Moth on a Tree

xe/xem/xers 36 year old disabled witch nerd

[mothinthetrees]

Welcome to my shitty tumblr

Note on tags

Critical Role stuff should all be tagged critical Role, I will probably forget this some times. I tag live-blogging as cr spoilers. Campaign 1 I tag Vox Machina, Campaign 2 I tag Mighty Nein, and Campaign 3 I tag Critical Role Campaign 3. I will be tagging Legend of Vox Machina with TLOVM and often Vox Machina.

Witchcraft and Paganism stuff I will make an effort to tag more specifically than “witchcraft” but I am terrible at this.

Hekate will be the tag I use for the deity. 

Note on Pronouns

I use the neopronouns xe/xer/xem/xemself here is an example: Xe really likes trees. I know it’s one of xer favorite subjects! I know it’s something that xe always makes xemself blush about.  You know Rowan? I love xem.

[dailymarisharay]

[revvethasmythh]

[moreclaypigeons]

when ur grandad is a celestial #awkward

[papanowo]

happy pride to these FREAKS

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

[orteil42]

given the current climate this pride especially i feel i must mention that i love my trans friends, i stand with trans people in the fight against transphobic legislation and those who would enforce it, and this blog is not a good place for you to be if you do not vibe with that

[notsoangrybabsarts]

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inspired after finally reading The Mind and The Malady

[notsoangrybabsarts]

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inspired after finally reading The Mind and The Malady

[bread-box-ing]

AU, where Lucien was raised by Vess DeRogna. More contest in next part

[theopteryx]

✨ long rest ✨

[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.

[curiouspupsicle]

Reblogging for the writers who need to hear it, but also for the readers who have no idea how much work and courage it takes to write and post the stories they love to read.

[bellisima-writes]

All of this. One more that I may humbly add that works for me is retype the chapter.

For me, opening a new doc and placing it side-by-side against what I've written, and then transcribing what's already been done (and editing in the process) helps ground me in the scene/chapter/voice/characters and helps me discover ways to get unstuck (maybe I didn't explore an emotion earlier that needed to be dug into. Maybe they should not have left that room when they did and lingered longer. Maybe the conversation needed to get cut off before the character made the statement that derails everything). Starting from the beginning is like re-tracing your steps and editing at the same time, and most times it really helps get the brain closer to where it needs to be.

And yeah, I've done it multiple times on the same chapter. How many? You'll have to buy me a drink before I tell you that.

[catasters]

[drawsmaddy]

[ID: A digital drawing of Julien Davinos and Azune Nayar from Critical Role. They're standing with their faces very close together, Julien is smirking at Azune and Azune is looking at Julien, annoyed. Julien's hand is holding the back of Azune's head and Azune's hand is on Julien's waist. End description.]

A kofi doodle for @kindlingofsorts!

[drawsmaddy]

[ID: A digital drawing of Julien Davinos and Azune Nayar from Critical Role. They're standing with their faces very close together, Julien is smirking at Azune and Azune is looking at Julien, annoyed. Julien's hand is holding the back of Azune's head and Azune's hand is on Julien's waist. End description.]

A kofi doodle for @kindlingofsorts!

[animentality]

[animentality]