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“You are most powerful when you are most silent. People never expect silence. They expect words, motion, defense, offense, back and forth. They expect to leap into the fray. They are ready, fists up, words hanging leaping from their mouths. Silence? No.”

— Alison McGhee, All Rivers Flow To The Sea

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people need to understand that once you go through your worst time alone, you really don’t care who stays in your life anymore.

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“Sometimes I keep my feelings to myself because it’s hard for someone else to understand them.”

— Unknown

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normalize not forcing people to choose you. If someone thinks they can get better elsewhere – let them try. Respectfully.

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“Wait for someone who love you differently. One who can see the fire in your soul, and the child in your laugh, and the ocean in your heart.”

— JmStorm

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“The words you speak become the house you live in.”

— Hafiz

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“I never change, I simply become more myself.”

— Joyce Carol Oates

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“Don’t kill flowers growing inside of you for someone who doesn’t appreciate the way you bloom.”

— Billy Chapata

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“Thank you for misunderstanding me, rejecting me and not seeing me and teaching me to always see myself.”

— Unknown

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“Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.”

— Marie Curie

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“I will not think less of myself just because you do not know how to love me.”

— Stephanie Chhum

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“I’ll never be able to look at your face without loving you.”

— Rachel Wolchin

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Maturity is not seeking revenge. It's healing and moving on, so you don’t become like the people who traumatized you.

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How to __ and Other Writing Tips

↳ a masterpost for informational writing prompts and other tips for writers

How to Write __:

How to Write Nightmares and Sleep Paralysis

How to Write a Monster

How to Write a Good Villain

How to Write a Panic Attack

How to Write Dialogue for a Stuttering Character

How to Write a Character with an Eating Disorder

How to Write a Character with a Prosthetic

How to Write a Character that has been Poisoned

How to Write an Unreliable Narrator

How to Describe __:

Different Ways to Describe Fear

How to Describe Facial Expressions

How to Describe a Character's Speech

How to Describe Emotionally Distant Parents

Other:

What to Do With Too Much Dialogue

Ways for Characters to Get to Know Each Other

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“Actions speak louder than words. Next time someone tries to convince you that they care, look at what they do, not what they say.”

— lieinlove