Okay so i gotta be honest...i’ve been writing a pynch fanfic recently/making a graphic but i’ve been super self conscious about it because idk if it’s any good but i also wanna be better at posting my stuff because half the time I will make something and then scrap it because I hate it. I think I’m nervous about sharing my writing/edits. Any advice? Thanks so much!
omg of course!!!! i totally get being nervous about sharing your creations. when you make things, you’re putting a piece of yourself into all of them, and that type of soul-bearing is terrifying!
when i’m looking at an edit of mine and i find myself hating it, i always force myself to look at it through the eyes of someone else. my friend marthe, for instance, always has something nice to say about the things i make, so when i hate something, i try to imagine what marthe would say to me about it. i swear, half my edits & gifsets have only seen the light of day because of how encouraging and supportive she is.
i first started editing about a year ago, and when i look back on those first gifsets, i cringe. like, hard. but what i’ve learned is that me looking back and cringing means i’ve improved, and i’ve only improved because i’ve continued editing, and i only continued editing because people were supportive! as self-conscious as we can be about the things we make, we also improve most when we are surrounded by support and encouragement!
sometimes, when i really don’t like something i’ve created but i spent time on it, i just tell myself, if this makes one person happy for even one second, if this makes one person smile, then that’s enough. we always want the things we make to touch someone, we want them to make the world better somehow, and that isn’t selfish. we want to help. that’s what creation is about: putting something into the world that didn’t exist before. using it to help others, and to help ourselves. not to get weirdly deep about making stuff on tunglr dot com, but it’s still art. and maybe it isn’t going to end all wars or solve the world’s problems, but when you make one person happy, when you make one person smile, you are changing the world.
this got sappier than it was meant to be and i’m sorry for that fkjldsjfksdl i really hope this helps you my friend!!! i hope you keep creating and sharing your creations with the world ♡
