#i am a boring person i know

[tolkien-feels]

If you could ask Tolkien one question about his work what would it be?

If I could only ask one question, I would show him somehow everything that Christopher has published and say "I have read all of this - what thing about your work do you consider important but cannot be, or at least has not been, inferred from what has been printed?" Of course, he might just say "I've said everything I wanted to say" (and if anything, I suspect he would be mortified to know Christopher has published so many of his youthful and incomplete drafts tbh lol), but then, he might also say "One thing I really wanted to convey but am not sure if I succeeded was ........" or "I never got around to writing this thing" or some other interesting idea.

If not this, then I would ask another open-ended question. I wouldn't ask him to clarify lore or back up any theories or anything like that, I would want to know what things he would consider important things to tell to a reader. And if he decided to troll me (which, given his sense of humor, he just might), it'd still be a more memorable experience, I feel, than just treating him as a trivia machine or a wiki. I would hope, if I could, to connect to him on a human level, as someone who values his subcreations as an art form. If you're read Leaf by Niggle - I would want to encourage Niggle to share with me what is so special about his beloved leaf, not ask if I got the name of the paint he used right, or even ask him to tell me more about the tree.

[loboazul16]

This is how these two went right?

[starrysharks]

hotel manager

[stuckinapril]

when you accept that the unique things about you are the best things about you. when you fall in love w your uniqueness and become obsessed w it and reject conformity. when you think for yourself and draw your own conclusions and adore that you don’t perfectly fit into a mold. that’s when you’ll know true peace

[ethanhuntfemmefatale]

sometimes i think about an AA universe where Edgeworth didn't have to be shuffled off every 5 seconds so he could maintain credibility as a rival....where Phoenix didn't have to win every case...yes AA is a game yes i understand why it did that for the narrative. but when I look at those lonely scared 24 year olds from AA1 i can't help but think that their version of a happy ending would be to be able to get used to each other. to face each other over stupid cases and small things. Sometimes one winning, sometimes the other, until it hardly matters anymore, all that matters is finding the truth together. I want them to take each other for granted!!! i want them to look at the other across the courtroom and say "time to face this bitch for the hundredth time i guess!!" these poor bastards have never had anything approaching emotional stability before let them have each other damn it

[inkskinned]

hey it's nanowrimo. i have tips bc i've done it about 34 times.

Don't edit. Ever. Stop it. If you just decide to start a new project half thru this one with all new characters, no problem. pick up and keep writing as if you'd already written the first half of that.

"but i spelled it wrong" whatever. "but the grammar" whatever. make it exist first. no time for sense. think like you're working on a typewriter. no backspace. only forward go.

Don't re-read further than a paragraph or two backwards. "did i mention the gun before?" listen - it doesn't matter. if you need there to be a gun there, the gun is there. put it back in once you finish the book.

"i forgot the specifics of X thing i already wrote" whatever. change it, make a note/comment to figure it out later, and just write what makes sense for the moment. "no raquel it's legit the characters name and origin" idc that character is now reborn as Claudius from Elsewhere. it's fine.

only you see your mistakes. nobody else knows. one of the ways writing and dance overlap - only you know the choreography. nobody else will know if you miss a step, so just keep dancing and pretend you meant to do it like that.

it's an illusion that you need to write linearly - from point A to point B to point C. Nah; that's just timeline propaganda. I've written a LOT of books out of order and just reordered them once i've finished. if you have a scene you'd LOVE to write but can't get there yet because of plot, just fuckin write the scene. I've always found its easier to establish "point F" "point J" and "Point A" and then wiggle my way between those scenes.

write what you WANT to write. 230 pages of smut? of well-researched discussion on bread? whatever. the point is to strengthen muscles however you can.

if you miss a day, a week, whatever. not the end of the world. we all have dry days. also time is a myth so u can do this challenge whenever u want.

as soon as you try to write for a specific audience, you kill your voice. you are writing for yourself. stop thinking about how people will take ur book. it don't matter. what matter is u, enjoying writing. i luv u.

play to your strengths. i have characters talk so much because i don't know how to write a plot if it kills me but i'm really good at dialogue so.

i love a flight of fancy. write a poem in there. shift tactics and write in code. keep it fun for yourself.

see what happens if you shift something major about ur main characters - gender, wealth, superpowers. or if you change point-of-view. or if you kill everyone in a big explosion. do NOT edit anything before this or after it. often these little weird one-off exercises teach me what interests me about what i'm working on. it is never what i thought. plus it is a fun way to add like 1k words.

stretch.

it's for fun and for practice. stop doing that project if it's giving you anxiety. once my nano was literally 50k words of half-started stories. just things i tried and tried and tried and wasn't able to flesh out. oops. but i am now 50k words of a better writer.

add dragons?

read books/listen to books on tape/etc. people often make the mistake of "buckling down" to just write. you need inspiration. you need to like. fill up on words. you need to remember how it feels to lose yourself in a story.

i don't have the time or space to really talk about this in this post but a lot of creative people turn to drugs/alcohol because it can help you be more creative. this is harmful, and walking a blade that only cuts deep. if you notice you and your loved ones are turning more to substances, please know i love you and i hope you are able to get help soon. i feel like this almost never gets mentioned because it's kind of a hazy underbelly to art. you are always more important than the work.

on that note. drink your fukin. water.

don't talk about a story until you've finished it. once you tell the story, it exists already, and isn't about discovery. i usually have a very canned "haha we'll see" response.

grapes :) tasty snack.

i love you be free.

[ashipiko]

<3 post sleepover mornings

[fatuismooches]

EVEN MORE CUTE DOTTORE MOMENTS TO MAKE YOU SMILE 🙏 (because I am too tired to post anything of quality)

[tomatoteddy]

Tiny Xanvid doodle?? In my sketchbook??? It's more likely than you think

[important-question-anon]

u ever want to be someone's friend but its like grh....ur so cool im not cool like that. the coolness is too cool...how can i match this cool...

[blujayonthewing]

pitched battle inside my brain between the part of me that's desperately shaking myself by the shoulders going "YOU HAVE GOT TO ACTUALLY LIVE THE KIND OF LIFE YOU IMAGINE INSTEAD OF JUST SITTING AROUND IMAGINING IT UNTIL YOU DIE!!" and the part of me that's clutching my face going "is this allowed? is this allowed?? is this allowed???"

[lunasilvis]

Thursday 🐢

[mildcicada]

[thecatspasta]

Nobody: Me (npd haver) when I see a post specifically about NPD: OMGGG ME FR!!!!!

[leenfiend]

I’m scraping myself off the ground like a piece of gum and throwing myself at klance fics does anyone have any recs

[ughgoaway]

heyyy this is very obnoxious of me to do but I feel like I need to say something and not just leave y'all high and dry. I am going to go on a little writing break because if i don't pause now, I will just stop writing completely.

it might last for 3 days or 3 weeks, I have no idea. but right now, writing just isn't enjoyable for me. all I do is criticise myself and feel awful about everything i produce, and I'm sick of my brain.

you are all so lovely and kind, and usually all your sweet words make me feel so much better, but it's gotten to the point where my brain just can't believe anyone actually likes the things I write.

the only thing I tell myself is that everyone is just pitying me by being kind. And whilst the rational side of my brain knows that's probably not the truth, my emotional side doesn't.

but I love you all, and I'll still be on here shit posting and chatting, just maybe not writing for a little. I'm so sorry <3