Struggles In Writerland?

Or writers in struggleland?

[mossbawn]

i hope the beloved mutuals don’t think me unintellectual for this but i love romantic subplots i gobble them up delightedly with very few exceptions. ‘oh fuck yes a little bowl of seeds for me’ etc 

[mossbawn]

“how are they finding time to fall in love when the worlds ending” and what are we all doing right now 🤨

[iwilleatyourenglish]

okay.

[captainclickycat]

“Put it all in his pussy” I love it. He just wadded it all up and shoved it right in there. Crammed it all in. That expression should be commonplace too.

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Eager to leave the ocean and begin their life on land, a tide-line of baby crabs gather at the transition, getting their bodies ready for the journey ahead.

Australian crawl: Christmas Island’s baby red crab migration

Photographs by Chris Bray

The closer you look, the more you see. The living red carpet is many, many crabs deep.

Each female red crab can carry up to 100,000 eggs.

The vibrant, fire-red of the crabs and lush emerald green of the vegetation makes for striking photographs.

A living red carpet blankets the coastline.

[thesefallenembers]

the problem with reading and writing leading to a strong vocabulary is that you tend to know the vibe of words instead of their meanings.

if I used this word in a sentence, would it make sense? absolutely. if you asked me what it meant, could I tell you? absolutely not.

[inefekt]

Milky Way at the Pinnacles Desert, Western Australia

[loish]

yellow is my favorite color right now 💛

[writing-struggles]

12/6/2023

Augury: 0/10

-I want to like this word. The meaning is sick. Basically foreshadowing. The sound is a little clunky. But I can’t give this word credit because all I can think about is goddamn cursed child and terf jk r*wling, 0/10

Augury

n. A sign or omen used to predict future events

The cheerful anticipation in my dad's expression as he carried the Christmas tree into the house was an augury of joyful celebrations and cherished family moments to come.

[writing-struggles]

12/5/2023

Blithesome: 7/10

+bliiiiithe just say blithe it slithers out of your mouth, I feel like a sexy Victorian vampire saying it

+the “ithe” into the “s” so deliciously hissy

~meaning only kinda fits the feel

-“some” such a basic ending, this word deserves more

Blithesome

adj. carefree and lighthearted

The crisp beauty of the first snow put us in a blithesome mood, and we spent the morning making snow angels and reveling in the simple joys of winter.

[beholdingslut]

this from the guy who wrote the sting pain index, a scale he constructed after letting himself be stung by insects

[beholdingslut]

“why did i start this list” pleaseeeeeee this is so funny

[caracalliope]

his descriptions were extremely on-point, and frankly inspiring when writing a hurt/comfort scene

Instagram poets could never!

[writing-struggles]

12/4/2023

Irrefutable: 5/10

+core word “refute” has a great start and end sounds, sharp like the meaning

~visually, it looks silly. So many syllables

-relies heavily prefix and suffix (weak)

-has 5 syllables, just gratuitous at that point

Irrefutable

Adj. impossible to disprove or refute; undeniable

The forensic analyst determined that the fingerprints at the crime scene were irrefutable evidence of the suspect’s presence.

[writing-struggles]

12/3/2023

Molder: 9/10

+it means how it sounds

+like molding, it’s about decay (or change)

+love the “slowly, over time” specifier

+”from neglect” just adds the cherry on top to make this a usefully specific word

~also make me think of a person who molds things. Is that anything?

Molder

v. To decay or break down slowly over time, often from neglect

The abandoned boats on the beach were beginning to molder, succumbing to the relentless forces of nature and time.

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

well...

[mothric]

people are getting mad about a contemporary art thing again so naturally I had to check it out and see if it's as empty, stupid, and pretentious as everyone is saying.

turns out Roman Signer is a down to earth dude with a sense of humour who doesn't take himself too seriously, which was exactly the vibe I was getting from his works.

"falling buckets of sand gee how original, so I guess I was making "art" all the time as a kid then 🙄" yes actually, according to Signer's own philosophy kids are making art all the time and not thinking of it as art. you can disagree with this mindset, but he does not strike me as a man who'd be in any way bothered by someone saying "I can do that myself" and then doing it themself. he strikes me as someone who would in fact encourage doing it yourself, because it's fun.

if he was a pretentious guy in his 20s claiming his pieces are so profound they can only be understood by the elite, sure I'd be annoyed. but he's just a funny lil old Swiss man who does funny and absurd little experiments and encourages you to laugh at them. I can't be mad at that. it's fun and way more accessible than people seem to think.

[mothric]

also this kinda slaps idc

[sedosa]

remember when i used to art

[sedosa]

hold up is this why no one’s reblogging it? 🤣🤣🤣 it’s a colored pencil drawing lol!

[writeouswriter]

Trying to write poetic description from a certain character’s point of view but then realizing this bitch would NOT know the word “ethereal”

[headspace-hotel]

Y'all ever open a book on a new subject, read a little bit, and have to put it back so you can process the way in which your mind was just expanded?

[headspace-hotel]

The textile book: okay here is some of the ways that textiles are important to human life

me: Okay!

The textile book: Clothes separate the vulnerable human body from the conditions of the outside world, and in doing so absorb the sweat and debris of human existence, accumulating wear and tear according to the lives we live. In this way, various lifestyles and professions are represented by clothing, and the clothing of a loved one retains the imprint of their physical body and their life being lived, as though the clothes absorb part of the wearer's soul

Me: ...oh

The textile book: The process of weaving a garment and the process of a child being formed in its mother's womb are often referred to using the same language. Likewise, when a baby is born, a blanket or other textile material is the first material object it encounters and protects it. Textiles can create the idea of two things being inextricable, as with being "woven together," or can create the sense of separateness, as with a curtain or veil that separates two rooms or spaces, even separating the living from the dead, or separating two realities, such as a performance ending when the curtain falls

Me: ...oh God

The textile book: Odysseus's wife Penelope undid her weaving in secret every night to delay the advances of her suitors. In this way she was able to turn back the passage of time to allow her husband to come home. Likewise the Lakota tell a story of an old woman embroidering time by embroidering a robe with porcupine quills. If she finishes the embroidery, the world will come to an end, but her faithful dog pulls out the quills whenever her back is turned, turning back the clock and allowing existence to continue.

me: ...is...is...is that why we refer to the fabric of space and time?

The textile book: The technological revolution of textile making is sadly underappreciated. The textile arts are possibly the most fundamental human technology, as once people created string and rope, they could create nets for catching fish and small animals, and bags and baskets for carrying food. In the earliest prehistoric times, the first string or cord perhaps came from sinew, found in the body of an animal. Because of this perhaps the body of a living being could be understood as made of a textile material. Indeed textiles have the function of preserving life, as with a surgeon stitching back together the human body or bandages being placed on a wound. Textile technologies are being used to create life-changing implants to restore function to injured parts of the body, as though a muscle or tendon can be woven and made in this way. Cloth can be used to create a parachute that will save a human's life as they plummet out of the sky. Ultimately, the textile technologies are used to enter new parts of the universe. [Photo of an astronaut and details explaining the astronaut's suit]

Me: STOP!! MY MIND IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH FOR THIS

[writing-struggles]

Time to judge the words from my word of the day app:

12/2/2023

Chary: 2/10

+It’s fun to say, squishy in the mouth

-is basically just wary with a ch-

-sounds indistinguishable from cherry

Chary: adj. cautious, hesitant, or afraid to take risks

“Although usually chary of trying new foods, Joshua did his best to immerse himself in the culture while traveling by sampling a range of local dishes.”