Welcome Writers

My name is Kelly and I run a blog called The Beginning Writer where I talk about learning the craft of writing from a beginner's perspective. I created this space here on Tumblr in order to celebrate my love of both reading and writing and to share what I've learned on my journey toward becoming a better writer.

[thebeginningwriter]

[andercas]

I feel like when you’re writing, organizing chapters and dialogue is easy

but jfc, the amount of time it takes to constantly keep people moving and make sure they’re in the right spaces and trying to come up with wording for it is always such a shock. 

Like, fuck, I made you pick up a coffee cup, you need to put it down at some point. also I can’t remember what I dressed you in, can you push up your sleeves? I don’t remember if you even have your shirt on.

and YOU. YOU OVER THERE, you got out of your chair earlier, but did you come back yet? Are you coming back? Where did you even go and why’d you get up? Fuck, I can’t make you sit down again already, you just stood up, go…over there. go get more coffee. Did you bring your mug with you? fine. bring the pot to the table and—wait, wasn’t the coffee pot already over here? shit, hold on, I need to go back and re-read and re-write

[julystorms]

this is the most relevant thing i have ever read.

[thlayli-rah]

I think one of the most wild things as a writer is the sensation that you’re not actually directing your characters– they’re sort of directing themselves, and you’re scrambling around attempting to copy down whatever it was that they just did, but they don’t wait for you to finish copying. They just keep walking and talking and moving around and existing of their own volition and at some point you look up and you’re like “WHOA OKAY EVERYBODY BACK THE FUCK UP WHERE ARE WE”

It’s kind of like trying to write sheet music for an orchestra while it’s playing

[sussexbound]

^^THIS^^

[writingdotcoffee]

Read, read, read. You can’t get anywhere unless you are an obsessive, continuous reader of other stuff.

Lee Child (via writingdotcoffee)

[sawyersscribbles]

Writing is not always writing.

Writing is being on the train and mentally seeing your OCs stumble into other people, or flinching away from the germ-ridden handrails, or sleeping on each others’ shoulders.

Writing is hearing a song on the radio and watching one of your scenes play out to the lyrics.

Writing is laying on your floor or sitting by your computer and spending hours collaging newspaper clippings or pictures or people or plants together and making something that is completely, uniquely, your story.

Writing is drawing your characters in your notebooks, and making tea only your one, picky character would drink, and writing an open letter to all your characters just to remind them you love them.

Writing is moodboards, and playlists, and crafts, and asks, and prompts, and pictures, and memories, and you.

So never think that just because you’re not putting words on a page, you’re not a real writer. Writing is something that follows you everywhere, beyond the word document, and beyond the screen.

Because writing isn’t something you do. It’s something you are.

[kelsreylotrash]

[idreamofhazel]

[lisathewife101]

#NailedIt

[writerswritecompany]

Being a writer by @OfficiallyAlly

[psliterary-deactivated20190419]

Read to escape reality … Write to embrace it.

Stephanie Connolly  (via psliterary)

[stunudo]

You know what is the worst? Being a reader trying to catch up on fics WHILE bring a writer who is behind on writing their own fics.

[pookiebear420]

The pain…I feel it

[wordsnstuff]

Things To Listen To When You’re Working

– A lot of you frequently ask for links to what I listen to when I write or work or whatever, so I decided to make a big list of them for you to access whenever you please! This list include themed playlists, white noise, ASMR (i guess you could call it that), and even a website for you to make your own background noise tracks. Enjoy!

White Noise

Waves

Waves + Rain

Rain In Woods + Tibetan Bowls

Waterfall

Rain Downpour On Tin Roof

Coffee House

Rain

Ocean

Thunderstorm

Rainforest

Country Garden

MyNoise.net

CalmRadio

Classical Relaxation Stream

ASoftMurmur.com

General Noises

Make Your Own ASMR Track Here

Music

My Playlists // Request One Here

Peaceful Piano

Love, Sex, & Water

Chill Tracks

chill.out.brain

Break Up Blues

Spotify’s Writer Playlist

Piano Bar

Evening Chill

Intense Studying

Creativity Boost

Acoustic Café International

A Poem A Day

Classical

Winter Classical

Spring Classical

Cello

Viola

Violin

Double Bass

Classical X

100 Classical Songs

100 Opera Songs

Space Themed Classical Music

Classical Romance

Themed ASMR

Harry Potter

Gryffindor Common Room

Slytherin Common Room

Hufflepuff Common Room

Ravenclaw Common Room

Great Hall At Halloween ( Christmas )

Great Lake

Snape’s Potions Classroom

Hogwarts Library

The Burrow (Weasley’s House)

Diagon Alley

Forbidden Forest At Night

Malfoy Manor

Doctor Who

TARDIS Library

TARDIS Console

Falling Asleep In The TARDIS

Tea With Madam Vastra and Jenny

Torchwood

Gallifrey

TARDIS Gardens

Inside The TARDIS With Amy Pond

Supernatural

In The Car With The Winchesters

Research With Sam

Crowley’s Office

Hunting

Inside The Bunker

Research With The Winchesters

Rainy Day In The Bunker

Sherlock

221B Baker Street

Mind Palace

Victorian Era

Sherrinford

Working With Sherlock & John

Irene’s Theme

Sherlock’s Chemistry Lab

Disney

Belle’s Library

Rapunzel’s Forest

Atlantis

Davy Jones’s Lullaby

Neverland Forest

Elsa’s Castle

Tea Time In Wonderland

The Black Pearl

The Beast’s Castle

Aladdin - Streets of Agrabah

Gusteau’s Kitchen

Sleeping Beauty’s Tower

Quasimodo’s Tower

Forest In Narnia

The Snuggly Duckling

Wonderland

Maleficent’s Castle

Ariel’s Home

I hope this is useful to you and helps you relax while being productive! x

[bonepoem]

sometimes i really love my fics. i wrote that because i wanted to read it. i love it. nobody visits my fics more than me. they remind me that i’m a hard worker, that i created something. it’s mine and i cherish it and love it because it’s exactly what i wanted so i made it.

and other days i’m crippled by self criticism and hate everything and can’t bear to look at my own work because i know it’ll never compare to the greats

but i live for the days i love my work. because it’s mine, and i made it. i didn’t wait for somebody else to make what i dream about. i went and did it myself.

so don’t feel like your work is awful

it’s the stuff you dreamed about. it’s the stuff you decided to make a reality. it’s not about quality, or poetry, or how perfectly your sculpt your words or keep it so deeply in character; because it’s what you dreamed and it’s what you wanted to see, so you made it.

keep writing; it’s yours, and you made it. and if you want to continue to sharpen and improve yourself? then do it. it’s all yours and you can make it whatever you want.

keep writing.

[snamioneshipper]

THIS.

[the-bookshop]

Source.

[gogomushi]

31/1 round 1 of literature annotations on a sunday afternoon

[janefriedman]

Amateurs don’t realize how much consistency it takes to go from amateur to pro. Envisioning a life where you’re a famous writer or keynote speaker or even rockstar seems nice. Hell, there’s nothing wrong with dreams like that … But the consistent work required to make those dreams a reality may be more than you care to put in. If you want to be a best-selling author, are you happy to spend most days alone, writing? If you want to be a keynote speaker, are you willing to speak at 100s of smaller speaking gigs to get comfortable in front of other people? … Amateurs cannot reach pro level until they develop the mindset required to consistently learn and produce stellar work. They want the outcome but don’t want the process, the daily grind, the work required. And then, if they make a mistake or a routine/habit isn’t built, or there’s any trouble along the way, they assume they’ve failed in some way. Whereas a pro will see those obstacles as places to get better, fix things within themselves and move forward on the path to mastery.

Paul Jarvis (via janefriedman)

[littletinyghost]

Happy Friday everyone ❤️☕️! I’m sad that Halloween is over but rereading my favorite series for the hundredth time is helping me cope. And I am also v excited for Fantastic Beasts , I already bought my tickets for opening night! (Although I’m still upset over how they don’t do midnight premieres anymore). 🍂🐉

[writersrelief-deactivated202404]

Onward, Writers! 5 Books That Focus On Perseverance - Writer's Relief, Inc.

Check out this list of books featuring stories of American perseverance; these literary underdogs will inspire you to write!

[nobutsaurusly]

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