there's no poetry in my soul @theselateeclipses - Tumblr Blog

i will defend to the grave that literary analysis IS enjoyable and a valid hobby but it's amazing how a hyperfixation on The Character will have you writing essays for fun

valtsv

an essay can be a playlist or a fanfic where they get railed btw. the definition is flexible.

mythwords

duckdotcom

(from @psygull )

syn4k

me, sleepy in bed, thinking of my favorite characters being sleepy: obohohhoohohohbheheeeehee yes yessssss Yes YES

electricpurrs

making art is so fucking hard. wheres that defunctland quote

electricpurrs

valtsv

nothing in the world makes me more evil than just being kind of annoyed

valtsv

me when i'm in genuine agonising distress: i'm so sorry if i'm bothering you with my childish histrionics :/

me when i'm just in a bit of a bad mood: i hope hydrogen bombs fall on every living thing in the universe

quezify

frog4scalpel

rtbyg

just another mandy mondayyyyyyy

liass-21

the authors note of all time

#chainshipping

depsidase

southfarthing

lord of the rings save me

southfarthing

lord of the rings

southfarthing

save me lord of the rings

coldfeetonthekitchenfloor

So for over a month and a half I’ve been told in my Creative writing MA class that my writing is too poetic and abstract to work in the form of a novel and that I need to simplify my meanings and sentences. I did as I was told and lost all interest in writing if I have to write in the same style that every other novelist does. Today I received this note from a classmate and didn’t realise how much I needed to hear it. Don’t change your art just because other people don’t get it. Don’t change your style to fit in with everyone else. It’s your story not theirs.

elfspectations

This post is 4 years old, but for anyone who needs to hear it I want to tack on the advice my Creative Writing professor told the class I was in: "Not everyone is going to get what you're trying to do. So a lot of the advice your classmates write on your papers might feel Wrong to you. If it feels Wrong and you don't think they understand your story, don't take their advice because they are not your audience."

Sounds like the initial advice for OP to tone down her natural voice was incorrect, but thankfully one of her classmates that was part of the audience wants to hear that voice.