I Am So Fucking Tired But I Don’t Feel Tired I Just Feel Like A Fucking Duck And I Don’t Know What

everyone knows the real hell in creation is creating

practical writing advice

part 2

avoid writing in bed if you can. writing in bed is the mind-killer. writing in bed is the little death that brings obliteration. you may think "but i can write AND be cozy" you will get sleepy so fast. 98% of the time when i try to get a nighttime writing session done in bed i go to sleep. maybe 70% of the time if it's an afternoon writing session. also it fucking kills your wrists.

STRETCH before writing. stretch as many parts of your body as possible ESPECIALLY YOUR WRISTS! i have chronic tendonitis in both of my arms from not doing this and it is manageable but it is Not Fun!

plug your phone in on the other side of the room. better yet, plug it in and leave it in another room. better yet, power it off and leave it in another room. "i'll just check one quick thing" do not underestimate the power of the doomscroll.

do a warmup. look up writing prompts (i like one-word prompts or prompts that focus on a general theme as it's easier to integrate into my writing style), set a timer for fifteen minutes, or ten, or five, and go ham. make it shitty or incomprehensible, as long as you make it. create a dump document for all your warmups. i currently have two novels in the works that started as one of these fifteen minute little warmups.

pick your background noise ahead of time if you use it, and look for something long. i listen to 3-hour-long silent hill ambient mixes on youtube dot com.

take breaks. around every 45 minutes, as i'm noticing myself begin to lose focus, i get up, grab a drink, get my blood flowing, and give myself some space to breathe.

sometimes i sit down to write and i think "every atom in my body is averse to doing this right now. i would rather dance barefoot on a bed of nails than open my laptop and start typing." and you know what i do? i go do something else instead. don't force it! it will become a chore.

that being said! write as often as possible. try to write every day. try to write at the same time. don't beat yourself up if you can’t, BUT the more often you write, the more often you'll want to write.

if you're stuck on a scene or a page or a chapter, go back to the last place where you felt like you knew what you were doing and start writing from there. keep a copy of your other writing in case you want to reuse it or refer back!

i don't know if this is something that will be helpful for other people but i start mentally preparing myself for my writing session a few hours ahead of time. i will say to myself, "today, at this time, i'm gonna sit down and write that scene where mina walks out on her book club, and it's going to be awesome and i'm looking forward to it." then, by the time i actually begin, i basically have the whole thing written out in my head and can just put it down to paper. it's a good way to at least kickstart the session !

ok thanks bye

To the man on the street who said that he would never be dominated by a shorter girl, congrats, your opinion is trash and you are missing out.

🦀 time for crab 🦀

it is time for crab on tumblr, but not time for crab in my life. yet.

Succumb to your urges, they’re right

i’m dating shane now but harvey… harvey tho

I bequeath the with a writing tip!

Characters are made to resemble people. So it would be fair to say characters also have mental health issues. If you can’t handle a situation mentally then they won’t be able to either. You can tone down the effects but still make sure you can see them! If they fight a lot give them insomnia or make them extremely jumpy! If people die around them a lot give them nightmares or separation issues! This can also go the opposite way. If you characters in a good situation don’t make them completely miserable.

Tip over!

Let me just uh…. totally out of pure wackiness not cause I absolutely agree and feel we should just eat em.

Glass is spiky

Fuck this shit Imma eat a jar

My apologies, I cried over a Madoka magica edit in a place I wasn't supposed to and became sour. Doomed yuri is good

"Oh doomed yuri is great! I love doomed yuri soooo much! Hey, you should read some doomed yuri!" You know what I love? Joy, whimsy, feeling happy for the day you god damned masochists

13 year old me had a fuckin wild life. One of my notes for an activity I had on Tuesday was “I traded my half eaten bundt cake for a huge ice cream bar. Exploition” Like WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED HAPPENED HERE? Why did I have a Bundt cake at an area I shouldn’t have a Bundt cake at? How did I exploit them? What the heck????