#finishing things

[neil-gaiman]

hi neil !

i have to write a short story for the final assignment worth 90% of my creative writing uni module, it has to be 4k words. i’ve been putting it off for months because 1) i’ve been depressed and can’t find the motivation to do anything, 2) im deathly scared of it being bad because 3) graduating my course counts on the grade i’ll get for it. writing and reading has been a huge motivator to not give up on a future for myself. i am basically terrified of writing and submitting it. all the ideas i have feel bad, or i can’t execute them, or it’s not what the marker would be looking for. i’ve had the deadline extended into summer but i just can’t bring myself to write anything. how do you make yourself write when it matters so much? when something big rests on its quality, and it scares you?

thank you so much :)

There was a colourist I knew who wanted more than anything to colour a comic book I was writing. I got him pages early to start colouring, talked to him about what we were trying to achieve. He was really smart and brilliant and I knew he'd do a great job. The editor was waiting for his work to come in.

He may have started. He may not. I don't know. All I know is he was so obsessed with it being perfect that he never sent the pages in. The person who wound up colouring the comic got the job because we were out of time and our first choice had never sent anything to the editor.

The moral I took from this is that any work, no matter how bad, is better than no work, no matter how brilliant.

I pass this along to you, in the hope that it helps. Divide 4000 by how many days you have to go, and then double that. That's what you have to write each day to get 4K written, with enough time to revise it thoroughly on the other side. Get anything down in the first half of the time. Make it brilliant in the second half of the time.

Good luck.

[enbeebeedrawing]

[Image Id: Drawn in blue marker, an open book, pages heavy to the left with few on the right. "I find finishing a sketchbook complex."

"Sometimes, I feel I need to do something perfect or poignant." Drawing of an opwn sketchbook with a sketch of paintings on both pages. "And nothing feels right or good enough (even the ideas)." Cartoon with half of hair up in a bun, looking quizzical a ? next to their head.

A sketchbook tucked into bed snoring Z's. "Sometimes I think I should leave the last few pages blank to keep the sketchbook alive. Like putting it to sleep, storing its potential for another time and to up the chances of revisiting the unfinished works within."

"Filling in the last few pages feels so final."

"Like losing a friend" A gravestone for the sketchbook. "Like an ending." The sketch running theough a finish line ribbon. "Like crossing a finish line or goal."

"So, do I leave then blank? Is it saving the sketchbook's life?" Another, larger image of a sketchbook open (almost finished), this time with blank pages on view. "OR is that depriving the sketchbook of fulfilling its purpose?"

Larger and in all caps "Do you see my dilemma?"

Smaller "(Not to mention the siren song of new sketchbooks)

Whole drawing and words on white paper, all in blue marker.]

[spitblaze]

[guy who doesnt watch shows voice] yeah ive been meaning to watch that show

[tawnysoup]

Finally now that the comic is fully public on comicfury, I get to share it with all of you here, too <3

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[rejoiceinsilverlight]

i think mabel somehow finds a picture of stan and ford's prom outfits and goes ham recreating the suits for her and dipper's prom

[lazylittledragon]

someone get this poor man a chair for the love of god

[egophiliac]

missed the mark by (looks at calendar) uhhh. hm. but I really wanted to do something for the 5th anniversary! happy five years to these idiots 🎉

[essektheylyss]

fibercrafts are SO maddening cuz wdym I have to go to work tomorrow, I'm like a third of a way through making a whole ass fucking cape, don't you think I should be allowed to focus on what matters (my fucking cape)

[cymk8]

vertigo

[wishfulsketching]

More of the Silco survives AU! This is part three. Part 1 and Part 2

The girls learn the truth and Silco gets a taste of a monster

[rosenkranz-isnt-dead]

and to be honest it's Saturday

[demaparbat-hp]

I mean—it's them, right?

[monkesupreme]

ref

a satisfactory answer for Selina

[rebekah1213]

NaNOWriMO 2024

I’m working on finishing projects this year… My project is called catch-up. I trying to catch up all blogs, stories and projects. I’m not starting anything new this year. My mini goal is at least 30,000 words typed. If need more writing buddies add me https://nanowrimo.org/participants/rebekah1213

[eristhenat]

year's end

[blondie-drawings]

mama a Body behind you 😰 // pt1/pt2/pt3