zahra

29, reader, sometimes writer, always trying

[zahraisreading]

one thing i noticed after over six months of continuous writing was that the more i googled ‘how to improve as a writer,’ the harder it was for me to write.

i didn’t understand why until i realized that the reason for this was that all the rules, the do’s and don’t’s, etc. were locking up my mind / creativity and instead of focusing on writing, i was focused on making sure not to break any of the countless writing rules i’d read about.

it’s just so much clutter and i feel like, especially when you’re on your first draft, the only thing you should be focusing on or worrying about is writing.

[freakasaurus-rex]

"google ai" "spotify ai dj" "ai assistant" "enhanced by ai" what if i just start beating people over the head with a rock

[amazoogle]

new advanced pegrancy test that can tell whether you're pregnort, pregananant or even gregnant

[april]

ⓘ Tip You can skip part of the day by taking a nap.

[april]

ⓘ Tip But watch out.

[apenitentialprayer]

Ough, C.S. Lewis’s “the face of God will be intimately familiar when we see it, because It will be the summation of every good and all the love we have ever experienced” vs. Pope John Paul II’s “the face of God will be the face of them that you hate most, and the true test of faith and source of redemption will be whether you can learn to love It”

[thestuffedalligator]

Collecting books is great until you have to move all of them at once and realize that every one of the little bastards weighs about as much as a brick and collectively have the mass of a neutron star

[sourdough-seal]

most important part of the writing process actually is when you loop a single song on max volume and stare at the word document and imagine the characters doing things for 14 hours. this is known as getting in the zone

[what-even-is-thiss]

They don’t actually give you an encyclopedic knowledge of something when you get in a degree in it. They give you the skill to learn more about it on your own.

[what-even-is-thiss]

I don’t actually know about every book ever written and what critics say about it but I sure do know how to find out. And that’s what you pay for when you get an English degree.

[what-even-is-thiss]

They teach doctors how to find and read scientific studies and whatnot. They don’t just pop out of medical school fully formed and knowing everything forever. That’s why they make them renew their medical licenses. To make sure they’re up to date.

[what-even-is-thiss]

If you’re wondering what the use of college is that’s basically it. You learn how to learn more about one particular thing and/or how to make connections in the industry it’s part of. The GE classes also hopefully turn you into a more well educated citizen that knows how some basic things not related to your field of study work.

[savagedefectives]

from the archives of octavia butler

[sandmandaddy69]

[sashayed]

eventually one has to come to terms with the fact that "conceive of myself as a person capable of tackling difficult things" is an achievable goal toward which one can take concrete steps whereas "have things be easy" is Not

[achaioi]

scenes from my previous summer visits to iran - some from esfahan, tehran, various cities in shomal ❤️‍🩹

[armandgender]

writing is so fun

[armandgender]

writing is impossible why does anyone do this

[calm-mysoul]

Brattle Book Shop, Boston

[frecht]

the penguin logo on angela carter’s books (heroes and villains, saints and strangers, fireworks, the bloody chamber)

[ethanmaldridge]

I AM THAT IS

[everythingstarstuff]