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writers and artists will go "this isn't good enough." my brother in christ, you're creating something new out of nothing and expressing yourself creatively. your productivity and unrealistic standards of perfection do not define you or the worth of your art. you're doing great.

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Huraa, Maldives by Ahmed Nishaath

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the problem with reading and writing leading to a strong vocabulary is that you tend to know the vibe of words instead of their meanings.

if I used this word in a sentence, would it make sense? absolutely. if you asked me what it meant, could I tell you? absolutely not.

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you should be able to say “fuck if i know” to customers

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i’m surviving solely on day dreams and fantasies at this point

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Dean could’ve gotten his happy ending with his found family all together and I’d be able to rewatch the show with a sense of “just wait, you’ll get there in the end” but instead he got tossed on a fucking rebar and died alone

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You have this character fighting for his life for 15 years, struggling with depression and anger issues, childhood trauma and identity, all while carrying the burden of keeping the literal world from ending. Learning to deal with his grief, learning to love and be loved in return. And when it’s all over you just kill him? Just like that? And then play it off like it’s a happy and deserved end

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this is one of the reasons the ending of spn is so triggering for many of us, because we, just like Dean, have fought and still fights, the sense of unworthiness, of just being a tool, of having a place here on earth only to help and save others.

so what does his unnecessary death tell us? it tells us that we as well could just lay down and die because there wasn't more to this life. it tells us that our fights can only be won if we give up on living. only then can our lives mean something. and I hate that, because it is exactly the same thing my inner critic has been saying to me since I was 5. that's more than 30 years you know.

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If your plot feels flat, STUDY it! Your story might be lacking...

Stakes - What would happen if the protagonist failed? Would it really be such a bad thing if it happened?

Thematic relevance - Do the events of the story speak to a greater emotional or moral message? Is the conflict resolved in a way that befits the theme?

Urgency - How much time does the protagonist have to complete their goal? Are there multiple factors complicating the situation?

Drive - What motivates the protagonist? Are they an active player in the story, or are they repeatedly getting pushed around by external forces? Could you swap them out for a different character with no impact on the plot? On the flip side, do the other characters have sensible motivations of their own?

Yield - Is there foreshadowing? Do the protagonist's choices have unforeseen consequences down the road? Do they use knowledge or clues from the beginning, to help them in the end? Do they learn things about the other characters that weren't immediately obvious?