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hii im back from being shadowbanned and finally can show you these wonderful sleep token cards <3

my insta @forestxfire

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Give yourself permission to write garbage.

This is the best writing advice I have ever received. Ever.

Anytime I either find myself intimidated by writing something or I simply can’t seem to get words moving, I use this. It’s great for the run of the mill perfectionist, as well.

Giving yourself permission to write garbage means letting yourself do something imperfectly. I always use this when I can’t seem to find a place to start, and I set out to write the “worst version” of whatever I’m writing. Not only do I give myself permission to write badly; I ask myself to. Instead of writing something eloquent like “the banisters were carved straight out of Queen Victoria’s past” I’ll write “the banisters were fancy-looking and stuff”. Or rather than coming up with the beautiful world building of the setting, I’ll just start with “they’re outside and it’s pretty” and move on.

Every time I do this, perhaps the first line or two will be a little worse for wear, but as a whole, never comes out “bad”. You’re just giving yourself the opportunity to write a “first coat”, if you will, and then add onto it when you edit later. And often I just need this advice to write the first sentence, and then I’m in the flow again. For me, at least, if I didn’t do this when I needed it, I’d just sit paralyzed at my computer staring at a blinking cursor. I’d rather just type some garbage that I can edit later than have nothing at all.

It’s simple and it’s silly (and sometimes cringe-worthy), but it gets you writing and that’s all that matters.

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PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE MV

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Tangled (2010) dir.Nathan Greno, Byron Howard

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You were my new dream and you were my mine...

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Lumalee in The Super Mario Bros Movie (2023)

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....Lets also make a post with these old Warcraft Tarot cards I used to make. Still a series id want to finish one day!

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New Howl piece! :D Very proud of it ^^ Took me quite a while to draw all those little houses, haha! XD

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You're not your past, Anduin. I trust you.

– World of Warcraft: The War Within (2024) Announcement Cinematic

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Large Back Patches // Graphicine on Etsy

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The Lord of the Rings | Armor Detail

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KM Steere on Instagram / Etsy

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kitty book room

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What’s writing, you know? What does writing actually mean?