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someone: can i be a character in your book??

me: sure! right here i have an opening for *squints at doc* insignificant side character who exists only for plot purposes

someone, reading my writing: wow great story!

me, sticking my hands in the plotholes: thanks it has pockets :)

this is it. this is writing

what people think is hard about writing: describing the joy, love, beauty, grief, loss and hope that form the richness of human experience

what is actually hard about writing: describing basic actions such as turning, leaning over, reclining, gesturing, saying something in a quiet voice, breathing, getting up from chairs, and walking across rooms

Before you put an author down for their grammar, punctuation, and overall ‘level’ of work, remember that:

Education is a privilege

Language is made up

grammatical and verbal entitlement is rooted in….. you can guess!

Education is a privilege!!

The only ‘bad writing’ is offensive or harmful writing!

I wish people’s WIPs showed up on Goodreads because I have seen so many excerpts and WIP intros on Instagram that I NEED to read, but I can’t add them to my TBR so that I can remember I need to read them and I think that is awful.

So what's the point of living if you don't dance in the rain, if you don't take yourself on dates or sit silently in your room binge watching or reading or literally doing anything you love. Remember, no one other than you can heal and love and complete yourself

writing reminders.

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I’m here to remind you that your writing is perfect and you deserve to know that (the pun was absolutely intended).

— forcing yourself to write when it makes you feel bad isn’t healthy

— you don’t need it to be a perfect first draft. and also don’t add unnecessary characters even if you love them a lot save them for later/another story

— you don’t have to write a lot/everyday to be a good writer (it’s okay to take a break)

— don’t write what you think everyone else wants, write what you want to write

— don’t try to “learn” how to write before you start; you learn by doing. you get better as you continue! don’t compare yourself to published authors

— it’s all about having fun and there are no different rules

— be patient with yourself and go at your own pace

— don’t force yourself to plot if it doesn’t work for you, it’ll only make things harder

— word count doesn’t determine how good of a writer you are

— it’s okay to not write everything in order

— first drafts and editing exist for a reason. your writing doesn’t have to be perfect. and actually write, don’t get stuck in the rabbit hole of research

— please write down everything about the story so you don’t forget things later on. you don’t have to outline but at least know the ending of the book before you start. and don’t write things just because you “should” (romance, certain tropes & dynamics, etc.)

— it’s a long process; a lot of planning, drafting, and editing and it’s just a lot

— your ideas are what matter, not what other best-selling authors put in their books

— everything has been written once before, but they haven’t heard you write it (for clichés)

— the middle doesn’t just need fight scenes. you can flesh out character relationships too

— it’s miserable and magical at the same time, and you’ll both love it and hate it. good luck!

— it’s a long, difficult process—a lot more to it than short stories in school! but don’t give up!

— you’re not as good as you think you are. but that’s okay. you’ll improve

— you’d lose sleep and cry over your characters all the time

having a meltdown over what i’m gonna do when i’m not seventeen and songs don’t mention me

language is literally so beautiful like in english "i miss you" comes from being unable to locate someone in the field after battle, it's "i look for you but i can't find you" but the french "tu me manques" is also about absence but it's not something i do, it's something that happens to me, as in "you are something essential lacking inside me", in portuguese it's either "sinto a tua falta" as in "i feel your absence" or, from solitude you get "saudade de você" as in "i am lonely [of] you", and in spanish the word comes from stranger and it's something one does, "te extraño" as in "i am making a stranger out of you", and, and, and