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how to deal with self-doubt as a writer (from someone who lives there rent-free)

writing is hard. even when you love it. especially when you care. and if you’ve ever stared at a page and thought “why am i even doing this?” or “i’ll never be good enough,” congrats, you’re officially a writer.

so here’s the thing. self-doubt isn’t a sign you’re failing. it’s a sign you care. you want your words to matter. you want your stories to land. that’s good. that means you’re reaching for something real.

but here’s how to keep going when the doubt gets loud:

write anyway seriously. even if it’s bad. even if it feels pointless. writing is a muscle. show up, scribble something, and count it as a win.

stop comparing your favorite author has a different path. different tools. different struggles. you’re not behind. you’re on your timeline.

don’t wait for confidence confidence doesn’t show up before the work. it comes after you’ve done the scary thing. write scared. write unsure. write badly if you have to. just keep writing.

talk to other writers you’ll find out they all feel the same way. yes, even the published ones. yes, even the ones with book deals and fan art and movie options.

reread something you’re proud of remember that time you wrote something that made you smile? made someone else cry? go back and read that. you did it once. you can do it again.

be gentle with yourself you don’t have to write every day. you don’t have to be perfect. you’re allowed to rest. you’re allowed to try again.

your voice matters. even if it shakes. even if it whispers. even if it’s still figuring out what it wants to say.

write your messy little stories. write your weird little worlds. write what makes you feel something.

and if no one’s told you today: you’re doing a good job. keep going.

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you can always write disgusting pornography btw. if you forgot

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watori textposts i made in 2022 - 15

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I love World Triggers ‘it’s not what you have but how you use it’ feel, because it stands out in contrast to other anime’s ’everyone has a unique power and the strongest character wins’ style. Having more Trion than your opponents means nothing if you aren’t a team player. So often in Shonen anime, characters beat other characters by simply using an attack that is so overwhelming powerful their opponents can’t defend against it, but not World Trigger. Setting up situations where your opponent has no choice but to fight in the way you want, trusting your teammates to have your back as mush as you have theirs, and using your abilities in creative ways to gain the advantage is what World Trigger is made of, and it’s refreshing to see.

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Is it better to be loved or feared? (dgm edition)

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me: i need to write again in here

also me: heeyyyyy, i think i haven't posted this shitpost yet here lol

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This is lovely advice.

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Is it better to be loved or feared? (WT boys edition)

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the first meeting of first generation azuma squad would be like this

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it's time to post my old wt shitposts here (lol)

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Fanfic is a free hobby.

It's one of the last few things we can have as a society that's free. You can engage, for free. People give you things (art, stories, etc), for free.

Don't buy into the consummerism just because it's everywhere else.

You don't have to consume everything you interact with. You don't have to use things, just because they exist.

You're allowed (still, for now), to have things that are enjoyable for free.

Do you realise how insane the world is? We don't have many places where we can just be, for free anymore, but ao3 is. Did you notice we don't have ads in ao3? We don't have pop ups? Where ELSE do we not have that?

Where else can you just go and not have to wait for a commercial to be over or for ads to be on the sidelines?

I don't think the younger people understand, but the whole of internet used to be like this. YouTubers would do Youtube for free, just because. You couldn't monetise your internet presence before.

Ao3 is like a little preserved corner of the internet where the old internet used to be, and it's being attacked by people who do not understand that free things are allowed to exist without judgment.

Please don't ruin this for us.

Some of us need it.

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休日

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東さんの香水欲しい

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AZUMAAA, 2, 4, 13, 14, 21 and 26!!

2. Favorite canon thing about this character?

I LOVE that he's literally the only person besides Yuuma, the actual child soldier, who is so calm and detached in battle that he doesn't trigger Kageura's side effect. That's insane. And I swear you can see it in his eyes when he's shooting, too.

4. If you could put this character in any other media, be it a book, a movie, anything, what would you put them in?

In general I think he'd be an INCREDIBLE character for any kind of survival horror setting. He's got a lot of the skills that would keep him alive in that kind of story, but he's also so much softer than the typical gun-toting, hard-edged, lone badass survivor archetype. Even if he was surviving in isolation for a while, I think he'd be more just... quietly traumatized, and quick to show warmth to other (especially younger) survivors he encountered even if he's still savvy enough not to trust too quickly.

13. What's an emoji, an emoticon and/or any symbol that reminds you of this character or you think the character would use a lot?

HM that's a tough one, I don't think he'd use emojis too much aside from the occasional ^^ or :) (etc) to convey tone. One time he drops a ":3" and the entire sniper groupchat collectively loses their minds for a week

For just one that reminds me of him, though, it's gotta be the Man Feeding Baby👨🏻‍🍼 like come on

21. If you're a fic writer and have written for this character, what's your favorite thing to do when you're writing for this character? What's something you don't like?

Azuma is so poised and dignified and mature that I really enjoy putting him in situations to utterly overwhelm him and strip away that sense of calm. Obviously true for whump - Azuma Endures Terrible Suffering With Dignity is something I come back to again and again for good reason - but also useful in lighter fics, especially when it's his POV, or when it's to give one of the kids a "oh, he's NOT an invincible badass who can do anything, he's actually got limits" moment about their mentor. I don't like to subvert expectations with him to the point that he's not actually kind or humble or competent, but I also think he's the sort to internalize his flaws and hide his problems (ESPECIALLY in a setting like Border, where he's in a position of authority and doesn't want personal problems to get in the way of his work), so it's easy for him to appear more perfect than he is until you get closer or see him from another angle. I really like the idea that he's prone to over-extending himself, and that he's rather like Osamu in the way that he prioritizes others to the point of not considering himself. (takes one to know one!)

26. What's something the character has done you can't get over? Be it something funny, bad, good, serious, whatever?

Azuma unflinchingly, without hesitating, shooting Koarai in the head to save him from the Rabbit. That whole scene, especially with Koarai just immediately screaming for Azuma when he's in real danger, lives rent free in my brain and I will never forgive s1 for ruining it. However much he's used to working with Trigger weapons and even taking down his own former students in Rank Wars, that has to have fucked with him, even if it only really hit him later when the crisis was over. He's sooo calm and collected under pressure and it's honestly scary if you think about it... Azuma could do a lot of damage if he was a worse kind of person.

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