Keep on

No matter what

[skribblegurl]

some people think writers are so eloquent and good with words, but the reality is that we can sit there with our fingers on the keyboard going, “what’s the word for non-sunlight lighting? Like, fake lighting?” and for ten minutes, all our brain will supply is “unofficial”, and we know that’s not the right word, but it’s the only word we can come up with…until finally it’s like our face got smashed into a brick wall and we remember the word we want is “artificial”.

[heywriters]

I couldn't remember the word "doorknob" ten minutes ago.

[bumblewyn]

ok but the onelook thesaurus will save your life, i literally could not live without this website

[breelandwalker]

REBLOG TO SAVE A WRITER'S LIFE

[myfairkatiecat]

LIFE SAVED

REBLOGGING TO SAVE ANOTHER WRITERS LIFE

[sirowsky]

I use this every time I sit down to write. It's the best tool in the world and I would be lost without it!

[writingasdreaming]

Today I realized something. You still love me. After all this time. I can marry someone else. I can have children with someone else. None of that changes anything. You love me.

You didn't get in touch. You did't answer my messages. We didn't manage to be friends. None of this has anything to do with me or what I've done. It's about you protecting yourself from something you can't control. You probably realized it that afternoon in the cafe when my engagement ring silenced you. I will never forget how your body language changed and I will never forget the look in your eyes.

You can get a new girlfriend, you can cut me out of your life. You can ignore my birthday, my messages. But still you think about me. Still you wonder how I am. Wondering why I haven't fallen in love with you. Wondering why I didn't choose our life. Forgetting that you wanted to get rid of me then. That you wanted to suppress me as a bad memory. For a long time I blamed myself for that. Today I lay awake in the dark and it became clear to me. I've long accepted that this is the way it is and only in painful moments long back to what connected us the most. You still love me. I'am the chapter you can't close.

Because of that I will close my eyes tonight and wish for you to forget me piece by piece. No one should mourn a what if for a lifetime. And when we are old and we look back on a place we once conquered together, we will tell each other about our lives and perhaps manage to become friends again. I hope then your life was as beautiful as mine.

[writingasdreaming]

For various reasons, I could not write for two years. I laid awake at night because my head was bubbling with ideas for my WIP.... Since last Friday I have a new laptop and also the possibility to write again. And I sit there and stare at the laptop. Nothing. Nada. What is it? Where did it all go? Is this just the normal "I don't know where to start" feeling again?

I just want to get lost in my stories again 😭

[bigandlong]

If you see this on your dashboard, reblog this, NO MATTER WHAT and all your dreams and wishes will come true.

[sethsrollins]

look, you’re making the assumption that i want any of it. if i wanted a boyfriend, and a yoga class, and a house, and kids, and a job my mom could brag about, i’d have done it. it would take me 10 minutes. i don’t want it.

[eyres]

The Great Gatsby (2013) dir. Baz Luhrmann | Promising Young Woman (2020) dir. Emerald Fennell

[writingasdreaming]

Just read again: After last year, the most popular name among boys in Germany is once again Matteo... And again it said how unusual the rise of the name was. Like last year, I would like to state my theory again that it is due to Druck 😉. For me the only logical explanation 😅😁

[writingasdreaming]

I was willing to trust the authors and let the story unfold. Then I read that they are almost completely new authors? Since then I have lost confidence in this season...

[writingasdreaming]

[estrellablogg]

Autumn in Utrecht, Netherlands 🍂✨

[writingasdreaming]

[blaire-bennett]

The way Sophia, Joy and Hilarie were calling out the tropes of 'you make me want to be a better person' and codependency couples in tv shows is amazing and made me laugh my ass off so hard, because its true.

Good for them

[writingasdreaming]

There is nothing better than summer in the countryside ❤️

[writingasdreaming]

Can someone explain the audience figures to me? I don't understand this... The hype wears off at some point, but this season didn't deserve such low numbers.

[writingasdreaming]

Okay, so Matt(h)eo is one of the most popular names for boys in Germany in 2020.... One of the most surprising jumps to the top. Could that have something to do with Druck? 😅

[writingasdreaming]

Did I really just see Lea Zoe Voss (Kiki) on Toni's Welt while Louis Daniel (Carlos) was also making an appearance in the background? Is this an alternate world where Kiki and Carlos grew up in the countryside and didn't become a couple? 😃😁😅

[royalhandmaidens]

How did I not hear about France banning hijabs? What’s going on?

long story short, there’s legislation in the process of being passed that would

ban girls under 18 from wearing any form of religious head covering in public, and although it’s obviously aimed at muslim women, it would also affect other faith groups that practice similar forms of modest dress

ban islamic swimwear in schools and public (there is already a modest swimwear ban in place at public beaches, this just extends it)

ban mothers wearing hijab from entering schools or participating in school field trips or extra curriculars

ban the slaughter of halal poultry - the cheapest and most easily accessible form of meat protein for the muslim community

extend school hijab bans to universities

prevent muslim women from choosing healthcare providers based on gender (which many muslim women prefer to do, since many exams require removal of clothing, etc)

ban muslim parents from homeschooling

force halal markets to sell pork and alcohol or face closure

ban foreign flags at weddings

[books-and-left-behind-journals]

What can I do to help? This sounds utterly outrageous and I want to help out in any way I can even though I am just in the US.

[royalhandmaidens]

hey guys! lots of people are asking how to help, so i’m reblogging this again with some more info and resources. please remember that, like i stated before, this is not yet law but in the process of becoming law.

more information is coming out daily, and there are a few corrections and updates to note:

the modest swimwear ban, though it was overturned in 2016 for public beaches, will still affect public pools and schools

the halal ban is not technically a “ban”, but it is still expected to severely impact the industry in a way that could produce similar effects and make halal poultry less affordable and accessible to the communities that rely on it as an affordable staple.

the notion to extend the hijab ban to universities is not yet in effect or being introduced, but many fear it will be the next step

How can you help?

Here are some info posts on how to help. Sources will also be linked at the bottom:

Sources and tips:

source for the insta timeline

how you can help

how to be a better ally to muslim women

how to educate yourself and be an ally + organizations to reach out to

why you should not wear hijab in solidarity

A few tips; talk to muslim women instead of for them - learn about why some women choose to wear it while also learning about why some women choose not to - learn about what hijab means for women and men - don’t limit your support to a few posts, be active - educate yourself about how colonialism, racism, and orientalism plays into this

the hashtags #CantBanUs and #HandsOffMyHijab are trending, but they were created by and for muslim women. spread their stories and give them platform, but don’t occupy their space

Information is constantly changing, so if any fellow Muslims out there have some additional links, updated info, or tips, please feel free to add on

And lastly, please don’t add unnecessary commentary or confrontational dialogue to this post. Reblogs encouraged!