writtenbymarlo

[writtenbymarlo]

writers be like “i gave this character a tragic past” and it’s literally their past. be serious

[writtenbymarlo]

can someone tell my characters that i’m the author and not their therapist

[writtenbymarlo]

writing is so humbling. one day you're like “this paragraph could end war.” next day you're like “was I having a stroke when I wrote this???”

[writtenbymarlo]

You belong with me. 💚💛💜❤️🩵🖤

Letter on my site :)

[writtenbymarlo]

writing is so embarrassing actually. like oh sorry i just stitched my heartbreak into metaphors and now i want you to read it??

[writtenbymarlo]

being a writer is turning your pain into paragraphs and hope someone reads them like a map

[writtenbymarlo]

write like your ribs are paper and the words are trying to claw their way out.

write what you swore you'd bury.

write until your hands ache and your heart feels seen.

[writtenbymarlo]

Hey, please read this, just getting this all off my chest helps a lot itself :)

I am Layla, a 17 year old student from Mussoorie currently studying at Woodstock International School. I've been inactive recently as I was busy with my A level exams and my household situation. Recently, due to my father getting unemployed (3 months ago), our family has been going through a really tough time. I in my school am on scolarship and much of my tution fee gets waived off but recently our condition has worsened and my parents are in a lot of mental stress as our school fees (me and my 2 other siblings) is a major part of our family's monthly expense. I really dont want my education to suffer with my exams going on and can't see my parents stressing about my tuition fee like this.

11,000 INR is needed, which is around 135 USD

Paypal

This is my family's account (my fathers') for all of the donations and incase this doesn't seem to work or you need some more information, please feel free to mssg me or send an ask. My email is laylaraza13@gmail.com

Sorry for making this long, but i really had to swallow my pride while making this. Please help out if you can, and again, thanks for reading. Every type of donation or reblog would really mean and matter a lot. <3

[writtenbymarlo]

i am both a tortured poet and a clown with a keyboard

[writtenbymarlo]

being a writer is feeling like a genius and a fraud at the same time

[writtenbymarlo]

nothing says “i’m a writer” like writing 3 words, erasing them, and wondering if this is even worth it

[writtenbymarlo]

words arrive not like guests, but like ghosts. they do not knock. they press their pale faces against the window of my skull, whispering unspeakable things. i write them down to quiet them, to make them mine, to prove that i still have dominion over something.

[writtenbymarlo]

there is a peculiar violence in writing—like cutting open the belly of a dream to see what it has swallowed. some days I am surgeon. other days I am butcher.

[writtenbymarlo]

i do not write to be understood. I write because otherwise, i become the thing that must be understood. and I am far too tired to explain myself again.

[writtenbymarlo]

being a writer is 85% caffeine, 10% impostor syndrome, and 5% “maybe this is actually good?”

[writtenbymarlo]

i write because the silence has teeth. it is an ache, this need, a hunger that claws at my ribs. i scribble and scratch, the pen a lover and a tormentor. the lines blur between my flesh and the page, between obsession and salvation, between the end and the beginning.

[writtenbymarlo]

becoming a writer is so funny because now i carry a lifelong passion that aches in my chest whenever i dare to rest and makes me feel guilty every time i do literally anything else