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Just kind of an FYI...

I'm not on here very much lately. I'm dealing with severe depression all while taking care of an infant. I had a very physically and emotionally traumatic birth experience and I completely lost myself and extracurriculars that bring me joy. We were forced to move because our home was sold to commercial developers , and I absolutely despise where we are now. I miss my house.

*I have not deleted any stories, and I'm not sure why some of you can see them while others cannot. I'll try to look into it.

I would say that requests are open, but I cannot guarantee when anything will be finished. I also haven't received any requests in a very long time, but I understand why - I'm not kicking around as much as I was before.

Please show me a little grace and I'll try to be back on and writing when I can. I miss writing and I miss you all, but I don't have a lot to give right now.

Take care of yourselves ❤️

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Seeing other writers on tumblr talk about writing is so validating because all of them are basically:

“I hate writing but I love it more than anything but it’s agony but I have a million stories to put to paper but I barely ever write a word”

And like I’ve always felt this way and I worried it meant I wasn’t supposed to be a writer, which tore me to shreds. But no. That’s just the curse of being one, I guess.

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"Can't wait to see where you take this story" well I can't wait to see where this story takes me either

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♡ dylan o'brien at sundance 2024

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Andrew Garfield attends the 95th Annual Academy Awards on March 12, 2023.

DADDYYYYYY

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Britney Spears as Lucy CROSSROADS (2002) Dir. Tamra Davis

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Fanfic Writer Asks

Threw together a list of random questions, because I told my therapist I'd start interacting with more people (apparently my barista doesn't count).

🍄How do you come up with ideas for your stories?

🍉Are you a pantser or a plotter?

🍒What genres/tropes do you find yourself using most often?

🥝Who are your literary influences, and have they shaped your own writing?

🥕What's your favorite fic you've written, and why?

🥨How do you overcome writer's block?

🍕What's your favorite comment you've received on a fic?

🌭Do you have any writing rituals to help 'get in the zone'?

🍔What's a headcanon that hasn't made it into a published fic yet?

🍭What's been your most challenging story to write, and why?

🍬What's a genre/trope you've never written, but might in future?

🍩What advice would you give to aspiring fic writers?

🌶How dependent are you on feedback, good or bad?

🥑What are you currently working on?

🍹How do you decide a story is ready to post?

🍊What's a story that changed significantly from its initial idea to the final draft?

🥠What's your approach to world-building?

🍎How do you prioritize which stories to work on when you have multiple ideas?

🌮How do you balance the desire to write for yourself versus the desire to write for an audience?

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Britney Spears by Martin Schoeller 2003

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If there's one piece of advice I can give to fic writers who feel discouraged by the "content creation" culture and lack of community engagement in modern fandom, it's to try writing for an audience of one.

And I don't mean write for yourself!

Find one weirdo friend that enjoys sharing ideas with you, and write fanfiction for them. Get to know their taste, and tailor your writing to it. One person who will message you while reading your stuff and want to discuss it deeply and dig into and challenge your ideas - they will give you more creative satisfaction than a hundred vague, vacant comments of praise.

Maybe some other folks will end up reading and enjoying your work! If they do, they will probably have more in-depth things to say, too, because you'll be writing deeply on a specific set of concepts, not creating broadly palatable, derivative, marketable drivel meant to appeal to a large audience.

And if no one else reads it, you'll still have that one weird friend.

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BTS of Spiderman: no way home

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flowers for those who need them:

🌸 you matter. even if you don’t think you’ve done anything of value, you have. you have value and worth. you always will. not when you get your shit together, not two years ago - always.

🌹 please take care of yourself. take your meds, drink some water, eat something. i know this is all over tumblr, but your body needs those things to function. eating and drinking and your meds will improve your mood and help you stay afloat.

🌼 be proud of yourself. you’ve made it so far! you’ve survived every bad day you’ve evr had. you’re so strong. you can do this. keep going. you’re a force to be reckoned with.

🌻 you’re beautiful. yes, you. don’t say “oh, this doesn’t apply to me.” because it does! you’re beautiful and don’t let anybody tell you otherwise.

🌷your friends do care about you. mental illnesses are just mean. they love you, even if your brain tells you different.

🌺 stay alive, please. ♡

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