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me when I go out wearing an outfit I wouldn’t usually wear: oh my god everyone knows this is an outfit I wouldn’t usually wear I’m so embarrassed

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getting my yearning surgically removed tomorrow

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— Richard Siken, Portrait of Fryderyk in Shifting Light (via letsbelonelytogetherr)

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i think a cross country road trip with disposable cameras and stops at odd landmarks and quirky roadside attractions while collecting trinkets as souvenirs along the way would fix me

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a fun fact about me is that i am doomed cursed AND hexed

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basic human empathy has got to make a comeback divas

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i have a confession: i have a male pet peacock & i love him very much even though ive never been able to get super close to him + he does act a little weird & almost aggressive & he’s attacked my friend before and idk how to act around him because i don’t want to fight a big bird that flys at people lol? but yeah… he’s my bb!!

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they’re not far off from each other though too lol

“why the fuck would you write this?” and “…actually, this was kind of hot” are such satisfying bookend comments to get on a fic.

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Sylvia Plath, aged 17, journal entry #28, from "The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath" (c. September 1950)

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When the character who's a condensed version of the things that are Wrong With You is still a good person and deserves love and compassion

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it’s so crazy for a writer to spend hours rewording and editing on something as simple as one paragraph never feeling it’s good enough only for the reader to spend maybe 30 seconds on reading it.

it isn’t a diss to either the reader nor the writer but it makes you realize how overcritical we all are. what you, the writer, may feel is average or non satisfactory to the reader is exciting and new to them. they can’t wait for your next words and where the story will go. you see endless errors and insecurities but they see the beauty of your words, the effort into the story and how well you bring it all together.

overthinking will ruin happiness and your work. give yourself some grace.