elliot-orion

[gearboxstudies]

Ever feel super lost on what to write? I have three WIP books, but need to pick a spring release...

What do y'all like to read out of a:

-Pseudo utopian natural disaster

-1940s detective novel

-campy monster horror book

[promptly-written]

“I know some very great writers, writers you love who write beautifully and have made a great deal of money, and not one of them sits down routinely feeling wildly enthusiastic and confident. Not one of them writes elegant first drafts. All right, one of them does, but we do not like her very much.”

— Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

[writing-ideas-inc]

Prompt

"I am one with many surprises."

"Ok, but that still doesn't answer my question as to why there was a bloody ghost in your pantry!"

"Jim just enjoys looking at the food. You're lucky he is the nice one. If you bumped in to anyone else, like Val or Harry, they would've possessed you and murdered you on the spot."

"Wait, there's more of them!? Oh my go-"

"Should've stayed in my room until I came back like I told you to. I would've killed you if you died. Do you know how expensive the legal charges are? I would've had to go through another annoying court case. Last time it happened I almost ended up in prison."

"Last time...? Goodbye."

- submission by levi.ticuz in Instagram

[motleyfuckingcruee]

Does anyone else just randomly stare off into space when they're writing?

[listentothestories]

[valtsv]

i don’t WANT to live in a society i want to live in a bookstore cafe

[postapocalyptic-cryptic-hold]

Chaotic academia is

1.) Intense obsessions that last maybe two weeks but consume your soul

2.) Spacing out in class but loving to learn

3.) Swearing and slang while discussing deep academic topics

[sketchandstudy]

if this isn’t me

[badwriterpositivity]

Stop being assholes in your advice posts, experienced writers.

We all get it. Beginner writers aren't great. Their work isn't always amazing. It needs work.

But stop being such a dick about it.

Stop with the posts that are entirely phrased as "if you do this you'll never get published!"

Or "it's so cringey when-"

Or "don't do [complex technique], it'll suck anyway"

When you begin writing, the first step is to develop style.

You know that you aren't perfect. You know your work has flaws.

But, you're still desperate for praise. You want to hear the good things about your work, so you can justify continuing to write.

Some adult on Tumblr saying "if you use adverbs your work is terrible and badly written" isn't going to help.

If you're going to give advice to young writers, be polite, and be constructive.

Unless you want to be the reason that someone with a dream has quit.

Because, if writing doesn't make you feel happy or like you're achieving something, why write?

[igotablankpage]

Listen up folks, because I’m an adult and I have words to say. 

Everyone learns how to write from somewhere. Whether that’s through practice, or reading a book on writing, or by following writing advice they’ve read on the internet. 

The thing with writing advice is that it’s usually taken from a more experienced source and then passed on. 

‘Don’t use adverbs?’ Hey, Stephen King said that. 

‘If you do this, you’ll never get published?’ Industry people blog about this all the time.

‘Cringey technique?’ Most likely editors who have seen it a thousand times.

Do we blame these people for upsetting the new, inexperienced writers with their similarly phrased writing advice? No. 

New, young writers will read these pieces of advice, implement them within their own writing, and grow to form these opinions and then guess what? Pass it on to younger, newer writers. Because that’s what they learned. 

Honestly? It’s not just up to the ‘adults,’ or the ‘experienced writers,’ to think carefully about how they phrase things. Lets stop putting 100% of the responsibility on them, which seems to be a Tumblr trend. It is not the adults fault in anyway shape or form if someone quits writing. 

It’s mostly up to the younger, or more inexperienced writers to think carefully about the writing advice they see, and who its coming from. They are under no obligation whatsoever to follow any advice, and if they choose to listen to some random, self proclaimed ‘experienced writer,’ on Tumblr, or an adult that they don’t know, that’s on them. If they read one piece of writing advice that spins their work in a negative light and they quit, then that’s on them. 

The thing everybody in the writing community needs to remember, is that writing advice is just opinion, formed by your own, personal experiences. They’re not rules you have to follow, or apply to your own writing. 

If you like using a certain complex technique, then use it. If you like using adverbs, use them. Don’t take the word of random strangers on the internet who claim that they’re ‘experienced,’ because in writing, there is no finish line. There is no check point to reach between ‘inexperienced,’ and ‘experienced.’

Write what you want, and stop relying on other people to tell you how to do it. 

[badwriterpositivity]

There's already a second part to the post where I say this applies to everyone. This post in particular was just aimed at experienced writers, because that's what I see most often. But I've already clarified this applies to anyone.

No, it isn't adult writers faults. I've seen teenagers be just as arrogant. But if you're an adult on the internet, especially when posting for younger people, they're going to trust you.

You have to be aware about the people in that demographic. Hell, that's a basic rule of writing ANYTHING. Understand who your demographic is (i.e., young writers), and tailor the post to them. Whether what you have to say is negative or not.

Young writers don't want to read advice written by someone acting like a know-it-all and telling them everything they do is terrible and they'll never be taken seriously. Yes, I know, it'll help them improve in the long run, but it doesn't mean there's no other way to do it.

Leave the harsh tone for other posts. Not for ones aimed at literal teenagers.

[igotablankpage]

Writing advice isn’t just for young writers though- it’s for everyone. Saying they’re the demographic (like they’re the only demographic out there in the writing community,) is incorrect.

Some writers work best with harsh tones, and others do best with a softer one. You can’t group every writer, of every age, and every length of writing experience the same. You can’t treat them all the same like you’re suggesting.

There are posts out there without the harsh tone. If young writers don’t want to read the advice of a know it all, then they shouldn’t.

Meanwhile, while a harsh tone isn’t always the way to go, people giving advice shouldn’t have to feel forced to tailor their own (personal,) advice just to appeal to a certain type of young people, when it might not even be young people they’re talking to.

Every writer is different. Treat them that way.

[badwriterpositivity]

I'm talking about posts that specifically say "young writers" or "teen writers" somewhere in them.

Every writer is different, but if you're talking to young people and you know you are, you intend to reach a young audience, there's no point in being overly harsh to them when you're fully aware that it's going to make them insecure about their writing and possibly discourage them from it.

Let them develop themselves and their style first. Don't jump in while they barely have a clue what they're doing and tell them why everything is wrong when they haven't had a chance to learn it themselves.

[igotablankpage]

* You have no idea if a young writer is going to feel insecure when reading harsh advice

* You have no idea if it will discourage a young writer

* Writing advice should not be used as a learning tool.

* ‘Advice,’ may be targeted to young writers, because some things are worth being aware about when you’re just starting out. But again, young writers don’t need to read it, listen to it, or follow it.

* If they’re actively looking for advice, they don’t want to learn on their own. They want guidance.

* Not all harsh writing advice is bad writing advice

[all-my-novels]

Here’s an idea:

How about we... be kind to each other especially growing creators? Who does it hurt by being nice? Just be kind. Be gentle. Assume you need to be gentle unless the person you’re talking to specifically tells you not to be.

Spread kindness and gentleness? It hurts exactly 0 people a year?

[vaguely-poetic]

To get anywhere in literally any artistic feild you’ve got to have thick skin. Your going to get rejected, your going to have your work criticised and it’s not always going to be soft that’s just the way the world goes. If you can’t handle that then fair enough, just ignore these types of posts, but if you want to improve your writing then you’ve got to get used to a little negativity from time to time. I’m not saying you should but up with people being mean or patronising, although you are going to be subjected to it, I’m saying that by engaging with these writing advice posts you are dealing with a variety of different people with different view points and teaching styles (I use the term teaching loosely here). Unless we’re dealing with young teenagers (13-15 year olds),who shouldn’t be taking any of this seriously at this point in time anyway, then you should be mature enough to at least start learning how to take harsher criticism. In fact it’ll help you a lot in day to day life tasks too such as keeping a job, growing resilience and maintaining relationships.

Sorry for the rant this just bugged me slightly :/

[badwriterpositivity]

Needing to be able to take criticism doesn't mean you can just be an ass to people for no reason.

And, yes, we ARE talking young teenagers here. That's what the post is about. We're talking about older people directing overly critical 'advice' to young teens. The amount of people I've seen respond to this post saying that too much criticism was the reason they quit writing at a young age is astounding.

To be able to take criticism, you must first have confidence in your work. And a lot of beginners don't have that confidence yet.

Plus, it does literally cost nothing to not be a dick to people for no reason.

[gearboxwritesbooks]

My partner told me today I look sexy gardening.

Guess we are all losing our minds in quarantine

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Yknow, just posting art on twitter now too

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