Certified Book Worm @soft-mama-reads - Tumblr Blog

Writers have two modes and they are "i haven't written in three weeks and i am rotting from the inside and everything feels wrong and i don't know who i am anymore" and "i wrote for four hours straight and forgot to eat and it's dark outside and when did that happen and i feel like a god" and there is nothing in between. no chill. no medium setting. just famine or feast and a very confused nervous system.

#my other favorite is writing for three weeks straight #and then for three months going into hibernation #just to rinse #repeat #recycle #but…I love writing #writer on tumblr #softmamarambles

airborneinfantry

Callum Turner as John "Bucky" Egan in MASTERS OF THE AIR (2024) -> Part Five

#god he’s just so *waves hand around*#I love him very much #john egan the man you are #softmamarambles

bebx

“if you love this character then you must make him happy in your fics, right?” wrong. the horror. suffering. internal hemorrhage. hospital. immediately

#no hospital needed #just stalag medics most of the time #I swear I love them #it’s why I hurt them #I’m looking specifically at Benny DeMarco right now #softmamarambles

jaskierswolf

As a fic writer with anxiety here is my PSA for any fic readers that also have anxiety about kudos and comments:

No we don't think it's weird if you kudos or comment an older fic. Quite the opposite. We love it! I often end up rereading my old fics and remembering who and where I was when I wrote them and the memories I have attached to them.

A string of emojis is better than no comment. I don't need eloquent paragraphs.

Similarly keyboard smashes are also fun! They almost always make me laugh.

Leaving cute things in the tags of reblogs is not cringe. I love them. I love seeing them. Also you wanted to share my writing?? I immediately love you.

Likes and kudos are great if that's what you have spoons for, but if you can leave even just a heart or a reblog with no tags then it will always mean the world to me.

Sending me asks about my fics will probably make my day!

#I see no lies here #softmamarambles

dickgraysonsptsd

i think MORE characters should be rape survivors. i think more characters should be csa survivors. i think more characters should be dv survivors. i think strong and noble and attractive and charming and brilliant characters with indomitable spirits should be survivors. i think the most powerful characters in the world should be survivors. i think characters who are cultural icons should be survivors. i think victims and survivors should see ourselves in the most admirable and beloved characters around! i think we should be protagonists!!!

dickgraysonsptsd

#‘it’s so unnecessary’ . okay . god yea this one drives me CRAZY. people will yap all day long about how it's "unnecessary" to make a character a survivor like do you think it was necessary for any of us to be abused or raped irl? was it narratively essential? did it teach the audience an important lesson? why do we, who have to justify our experiences and existences and reactions all the time in real life, also have to justify why we should exist in fiction? people act so repulsed by the thought of us. i've really fully and truly had enough of that. there is nothing so uniquely disgusting or repulsive or unspeakable about our victimhood or our survival that justifies this obsession with keeping the reality of our existence hidden

#Benny in SYLM #Maverick in SYLM #no I will not explain #it will come in due time #thank you for coming to my TED talk #softmamarambles

tearsanctuary

“why are you getting frustrated with your characters? you write them, they can do whatever you want”

NO THEY CAN’T. this little fuckers have some psychological power over me i CANNOT MAKE THEM DO SHIT

#Benny Demarco you little mf #you fucking know what you’re doing #softmamarambles

dankmemeuniversity

#it be what it be homie #softmamarambles

buckpregnant

comment game 📝🩷

okay tell me if anyone here would be interested in this!

i was sitting here thinking i have so many wonderful fics to add comments to, so! i thought i would make it a little game<33

so! here's my idea: if you leave a comment on a fic, send it to me and i will make a gifset about the fic!! would anyone be interested in this??

guidelines:

comment should be at least a paragraph

take a screenshot of the comment and dm it/send an ask to me with a link to the fic so i know what it is

could be any masters of the air fic!! doesnt have to be omegaverse or clegan just whatever you want

no time frame lets say this is ongoing all summer!

thats it.. happy commenting!!

ask me if you have any questions 🫶🫶🫶

#I think this would be brilliant #comments are an authors lifeline #I love this idea OP 💕#comment game #softmamarambles

wrmhles

“I learned that I got my personality from my dad because he was a little wild and crazy,” she said. “He had that fun personality. People were drawn to him not only because of his sense of humor but because he demanded respect. He was very good at what he did.” (x)

#once again he’s very special to me #his entire precense demands respect #john egan the man you are #john egan #masters of the air #mota #softmamarambles