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I saw a post talking about how Terry Pratchett only wrote 400 words a day, how that goal helped him write literally dozens of books before he died. So I reduced my own daily word goal. I went down from 1,000 to 200. With that 800-word wall taken down, I’ve been writing more. “I won’t get on tumblr/watch TV/draw/read until I hit my word goal” used to be something I said as self-restraint. And when I inevitably couldn’t cough up four pages in one sitting, I felt like garbage, and the pleasurable hobbies I had planned on felt like I was cheating myself when I just gave up. Now it’s something I say because I just have to finish this scene, just have to round out this conversation, can’t stop now, because I’m enjoying myself, I’m having an amazing time writing. Something that hasn’t been true of my original works since middle school. 

And sometimes I think, “Well, two hundred is technically less than four hundred.” And I have to stop myself, because - I am writing half as much as Terry Pratchett. Terry fucking Pratchett, who not only published regularly up until his death, but published books that were consistently good. 

And this has also been an immense help as a writer with ADHD, because I don’t feel bad when I take a break from writing - two hundred words works up quick, after all. If I take a break at 150, I have a whole day to write 50 more words, and I’ve rarely written less than 200 words and not felt the need to keep writing because I need to tie up a loose end anyways. 

Yes, sometimes, I do not produce a single thing worth keeping in those two hundred words. But it’s much easier to edit two hundred words of bad writing than it is to edit no writing at all.

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when plans get cancelled that you didn’t wanna attend

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i think that the marauders would buy howlers in hogsmeade and then start sending them to the hogwarts staff, can you imagine mcgonagall getting a howler that says, in sirius’ voice, “minERVA YOU’RE SUCH A QUEEN” and then just tearing itself to shreds because i can

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when ur friend likes ur post but they shOULD BE IN BED

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May all of you have your bills paid on time and have money left over to spend on you

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this is hilarious

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mood: the mexican dude who told judge judy “this is your show but this is my episode”

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   I just drove my uncle and myself to the hardware store, and he said to me “Molly, I want you to know that being Catholic doesn’t change anything. If you someday get married, your wife will be welcome in this family. Don’t ever think otherwise.”

  That is really nice, but I am not gay???

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Rainbows in Cinema: [03/???] 

The Fall (2006) Directed by Tarsem Singh

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Real life Quick Time Event

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Very yummy

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I was in the middle of being kinda upset but this made me laugh really hard