#WRITING

[tenderwatches]

sometimes you need dialogue tags and don't want to use the same four

[nondelphic]

editing your own writing is just you vs. the demon who wrote it at 2 a.m. six months ago. and the demon was DRAMATIC

[melodicwriter]

[quarterlifekitty]

Being the pretty bird that works at the little art store at the corner— the one Johnny visits every Saturday following his medical discharge from service. Art being one of the few things he has left that the bullet couldn’t take from him.

And it’s easy to fall in love with people who are in love with what they’re doing. And Johnny falls a little more in love every time he hears you— asking questions about things he had never really intended to buy just to listen to you explain them. The differences between tube and pan watercolors, how to use acrylic media, the importance of using high contrast photos when making gel prints.

You’re used to his little outbursts. His impulse control is shot. You’re used to him zoning out while you speak.

“Sorry, hen— can ye explain tha’ again? Got distracted imaginin’ wha’ ye’d look like pregnant.”

That one’s new.

[elexuscal]

"what did students do before chatgpt?" well one time i forgot i had a history essay due at my 10am class the morning of so over the course of my 30 minute bus ride to school i awkwardly used by backpack as a desk, sped wrote the essay, and got an A on it.

six months later i re-read the essay prior to the final exam, went 'ohhhh yeah i remember this', got a question on that topic, and aced it.

point being that actually doing the work is how you learn the material and internalize it. ChatGPT can give you a short cut but it won't build you the the muscles.

[sourdough-seal]

hyperfixation please stay with me long enough to complete the project. hyperfixation do not fade. hyperfixation finish what you started for the love of god

[clinical-space-podcast]

Reblog if your art project has not, does not, and never will make use of generative ai at any point in your creative process.

[izzythedemigod]

I just found the funniest font ever

Like. What is this. Why is this. Who is the target audience of this?

[jasmineandpepper]

Appreciation post for all the beginner artists who work hard despite the AI ​​looming over us. You are fabulous. You are precious. Keep up the hard work, you are needed.

[rafeslvbug]

baby girl hanging with nfl!rafe at the football stadium while you had to take your son to an appointment, and it’s so cute

you were probably very worried to leave her with him. he’s not irresponsible, and he loves her to death, but the many ways your two/three year old hanging at the stadium with rafe could go wrong was countless.

but rafe calmed those worries, because he was desperate to have her over.

she might cry when you leave, even if she is a bit of a daddy’s girl, she’s quite accustomed to you always being there. but then she’d start to fixate on rafe, and her tears would soon go away.

rafe would be showing her to all his teammates, bouncing her about and letting them all take turns holding her.

he’d tell everyone she looks like you, when they comment on how cute she is. he’d also tell them the crying came from you when she starts to fuss in their arms.

“yeah she got that from her momma- oh and that too, none of that crying’s me”

he’d probably do all his training drills with her on his shoulders if he can, which is a safety hazard in itself. but as everything is with dads, the most dangerous things are always deemed okay 🤷‍♀️

putting her on the ground on the pitch, and then rushing over when she tries to eat the grass, having to pry it out of her hand.

him and his teammates would probably roll the ball over to her, and wait until she kicks it back to them. first time she kicks it, she uses so much force she sends herself flying backwards and all the men rush forward to make sure she’s okay, because no one wants to be on mrs cameron’s bad side.

daddy daughter lunch date…with all the teammates. they love having a little kid around, it’s like she’s a toy. they’ll all play little games with her, saying things like

“can i have a bite of your carrot?”

“i bet your milk is better than my soda”

and it’s not even funny, but it’s one of those things that make her giggle until her cheeks turn rosy.

in the locker room they might do some shit like lifting her up as if she’s a trophy. doing the whole drumroll and build up before rafe tosses her into the air. they’ll do it over and over again until she starts to bawl her little eyes out, then rafe is cooing and bringing her into his chest, giving the players dirty looks like it wasn’t his idea

“shh, baby girl, it’ll be okay - don’t tell momma we did this ‘kay?”

all in all, he had the time of his life. she came back a little traumatised and in a worse state than you dropped her off…but she’ll forget about it in a day and be begging to go with her daddy to the stadium again!

[rudamaruda520]

me as a writer

[pedgito]

big fan of everyone writing whatever the hell they want

[nondelphic]

editing your own work is like reading a text you sent at 2am and realizing you were possessed by a deeply embarrassing version of yourself

[quarterlifekitty]

Soap about to go nuclear because he’s seeing you pull all of the stereotypical cutesy ploys to get intimate with ghost and none of them are landing

Holding your hand up to his and acting in awe of how much bigger it is than yours

In cold safe houses telling him you should just sleep in the same bedroll to keep warmer

Asking him if he wants to fucking share chapstick with your lips all pursed and shiny

Soap pulling ghost aside with a death grip on his shoulders saying “c’mon man yer focking killing me. Please just fuck her”

And ghost being like “idk what you’re talking about she doesn’t like me like that”

And soap being 2 minutes away from just grabbing your heads and making you kiss like dolls

[prokopetz]

Some written media stirs your imagination with its eloquence; other written media strikes at your heart with its bluntness. And some lives rent-free in your brain because, shit, dude, those sure were some words in some kind of order.