#Process Journal

[causticameracrap]

me: approaching dire doomer levels

teju: i have a new photo book

me: 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[rl-cole]

capturing some intentions

[gust-with-a-quill]

Writing Update: 1/16/25

Getting into the swing of things! I'm going to try to make weekly (ish) writing updates, in part to keep myself accountable, in part to help keep my head on when I write, and in part because it's sometimes easier to write about writing than it is to actually write shhhhh.

The last week has been absolutely NUTS, to say the least. The mundane, non-writerly world is kicking into full gear, in all the ways. I'm moving into a new apartment this weekend, I was just onboarded onto a new project for work, and everything's just generally spinning around very, very, very quickly.

This week, I aim to get my foundations set for a mid-length story (novella-ish). It follows a group of factory workers lost in a network of underground tunnels trying to survive and make it back to the surface. The world is science fantasy, feels industrial revolution meets colonial Rome. Also there are giant spiders.

Process-wise, it's a sit-with-a-notebook and bang out some basic plot arc sort of week.

I'm worried I'm going to get hung up in the minutiae, that I'm going to over-analyze everything (when that is the LAST thing I ought to be doing this early on). The goal? Pen in hand, critical brain off, writing on.

let's do this thang.

[thetypewriterdaily]

sometimes the changes you go through happen quietly and slowly beneath the surface. it’s easy to miss these small shifts as they feel insignificant in the moment, but they add up over time and become the foundation of who you’re becoming. 🌱🌿🌳💚

[quanyixhen]

I watched fight club 😭😭 (expect more comics once I settle into college 😸)

[poetryevie]

Literally, no thoughts ⭐️🤍

Do you journal? If so, how do you journal? 👀

I typically fill up the pages with rants, poetry, unsent letters, doodles, collecting mementos, and writing down my dreams 💭

It’s literally the best therapy.

[obsob]

one small step for. kitties

[xiaokuer-schmetterling]

documenting my journey to really actually making podfic! EDIT 12-FEB: 7 days One Month

EDIT: 10-MAR!!! TWO MONTHS Of Bedtime Stories & counting!!!

+++ i am contemplating making a podfic episode narrating thru my process from start thru posting to ao3. would there be an audience for this???+++

this post is gonna be an ongoing series of links (in the replies) for blog posts that inspired me to DO THE THING! it's like tracking what bits of tumblr i was interacting with almost in real time.

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EDIT: 2025.03.16--want to request a podfic ??? https://forms.gle/gAGQ4zap68qZ1kj3A

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EDIT: 2025.03.10--i've also been making updates of podfic resources and personal stories in the replies!

and! did you know about the tumblr podfic community??? https://www.tumblr.com/communities/podfic

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to everyone i reblogged and/or who replied to me: i just wanted to tell you that your post was part of the inspiration & motivation that led me to making & posting my very first podfics!!! tysvm!!!

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follow my podfic tag xk_s_reads !!!

what's possibly coming up next for recording??? 🔮 podfic teaser

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my self-aimed ao3 work notes / instruction guide so i remember how i do the podfic thing (CONSTANTLY UNDER REVISION lol)

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BABY'S FIRST AO3 POSTED WORK !!!

[podfic] Just One More by MaelstromOfEmotions

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baby's first podfic experiment

https://www.tumblr.com/xiaokuer-schmetterling/772445948782821376/hope-poem

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tyvm for the support & encouragement in chats

@ferntasie @maelstrom-of-emotions @travelingneuritis @keriarentikai @geck-motj

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ao3 resources

the list prev in this section compiled into the 'references' chapter of my podficcing notes to self/instruction guide: https://archiveofourown.org/works/62233522/chapters/160984369

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pinyin pronunciation resources

i took a semester of mandarin chinese in community college forever ago and this is something i found that is catchy and quirky and funny and memorable. it's part 1 of a 4 video playlist. actually really helpful if you pay attention to the shape of the mouse's mouth. the grouped consonants all have the same mouth shape with sequentially further back positioning of the tip of the tongue on the roof of your mouth fyi

this is a pinyin guide by user @pumpkinpaix and it has an accompanying transcript with tone markers and embedded audio!

https://pumpkinpaix.tumblr.com/post/619038202237452288/hello-cyan-you-have-the-cutest-voice-one-thing

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btw this is the image in my mind anytime i say I DID THE THING or similar

motivational art by @thelatestkate

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[infamously-winking]

Silly Straw Page Fully Translated:

hbh grfwru ri d gliihuhqw nlqg/ zkr zdqw wr pdnh klv sdwlhqw eolqg = “eye doctor of a different kind/ who wants to make his patient blind”

Qeb alzqlo pxvp/ qeobb pfmp x axv/ tfii jxhb qeb sfpflkp/ dl xtxv = “The doctor says/ three sips a day/ will make the visions/ go away”

Ixvvb hdwhu/ edeb eloob/ zrxogq'w gulqn/ xqohvv lwv vloob = “Fussy eater/ baby billy/ wouldn't drink/ unless its silly”

215 858 117 450 110 628 19 211 120 2256 216 951 25 256 27 532 212 506 18 1317 110 1137 221. 658 23 1330 210 231 118 929 112 2043 = “Twisted out of shape after the kill, the ghosts of his family are haunting him still.”

we’re not talking about that last cipher enough…

[cassimothwin]

Carved by Garden cover creation

Carved by the Garden is my single-player tabletop RPG that's live on Kickstarter until August 5!

It's a journaling game that uses a standard deck of playing cards, a tumbling block tower, a six-sided die, and tokens. There is a preview linked on the Kickstarter page.

This is a folk horror game! If you don't know what that means, it's a mix of media inspirations like The Ritual, The Witch, Midsommar and more. There's also a dash of corrupted folklore and of course cryptids. If you love spooky ghost stories set in the woods, please check it out!

[poorly-drawn-monhun]

malzeno but colorpicked from the (pink tinted) lesbian flag

[causticameracrap]

day 1

[rl-cole]

process journal #1

now that I've started really recommitting to writing, and now that I'm starting to immerse myself in an actual book, I notice how easily my brain slips into long-term thinking and obsessing over the viability of a career, and all the paths that could take. I start fretting over my odds with the Big Five, or whether I have what it takes to self-publish, whether I have it in me to community build, whether I'm willing to give myself back to social media, even when I dont really like what it does to my brain to be tied to it.

and like, this is the same stuff that made me quit when I was a teenager. I got so super in my head about whether or not I had a chance at a career that it was almost impossible to actually connect with my art the way I used to. and i just got super discouraged

and i have DEFINITELY got ahead of myself. for about a week into the early drafting process i felt genuinely immersed and enthusiastic in a way i havent in years and years, and then i let my writing-content-consumption slip into the career stuff and started to fall out of my story and into my head.

so!!!! this is my formal reminder to myself to step back from thoughts of the Big Picture. this is a formal reminder to stay in the story and let it lead. this a formal reminder that this will be my first book whether or not it's ever seen by eyes beyond mine, and that makes it important and special and close to my heart.

this is a formal reminder that before i work myself all into a lather trying to solve the future i have to remember how to love my art and why i fell in love with it in the first place. that is what this book is about. that is what it's for. it's an exercise in remembering creative joy, rediscovering the process, building consistency, keeping my promises to myself just to prove that i can. small promises until i can trust them. small promises will add up to big ones if i allow myself compassion.

[slayerdurge]

Durgetash Resurrection AU

"Is that...? That's my body. I remember now. The Morphic Pool. The Elder Brain, it... I was dead. What did you do?" "I made a deal... with Lord Bane."

[thetypewriterdaily]

it hurts to let go of what you’ve grown, of what you’ve known. when you’ve nurtured something—whether it’s a relationship, a dream, or even a belief—there’s a natural attachment to it. letting go often feels like a loss, stirring up fear and uncertainty about the future. it’s easy to get stuck in that fear, thinking that clinging to the past will keep you safe. but try not to resist this change. let go, even when it feels uncomfortable, because holding on too tightly only stifles what’s meant to bloom next 🍂🧸🍄‍🟫🌅🫧

[causticameracrap]

past self, we got it in there

if i ever go back to school this is my master’s thesis