My plants read books

Randomness rules

[shinsouisprecious]

[fixyourwritinghabits]

I cannot stress this enough, write it poorly. Write the shittiest draft you possibly can, stick 'ah fuck something happens here and now they're fighting' to get over

Write the worst fucking version you possibly can and stick it in a folder and forget it for a month or two before you look at it again. You know what you have now?

A first draft. And with enough time to think some new thoughts about it, you'll soon end up with a better, second draft! And eventually, you'll end up with something you'd be perfectly okay with letting other people read!

You'll never believe this process works no matter how many times you do it, but it totally does. You just have to drag your brain kicking and screaming to that blank page and get the bones down first.

Write the shit out of that shit.

[myplantsreadbooks]

Yes. If only my inner editor would let me 😖

[ad-wills]

[artschoolglasses]

Seen a couple posts on the dashboard lately about writing with ADHD. So, for the ADHD and neurodivergent folks who like writing but struggle sometimes… check out StimuWrite.

You can set it to make little sounds as you type (or leave them off), and emojis pop up in the corner. You can change the background, dark and light themes, set your word goal, and it gives you a percentage and total word count at the bottom. Though it’s more meant for getting a draft written up, so it doesn’t have spell check or anything like that. You’re meant to just copy and past what you write here into Google Docs or Word or Scrivener or whatever else you use and go from there. Honestly love it when I’m struggling to get words down, though. And apparently there’s an update now for StimuWrite 2?👀

Anyways, give it a try if it looks like it may help. It’s currently name-your-own-price.

[slowfalter]

Build a successful morning routine

Take one yoga mat

Add dog hair

Make time for cold sweats

Existential dread for forty five minutes

Fresh coffee at fifteen minute intervals

That chest pain is probably gas

Maybe you just need a break

Or one of those miniature fridges for your make up

Then try to get dressed without looking in the mirror

It’s ok if you don’t recognise your own body

Maybe nobody does

Seek validation online

Are you a real person? Ten ways to tell

Where are your fucking keys this time

Get all generational trauma processed before lunch with parents on Sunday

Write down five things you are grateful for and then burn them

Ceremoniously

Misplace your organizer

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

Neurodivergence & Self Care

Neurodivergent_Researcher

[queerasflux]

man I wish people understood how much it sucks ass to be neurodivergent and trying to find the middle ground where people like/tolerate you. like, I'm either "boring" (trying to wait my turn in conversations, holding space for other people, taking a back seat to let others get some spotlight) or "too much" (too loud/talking too much, getting excited to share, trying to participate in group conversations/activities). No one really talks about how much of being neurodivergent is just sort of trying to make yourself palatable.

I feel like so much of my life has been spent trying to find this effortless sort of middle ground everyone else seems to automatically already know, and I'm always swinging too far one way or the other. I'm lucky to have neurodivergent friends who grok me, but goddamn I wish that I could just like, exist without the constant background script in my brain that's like "you're being too loud. You're not talking enough. you're being self-centered. you're being boring. you're wrong, you're wrong, you're wrong." I feel like I'm back in high school trying to make friends but stuck as the eternal "weird kid"

it's just... lonely and sucks bad.

[myplantsreadbooks]

“the only trick of friendship, i think, is to find people who are better than you are. not smarter, not cooler, but kinder and more generous, and more forgiving and then appreciate them for what they can teach you and try to listen to them when they tell you something about yourself no matter how bad or good it might be, and to trust them, which is the hardest thing of all. but the best, as well”

💜

[deniselavestal-deactivated20231]

It is OKAY to be proud of your work. It is OKAY to boast about your writing. It is OKAY to be your own number one supporter.

[myplantsreadbooks]

I think this is probably what I struggle with most when writing. The rejection dysphoria is real :/

[v-v-jones]

[beaulesbian]

- What’s going on up there? Why is no one telling us anything?

- ‘Cause no one ever tells us anything.

screw the main plot, i want to hear more whatever these two have to say.

[ironmaidenhead]

DARK 3.08 | “Paradise” 1899 1.08 | “The Key”

[myplantsreadbooks]

I only just now realized the parellels

[iraprince]

anybody else in the club feeling this one

[referenceforwriters]

Hello! Your blog is an incredible help when it comes to writing and character development and I just wanted to ask: do you have any references for writing deaf characters?

The key to this is research, in my opinion. All kinds of useful research you can get. 

There are forums on the net where I’m sure a lot of people would be willing to answer any questions you might have. People usually like to talk about their experiences. Google “deaf forums” or “deaf community” for a good place to start.

Have some interesting links I found

Deaf Characters In Fiction and Drama 

Deaf In Literature  (The following bibliography includes: novels; short stories; poetry; young adult and children’s books; plays; criticism and anthologies; biographies and autobiographies by and about people who are deaf. All of them may be found in theRIT Library.)

Deaf Characters In Novels and Short Stories

Characteristics and Charecterization

Writing Dialogue for a Deaf Character Forum

Advice on writing dialogue with signing characters

10 Things you should never say to a deaf person

5 things I like about being deaf and5 Thinds I dislike about being deaf 

How different is the world without hearing

If you have more, feel free to reply or send them to me!

Overall, I think being deaf should not be the only thing your character has or is. There’s always more to people than just their disabilities or problems. People adapt, they don’t let that one thing define them. I personally like the idea of interviewing people willing to answer any doubts you might have, because in the end they know better what it’s like. Also reading good stories on the matter, and overall, learning all you can.

Best of luck,

-Alex

[septembercfawkes]

PSA: Just a friendly reminder that whenever you start a creative project, you will invariably hit a phase where the Thing™️ appears horrendous and you start asking existential questions. But if you keep working, it invariably passes and starts to resemble something less like the devil’s vomit. Doesn’t matter if it’s art, writing, or what–this happens repeatedly. Carry on.

[tiefling-queer]

it’ll never fail to amaze me that chessex, the game dice company - like if you bought your first dice set from a game store/comic shop/card shop you most certainly bought a chessex set - has such an ugly and poorly designed website. it looks like they went out of business 15 years ago.

[vornskr]

i don’t know what’s better, the fact that they only sell five different things and felt like they needed a site map, the single uk location with the giant union jack, or simply the times new roman header which reads:

“The coolest dice on the planet.”  ™

[vornskr]

THEY HAVEN’T UPDATED THEIR WEBSITE IN TEN YEARS????

[vornskr]

my mistake, literally every single page you click on has a different copyright date. so far I’ve seen 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, and most recently 2012. amazing. well done chessex.

[tiefling-queer]

BUT LANA HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TRY TO ORDER DICE?????

[vornskr]

you….you have to email them your order form. oh, gods. you…have to type your credit card information. into an email. so they can charge you seven dollars in shipping or 7% of the total order cost if it’s over $100. fuck. if you have questions about the cost of air shipping, you can fax them anytime. jesus christ. oh gods. fuck. fuck me up. chessex. the coolest dice on the planet.  ™

[zerofarad]

this is another reason why I let my friendly local store make my chessex orders for me

[thesongzebrabyonehtrixpointnever]

Me: The Chessex website isn’t real and can’t hurt me:

The Chessex website:

[queenqueso]

The best part is that this is literally by design

amazing

[patrickdiomedes]

oh my god

[beka-tiddalik]

People, in case you missed it, Chessex is now actually in the middle of getting updated

[kendallroy-deactivated20210425]

2020 in review: january, february, march, march, march, march, march, april, mayjunejulyaugustseptemberoctober, november 1, november 2, november 3, november 3 part 2, november 3 part 3, november 3 part 

[shimblop-moved]

Happy Halloween boys. Louie Zong posted a new ghost tune