A Milky Way Shot From Our Last Camping Trip. We Literally Stayed On The Beach From Mid Afternoon To Sunset

“The Great Bear.” Flowers of the sky. 1879.

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Just as a reminder you can write entire pieces of JUST exploratory and speculation for your own WIP or story and they don't have to go anywhere. You are not beholden to a character arc or a rising and falling action with a conclusion. Sometimes you just wanna write a side scene with some characters doing some things. Or you need to just need to write what would amount to an academic paper about a certain landscape in your story. Like that's also fine.

Also these things don't need endings. When you finish them they're done. Even if it's in the 'middle' of something. You got out the part you wanted and now you're done and you satisfied the plot bunny demanding blood sacrifice of you writing that specific scene right now. Congrats you're done now.

Don't let the editor in your mind steal your joy of writing your silly little story. The mind editor is the thief of joy.

@academia-lucifer

i love writing but i also hate writing. does that make any sense

pick-me-ups for writers

for the self-conscious beginner: No one makes great things until the world intimately knows their mediocrity. Don’t think of your writing as terrible; think of it as preparing to contribute something great.

for the self-conscious late bloomer: Look at old writing as how far you’ve come. You can’t get to where you are today without covering all that past ground. For that, be proud.

for the perfectionist: Think about how much you complain about things you love—the mistakes and retcons in all your favorite series—and how you still love them anyway. Give yourself that same space.

for the realist: There will be people who hate your story even if it’s considered a classic. But there will be people who love your story, even if it is strange and unpopular.

for the fanfic writer: Your work isn’t lesser for not following canon. When you write, you’ve created a new work on its own. It can be, but does not have to be, limited by the source material. Canon is not the end-all, be-all. 

for the writer’s blocked: It doesn’t need to be perfect. Sometimes you have to move on and commit a few writing sins if it means you can create better things out of it.

for the lost: You started writing for a reason; remember that reason. It’s ok to move on. You are more than your writing. It will be here if you want to come back.

all these excellent books come from some random penguins house?

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ responses to “what changed?”

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♡ “i fell in love.”

♡ “everything.”

♡ “(character name) died.”

♡ “i lost (her/him/them/etc)”

♡ “you. you changed.”

♡“i let my guard down and paid the ultimate price.”

♡ “i met someone who made me feel the kind of thing you could only read about.”

♡ “i don’t know.”

♡ “i did.”

♡ “i grew up.”

♡ “an earth shattering romance, that’s what changed.”

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