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Only a day late! (jk, jk)

Here’s the third installment of Retribution. Naturally, our girls are off to a rough start. I promise sour Ellie won’t be around forever, even though she is a lot of fun to write. :)

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tloudaily

catchymemes

drinkyourjuiceshelby

jaspurr

the best thing about this is that when there’s plenty of resources, domesticated cats will naturally form colonies. in these colonies female cats raise their kittens communally with their kin. so you get situations where moms will raise kittens with their daughters from a previous litter, cats from the same litter will raise kittens together, etc. so not only does this little old kitty see her human as family, she is also excited to help her with her kitten.

bogleech

Sometimes a grandma is a little creature that lives on the floor

junkyardvertigo

the BAFTA game awards 2021 - best performer in a leading role // laura bailey

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THE LAST OF US DAY x MONDO Abby and Ellie by Tula Lotay

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hyperfixation-loto

maybe

MAYBE

We’ll be lucky and it’s the antagonist who wins for once YOU HEAR ME CAPCOM ?

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Sketches of my faves 💛

djdangerlove

“You’re Not a Good Writer.”

I once received a DM comprised of just that sentence. Nothing else. No constructive criticism or any reason as to why this person clearly agreed with my own view of myself.

For someone who has never told anyone in their real life that they write anything, reading something like this from an anonymous user only solidified in my mind the fact that this person was right.

I’m not a good writer.

After an embarrassing amount of minutes passed, in which I thought about deleting every story I ever posted, I decided to delete the message instead. Unfortunately, that didn’t mean I could delete the feelings it caused or change the fact that I’m not a good writer.

Two weeks went by and I didn’t write anything, let alone post. Then I received a comment on a story I had posted three years prior, one I’d written after a death in our family. The comment read, “Thank you for sharing this heartfelt story. I really needed this. I just lost my mom and this really got me today.”

I stopped thinking about being a good writer after that. I thought instead, “what if I had deleted my stories and that one person three years later hadn’t read it that day?”

Here’s what I realized: no one is a good writer.

Good means to be approved of, but stories aren’t created from approval. They’re built from life experiences, feelings, and emotions Therefore, the impact of anyone’s story isn’t good or bad. It’s a million other things.

Heartfelt.

Sad.

Funny.

Inspiring.

Romantic.

So to all the story writers out there, hold your head up, write what is in your heart, and never doubt that there isn’t at least one person out there that needs to read your story.

So, no.

We’re not good writers, but why would we want to be?

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Holy shit did I need to read this today

teatops

Never doubt that there isn’t at least one person out there that needs to read your story.

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And if that person is just yourself, that’s okay too. I mean it, literally the only reason I started writing is that no one was writing what I wanted to read, and let me tell you, my writing may be a mess, but it’s a lot of fun for me to read. :)