Inner Moonlight

A. 21. They/Them. Meanwhile...

[throughtheyesofachild]

tea is always a good idea

[crow--teeth]

fuck it [decomposes]

[briargeese]

Shooting stars.

[cosette141]

Give yourself permission to write garbage.

This is the best writing advice I have ever received. Ever.

Anytime I either find myself intimidated by writing something or I simply can’t seem to get words moving, I use this. It’s great for the run of the mill perfectionist, as well.

Giving yourself permission to write garbage means letting yourself do something imperfectly. I always use this when I can’t seem to find a place to start, and I set out to write the “worst version” of whatever I’m writing. Not only do I give myself permission to write badly; I ask myself to. Instead of writing something eloquent like “the banisters were carved straight out of Queen Victoria’s past” I’ll write “the banisters were fancy-looking and stuff”. Or rather than coming up with the beautiful world building of the setting, I’ll just start with “they’re outside and it’s pretty” and move on.

Every time I do this, perhaps the first line or two will be a little worse for wear, but as a whole, never comes out “bad”. You’re just giving yourself the opportunity to write a “first coat”, if you will, and then add onto it when you edit later. And often I just need this advice to write the first sentence, and then I’m in the flow again. For me, at least, if I didn’t do this when I needed it, I’d just sit paralyzed at my computer staring at a blinking cursor. I’d rather just type some garbage that I can edit later than have nothing at all.

It’s simple and it’s silly (and sometimes cringe-worthy), but it gets you writing and that’s all that matters.

[houseofwolvcs]

my chemical romance albums - cassette tapes (insp. x)

[gotalifetime]

moodboard: party poison. crash & burn, young & loaded!

[wetheurban]

[memecatwings]

we should really talk about Foreigner’s God by Hozier more its such an emotionally devastating song its a lamentation of the systemic destruction of Irish culture under English colonial rule but it also expresses a universal grief that every culture that’s been lost to colonialism can connect to the lyric “all that i’ve been taught and every word i’ve got is foreign to me” reflects so much yearning and loss Foreigner’s God is easily the most underrated Hozier song and is undoubtedly one of his best

[sherc0ckh0lmes-blog]

[3rdtech]

[hopelesshearts]

BULLETS—7.23.2002

[churchrummagesale]

in my restless dreams i see that town…

[brokenightlight]

[dramaticallydepressed]

our lady of sorrows // my chemical romance

[laurellynnleake]

here’s a self-care idea: lay on the floor.  just lay on the goddamn floor, I don’t know.  aim for the carpet, or maybe put a blanket down first.  if you lay on your back you can look at the ceiling, if you lay on your stomach you can put your ear to the ground and listen to the building and your pulse, think about cleaning everything, then don’t do it.  I don’t know.  just lay on the floor for a while, see what happens

[anothersuperstition]

i brought you my bullets, you brought me your love

est. 2002

[thenerdhathwrote]

Kvothe maxed INT and dumped WIS, and is only capable of rolling nat 20s or nat 1s.

[regiciderecord]

Facts.