#thoughts of a writer

[noxinkwell]

what the hell does one do when they're in the mood to write but the thing they have to write is not the thing you're in the mood to write?

And no, none of that was good English.

I'm desperately trying to finish the projects I've started but I do think I see the benefit of having something more lighthearted and something maybe... less lighthearted.

[mage-and-the-tantrums]

Pressure

This is the longest I wanted to write and went on without it for months. I wanted to write because of a lot of things that happened lately. My life has changed. Well, given that we assume that life is the sum of what we do daily and our objectives, short or long term. I do not know if I should carry on with writing and turn it into a serious piece, or just postpone it, like the 250 saved tabs in my browser that I save to silence my giant FOMO (fear of missing out), actually never go back to. Sitting on my parents couch, in the air-conditioned living room during a +40 Celsius degree day, listening to "Pressure" by Billy Joel, that's all I have felt for quite some time now. Pressure. Peer pressure, age pressure, still-living-with-my-parents pressure, pressure that I turn out to be a failure, pressure that I will never be financially independent, pressure of being broke, pressure of witnessing everyone around me leaving for expatriation while I did the reverse trip 3 years ago. I think my thoughts are all over the place for a proper writing. I think I have said enough.

You've only had to run so far so good But you will come to a place Where the only thing you feel Are loaded guns in your face And you'll have to deal with Pressure



[kitsunequeen1987]

That moment in a fandom when you're trying to find a fanfic with your favorite character in it, but you can't find a single one so you're just-

"Ugh- fine, guess I'll do it myself!"

[mouthtapedguy]

lions are very mean and like jellyfish

[izzythedemigod]

I just found the funniest font ever

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

[nondelphic]

"just write a little every day" ok but what if i write nothing for 3 weeks and then suddenly type like i’m being hunted by god

[unravelingwhy]

my fave writing reminder

honestly, this phrase has been on my mind more times than i can count. i've kidnapped it, taken it as a hostage with no ransom money because i need it to live permanently in my head.

[halflifesk666]

[and-fishing-equipment]

"i don't comment on ao3 because i don't wanna be annoying or weird" skill issue + you greatly underestimate the power dynamic here, writing multi paragraph comments is like feeding a bunch of deeply insane and possibly starved ducks at the park and watch them go completely mad over having received a piece of bread

[imp-imp-im-a-simp]

Friend: Don't you want to have a romance?

Me: I'm good, I have romance at home.

Romance I have at home:

[noxinkwell]

writing is hard. that's it. the end.

editing is hard too.

[poetryforall]

[sleeplessv0id]

what doesn't kill you makes you weird at intimacy

[theaftersundown]

fanfiction truly being the savior for everyones sanity

[nondelphic]

writing is 10% storytelling and 90% rearranging three sentences for an hour like you're trying to solve an ancient curse