#everything takes practice

[lulurhythm]

On the first of February, I took myself out on a little solo date, just me myself an’ I, to celebrate the arrival of Pink Month, as I like to call it. I got all dressed up in something cute, but I wasn’t feeling the most confident, and I hadn’t in a while. So, when I sent a picture to my friend @leafynib, I coupled it with a little self-deprecation— as one does.

“I figured I should put the effort in if I’m gonna at least PRETEND to love myself this month, y’know?” I said.

Harmless, I thought. Good for the sometimes-too-large ego.

“Pretending,” she sent back, “or practicing?”

I had to stare at the wall for a long time after that.

[rthwrms]

lately when im doing things that are hard or difficult for me ive been thinking "i wish i was better at this" during or after finishing said difficult or hard task. or "i wish this was more fun" "i wish i could just do this thing" or similar neg thought spirals

ive been following it up with an "and i'm learning how to do that as we speak"

[jbbarnesandnoble]

you know what absolutely sucks?? whenever someone asks me what i wanna do after high school, i say i wanna be a writer. after i say those 5 little words they always give me this look of, don't be stupid you'll never be able to do it.

like actually, karen. maybe i will be able to do it. who are you to tell me i can't?? it sucks but it also recharges my will to write my book in an hour and prove them wrong

[seasonofthegeek]

So last night, I drew this Nathalie and I hated it. I’ve never drawn her before and I almost erased holes in the paper with how many times I had to start over. I finally forced myself to finish the drawing and sat glaring at it most of the night. This morning it was still sitting here on my desk and I realized it really isn’t as bad as I thought.

I think sometimes it’s easy to convince ourselves our work is garbage when maybe all we needed was a fresh outlook. There are definitely things I would change next time around, but for a first attempt, I’m content with this. 

[askmarysuefacepalm]

Alright. How do you create an original personality for a character, so, i'm making a group of superheroes or whatever. But, how do i create an original personality, all of the members are talkative dimwits. So, how do i create an original personality of a character instead of basing it off mine?

This link helps inspire me.

We also had lists of writing flaws on MSFP like this one.

Research and practice can help :) When I first started out, I could only base my OCs' personalities on myself or my friends.

-Ace

[kalamitis]

Why can't I be an awesome writer like you? :(

water u talkin bout nonny you CAN silly!All you’ve gotta do is keep writing.

What you think I was born this awesome? I mean, I was born pretty awesome, ngl, but we all’ve gotta /learn/ you know? improve!

Also my writing style changes depending on what I’m reading so Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is all up in my technique mixed with some Beowulf and it’s all very mixed up soo

bUT DO NOT FRET NONNY FRIEND YOU SHALL BE AS AWESOME AS ME AS LONG AS YOU KEEP TRYING